杜达雄大鸟

Chapter 617 I Must Give It a Shot

Shao Shuai is not a man who likes splitting hairs.

When he was in Keli City, he did hope to drag Gao Ge to the Shao Family’s side, but now the situation is different.

At that time, he thought that Gao Ge was quite gifted but now...

This man has reached the realm of Master.

And he is also a swordsman!

Even the master of the Shao Family cannot be capable of getting a swordsman at the realm of Master to serve them at the moment, let alone him.

It might not be a problem if the Shao Family were in its prime.

Now it is impossible. After all, the Shao Family is on the decline.

He has been educated to have a sense of propriety since he was a kid.

Gao Ge has been unwilling to work for the Shao Family even before he reached the realm of Master, not to mention now.

Therefore, he has to take the second best.

He doesn’t simply get a promise of Gao Ge. Most importantly, he gets to be a friend of Gao Ge.

If the Shao Family finds that he makes friends with a swordsman at the realm of Master, he will be rewarded.

And what he needs to do is merely to pry into some information and lead the way for Gao Ge.

Shao Shuai doesn’t idle away while he is in Qiu City.

It has taken him quite some resources to get such news and it is quite effective.

Shao Shuai, who is driving the car, feels quite happy and even starts to hum a song.

Gao Ge, sitting in the front passenger seat, is still pondering over various kinds of possibilities.

“Boss, no worries. We will find Meng Jing for sure,” Yue Xincheng says with a smile.

Gao Ge turns around to look at him and gives a bitter smile. Although he says nothing, Yue Xincheng has got his hint from his bitter smile.

What Gao Ge fears now is hope.

The more hopeful it is, the more disappointed he may be.

Although he keeps reminding himself to take it easy, he finds that he can hardly stay calm and composed when he is too concerned about something. It is like a man cannot remain calm when his chance of being promoted that he has waited for ages is finally gone.

Therefore, Gao Ge’s reaction is quite good now.

Xia Lu and Yue Xincheng are sitting in the back seats.

“Why did you two come to my room together?” Gao Ge turns around to look at Yue Xincheng and Xia Lu, asking.

Yue Xincheng pats his thigh. “Alas. Boss, how dare you ask that? It is because you...”

“Shut up!” Xia Lu suddenly blushes and kicks his leg.

Yue Xincheng blinks his eyes and grumbles, “Fine, I won’t talk about it... Why did you kick my leg?”

Wisely, Gao Ge doesn’t choose to continue asking. He also wonders why, but it must be for some reason that Xia Lu doesn’t allow Yue Xincheng to explain. If he insists on asking, the atmosphere must be really embarrassing.

Actually, what Yue Xincheng didn’t say is that Xia Lu went to Gao Ge’s room for fear that something might happen between Gao Ge and Xie Zhuolian after drinking together, but if she went alone, she would be embarrassed. Therefore, she asked Yue Xincheng to go with her. Yue Xincheng knew what she had in her mind but Xia Lu didn’t allow him to voice it out. He could only keep it to himself.

Xia Lu changes the subject and then asked with concern, “Gao Ge, do you think that the old woman will continue staying in Qiu City?”

Actually, Gao Ge is also thinking about the problem.

Given the current situation, tens of members of the Dragon Court are in Qiu City, together with Fire Dragon, Water Dragon and Earth Dragon. Moreover, Gao Ge, a swordsman at the realm of Master is also in Qiu City. No matter what the Ghost Sect aims to do, the failure is self-evident. In this case, it will be too risky to show overconfidence in themselves without leaving any leeway.

“It’s hard to say,” Gao Ge thinks about it and says. “Objectively speaking, they are more likely to have left Qiu City but they released so many ghosts simply to capture Doudou. It must be their desperate act. Their determination just speaks for itself. Therefore, even in this case, maybe they still want to give it a last shot.”

“If they want to continue giving it a last shot, they must be backed by some power,” Xia Lu rubs her right eyebrow with her index finger and ventures.

Before Gao Ge answers, Yue Xincheng chips in first, “What’s the point of discussing it? You cannot read the old woman’s mind. How can you know what she thinks?”

Gao Ge laughs. “Yue Xincheng is right. Actually, it is hard to say. After all, we’ve never got to meet the old woman. We don’t know what she is like or her character, so we had better let nature take its course.”

Xia Lu nods her head and doesn’t continue discussing it.

The village Shao Shuai mentioned is not far away from Qiu City. It is about one hour’s drive.

If the car is driven slowly, it is at most an hour and a half’s drive.

“If it is really the ghost of the Ghost Sect that haunts this place, will the old woman and Meng Jing also be here too?” Xia Lu gets off the car and asks.

It is dark now, but the moon is quite bright. In addition, they are all cultivators and have good vision. According to Shao Shuai, the poultry of the village all died at night, so it is the most suitable to come to this place at night.

The old woman apparently knows how to conceal her Qi. Otherwise, she wouldn’t be able to sneak into Qiu City unknowingly without being noticed by so many masters of the Dragon Court.

Hence, it is not easy to find the old woman. The priority is to find the ghost and locate the old woman without alerting her.

“It is still a bit early now. Look. Most of the villagers haven’t turned off the lights and gone to bed. We still need to wait for a while.”

“It is good to wait at our ease for their appearance.” Shao Shuai shrugs his shoulders.

As Gao Ge turns around and intends to go to the nearest house, Shao Shuai suddenly speaks, “Wait a minute.”

Gao Ge turns around to look at him.

Shao Shuai laughs and says, “If you intend to ask the villagers whether any stranger settles down here, I think it will be in vain.”

“What do you mean?” Gao Ge asks.

“My men told me that they’ve asked around and found no suspects in this village.”

Gao Ge’s eyebrows furrow.

This is not good news.

“Shao Shuai, are you fooling us?” Yue Xincheng snaps. “How can the old woman and Meng Jing still be here?”

“Why not? If it were that easy to find them, the Dragon Court would have found them early.” Shao Shuai raises an eyebrow and leans against the car.

Yue Xincheng thinks about it and then feels that Shao Shuai’s words do make sense to some degree. Instantly, Yue Xincheng can’t find a way to refute.

“I must give it a shot anyway,” Gao Ge says and then trots away.