Chapter 11 - Cloud Sky City Lord
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
The surrounding people were shocked. Ximen Yan’s whip would probably burn this wild man to ashes. He would surely die.
As for the furious young girl, her other snow-white jade wrist softly trembled, and a small, extraordinarily delicate, and beautiful crossbow unexpectedly appeared.
“Sou…..” A small red arrow shot out as fast as lightning.
Yang Dingtian couldn’t dodge at this distance. He instinctively blocked it with his palm in an attempt to break the small arrow whistling towards him. Immediately, a torrent of Xuan Energy burst out.
However, the small arrow suddenly erupted with a horrifyingly fiery energy, penetrated his palm, and pierced his chest.
At the same time, Yang Dingtian’s right hand turned a fiery red and, as a natural result of the law of inertia, pressed against the young girl’s chest.
What amazing size. What amazing elasticity. What amazing softness. How amazing it felt gripped in his hand.
However, Yang Dingtian didn’t have the luxury to enjoy it. The young girl was stunned for a moment when his fiery palm pressed against her breast. Then, erupting in shock and anger, she screamed and struck Yang Dingtian with her palm. At the same time, Ximen Yan’s fiery whip struck the top of Yang Dingtian’s head.
Yang Dingtian felt like he’d been struck by lightning as three different extremely fiery energies rushed into his body. He felt like his whole body was about to be torn apart.
His entire body instantly turned a fiery red, and the blood in this body started boiling.
“Ahhh…” Yang Dingtian yelled while holding onto the young girl’s small little hand. He glared at her, full of anger. The moment he opened his mouth, hot blood instantly spurt out, and he fell to the ground, unconscious!
The young girl felt a hot flush on her face. Her beautiful jade-like face was splattered with Yang Dingtian’s hot blood. Originally, based on her martial arts level, she should have been able to easily avoid the blood. However, even though she was arrogant, she had never ever killed a person before. At the moment, she was stunned by the fact that she had actually killed someone out of anger.
A few moments later, she attempted to shake off Yang Dingtian’s grip on her hand. Trembling, she said, “How dare, how dare you touch me?… You got what you deserve!”
Despite all that happened, she still wanted to take the wild man’s flame accessory. However, even after exerting herself, she actually couldn’t free her hand from Yang Dingtian’s grip. She could have used Xuan Energy to directly toss Yang Dingtian’s “corpse” a few meters away. But, if she did that, it was very likely that all the bones in his body would disintegrate. After hesitating for a while, she decided not to use her Xuan Energy and instead leveraged her physical strength to set herself free.
Ximen Yan’s face was cold. He pulled out a sharp knife and moved to chop off Yang Dingtian’s hand.
“Impudent! Still don’t know when to stop?” Suddenly, a powerful and angry voice echoed in the distance. It was the voice of a middle-aged man. He was clearly far away, but his voice seemed to ring directly in his ears. The voice shook Ximen Yan’s heart and lungs, and he froze, not daring to move even an inch.
“The City Lord is here!”
Everyone got off their horses and kneeled down on the snow.
Soon, they all heard the sound of hoofbeats approaching. A threatening aura could be felt!
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Yang Dingtian was like Sun Wukong in Taishang Laojun’s furnace, constantly being burned by fiery flames. Even though he was unconscious, he was still suffering from excruciating pain.
(TL note: Sun Wukong is the main character in the Chinese novel Journey to the West who rebelled against heaven. Taishang Laojun is a member of the Taoist pantheon who concocts pills of immortality in his furnace in high temperature.)
This pain was completely different from the pain he felt when his veins were being cleansed. This pain was completely violent and was tearing Yang Dingtian’s body apart, attempting to take his life. As a result, he felt the excruciating pain even though he was unconscious.
Then, a pair of soft hands pressed against his chest, exuding a cooling aura that suppressed the fire energy in his body. Then, he felt as if an ice cold substance had been poured into his mouth.
Instantly, he felt the wounds he had accumulated over the years begin to heal, drinking in the moisture like a drought-stricken land drinking in the first heavy rain.
Though he was still unconscious, countless thoughts were spinning in his mind, so he didn’t feel calm at all.
“My flame accessory. I’m not selling it. Give it back to me……,” Yang Dingtian muttered angrily. Suddenly, he shot up.
He was no longer in the snow. Instead, he was in a warm, classy room and was lying in a big soft bed. There was a polite, elegant, and handsome middle-aged man standing by his bed. He wore a plain long robe. His gaze was gentle and he had a jade-like face. From head to toe, only the jade crown on his head made him look rich.
“You are finally awake,” the middle-aged man said gently.
Yang Dingtian touched his chest and found that his flame accessory was missing. He immediately used the Mao Li language to yell angrily. However, he only yelled “give it back to me” since he didn’t know the Mao Li words for “give me back my flame accessory.”
“What? Had my daughter stolen something from you?” the middle-aged man asked, using this world’s common language.
Yang Dingtian was surprised by the revelation that the young girl this gentleman’s daughter. As a father, how could he not know that his daughter had taken his flame accessory?
The young girl wanting to forcefully buy the flame accessory was understandable because she liked its appearance. However, this middle-aged man acting like he didn’t know that his daughter had taken it away should have an ulterior motive.
“Could it be that he recognized the flame accessory? It should be impossible, right? Master said that only his wife and daughter would be able to recognize it.” Yang Dingtian silently pondered but still acted as if he couldn’t understand what the man was saying. He kept yelling “give it back to me” in the Mao Li language.
“Young man, you don’t have to pretend to be a Mao Li wild man anymore. I am highly proficient in the Mao Li language and your pronunciation is off.” The middle-aged man laughed gently. Although he had just exposed Yang Dingtian’s act, he still gave one the feeling of a spring breeze.
Yang Dingtian hesitated for a moment before using the common language to say, “Your daughter took my flame accessory. Please kindly return it to me. Although it isn’t worth much money, it is still extremely important to me. It has great sentimental value to me.”
“I have already grounded my daughter, and I had yet to hear both sides of the story. I was waiting for you to wake up to listen to your side. I’m not going to only believe what my daughter and the other martial artist told me.” The middle-aged man continued, “If she had really stolen something of yours, I will definitely see that it’s returned to you.”
Yang Dingtian was still cautious of him but showed a gentle expression as he said, “Thank you, elder!”
The middle-aged man smiled a little and then waved his hand. “Go and call my daughter over.”
“Yes, Master,” the person outside replied.
About ten minutes later, the door opened and a fragrant wind blew in. The young girl entered. Instantly, it was like a fireball had illuminated the entire room.
The young girl looked exhausted, but she was still arrogant. When she saw that Yang Dingtian had awoken, her face showed relief for a moment before turning cold again.
The middle-aged man’s previously gentle face turned strict. He eyed his daughter and ordered, “Now, tell me what happened.”
He looked at Yang Dingtian, gently smiled, and said, “Young man, if anything she says isn’t true, you can point it out. I will not automatically side with my daughter.”
“Dad, he is a Mao Li wild man. He can’t understand our language.”
“You don’t have to worry about that. What happened exactly?” The middle-aged man was strict, causing the young girl to tremble a little. It seemed like she acted very respectfully towards her father.
“We were rushing to our destination when suddenly, this wild man rushed out and blocked our way. Yan brother had told me that it was a Mao Li wild man. I thought that the Mao Li clan had gone extinct a few years ago. Thus, I came out to satisfy my curiosity. In the end, there wasn’t much to see so I had Yan brother drive him away and was about to go back to my carriage. But then, I noticed the flame accessory on this person’s chest.”
“Daddy, you know….,” the young girl continued.
“Call me father,” the middle-aged man replied coldly.
“Yes, Father!” The young girl looked particularly aggrieved. She clenched her teeth and continued, “Father, you know I was born with fiery veins, which is why I’ve been like fire since childhood. This was also the reason you named me Ximen Yanyan. I felt that the flame accessory on his chest suited me well, and I liked it a lot. Hence, I offered one hundred gold coins and 50 kilograms of meat to buy it.”
(TL note: Ximen Yanyan is the daughter of Ximen Wuya. Ximen Yan is Ximen Wuya’s adopted son. He is Ximen Yanyan’s foster brother).
“I gave him the gold coins and meat. But then, just as I was about to take the flame accessory, this wild man caught my hand and grabbed my breast with his hand. I had never been touched by a man before, much less a wild man. Even all of my clothes are made by sister NingNing. I felt panicked and anxious, so I shot my fiery crossbow. Brother Yan was also anxious and struck out with his whip instinctively. Then, the wild man collapsed and vomited blood. At that point, I thought he was dead….”
After listening to his daughter’s account, the middle-aged man asked Yang Dingtian, “Is this what happened? Did it happen exactly as she said?”
Yang Dingtian nodded and replied, “Mostly, but Ms. Ximen did not ask me whether or not I was willing to sell it.”
“Aren’t you a Mao Li wild man?” Ximen Yanyan was stunned and argued, “Your flame accessory isn’t even worth much. I gave you one hundred gold coins. Who wouldn’t take that deal? Besides, why did you grab my hand?”
“How rude!” the middle-aged man admonished angrily.
At that moment, the entire room shook and the flames on the candles all shrunk.
“The bracelet on your hand is also not valuable. If someone were to offer one thousand gold coins for it, would you sell?” the middle-aged man asked coldly.
“Of course not. This was given to me by my mother. I wouldn’t sell it at any price.”
“Then, why did you assume that this young man was willing to sell his flame accessory?” the middle-aged man lectured angrily. “What right do you have to forcefully buy other people’s things? Just because you are Cloud Sky City Lord’s daughter?”
“On top of that, just because someone caught your hand and accidentally touched your body, you attempted to injure or kill him? Who gave you the right to treat life like grass?”
“You have truly disappointed me. It was my fault for pampering you too much. You’ve become so spoiled and demanding. A girl being demanding may be a little cute, but being violent is a crime that can never be forgiven!”
“Kneel!” the middle-aged man ordered angrily.
Ximen Yanyan was dumbfounded and just stood there.
“Didn’t you hear what I said. Kneel and apologize to this young man!” the middle-aged man yelled angrily.
Ximen Yanyan finally managed to process what she’d heard. She couldn’t believe it and said, “Daddy, I am your daughter.”
“Kneel! Do you really want me to repeat myself a third time?” the middle-aged man shouted.
