bookbashuk Chapter 12 Grandpa Liu
Chapter 12 Grandpa Liu
"Xu'er, you didn't come here to see this old man, did you? Xiao Junzi always comes to see me, but you don't have the heart for him," Grandpa Liu said, turning his gaze away.
Jiang Shaoxu felt a little embarrassed. She had never visited Grandpa Liu before, but her brother, Jiang Shaojun, loved to come here.
"We're looking for a thief who stole my soul-cultivation vessel," Su Ming spoke first. "Xiao Xu'er's vessel was also stolen."
"Thieves, there are no thieves here. You've come to the wrong place." Grandpa Liu was slightly taken aback, then shook his head and smiled.
When the old man laughed, the skin on his face scrunched up, his face full of wrinkles, which looked particularly eerie in the darkness.
Su Ming frowned and said, "It should be here. Grandpa Liu, could it be that you didn't see it and that's why you said it wasn't there? That thief is a mage, so maybe he can fool you, Grandpa."
Grandpa Liu's gaze shifted to Su Ming, or rather, to his chest. After a moment of silence, Grandpa Liu suddenly realized, "It's Garuda, isn't it?"
"What?" Su Ming didn't know what Grandpa Liu was talking about.
"Oh, so you didn't know? It's the porcelain doll on your chest. Her name is Garuda. She's an elf, or you could say an elemental elf, pretty much the same. She was born of heaven and earth and has great potential."
"The guidance given by Garuda should indeed be believed, but there are no thieves here."
"Grandpa Liu, are you saying Xiaoqing gave the wrong directions?"
"Wrong way? No, not just wrong way. Garuda is right, she's not wrong. It's just that I was wrong. There really aren't any thieves here. I thought there weren't any, but since Garuda said there are, there must be. Go and see if you can find them." Grandpa Liu limped away with his cane, without glancing at them again.
"This Grandpa Liu is quite strange, huh?"
"It is a bit strange. I don't know much about him. My brother knows Grandpa Liu better." Her mood became heavy when she talked about Jiang Shaojun.
That's why we must find a soul-repairing vessel; it absolutely cannot be lost.
Even if it means turning Zhou City upside down, we must find it.
Jiang Shaoxu has decided that if she can't find anyone, she'll go to her cousin herself, and if one isn't enough, she'll go to two or three and ask them for help.
Jiang Shaoxu is the youngest legitimate son of the Jiang family, and her older brothers and sisters dote on her. This little thing is no problem for them at all.
The two continued walking, with Su Ming leading the way and following Xiao Qing's directions.
After Grandpa Liu left, the dark clouds in the sky dispersed and did not gather again, so you could see everything around you clearly.
This made Su Ming feel as if the dark clouds were brought by Grandpa Liu.
On the way, Jiang Shaoxu suddenly remembered what Grandpa Liu had said and stared at Su Ming's chest without saying a word.
Feeling a little uncomfortable under the gaze, Su Ming straightened himself and asked, "What's wrong?"
"I'm thinking about Garuda. Grandpa Liu said the porcelain doll on your chest is Garuda. Take it out and let me see it." Jiang Shaoxu stretched out her hand, her attitude firm.
He won't give up until Su Ming produces it.
"Why……"
Helpless, Su Ming picked up Xiao Qing and placed her in his hands. Xiao Qing was even smaller than Su Ming's palm. Her petite body was delicate and cute, like a porcelain doll. However, the green color looked a bit strange and not as pretty as the red or pink.
"Wow..." Jiang Shaoxu exclaimed, snatching Xiaoqing from Su Ming's hands and placing it in her own. Xiaoqing remained motionless; Su Ming had told her not to move when there were outsiders present.
She couldn't move until Su Ming told her to.
Seeing Xiao Qing motionless, Su Ming was very satisfied. The training had not been in vain and was quite effective.
"Xiao Qing, you can move now," Su Ming called out.
Upon hearing the command, Xiaoqing suddenly flew up, leaving Jiang Shaoxu's palm and returning to Su Ming's shoulder.
Ring ring ring...
Xiaoqing cried out in grievance, as if she were suing Jiang Shaoxu for wrongdoing.
"It really is a living thing." Jiang Shaoxu's eyes widened in disbelief, but then she frowned. Such beings are generally called demons, and demons are impossible to get along with.
It needs to be disposed of, not to mention the possibility that it might be a summoned beast.
Jiang Shaoxu wanted to get rid of Xiaoqing, but he didn't believe he was a summoning mage, so he could only show her the dimensional gate.
Su Ming suddenly lowered his hand, concentrating on condensing starlight, one, two... seven.
The moment the seven stars connected, Su Ming felt as if he had opened a dimensional gate to another dimension.
To Jiang Shaoxu's astonishment, seven stars slowly flew out, forming a star trail in the sky and emitting a moon-white glow that was particularly dazzling in the deep night.
The dimensional gate slowly opened behind Su Ming, and Xiao Qing passed through it twice before finally landing on Su Ming's head, staring at Jiang Shaoxu alongside her master.
Su Ming raised his right hand, and the moon-white star trails on the back of his hand emitted a dazzling light.
"A moon-white magical glow... This is a summoning spell, a basic summoning spell, Dimensional Gate," Jiang Shao murmured, somewhat incredulous.
Su Ming actually controlled seven stars and could even unleash magic.
But the most shocking thing is not that. Su Ming is clearly a space-type mage, but now he is using summoning magic.
She has only mastered six stars so far, while Su Ming can already use magic.
Space-based, summoning-based, heh heh, Jiang Shaoxu found herself unable to calm down. Was it jealousy?
Jealousy was definitely there—jealousy that she wasn't born with twins—but more than that, she was happy for Su Ming. He wasn't ignorant or indulging himself.
He had been diligently cultivating his skills and was more talented than her. He successfully unleashed magic in just one semester. How much talent does that require to do?
Jiang Shaoxu asked herself, her talent was not bad, and her family provided enough resources, but she still only controlled six stars. Even her cousins could not release magic in a semester.
"You really are a natural dual-elemental being." Jiang Shaoxu's gaze was complicated; she wanted to say something, but didn't know how.
"Xiaoqing, stop him."
Suddenly, Su Ming shouted angrily, pointing to the end of the empty road. Under the moonlight, the situation on the roadside could be clearly seen, but that place seemed to be shrouded in darkness and could not be seen clearly.
Ring ring ring...
Xiaoqing flew out from above Su Ming's head. A gust of wind suddenly swept by, carrying Xiaoqing at high speed, and they instantly arrived at that pitch-black location.
In the darkness, a disheveled man stared in horror, completely unprepared for being discovered.
By the time Su Ming shouted angrily, Xiao Qing had already arrived and blocked his way.
To leave, one must confront one of the two sides, and may even cause one to fail behind.
Although he could walk on either side, he didn't have the means to cross tall buildings, even though the building wasn't very tall.
"Is it him?" Jiang Shaoxu walked to Su Ming's side. Putting aside the matter of being born with dual elements, they needed to retrieve the soul-cultivating artifact now.
Jiang Shaoxu kept his hands in his pockets, watching the person in the darkness. Inside was a demon-slaying tool that he would activate without hesitation if danger arose.
Li Wei was practically cursing. He had only come over to check because he sensed magical fluctuations here, and even seasoned mages couldn't detect him thanks to his stealth skills.
As a result, before they even had a chance to figure out what was going on, they were booked by someone.
It looks like a summoned beast from behind. Although it looks like a porcelain doll, who knows how strong it is?
The fact that it can instantly run behind him shows that it is of noble blood. Such a summoned beast is extremely terrifying even in its infancy.
Seeing the thief caught, Su Ming breathed a sigh of relief. He hadn't actually noticed this person at all. Why was he using summoning magic?
It wasn't just to let Jiang Shaoxu see, but also because of the old man's voice, which had inexplicably reached his mind.
"Try using magic; perhaps it will be effective."
Su Ming did as the old man said, but he didn't feel anything. Xiao Qing, however, sensed something unusual because there was a space in the shadows not far away that she couldn't perceive.
Xiaoqing is a wind spirit who has an unimaginable affinity for the wind and can sense its changes.
Upon realizing something was wrong, Xiaoqing immediately informed Su Ming.
Su Ming took a deep breath and shouted at the shadows, "Come out and see me?"
"Don't even think about running away. This person has something she absolutely must retrieve. As far as I know, she has demon-slaying tools and demon-binding tools. Why don't you try testing her?"
Before a fight, they boast about their own strength.
In reality, Su Ming had no idea what kind of magical artifacts Jiang Shaoxu possessed.
But any magical artifact is acceptable, or even none at all; the point is simply to increase one's own leverage and deter the other party from making any rash moves.