Chapter 1989: Chapter 1993: The Scapegoat, Qin Tian?
Seeing that Qin Tian was about to leave, the Heavenly Secrets Grandmaster immediately stepped up and grabbed him.
"King Qin, this old man has a matter that also needs your help."
The Heavenly Secrets Grandmaster said.
"Oh? Please, Grandmaster, go ahead."
"This old man has a disciple from the West Continent (what the Dragon Clan calls the continent east of Panlong Island). She has been studying divination and fortune-telling under me for more than five years. Now she wants to go to the West Continent to roam around and broaden her horizons. Could this old man trouble King Qin to take her along and let her see the world?"
"Your disciple wants to travel the West Continent?"
Qin Tian was stunned for a moment, then nodded. "Sure, I’m planning to set off back tomorrow anyway. Have her come find me."
"No need, you just come to my residence with me and stay the night there. Tomorrow, this old man will send someone to escort you and her on your way together."
"Alright."
"Then this old man will thank you on behalf of my disciple. Once you’re in the West Continent, I’ll have to trouble King Qin to look after her. She’s an orphan, with no one to rely on. I picked her up many years ago while traveling the West Continent..."
"How pitiful. Don’t worry, I’ll definitely take good care of her. Besides, anyone who can divine and tell fortunes, and is your disciple no less, is bound to be talented. Heh, my West State just happens to be lacking people like that. If she wants to stay in West State, I’ll definitely take her in and look after her, hahaha."
Hearing Qin Tian agree to take her in and look after her, the Heavenly Secrets Grandmaster was overjoyed and immediately led Qin Tian to his National Master Mansion.
"Jingsi, Jingsi, hurry over here, you can go to the West Continent now." freewebnoveℓ.com
As soon as they entered the residence, the Heavenly Secrets Grandmaster started shouting.
"Ya, I can go now? Old man, are you taking me?"
All of a sudden, a little girl dashed out from the courtyard of the National Master Mansion, seventeen or eighteen years old, ponytail swaying, about one meter sixty tall, with big, bright eyes, looking watery and lively as she stared at the Heavenly Secrets Grandmaster.
The Heavenly Secrets Grandmaster said, "Come, come, come, Jingsi, let me introduce you. This is my friend from the West Continent, his name is Qin Tian. He’ll take you to the West Continent tomorrow. Once you’re there, study hard and don’t cause trouble, got it?"
"Got it."
The girl called "Jingsi" turned her gaze and locked onto Qin Tian.
Right then, Qin Tian was completely baffled. Awkwardly, he said, "Grandmaster, your disciple is... a girl? And a... little girl?"
At this moment Qin Tian felt he’d been set up. Damn, she’s still a kid!?
"Who are you calling a little girl, I’m already eighteen. Qin Tian, don’t you look down on people with dog eyes!"
Swish!
The girl pouted and snapped at Qin Tian, and the moment she opened her mouth, both Qin Tian and the Heavenly Secrets Grandmaster were struck dumb.
"Ahem... Jingsi, this is King Qin of West State, Qin Tian. You should address him as King Qin, you can’t just call him by his name."
The Heavenly Secrets Grandmaster was very helpless.
The girl, named Chen Jingsi, stared at the Heavenly Secrets Grandmaster in confusion. "Why? He has a name, Qin Tian, why can’t people call it? Isn’t a name meant to be called?"
"Ahem... If you call him that in West State, it’ll make him lose a lot of face..." The Heavenly Secrets Grandmaster covered his forehead.
"Him losing face, what’s that got to do with me?" Chen Jingsi asked.
"Uh... that question is too profound, I..."
The Heavenly Secrets Grandmaster looked over at Qin Tian and said, "King Qin, how about you..."
"Doesn’t matter. She can call me however she likes. Sigh..."
Qin Tian was already feeling he’d been a bit swindled.
No wonder the Heavenly Secrets Grandmaster had been so happy when he heard Qin Tian was willing to take his disciple off his hands. Damn, this disciple is absolutely unmanageable...
"Jingsi, you’d better call him King Qin. Would you dare call Her Majesty by her name directly? Her Majesty would be upset, and King Qin would be upset too."
"Empress Big Sis is high and mighty above. How could he compare to Empress Big Sis? He’s way off..."
"Jingsi, don’t say stuff like that, if you keep talking like that, he won’t take you to the West Continent."
The Heavenly Secrets Grandmaster once again showed his helplessness.
Hearing this, Chen Jingsi finally looked at Qin Tian and said, "Fine, then I’ll go by my mood from now on. Thanks anyway. Don’t worry, once I’m in the West Continent, I won’t cause trouble."
What she said made Qin Tian feel a pang in his chest. With this girl’s personality, if she doesn’t cause trouble, sows will probably be climbing trees.
They stayed one night at the Heavenly Secrets Grandmaster’s residence, and the next day Qin Tian set off with Chen Jingsi toward the port to take a ship to the West Continent.
After the Heavenly Secrets Grandmaster sent Chen Jingsi off with snot and tears, Qin Tian glanced back and saw him let out a long breath of relief, a look of a heavy burden finally lifted on his face.
"Qin Tian, is the West Continent fun? Can you ride dragons there?"
"Qin Tian, are there any good-looking men in the West Continent? Do they all look about the same as you?"
"Qin Tian, what do you do in the West Continent, is it fun?"
"Mm, let me divine it... Wow, you’re an official?"
All the way, the overly excited Chen Jingsi clung to Qin Tian, peppering him with questions. If there are ten thousand whys, she asked eleven thousand, and Qin Tian’s mentality almost collapsed.
Later on, the moment Qin Tian saw Chen Jingsi open her mouth, he felt a psychological shadow looming.
"Heavens, why am I so unlucky, ended up as the poor sap taking over someone else’s mess..."
Qin Tian looked up and sighed.
...
They finally arrived at East Sea City, and to avoid being recognized, Qin Tian once again began disguising himself.
Seeing this, Chen Jingsi was thrilled. "Wow, how did you do that? I want to change my face too..."
Harassed by her to no end, Qin Tian finally said, "When girls change their faces, they get uglier. You want to get ugly?"
Only then did Chen Jingsi get scared off.
From East Sea heading west, they passed through East Capital City and continued westward.
"Mm, this lady pinches her fingers and calculates... Mm, Qin Tian, we can’t keep going forward, there’s a battle up ahead. We have to take a detour."
When they were about to reach Tiger City, Chen Jingsi made an imitation fortune-telling gesture with her right hand, very seriously speaking to Qin Tian.
Along the way, Chen Jingsi had already "pinched her fingers and calculated" dozens of times, and not once had she been right. Naturally Qin Tian didn’t believe her and said, "Even I don’t sense any war, how could there be?"
The two of them kept going forward, but after walking several dozen kilometers, Qin Tian really did see banners fluttering ahead—there were Imperial Capital Army troops massing, seemingly preparing to attack Tiger City.
"You... actually calculated that?"
Qin Tian froze and looked back at Chen Jingsi, thinking that even he hadn’t sensed it, but she’d divined it?
At this time, several dozen kilometers away, the Imperial Capital Army had begun besieging Tiger City, but Tiger City didn’t seem to have fallen. freeweɓnovēl.coɱ
Qin Tian and Chen Jingsi took a detour, heading directly south into West State territory.
"This lady pinches her fingers and calculates... Mm, there’s a battle up ahead. Qin Tian, we have to take a detour."
They had barely entered the western border of West State when Chen Jingsi started calculating again, and after she finished, her line was exactly the same as last time, making Qin Tian scratch his head. "Still fighting? How can there be so many battles... Girl, just stop calculating. Compared to your master, your fortune-telling is ten streets—no, a hundred thousand streets—behind..."
Rumble, rumble!
Before Qin Tian could finish, the earth ahead began to shake, and an army was charging past at high speed!