C58 Invited by the Mystery Man

Leaving the Maple Tree Stake, Chu Hen went back first.

Instructor Xi Lan had not been seen yet, but he instead had formed a conflict with her disciple, Wu Ze. However, Chu Hen has never been a timid person. If anybody bullies him, then he won’t have to bear it.

After a while, Chu Hen arrived at the plaza in front of the Martial Mansion.

Along the way, many people were discussing about the Star Rifle Conference tomorrow night.

"Sigh, it's f * * king the date of the Star King's Gathering again, the day where new people suffer humiliation at Heavenly Star Martial Mansion!"

"Whoever wants to suffer just go for it. I won't go tomorrow night anyway."

"That's right. It would be a disgrace if we were to go. It would be better if we did not."

As he heard about these words, Chu Hen could not help but feel a little inexplicably faint sense of sorrow.

Even if they were in Heavenly Star Martial Mansion, there were still too many people who associated their own face with Martial Mansion. However, they didn't realize that, if Heavenly Star Martial Mansion was disgraced, and the students in the academy were even more humiliated.

"Junior Brother Chu Hen!"

Along with familiar shouts, two figures walked over. They were Haozi and Mu Feng.

"Senior Brother Haozi." Chu Hen smiled, then could not help but be startled, and pointed at his arm, "What is that?"

Haozi's arm was wrapped in a thick bandage, which was required to treat his injuries. However, to Chu Hen's surprise, his bandages tied with two bows.

Mu Feng who was at the side slightly raised his eyebrows, and said with a complacent look, "Ha ha, how do you think about that? My bandaging skills are pretty good, right?"

Chu Hen's face suddenly clouded over. Letting Mu Feng change the medicine for Haozi was indeed a wrong choice.

However, Haozi didn't seem to mind, and said, "That Senior Brother Gu Qing has already helped me complete the admission procedures, and I'm now a member of Heavenly Star Martial Mansion."

Chu Hen nodded, "It's good as long as you don't mind."

"How could that be? In the past, Heavenly Star Martial Mansion was also an extraordinary High-Class Martial Mansion, and the entrance examination of the Heavenly Star Martial Mansion was not worse than the Bright Moon College.

"He he, you're right," Mu Feng patted Haozi's shoulder. "This place is indeed pretty good, especially Xi Lan who is one of the Four Beauties and Bai Yuyue who is one of the Six Pearls. They are the ultimate goal of mine."

Chu Hen was furious but at the same time, he found it funny. Mu Feng just couldn’t talk without a woman. Chu Hen really gave in to him.

While they were talking, a commotion broke out in another part of the square.

A middle-aged man dressed as a teacher had pasted a piece of paper on one of the bulletin boards.

"What is this announcement?" Mu Feng muttered, and directly ran over to check.

Chu Hen and Haozi also walked over curiously.

The announcement on the paper was about ‘Star King's Gathering’ tomorrow.

The general content was that at dusk tomorrow, the Newbie Students of Heavenly Star Martial Mansion would head to the Jun Lai Pavilion to exchange pointers with the Newbie Students of other Martial Mansions in the Imperial Capital city.

"I thought it was some kind of good thing! So it’s in the name of communication to fight and bring glory for the academy! "

Mu Feng tilted his head and rolled his eyes a few times as he mumbled to himself, "There should be quite a few beauties in this Star King's Gathering that would attend. Who knows, there might be a few beauties that would be captivated by my handsomeness. Right, the Imperial Capital is so big, there will be a few blind people around who would fall in love with me…”

"Junior brother Chu Hen, do you want to participate in the Gathering?" Haozi suddenly asked.

"Why?"

"I'm worried that the He Chao brothers will harm you at that time, so…"

Chu Hen only laughed, and did not say much, "Don't worry! I know what I'm doing."

When it was almost dusk, Chu Hen who had been practicing his spear arts in the training grounds for the entire afternoon, returned back to his living quarters.

Mu Feng and Haozi seemed to have gone out and did not come back.

However, when Chu Hen just opened his own door, a new junior brother shouted from outside the courtyard, "Senior Brother Chu Hen, are you living here?"

"Who?" Chu Hen asked in surprise.

"Senior Brother Chu Hen," That person walked in and brought a piece of paper in front of Chu Hen, "Senior Brother, just now, outside, there was someone who asked me to pass this to you."

"Oh?" Chu Hen was slightly surprised as she accepted the slip of paper with some confusion. "Who was that person?"

"I don't know about that. He's around the same age as you, and he even said that you two came from the same place."

About the same age, from the same place

Huoyan City?

Chu Hen squinted his eyes, filled with curiosity, and opened the slip of paper, which only had one sentence.

"We'll meet at Fallen Leaf Lake in the west of the city before nightfall. We're old acquaintances in Huoyan City."

An old friend from Huoyan City?

Who was it?

Chu Hen frowned, the confusion on his face became even stronger, whose handwriting? He wasn't familiar with it. Had he seen it before? Chu Hen was also unable to say it out.

But, to be honest, the moment Chu Hen saw this piece of paper in front of him, he immediately thought about the matter of him being wrongly accused in Huoyan City back then.

It was also a note asking him to meet up at Feng Wan Pavilion.

Who would have thought that what happened afterwards would become an imprint that Chu Hen would never forget for the rest of his life.

However, what was certain was that this slip of paper was not written by Ye You.

However, ever since that event had happened, it could be said that Chu Hen had no friends in Huoyan City.

Should I go or not?

Was this yet another trap?

Looking at the hazy sky, Chu Hen hesitated.

In the evening!

Night began to fall, and dazzling and resplendent lanterns began to light up all the bustling streets of Imperial Capital City.

Fallen Leaf Lake in the west of the city!

The scenery was pleasant and the shore breeze was cool.

The willows by the lake leaned over the lakeshore, dancing in the cool breeze. Fallen leaves fell from the sky and gently rippled across the surface of the lake.

At the edge of the Fallen Leaves Lake, there was a luxurious restaurant.

The restaurant was grand with luxurious decorations. Under the bright light of the lanterns, the restaurant was dazzling in gold and jade. From afar, it looked like a palace.

The name of this building was, 'Falling Moon House'!

It was one of the most famous bustling restaurants in Imperial Capital City. Every single person that could ascend to the Falling Moon House was a noble of the Imperial Capital City. Falling Moon House is filled with singing and dancing; it was prosperous and luxurious.

At this moment, at a small lakeside stall that was about 100 meters away from the Falling Moon House.

Chu Hen drank fragrant tea and looked at the surface of the Fallen Leaves Lake quietly.

As the sky gradually darkened, at the lakeside of Fallen Leaves Lake came many people to take a stroll.

When Chu Hen finished his third cup of tea, a young man's figure suddenly sat on the opposite side, "It's better not to drink so much tea, otherwise you won't be able to sleep at night."

The gentle voice carried a faint trace of arrogance.

It was a young man with handsome facial features and a stern face. However, Chu Hen felt that he was familiar with this face.

"I normally don't sleep much at night," Chu Hen replied as he looked at this man with a determined gaze. His throat lightly rolled as he clearly spat out a few words, "Young Master Liang, long time no see."

Young Master Liang!

They were old acquaintances of the Huoyan City, and in the entire Huoyan City, there was only one person whom Chu Hen could address as Young Master Liang, and that was the young master of the Liang Family, Liang Yiming.

Liang Yiming, an old friend from the Young Sect College.

He was also known as the Young Sect's Four Great Geniuses at the time along with Chu Hen, Ye You and Liu Xiao.

"Ha ha, Brother Chu, how have you been?" Liang Yiming laughed heartily.

Seeing the smile on his face, Chu Hen had indeed not expected that the person who had invited him here would be Liang Yiming. In the past when they were in the Young Sect College, the two rarely interacted, let alone meet each other now.

"Why did you call me here?" Chu Hen asked.

"I had originally thought that you would return to the Huoyan City, but who would have thought that you actually went to Heavenly Star Martial Mansion. However, if I were to choose, I would probably choose to do the same as you. I would rather settle things in the academy of the worst Imperial Capital than go back and be laughed at."

Liang Yiming picked up the water bottle and poured himself a cup of tea.

"Did you call me here today to reminisce about old times? It seems like we didn’t have any old feelings for each other."

"He he." Liang Yiming's face revealed a faint smile, and then, he pointed towards the direction of the Falling Moon House and said, "Brother Chu, look over there."

Look over there?

Chu Hen looked in the direction that he was pointing at. A few richly dressed young men and women with extraordinary temperament were currently walking towards the main entrance of the Falling Moon House.

"It's her?"

Chu Hen frowned. Even though there was a distance of nearly a hundred meters between them, Chu Hen still saw Ye You's figure with a single glance.

Ye You wore a light purple cheongsam, and her elegant long hair draped over her shoulders, revealing her noble and elegant temperament. It was a slim and graceful figure, and with the bright lights shining around, she was especially beautiful.

Beside Ye You, a young man with an extraordinary demeanor walked close with her.

Abruptly, Chu Hen's pupils shrank as an ice-cold chill stealthily flowed within his eyes.

He shockingly discovered that behind the man's gorgeous clothes, there was actually a pattern. That pattern was the shape of 'Scorching Sun', wild and florid, looking like a golden gear with sharp tines.

Looking at this pattern, Chu Hen's face was quickly covered with a layer of frost.

"He he, Brother Chu, old flames die hard, eh?"

Liang Yiming didn't know what Chu Hen was thinking. He only thought that Chu Hen stilled liked Ye You and was furious when he saw that she was together with another man.

In fact, in Chu Hen's eyes, he had long since stopped taking Ye You seriously.

All their friendship had vanished into thin air the night Chu Hen was framed.

Seeing Chu Hen not saying a word, Liang Yiming revealed a faint smile, and continued to speak.

"That person's name is ‘Wei Qingfan', he is the eldest young master of the Wei Family, and is also an extremely famous and talented person in the city. It's said that his strength has already reached the 'Core-Transforming Stage'. As for at which rank, I'm not too sure. Wei Family is one of the more powerful forces in Imperial Capital City. If you must ask how strong they are, I can only say that they were able to effortlessly exterminate your General's Mansion and my Liang Family."