Chapter 208 - 208 Unexpected Gain

208 Unexpected Gain

The voice was cold and carried a hint of anger. The two people in the room looked at each other and the empress quickly let go with a red face.

Almost at the same time, the door was pushed open and Liu Ruxi walked in with a dark expression.

“Mother, I…”

The empress hesitated and spoke. Before she could finish, Liu Ruxi interrupted her with a wave of her hand.

!!

Liu Ruxi looked at the empress coldly and went straight to Lin Ran. “Didn’t you say that you’re just a guard?”

Feeling the powerful aura of mother-in-law from Liu Ruxi, even Lin Ran couldn’t help but feel a little nervous. He pursed his lips and asked tentatively, “If I say that this is a misunderstanding… do you believe me?”

Liu Ruxi didn’t answer. She sized up Lin Ran with her almond-shaped eyes and asked coldly, “How old are you?”

Lin Ran answered politely, “Empress Dowager, I’m 23 years old this year.”

Liu Ruxi nodded. “What cultivation level?”

“Second Martial Master…”

“I’m asking about your true cultivation level!”

Lin Ran hesitated for a moment before replying honestly, “Sixth level of the Half-Saint Realm.”

There was a hint of surprise in Liu Ruxi’s eyes, but it disappeared in a moment. “Who is your shifu?”

“Ten Miles Sword God of the Heavenly Saint Dynasty.”

“Where do you live?”

“I’m temporarily staying in Mingzhao Hall.”

…

After asking more than ten questions in a row, Lin Ran felt more and more like he was being interrogated by his mother-in-law.

Finally, while Liu Ruxi was thinking, Lin Ran interrupted decisively, “Empress Dowager, what happened just now was really a misunderstanding. Let’s get down to business first!”

With that, Lin Ran slipped past Liu Ruxi and gave the empress a look of encouragement. Then, he left the room and closed the door.

Only the mother and daughter were left in the room. The atmosphere immediately became a little tense.

Actually, both of them knew what they wanted to talk about, but looking at her mother in front of her, the empress opened her mouth a few times, but in the end, she did not say anything.

Liu Ruxi looked around as if she was avoiding the empress’s gaze. Occasionally, when she met the empress’s gaze, she would immediately look away.

Outside the door.

Lin Ran almost pressed his ear to the crack on the door, but he still couldn’t hear anything.

He knew that the two people inside were embarrassed and wanted to go in to ease the atmosphere, but when he thought of Liu Ruxi’s stern interrogation just now, he decisively gave up on this idea.

After waiting for a while without seeing any progress, Lin Ran slowly lost his patience. Thinking that the empress wouldn’t be in danger with Liu Ruxi, he went to the street.

There were more people on the streets during the day than at night. Seeing Lin Ran, almost everyone looked at him warily. In less than ten steps, at least 30 divine senses swept past him.

Helpless, Lin Ran rolled up his sleeves and revealed the red ribbon. Finally, he wasn’t locked onto by the divine senses.

After walking around a street corner, Lin Ran walked into a noodle shop. He was in a hurry to talk to the empress this morning and hadn’t eaten much. Now, he was a little hungry.

The noodle shop was not big. There were only seven or eight tables inside.

When Lin Ran entered, there was only one table of customers sitting around and chatting happily. However, when he entered, those people immediately shut their mouths and began to eat their noodles in silence.

“Sir, what do you want to eat?”

The shopkeeper asked from behind the counter. He looked to be about the same age as Lin Ran and was at the third level of the Grandmaster Realm. He could be a formidable figure anywhere, but in Nanjiang Town, he was only qualified to be a shopkeeper of a small noodle shop.

“Give me a bowl of beef noodles!”

Lin Ran looked at the menu hanging above the counter and replied, “More beef and more noodles.”

“Two bowls of beef noodles!”

The shopkeeper shouted into the kitchen and raised his hand at Lin Ran. “There aren’t many people in the shop. Find a place to sit.”

Lin Ran nodded and went to the table by the door. Just as he was about to sit down, he heard someone shout, “Hey! That table is taken!”

Lin Ran turned around and saw that it was one of the customers he saw just now. He looked very young and was probably at the sixth level of the Grandmaster Realm.

“I’m sorry.”

Lin Ran smiled apologetically and turned to walk to another table.

“That one is taken too.”

The man shouted again. His companion whispered something to him, but he ignored him and looked at Lin Ran with a slightly provocative expression.

Lin Ran immediately realized that this person was deliberately looking for trouble. He looked at the shopkeeper and realized that he didn’t care at all. Then, he narrowed his eyes and looked at the person. “May I ask which table is not taken?”

“The tables are all taken.”

As the person spoke, he swung his hand and the chopsticks in his hand flew out. With a thud, they were nailed more than two inches into the threshold. “You can sit there.”

Lin Ran’s expression instantly darkened. Even when he was just a low-level martial artist, he had never been humiliated like this!

However, the person who was looking for trouble did not care. After throwing his chopsticks, he laughed out loud. “Why did they send a low second level Martial Master. True Martial…”

“Shut your mouth!”

His companion’s expression changed and he hurriedly covered his mouth. He lowered his voice and said, “He was captured yesterday. He’s not sent by True Martial Workshop. If you dare to spout nonsense again, the town guardian will punish you!”

“Is he the one who eloped?”

The expression of the person who was looking for trouble immediately changed. He looked at Lin Ran warily and lowered his head to eat his noodles without saying anything.

When the two of them spoke, they deliberately lowered their voices. Unfortunately, they underestimated Lin Ran’s hearing.

“True Martial Workshop?”

Lin Ran’s heart skipped a beat. When he investigated the town last night, he didn’t see a shop with this name.

However, from what the two of them said, True Martial Workshop would send people over regularly. Perhaps that was the key to the pervasiveness of grandmasters in Nanjiang Town!n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Lin Ran’s expression was a little strange. He did not expect to obtain this important information just by visiting a noodle shop. If he had known it would be so easy, he wouldn’t have put on a show with the empress!

As he was thinking, two bowls of noodles were brought over. Lin Ran sat down and started eating. It had to be said that the noodles made by grandmasters were different. The noodles were elastic and fragrant.

Soon, the bowl of beef noodles was finished. Just as Lin Ran was about to start the second bowl, the customers at the table were already done eating and preparing to leave.

“Shopkeeper! Do you have garlic?”

Lin Ran suddenly stood up and shouted. He bumped into the people walking towards the door. At the same time, a wisp of sword intent was quietly released from his palm and attached to the guy who was looking for trouble just now.