Perhaps, maybe, probably...
Mr. Chu really was different from usual...
Before they arrived at Yonggu Pass, Lü Jue hadn't paid any attention to Xu Quan's doubts. He'd even thought the young fellow was more long-winded than Xianyu Jian—were all young men these days such chatterboxes? But after they arrived at Yonggu Pass...
Lü Jue watched Chu Yao's aura change dramatically. While no one was paying attention, he leaned toward Xu Quan and whispered.
"...Wen Shi, you're not alone."
Xu Quan's eyes and heart were entirely taken up by the towering, treacherous Yonggu Pass. How could he remember what he'd grumbled about two or three days ago?
Hearing this out of the blue, he looked confused.
"What do you mean, I'm not alone?"
Lü Jue said, "The Director of Works looks like he's come to collect a debt."
Just look at Mr. Chu Yao's straight-backed, proud figure, brimming with Killing Intent! Not even Yonggu Pass, one of the three great natural barriers on the Northwest Continent, could suppress his aura. If anything, it made him look all the more alone and peerless! Lü Jue had no doubt that if some witless enemy blocked the road ahead, Mr. Chu Yao would draw his sword! Kill One Person in Ten Steps, Leave No Trace for a Thousand Miles!
Xu Quan fell silent. "???"
Was Lü Shou Sheng really that slow on the uptake?
He quietly swallowed his complaints.
"We may lose the person, but we won't lose face. The Director of Works probably wants to project a more imposing air and give the garrison a warning!"
Chu Yao had originally been the Director of Works in Heyin. After following Shen Tang to Longwu Commandery, he'd kept the same post, just like the others; only the prefix had changed from "Heyin" to "Longwu."
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