At night, Xian Wu stealthily entered into the Royal Qin family's castle. This building reside in the foremost center of the Qin Royal Capital.
Qin Royal Capital is divided into several section, with each section has their own identity.
The first section is the area, where the King and his family live. There, a majestic palace was standing strong with a grand overview. This castle was big enough to house the King and his concubines, his childrens, and even the descendant of his childrens.
The second section is for the Qin nobles. These nobles is a relative to the Qin Royal family. Although they didn't have as much authority as the Royal family, there are still relative. Therefore, they still have an influence in the kingdom.
The third section is the place for all the well-known family. These family are staying here after earning great merit to the kingdom, someone powerful that was invited to stay in the kingdom, or someone that has something special or meaningful to the Qin Kingdom.
The last section, which is the biggest area is the Civilian Area. In this area, there are several building for many purposes, for instance, there is the building for the guild tavern, the merchant business, the alchemy tower, the blacksmith factory, and many more.
Back to Xian Wu, he was able to climb the wall that was build around the Qin Royal Palace, without being noticed by the guards that were posted below, and on top of the wall. After that, he snuck into one of the open windows on the castle.
The place where Xian Wu found the open window was a chamber for a lady. He could see many women clothes inside the room. However, he didn't see anyone inside at the moment.
Suddenly, the door to the chamber was opened. A woman around the late twenties to the early thirties entered through the door. One could see that she is a great beauty, with a curvaceous body. Even Xian Wu who is in a stealthy mode was attracted to her. A certain part of his body cannot help but stood erected.
There is a black advisor at Xian Wu's left shoulder, who is trying his best to urge him to have his way with the beauty. Another white advisor on his right was talking his best to to advise Xian Wu, not to lust over that lady. However, the hand of the white guy was moving as if wanted to grope something, and his drool is about to drip down as he looked at the beautiful woman.
At the back of the lady, two maid was bringing some clothes and make up, which was belong to the lady.
"Just put those things over there."
"Yes, my lady."
The lady started to undress herself, leaving only her inner clothes on herself. As Xian Wu gazed at her, he could see the outline of her body through the thin linen. Even her nipples were visible to his sight. This caused him to almost charge at the woman to ravage that stunning body.
The lady walked to the bathroom at the right side of her main room, while the two maid just followed her without being asked. As she walked to that direction, someone came into the room.
The lady looked at the person who just arrived and felt surprised. She bowed a bit, and greeted the person, "Greeting Queen Xiao."
"So, you are about to have a bath, Concubine Gu." The Queen glanced at Concubine Gu. "I will just make it short then. His Majesty asked you to visit your Gu family tomorrow. Here's his decree."
The Queen gestured for her maid, which the maid nodded. The maid took out a small scroll and handed it out, and Concubine Gu's maid received it, before giving it to her.
After delivering the decree, Queen Xiao glanced one more time at Concubine Gu, and a flash of light momentary appeared on her eyes. She then left shortly after that.
After the Queen left, Concubine Gu opened the scroll and read it. Sometimes later, she furrowed her eyebrows.
"His Majesty is asking me to get the Emerald Bitter Grape from my family? But that is the most precious fruit of my family."
Concubine Gu paled as she looked at the decree. This request is too heavy for her. She knew how important that fruit is to her family.
The Emerald Bitter Fruit is a mystical fruit that was owned by the Patriarch of the Gu Family. There are only one such fruit in the whole Gu Family, which was on the hand of the Patriarch, who also happened to be Concubine Gu's father.
This fruit has two main properties. When someone consume the fruit, he or she has a 90% chances to advance from the peak of Step King to an Emperor level cultivator.
The other function of the fruit is to repair a damaged crown of an Emperor. To step into the realm of a Step Emperor, a peak Step King needed to create his own Emperor Crown. This crown contained his mystical identity as a cultivator at that realm. If such crown is destroyed, that Emperor's cultivation will regress back to the Step King realm. In this case, the Emerald Bitter Grape can be consumed, and that person's crown has an 80% chance to be repaired, thus helping him regain back his Emperor level cultivation.
The Patriarch of the Gu Family is already at level Eight Step King, and about to reach the level Nine. The Patriarch is planning to use the fruit to help him advance into Step Emperor when he got into peak of Step King. However, if Concubine Gu asked her father to give the fruit to King Qin, that will ruin Patriarch Gu's dream.
Patriarch Gu has long outgrown his talent, and he has no hope of entering the Emperor realms. The only way for him was to consume the Emerald Bitter Grape. Therefore, he certainly will become disappointed at his own daughter, if she take away the fruit just to give it to King Qin.
"Did His Majesty wanted me to be the enemy of my family?" Concubine Gu looked dazed as she gazed at the dark distance sky. Sadness and disappointment was shown on her face.
"Looks like His Majesty's brother is still didn't recover from his wound. That's why, he needed that fruit to repair his Emperor Crown." Concubine Gu murmured by herself. Her maid silently listened to her.
"You two, go back to your own place. I need to be alone for a while." said the Concubine.
The two maids bowed, before retreating out of the chamber.
After the maids left, Concubine Gu's expression turned frosty. "Look like that Qin is no longer appreciate my presence in this castle. If he does, he would not blatantly decreed me to get that Emerald Bitter Grape from my father.
In that case, I will leave this place for good. Besides, I don't have any child that I bore after sleeping with him." The Concubine made up her mind. "One day, he will regret his decision."
After that, she made her way to the bathroom.
As the lady was in the middle of bathing, Xian Wu slowly appeared, and stealthily snuck out of the room. He headed out to check on that wounded brother of King Qin.
As he wander around inside the castle, he managed to gather intel on that wounded guy. The name of that man is Qin Hung. Apparently, King Qin and Qin Hung with some other expert in the Emperor realms joined hands and attacked the Xian Kingdom.
In that attack, the almost managed to take down King Xian. However, King Xian suddenly used some secret art at the last minute, and appeared much stronger than the combined power of these team of Emperor level fighter. This forced them to retreat away from Xian Kingdom. As they retreated King Xian last attack wounded Qin Hung, and destroyed his Emperor Crown. Thus, resulting in him being still wounded until now.
After knowing those information, Xian Wu become angry. He still remembered the state of the Xian Palace and the death of his father after the Qin attacked. It seems that these scoundrels is still alive. That is better. At least, I can get my revange for my father and the people of Xian Kingdom who died in that battle.
Thinking like that, Xian Wu then headed for the place where Qin Hung was staying.
After sometimes, Xian Wu was surprised that he didn't find Qin Hung in the palace. He pondered for a moment, before deciding to go to the Qin Noble's area. His speculation was correct. He found Qin Hung staying in one of the Qin Noble's house.
Cough! Cough!
Right now, Qin Hung is very weak. His cultivation was not in Step King realm. It already regressed to Early Step Grandmaster realm, which was three major realm below the Step Emperor level, and only one major realm above the Step Master.
Xian Wu could see Qin Hung face. The man is already very old, so old that he got wrinkles on his forehead, and white silver hair on his head. However, he still retained his vibe as an Emperor level cultivator.
As Xian Wu saw his enemy, he get the urge to just kill that guy right at this moment. However, he still didn't attack. Although the man's cultivation has already regressed, it is still one major realm above Xian Wu's realm.
Xian Wu decided to attack only when he was really prepared. He soon left the place.
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Next day.
The day just started, and the sun just came out. Xian Wu is on his way to Flowering Garden.
In the restaurant, Jun Ling'er who is in the middle of opening the restaurant saw the young man. She happily waved her hand at him. "Hei, Tian Wu. You came early."
As she looked at him, she got surprised when she saw him still wearing the same clothes as yesterday. "Why are you still wearing the same clothes as yesterday?"
Xian Wu was dazed with the sudden question. A bit embarrassed, he replied to her, "I don't have any other clothes. Also, I...got no money."
Ling'er gaped in shock. She then remembered him saying that his belongings was lost in the hands of some group of gangsters.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to say bad think to you." Ling'er apologized for her unintentional fault.
"Never mind that. What did your father said about my job?"
Before she could reply, Jun Wei and his wife showed up. Jun Wei said, "I already decided on your job.
You will do the dish washing in the morning, and cleaning in the afternoon. You will get two free meal, and twenty copper coin per day.
As for your working shift, You will work five days per week, while in each day, you will work four hour in the morning and four hour in the afternoon. Tell me if you can accept my terms."
"I'm fine with that." Xian Wu agreed without thinking much. This answer surprised the three. Jun Wei looked at the young man and asked, "You sure you don't want to negotiate on this?"
"No. Your terms are good enough for me."
"I see." Jun Wei no longer asked. "By the way, on the last two hours of your afternoon shift, I will be teaching you how to cook the foods in the restaurant. Also, if you don't have any place to stay, I can let you stay at my house. We got some empty room. You can temporary stay in there."