14 -CHAPTER
At the nighttime as the blue moon illuminated the starless sky, two figure in black cloak about to enter the Floating Cloud City through the main gate.
"Halt!" voice the guard blocking the way.
"Who are you and what intention you came here for?!" sternly he said after noticed a big sword hanging at the back of the person.
One of them takes out something from his pocket and show to the guard.
"Xia!" stunned the guard saw the medallion carve.
"What connection between you and merchant city?" asked him strangely after recognizing the symbol.
"I'm his son" replied the person as he revealed his face to the guard.
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"Master?" voice Shiro likely asking where they want to go.
"We take a visit at the tailor shop first," he said. Yuanba wants to check the progress of Wu Ming making those clothes he asked for.
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Knock!*
Knock!*
Creak!*
"Sorry, we already close!" a person voice from inside the shop.
"It's me Xia Yuanba," said him to hint her.
Clack!*
Creak!*
"Boss? Is that you?" asked as a petite form opened the door.
"Wu Ming. Yes, it's me" replied him calmly took off the cloak that covers his face but the girl suddenly silent before rushed to him and hugged him tightly.
"Wu Ming. What happens?" asked him a bit worry but she silences to his question. He let her be for a while before she let go of him.
"Sorry, Boss" voice her a bit timid.
"It's okay. Let's talk inside" replied, him as the place is too dark to have a comfortable conversation.
"Umm… okay" said her. Yuanba held Shiro's hand and pulled her inside the shop.
Squeak!*
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"So what boss doing here during the night," asked her a bit blushing remembering her action before.
"I want to talk about the clothes and the task progress" replied him with a warm smile ignored her awkwardness.
"Uh…. I already finish making it but-but" stuttered her.
"Show me first and I will judge" spoke Yuanba to figure the problem straight from the product.
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"It quite large" mumbled Yuanba. The size wasn't with fitted Wu Ming body curve that why the reason. While on the other side, it quite small for the saleswoman and he realized that she ashamed to ask for other people help because of her appearance likely.
"Shiro tries this" passed him the clothes as the size is actually suitable for Shiro current figure.
"Boss. Who is this?" asked Wu Ming a bit curious after seeing his action.
"She is my companion, Shiro" replied him as he moved the cloak that covers her face.
"Pretty" a sudden word came out from Wu Ming mouth saw Shiro face.
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"He already has a beautiful girl beside what I actually think" muttered Wu Ming while knocking her head to the wall inside the changing room area and let a slight tear.
"Wu Ming?" voice a person behind her. She turns her head look to the person before sighing comparing her ugly face and her face.
Squeak!*
"Squirrel?" she stunned a bit saw a little red squirrel in the ground on Shiro's shoulder.
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"It perfect" praised Yuanba saw the clothes, Shiro wore.
"Wu Ming. How come you make the wrong size?" asked Yuanba strangely. Wu Ming shuddered slightly and thought 'Should I tell him? No-No. How come I will explain that I too excited made the underwear and want to show him?'
"Oh! How about the underwear design" suddenly voice Yuanba with an excited face but he found out Wu Ming already pass out after he mentions it.
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Squeak!*
"You want to stay with her," said Yuanba wondering what actually happened until this little creature attached to Wu Ming.
Squeak!*
"Okay, but about the herb" voice him.
Squeak!*
"Yeah… yeah. Don't worry I will give you a new one" spoke him to the angry squirrel.
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At the corner of the alley, Yuanba doing a few hand sign before appeared ten shadow clones.
Poof!*
"You guys go to the secret underground room. Check thoroughly anything suspicious and put in one spot or throw if you guys feel too dangerous" said him as he reassured that the room will not be found out as the two clones before already concealed it. But he more cautious danger from the inside if there something he doesn't even know left by the alchemist soul.
"After that divide into two groups which one involved to study the alchemist technique and the other one doing spar" continued him as all of them nodded at the same time before disappeared from his sight.
He wanted to hone his skill and the best opponent is oneself because we can know our own weakness. And shadow clones are a literally fearless soldier because they didn't afraid death but they can't handle the intense battle which can lead them to disappear. He also got knew from the system that each clone didn't have a devil fruit ability that he is eaten.
"It okay tho. Different kind of experience will patch up the other one that I'm lacking" muttered him although it just small scale fight.
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Knock!*
Knock!*
"I'm home" voice Yuanba entered the Xia Mansion. This place strangely quiet this night and he straight went to his room with Shiro.
Creak!*
"Shiro. You wait here. I will come back" said him. Shiro nodded her head before jumping to his bed and lay down to sleep likely.
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"Father! I'm home" screamed him a bit but still, no one answered his call. He went to his father room before giving a knock.
"Look like he not home" muttered him before something hit his mind.
"This memory!" shocked him as he found out one of his clones died. Each his clones overall strength is about 6th Nascent Realm and it died without knowing the culprit.
After a few seconds, he feels an emerge of memories flooding his mind. Each second his clones died in stillness and he figures that all the dying one fell around the area of his 'beast' shop. Fortunately, all the clones wore a cloak and disappeared after 'died' so he doesn't worry about the identity.
"Who tries to kill me?" a huge killing intent appeared from Yuanba as he said the words before speed up to the place.
Shuu!*
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Poof!*
"That the last one. Who are they try to invade Yuanba shop?" muttered a young woman in a white dress as he cancels her attack.
"I heard that he will back after tomorrow. At that time, I will teach him how much he makes me worry for" voice her.
The young woman was Xia Qingyue who guarding inside the shop. The shop no longer destroyed appearance but look better with new material and design after rebuilt. After she hears that a big monster destroy her brother shop from her father, she starts to track them but she didn't find any trace of them. She actually feels worried after heard he disappear after the event before searching more thoroughly but it still the same outcome.
She hopes can find some clue from here and start sleeping inside for a few days. Until today, before she got the news that he is still alive and training at the mountain area with an unknown girl.
She decided to go home tomorrow but tonight, appearance group of people in a cloak which tries to invade the shop. All of them only 1st Nascent Profound Realm but their strength is surpassed what she thought. She sneaked attacked them because of it more convenient to not reveal her true strength know to the people of the city.
