Guxing nodded and said: "Yes. Xiaoyao said waiting outside was the same as anything else, better to meditate here and increase cultivation a bit."
"..." Young Miss fell silent. She now understood - the two weren't late, they had simply boarded the carriage directly.
"Stop the carriage." Someone outside was shouting.
"Sorry, this carriage is already full." Xiaoyao's voice came through.
Full? It seemed like one or two more people could still sit here, of course, not too fat.
"No way. There are only four people inside."
"Yes, but someone inside is relatively fat, taking up two seats."
"..."
This guy, speaking without considering the situation. Where do we have relatively fat people here? If talking about fat, it would only be...
You... talking about you.
Young Miss and Nangong Suxin looked at each other, their gazes telling each other that the person Xiaoyao mentioned was the other party.
Then more people came asking, but Xiaoyao refused them all. Fortunately, the convoy had many carriages and seats. Even with one seat empty here, other places had surplus capacity, so it didn't matter.
Thus, Xiaoyao's carriage had four girls, but it concentrated almost the most beautiful girls of this trip together. This made countless people resentful - why weren't they in here? Traveling together like this, there would definitely be developments.
Of course, this place also became a focal point, becoming a place others envied, resented, and hated. Even Xiaoyao the driver was envied, and some people tried to curry favor with Xiaoyao, hoping he would give them the seat beside him.
"This is a servant's position. Among the people inside, the only servant is myself." Xiaoyao's answer cut off everyone's thoughts while also revealing Xiaoyao's other identity - servant.
Originally, others thought Xiaoyao was just a driver, not expecting a dual identity.
But after this, everyone became even more envious because people misunderstood that Xiaoyao was the servant of the four girls and the only one, so he served all four.
Actually, they didn't know that when Xiaoyao said "only," he meant he was the only servant here, not that he was commonly owned by the four.
After Xiaoyao and the others left, the Mo family seemed to have no one notice Guxing and Xiaoyao's disappearance. Xiaoyao originally wandered around randomly - those who remembered him thought he was working elsewhere again. As time passed, they naturally forgot.
As for Guxing, she was originally a non-existent person. No one in the Mo family talked about her or went to see her, so naturally no one knew.
Even the Mo family head only learned much later, after Guxing made her mark in the Dragon Gate Tournament and people investigated her identity, that the granddaughter he had forgotten had already left the Mo family long ago and possessed incredible deep strength.
Regarding this point, Guxing had long seen through it. She had long given up on the Mo family. Whether the Mo family needed her to return or not, she didn't care.
If someone asked her to return, she would also nod because she didn't care.
This was the most terrifying thing. In Xiaoyao's words, if she had hatred, if she refused, it would show she still had a trace of feeling for the Mo family. The more she didn't care like this and nodded in agreement, the more it showed she truly had not a trace of feeling left.
Would Guxing ultimately be like the fortune prediction said - would she bring disaster to the Mo family?
Actually, even if so, it would be because the Mo family head who believed in fortune had personally created this fate. This could perhaps be called self-inflicted, but could also be called a kind of destiny.
Of course, whether these things would happen was still unknown. Right now, the problem Xiaoyao faced was driving away the annoying flies around him.
If possible, Xiaoyao really didn't want to bring Young Miss and the other two, but he also didn't want Guxing to be disturbed by others, so he had no choice.
He hadn't expected women's power to be so great. The people traveling together were all elites, whether literary or martial, otherwise they wouldn't be standing here.
But such elite people were still buzzing around like flies, unable to be driven away. This gave him quite a headache.
One could imagine that any of these four girls would create a fly effect, much less all of them together - the attraction would naturally be even greater.
Some people were very annoyed by this situation - needless to say, these were women. Han Qin and some other beautiful girls were all very displeased. Though they also had pursuers, the effect was far inferior to the four girls in Xiaoyao's carriage.
Fortunately, throughout this journey, the four girls basically never left the carriage, giving no one opportunities and letting this enthusiasm gradually decrease, though definitely not disappear.
From Qingyun City to Heavenly Wind Capital, at this convoy's speed, would take about twenty days. Though Qingyun Province was a prosperous province, it was farthest from Heavenly Wind Capital.
Interestingly, Qingyun Province was very close to neighboring countries' capitals - only seven days away.
This day was the fifteenth day after Xiaoyao and the others departed. In five or six more days they would reach Heavenly Wind Capital. Today they would pass through a very famous place in Heavenly Wind Kingdom - the Heavenly Wind Mountains.
This mountain range almost crossed the entire Heavenly Wind Kingdom, dividing it into two sections. The width of this range wasn't very wide, at least not for a mountain range.
However, even so, even though Xiaoyao's convoy chose the narrowest place to enter, they would still need to travel through this mountain range for a day.
"Xiaoyao, do you think there are bandits or mountain thieves here?" Young Miss was sitting beside Xiaoyao at this time. Throughout the journey, the seat beside Xiaoyao was frequently occupied, mainly by Young Miss.
Generally, Guxing meditated inside, and seeing this, Nangong Suxin did the same. Therefore, sometimes Third Miss would actually sit beside Xiaoyao.
Besides wanting to chat with Xiaoyao about musical matters, the biggest reason was wanting to avoid Young Miss. Think about it - with only four girls inside, if Guxing and Nangong Suxin were both meditating, that left only Third Miss and Young Miss.
Of course, sometimes Young Miss would very shamelessly squeeze in the middle, sitting alongside Xiaoyao in front, forming a unique scenic line.
Xiaoyao thought this was quite good. Young Miss's face was thick enough - this was a prerequisite for wooing girls. Perhaps this Third Miss really would be victimized by her.
Was he harming someone or helping someone? Should be helping.
Sacrificing you one person to bring happiness to everyone - this was a very great thing. Third Miss, keep it up.
Third Miss had long seen through Xiaoyao's thoughts, so she also began subtly making things difficult for Xiaoyao. Though she appeared very quiet, it was quite stimulating.
Fortunately, Xiaoyao could handle soldiers with generals and floods with earth. What he couldn't dodge, he directly played dumb - I'm not your servant, so I don't need to care about you.
Back to the main topic. When Xiaoyao heard Young Miss's words, he felt like throwing Young Miss out, because Young Miss was often a jinx - whatever she said came true.
In Xiaoyao's words, divinely blessed people had special privileges. But why were your good predictions never accurate while bad ones always were?
"Young Miss, please don't say such things. Don't you know you're a jinx..." Xiaoyao said irritably.
"What are you talking about? How am I a jinx. Eh, it seems there are people ahead, dressed quite fiercely..." Young Miss pointed ahead. In the distance on the road, a group of people stood in the middle.
"..." Xiaoyao fell silent.
"This road was opened by me, this tree was planted by me. If you want to pass this road, leave behind toll money."
A classic industry phrase announced what business this group was in - a business many people longed for and many feared: bandits.
"..." Young Miss prepared to face the current situation with silence.
"Xiaoyao, why did we stop?" Guxing emerged from the carriage asking. At the same time, Nangong Suxin also came down - she knew what had happened.
"Nothing much, just a group collecting tolls. Such people are very common. Just pay the toll." Xiaoyao said indifferently.
"Oh..." Guxing responded, then went back inside.
"What toll collectors? They came to rob us. Such boldness - broad daylight, clear skies, yet doing such things. Most importantly, they're robbing me. If I don't show them some color, how can I face people in the future." Young Miss said angrily, then prepared to jump over and fight.
Believe it or not, the people here would basically choose the same approach as Young Miss, because this group were heaven's favored children, young and hot-blooded. They didn't know what harmony meant. If someone robbed them, they would definitely rush out to resist and absolutely not pay this toll.
"Stop." Xiaoyao was quick-eyed and quick-handed, immediately grabbing Young Miss.
"What? Grabbing me? Let go." Young Miss shook her hand. At this moment, she didn't notice that she actually couldn't break free from Xiaoyao's grip - she only thought about fighting.
"No need to go. The people in front will handle this. This group of bandits probably doesn't know what kind of people our convoy consists of, otherwise they wouldn't be stupid enough to come out and rob us. Unless they have ulterior motives." Xiaoyao said.
If the front could resolve this, Young Miss going over would only complicate things. If they had ulterior motives, Young Miss going over might be dangerous. In either case, it wasn't appropriate to act now. The best approach was to wait and see.
"Ulterior motives?" Nangong Suxin looked at Xiaoyao, then at those bandits. She thought of a possibility.
During the Dragon Gate Tournament period, ordinary bandits wouldn't be stupid enough to rob Dragon Gate Tournament participant convoys. First, people who could participate in the Dragon Gate Tournament wouldn't be weak. Second, even if they succeeded, if the Heavenly Wind King learned of it, he would definitely exterminate these bandits.
(End of Chapter)