Chapter 78 Fairy tale?

Lin Manshan turned back, retrieved the tea set and stood up, asking as he walked forward, "Have you thought about it?"

"Mm." Zhu Zhuyu nodded her head with great discretion.

"Good!" Lin Manshan didn't hesitate and quickly said, "Then hurry up and pack your things. Change into thicker winter clothes, preferably the kind with a coat and hat. Also, bring a scarf that can cover your mouth and nose, so that you can disguise your identity to a certain extent. In this way, as long as we don't go through the main city gates, the general border gates will easily let us through. To avoid a prolonged worry and sleepless night, we must travel by carriage day and night to the border."

This is the benefit of the spirit master profession, as ordinary individuals, the guards would not dare to stop them at all. The number of official spirit masters under the two empires was inherently small, and only if they had a brain cramp they would be sent to small towns to serve as gate guards. Even if there were, they would be ordinary spirit masters with less than level 20, and just like that, they would be officer-level in the guards. Now that the weather was so cold, and it was about to be New Year, who would stay at the pass.

Therefore, all the way he came before, he hadn't seen a few spirit master soldiers at the various city gates and passes.

Saying that he walked straight to the door.

"I'll wait for you in the living room."

"Mm." Zhu Zhuyu nodded, and when Lin Manshan was out of the room, she quickly lifted the blanket, got out of bed, and began to pack up her things.

Not long after, the lights in the room went out.

With a creak, the door to the room opened.

"Ah Man, I'm ready." A soft call was heard, Lin Manshan raised his head to look, Zhu Zhuyu had already changed into a large dark grey snow cloak with a hood, with snowy white plum blossoms tattooed on both sides. The scarf in front of her neck was thick with fur, covering her mouth and nose, only revealing her bright eyes.

"Well, let's go then." Lin Manshan nodded, waiting for Zhu Zhuyu to approach, leading the way towards the balcony.

Landing on the ground, he quickly came to the not-so-high fence at the side of the dormitory area by using the shadows of the trees to cover him and easily crossed over.

A moment later, looking at Lin Manshan's direction of advancement, Zhu Zhuyu, who was following behind, couldn't help but ask, "Ah Man, you wouldn't be crossing up from the forest, would you?"

"That's right."

Lin Manshan lowered his voice and replied, "Don't worry, I have my own way to avoid the spirit beasts in the forest."

"Oh." Hearing this, Zhu Zhuyu no longer asked more questions but became more and more curious about Lin Manshan in her heart.

Neither of the two letters had written the details of Lin Manshan's rescue at the time, just that there was a lot of praise between the words. The point is, Zhu Zhuyun is even willing to marry Lin Manshan. In her impression, Zhu Zhuyun was a proud and extremely intelligent person. She wouldn't make this kind of decision easily.

Moreover, counting the distance and time, Zhu Zhuyun should not have spent much time with Lin Manshan. To make such a hasty decision, she really couldn't figure out the reason for it.

In addition, didn't the letter say that Ah Man is responsible for receiving her after the rescue? How come he came in person?

Let's wait until we get to the Heaven Dou Empire, then we can ask about it in detail. Looking at the upright figure running in front of her, Ah Man, who had somehow appeared out of nowhere, Zhu Zhuyu, who was still unfamiliar with him, couldn't muster up the courage to ask about it at all.

She can only follow the pace with doubts in her heart.

Not long after, the two came to the fence.

Turning his head to look at Zhu Zhuyu who is wearing a large snow cloak, with the whole body wrapped up like a dumpling, looking at the fence out of focus, Lin Manshan approached with small steps, "Zhu Zhuyu, your clothes are not very convenient to rush through the forest, why don't I carry you on my back."

After saying this, he turned around and half squatted down.

"Ah?" Zhu Zhuyu instantly froze, looking up at the towering fence, as well as the dense spikes at the top of the fence above, her pupils instantly shrunk.

"Then I'll trouble you." As the words fell, she carefully clung to Lin Manshan's back.

"Hold on tight." Calling out lowly, Lin Manshan held a firm grip on her thighs and got up to leap at once, 'Vanishing Art.'

Zhu Zhuyu on his back only felt a flash in front of her eyes, then their silhouettes crossed over the fence covered with spikes.

Then he steadily landed on the ground.

'Spirit Bone Skill?' Zhu Zhuyu's heart was instantly startled, she hadn't seen Lin Manshan summon his martial soul at all.

At once, the doubts in her heart deepened.

Lin Manshan who landed on the ground didn't pause, his steps accelerated, and his figure instantly disappeared into the forest.

'Surprisingly, we didn't encounter a single spirit beast, how did Ah Manshan do it?' The deeper they went into the forest, the more shocked Zhu Zhuyu became, and at the same time, she secretly thought in her heart, 'Mysterious and powerful, and still dare to take the risk of coming to the Imperial Capital to pick me up. Responsible and courageous, he is indeed an extremely good choice for Sister Zhuyun.'

'Perhaps this is the reason why Sister Zhuyun willingly abandoned everything from the past and ultimately made her choice.'

Between her thoughts, the two of them once again came to the fence, following the example and skimming straight through again.

After that, he put Zhu Zhuyu down, and the two of them continued to run.

After about three-quarters of an hour, they finally arrived behind a city wall, and through soul perception, Lin Manshan did not find any guards above.

"Hold my waist tightly." While saying this, he traced his fingertips across his waist and took out the Flying God Claw.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Zhuyu's pretty face instantly flushed, but she didn't hesitate much, "Oh." Responding softly, her body slowly approached, her hands hugging Lin Manshan's waist tightly.

After the previous journey, she already had complete confidence in this mysterious Lin Manshan in front of her.

"Shoo!" Pulling the trigger, the rope cut through the air and hung straight to the top of the city wall, "Hold on tight." With a soft call, his right hand held Zhu Zhuyu's waist tightly, and immediately he felt an obvious stiffening of her petite body on his side. Lin Manshan didn't think much of it, his left hand pulled hard, and then his finger pulled a trigger again, and a strong pulling force appeared in his hand, bringing the two of them up into the air.

After rising to the top of the wall, Lin Manshan pulled with his left hand to borrow the force, 'Vanishing Art.'

Landing on the floor, retrieving the Flying God Claw, Lin Manshan did not immediately let go of Zhu Zhuyu, but said, "Zhu Zhuyu, next I'm going to jump down, you hold on tight."

After saying that, he directly leapt and jumped down, and when he was about to land, his right hand lifted upwards, raising Zhu Zhuyu's body a little higher again, preventing her from hitting her feet when landing. "Plop!" With a clear sound, the two of them landed steadily on the ground.

"There!" Saying that he let go of his right hand.

"Hmm, thanks for the trouble." Zhu Zhuyu kept her head slightly low and said briskly.

"It's fine." Lin Manshan said, glancing at the sky, adding, "The carriage I hired is now at the station outside the city, however, to be more natural, we still need to wait, pretend to leave the city normally, and find them when it's dawn."

After all, it is Star Luo Imperial Capital, he wouldn't dare to bet on whether the guards would recognise Zhu Zhuyu or not. If she was accidentally recognised when being inspected, they would most likely attract unnecessary trouble, so it is better to pay more attention than cause trouble. Therefore, for safety's sake, going over the wall during the night was the best option.

"Well, just make your decision, I'll listen to you." Zhu Zhuyu responded in a squeaky voice.

This temperament... She is obedient and doesn't know how to refuse. That brat, the Prince, could only be said to have died too early. A delicate body that is easy to push down, a person with an adult body and a loli face, a legal loli. A type that only existed in the secret critique area of 2D fans in his previous life. Lin Manshan sighed deeply.

Then he nodded slightly, ''Let's go. Let's find a place to camp and rest first." After saying this, he led Zhu Zhuyu towards the direction of the station.

Not long after, he stopped at a small forest, pulled out a simple tent from his spirit tool and propped it up.

"Zhu Zhuyu, you can sleep some more."

After saying that, he closed his eyes and cultivated.

Looking at Lin Man Shan who had entered a state of cultivation, Zhu Zhuyu sized him up and lifted the blanket to sleep for a while more.

After an unknown amount of time, Lin Manshan gradually awakened, turned his head to look at the tent that was already somewhat translucent, half-kneeled and moved to Zhu Zhuyu's side, gently pushing and shoving. After a few seconds, "hmm" Zhu Zhuyu rubbed her eyes and woke up.

After a simple wash and clean up, and a simple breakfast, the two continued on their way.

When they arrived at the station, he instructed the attendant to wake up the two coachmen and restock their food and drink reserves.

The two coachmen quickly came downstairs with their packages on their backs and walked straight towards Lin Manshan, respectfully saying, "Young Master, are you done with your business?"

"Hmm, after all, it's a long journey, and we have to rush back for the New Year too." Lin Manshan smiled, then pointed his finger at Zhu Zhuyu.

"This is my sister Xiao Yun who I mentioned to you earlier."

"Greetings, Miss Yun." The two hurriedly saluted.

Before Zhu Zhuyu spoke, Lin Manshan continued, "You two don't need to be polite, hurry up and eat something. My sister and I will go wait for you in the carriage, time is short, we have to hurry up and set off, when we get back home, there will still be a lot of things to do."

"In that case, then let's set off now." The older coachman patted his bag and laughed, "We have already prepared some dry food at the station last night, anyway, we are two people, so we will just switch and rest and eat on the coach later."

After saying that, he quickly stepped forward to lead the way, "Young Master, Miss Yun, this way please."

Quietly waiting for the coachman to bring back the big yellow horses from the stable and pick up the carriage, Lin Manshan led Zhu Zhuyu to step onto the carriage.

"Hyah!" With a yell from the coachman, the horses quickly ran, taking the carriage on a gallop.

***

After an unknown amount of time, in the Imperial Academy's education committee office.

"Tuk Tuk" A rapid knock on the door sounded.

"Please come in." The sound of seats being moved and an old but powerful response came from inside the door at once.

In the next second, the door was directly pushed open, and an instructor quickly slammed in, "It's not good, Education Commissioner, the Zhu family's young miss has disappeared."

"What!?" The Education Commissioners hurriedly walked up quickly, "Say, what's going on?"

Not long after, the three Education Commissioners brought a few instructors and came to the forest fence at the back of the dormitory.

"Education commissioner, it's been checked out thoroughly. They entered by jumping over the fence across the forest, and there was only one person, looking at the footprints it should be a man." An instructor on the side slightly bowed and reported, "Commissioner, this person was able to so easily cross the forest twice in a row without alerting us and take away the Zhu Family's Miss, I'm afraid that his strength isn't low, or at least he's extremely familiar with the academy and this forest."

"Have their movements after leaving the forest been ascertained?" The chief Education Commissioner's gaze shifted from the footprints on the wall to the instructor.

"No." The instructor shook his head, "Outside the forest, it is a stone path, and that person even purposely wiped off the soil from the soles of his shoes on the grass next to it, leaving no traces at all. We searched all around and only found muddy shoe prints left on the forest fence."

"Commissioner, so what should we do now?"

The instructor lowered his voice and continued, "Should we go and inform the Zhu family?"

"Ah, I forgot, you go and notify the Zhu family now." The Commissioner let out a sigh, then turned his head to look at the female instructor at the side, and used an inquiring tone.

"Xiao Qian, has the Zhu Family's Miss come into contact with any of the academy's male students recently?"

"That's not true." That female instructor hastily shook her head.

"Chief, you don't think that the Zhu Family's Miss has eloped with someone, do you?" Another instructor beside her suddenly interjected, "If he's really a student of the academy, why would he need to travel across this forest? Wouldn't it be fine to just make an appointment to go out and meet up together?"

"This is also what I'm wondering." The Education Commissioner who was addressed as Chief turned his head, "If the Zhu Family's Miss wanted to escape the empire like Zhu Zhuqing, she wouldn't have to cross the forest. It's just like what you said, wouldn't it be better to just find a time to go out."

"Unless, the visitor doesn't know Zhuyu, and Zhuyu was taken captive?"

"It shouldn't be, Zhuyu's clothes were packed, she should have followed on her own accord."

"Damn, this is not it, that is not it, it can't be that Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing, who were chased by the Stormwind Demon Wolves, got lucky and were rescued, and then the person who rescued them came all the way to Star Luo City to pick up Zhuyu as well, right?"

"I feel like you're telling a fairy tale."

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