Brocade Robe Unparalleled

Chapter 82 Meeting Jiuli

Jingbian Division.

After two days of rest, the flag officers and guards returned to the yamen full of energy.

In the past, in other places, they had to collect protection money from merchants to barely make ends meet.

After arriving in Sizhou, although the centurion strictly forbade them from plundering the people, he arranged other lucrative positions for them.

The reward for escorting a caravan once a month far exceeded the meager sums extorted from the common people, and there was no need to be cursed behind their backs. The slight dissatisfaction caused by being suddenly transferred naturally vanished.

Lin Xuan entered the Jingbian Division and went to his private duty room.

In Jingbian Commandery, banner officers did not have their own private duty rooms; even the chief banner officer shared a room with another person.

To facilitate his cultivation, Lin Xuan also made a small use of his special privileges.

Actually, it wasn't a special privilege. The ten banner officers of the Jingbian Division shared a duty room with three people each. Although the last person had a single room, the room was not very big, less than half the size of a normal duty room.

Although small in size, it offers excellent privacy.

Lin Xuan slept at Black Stone Village last night, and was a little late this morning.

After drinking a cup of tea in his duty room, Lin Xuan was about to enter meditation when a guard walked to the door and respectfully said, "Lin Xiaoqi, there is a young lady outside looking for you."

Lin Xuan walked out of the duty room and saw Tian Qingluan standing in the courtyard. He asked in surprise, "Why are you here?"

Tian Qingluan rolled her eyes at him and asked, "What? Your Jingbian Division's A'luo can come, but I can't?"

Lin Xuan had no idea what this rich young woman was up to, so he invited her into the duty room and poured her a cup of tea.

He didn't ask any more questions, and waited quietly for her to speak.

Tian Qingluan picked up her teacup, took a small sip, and said, "The Jiuli tribe has arrived."

Finally, news arrived from the Jiuli tribe, and Lin Xuan suddenly stood up.

He suppressed his excitement and asked, "Did you mention it to them...?"

Tian Qingluan nodded and said, "I've already spoken to her, and she agreed to meet with you. When is a convenient time for you?"

Lin Xuan didn't hesitate at all: "Now!"

He had been waiting for this day for a long time and didn't want to waste a single moment.

Tian Qingluan put down her teacup and said, "Then come back to Black Stone Village with me now. They are in Black Stone Village right now."

Lin Xuan nodded and said, "Let's go."

The two walked out of the duty room, and Tian Qingluan habitually took Lin Xuan's arm.

Exclamations of surprise came from the cracks in the doors of the various duty rooms.

Only after they left Jingbian Division did the crowd dare to speak out.

"Who is that woman? She seems to have a close relationship with Lin Xiaoqi."

"You don't even know her? The eldest daughter of the Tian family in Black Stone Village. So the rumors about her and Lin Xiaoqi from a while ago were true..."

"That day I saw another beauty come to Jingbian Division to see Lin Xiaoqi. Tsk tsk, Lin Xiaoqi's love life is truly enviable!"

……

On the carriage heading to Black Stone Village, Lin Xuan looked at Tian Qingluan and asked, "Miss Qingluan, may I ask which tribe of Jiuli I am to meet?"

Tian Qingluan said, "The Xuanwu Department."

Lin Xuan nodded slightly, quickly searching his mind for information about the Xuanwu Clan.

The Jiuli people worship shaman gods, and their nine tribes are all named after "shaman," such as the Xuanwu tribe, the Lingwu tribe, the Anwu tribe, and so on.

Some of these tribes have more contact with the outside world.

For example, the Lingwu tribe, the strongest of the nine tribes, had frequent trade relations with the Dayong Dynasty. Most of the telescopes and mind-reading mirrors of the Dayong Dynasty came from the Lingwu tribe.

Some tribes, although they had no contact with the imperial court, would still exchange goods and resources with the outside world.

The bone-tempering liquid on the black market mostly comes from these tribes.

However, some tribes have very little contact with the outside world, and the Jingbian Division has little information about them.

Unfortunately, the Xuanwu tribe is one of the most isolated tribes of the Jiuli. Through Tian Qingluan's introduction, Lin Xuan only gained one opportunity to contact them. Whether they can remove the Heart-Eating Gu, and whether they are willing to help him remove it, remains to be seen…

In order to gather more information, Lin Xuan looked at Tian Qingluan and continued to ask, "The person I want to see, what is their identity in the Xuanwu Department...?"

What he most wanted to see was, of course, the elder of the Xuanwu tribe who was proficient in Gu magic.

Tian Qingluan looked at Lin Xuan curiously and said, "Could you tell me first, what exactly did you want to see the people of the Jiuli tribe?"

From the very beginning, Lin Xuan's attitude towards the Jiuli tribe was somewhat strange; she had been curious about it for a long time.

It would be difficult to hide this from Tian Qingluan, so Lin Xuan decided to be honest with her first. He sighed and said, "It's like this, I have a very important friend who has been infected with a Gu worm. I want to ask the great shaman of the Jiuli tribe to help him remove the Gu..."

Tian Qingluan was taken aback upon hearing this and immediately asked, "Ah, who has been bewitched? Zhang Hu or Chen Bao?"

Lin Xuan shook his head and said, "No, he's been traveling around trying to find a way to cure the curse, and he's not in Sizhou right now..."

He should be able to advance to the seventh rank within a month.

At that time, he will be able to use the "True Explanation of All Phenomena" to change his appearance to a certain extent, and can transform into his friend at any time.

Tian Qingluan held his hand and comforted him, "Don't worry, the person you're going to see is a friend I've known since childhood. Although she's young, her skill in Gu magic is no less than that of the clan's great shaman. I'll help you get her to help you..."

Hearing her say that, Lin Xuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

He gripped Tian Qingluan's hand tightly and said, "You've helped me so much, I really don't know how to thank you..."

Tian Qingluan gave him a slightly coquettish glare and said, "Your friend is my friend, why are you being so polite?"

Lin Xuan disliked owing favors, so whenever he asked her for a favor, he would give her a corresponding reward.

But on these two occasions, whether it was giving him the priceless marrow-cleansing elixir or helping him connect with the Jiuli tribe shaman, the kindness shown could not be repaid with any amount of material reward.

But what can he give in return besides material things?

Putting these thoughts aside for the time being, Lin Xuan began to focus on preparing for the meeting later.

After a while.

Black Stone Village.

Lin Xuan and Tian Qingluan got off the carriage. She led Lin Xuan to a hall and said, "Please sit here for a moment while I go and tell her."

After she left, Lin Xuan did not sit down.

When it came to a matter of life and death, his heart was not as calm as it appeared on the surface.

After waiting for an unknown amount of time, Tian Qingluan walked in from outside and said, "Come with me."

Lin Xuan followed her, wandering through the village for a while, and finally arrived at a house door.

Tian Qingluan turned to Lin Xuan and said with a smile, "She's waiting for you inside. Go in, don't be nervous, she's a very nice person. I already told her about your friend..."

Lin Xuan nodded slightly and walked into the room.

Tian Qingluan closed the door but did not go in.

However, she stood at the doorway, listening intently.

Lin Xuan entered the room and immediately looked around. It seemed to be a woman's boudoir, and the room was decorated quite warmly, with even a faint fragrance in the air.

This fragrance is the same as the fragrance on Tian Qingluan.

Lin Xuan guessed that this must be her room.

The curtains in front of the bed were drawn, and Lin Xuan could vaguely see a figure sitting on the edge of the bed.

He stopped a foot away, clasped his hands slightly, and said, "Greetings, Great Shaman."

A melodious voice came from behind the curtain: "You are Qingluan's friend, there's no need to be so polite."

Lin Xuan was momentarily stunned. The voice coming from behind the curtain was clear and melodious, clearly belonging to a young woman, quite different from the Jiuli wizard he had imagined.

However, Tian Qingluan said that her skill in Gu poison was no less than that of a great shaman, and that no matter how old she was, as long as she could help him remove the Gu poison, that would be fine.

Before the bed, a gaze pierced through the gauze curtains, lingering for a moment on Lin Xuan's chest before saying, "Qingluan has already told me about your situation. What kind of Gu poison did your friend suffer from?"

Lin Xuan did not hesitate and immediately said, "Heart-Eating Gu... May I ask, young lady, is it possible to remove this Gu?"

(End of this chapter)