Supreme Emptiness

Chapter 401: Chapter 401 Xia Chaoge Chapter 401: Chapter 401 Xia Chaoge Gazing in the same direction, there stood a middle-aged man dressed in black robes, carrying the Seven-star Treasure Sword on his back.

He walked with the demeanor of a dragon and a tiger, exuding an extraordinary aura.

Leading a group of disciples down the street, passersby quickly moved aside, not daring to block their path.

“Supreme Sect Master?”

Jiang Fan’s expression turned strange.

This sect master who single-handedly stirred up the Nine-Sect reporting frenzy, he remembered him well.

However,

He turned to glance at the carriage and asked doubtfully, “Do you have a grudge against the Supreme Sect Master?”

Yue Mingzhu didn’t hold a grudge against him.

She was just afraid of being recognized!

“No, but I don’t like him.”

Yue Mingzhu peeked through the gap in the carriage curtain and noticed they had already walked far away, then breathed a sigh of relief.

She immediately became worried again:

“I don’t know how many sect masters have come to this city.”

“If even one of them encounters me, I’ll have no way to explain.”

“This city is not suitable for a long stay.”

She jumped off the carriage and said, “I’ll go prepare some food and water, you exchange for horses.”

“We’ll meet here later.”

Jiang Fan nodded.

Acting separately would save time, he was happy with that.

He immediately drove the carriage alone and returned it to the local branch of the carriage and horse company.

To his surprise,

there were no horses for sale in this place.

When he explained his intention, the branch shopkeeper smiled knowingly and said, “Young Master, this must be your first time in Sunset City.”

“If you want to enter the Northern Territory to carry out a mission, horses won’t do.”

“Ten miles from Sunset City, the snow is neck-deep.”

“Even the tallest and strongest horses would be buried up to their heads.”

Jiang Fan was stunned.

The environment deep in the Northern Territory was so harsh?

Seeing Jiang Fan pay promptly, the shopkeeper was more than willing to explain further:

“To go to the Northern Territory, you must ride large spirit beasts.”

“If your sect hasn’t prepared any for you, you’ll have to go to the command post and see if you can apply for one.”

Among the Nine-Sect, only the Spirit Beast Sect has some spirit beasts.

The other sects, where would they find mounts for their disciples?

Most would have to apply at the command post.

After asking for the location and thanking the shopkeeper, Jiang Fan hurried to the command post.

The command post was located in the center of Sunset City Plaza.

From afar, he already saw huge creatures, some several zhang high, even over ten zhang.

They were all sorts of strange beings, a six-zhang tall white horse with sharp horns on its head, a deer-shaped spiritual object roaring to the sky, and a two-headed camel-like creature arguing with itself.

In general, they were all large and appeared very docile.

“Uncle Master?”

An incredulous exclamation rang out.

Jiang Fan was slightly stunned.

There were only a few people in the Nine-Sect who would call him that.

Looking sideways, a stunning figure came into view.

Wasn’t it Xia Chaoge?

She wore a sky-blue water-patterned long dress, her slim waist gently tied with a white silk sash.

A classic melon-seed face, her skin was smooth and fair, as fine as jade, and full of luster.

A high nose bridge and lips like dewy rose petals in the morning.

The breeze blew through her hair, lifting a touch of carefree elegance.

The sunlight caressed her silhouette, leaving a hazy sketch.

She stood there.

The distant sky and snow-capped mountains became the background.

Fixed into a timeless picture.

Jiang Fan was momentarily dazed, then he smiled and said, “Long time no see, niece.”

Xia Chaoge’s serene and otherworldly exquisite face bloomed with threads of surprise and delight.

In front of curious onlookers, she ran to Jiang Fan’s side:

“Uncle Master, you must write a letter to criticize Junior Sister Yan!”

“The notebook you gave her, she treats it as a treasure, only letting me read one page at a time.”

“So stingy!”

She looked at Jiang Fan plaintively, stomping her foot and whining.

The meaning was clear.

It was almost as if the words “Uncle Master is biased” were inscribed on her forehead.

Jiang Fan was taken aback.

This girl could actually act spoiled?

He couldn’t quite handle it, quickly saying, “Alright, alright, when I get back from my mission, I’ll write one for you too.”

Xia Chaoge then smiled, her eyes forming crescent moons: “Thank you, Uncle Master, I knew you wouldn’t play favorites.”

This scene.

Left more than a few disciples dumbfounded.

“Is that really Xia Chaoge?”

“I was wondering the same, isn’t Xia Chaoge known for being reticent and barely speaking to anyone?”

“And she can act spoiled? Am I seeing this right?”

…

All along, the impression Xia Chaoge gave others was serene and quiet, aloof from worldly affairs.

Even smiles were rare.

This lively, even spoiled side, completely overturned everyone’s impression of her.

It sparked quite a bit of discussion and even jealousy among the male disciples.

“Junior Sister Xia, who is this Junior Brother? Why do you call him Uncle Master?”

A young man in a pale gold robe, with ink-black hair cascading over his shoulders and an incomparably handsome appearance, walked over.

He asked curiously.

Xia Chaoge looked at him, her face returning to its usual calmness, “This is my Uncle Master Jiang.”

Then she looked at Jiang Fan again, her eyes full of smiles: “Uncle Master, are you here to apply for a spirit beast too?”

“Does your mission jade scroll have a grade?”

“The command post allocates spirit beasts based on the task difficulty, the harder the task, the better the spirit beast assigned.”

You can’t just pick any spirit beast you like?

But thinking carefully, spirit beasts were essential for travel and extremely scarce.

If there were no rules, it would definitely cause disputes and fights.

Allocating spirit beasts based on task difficulty, no one would have any complaints.

“Who do I register with?” Jiang Fan looked around.

Xia Chaoge enthusiastically said, “I’ll take Uncle Master there.”

The golden-robed young man’s face turned pale, then red.

In public, Xia Chaoge was so indifferent to him.

If she were always like that, he wouldn’t mind, but towards Jiang Fan, her face changed like flipping a book, full of smiles and enthusiasm.

Such a stark contrast made many disciples around laugh secretly.

“A warm face meeting a cold butt!”

“He thinks just because he’s the chief of the Myriad Swords Sect, Xia Chaoge would look up to him.”

The golden-robed young man suppressed his anger.

He didn’t believe it.

This younger disciple of the Green Cloud Sect, could he really have some incredible background?

To make Xia Chaoge treat him so differently!

Putting on a gentle and amiable expression, he quickly followed and said, “This Junior Brother Jiang.”

“I am Liang Feiyan of the Myriad Swords Sect. May I ask which elder of the Green Cloud Sect you are a disciple of?”

Upon learning he was a disciple of the Myriad Swords Sect,

Jiang Fan showed some courtesy.

After all, Senior Xu Qingyang from the Myriad Swords Sect had been kind to him.

He paused, cupped his hands and said, “Senior Brother Liang, you are too kind.”

“My master is the Green Cloud Sect Master, and I am his most unpromising disciple, Jiang Fan.”

Ah?

Liang Feiyan was taken aback, Jiang Fan?

Even though he had been in seclusion for years, the name seemed somewhat familiar.

After pondering for a while, he finally remembered who it was.

He was genuinely surprised.

This guy, wasn’t he the one without a Spirit Root?

Why would a proud daughter like Xia Chaoge treat such a person so uniquely?

Losing to others, Liang Feiyan could barely accept it.

Losing to someone like this made him very uncomfortable.

He glanced at the command post entrance not far away, at the scribe with a displeased face.

An idea formed in his mind, “Junior Brother Jiang, what’s the grade of your mission?”

“If it’s not very high, don’t provoke trouble for now. That scribe there is a disciple of the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion.”

“It seems she’s been through quite a bit and is venting her frustration on anyone she finds annoying.”

“If your mission grade is low, she’ll scold you for wasting her time.”

“Several people have already been berated into disgrace just now.”

Upon hearing this.

Xia Chaoge remembered and said, “I almost forgot, Uncle Master, what task did you take?”

“Spirit beasts are in short supply now and are only provided to those undertaking high-difficulty missions.”

Jiang Fan didn’t know if his mission was considered difficult or not.

However,

staring at the command post entrance, at the girl with her arms crossed over her chest, puffed cheeks, looking like someone owed her money,

he paused.

“Strange, I just parted with Vice Pavilion Master You.”

“Now I run into his disciple again.”