Martial Cultivator-Chapter 930.3: Insolent! To Dare Pee on the Lord Warden Commander’s Face! - Part 3

If it were someone he was not familiar with, Chen Chao would have agreed with a single word anyway. After all, as Yu Xiyi’s final disciple, Jiang Xiao’an going up Sword Qi Mountain was already a foregone conclusion. But precisely because she was Yu Xiyi’s final disciple, Chen Chao did not want to take advantage of the little girl.

The little girl then put forward another request instead: she wanted to see Xie Nandu’s nine lifeblood flying swords.

Xie Nandu, as a female sword cultivator who possessed nine lifeblood flying swords, was destined to become someone later generations of female sword cultivators would be unable to avoid.

This request was not excessive. Chen Chao smiled and agreed. The little girl immediately bounced her way home to tell her mother. After walking some distance, she turned back, patted her chest with solemn conviction, and declared that she would definitely make her mother give it her all and not embarrass her martial uncle.

Nowadays, Jiang Xiao’an already acknowledged Chen Chao as her martial uncle and no longer addressed him as Lord Warden Commander.

After resolving this matter, Chen Chao had just begun to feel refreshed and at ease when His Highness the Crown Prince summoned him to the imperial city for a New Year’s Eve meal.

That Crown Prince was very straightforward, saying that on New Year’s Eve itself, Elder Brother would certainly be unwilling to enter the palace, and as Crown Prince he could not possibly run out either, so they might as well eat in advance.

This New Year’s Eve meal actually consisted of only three people: besides Chen Chao, there were Wu Xinyue and the Crown Prince.

The Crown Prince yielded the seat of honor and invited Chen Chao to take the upper seat. Chen Chao thought for a moment and did not refuse.

Today there was no ruler and subject, only brothers.

After the meal, just before Chen Chao took his leave from the imperial city, the Crown Prince called him back and said sincerely, “Elder Brother, I still think you look better with a saber suspended at your waist. There’s no need to remove it every time you enter the imperial city.”

Chen Chao turned around, raised his brows, and said, “You think I only don’t carry a saber when entering the imperial city? These days one has to keep a low profile. When I go out, I don’t carry a saber either. Otherwise, what if people recognize me at a glance?”

The Crown Prince opened his mouth, but before he could speak, Chen Chao continued on his own, “In the world today, there are very few people left who can make me use my saber.”

After saying this, Chen Chao departed with easy grace.

The Crown Prince watched him from behind, his face full of speechless disbelief. “Xinyue, what do you think he’s showing off for?”

Wu Xinyue smiled and shook her head. “I don’t think Lord Warden Commander is showing off.”

As a daoist sage, Wu Xinyue understood best that there was not the slightest exaggeration in Chen Chao’s words. Just facing her alone, if Chen Chao were willing, he would only need to extend his hand slightly, a single punch would be enough to kill her.

The Crown Prince muttered, “Then you should get together with him.”

Wu Xinyue smiled and said, “I’m not as outstanding as Miss Xie.”

The Crown Prince let out an “ah,” then looked at his future wife with some grievance. Is that any way to talk?

Belittling yourself is one thing, but dragging your own man down with you too?

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...... 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

It was soon the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month. The bamboo lodge welcomed many guests. At first it had been said that Jiang Xiao’an’s mother would take charge of the cooking, but when the day actually arrived, not only Madam Song Lian, even Chen Wannian's wife also went into the kitchen to help.

This left Jiang Xiao’an rather unhappy. After all, she had made an agreement with her martial uncle earlier, with everyone joining in like this, did that agreement still count or not?

Chen Chao seemed to guess what the little girl was thinking. He rubbed her head and said with a smile, “It still counts.”

However, this scene was soon spotted by Yu Xiyi, who was devouring a basket of small tangerines nearby. The great sword immortal let out a strange shout, “That surname Chen, stay away from Your Father's disciple! And who told you that you could touch her head? What if she doesn’t grow tall because of it?!”

He did not stop to think that on ordinary days, the one who most liked to rub his own disciple’s head was precisely himself.

Chen Chao could not be bothered to deal with Yu Xiyi and instead told Jiang Xiao’an to go help He Liang.

Watching Jiang Xiao’an leave, Chen Chao even raised his brows at Yu Xiyi.

Yu Xiyi’s face darkened, and he made up his mind to make that little brat He Liang suffer a bit. Damn it, if Your Father can’t beat you, can I still not beat your disciple?

Chen Chao remained unconcerned.

However, just as Lord Warden Commander was watching the bustle around the bamboo building, a man who could no longer be described as casually dressed, but rather was always clad in a scholar’s robes, arrived nearby with his wife.

Chen Chao glanced at him and always felt that the fellow looked out of place wearing that outfit.

“Good, good. Some people are truly ungrateful. Not knowing how to repay kindness is one thing, but to not remember any old ties at all. Eating a New Year’s Eve meal and you didn’t even invite Your Father!”

The man spoke with open mockery, his voice far from quiet.

This startled everyone on this side. When they looked up and recognized him, they quickly offered their respects, addressing him as “Mr Zhou” again and again, with great respect.

Chen Chao slapped his forehead, genuinely apologetic. “Forgot, forgot, I really forgot. Even if I didn’t invite you, I should at least have invited Auntie.”

The woman, who had grown much thinner, smiled faintly. She did not say much and simply went over to help.

Zhou Gouqi came over, let out a cold laugh, and said, “What a great Lord Warden Commander you are!”

Chen Chao’s expression remained blank. “No arguing today. We’ll settle it properly at the alcohol table later.”

Zhou Gouqi sneered. “If it’s fighting, I might not be able to beat you now. But if it’s drinking, you’re like Mr Wang meeting Mr Yu - you’ll always be a bit worse than Your Father!”[no idea what this means]

Chen Chao gave an “oh” and immediately turned to shout toward Song Lian and the others, “Did you hear that? This leader of scholars says that us martial artists can’t drink as well as the scholars!”

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For the common people of the world, it is rare to celebrate the New Year, and they feel it is the best time of the entire year, but for cultivators on the mountains, whether it is New Year’s Eve or the so-called year’s end, it really makes no difference.

However, the Mountains and Rivers Sect has been truly lively these days. Visiting cards have arrived without end, and the mountain lord, Daoist Sage Zhanyuan, has been busier than ever, often having just sent off one group of guests when the next group immediately arrived.

All of this was, of course, because news had already spread that the young genius in their sect was almost certainly going to become the crown princess of the Great Liang Dynasty.

The cultivators coming to pay their respects were all determined to latch onto Great Liang’s leg. If they could not directly establish ties with Great Liang, then they would take a step back and seek out the Mountains and Rivers Sectinstead.

Before long, this sect would surely become Great Liang’s in-law family.

Daoist Zhanyuan was of course well aware of what these visiting cultivators were thinking, but he did not refuse them. He truly could not bear to part with the gifts they brought.

In just a little over a month, the gifts brought by these cultivators visiting the mountain had already piled up considerably. The night-patrolling disciples in the sect would occasionally pass by the mountain lord’s cave dwelling and hear the mountain lord’s heartfelt laughter.

Only now had a group of visitors who came to pay respects to the mountain been seen off. Daoist Zhanyuan was idly toying with a talisman in his hand. It was a gift sent by Fallen Leaf Mountain. The talisman was a qi-gathering talisman, personally refined by Fallen Leaf Mountain's mountain lord. Once activated, it was of great benefit to cultivators below the Nepenthe Realm. Not only could it gather the surrounding heaven and earth spiritual qi, it could also help the cultivator calm the mind and steady the heart.

This talisman could hardly be called anything but precious. Perhaps it would not cause much of a stir if placed in the entire cultivation world, but in Xinliu Prefecture, it was truly a rare treasure.

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