Meng Jiu did not insist. Before he left, however, he suddenly noticed the Six Gates token at Huang Xiao's waist, and a puzzled look crossed his face. "A Reserve Constable of the Six Gates?"
"Yes. Is there a problem?" Huang Xiao glanced at the token at his waist and asked with a smile.
"With your strength, how are you still a Reserve Constable? The Six Gates really are muddleheaded. I'm a Retainer of the Six Gates myself," Meng Jiu said.
"Certain circumstances delayed getting my token replaced. I came to Kaifeng this time to take the ranking examination. Tomorrow, I'll be taking the First-Class Constable Examination," Huang Xiao said.
"That makes no sense. Why would you bother taking the First-Class Constable Examination? Since I happen to be here, I'll go see the Arrest Sage and recommend you. A Retainer's position will be yours for certain. Oh, you're a constable of the Yellow Gate, while I belong to the Mystery Gate. That does complicate things a little. Never mind. Isn't Hong Yi a constable of the Yellow Gate? Next time, we can just have him put in a word with the Commandery Princess. Enough talk. I'm off. If I'm late, I'll miss the show." With that, Meng Jiu soon vanished from the mountaintop.
Huang Xiao shook his head. All these people came and went in such a hurry, but he still had to keep working on the Heavenly Demon Dragon Roar. From what he could tell so far, playing it on a flute definitely suited him.
No one else came to disturb Huang Xiao before dawn. That was quite normal, really. Out in such desolate wilderness, who besides people of the Jianghu would appear in a place like this?
"It seems I can only perform the second roar of the Heavenly