Monarch Of Time

Chapter 174 - 174 Xie Rong

Zhang Dingxiangʼs body started to tremble when he heard this voice, but he didnʼt dare to raise his head from the ground.

In front of him was a beautiful woman in her early 30s, dressed in a light green dress. She had long blonde hair and light green eyes, but the expression on her face was anything but amiable as she stared at the Elder of the ʼPale Moon guildʼ in front of her.

Zhang Dingxiang felt aggrieved in his heart, since he was the one who had ʼdiscoveredʼ Shun Long in the first place, but in front of the tyrannical blonde woman in front of him, he didnʼt dare to give any excuses.

Seeing that Zhang Dingxiang wasnʼt trying to defend himself, Madam Xieʼs rage started to slowly die down.

She then proceeded to seat herself on a large white couch, before she took a deep breath to calm herself.

The rage in her eyes however hadnʼt disappeared just yet, as she looked at the still kneeling Elder in front of her, and with a cold but hopeful tone she asked

ʼʼDo you think that there is any hope for us to mend our relationship with this kid?ʼʼ

Zhang Dingxiang shook his head as he replied with certainty

ʼʼGuild master, that kid is just too greedy. He made it absolutely clear, that he wasnʼt willing to help our guild unless we gave him 50 percent of the earnings. How can we give him this much? We should just proceed with our original plan anyway.ʼʼ

Xie Rong didnʼt speak when she heard Zhang Dingxiangʼs answer.

Instead, she gritted her teeth, seemingly as if she was trying to come to an agreement with herself.

She knew that right now she had 2 options. The first was to proceed with their plan without Shun Long, while the second was to pay Shun Long an exorbitant price in exchange for his help.

Deep in her heart, she wasnʼt willing to follow any of these 2 plans, since both of them would cause her tremendous losses, which caused her to fall into a state of deep thought.

10 minutes later, she finally opened her eyes as she looked at Zhang Dingxiang with a determined look.

At the same time, back inside Shun Longʼs courtyard, heavy panting filled the room, as Shun Long and Liu Mei had just finished another round of dual cultivation together.

Liu Mei looked at Shun Long with gleaming eyes, before she planted a deep kiss on his lips as she said

ʼʼLong-ge... every time we.. sleep together, I can feel a powerful energy filling my body.ʼʼ

ʼʼThis is a secret technique that I got from the Dao King inside the ʼVermilion realmʼ that connects my Yang with your Yin essence, and slowly strengthens them both at the same time.

You can think of this secret technique as a rope that ties the 2 of us. The higher one of us advances in cultivation, the higher the benefits will be. The only drawback of this technique is that, it can only be used once a day at most.ʼʼ

Liu Mei nodded her head, as she too had felt this in the past days. Now that Shun Longʼs cultivation had advanced to the peak of rank 3 in Heaven grade, he was filling her own body with even more Yang essence. At the same time, this was dragging Liu Meiʼs cultivation even higher, and the higher she advanced, the more Yin essence she held inside her as well.

A day soon passed in the outside world, while Shun Long had spent 10 more days inside the foggy place in the ʼStone of Timeʼ. Although he hadnʼt managed to breakthrough to the early rank 4 in Heaven grade just yet, he wasnʼt that far away from successfully condensing his 28th ball of qi. He estimated, that it would take around 15 days, to a month at most, until he managed to enter the middle stages of the Heaven grade.

He then visualized himself leaving the ʼStone of Timeʼ, as he returned back to the room and saw Liu Mei looking at him with a strange gaze.

Shun Long looked at Liu Mei curiously, who opened her small mouth as she said

ʼʼLong-ge, there are 2 guests outside.ʼʼ

ʼʼGuests?ʼʼ Shun Long asked questioningly

ʼʼIsnʼt it just Zhang Dingxiang?ʼʼ

He had already expected Zhang Dingxiang to visit them within the next 3 days, since Shun Long had already told him where they lived, but he didnʼt expect him to bring company as well.

Liu Mei nodded her head as she continued

ʼʼThey arrived early this morning, but since Long-ge wasnʼt inside the room, I had them wait in the courtyard.ʼʼ

Shun Long smiled at Liu Mei and grabbed her hand, before he opened the door of the room.

In the courtyard, the peak rank 5 ʼSilver-winged panther kingʼ, was staring at the 2 ʼguestsʼ, who were standing a few dozen meters away from it.

When Shun Long opened the door, aside from Zhang Dingxiang, he also saw a stunning blonde woman dressed in green.

The blonde woman had a sweet smile on her face when she saw Shun Long and Liu Mei, an expression completely different than when she was facing Zhang Dingxiang in the ʼPale Moon guildʼ.

In comparison, Zhang Dingxiang had his head lowered all this time, evident that he hadnʼt been having the best of times.

The beautiful blonde woman curtsied at Shun Long and Liu Mei as she held her green dress, before she introduced herself

ʼʼGreetings, young master Shun, young lady.

I am Xie Rong, and I am the Guild master of the ʼPale Moon guildʼ. I have heard everything from Zhang Dingxiang, and I am here to personally offer you an apology on behalf of our guild. I can assure you that Elder Zhang has been personally punished by me for his behavior.ʼʼ

At the same time, Zhang Dingxiang also stepped forward with a lowered head, as he said

ʼʼPlease forgive me young master Shun, young lady Liu.ʼʼ

Shun Long hadnʼt expected the Guild master to personally visit them in the inn, let alone to also have Zhang Dingxiang apologize.

However, this couldnʼt possibly mean that everything was now fine, just because of an apology.

Xie Rong looked at Shun Long with her beautiful green eyes, and with a charming smile on her face she said

ʼʼYoung master Shun, I hope that you can forgive Zhang Dingxiangʼs behavior and assist our guild this time. Of course, this is a very important matter for me so I canʼt reveal too many things unless you agree, but everything can be negotiated.ʼʼ

Shun Long looked at Xie Rong who seemed willing to step back and negotiate their terms with a smile on his face, as he then asked her

ʼʼIn that case miss Xie, tell me what you are willing to offer!ʼʼ