49 Chapter 49: Music?
Gu Lin Fang controlled the shadow guard without much problems. In fact the quality was much better than the other one, especially since this was an external cultivator's body.
He also noticed he could use his own Martial arts technique with the puppet albeit slightly weakened. For the damage to be stronger, he would need to increase the level of his skill.
The shadow guard jumps over the fence, flawlessly executing the [Banshee's footprint]. The half exposed moonlight shined above the city as it exposed the hustle and bustle of {Iron Crow's} night life.
Standing in the shadows of an alley, The shadow guard approached the red light district.
Different kinds of women in heavy make up could be seen on the roadside, either escorting a man or trying to attract a man's attention.
The shadow guard had the upper half of it's head and face covered in by a bamboo hat. So people were unable to see it's face as he walked into what looked like a mixture of an open air bar and a brothel.
Gu Lin Fang had always read about, how places with drinks and women were the best place to get information, so he decided to try it out.
An ambient sound of a flute lingered in the background as he walked in with the shadow guard. Glancing at the central platform covered with a light veil, he saw a dancer with fan, dancing sensually.
Another female sat at the edge of the platform, playing a flute.
On hearing this tune, a few notifications lit up in front of him in his main body.
[+20% Serenity for 4 hours]
[Your Broken will now be suppressed, restoring Qi]
[+1% healing every 20 seconds for 10 minutes.]
"This...!"for a moment, he stopped controlling the shadow guard and it stood in place while facing the musician.
'Even music can be this powerful?' he thought silently while finding himself a seat close by,
[Name: Yang Xin
NPC qualifications: Green rank Elite
Age: 19
Cultivation: 8th stage of the Qi gathering realm.
Affiliation: White lotus peak, Blissful valley sect's outer sect disciple.]
After seeing the affiliation, Gu Lin Fang stopped using sensing and checked out a few more workers around. That's when he found out, the place was really owned by the {Blissful valley} and everyone who wasn't a customer was an outer sect member.
He laughed wryly for a second and couldn't help thinking, 'there's really crouching tiger and hidden dragons everywhere, hehehe, how could I not like it here?'.
It was at this moment, a coy voice came from his side, "Excuse me Master, is there anything you would like to drink or any services you would be interested in?".
He looked up at the teenage girl slightly before pointing at a random drink and placing a silver tael on the table.
"Uhm... this amount is actually too much"She spoke again but there wasn't a response, so she picked it up anyways and headed somewhere.
"Hahahaha!, Young Master Lui really has a good sense of humor, I shall take a cup to that!" A loud voice soon came from the table behind Gu Lin Fang's shadow guard, arousing his interest.
Young Master Lui was a chubby boy of about 15 or so, he wore a light green attire with a white belt. His smiling face would make one feel good, coupled with his overall looks that made him look like an intelligent scholar.
He didn't have any lady at his side, unlike the youngsters next to him.
Without any arguments, he picked up his small wine cup and sipped after the laughing bear next to him.
"So did you attend the 'banquet' with your father?, I would have followed mine but he said merchant families weren't supposed to bring too many people" the bear says slowly while shaking his head.
Young Master Lui sneered and said condescendingly, "of course I was there. As a matter of fact, I'm just coming from there".
"Wow!!"
"Let me tell you, the merchant families are not to sell anything to the Gu clan from now on. I'm sure you would have been told later tonight or tomorrow morning"
"What?!!" A few different voices exclaimed together.
"Hmph, serves them right. A bunch of country bumpkins trying to act against the Sun Desert faction, just for their own personal 'interest'..." Another youngster spoke with laugh, the others joined in as well.
An intoxicated voice sounded out from another youngster, "Anyway, let's forget about them and talk about something more interesting. Like the spring at {Dragon pass}"
Unknown to them, several people were listening in on their conversations, including Gu Lin Fang himself, He noticed that the others chose to ignore the drunk youngster but his words raised their vigilance.
Young Master Lui sneered for a bit before suddenly stood up saying, "friends, allow this young one buy you all a bottle of {Ling Wine} in hopes of you forgetting our <faults>".
"Wow!!, Young Master is so awesome!!"
"Hahahaha, faults? This father here will see which son dares to accuse Young Master and his companions!"
The place became even more lively and a few more musical instruments were brought to the stage as they entertained the place.
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Two hours passed midnight,
The crowd began to disperse with wobbly steps, some 'lucky' ones like Young Master Lui who bribed the whole establishment, was able to sleep over with some 'company'.
The others were now heading home.
Gu Lin Fang was presently escorting a group, it was the youngster who mentioned the {Dragon pass} and his Guards.
The carriage slowly made it's way out of the red light district.
The sound of the horse's shoe was drowned by the noisy street but everything soon changed.
Bang!!!
Dust and debris flew through the air as something fell onto the carriage.
"Young Master!!"
"Young Master!"
The guards shouted as they tried to pacify their horses.
Soon they saw someone stand up from within the broken carriage with their young Master on his shoulder.
Gu Lin Fang walked out calmly and picked up the bamboo hat from the floor, a 3rd stage Auroras core expert charged forward and attacked from a nearby roof with bloodshot eyes.
He tried swinging his sword at first but who knew Gu Lin Fang would use the teenager as a shield.
Not daring to make a move, he could only look on in anger.
"Who are you?, Do you know who you intend to offend?! We're From the {Golden horse merchant family}!"
"Haaaa!!" The other guards roared with momentum but only silence responded to them.
The shadow guard stood motionless with their young master on its shoulder, a light wind blew on their clothes slowly and no one dared to move.
They could not see their attackers face, nor had they heard a sound.
Suddenly, Gu Lin Fang adjusted the puppet's posture as he felt a group enter the range of the puppet's perception.
With a smile, the corpse puppet jumped lightly and landed on the roof of a building before dashing away.
The Auroras Core expert chased after him by using his footwork, the rest followed with their horses.
At first they could keep up but soon lost both parties while running through the alleys and road.
It didn't take long for them to find the injured of the Auroras Core expert.
He looked at them solemnly and said, "let's return to the Patriarch, I'll take responsibility!".
"Senior Zu!!"
"Haas, Don't say anything... just get me a horse"
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Meanwhile, Gu Lin Fang who was still seated in his study, continued to tap his fingers lightly on the table.
"Even the top merchant families know something, {Kin Ma(Golden Horse} merchant family huh, really a harvest".
He looked at the red figure dozing off in front of the study and couldn't help shaking his head while saying, "Wei Fan, go to the side of the pavilion and bring me what you find".
The figure jolted awake before wiping something from it's face and bowing,"Yes Master!".
'as long as I will it, I can use thermal vision huh... what else can these eyes do?.
There's also the flute, with the [Broken] trait suppressed, my Qi has already surpassed the 25k mark, too bad it ends in a few hours...
If can use it before battle, is it the flute itself or a music technique?.' His mind got busy again, obviously still thinking about the things he learnt throughout the day.
