Chapter 47: The City Lord’s Shock!
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After An Miaoling arrived, Qin Tian seemed to be in much better spirits. From time to time, he even prepared a meal, as though they had returned to the days they spent at the Sword Repository Pavilion.
After dinner, Qin Tian went to An Miaoling’s room and sat down.
An Miaoling smiled. “Aren’t you going to find your little maid and have her massage your shoulders and back?”
“Isn’t that what I have you for? Come and give your master a massage.”
“I don’t know how.”
“It’s very simple. I’ll teach you.”
With that, Qin Tian walked behind An Miaoling.
A pair of warm, broad hands settled on her shoulders.
An Miaoling’s body trembled, and she flushed slightly. “Forget it, Master. Men and women should keep their distance.”
Qin Tian pressed down gently on her shoulders when she tried to stand.
“Isn’t massaging someone’s shoulders perfectly normal? Don’t many dutiful children and grandchildren massage and pound the backs of their elders?”
“Your thoughts are becoming more and more… questionable.”
An Miaoling was utterly speechless. He could take liberties with her and still make himself sound so righteous.
In the end, she could only let Qin Tian continue.
After massaging her shoulders for a while, Qin Tian began working on her back. As he savored the soft, delicate sensation beneath his hands, faint blushes spread across An Miaoling’s pretty face.
Still, Qin Tian’s technique truly made her feel comfortable.
After massaging her for quite some time, Qin Tian decided it was her turn to massage him.
An Miaoling then used her clumsy technique to massage Qin Tian’s shoulders. Every so often, Qin Tian would take her little hands and correct her movements.
In the end, An Miaoling could no longer tolerate Qin Tian’s roving hands and froze them solid in an instant.
Then she drove him out of the room.
Qin Tian dispelled the ice sealing his hands.
He thought to himself that he had been a little too impatient today.
From now on, he would have to proceed gradually and slowly cultivate this interest of hers.
In Qingyun City, at the City Lord’s Residence, Lin Zhou was drinking heavily with the city lord.
The Lin Trading Company had been rising steadily of late, so the city lord wished to build a good relationship with Lin Zhou as well.
Once the wine had taken effect, Lin Zhou revealed a little information about Qin Tian.
The city lord was astonished to learn that such an expert was living in the city.
He therefore began considering when he might pay the man a visit. Perhaps before long, he would have need of Qin Tian’s assistance.
There were more and more demons in the Qingyun Mountains, and the pressure weighing on him was immense.
If the demon tribes of Qingyun Mountain attacked the city one day, it would hardly be surprising. Some demon tribes were notoriously unpredictable.
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The following day, the city lord brought gifts to visit the Studio of Artistic Conception.
Since the studio no longer did business, its doors were usually closed.
Knock, knock, knock!
The city lord’s steward began rapping on the door.
Qianxue opened it and saw two men carrying gift boxes. She asked, “What do you need?”
The city lord smiled. “Greetings, miss. I am the lord of Qingyun City.”
“I heard that an esteemed senior was living here in seclusion, so I have come especially to pay my respects!”
“An esteemed senior? Do you mean Elder Zong or our young master Qin?”
“I have come to visit Young Master Qin,” the city lord replied.
“Young Master is cooking right now. Come with me.”
With that, she led the city lord toward the kitchen.
“Young Master, the city lord has come to visit you!”
At that moment, Qin Tian was chopping meat while An Miaoling assisted him nearby.
The instant the city lord saw An Miaoling, he froze. She was breathtakingly beautiful.
Even as the lord of the city, he had never seen a woman so stunning. Perhaps only Princess Mu of the Haotian Empire could rival her.
Seeing the city lord staring blankly, Qin Tian frowned slightly and gave the kitchen knife in his hand a casual wave.
A sharp blade aura immediately rippled outward. The city lord was shaken backward again and again before finally coming to his senses.
He hurriedly smiled apologetically. “The young master is as handsome as Pan An, while the young lady looks like a goddess descended from the heavens. I was so astonished by your beauty that I forgot my manners for a moment.”
He then lifted the gift box in his hand and said, “These are merely some spirit fruits. Please accept them and enjoy their freshness.”
Qin Tian gave a slight nod, and Qianxue accepted the gift box.
Since the visitor was the city lord and had been so courteous, Qin Tian did not take offense.
At that moment, the city lord’s gaze fell upon the kitchen knife in Qin Tian’s hand.
Qin Tian had used no spiritual energy at all, yet the blade aura alone had been enough to force him back.
Though he had been unprepared, he was still a formidable expert at the third level of the Saint Realm.
That meant the knife was very likely an Imperial weapon. He had seen half-Imperial weapons before, and none had been so powerful.
Noticing the city lord’s gaze, Qin Tian smiled. “Interested in my knife?”
“Your weapon is extraordinary, sir. May I ask which master forged it?”
The city lord assumed that a knife of such unusual form must have been custom-made. A weapon of this level, if sold through ordinary channels, would at least have to possess a respectable appearance.
“I forged it myself,” Qin Tian replied casually.
The city lord was stunned. “So you are an Imperial-grade weaponsmith as well!”
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“I suppose I am.”
Qin Tian did not deny it.
The city lord was utterly shocked. Even the Haotian Empress herself would treat an Imperial-grade weaponsmith with the utmost courtesy.
“I merely came to pay you a visit. Since you are preparing a meal, I shall not disturb you.”
With that, he bowed deeply to Qin Tian and departed.
After returning to the City Lord’s Residence, he was in excellent spirits. With such an expert guarding Qingyun City, he felt far more secure.
At that moment, his daughter came running over and asked sweetly, “Father, why are you so happy today?”
The city lord affectionately stroked his daughter’s hair. “An expert has come to our Qingyun City. With him here, the city will be much safer.”
“Is he even stronger than you, Father?” his daughter continued.
The city lord nodded. His daughter immediately revealed an expression of open admiration.
Looking at his beautiful daughter, the city lord briefly considered having her seduce Qin Tian. But when he recalled the devastatingly beautiful young woman in the kitchen, he abandoned the idea.
Perhaps only a goddess as beautiful as she was could be worthy of Young Master Qin, an Imperial-grade weaponsmith.
His own daughter was not worthy!
Mentioning an Imperial-grade weaponsmith reminded him of something.
Not long ago, General Xiao Zhan of the empire had sent people to Qingyun City to purchase Imperial-grade forging materials.
General Xiao Zhan was distantly related to his wife’s family.
His wife had also come from a prominent clan of the Haotian Empire. However, she had not been particularly valued there, which was why she had married and come to this place.
At the thought of this, excitement stirred within him. Perhaps this was an opportunity to establish a connection with General Xiao.
He immediately went to find his wife and asked her to send word back to her family.
Even if someone else had a need for such materials, helping them would still create a favorable connection.
At the Studio of Artistic Conception, Qin Tian, An Miaoling, and Qianxue sat together over a meal.
As he looked at An Miaoling before him, Qin Tian found her increasingly pleasing to the eye. Ever since her cultivation had improved, both her bearing and her beauty had grown more striking.
When An Miaoling noticed Qin Tian staring at her, she could not help scolding him lightly. “You look at me every day. Haven’t you had enough?”
“I could look at you for an entire lifetime and still never have enough,” Qin Tian replied.
Qianxue covered her mouth and giggled beside them, while An Miaoling grew bashful.
Damn that Master of hers. He was flirting with her again, acting nothing like a master at all.
She felt that all the pride she possessed as an empress was completely useless in front of Qin Tian.
If they had not spent so many years together, she would have suspected that Qin Tian was a frivolous womanizer.
He was always coming out with suggestive little remarks and ambiguous words of affection.
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