Chapter 230: Meeting (3)
"What do we do now? Are we still shopping?" Little Qin could not forget about shopping .
The corner of Yan Kai's mouth twitched helplessly .
His junior apprentice sister was wonderful in almost all aspects . She would not look down on him simply because his strength was so weak that he was hardly even in the realm of Bind . Her only shortcoming was that she tended to escape reality .
"We are… where do you want to go?" He sucked in a deep breath of air and regained his composure .
"I want to go drink some fruit wine . The peach blossom sour plum wine here's famous both near and far! Oh yes…" The excitement on Little Qin's face died down suddenly . "I was also about to ask you, Senior Apprentice Brother, what's with the injuries on you?"
"Pah . "
Without warning, she pulled Yan Kai's arm away and pushed his sleeves up his arm .
Yan Kai's strength was weaker than hers to begin with . Caught in her grip and unable to wrestle free, Yan Kai had no choice but to let her see what was hidden under his sleeves .
On his originally fair forearm were purplish scars packed tightly together like centipedes . The shortest among these scars were the length of a palm, while the longer ones stretched on under his clothes towards his shoulder .
"Sigh… Little Qin…" Yan Kai stared helplessly at the rage burning in his junior apprentice sister's eyes .
"Thankfully, that b*tch Rongrong's not by your side now . Right now, you belong to Little Qin, Senior Apprentice Brother . " Junior Apprentice Sister returned to her smiley manner immediately, hugging his arm and waving it about . "And how did Senior Apprentice Brother come to know that man from earlier? Tell Little Qin all about it . " Something in her smile made refusal impossible .
"Alright… alright then…"
Yan Kai knew his junior apprentice sister's temperament . It was not without reason that she was called the genius of their sect . Right now, that split personality of hers was the secret behind her true power .
The two of them left the area, located a winery that specialized in selling peach blossom sour plum wine, entered and sat in a private chamber . An urn of fruit wine was served and they began drinking together .
"Speaking of how I came to know that man, I've got to start from when I was travelling in the Northern Lands and encountered that huge incident…" After a few cups, Yan Kai began explaining with a bitter smile upon seeing his junior apprentice sister's sober face .
Beginning from when he had encountered Lu Sheng in Lu Family in the Nine Links City, to how he had assisted them in capturing ghosts and saving people, and then on to the fight for Scarlet Dragon Tribulation .
"Scarlet Dragon Tribulation? You mean that Artificial Divine Weapon?" Little Qin could not help but interject . "Hasn't the Hundred Lineages determined that it's an Artificial Divine Weapon?"
"But there're bound to be those who don't believe . The Divine Weapon Master of the Noble Family of the Northern Lands, the Zhen Family, happened to have been injured in the last kingdom war and remains in slumber . Their Divine Weapon had also been damaged and is in decline . That was why they took part in the fight, just in case the judgment that it was an Artificial Divine Weapon was only a rumor . At least it gave them a trace of hope… it's normal . " Yan Kai shook his head . "As for the other factions, I've heard them mentioned even though I'm not clear on the specifics… they're all some assorted factions in the Northern Lands . Among them were many experts hired and dispatched by Noble Families . After all, even an Artificial Divine Weapon or Holy Weapon represent great power . "
"What irony… Please continue, Senior Apprentice Brother . " Little Qin smiled .
Yan Kai began recounting his travels . Soon, he mentioned how the eldest young master of the Lu Family, Lu Sheng, had joined the Crimson Whale Sect and was appointed its sect master . The leap in between was simply legendary .
He continued recounting the past . Towards the end, he finally talked about the bizarre Unlaughing Master incident .
"Unlaughing??" Little Qin arched her eyebrow . "In an ancient book, I did read about an organization called Three Sacred Gates rumored among the Great Demons . It's highly mysterious and keeps an extremely important secret . Finding Unlaughing Master is like finding one of Three Sacred Gates' Demon Mirrors . "
"That should be the one . This time I was implicated in Three Sacred Gates' troublesome business," Yan Kai sighed helplessly . "Although thanks to someone, my strength increased drastically . But I never ever want to experience it a second time . And I'm sure Senior Apprentice Brother Wan Hezi feels the same . "
"That lad Wan Hezi was there too, eh…" Little Qin was surprised .
"Yeah… there's absolutely no way you can imagine what he's like now… after that trial," Yan Kai sighed . Finally, he had the opportunity to talk to someone about the trial he had encountered with the Unlaughing Master .
It turned out that Unlaughing Master was merely a switch . Once the number of Blood Offerings met a certain quota, he would activate an illusion on infinite loop .
This illusion was both real and fake at the same time . Within the illusory realm were two hidden doors—one that led to reality and another that led to a mysterious unknown world .
"That world… according to a brother of mine who survived together with me, they call that door the Door of Pain . Behind it is a world that's completely different from ours . A world that even Great Demons would rush like ducks for," Yan Kai whispered .
"Three Sacred Gates… I understand now… so that's what Three Sacred Gates really mean… does it refer to three sacred portals?" Little Qin immediately responded after some dazed thought .
"To think that it has such a layer of meaning?" Realisation dawned on Yan Kai as well . "That brother had saved me three times . I owe him three lives . So I went out on a limb to help him…"
"He's a demon?" Little Qin asked out of the blue .
"… Yes . " Yan Kai fell into a silence . Then, he quickly added, "But he never eats humans . "
"Please continue, Senior Apprentice Brother . " Little Qin nodded .
"After that, we cracked puzzles and codes one after another . Finally, it was the test of combat power . As the strongest person in the area at that time, Lu Sheng was put into the illusory world as the final gatekeeper .
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