Chapter 335: Rotten
Xiao Rong smiled and took a spoonful of her food and brought it near his face.
Jayden opened his mouth and ate it, before doing the same with her, after their food was finished he paid the bill and then they went to the next venue.
” Those kids are so cute. ” Xiao said looking at the play being performed by children of around 10 years old.
” Hmm ” Jayden replied while he locked his senses on one of the red robed men, he was wearing an animal mask, but since many other people were doing the same he didn’t stand out much.
” Wait here for me, I am gonna buy something to eat, it would be more fun to watch this drama that way. ”
He said, then he stood up and before she could reply he disappeared into the crowd.
It didn’t take long for Jayden to find one of the men who was wearing a similar red robe, he followed behind and soon discovered that many other men wearing similar clothes were going in that direction, his doubts were almost confirmed, and then he saw exactly twenty men gathered behind a big tree.
After sensing that all the red robed men were standing on the other side of the tree Jayden went towards it and leaned his back against the tree, on the opposite sides of all those men.
” Boss is it really alright, we have never done something on this scale before. ” One of the men spoke, all of them were wearing animal masks while only one of them had a lion mask on his face.
” Of course it’s fine, do you have any idea what I have to do to get this opportunity, previously this kind of work was handled by another group but after their death, we could have a chance to earn big. ”
The lion masked man replied, Jayden sighed as he expected it was related to the king, since Xiao was waiting he decided to end this as soon as possible.
He walked from behind the tree and appeared in front of the group of twenty men, the strongest among them was only at the peak of the Core Formation realm.
Their discussion abruptly stopped when suddenly someone walked in front of them. ” Huh? Who are you and what are you doing here? ”
One of the men asked cautiously, he wondered if the man in front of him had heard their conversation. ” The Buddhist sect had been annihilated, so what’s the purpose of you lot coming here? ” Jayden asked looking directly at the lion masked man.
“!!!”
The entire group was stunned, they all turned their gazes towards their leader, waiting for his order. ” Capture him. ”
The leader shouted he couldn’t let anyone discover their plan, since the king had specially told them to be discreet.
” DON’T MOVE ”
After a sigh Jayden used Cursed Voice, the bodies of all the bandits froze immediately aside from their pupils, they couldn’t move at all.
” Now you, answer everything. ” Looking into the leader’s eyes, Jayden said while using the Void skill.
” Did the king order you to do something? ” Jayden asked just to confirm.
” Yes, one of his ministers gave us the order. ”
With a nod, Jayden asks another question: ” What’s your purpose for being here? Is it just to kidnap people? ”
” We were told to Kidnap some of them after killing around thirty to forty people, the purpose of that the king wanted to probe. ”
Jayden arched an eyebrow, as he spoke: ” Elaborate. ”
The leader was in a strange state, under the fearful stares of his teammates who could only try to move, he answered:
” The Xing family have been ruling over the beginning kingdom for a long time, and to ensure that they possess the same power even in the future, they either kill or enslave other strong cultivators, that’s why there are so few cultivators in the Spirit Strengthening realm outside of his army.
But many times such people hide themselves to gain strength in secret, so the king kills a few people randomly to bring out such cultivators and if so many people dies the rumours of the attack on the king will die down. ”
As the leader of the bandit spoke, Jayden’s eyes widened in shock.
‘ The chances of such a strong being hiding are already very slim, then even if someone is hiding, the chances of him/ her coming out to save random people is also very slim, unless their family member is in danger. So, just for such a reason he was planning to kill so many people, just to suppress the rumours about himself. ‘
Jayden thought, but his expression remained the same. ” But why are you kidnapping them? Also tell me, are you the only group that was tasked with such things? ” He asked.
” I’m not hundred per cent sure, but the king might have some people who can still do the research for him. Yes, we are the only ones, at least for now. ” The masked man replied.
” Alright, now answer my last question, why is a small fry like you have so much knowledge about this all? ”
Jayden asked, this man possessed way too much knowledge despite being just the leader of a small bandit group.
” I have a close friend, who is also a minister in the castle, he gave me all this data. ” Jayden nodded as a big smile appeared on his face, he knew just what to do with these men and it seemed that the king was in the need of another present.
After a few minutes, he returned back to his seat, holding two packs of snacks.
” What took you so long, you missed almost a quarter of the drama. ” Xiao questioned taking one packet from his hands.
” There was just too much crowd, anyway what happened so far? ” Xiao smiled and began to explain, after watching the drama they walked out and visited several other places, after some time they entered a hotel, where Jayden booked a private room.
Within minutes they arrived inside the spacious room, they sat down and chatted for a while, and then it was finally time for Jayden to tell her everything.
” Are you ready? ” He asked, they were sitting on chairs while facing each other.
” Mm ”
Xiao Rong nodded taking in a deep breath, she was sure that whatever Jayden was going to reveal to her now would be quite huge, so she readied her mind.
Jayden looked into her eyes and showed her everything, his quests, his becoming a vampire, his other wives and many other things about his life.
She was surprised when suddenly so much information was injected into her mind, closing her eyes she began to sort it all out as she observed everything and the more she saw the more surprised she became.
She could never have predicted anything like that, her head was lowered while she looked at all the memories, and after over ten minutes she finally raised her head and looked at Jayden with wide eyes.
” Is that all really true? ” She asked, and in response, Jayden just nodded his head as he waited for her response.
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