18- The mysterious Zhou Shun

Zhong Peng stood there watching the dark figures disappearing into the dark.

He didn't leave immediately but turned in another direction there he could see another dark but familiar figure watching him from the dark.

"Are you this desperate to make me fight for you?" Zhong Peng asked.

A figure walked out from the dark, It was Zhou Shun of course.

"Your spirit sense is quite impressive, to think that you discovered me," Zhou Shun said with a playful smile on his face.

"Not like you were trying to stay undetected," Zhong Peng said.

Zhou Shun let out a strange laugh when he heard what Zhong Peng said, it was as if he was not bothered by the fact that his lies were exposed by Zhong Peng.

"Why have you come to see me, Zhou Shun," Zhong Peng asked after seeing that Zhong Peng wasn't ready to say anything more.

"You don't have where to sleep, why don't you come with me," Zhou Shun said ignoring Zhong Peng's question.

Zhong Peng wasn't angry that Zhou Shun ignored his question, having known him for a while now he knows that Zhou Shun has a strange way of doing things, but he still does not trust Zhou Shun enough to follow him home.

Seeing the doubt on Zhong Peng's face Zhou Shun added " I know you have a lot of questions for me, why don't you come along, you can ask me about anything you want to know " he said trying to convince Zhong Peng.

After being silent for a while Zhong Peng decided to go along with Zhou Shun

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Duan clan is situated in cloud city, the biggest city in the Zheng great-kingdom, it was the strongest after the Zheng imperial clan, and it has a history of thousands of years.

In a courtyard inside the Duan clan, three dark figures could be seen kneeling before a girl, if Zhong Peng was here he would have recognized the three as the people he had just spoken with, and the girl was also Duan Xue.

"Did you pass the message across to him?" Duan Xue asked.

"Yes, we passed it across, I believe he wouldn't dare to reject the invitation, " one of them said.

"Hmm," she replied nodding her head.

"But why are you inviting him after what he did to Brother Shen Hong," the dark figure asked with his head still lowered.

"It is just a month and a half before the next cloud gathering, and Master would be here to watch so I need every possible fighter I can get, and his strength is not bad, even though he lacks fighting experience" Duan Xue replied.

"Ok, he noticed us before we showed ourselves, it seems like his spiritual senses are very high," the dark figure reported.

"Hmm," she said calmly, after a moment of silence she asked the two "How is brother Shen Hong."

"His condition has stabilized, Master said that he sustained internal injuries, and she said that he would make a complete recovery within a week," he said.

"Hmmm, you have completed your job, you can now leave, " Duan Xue said.

The three bowed as they left the courtyard, after they left Duan Xue stood there with a solemn look on her face.

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In a well-decorated room, Zhong Peng was Seating across from Zhou Shun, they were both staring at each other without saying anything, just then a maidservant came in with a jar of wine breaking the awkward moment between the two.

Zhou Shun poured himself a cup of wine before turning towards Zhong Peng, "I know you have a lot of questions" Zhong Peng didn't wait for Zhou Shun to complete his statement before interrupting him.

"Who exactly are you, and why have you been following," Zhong Peng asked.

"My identity is not that special, and also I wasn't following you it is more like we are fated to meet " Zhou Shun replied with a smile.

"Why did you help me breakthrough "After his breakthrough he was surprised by the amount of energy that was in the wine he drank, he suspected that what he drank wasn't an ordinary golden rose wine, he suspected that Zhou Shun must have had a hand in it, he asked the old man who confirmed his suspicions.

"Let's just say that I felt like doing it, I am still surprised by how high the quality of our cultivation technique is, although I don't know what level it is on" Zhou Shun replied.

Zhong Peng was surprised when he heard that, he was surprised that Zhou Shun was aware that he cultivates a high-quality technique, but he managed to suppress his emotions.

" I don't know what you are talking about, I only cultivate my clan's low-quality technique " The old man has warned him never to allow anyone to know about his inheritance even without the old man's warning he already knew that he possesses something other people would want to have, so he decided to keep it a secret.

"You don't worry about me telling anyone," Zhou Shun said with a smile on his face.

Seeing that his lies wouldn't work he was afraid that everyone must have noticed it too

"You don't have to worry about it, I used a very special method to notice it," Zhou Shun said as if he knows what Zhong Peng has on his mind.

"What method did you use," Zhong Peng asked.

Zhou Shun smiled without answering Zhong Peng's question, after a minute he asked "They have extended the invitation to you right." Zhou Shun asked with a strange smile.

"Wait!, how did know of the invitation," Zhong Peng asked surprisingly.

"How did he know of the invitation, did he send them, no I don't think so if he sent them he wouldn't have followed me" A lot of questions appeared in Zhong Peng's mind.

"Are you interested to know more about the invitation?" Zhou Shun asked ignoring Zhong Peng's question again.

"Do you know who sent the invitation?" Zhong Peng asked curiously.

"Duan Xue" Zhou Shun replied calmly.