Dragon Clan: Lu Mingfei Returns from Japan

Chapter 478 Kuimen
The scenery outside the window flashed by quickly, and the bus stopped again in front of the bus stop before Shilan Middle School. The loudspeaker played the sound of arrival reminder, as if we were trapped in an infinite loop of time and space.

Lu Mingfei looked at the same people getting on and off the bus, and felt as if he had walked into a horror movie. He was so scared that he quickly turned his gaze to look at Lu Mingze beside him, thinking that it would be better to just stop the bus as he did before.

Or is this some kind of evil taste of the little devil?

But he knew. Although Lu Mingze always had this kind of bad taste, today he would instigate you to directly capture Liu Miaomiao with flowers and gifts, and tomorrow he would order you to use the sugar-coated bullet room card to push Chen Wenwen down...

But when it comes to safety, the little devil is still quite reliable.

Since Lu Mingze said there is no danger, then this mission should be as simple as Shude Aki said.

"If there is no danger, then why did you run out?" Lu Mingfei asked. Now he just wanted to quickly finish the conversation with Lu Mingze so that he could get out of this weird scene.

"Didn't I tell you at the beginning? It's New Year's Day, so I came to wish you a happy new year and ask for a red envelope."

Lu Mingze waved his hands, which were shaped like a small bowl, in front of Lu Mingfei again, with a grin on his face like a little scoundrel begging for money: "It's New Year's Day, brother, you won't even be unwilling to give me a red envelope, right?"

Lu Mingfei curled his lips, but still reached into his coat pocket to take out his wallet, pulled out a red note, hesitated for a moment and took out another one, folded it in half and handed it to Lu Mingze: "I don't have any red envelopes with me, so make do with this."

However, Lu Mingze had no intention of accepting the money, but just waved his hand.

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Lu Mingfei was stunned for a few seconds before speaking, "What? Two hundred yuan is not enough? You have such a big appetite at such a young age? Two hundred yuan is enough to buy a year's worth of Zhiyin Manke. Auntie only gave my cousin Lu Mingze one hundred..."

“No.” Lu Mingze shook his head and said helplessly, “Renminbi is not accepted in our demon world.”

"Then what do you want?"

Lu Mingze's eyes lit up: "For example, a quarter of your life, brother..."

"Impossible." Lu Mingfei knew that this was what Lu Mingze was up to.

"Stingy." Lu Mingze shrugged.

"I haven't opened a business in such a long time since I came back. I have given you so many cheats. I even helped you capture Xia Mi. Anyway, I helped you to kill a dragon king. Even if it is an equal exchange, you should take care of my business."

"Definitely next time."

Lu Mingze smiled and said, "Then I'll ask for your blessing, brother."

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Lu Mingfei was stunned for a moment, then he realized something and immediately changed his words: "Wait, I just said it casually, I may not say it next time..."

But before he could finish his words, the bus suddenly turned a sharp corner, the whole body of the bus shook suddenly, and Lu Mingfei was almost thrown out.

A middle-aged man who was thrown off the seat in front of me stood up, holding his buttocks, and asked the bus driver what kind of bus he was driving. The driver apologized and said, "I'm really sorry, it's cold and the road is icy and a bit slippery."

Lu Mingfei turned his head and the little devil sitting next to him had disappeared, as if he had never been there.

Lu Mingfei couldn't help but cover his forehead.

"Damn it... I was just teasing you. Don't take it seriously!"

……

It must be said that Kassel College is very efficient. After returning home, Lu Mingfei received an email from Jiude Aki in his mailbox, confirming the departure time for this mission with him. As for the specific details of the mission, because it involves more complicated aspects, it needs to be discussed in person.

Shilan Middle School starts on February 2th. Before that, Lu Mingfei has a date with the beauties in the harem. Considering that it might be busy at the beginning of the school year, the final mission time is set in the second week of school.

"Junior brother, are you sure you want to leave on March 3th? If you are sure, I can book the ticket for you." Yaji sent a message to Lu Mingfei via email.

“Yes, you decide, Senior Sister.” Lu Mingfei replied.

After closing the email page, Lu Mingfei lay down on the computer chair.

I was just about to sigh and lament that the greater my ability, the greater my responsibility...

Then, he heard the cold and indifferent voice of a girl behind him, like a gust of wind suddenly passing by a wind chime on a hot and dry afternoon in Chang'an.

"Brother, are you planning to go on a long journey again?"

When he raised his eyes, Xia Mi just lowered her head, and Lu Mingfei's eyes met with Xiao Longnu who was lying on the back of his computer chair.

Lu Mingfei quickly sat up from his computer chair and turned to face Xia Mi: "When did you come?"

Xia Mi held a box of papaya milk in one hand, the straw of the milk between her lips, her lips were pink and moist as if she had applied lip glaze, and she said calmly: "I have been here since the beginning."

She stretched out her slender finger and pointed at the computer behind Lu Mingfei: "Brother, when you just started chatting with this girl named Aki via email, I was standing behind you. Brother, didn't you notice?"

So early? Doesn't that mean Xia Mi has read all the contents of the email?
"I didn't notice. And how did you know Aki was a girl?"

"Brother, you keep calling the person on the other side "senior sister" in your emails... If she's not a woman, could she be a man?"

Xia Mi sipped papaya milk loudly: "Maybe it's because you were too engrossed in chatting with this senior sister that you didn't notice me? In the past, when we were under the flowers and moonlight, you called her junior sister, but now the newcomer is better than the old one..."

"Stop!"

Lu Mingfei immediately stopped Xia Mi from acting and raised his hand expressionlessly to make a gesture to silence her.

Xia Mi put her hands behind her back and stuck out her tongue: "You won't even let me make a joke..."

Lu Mingfei was not in a state of panic because he was not a thief after all. The emails he exchanged with Jiude Aki were all about the mission, and the content was very clean.

The only thing that bothered Lu Mingfei was that he had originally wanted to go there secretly without telling his girlfriends...but now the contents of the email were all seen by Xia Mi.

Forget it. It shouldn't matter if my junior sister saw it. After all, we live under the same roof, and I can't hide the fact that I'm away from home from her.

What's more, he is also being monitored by his junior sister.

"Well, there are some things going on at Kassel College, and they want me to go and help." "Is it related to Norton?"

Lu Mingfei nodded, "It should be."

Lu Mingfei was not a stupid man. Although Aki had not yet told him the specific content of the task, she had said that the dragon text that she had asked him to translate last time came from the tomb that the characters were going to explore this time.

That dragon text records the story of Liu Xiu slaying a dragon, so the tomb explored by Kassel Academy is naturally related to the King of Bronze and Fire, Norton and Constantine.

But probably only Lu Mingfei knew that in fact, Norton, the King of Bronze and Fire, had already hatched from the 'egg' just like Xia Mi. His current name is 'Ronald Tang' and he lives in the United States...

"Junior sister, please don't tell them that I'm going on a long trip, so as not to make them worry." Lu Mingfei added.

They, of course, refer to Liu Miaomiao, Su Xiaoqiang and Chen Wenwen.

"Who do you think I am, your junior sister? I know this kind of thing."

Xia Mi curled her lips, and after a bit of shyness, she couldn't help but speak: "But how long do you plan to be gone this time, Senior Brother? Is the mission dangerous? Do you want me to go with you..."

Lu Mingfei was stunned for a moment, then suddenly smiled knowingly, stood up and touched Xia Mi's little head.

"Don't worry. This mission isn't dangerous. I think we'll be back in a few days. And your strength hasn't recovered yet, has it?"

He could naturally see that this was Xia Mi's concern for him. It was really a happy thing to have someone who cared about you like this all the time.

Xia Mi raised her eyes in dissatisfaction under Lu Mingfei's palm: "...No matter what, I am still a dragon king! I can suppress dragons below the second generation with my blood pressure alone!"

Lu Mingfei looked at Xia Mi's expression as she seemed to be indulging in this caress, and thought to himself, Junior Sister, you don't look like a Dragon King at all now, but more like a kitten being scratched on the chin by its owner.

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at the same time.

To the north of Kuimen, lush five-leaf maple trees meander along the mountains and rivers into the distance. The river surrounding the mountains and rivers is mighty. The mountains along the way and the villages at the foot of the mountains are directly penetrated by this dragon and snake, dividing it into two halves, east and west.

This is Kuimen, an important pass on the ancient road to Sichuan, and a battleground for military strategists since the Qin and Han dynasties. With high mountains on both sides of the river, it is the western gate for the Yangtze River to enter the Three Gorges from the Sichuan Basin.

Standing on the island in the middle of the river, you can see the majestic and magnificent Baidi City in the distance.

During the Han Dynasty, Jiangguan Commandery was set up here. When Liu Bei attacked Guanghan but failed, Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others led their troops upstream from Jingjiang River, occupied this pass, and then conquered Badong.

In the past dynasties, those who wanted to conquer Bashu had to take this pass first.

It can be said that Kuimen is a place that has witnessed countless historical stories.

Of course, Kuimen is no longer what it used to be. Some parts of it have been developed into scenic spots with many tourists. Some places like Qutang Pass have been submerged under the river for various reasons.

But it is probably hard for anyone to imagine that in such a place that has witnessed countless historical legends, there are actually villages scattered along the river and mountain banks.

It was evening, and the evening glow was broken up and thrown into the river. The delicate sound of water was endless.

The boat broke through the turquoise water of the river, and ripples rose and fell on the water with the swinging of the oars. The long poles of the oars rose and fell in the water, as if they had been rising and falling like this for a thousand years.

The boatman had dark skin and didn't look too old. He was a villager from a village at the foot of the mountain, or more accurately, an aboriginal. No one knew how long his ancestors had been wandering in the mountains, but they probably had a history of several hundred years.

Natural disasters cannot affect them, nor can wars reach them. They are just like the people in Tao Yuanming's Peach Blossom Spring who live in seclusion from the world.

But in the end, the power of technology successfully broke through the wideness of the mountain roads. Once the power lines were built, more and more people went out of the village. Originally there were thousands of people in more than a dozen villages, but now there are only a few hundred people left scattered around.

There are also more and more backpackers who like to travel to such remote but historical places. Some smart young people act as tour guides, waiting at the mountain pass to show these backpackers and fishermen the way. Traditional farming life is getting closer and closer to the tourism industry.

The boatman is one of these young people. His family originally made a living by fishing. The long pole in his hand for testing fish has been passed down for many generations. Now it has become a paddle to take tourists to visit the mountains and rivers.

But he didn't mind, because these backpackers were usually generous. Although there were not many people, a dozen trips could equal the income from fishing for a year.

It wasn't like there hadn't been female backpackers who visited their valley before, but those female backpackers usually came with a large group. Today was the first time he met a girl who came alone, and she was a petite and slender foreign girl.

Having lived in the mountains for a long time, he certainly couldn't tell which country the girl was from, but he could still see that the girl had a superior appearance. Beauty is not universal, but everyone has a pair of eyes that appreciate beauty, and they can immediately recognize beautiful things.

Just like the first time he saw the girl, the thought "how beautiful" popped up in his mind. Her straight long hair was like the crushed dusk dyed with golden light, and her blue eyes were clearer than the deepest lake in the mountains.

What surprised him even more was that the girl spoke Chinese much more clearly than he did. Her pronunciation was as standard as that of the news anchors on TV, but her voice was a little clear and cold, without any warmth.

This cold and quiet girl was sitting at the stern of his boat, wearing thin clothes like those in summer or autumn in the early spring.

She supported herself on the boat with her hands and looked up at the endless waves. Her slender, straight calves were not in the water from the ankles down, causing ripples on the surface.

Although the boatman wanted to remind the girl that this river was the only source of water for the mountain village besides the well water, and we were now upstream, and it was evening, and while you were soaking your feet, there might be women washing rice and vegetables in the downstream village...

But he still gritted his teeth and didn't say anything.

Because he couldn't bear to destroy this beauty. Such a beautiful thing should be kept in people's hearts and appreciated like the sunset in the valley.

The boat was drifting on the river like an untied boat, and the setting sun projected everything in the valley into Zero's eyes.

She raised her head and stared at the golden sky without blinking, and in a trance she felt as if she had forgotten her own existence.

When people are faced with grand, beautiful and speechless things, they always feel insignificant from the bottom of their hearts.

The boatman was surprised at how little she was wearing, not because she deliberately wore so little, but because she really didn't feel cold. As a Russian girl, a child who grew up in Black Swan Harbor, zero degrees for her was like fifteen degrees for the locals. Only one or two pieces of clothing were enough to keep warm.

She was carrying a travel backpack that a backpacker would carry on her back, and it wasn't really because her mission in Portugal was over that she came here specifically to relax.

She wasn't the kind of girl who didn't like to go out and have fun. She just disguised herself as a backpacker who loved to join in the fun and visited this valley in order to follow the group of people from Kassel College and Wazhu and visit that mysterious place.

She is carrying out the task assigned to her by her boss.

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(End of this chapter)