Return to Floating Cloud City
As soon as Jasmine used the purchased scroll, he closed his eyes against the bright light in front of him. Feeling as if he was floating in the sky, followed by solid ground, Jasmine opened his eyes and looked at Floating Cloud City in surprise.
He stood on a mountain top, from where he could see the city itself. Jasmine clenched his fist a couple of times, checking his condition and headed inside the city.
- Stop! shouted one of the many guards near the gates of the city.
Jasmine frowned as he surveyed all the arriving people. There were wagons, practitioners, ordinary people, merchants... and they all looked too luxurious, as if they were dressed up as...
"Ahh.. that's right, the wedding of Xia Qingyue and Yun Che, and I forgot about it." Realizing the whole situation, he smiled and answered the guard who approached him.
"Big brother, do you want something?"
The guard apparently mistook him for a young master from a wealthy family, judging by the rich-looking clothes and his devilish beauty. Since Jasmine was already used to everyone's attention, he simply ignored the surprised, shocked and loving-admiring glances. And the clothes that were destroyed due to the reconstruction of the body, he again purchased in the store.
At first, Jasmine wanted to hide his appearance under a hood, but he had already made a name for himself by destroying the Biao Clan and it would be bad if anyone recognized him.
Boy, are you lost? Where is your family?
"I'm here alone to watch the wedding of the swan and mud from my boot. Jasmine smiled, venting his indignation at the bastard protagonist, even though he was indifferent to Yun Che's fate.
- Ahaha! Hey boy, well said!
- Haha...
Everyone who heard Jasmine's words laughed, supporting him and trying to suck up, and the girls tried to stand up so as to show their beauty and attract his attention. Too bad Jasmine didn't care about their beauty.
"Haha… that bastard Xiao Che is lucky that he can even live in the same city as Miss Xia…" The guard began to express his displeasure, while the others nodded.
Jasmine, seeing this, rolled his eyes and ignored the others as he walked on. He was again stopped by another guard, to whom he had already paid 10 gold, and only then was he allowed to skip the line.
System: Interrupt the wedding and take Xia Qingyue away! Reward: 1000 points.
- No thanks. Jasmine replied instantly, seeing that the task was non-compulsory. Although the reward was decent, he does not need a second hypocrite. He has enough of himself...
Walking around the city, which has changed beyond recognition in six months, Jasmine whistled and watched the commotion caused by the wedding. Some, or rather the majority, insulted Yun Che, while others took pity on Xia Qingyue.
Jasmine felt calm and completely relaxed.
"When was the last time I relaxed?" - Jasmine noted that for half a year he has been in suspense, constantly training and developing his alchemy.
"I'll go and have a drink, like in the good old days." Chuckling and whistling, Jasmine went to the first bar he came across, and the people who were staring at him as usual opened their eyes in shock.
- Did I hear, or did this kid say: I'll go and have a drink?
— Tsk-tsk, so young, but already drinking. Where are the parents looking?
"Grandpa, don't talk like that. Maybe he doesn't have parents at all and ... a bride ... - said a blushing girl of 15 years old, who was watching the fading silhouette of her subsequent wet dreams for several years to come.
"What are you talking about, Xue Bei!" You are ready to betray your grandfather for the sake of the first person you meet!
Jasmine ignored their whispers, because even at such a distance he heard them and slowly reached the building where he could eat, drink and rent a room.
Entering the tavern, he went to the counter and ordered several bottles of expensive and high-quality wine and sat down at a distant table. Pouring wine into a glass, Jasmine drained the glass in one motion.
As he slowly sipped his wine, the door to the tavern opened and there was deathly silence. Jasmine looked at the incoming man with curiosity. It seemed to him that they had seen each other before, but he could not remember where.
- Jasmine! The man waved his hand and walked over to his table with a smile. Sitting down opposite, he raised an eyebrow in surprise. "Young man, drinking at your age is bad manners. the man said reproachfully.
"..." Jasmine raised the mug to his mouth and began to drink, giving himself some time to remember this… Xia Hongyi!
"Senior Xia Hongyi didn't expect to see you. Putting down his mug, Jasmine bowed his head in greeting. And although he said so, Jasmine was sure that this was not an accident.
"You forgot me, right? Xia Hongyi asked with a squint and a smile, thinking it was funny, but he couldn't help but admit that the kid in front of him did everything not to appear rude.
Jasmine just smiled and didn't answer. They soon struck up a casual conversation where Xia Hongyi asked him where he was, why he didn't say goodbye, and...
"My daughter missed you.
Jasmine raised an eyebrow. Did his daughter miss me? I'll never believe it, he thought, but he didn't continue the subject. He completed the task, so why would he mess with this hypocrite?
"I see that you do not show the same feelings as she does. Hongyi nodded to himself, as if confirming something.
- Let's change the subject.
"You don't like my daughter that much?" - Hongyi said with some irritation and took one bottle from the table, poured it into his glass, and drank it. There were no visitors, as well as workers, in the hall, and only the two of them were talking.
"What are you, Senior Xia. Your daughter is unbelievably beautiful, but I don't have too much hope. - not slavishly and not arrogantly, Jasmine answered, although in his head he thought quite differently: To be a man of such a girl? I'm the best to continue killing monsters.
"..." Hongyi watched Jasmine's facial expressions intently, but could not understand Jasmine's thoughts. This child... - If you think so, then why didn't you meet my daughter after returning? Or do you have other goals?
"I'm just here in passing, just to watch your daughter's wedding. Jasmine smiled as he poured himself and Hongyi wine.
He doesn't look depressed... Hongyi thought as he realized that Jasmine had no feelings for his daughter at all. With a sigh of relief, he decided to cut ties with this mysterious boy and try to keep Xia Qingyue away from him.
After sitting for a while, Xia Hongyi left Jasmine, and the boy continued to drink and eat the dishes prepared by the hostess. No one tried to get close to him anymore after seeing him with a big figure like Xia Hongyi.
Xia clan.
Xia Qingyue's personal maid was running down the long corridor towards the lady's bedroom. She was sweaty and tired, but she didn't stop. And when she was already near the door, the silhouette of Master Xia appeared in front of her like a ghost.
- M-m-master...
Are you in a hurry somewhere? Xia Hongyi smiled gently as he reassured the maid.
"Yes, Master Xia, I am going to young Miss Xia.
"Hmm... and why?"
"Ah... help... with something." - looking away, said the maid. She was only at the Beginning Stage of Profound Strength and could not lie normally in front of this person.
Why are you going to her room? Xia Hongyi asked with the same smile. He was a kind man and would never hurt a maid, but here the fate of his daughter was decided. He couldn't be careless.
"I…I…S-Sorry Master Xia…!"
"Calm down Yu Huifeng, I was just asking.
"Y-yes… I'm going to report to Young Miss that Young Master Jasmine has arrived in town." the maid replied, relieved that the Master was not angry. Even though the young miss told Yu Huifeng not to tell anyone about this, the lady's father was in front of her and Yu Huifeng didn't find anything wrong with that.
- Clear. You can go, I'll tell Qingyue about it myself. Xia Hongyi smiled and turned his back to the maid, who bowed deeply before leaving to continue working. After walking a few more meters, he sighed. "You haven't given up yet, Yue-er…"