Translator: xjshengchen
Editor: Arya
Chapter 9: Dragons and Snakes
On the way to Dandling city, Qiu Zen and Ye Shang were busy with their zealous talks. They really didn’t care much about Qin Hai and the others, however, their ignorant behaviour towards him was shredding Qin Hai’s pride as the member of the Qin family, to pieces. In his delusional head, Ye Shang was no one to be held in such high regards in his presence.
Moreover, Qin Zen only nodded when Qin Hai, Qin Shan and others conversed with him, since he refused to engage in their futile talk. However, though he didn’t talk to Ye Shang, they seem getting along well.
“Call me stupid, ha!” Ye Shang laughed as he really didn’t want to care about Qin Hai and the others. Ye Shang could clearly see how arrogant Qin Hai was and there would be no connection between them in the near future. He thus refuted his false pride and refused from building any sort of rapport with a guy who was handed everything on a silver platter.
What Ye Shang said had infuriated Qin Hai for sure, yet he somehow reverted from fighting back, however, the disdain on his face was already reflecting the grudges he held against Ye Shang.
“You brought this upon yourself!” Qin Hai dashed toward Ye Shang while holding a long iron sword in his rough hands.
Qiu Zen who was sitting with his quiet notion noticed it. Sure enough, he knew Qin Hai’s identity, he was unwilling to care about him since he looked down on him. Qin Hai had powerful connections, but he couldn’t let Qin Hai hurt Ye Shang in any ways.
When he was going to attack, Qin Zen stood at the side of Ye Shang and Ye Shang clenched the black iron spear behind him.
Though Ye Shang didn’t knew much about Qin Hai’s cultivation base, Ye Shang wouldn’t be hesitant to fight back if Qin Hai insisted on picking up on him, even if he might get defeated, even though he would lose everything, yet he couldn’t withstand someone tarnishing his dignity.
Ye Shang didn’t mind being defeated, but if he didn’t fight back, it would bring nothing but shame to his conducts as a warrior.
Qin Zen stood at the side of Ye Shang, which stunned Qin Hai. Qin Zen’s cultivation base wasn’t good, In fact, it was even worse than Ye Shang. But there were two guards around Qin Zen.
Although they were all Qin family members, the status of Qin Hai and Qin Zen in the family stood at completely different tides. Guan Xiong and Li Song thus would certainly stand on Qin Zen’s side if a tussle broke between the two at this very moment.
“Hey, what are you doing? Qin Hai, fall back!” Just as the ice was about to melt, Qin Zen intervened and stopped the unnecessary duel. The situation was different now. Since both sides were from the Qin family, Qiu Zen could also not afford to offend Qin Aoxuan.
“You’ll see!” Qin Hai murmured something in a cursing tone and left the scene.
Ye Shang’s eyes were gleaming with murderous intent. Even though he had seen Qin Hai leaving without saying anything before, he didn’t even care much about his insult, yet he couldn’t withstand that same surly behaviour twice in a row.
He thus clenched his hand holding the black iron spear, then smiled and released his hand.
“Strength determines everything, Ye Shang. After our arrival at the Medicinal Valley, you must prepare to meet the days and nights.” Qiu Zen patted the Ye Shang’s shoulder while trying to console him.
“Thank you, Captain Qiu. I will make sure to abide by your words.” Ye Shang nodded his head while smiling at Qin Zen standing besides him.
With his comforting words, Qiu Zen left the scene while ordering the guards to investigate the surrounding areas.
“Captain, Qin Hai is out of line, he sure is prone to pay for his bad temperament in the Medicine Valley.” Qiu Yuan, the vice-captain of the escort, said in a grave tone while pointing at Qin Zen. Qiu Yuan was the cousin of Qiu Zen, but it was his own strength and skills that earned him the name amongst the captain of the team..
“Bad temperament. Qiu Yuan, do you know the difference between snakes and dragons?” Qiu Zen replied to his concerns with a smile.
“A snake jumps naively and isn’t afraid of anything. It dares to attack any target, so it dies early. A dragon, on the other hand, crouches when it is enraged. When it moves, it soars in the sky. “Qiu Yuan said while smirking at his own wisdom.
“Dragons and snakes are different. Humans are also the same!” Qiu Zhen sighed and stared at Ye Shang.
Qiu Yuan looked over in the direction of his firm gaze and found Ye Shang, who stood still on the other side. He understood what Qiu Zen meant, but he couldn’t imagine why Qiu Zen valued Ye Shang so much.
It took them two and a half days to get to the Danding City.
Far away from the city, the walls looked like a dragon crouching on the ground.
The setting sun shed a golden glow on the earth and the entire ancient city was covered with golden shine blended with mysterious colors.
This was Danding City, the largest city within a radius of 100,000 miles.
Danding City had a rich history which probably aged back to more than 10 thousand years.
After entering, Ye Shang found that the walls were more than ten meters high, all of which were constructed from dark granite. The gate itself was quite colossal measuring about five meters in width and seven meters in height.
Above this skyscraping structure stood a tower, which was heavily guarded from every directions.
Qiu Zen handed over the token and they entered Danding City smoothly. After entering the city, Qiu Zen made everyone get off the cars to show them around the Danding City.
“This city is a lot bigger than our Chiyang City. It should be called the city of the sky,” said a young boy as his curious eyes fill themselves with the breathtaking beauty.
“This is just a small part in Dongxuan State. The world outside is quite enormous. You can find cities of large scale spreading everywhere.” Qiu Zen looked at the boy and Ye Shang. Ye Shang was very quiet as if he wasn’t shocked at all.
Ye Shang didn’t talk much in these two days and stayed dormant in his dedicated rituals of cultivation. He even didn’t go hunting. Qiu Zen knew that though Ye Shang looked normal, the conflict with Qin Hai left quite an indelible impact on him.
Qiu Zen found an inn to make arrangements for everyone’s accommodation and asked Qiu Yuan to buy three tigers. Although the two tigers could also suffice for driving the cars yet, the low configuration would certainly lead to delay. In addition, it was not a good idea to put the whole baggage on the two tigers since the steel cars were too heavy and certainly put pressure on the two tigers driving the wagon.
After entering the inn, Ye Shang started cultivating. He had to improve his cultivation base as much as possible before the Medicine Valley Apprenticeship Conference. Although he had almost reached Qi-refining stage 4, he would have better chance to get accepted if he had a better cultivation base.
In another room, Qin Hai and Qin Shan were talking in a rather incoherent voice.
“Brother Hai, you don’t have to mind him. It’s very unlikely that he gets accepted into Medicine Valley since his cultivation base has only reached Qi-refining stage 3. If he can’t enter Medicine Valley, it would be easy for us to deal with him.” Qin Shan said with a smirk surfacing on his villainous face.
“Right. Let’s not talk about other cities. Just among us, we have at least a cultivation of Q-refining stage 6. It is almost impossible for him to enter the Medicine Valley. I will ask Guard Song to kill him if he can’t enter Medicine Valley.” Qin Hai said indifferently.
“I just don’t understand why younger brother Zen is so persistent in protecting that brat. Didn’t he just eat his food?” Qin Shan said in a humorous tone.
“Well, if he wasn’t the son of Third Uncle, he wouldn’t be different from Ye Shang considering his cultivation.” Qin Hai sounded somewhat envious because he thought Qin Zen had snatched his rightful place as the heir to the Qin family. As for whether Qin Zen could enter Medicine Valley, he never doubted, because Qin Aoxuan’s master was an elder of Medicine Valley, who was also Qin Zen’s grandmaster.
“Big brother, it is very difficult for Ye Shang to enter Medicine Valley. His progress is relatively fast in the past few days, yet his current stats are too low.” In another room, Qiu Yuan was talking to Qiu Zen in a rather austere tone.
“If he fails this year, he will come back next year. I think he will not give up. Gold will shine sooner or later.” Qiu Zen said while stuffing himself with some good wine stuff.
After a restful night, the 9 tigers drove 3 cars and they continued to move on.
There was still a thousand miles from Danding City to the Gate of Medicine Valley, but this area didn’t looked like the wasteland as before. It looked as if someone had already paved a protracted journey on this road.
There were a lot of animal cars on the road since the annual apprenticeship of Medicine Valley was considered as the biggest event within a radius of 100,000 miles, hence many people had gathered to participate in the premier occasion.
Translator: xjshengchen
Editor: Arya
Chapter 9: Dragons and Snakes
On the way to Dandling city, Qiu Zen and Ye Shang were busy with their zealous talks. They really didn’t care much about Qin Hai and the others, however, their ignorant behaviour towards him was shredding Qin Hai’s pride as the member of the Qin family, to pieces. In his delusional head, Ye Shang was no one to be held in such high regards in his presence.
Moreover, Qin Zen only nodded when Qin Hai, Qin Shan and others conversed with him, since he refused to engage in their futile talk. However, though he didn’t talk to Ye Shang, they seem getting along well.
“Call me stupid, ha!” Ye Shang laughed as he really didn’t want to care about Qin Hai and the others. Ye Shang could clearly see how arrogant Qin Hai was and there would be no connection between them in the near future. He thus refuted his false pride and refused from building any sort of rapport with a guy who was handed everything on a silver platter.
What Ye Shang said had infuriated Qin Hai for sure, yet he somehow reverted from fighting back, however, the disdain on his face was already reflecting the grudges he held against Ye Shang.
“You brought this upon yourself!” Qin Hai dashed toward Ye Shang while holding a long iron sword in his rough hands.
Qiu Zen who was sitting with his quiet notion noticed it. Sure enough, he knew Qin Hai’s identity, he was unwilling to care about him since he looked down on him. Qin Hai had powerful connections, but he couldn’t let Qin Hai hurt Ye Shang in any ways.
When he was going to attack, Qin Zen stood at the side of Ye Shang and Ye Shang clenched the black iron spear behind him.
Though Ye Shang didn’t knew much about Qin Hai’s cultivation base, Ye Shang wouldn’t be hesitant to fight back if Qin Hai insisted on picking up on him, even if he might get defeated, even though he would lose everything, yet he couldn’t withstand someone tarnishing his dignity.
Ye Shang didn’t mind being defeated, but if he didn’t fight back, it would bring nothing but shame to his conducts as a warrior.
Qin Zen stood at the side of Ye Shang, which stunned Qin Hai. Qin Zen’s cultivation base wasn’t good, In fact, it was even worse than Ye Shang. But there were two guards around Qin Zen.
Although they were all Qin family members, the status of Qin Hai and Qin Zen in the family stood at completely different tides. Guan Xiong and Li Song thus would certainly stand on Qin Zen’s side if a tussle broke between the two at this very moment.
“Hey, what are you doing? Qin Hai, fall back!” Just as the ice was about to melt, Qin Zen intervened and stopped the unnecessary duel. The situation was different now. Since both sides were from the Qin family, Qiu Zen could also not afford to offend Qin Aoxuan.
“You’ll see!” Qin Hai murmured something in a cursing tone and left the scene.
Ye Shang’s eyes were gleaming with murderous intent. Even though he had seen Qin Hai leaving without saying anything before, he didn’t even care much about his insult, yet he couldn’t withstand that same surly behaviour twice in a row.
He thus clenched his hand holding the black iron spear, then smiled and released his hand.
“Strength determines everything, Ye Shang. After our arrival at the Medicinal Valley, you must prepare to meet the days and nights.” Qiu Zen patted the Ye Shang’s shoulder while trying to console him.
“Thank you, Captain Qiu. I will make sure to abide by your words.” Ye Shang nodded his head while smiling at Qin Zen standing besides him.
With his comforting words, Qiu Zen left the scene while ordering the guards to investigate the surrounding areas.
“Captain, Qin Hai is out of line, he sure is prone to pay for his bad temperament in the Medicine Valley.” Qiu Yuan, the vice-captain of the escort, said in a grave tone while pointing at Qin Zen. Qiu Yuan was the cousin of Qiu Zen, but it was his own strength and skills that earned him the name amongst the captain of the team..
“Bad temperament. Qiu Yuan, do you know the difference between snakes and dragons?” Qiu Zen replied to his concerns with a smile.
“A snake jumps naively and isn’t afraid of anything. It dares to attack any target, so it dies early. A dragon, on the other hand, crouches when it is enraged. When it moves, it soars in the sky. “Qiu Yuan said while smirking at his own wisdom.
“Dragons and snakes are different. Humans are also the same!” Qiu Zhen sighed and stared at Ye Shang.
Qiu Yuan looked over in the direction of his firm gaze and found Ye Shang, who stood still on the other side. He understood what Qiu Zen meant, but he couldn’t imagine why Qiu Zen valued Ye Shang so much.
It took them two and a half days to get to the Danding City.
Far away from the city, the walls looked like a dragon crouching on the ground.
The setting sun shed a golden glow on the earth and the entire ancient city was covered with golden shine blended with mysterious colors.
This was Danding City, the largest city within a radius of 100,000 miles.
Danding City had a rich history which probably aged back to more than 10 thousand years.
After entering, Ye Shang found that the walls were more than ten meters high, all of which were constructed from dark granite. The gate itself was quite colossal measuring about five meters in width and seven meters in height.
Above this skyscraping structure stood a tower, which was heavily guarded from every directions.
Qiu Zen handed over the token and they entered Danding City smoothly. After entering the city, Qiu Zen made everyone get off the cars to show them around the Danding City.
“This city is a lot bigger than our Chiyang City. It should be called the city of the sky,” said a young boy as his curious eyes fill themselves with the breathtaking beauty.
“This is just a small part in Dongxuan State. The world outside is quite enormous. You can find cities of large scale spreading everywhere.” Qiu Zen looked at the boy and Ye Shang. Ye Shang was very quiet as if he wasn’t shocked at all.
Ye Shang didn’t talk much in these two days and stayed dormant in his dedicated rituals of cultivation. He even didn’t go hunting. Qiu Zen knew that though Ye Shang looked normal, the conflict with Qin Hai left quite an indelible impact on him.
Qiu Zen found an inn to make arrangements for everyone’s accommodation and asked Qiu Yuan to buy three tigers. Although the two tigers could also suffice for driving the cars yet, the low configuration would certainly lead to delay. In addition, it was not a good idea to put the whole baggage on the two tigers since the steel cars were too heavy and certainly put pressure on the two tigers driving the wagon.
After entering the inn, Ye Shang started cultivating. He had to improve his cultivation base as much as possible before the Medicine Valley Apprenticeship Conference. Although he had almost reached Qi-refining stage 4, he would have better chance to get accepted if he had a better cultivation base.
In another room, Qin Hai and Qin Shan were talking in a rather incoherent voice.
“Brother Hai, you don’t have to mind him. It’s very unlikely that he gets accepted into Medicine Valley since his cultivation base has only reached Qi-refining stage 3. If he can’t enter Medicine Valley, it would be easy for us to deal with him.” Qin Shan said with a smirk surfacing on his villainous face.
“Right. Let’s not talk about other cities. Just among us, we have at least a cultivation of Q-refining stage 6. It is almost impossible for him to enter the Medicine Valley. I will ask Guard Song to kill him if he can’t enter Medicine Valley.” Qin Hai said indifferently.
“I just don’t understand why younger brother Zen is so persistent in protecting that brat. Didn’t he just eat his food?” Qin Shan said in a humorous tone.
“Well, if he wasn’t the son of Third Uncle, he wouldn’t be different from Ye Shang considering his cultivation.” Qin Hai sounded somewhat envious because he thought Qin Zen had snatched his rightful place as the heir to the Qin family. As for whether Qin Zen could enter Medicine Valley, he never doubted, because Qin Aoxuan’s master was an elder of Medicine Valley, who was also Qin Zen’s grandmaster.
“Big brother, it is very difficult for Ye Shang to enter Medicine Valley. His progress is relatively fast in the past few days, yet his current stats are too low.” In another room, Qiu Yuan was talking to Qiu Zen in a rather austere tone.
“If he fails this year, he will come back next year. I think he will not give up. Gold will shine sooner or later.” Qiu Zen said while stuffing himself with some good wine stuff.
After a restful night, the 9 tigers drove 3 cars and they continued to move on.
There was still a thousand miles from Danding City to the Gate of Medicine Valley, but this area didn’t looked like the wasteland as before. It looked as if someone had already paved a protracted journey on this road.
There were a lot of animal cars on the road since the annual apprenticeship of Medicine Valley was considered as the biggest event within a radius of 100,000 miles, hence many people had gathered to participate in the premier occasion.
