Chapter 317: The Striving Gua Mei

High above the sky, Lu Xingzhou sat in a wheelchair flying leisurely, while A'nuo sat in his lap, flipping a Spirit-Beating Whip over and over to study it.

What does old Bai Mao know? As long as the women are gone, Master's side belongs to A'nuo; what's the point of dwelling on it?

Can you still cling to your Master for twelve hours?

Children need space too, you know?

While Master and Master's Wife were making love, A'nuo found Elder Feng and learned how to refine this Spirit-Beating Whip; now it belongs to A'nuo.

A'nuo believes in fate; whether it was meeting Master or Master meeting Sister Yu, it was all heavenly fate.

Before, A'nuo didn't know what kind of weapon to use; Sister Yu said to wear heavy armor and wield a great hammer, but A'nuo wouldn't do that; no one likes a child like that; children should be soft and sticky.

Fighting with bare hands is what Master likes, but A'nuo doesn't like it herself, feeling that short little arms and short little legs have no advantage in a fight, so a weapon must be found. But A'nuo isn't suitable for sharp weapons; neither knives nor swords fit A'nuo's nature, and she didn't want to use a great hammer, so it had been shelved for so many years.

As a result, a steel whip suddenly appeared.

A'nuo waved it around, feeling the grip was quite good; it could be used as a weapon to knock people's heads, or cast out as a magical treasure to strike their primordial spirits, serving both as a weapon and a treasure, saving trouble.

So this is heavenly fate; from now on, A'nuo will be the Whip Queen!

But then again...

"Master..." A'nuo suddenly asked, "Why do you still have to go to the Capital? Could it be because your studies at the Alchemy Academy aren't finished? If it's just for that, it would be better to continue studying with Mr."

"No need to study... Tinglan always felt she taught me nothing and was ashamed of her duty as a mentor; actually, back in the Tian Shuang Kingdom, she made me memorize a huge pile of Alchemy classics from the Tian Yao Holy Land, and she explained the parts I didn't understand; for me, that was sufficient knowledge; what was lacking was merely practical operation. I don't think the Alchemy Academy can teach me more..."

"Wait, what did you just call Mr?"

Lu Xingzhou closed his mouth.

A'nuo turned her head, scanning Master's face up and down with her big eyes for a long time, then tried calling out, "Xingzhou?"

Lu Xingzhou almost threw her out of his lap; then he remembered they were in the sky, so he flipped her over, pinned her on his thigh, and gave her a good beating, crack-crack-crack: "Learning bad things instead of good! How dare you call me Xingzhou?"

"Then A'Qing?"

Crack-crack-crack...

A'nuo wailed, "I learned it all from you; if the beam above is crooked, why beat me~"

Lu Xingzhou couldn't explain, and with his palm suspended in mid-air, he couldn't continue hitting.

A'nuo lay still on his thigh, like a salted fish.

"As for why I have to go to the Capital..." Lu Xingzhou finally found a topic to shift the awkwardness: "Following Ting... following Mr. all this time, she is too strong; we have no pressure at all, which is unfavorable for cultivation. For the past few months, our progress has been mediocre, so originally Mr. wanted to take us back to the Capital to report, but after thinking it over, she decided to take us to the Tian Yao Holy Land first, hoping the Holy Land's techniques and spiritual energy would make up for what we lacked during this period; otherwise, why would we go to the Tian Yao Holy Land..."

A'nuo said, "So that's how it is... then what are we going to the Capital for?"

"Originally, I planned to go out for trial by combat; indeed, there was no need to return to the Capital. However, the demon race is sharpening their knives and wants to fight; I always feel this matter has something to do with me... at a time like this, if I run off outside for trial by combat, wouldn't that seem heartless? It's better to go back to the Capital and take a look..."

A'nuo glanced at him sideways, her eyes full of contempt.

Those eyes seemed to be written with "beauty brings disaster."

Lu Xingzhou himself was extremely awkward; who would have thought that one day he would become a disaster...

"Why look at me like that? The Demon Emperor sending troops is definitely due to multiple factors; perhaps the main factor is that he was tricked by Gu Zhanting several times and flew into a rage; why would it have anything to do with me?"

A'nuo still looked at him contemptuously without speaking.

As Lu Xingzhou spoke, he sorted it out a bit himself; yes, this matter probably doesn't have much to do with him; at most, it counts as one factor.

The real factor is that through this campaign, Long Qinghuang noticed that Ye Tinglan couldn't manage both sides, and Gu Zhanting's injuries didn't seem to have healed yet; this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

It's laughable that the one causing Ye Tinglan to be unable to manage both sides was Gu Zhanting's inviting the wolf into the house.

And then he tricked his own Jiangshan into suffering the threat of the demon race.

Truly funny.

Right now, Long Qinghuang is merely "preparing for war," and without any hesitation, she spread this news to Ye Tinglan's ears; it's mostly likely with the intent of testing; I wonder if something can be done here to prevent this war from breaking out?

I always feel this matter counts as having something to do with me; if it really leads to a great war, the feeling in my heart is very strange...

Of course, the so-called war not breaking out only refers to a great war; small-scale military conflicts have never stopped between both sides for so many years; it is said that Gua Mei has already accumulated quite a few military merits...

This return to the Capital, I probably won't see Gua Mei, leaving only Qingyao Garden to reminisce.

Lu Xingzhou's wheelchair flew countless times slower than Ye Tinglan's Phoenix Carriage; the Eastern Sea is far away, and it will take several days of flight to return to the Capital.

At this time, the Capital's Demon Suppressing Bureau was also discussing Sheng Yuanyao.

"After Editor-in-Chief Sheng resigned to join the army, compiling the Great Qian Heroes List has become increasingly difficult..." the new Editor-in-Chief of the Heroes List complained to Sheng Qingfeng: "Before, what was there in the Heroes List like commentary or other gimmicks? Since Editor-in-Chief Sheng did this, the public loves it; if we cancel compiling this thing in the future, we will be scolded by people."

Sheng Qingfeng sipped his tea: "Then just add it; what's the big deal?"