CH 381

381: The Forgotten Zo

Rui Baby was impressed by the king’s promise to protect Feng Wu.

“Xiao Wu, are you going to save the other spirits? If you want to go, you can bring them with you. These guys were really strong before they died; they’ll be great as on-call thugs.”

The king smiled bitterly. He was a dignified king of the world, but in the eyes of the rui, he was relegated to being a thug. He wasn’t sure whether to laugh or cry.

“Save them.” Feng Wu made her decision after three seconds of thought. She was acting heroically right?

Master said, for those who practiced martial arts, they needed to eliminate the bad and support the weak when necessary, in other words, be chivalrous.

Who would have the audacity to call themselves chivalrous if they didn’t go out every now and again to save people?

Anyone like that should be embarrassed to mix with in jiānghú[notes]

She was doing what Master said, so when she returned, she had to be sure to tell him. That way he could praise her properly!

Unfortunately, Feng Wu didn’t realize this advice was for survival in the martial world.

The world Feng Wu originated from was one with many long-lived masters and were martial arts prospered. It was a world where reputation and strength ranked high in importance. And in fact, the fastest way for a rookie to earn a reputation was through chivalrous deeds. Save a girl from being molested one day and destroy a notorious mountain thief lair the next. To earn fame, these were all must-do routines.

White had intended for Feng Wu to go out into the jiānghú and follow this same routine in order to improve her strength through battling. Unfortunately his little Tian Lan crossed over to another world and became Feng Wu, thus ruining his plan.

In her current world, it wasn’t possible to be chivalrous and use the same routine, but poor Feng Wu didn’t know this.

In the current world, you couldn’t just beg someone for help. No. What you had to do was post the request in one of the guilds. A bunch of people will rush to your aid then. But if you’re broke, and you want someone to help you, then you’ll have to rely on luck, and if you’re lucky, you might find a fool who thinks nothing of money.

Feng Wu didn’t go out and be chivalrous before because she forgot, plus she never had any encounters that warranted it.

She had completely overlooked this when she came to rescue the spirits. She’d only come in the first place because the cry had reminded her of her friend Big Bear. The king’s request for help reminded her she needed to start acting chivalrous!

Her master would definitely praise her!

White: This world doesn’t even know what chivalry is. Remember be righteous, do good deeds, and get paid!

Feng Wu: . . .

“Wait, it’s OK to save people, but don’t you know good deeds require payment?” Rui Baby wasn’t as dull as Feng Wu. Since he’d already got on Feng Wu’s boat, he might as well try to get her as many benefits as he could.

All these guys were dead for tens of thousands of years. Treasures were all over the place in ancient times, so they had to have some really good items on them.

“Of course, we wouldn’t let the benefactor doing anything in vain.” The king didn’t see anything wrong with what Rui Baby said. It was customary to pay the person helping you. “It’s just that we don’t have any items on us right now. There are a few good things in my tomb however. Benefactor may retrieve those items.”

Baby Rui’s greedy antennae flared up. Indeed, there had to be some really good things there! He nodded his head in satisfaction.

With an agreement reached, the most important thing now was to find a way out.

It was difficult before, but now with the tomb owner’s help, it would be easy.

Feng Wu walked out of the stone room together with the spirits. She’d only taken a few steps when her foot hit a human-shaped object. Her eyes lit up widely with a stupefied expression. No wonder she’d been feeling like she’d forgotten something! It was Zo!

Zo opened his eyes only to find himself back in the middle of a pile of bones under the cliff.

“Feng Wu?” He clearly remembered walking into the cave with her, so how’d he end up here? Had he been dreaming about them entering the cave?

Zo didn't think this was the case, but he wasn’t sure.

“Are you awake? We can leave now.” Feng Wu said. She peeked at him timidly. Was he angry she’d left him alone? She twisted her fingers in her hand worriedly.

Zo had no such thoughts. His attention was focused on the four words she had just said. Leave here? He wasn’t dreaming then? But it felt like he’d just slept and yet so much time had passed. Now they’d found a way out. It seemed like all he did was sleep! He scratched his head in embarrassment as he felt quite useless.

Zo suppressed the emotions in his heart and asked, “Where do we go from here?”

The place was full of bones, and aside from the poisonous insects and flowers, there were only screams filling the air. It was a gloomy place with nothing else.

“This pansy, Xiao Wu, just ditch him!”

The spirits and Feng Wu had chatted quite a bit before Zo woke up. As a result, they stopped calling her benefactor and started calling her Xiao Wu.

“Yeah, Xiao Wu, if you’re looking for a man, you need to find someone stronger!”

“That’s right Xiao Wu! This brat doesn’t deserve you!”

Not far from Feng Wu, many of the spirits were looking at Zo disdainfully.

Unaware he was being observed by scornful eyes, Zo felt a chill run down his spine. He pulled his clothes tighter then rubbed his hands together.

“You, close your eyes.” Feng Wu said.

“Close my eyes?” Zo was confused, but did as told. He knew Feng Wu wouldn’t harm him.

“Wait one minute, and no matter what you feel, don’t open your eyes.” Feng Wu warned anxiously.

“OK.” Zo nodded and promised.

Rui Baby had said Zo wouldn’t be able to see the spirits, so if Zo knew he was suddenly surrounded by a thousand spirits, he would definitely be scared. Feng Wu didn’t want to frighten him by saying anything about them.

In Feng Wu’s heart, Zo was indeed a weak person, so it would have been bad to frighten him.

Zo:. . .