My Wife Is A Sword Immortal-Chapter 143 - 128 Lu Wan and You Mountain
Chapter 143: Chapter 128: Lu Wan and You Mountain
Chapter 143: Chapter 128: Lu Wan and You Mountain
The short-haired woman’s eyes lit up.
She immediately turned around and lightly leaped onto the horse carriage, lifting the carriage’s curtain and said with a lively smile,
“Not expensive at all, not expensive, Young Master. For our Chen’s Carriage Shop, each ride only costs one crystal chip per person, not like the other shop in the West City, Guo’s, which has increased to one and a half crystal chips. Their carriages, whether it’s a Dragon Colt or the shafts, are still not as good as ours…”
“Wait, what is a crystal chip?”
“Young Master and, ah, this Fairy, it must be your first time in Du You City, right? Crystal chips are one of the currencies issued by Youlan Prefecture… well, Youlan Prefecture is our City Lord Mansion in Du You City, and it devised and distributed them as the currency within the city.
Because seldom is gold or silver from below the mountains used here, we circulate spirit stones, but a Lower Grade Spirit Stone is too large, which is why they issued crystal chips. A hundred crystal chips are equivalent to one Lower Grade Spirit Stone. Now, Young Master, Fairy, please quickly get on the carriage.”
Zhao Rong turned and exchanged a glance with Su Xiaoxiao.
He turned back and gave the horse carriage a careful look.
The carriage was pulled by a horse, but this horse seemed extraordinary.
It was large, with pitch-black pupils and covered in an abnormally bright blood-red color, different from the common horses of the mortal world below the mountain.
Zhao Rong could faintly sense a strong vitality; this “horse” was probably a Demon Beast, but seemed to have been tamed well, lacking any wildness.
A flag was mounted at the back of the carriage, displaying a small, red “Chen” character on a black background.
And like the short-haired woman, there were quite a few others dressed similarly accompanying the carriages at the ferry’s exit.
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“Young Master, Fairy, please hurry and get on, it’s getting late. By the time we reach West City, it will probably be dark.”
Zhao Rong observed the short-haired woman’s enthusiastic smile for a moment and nodded, helping Su Xiaoxiao onto the carriage.
The inside of the carriage was spacious and comfortable. Zhao Rong lifted the curtain and spoke to the short-haired woman who was driving,
“What should I call you, Miss?”
Without turning back, the woman shouted loudly, “My surname is Lu, with a single name, Wan. Young Master can call me Ah Wan.”
“Is Ah Wan Miss a native of Du You City?”
“Yes.” Lu Wan’s head tilted slightly and imperceptibly upwards, as the oncoming wind tousled her neatly cut short hair.
She suddenly cocked her head to the side, showing her profile to Zhao Rong.
“I grew up in Du You City since I was little. I understand all the customs, dialects here, and I know all the fun places to visit, delicious snacks, or some secluded alleys like the back of my hand.
If Young Master and Fairy have any questions, feel free to ask me. If you’re looking for fun places to visit, I have many recommendations…”
As she spoke, Lu Wan paused, then added,
“However, I’m most familiar with West City. ‘East City for nobles, West City for commons; North City for riches, South City for poverty’ — well, this is divided too precisely. Generally, Du You City is split into East and West by the Li River.
There are too many Immortals and nobles in the East City; I only occasionally transport some generous guests there, so I’m slightly more familiar with it.
As for our West City, although there are many commoners, it’s bustling! Often there are Immortals from East City and visiting Cultivators playing in West City; those are truly transcendent beings.”
Lu Wan tilted her head slightly, but as she was speaking, she couldn’t help but sneak a peek at Su Xiaoxiao dressed like a Daoist priestess.
This little Fairy looks so pretty; she seems even more beautiful than some of the Fairies I occasionally see on the streets…
Zhao Rong thought for a moment.
He was just about to ask further when Su Xiaoxiao, unable to restrain her curiosity, poked her little head out, holding onto Zhao Rong with one hand and pointing with the other tender white hand toward the purple mountain in the distance of East City, whose peak was barely visible.
Her voice was soft and playful.
“Ah Wan Miss, what mountain is that?”
Lu Wan glanced at the delicate Jade Hand protruding from behind before shifting her gaze to follow the direction of the pointed finger.
This little fairy’s hands are so white, but why does she have some red marks in the palms of her hands?
Like me, gripping the reins all day, frequently doing rough work that blisters the hands?
But I haven’t seen her hands turn as dark as mine…
Lu Wan’s mind flickered with some strange thoughts, but she didn’t dwell on them much, and after looking in the direction Su Xiaoxiao pointed, her smile brightened.
“Fairy, that is You Mountain of East City. Fairy must like its color, eh? We people from West City also call it Huayi Mountain, because the mountain is full of a kind of tree called, supposedly, ‘Purple-clothed Flower’. It’s unsure when or who planted them.”
“The entire mountain of Purple-clothed Flowers is truly magical; their colors change so unpredictably, it’s impossible to discern any patterns. Sometimes they are purple at night and then turn red by the next morning, or after a light rain, they switch from blue to green. And all the Purple-clothed Flowers on the mountain change in the same way, the same color, just like a delicate fairy continuously changing her floral garments.”
“Wow, that’s so beautiful, Zhao Rong, can we go there to play later?”
Su Xiaoxiao’s eyes sparkled as she excitedly shook Zhao Rong’s shoulder,
but before Zhao Rong could react, Lu Wan spoke up again.
Her tone was one of regret.
“Fairy might be disappointed, though. You Mountain is private property, and there are private residences built on it.
Let alone us commoners from West City, it’s said that even most people from East City can’t go up there.
The only ones who frequently go up are the owners of those private houses and their invited guests. Otherwise, even if you are the Lord of Youlan Prefecture, you don’t have the right to go up there. Ah, those are truly unspeakably wealthy people.”
“Humph.”
The little Fox Demon puffed up her cheeks, no longer pestering her lover, and quietly wrapped around Zhao Rong’s arm, still staring at the Purple-clothed You Mountain.
Zhao Rong looked down at the well-behaved, sensible Su Xiaoxiao, his heart softening, and he comforted her gently:
“Sweetheart, don’t be sad, huh, isn’t it just a flashy mountain? Starting from now… you need to work hard, aiming to become the stunning and peerless Su Huxian, then take me up there to play.”
Su Xiaoxiao: “…”
Lu Wan: “…”
At first, when Su Xiaoxiao heard the beginning of the sentence, she thought her sensible and well-behaved demeanor had inspired Zhao Rong, and she felt a little smug and pleased with herself, thinking, I’m really so virtuous…
But then the second half of what he said…
Su Xiaoxiao was furious, how did she end up with such a bad lover? He actually wanted to live off her success in reverse!
Wuwuwu, poor little Xiaoxiao, unlucky in love…
Biting her lip, Su Xiaoxiao pounded her useless Zhao Rong with her tiny fists.
Zhao Rong ducked backward to evade and laughed as he tried to catch her wrists.
“Stinky Zhao Rong, let go of me.”
“Won’t let go.”
“Let go of me now!”
“If you tell me to let go and I just let go, wouldn’t that make me lose face?”
“Then I’ll bite you.”
Su Xiaoxiao wore an expression of mock ferocity, showing her little fangs.
“Is that so? Come on then… Ah… are you really biting? Ah, not there, stop biting that spot!”
Su Xiaoxiao: “Mmmph mmmph mmmph.”
