Peerless Bodyguard of a Stunning Beauty

Beside him, the beautiful Xuelian looked at Zhao Rong in surprise and said, ”Brother Zhao Rong, did you really come here for a rendezvous?”

Zhao Rong frantically signaled to Xuelian with his eyes, then said, ”Of course, the boss sent me here to make contact…”

Before Zhao Rong could finish, the elder continued, ”Bright moonlight before my bed…”

Zhao Rong didn’t know how to reply and blurted out, ”On the ground, two pairs of shoes…”

Hearing Zhao Rong’s response, the elder’s eyes widened. He nodded and said, ”That’s right, you’re the one sent to connect with me…”

Zhao Rong swallowed and looked at the elder. ”Don’t tell me I’ve matched your code again?”

”Don’t be hasty,” the elder said cautiously. ”There’s one last phrase. If you can match it, then it will prove you were truly sent by the boss. If you were, I will hand over the finest Tianshan Snow Lotus…”

Listening to the elder, Zhao Rong clenched his teeth, his heart pounding with anxiety. Matching the elder’s secret codes would be nothing but a total coincidence and sheer luck. But I might not be able to match the next one.

Before he could finish his thought, the elder continued, ”The sounds of wind and rain at night…”

Without thinking, Zhao Rong instinctively replied, ”And everywhere, the mosquitoes bite…”

As soon as the words left his mouth, he thought, That has to be wrong. How could there be such an easy code that I’d get completely right?

But before Zhao Rong could finish that thought, the elder embraced him, saying excitedly, ”I’ve waited here for twenty years, and you are the only one who has matched all three codes without a single mistake! Young man, you’ve finally come! Really, I’ve waited until my eyes ached with longing. My hometown accent is the same, but my hair has turned gray... Still, at last, I have you…”

With that, the elder handed Zhao Rong the glittering, golden Tianshan Snow Lotus.

As Zhao Rong took the Tianshan Snow Lotus, he couldn’t help but think, I used Instant Teleportation to get here just to find a Tianshan Snow Lotus… but now I’ve been handed one just like that. Doesn’t this feel a bit too easy? When things come this easily, they feel unreal.

At this moment, Zhao Rong was utterly confused. He half-believingly took the Tianshan Snow Lotus from the elder and said, ”Sir, what kind of mysterious organization is this?”

Hearing this, the elder suddenly turned his head. His eyes, sharp as an eagle’s, fixed on Zhao Rong. ”Weren’t you sent by the organization to connect with me using the code and retrieve the Tianshan Snow Lotus? Since you’re a member, how could you not know what our organization is?”

Suddenly, Zhao Rong realized he had slipped up. Thinking fast, he pointed at a child passing by and said to the elder, ”Sir, please don’t misunderstand. Of course I know what our organization is about. I only asked that to mislead this passerby… I was worried they might overhear our secrets and spread them around. That wouldn’t be good…”

Meanwhile, Xuelian leaned close to Zhao Rong’s ear and whispered, ”Brother Zhao Rong, even though we came here for the Tianshan Snow Lotus, we can’t resort to swindling and deceit, can we? Besides, this old man has waited here for twenty years just to give the Tianshan Snow Lotus to someone from his organization. If we trick him and take it, what will he do when they finally send someone to collect it and he has nothing to give them?”

While Xuelian was worrying, the elder suddenly gave a sly, cunning smile. ”Young man, your generation is truly clever. I’m getting old, and sometimes I let my guard down…”

With that, the elder pulled a business card from his pocket. ”I have waited here for twenty years for someone from our organization to arrive. This card in my hand was given to me by the organization twenty years ago…”

He handed the card to Zhao Rong.

Zhao Rong took it and saw three words written on it: Wild Wolf Sect.

He was inwardly startled. Looking at the old man, he thought in astonishment, So this guy is from the Wild Wolf Sect?

Zhao Rong was all too familiar with them. Back when he was in the True Martial Sect, he’d had numerous dealings with the Wild Wolf Sect. He had even killed two of their young heroes, Achilles and Hector. But since joining the Ghost Hunting Academy and the Sports Academy, he hadn’t encountered any of their disciples. He never expected that after using Instant Teleportation to travel thousands of miles, he would meet a disciple of the Wild Wolf Sect in this Gobi desert. And this disciple seemed well past middle age.

Zhao Rong knew the Wild Wolf Sect was an utterly evil and ruthless sect. So, as he slipped the Tianshan Snow Lotus into his pocket, he put on a show of admiration. ”Brother, this business card of yours is pretty impressive… As a new disciple, I had no idea the Wild Wolf Sect had such amazing cards even twenty years ago…”

The elder laughed happily. ”When I left the Wild Wolf Sect, everyone told me, ’My friend, have one more drink, for beyond Yang Pass you’ll find no old friends.’ And after staying here beyond the frontier for a full twenty years, I’ve discovered that saying is absolutely true… You know, in the twenty years I’ve spent in this Gobi desert, you’re the first disciple from the Wild Wolf Sect I’ve ever met… And meeting you like this, it feels special, like we have a real connection, a common ground…”

Zhao Rong continued his pretense. ”Yes, the Wild Wolf Sect is the number one sect in the Central Plains; we are definitely awesome. And as disciples, even though we are on the frontier, we must keep the sect in our hearts. We can never abandon or forget the Wild Wolf Sect…”

Hearing Zhao Rong’s words, the elder was convinced of his loyalty. He gave Zhao Rong a thumbs-up and praised him, ”Young man, you are truly amazing! The Wild Wolf Sect needs new members like you…”

The elder then sighed with emotion. ”Truly, each new generation surpasses the last. Our Wild Wolf Sect disciples are stronger with every passing generation…”

After speaking, the elder took a bag of mysterious seeds from his pocket. ”Take these. To be honest, I wasn’t going to give them to you, but seeing that you’re a future star of our Wild Wolf Sect, I feel it’s necessary that you have them…”

Zhao Rong took the seeds and asked curiously, ”What kind of seeds are these?”

The elder smiled mysteriously. ”What else could they be? They are, of course, Tianshan Snow Lotus seeds…”

Hearing this, Zhao Rong was delighted. ”So if I take these back and plant them in my courtyard, I can harvest Tianshan Snow Lotuses in the autumn?”

The elder shook his head. ”The Tianshan Snow Lotus is a miraculous plant. It can bloom and bear fruit even without being planted…”

Hearing that it could bear fruit, Zhao Rong asked in surprise, ”This thing bears fruit? Can you eat it?”

The elder immediately took out a fruit that resembled a flat peach from his pocket. ”This is called a Tianshan Snow Lotus Fruit. Not only can you eat it, but you can also use it in alchemy. Most importantly, eating this fruit boosts one’s virility…”

Meanwhile, the beautiful Xuelian was more concerned about how to plant the Snow Lotus seeds. She asked the elder, ”Sir, if I just carry these seeds with me, will they naturally germinate and grow?”

The elder chuckled. ”Just carrying them around won’t work, of course. You need a special space. You must place the seeds in that space, spread them out, and provide the right temperature and humidity. Then, the Tianshan Snow Lotus can slowly germinate, sprout, grow, bloom, and bear fruit…”

When Zhao Rong heard this, he immediately tossed the bag of Snow Lotus seeds into his Magic Ring and said with a laugh, ”With this bag of Tianshan Snow Lotus seeds, we won’t need to use Instant Teleportation to come searching for them whenever we need to do alchemy…”

Xuelian nodded. ”That’s right, Brother Zhao Rong! With so many seeds, we could have thousands of Tianshan Snow Lotuses in the future…”

With that, Zhao Rong and the beautiful Xuelian high-fived in celebration.

Hearing their conversation, the nearby elder asked in surprise, ”What did you two just say? Don’t tell me you didn’t travel a long distance, walking all the way here from Xijing City?”

Realizing he had slipped up again, Zhao Rong immediately laughed. ”Of course we traveled a long distance to get here. What else? Did you think we could fly?”

After speaking, he just looked at the elder with a foolish grin.

At that moment, the elder suddenly became suspicious of Zhao Rong’s identity. He looked Zhao Rong up and down, then said to him, ”Every disciple of our Wild Wolf Sect has a wolf tattoo on their back… Now, please take off your clothes and show me your back.”

Hearing the words ”wolf tattoo,” Zhao Rong froze. I’ve always detested tattoos. Forget a wolf on my back, even a single character on my arm would make me sick to my stomach.

”Take off your clothes quickly and let me see your back,” the elder suddenly said in a stern tone. ”If there’s no tattoo on your back, then that proves you are not one of us. And if you are not from the Wild Wolf Sect, then I’m sorry, but you will return the Snow Lotus seeds and that golden Snow Lotus to me.”

Faced with the elder’s aggressive demand, Zhao Rong had no other choice but to take off his clothes. When he presented his back to the elder, the man was instantly dumbfounded.

Looking at Zhao Rong’s back, the elder stammered, ”Sir… you’re not just a disciple of our Wild Wolf Sect… you’re a high-ranking member!”