Chapter 1248 - 293: Mystic Ice True Understanding? Winter Skill?

For a moment, Jianghu people directly left, and also took away the result of the tournament: the Ruyang Royal Mansion preserved Wu Mu’s Legacy, and the final winner was Mianshui Chen Jiusi.

Moreover, the battle between Chen Jiusi and Zhu Yuanzhang spread throughout Jianghu instantly, causing a stir immediately.

No one expected that in just one day, two long-lost Divine Techniques would emerge.

At this time, Master Kudu looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and said: "Niu Ba, you are an Expert in Buddhist Law, would you like to study Buddhist Law with me for a while? I will take you as a disciple."

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned upon hearing this, and immediately knelt down: "Disciple pays respects to Master, but my worldly affairs are not yet finished, may I not shave my head and become a monk?"

Master Kudu said: "It is possible, you can be my secular disciple."

"Thank you, Master."

Having the protagonist’s halo is different; even after losing, he was still noticed by Master Kudu, who is fifth on the Heavenly List, becoming his disciple, making Zhu Yuanzhang stable this time.

Chen Jie looked envious, this is what it feels like to have backing.

Then Zhu Yuanzhang came to Chen Jie and cupped his hands: "Brother Chen, we haven’t fought but became acquainted, in the future, come to Haozhou as a guest, I’ll definitely welcome you with open arms."

Chen Jie cupped his hands and said: "Brother Zhu, you’re too kind, I’ll definitely visit when I have time."

After some courtesy, Zhu Yuanzhang left with Master Kudu, and nearby, Fang Susu looked at Chen Jiusi and said: "This Chen Jiusi is really gutless. He already got the Wu Mu’s Legacy, yet still returned it, really enraging me."

Fang Zheng heard this and looked at Fang Susu: "Why are you angry about others’ affairs?"

Fang Susu said: "If this treasure book was in Chen Jiusi’s hands, we could have used some tactics to snatch it, but now it’s in the hands of the Ruyang King, it’s extremely difficult for us to obtain it!"

Upon hearing this, Fang Zheng said: "Are you regretting this?"

"What else?"

"You don’t actually think I’m regretting because of Jianghu’s heroism, do you?"

Fang Susu questioned, making Fang Zheng dumbfounded because he indeed felt a bit forlorn due to Chen Jie’s lack of heroism, but being called out by his sister made him seem childish.

At this time, the group from Wudang, including Zhang Cui Shan, turned to leave.

Mo Shenggu spoke at the moment: "Fifth Brother, we came here by Master’s order, if we don’t bring the treasure book back, how should we explain?"

Zhang Cui Shan’s expression became slightly solemn: "Let’s not talk about this for now; we’ll discuss it after we regroup with Senior Brother."

Upon hearing this, the group immediately left.

As a result, the lively training ground suddenly turned cold and quiet, except for some unattended corpses of Jianghu people, as if nothing had happened there.

Zhao Ya then summoned the city guard, Ah San led people to clean up the surroundings.

They took away the corpses, as if nothing had happened.

At this time, Zhao Ya came to Chen Jie and said: "Let’s go."

Chen Jie replied: "Alright."

Chen Jie followed Zhao Ya away, thinking that the Ruyang King should be planning against him, contemplating his next steps.

Following Zhao Ya back, there wasn’t much to do in the afternoon.

Only two messages reached Chen Jie’s ears. First, the Wu Mu’s Legacy that Chen Jie didn’t want was invited by the Ruyang King to the Military Department’s treasury, as its treasure.

Second, Chen Jiusi was promoted for his meritorious deeds this time to Director of Military Affairs of Longxing Prefecture, a fifth-rank official position.

Upon receiving this message, Chen Jie was dumbfounded, because in the afternoon, the official clothes were delivered, and he was informed that he was appointed on-site.

Moreover, the Military Department was his place of work.

They expect Chen Jie to take office as soon as possible.

After receiving the order, Chen Jie was bewildered, realizing the Ruyang King’s scheme against him.

He understood the Ruyang King’s intentions.

The Wu Mu’s Legacy, a treasure that everyone covets, he retrieved it but didn’t place it in the solid as gold Library Pavilion under the protection of Dragon Realm, even Molten Furnace Realm experts of the Prince’s Mansion, but in the unattended treasury of the Military Department.

Some laughable treasure.

What is the Military Department’s treasury? It’s the broken-down headquarters of the City Defense Army, its treasury, petty thieves wouldn’t dare enter, but do those formidable Jianghu thieves take this small Military Department’s treasury seriously?

Isn’t this outright inviting those Jianghu thieves to come and steal Wu Mu’s Legacy?

This is equivalent to stripping a beautiful woman naked and tossing her into a place full of hoodlums, then assigning two chickens as guards to protect her from violation.

Wouldn’t someone capture the beauty and simmer the chickens to nourish themselves?

In short, the Ruyang King is tempting crime.

And what’s worse is that he appointed me as Director of Military Affairs of Longxing Prefecture, fifth rank.

Yes, it seems like a promotion, but he’s pushing me into dire conditions.

The Military Department’s treasury has Wu Mu’s Legacy stored there; doesn’t this make me its guardian?

The Ruyang King intends to use Jianghu people to eliminate me, so Zhao Ya won’t blame him in the future.

Chen Jie understood.

Zhao Ya also saw through it; she’s not foolish, on the contrary, she’s very smart. How could she not know these political maneuvers?

So after learning this, Zhao Ya couldn’t sit still, wanting to speak to the Ruyang King for Chen Jie.

But Chen Jie stopped her: "Yaya, don’t go."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Ya was stunned, looking at Chen Jie speechless for a while.

Chen Jie also fell silent; they agreed to cover it up, but ultimately failed to hide it.