Chapter 142: All of Them Are Big Shots

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Wen Zhong regarded Jiang Yuan with a strange look. He had a feeling that this fellow was plotting something unseemly.

“Then I shall go alone first and see whether Shi Ji is in her sanctuary. That way, we shall not seem too presumptuous,” Wen Zhong said indifferently.

Jiang Yuan was even more excited inwardly. Presumptuous? Was he worried about imposing on the lady?

Though his thoughts were rather suggestive, Jiang Yuan maintained a serious expression on the surface.

“Then go by yourself, Grand Tutor,” Jiang Yuan said calmly.

Wen Zhong cast him one last glance before turning and flying toward White Bone Cave.

Once Wen Zhong had left, Jiang Yuan looked at Bai Ze with a gossipy expression.

“Senior Bai Ze, you know so many things. Why don’t you tell me about the relationship between Grand Tutor Wen Zhong and Shi Ji?”

Jiang Yuan was becoming increasingly certain that there was something going on between Wen Zhong and Shi Ji.

Bai Ze regarded him calmly. “Unless it is absolutely necessary, I do not investigate such matters.”

The more heaven-defying the divine ability, the more easily one suffered a backlash.

Although Bai Ze was capable of learning many things, he also had to restrain his own curiosity.

There were matters one could not simply learn just because one wished to know them, even if they seemed insignificant.

He especially had no desire to investigate anything concerning the Saints.

Not only would the effort likely yield no result, but he might also attract trouble from a Saint afterward.

And the backlash could be severe.

Jiang Yuan felt disappointed by this answer. He truly wanted to know the gossip surrounding Grand Tutor Wen Zhong.

“Could you investigate it just to satisfy my curiosity?” Jiang Yuan asked uncertainly.

Bai Ze merely looked at him.

Jiang Yuan gave an awkward laugh. “I was only joking. Besides, I’m not the sort of person who likes prying into other people’s privacy.”

“Grand Tutor has never been particularly accepting of me. If these matters were to anger him further, Your Majesty would likely be the one to suffer in the end,” Bai Ze explained.

Clearly, Bai Ze understood the relationship between Jiang Yuan and Wen Zhong. He knew that Jiang Yuan regarded the Grand Tutor as an elder.

Otherwise, given that Jiang Yuan was a Half-Saint, there would have been no reason for him to show Wen Zhong such deference earlier.

Jiang Yuan shrank his neck as he imagined the consequences.

Perhaps he should probe the Grand Tutor indirectly. If he could find out, that would be ideal; if not, he would not force the matter.

He merely cared about the Grand Tutor, this lonely old man.

Wen Zhong had spent his entire life fighting for Great Shang and the human race. Jiang Yuan felt that he had already done more than enough.

Yet now he was still running here and there on Jiang Yuan’s behalf. It truly seemed far too exhausting.

Jiang Yuan was not that heartless tyrant Zhou. He respected an elder like the Grand Tutor deeply.

That was why he naturally took a greater interest in this matter.

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“I wonder whether the Grand Tutor can seize this wonderful marriage,” Jiang Yuan muttered to himself.

Bai Ze smiled faintly and said nothing. He had not expected the mighty Human Sovereign to possess such a curious side.

The two did not wait long before Wen Zhong appeared before them, accompanied by a woman of extraordinary grace and charm.

Jiang Yuan looked toward the elegant woman.

A stream of information appeared before him.

Name: Shi Ji
Title: Disciple of the Leader of the Heaven-Interception Sect
Cultivation: Grand Luo Golden Immortal, Perfected
Possession: Eight-Trigrams Cloudlight Handkerchief
Cultivation Method: Black-Yellow Scripture
Mount: Azure Luan
Loyalty: 30
Favorability: 80
Tyrant Value Obtainable: 1,300

So this was Lady Shi Ji. She certainly did not look like an evil person.

She was refined and graceful, with a kind and amiable face. At a glance, she seemed like a benevolent woman.

No matter how Jiang Yuan looked at her, she did not resemble the villain from the Nezha legends.

It seemed that history truly was written by the victors.

At that moment, Shi Ji followed behind Wen Zhong, a hint of shyness even visible on her face. How could she possibly look like a villain?

“This must be Lady Shi Ji, the woman our Grand Tutor has been thinking of day and night?” Jiang Yuan asked with a gentle smile.

Shi Ji froze at his words, then her face flushed.

“Has Wen Zhong often mentioned me to the Human Sovereign?” she asked.

Wen Zhong looked at Jiang Yuan with a dark expression.

“If you keep spouting nonsense, boy, I’ll knock every tooth out of your mouth.”

At this point, he could no longer concern himself with the bond between ruler and subject. Jiang Yuan was spreading rumors about him everywhere—how could he possibly tolerate it?

Jiang Yuan immediately fell silent and gave an embarrassed laugh.

“I only felt an inexplicable familiarity when I met Lady Shi Ji for the first time, so I couldn’t help making a joke.”

“Please don’t take offense, my lady.”

Shi Ji smiled demurely and shook her head, indicating that she did not mind.

The gentler she appeared, the angrier Jiang Yuan became. Someone as kind and tender as Shi Ji could not possibly be a villain.

Those who had spread such slander deserved to die!

Even while Shi Ji spoke with Jiang Yuan, her gaze still drifted toward Wen Zhong from time to time.

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Jiang Yuan secretly congratulated himself on his sharp eyes. Sure enough, he had seen at a glance that there was a story between them.

At the same time, he was exasperated by Wen Zhong’s stubbornness. Shi Ji clearly liked him.

Setting aside her beauty and graceful bearing, her strength and status alone put her several streets ahead of Wen Zhong.

What on earth was he thinking? Was he clinging to that last scrap of dignity on his old face?

When you are young, you do not understand the joys of living off a woman. But at his age, did he still not know how wonderful such a life could be?

Jiang Yuan was practically beside himself with frustration.

At that moment, he wished he could force the two of them into a wedding ceremony.

“What are you waiting for, Your Majesty? Let’s continue searching for the others,” Wen Zhong said.

This time, Jiang Yuan was genuinely stunned. He looked at Wen Zhong.

“Don’t I need to persuade Lady Shi Ji of anything?”

“We are, after all, about to take part in a great battle against the Heaven-Exposition Sect. Shouldn’t I explain the stakes to her?”

“If you want to say something, then say it,” Wen Zhong replied impatiently.

Jiang Yuan nodded and turned toward Shi Ji, preparing to explain. Before he could speak, however, Shi Ji spoke first.

“Wen Zhong has already explained everything to me. There is no need for the Human Sovereign to repeat it at length. Since I have already left White Bone Cave, it means I have considered the consequences carefully.”

Jiang Yuan paused, then looked at Wen Zhong, who was wearing a mocking smile.

He instantly realized that his effort had been entirely unnecessary. There was no way Wen Zhong would have failed to explain all this to Shi Ji.

So the fool had been him all along?

“Where are we going next?” Jiang Yuan asked Wen Zhong.

Wen Zhong did not answer. Instead, he turned to Shi Ji.

Shi Ji smiled shyly. “Let us go find Senior Brother Zhao Gongming.”

“Since Lady Shi Ji knows the way, that is naturally for the best,” Jiang Yuan said with a faint smile.

He now understood why Wen Zhong’s first stop had been White Bone Cave on Mount Skeleton.

Shi Ji was a second-generation disciple of the Heaven-Interception Sect and a favored disciple of its leader. Her connections within the sect were naturally far broader than Wen Zhong’s.

As for Zhao Gongming, Jiang Yuan knew him, of course. He was widely regarded as a major powerhouse beneath the Half-Saint realm.

Even Shi Ji, a perfected Golden Immortal, addressed him as Senior Brother, which showed how formidable he was.

At the very least, he had to be a Primordial Golden Immortal. Moreover, Zhao Gongming had three remarkably powerful younger sisters.

The Three Celestial Ladies were formidable in their own right. Jiang Yuan had a feeling that this journey was going to bring him a tremendous windfall.

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