AWB Chapter 418 Bao Tian
Chapter 418 Bao Tian
Zhou Quan, who was behind the Crown Prince, originally wanted to reprimand Shen Yao for her lack of manners, but seeing that she was exceptionally beautiful and skilled in martial arts, he wondered what His Highness was thinking and remained silent.
Murong Xu rode forward and asked, "Who is your name?"
Shen Yao helped Guan Guan to her feet: "Shen Yao."
Murong Xu sized her up, showing no intention of dismounting.
Shen Yao picked up Guan Guan and tossed her onto his horse. Murong Xu was startled and quickly reached out to catch Guan Guan, holding her steadily in his arms.
Everyone was astonished; they had never seen such a bold and rude girl.
Shen Yao said sassily, "I'm returning the beauty to you. I'm leaving."
King Xuan shouted, "Stop her!"
The guards of Prince Xuan's mansion quickly formed a circle around Shen Yao, holding knives and surrounding her in the middle.
Shen Yao glanced at the guards, then her gaze fell on Murong Xu's face: "You're the leader, aren't you? I saved two beauties, and you're going to repay kindness with enmity?"
She was so arrogant that Zhou Quan would be derelict in his duty if he didn't restrain her: "How dare you! This is His Highness the Crown Prince! How dare you look directly at the heir apparent! Kneel down at once!"
"Tch." Shen Yao let out an even more arrogant sneer: "In my eyes, all beings are equal. Don't even mention the Crown Prince, I won't kneel even if I see the Emperor."
Zhou Quan's eyes widened, and he shouted: "Ignorant commoner, do you know that disrespecting the emperor deserves immediate execution!"
Shen Yao made a face at him with her tongue sticking out: "Lew...I don't know."
The woman, with her aloof demeanor and dignified appearance, had such a personality that everyone was at a loss for words.
Guan Guan recovered from her shock and grabbed Murong Xu's sleeve, pleading, "Your Highness, this young lady just saved my life. She is a kind and righteous person. Please spare her life."
Before Murong Xu could say anything, Shen Yao said, "My beauty, you're the one who's reasonable. I didn't save you for nothing."
She really doesn't understand any rules.
Coupled with her ethereal beauty and the exquisite clothes she wore, everyone was convinced that she was truly a fairy untouched by worldly affairs.
"The prettier the girl, the more likely she is to lie." Prince Xuan rode slowly to the side of the Crown Prince and asked Guan Guan meaningfully, "Don't you think so, Miss Qin?"
Guan Guan buried her face in Murong Xu's chest, raised her sleeve to block Xuan Wang's view, and said in a trembling voice, "Brother Xu, let this girl go back, Guan Guan is scared."
She always managed to successfully arouse the prince's protective instincts.
"Don't be afraid," Murong Xu comforted her gently, then looked sharply at Prince Xuan and warned, "Ninth brother, what is not yours, do not have any delusions. Father hates brothers fighting each other the most."
Don't even think about competing with him for women, and don't even think about competing with him for the throne.
Prince Xuan smiled calmly, his eyes fixed on Shen Yao: "Your subject wouldn't dare. Your subject just thinks that Miss Shen is too beautiful and doesn't seem like someone who would tell the truth."
Shen Yao glared at him fiercely: "I never lie."
Caught by the guards, the little white fox in their arms narrowed its eyes.
"Oh?" Prince Xuan pointed out her flaws one by one: "Your clothes and accessories are expensive, so you must be a young lady from a noble family, but you know nothing about the rules of our dynasty."
"She has fair and delicate skin, yet she sits here alone in meditation, and happens to save the Qin family master and servant who fell off the cliff."
He pointed at the little white fox and said, "You, a woman, saved two girls who fell off a cliff, and even saved a fox? I am very curious, what kind of peerless master could do such a thing?"
He gestured to his guards: "If Miss Shen cannot demonstrate exceptional martial arts skills, I will absolutely not let you go."
If she could hold her own against ten of these carefully selected guards, she would be a peerless genius, and we must not let her go.
The guards were eager to test the mysterious woman's martial arts skills, waiting only for the King's order.
Ordinary mortals, a bunch of scum, Shen Yao could kill them all with a single move.
She rubbed her fists together alternately: "There's no need to go to such trouble. I don't want to commit unnecessary killings."
Before anyone could understand what she meant, she soared five zhang into the air, turned around, and struck out with a palm towards the opposite side of the cliff.
A white, palm-shaped shockwave, accompanied by a whistling sound, struck the opposite cliff, denting it and leaving a huge palm print.
The cultivators were dumbfounded and greatly shocked. Such powerful internal energy!
A peerless master, unparalleled in his own right!
The Great Sheng Kingdom actually has such a master, and she's a young woman at that.
With such strength, these guards were no match for her.
To say that she could fight ten against one was an insult to her. With such powerful internal energy, she could kill someone silently from dozens of feet away.
It’s really scary!
The cliff top was deathly silent; no mortal had ever seen such a sight.
Shen Yao loaded a large bag, and as soon as she landed, she was about to leave: "Goodbye."
"Please wait, righteous lady." The prince was the first to regain his senses and tried his best to keep her there.
He helped Guan Guan sit firmly on the horse, then dismounted himself.
He finally decided to dismount.
Murong Xu walked up to Shen Yao and, imitating a martial arts practitioner, performed a fist and palm salute: "Miss Shen, the person you saved is my future Crown Princess. I am extremely grateful. Please tell me what reward you would like."
Shen Yao scoffed, "It was nothing, I don't need anything."
She lacks nothing; she truly is a young lady from a prestigious family. I wonder which family it is, that they could raise such a skilled fighter right under the emperor's nose.
They can be described as having ulterior motives and harboring deep schemes.
Murong Xu continued, "May I ask which family you belong to, young lady? I will certainly visit you with Guan Guan to express my gratitude upon my return."
"So your name is Guan Guan." Shen Yao smiled sweetly at Guan Guan, then put away her smile and answered the Crown Prince: "I have no father or mother, no brothers or sisters, I wander the world, all alone."
Whether this statement is true or not is unknown, but it surprised everyone.
Murong Xu then asked, "How old is that young lady? Who is her teacher?"
Shen Yao pretended to run out of patience and said angrily, "No father or mother, don't know your age, and my master has been dead for many years. Are you done asking? If you are, I'm leaving."
Without waiting for the crown prince's reply, she walked into the crowd.
The guards had not received instructions to release her, so they could only take one step forward and then retreat one step back.
A wind picked up at the cliff top. Murong Xu watched her retreating figure and asked, "Miss Shen, you have no home. Where are you going?"
Shen Yao didn't even turn her head: "I'm hungry. There's a temple on the mountaintop. I'm going to go there for a vegetarian meal."
When Prince Xuan heard that she wanted to freeload a vegetarian meal, he couldn't help but laugh: "Guo'an Temple on the mountaintop is a royal temple. Miss Shen is a commoner and cannot enter."
Shen Yao stopped and turned to look at him: "You think I can't get in?"
Prince Xuan leaned down on his horse: "With your skills, young lady, you can certainly go in, but it won't be entirely legitimate."
After he finished speaking, he dismounted and stood in front of Shen Yao, turning slightly to the side and tucking his chin in as he looked at her, attempting to seduce her with his beauty: "Miss, why don't you come back to the manor with me? The meals at the Prince Xuan's manor will satisfy you."
His good looks were nothing to Shen Yao.
Having seen countless handsome men, Shen Yao considered Prince Xuan to be only slightly good-looking.
As for his elder brother, the Crown Prince, he was only a third-rate prince.
Shen Yao frowned and walked past him, continuing forward: "Then I'll go down the mountain to buy food."
He lacks nothing, can't beat anyone in a fight, has no worries, and isn't lustful.
None of them could control this woman.
Murong Xu was at a loss, not knowing how to persuade him to stay.
Guan Guan's voice rang out like heavenly music: "Sister Shen, the pear blossom pastries I made are unique in the capital. Would you like to come back to the manor with me to taste them?"
Shen Yao stopped and turned back to ask her, "Pear blossom pastry? Is it sweet?"
Guan Guan smiled beautifully: "Don't worry, sister, it'll be sweet."