Journey Of An Unknown - Chapter 5

“I have not been outside of my village until now so forgive my ignorance as I did not such an event was being held. I had some places to visit in the Feathers Peak City before continuing on my journey somewhere far.” Replied Zou in a calm and sorry tone.

He really did not know about this even before hand and he would have left the city even before the tournament began and he could still be late to the event after leaving Vivid Stone City due to some encounters he doesn’t know about or can’t deal with easily. What happened at the Grey Forest was a sign that such time losses could happen again at any given time, it was something he could not solve easily or control the outcome just yet to his favour.

The carriage driver old man didn’t take offense to any of it. He had already guessed from the looks of this young man that he did not know about the world much and was on a journey to discover the world for himself. He was impressed by the calm demeanour of Zou Shen, he felt like no matter what happened to Zou he would still be able to think calmly.

Sadly, he had not stepped into the path of cultivation yet. He could not feel any aura of Qi which had been cultivated, no unrefined Qi was also present. Which was a surprise to the old man who was a master in the cultivation world. Either this young man next to his carriage was a hidden Immortal Realm master or he was a Mortal. The old man guessed it was the later as no Master would look like this even if they had forsaken worldly possession to just cultivate or not know about the great Red Rain sect selection tournament. From what the old man could see was that Zou had not yet gone through the refinement of combat. An aura or feeling that people who had been in many countless battles would give off.

Zou Shen could also guess what the old man driving the carriage was thinking of when trying to make judgement on him. He could not be a combat veteran without being in a single life-threatening battle. Nor had he cultivated his Pure Qi with the infusion of Wind Qi, so he was just a mortal who was probably on his way the Core Realm, if he could cultivate properly.

Zou still didn’t mind the doubts thrown at him, at the end of the day he did things in his own way, no one was crazy enough to risk their lives while being a mortal who didn’t cultivate at all few months ago to go into the Grey Forest blindly where even strong cultivators would need preparations to enter. He was crazy and mad in his minds, but that was his strength and only way to achieve great things on his own. Nothing was set in stone for him and he had already died once, twice counting this body’s’ previous owner as himself.

“No need to be sorry young man; my name is Luo Chang I am escorting my Luo clan’s young lady Luo Xiaoshan. I am escorting her to take part in the selection tournament so that I she can win a top position and enter the great Red Rain sect and I return to the clan with great news.” The old man Chang said it loudly, so this message reached the entrance gate guards ears. He acted like he was quite when telling Zou Shen his name, but his true motive was to get the attention of the guards.

A cold and sweet voice came from inside the carriage scolding the old man Chang. “Elder Chang please do not attract unwanted attention. I want to be left alone in peace and enter the city without any problems. Please handle the guards which are coming here to greet us and try to keep the interaction with mayor quick.”

When Zou heard this voice, he felt could alone drive men mad and make them do things they didn’t want to. He looked around to see the reaction of other people in the line. When they heard the name of the old man and the young lady, they all gasped in awe and fear. The old couple who was next to him were shaking in their bodies like they had met legends from the heavens.

The old man shaking tried to find his bearing while he slowly said, “Destruction Lord Luo Chang and Heavenly beauty Luo Xiaoshan. Our lives have been blessed to meet such legendary cultivator.”

Zou Shen was even surprised it felt like the people wanted to willingly kneel and pray to these people. ‘This Luo clan must be really powerful and had some deep history in the Heavenly Green region of this continent, that these people want to worship the old man and the young lady in the carriage. This old man must be really strong and at least the late Ascension realm for these mortals and even cultivators to give such a reaction to him.’

Zou didn’t think too much about the reactions of the people as he had already guessed this old man was power and a master in the cultivation world. ‘This old man is quite clever he didn’t the join our conversation between the old couple and me for nothing. He had already planned this from start and was just waiting to name himself and his clan to get for some VIP service.’

Zou shook his head as didn’t care for the heavenly beauty or anything, he wanted to know how strong this old man Chang really was. What strength did the Ascension Realm entail? He had only met early or mid-level of Mortal Human Realm in this lifetime. He had a chance to see a higher realm of Cultivation so he had to observe everything he could.

Sadly, he didn’t find too much, this old man had a cloak on his aura with which he could not see anything through. He could only guess this Elder Chang was of the Ascension Realm, mid or late level. He could only guess but he also felt this old man poured, he felt he would die in an instant if this pointed in general direction. Even his Pure Qi aura barrier would not be able to save him at all.

Zou collected all the guesses he could make; he smiled and greeted the Destruction Lord Chang. “I am Zou Shen and I greet Destruction Lord Luo Chang and Lady Luo Xiaoshan of the Luo clan. Please forgive my empty mortal knowledge regarding the world, I didn’t even know there were titles to greet you with, again I ask for you forgiveness for my lack of knowledge.”

The people in the line looked at Zou Shen in contempt and confusion, while the Guards who had run over and reached near the carriage stopped to look at Zou Shen when they heard his greeting.

To the mortals and cultivators, Luo clan was known throughout the landmass they were currently living in. Even the demons of the Netherworld knew of Luo clan. To the people he was asking for death by the hands of the Luo clan for ignorance. If the old man Chang felt offended even a little bit he didn’t even need to kill Zou Shen himself he could order the guards to do it, the guards would not question and kill Zou gladly just to get in the good graces of the Luo Clan. Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click www.webnovel.com www.webnovel.com for visiting.

Zou Shen greeting was brave and foolish as he openly admitted not knowing their titles or the importance or strength of the Luo clan. He did address elder Chang with his title but did not address the Young Lady with her title. Showing other he did not much care or hold the Heavenly Beauty Luo Xiaoshan in high regard. That alone would be enough for him to be killed by many men of this landmass. They did not even need to be ordered or asked they would do the deed willingly and openly.

Zou could care not what others thought or what this old man would do, he knew this old man could not do anything unless the young lady ordered him to do harm him in anyway. No one else would move on him either fearing insulting Luo clan, the young lady would also not do anything to him or else it would be going against her need of getting unwanted attention. If she hurt him just because he didn’t know of certain worldly details as an idiot or fool. Then people would fear the her and the Luo clan more not helping in their image. From what Elder Chang did by announcing and how this young lady scolded him for it, he could guess that Luo clan liked to keep a good image among the people. They wanted people to respect them and to fear them, more fear would not be good for their image.

The act of killing him just for limited knowledge would sow more fear into the hearts of people and could be used the enemies of Luo clan to rile up some of population. Even a mortal who is a fool can become a tool to be used against political warfare if used in the right way. To Zou Shen this young lady Luo Xiaoshan seemed smart from the way she talked. She let elder Chang handle the guards as she knew what elder Chang had done and why he did it. She reacted quickly and smartly, and elder Chang didn’t seem to mind her request either.

It was silence in the surrounding for a few moments then a woman stepped out from the carriage as she smiled towards Zou Shen, their eyes met each other she was smiling and enjoying the moment.

‘Holy Fuck it’s truly a heavenly beauty descended from the heavens itself. Who let this Goddess walk the mortal plane of existence. Don’t the heavens mercy on us men.’ When he looked at Luo Xiaoshan, he was speechless as his face and mind froze for the moment while looking at her.

She was a heavenly beauty in the true sense of the word. Her one look could make men go crazy and women all around the world feel jealous. Now she was smiling in front of him. She had long black hair and a face with the beauty which he could not put words in, her eyes were cold yet warm and then her luscious lips. She had the body of a goddess with well-endowed curves that if she were to move in a tempting manner, men around her would faint. Added to her voice she was more than the perfect beauty.

Zou Shen recovered from the shock of her beauty in a few breaths. He looked at her again and then looked around him in surprise, some men and the city guards who had come to greet the pair had fainted from seeing her beauty. He started to fear for his life as he realized he should not piss her off in anyway. He then turned his vision to look at her still smiling at him.

‘Scary, she is really dangerous better not get involved with her if I want my life intact. She looks and feels so strong; she must be around the early Core Realm. She is same age as me, same height but all so different. What the hell is she cultivating, what is the Luo clan feeding her? Is she one of the geniuses or at the top of the pile standing above the rest?’ Zou Shen started to observe her strength and not her beauty. She was smart and strong, he started to realize why this Destruction Lord would be her carriage driver. Her talent and potential were at the top level, making it no shame to serve her in some form for even the strong as it was destined, she wold stand even among legends later in her life.

Zou Shen was shaking his head inside his mind furiously. ‘These people are true talented geniuses and legends, then what do I need to become and achieve to overcome them with my own strength and power.’