FENG YU JIU TIAN VOLUME 12 CHAPTER 2.2 (PART 2)
Catching Feng Ming’s glance at him, Luo Ning nodded and said, “It’s true, Luo Ning also received this message. No matter how dangerous the trip is, because of the Xiao family’s name, Young Lord must not retreat out of fear. The Xiao Family’s reputation has lasted for a 100 years, if Young Lord wants to make changes to the trip, Luo Ning will have to follow the Elder Master’s intention and disable Young Lord’s limbs. Not only that, Elder Master will repossess his property and wealth in order to preserve the Xiao family name. I would like to ask Young Lord, will we follow the original plan and enter Tong Kingdom?”
His hand gently pressed onto the hilt of the sword hanging at his waist, once Feng Ming shakes his head, he will immediately take action.
Rong Hu couldn’t stand the attitude Luo Ning was having towards Feng Ming, he coldly said, “You already know that the Prince of Tong Kingdom wants to kill Duke Ming, this matter would endanger Duke Ming’s life, we cannot continue forth. If you want to harm Duke Ming, you have to ask my sword first.” His hands also pressed against the hilt of his sword as he stepped forward.
Luo Ning, who was in charge of the Xiao family’s league of assassins, had traveled the world for more than ten years. Other than Xiao Zong, he never held any respect for anyone else. Even Rong Tian didn’t hold any importance to him so don’t even mention Rong Hu. He snorted coldly, “Alright!”
Seeing Rong Hu and Luo Ning along with their group of men challenging each other, Feng Ming’s face went pale white. Both sides were his own people, being expert swordsmen among expert swordsmen, once they begin the fight, swords will be flying everywhere, injuring someone wouldn’t be good.
This is terrible…
His little heart was pounding, Feng Ming was dripping in sweat, he quickly asked, “All of you, there’s no need to be anxious, let’s talk this over!” Silently thinking, if this was another one of the Prime Minister’s trick then it would be good, but judging by everyone’s demeanor, it seems to be real.
Feeling anxious, Feng Ming looked around and his gaze unexpectedly fell upon Luo Yun, who was standing next to him with a smile full of disdain, he suddenly realized something.
Why did Lie Zhong Liu give him such a strange “gift?” Could it be because he guessed that the Xiao Family bodyguards and Rong Hu’s bodyguards would be in conflict, therefore, he let him practice the act?
Without the practice act, he would certainly panic when witnessing this and disgrace himself by speaking nonsensically.
After thinking about the situation, Feng Ming told himself that he must continue upholding the Xiao Family’s reputation because he can’t lose the bargaining chip of owning a gigantic wealthy inheritance to help Rong Tian. Not only does he want Xiao Family’s wealth but he also wants Xiao Family’s talented people.
But… how can he get them?
Slightly calm, Feng Ming almost blurted out, “Don’t fight, I’ll just go to Tong Kingdom.” But those words abruptly got stuck in his throat. Feng Ming thought to himself, he hasn’t made a conclusive decision whether or not he will be going to Tong Kingdom, but being scared by Luo Ning, if he were to speak those words at once then they would think that he was someone who is afraid of death and easily persuaded. In the future, he won’t be able to put up a glorious facade in front of Master Xiao’s men.
Thinking of this, he stepped in front of Rong Hu and Luo Ning to intervene in their preparation to fight. Revealing a smile on his serious face, he told them, “Do you really want to fight? Come, I’ll be the referee. You two don’t have to mind the rules of jianghu, just continue to fight as you like. Having Master Xiao’s men and Rong Tian’s elite bodyguards fight each other will most definitely be an exciting sight.”
(Note: The “jianghu” (江湖; lit. “rivers and lakes”) refers to a community of martial artists)
After listening to him, they were all stunned.
FM: After the bloody fight, it’s either you die and I live, with both sides heavily injured, it’s best to have some bodyguards left or else an enemy ambush would take this opportunity to capture everyone. The ship has yet to sail and yet an internal conflict has started. Wouldn’t this be humiliating to my father, Xiao Zong?
Ever since coming to this era, he had met Rong Tian, Ruo Yan, Lu Dan, and Lie Zhong Liu. All of them are powerful figures. Although his words were not as eloquent as them, he had spent some time with them so he could at least mimic around 40% of their demeanor and try to be similar to them. At this time, his smile quickly disappeared, his handsome face darkened as his dark pupils swept towards the crowd, giving them a frightening feeling.
Chiu Lan and the others have served him for some time, but they never saw a reserved and impressive Feng Ming before. They all clutched their chests with their small hands, without saying anything, they stared at him in awe.
Feng Ming brought out the mannerism of Duke Ming and Young Master Xiao, which quell the crowd, but he knew this was only temporarily. It was probably because his image has always been too soft and the change was too sudden, therefore they did not respond right away.
If they were to respond without holding back, then the situation would not be good. Especially Luo Ning, it would be hard to persuade him.
FM: This trip was originally planned to follow the Aman River in Yong Yin and head towards Tong Kingdom. After that, we would disembark and travel to Bo Jian, Bei Qi, then Dong Fan to rest. Afterwards, head to Pu Rong and Yan Ting. But now, since things have changed, we must improvise.
Without letting anyone have a chance to speak, Feng Ming’s demeanor changed, he put on a calm facade as he said, “About Tong Kingdom’s rumors, the Prime Minister may not have gotten the news. Rong Hu, send someone to quickly send this news to him and see if he has any suggestions.”
Rong Hu called out in response, looking over at Luo Ning to make sure he took no further action. Rong Hu quietly motioned for his men to step back to their original position.
The sound of sword clashing and explosive tension were eased off quite a bit.
Turning to Luo Ning, Feng Ming imitated Rong Tian’s inscrutable demeanor and lightly said, “If you are in charge of the Xiao family’s men, then who is in charge of gathering information?”
Because Luo Ning was in charge of gathering information from other nations, he had once snuck into Xi Lei palace and saw the cowardly, incompetent and timid Crown Prince An He, the type of person Luo Ning despises the most. With a bad first impression, how can he show the same respect to this person called Xi Lei Duke Ming, who also took on the name of Young Master Xiao, Feng Ming?
A nation can easily be changed, but a person’s personality cannot, a person who is afraid of death will always be afraid of death. This useless coward, yet Xiao Zong acknowledged his identity and gave the whole Xiao Family’s inheritance to him. Luo Ning is a loyal subordinate to the Xiao family, although he can’t deny this fact (about Feng Ming), he felt it was not right.
LN: Reporting to Young Lord; the one in charge of Xiao family’s spies and managing information is me.
“Ah.” Feng Ming nodded his head as he gave his order, “Good, I won’t need to use Rong Tian’s men. I’ll let you take care of gathering information from Tong Kingdom. I want to know what type of person the Prince of Tong is, his personality, preferences and his relationship with his dead father, whether it’s good, fair or poor. Also, what are some of the powerful ministers in Tong Kingdom. If I were to enter Tong Kingdom, which person would want to see me dead and which one wishes for me to leave Tong Kingdom safely, hoping the Xiao family will not take revenge towards Tong Kingdom. Do you understand?”
“Yes.” Luo Ning said, “I understand. I will immediately sent someone to inquire about the news within Tong Kingdom.”
When he finished, he slightly bowed down, removing his hands off the hilt of the sword.
Feng Ming let out a silent breath of relief after seeing that.
He was worried that he might be too arrogant, taking the role of Young Lord too far and angering the world famous ruthless boss of Master Xiao’s league of assassins, who might have stabbed him in the chest with his sword.
In Feng Ming’s eyes, nine out of ten of the Xiao family’s men are inhumane. Remembering that day when his father told him to watch his swordplay, it wasn’t because he was feeling uneasy inside and asked to accompany him. That time, he could have easily taken Rong Hu’s life.
Luo Ning no longer held onto his sword, the men behind him seemed to follow a silent command and like ghosts, they slowly retreat behind the dark shadow inside the cabin.
The situation was further stabilized.
Feng Ming recited a phrase inside his mind, “Thank you Virgin Mary.” He turned around to find Luo Deng, revealing a calm smile, he softly said, “Once the other ship arrives and joins up with us, we’ll immediately set sail. The pace of the travel will be in your control, but we’ll need to receive information about Tong Kingdom before our fleet can enter Tong Kingdom’s borders.”
Luo Deng quickly obeyed.
After assigning three tasks, Feng Ming’s eyes fell upon Chiu Lan, Chiu Yue and Chiu Xing, who were standing to the side. Slightly scared, they didn’t dare to make a sound.
A smile appeared on Feng Ming’s face as he pleasantly said, “That’s right, I can’t just let the three of you be idle while everyone else is busy. From today onward, pick some brocade fabric and create several sets of clothes for the special occasion. Do not spare any material, the more ornate the better.”
His calm attitude greatly eased the atmosphere.
Chiu Lan gradually recovered herself, gracefully bowed and replied, “Yes, your servant understands.”
This respectful manner was usually reserved for Rong Tian, yet this was the first time she had given Feng Ming formality and obediently stood up.
Luo Ning, who was secretly observing Feng Ming from the sideline, this Young Lord in front of him, whose appearance and stature had matured from before, was he really the same An He he had seen that year in the palace? After hearing about the Prince of Tong wanting to take revenge for his father, his hands and feet were wavering back and forth, just as Luo Ning had expected.
However, Luo Ning could not imagine that during the tense confrontation between the two sides, this Young Lord would change into a different person, even daring to speak out.
He even methodically divided tasks. His indifferent calm tone, along with his extraordinary handsome appearance were different from the former An He.
“Young Lord.” Luo Ning pondered for a while before continuing, “Young Lord still has not completely answered about the problem earlier.”
“What problem?”
“About traveling to Tong Kingdom, are you continuing or not?”
The reason Luo Ning asked was to understand whether or not Feng Ming was trying to ease the problem earlier.
If he changes the trip plan, then Luo Ning would immediately take action according to Xiao Zong’s instruction. This, he cannot blame Luo Ning for doing as he was told.
If Feng Ming chooses to not change the trip plan, then Feng Ming would seem helpless under pressure, fearing that Luo Ning would disable his limbs.
It’s obvious that the treatment of the ruthless expert of the Xiao family towards this Young Master of unknown origin showed that he was not very satisfied with Feng Ming.
Fortunately for Feng Ming, he was well-prepared as he replied, “You just need to gather the information about Tong Kingdom as soon as possible and report back to me. The decision of whether to change the original trip plan or not will be determined by me. After receiving the news about Tong Kingdom, I will make my decision of whether our ships will advance to Tong Kingdom or not.”
FM: This time, the purpose of this trip is unifying the world and not to send oneself on a death row. If I were to follow one word from my father or a threat from you, Luo Ning, then I would make a hasty decision without carefully analyzing the situation. Whether to move forward or head backward, without understanding every consequence and arranging myself along with my people into the hands of danger, then, what kind of qualifications would I have as your Young Lord?
Everyone went silent.
Whether it was Luo Ning or Rong Hu, Feng Ming’s answer was beyond their expectation. He was wise for his young age, an aura completely different than the norm. Even the unconcerned, unemotional Luo Yun showed a trace of deep thought.
“This matter will be handled this way.” With a confident attitude, Feng Ming did not bother himself with the rest. He left the men standing and swaggered back to his deluxe, luxurious and spacious master suite.
Once inside the suite, Rong Hu and the ten selected Xiao Family’s bodyguards, making a total of twenty men, were standing guard outside. Feng Ming led Chiu Lan in, and the other maids went inside the room. After closing the door, all of them let out a sudden sigh.
CL: That Luo Ning is really scary. A while ago, he seemed like he really wanted to disable Feng Ming’s limbs with his sword. Luckily, our Duke Ming is more impressive than him; with a few words, Duke Ming ordered him to carry out his duties.
CY/CX: Duke Ming is really amazing! Even though those Xiao Family’s men are so intimidating.
“Isn’t that right? Really amazing!”
“Of course!”
FM: At first it was really strange. My father didn’t really like me, so why would he suddenly hand over his business and fortune to me? Ah, it seems that taking over the Xiao family’s fortune is really miserable.
Feng Ming rubbed his chest to feel his poor heart.
Still beating heavily, he frowned, “I’m still drenched in cold sweat.”
“Let us see.” Chiu Lan walked over and touched the back of his neck, her face went pale, “It is, you’re covered in cold sweat. Duke Ming, quickly change your clothes or else you might catch a cold.”
Chiu Yue and Chiu Xing hurried over, just when they were about to help Feng Ming change, a knock was heard.
“Who is it?”
“Replying to Young Lord, it’s me, Luo Deng.”
Chiu Yue opened the door, behind Luo Deng was Rong Hu and Luo Yun. Luo Ning was nowhere to be seen.
Luo Deng reported, “Young Lord, the remaining ship has arrived. According to Young Lord’s command, your subordinate wanted them to head towards Tong Kingdom in a slow pace. The spring season is filled with lots of rain, adequate for sailing, it will not be difficult to navigate the ship. In accordance to the sailing speed, we will reach the border of Tong Kingdom within 13 days. By that time, Luo Ning’s inquiry report of Tong Kingdom will arrive.”
By the time they entered his room, Feng Ming was planning on revealing his pitiful face to Chiu Lan, but now he calmly nodded, putting up a front like he got everything under control.
Luo Deng continued, “Luo Yun will become Young Lord’s substitute when necessary in the future. Therefore, from today onward, he will follow right beside Young Lord, memorizing your every movement and demeanor.”
“Oh?”
“Luo Yun is still young, if there is anything unsatisfactory that I do in the future, I hope that Young Lord will forgive me.”
Luo Yun stepped forward, clasped his hand towards Feng Ming and spoke sonorously.
The candle light in the room was brighter than the moonlight on deck that he could see Luo Yun’s appearance more clearly.
Feng Ming took a closer look, and sure enough Luo Yun’s image was somewhat similar to him. If one were to view him from behind, his stature was around 80-90% similar, no wonder Luo Ning selected him as his substitute.
However, Luo Yun’s expression is too rigid, something that was very different from Feng Ming.
He wondered how such a young person would display such a bone-chilling old man’s face. Suddenly a burst of loud percussion music, earth shaking sound rang out.
Up and down the river, the sound of drums, bells, gongs and other instruments were heard in the surrounding.
Feng Ming and the rest were startled, it vaguely felt that the music was coming from the vicinity of the ship and around the ship, they couldn’t help but look strangely at Luo Deng.
Luo Deng smiled and said, “The ship is traveling on the river, with music lingering, it will display its power and prestige. Young Lord’s letter had mentioned of it, saying that the more noise the better so the whole world can hear it.”
Feng Ming, Chiu Lan and the others looked at each other.
The letter that was sent from Yue Zhong to Luo Deng, using Feng Ming’s name, who is the culprit that wrote it?
Was it Rong Tian? Or was it Lie Zhong Liu?
Maybe it was the two of them who joined up to cause this mischief!
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FENG YU JIU TIAN VOLUME 12 CHAPTER 2.2 (PART 1)
Sorry for the long break. I’ve read everyone’s messages in the past week so even though I haven’t formerly reply to most of them, I have read all your comments and really appreciate each one.
Since this portion was missing from my Volume 12 post, I decided to back track and translate/summarize it for you. It’s quite lengthy so please enjoy this part first.
As for the next chapter to the manhua, please look forward to it later this week. =)
- Christy
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Yong Yin.
Feng Ming’s journey has finally started!
Although there is Lou Deng and the other skilled swordsmen of Master Xiao, anything regarding Feng Ming’s life, no one dares to make any mistake. Among the departure group, excluding the three palace maids, the rest were selected from the troops within Yue Zhong to come along. They were the most skillful among the elite troops under Rong Hu’s command, a total of a hundred men will follow Feng Ming along the road.
Lie Zhong Liu placed Rong Hu in charge of the map; therefore, they successfully found a shortcut through the forest and on the fourth day, they reached the Aman shore as scheduled.
One magnificent large ship was already docked at the small port, Luo Deng and his men were waiting for Feng Ming’s arrival.
“The ship has been thoroughly cleaned, the rooms have been newly decorated. Young Lord, please inspect.”
Feng Ming proudly boarded the ship, everything was rearranged and decorated very luxuriously. He felt it was a shame to have such precious things on the deck of the boat, but Luo Deng said that according to the letter he received, Feng Ming wanted many things displayed excessively. Feng Ming knew that the one who could have possibly written the letter was Rong Tian.
Luo Deng explained that if its not displayed this way, then how can they show how wealthy the Xiao family is? Also, he felt that the weather was nice and Feng Ming could enjoy the view and sip hot tea at the same time. But if the weather is bad and it starts raining, then they could always pack up the items and bring them inside. He asked Feng Ming if he wanted to pack up the things instead?
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