The youth didn't mind, just nodded and said, "Yes, meeting is fate. Treating your mother was also a kind of fate, I set up my stall only based on fate, those with fate will naturally come find me."
Xiao Ai covered her mouth and laughed, "The way you talk, it's just like those wandering mystics..."
"In a certain sense, I could also be considered one, don't forget I also do physiognomy and feng shui," the youth said with a smile.
"..." Xiao Ai fell silent.
Seeing Xiao Ai's silence, the youth was too lazy to continue finding topics to chat about, originally he didn't want to talk about this anyway, he went to the side and put down the box he was carrying, took out a book from it, and continued reading.
"Eh? This time the book is different again, and it's another type of book, sir, you seem to read different books every time, why?" Xiao Ai was very puzzled, she had long discovered this strange habit of the youth.
Every time she saw the youth, she would discover he was reading different books, even if it was just one day's time, they were still different, and she had also noticed the youth's reading speed, it looked like he was just flipping through books.
If you combined all these things together, you could reach a conclusion, which was that the youth's pile of books wasn't what he regularly carried, but rather he finished reading one batch of books each day then changed to another batch.
At this time, Xiao Ai very much doubted whether this youth really finished reading them.
Did he understand them? Don't joke, this was impossible, even finishing reading them was questionable, to understand these books was absolutely impossible.
This was Xiao Ai's thinking, she felt the youth was just roughly looking through the books, she guessed the youth was trying to find something in these books, or rather he only looked at content useful to himself.
Besides this explanation, Xiao Ai really couldn't think of any other explanation.
At the same time, Xiao Ai had secretly followed this youth before, discovering he spent his days in one place, which was New Moon capital's most famous book collection location - Book Fragrance Tower.
Book Fragrance Tower was a tower-shaped building, nine floors total, its purpose was as its name suggested, a place filled with book fragrance, it was New Moon Empire's organized giant book collection location, and it was also open to the public.
Inside were books on all subjects, including some martial arts manuals, of course these martial arts manuals weren't too profound or rare, wouldn't be those kinds of peerless secret manuals, but could still allow people to cultivate to expert levels.
Xiao Ai had inquired, this youth read almost any book, and his reading pattern was going up floor by floor, now he had already reached the sixth floor, probably before long he could reach the ninth floor.
No wonder he was so fast, he was almost non-stop day and night, reading at Book Fragrance Tower during the day, and borrowing a large bag of books at night, this was also why he always carried a bag of books.
New Moon was quite open regarding this Book Fragrance Tower, as long as one had proper identity they could borrow and read books without limits, if not for the youth being unable to carry more, he might take even more.
New Moon didn't neglect Book Fragrance Tower, on the contrary they valued it highly, they wanted all citizens to be able to read books on all subjects, experts existed among the people, they didn't want to miss any talent who might achieve great things.
If you couldn't find what you needed at Book Fragrance Tower, you could also apply to New Moon for higher level books, those were what New Moon strictly controlled, however those books weren't many, numbering only about one percent of Book Fragrance Tower's collection.
This was understandable, foundations were generally the largest and most numerous, while the top layer was often just a little bit, which was why it was crowned with the title of pinnacle.
Why wasn't New Moon afraid of people causing trouble or losing Book Fragrance Tower's books?
The reason was simple, because all of Book Fragrance Tower's books had backup copies, even if everything was lost, they could reproduce everything overnight.
The youth very much liked this aspect of the New Moon Empire, and also admired the New Moon Empire's governance, it seemed that the New Moon Empire could become an empire not through luck, but through real strength and foundation.
After arriving at this New Moon capital, the youth immediately threw himself into the ocean of knowledge at Book Fragrance Tower, leaving those few troublesome women of his aside, anyway they would take care of themselves, and they were about to participate in the Dragon Gate Tournament, he couldn't help anyway.
However, after the Dragon Gate Tournament ended, he still had to come here to welcome them back, and if they passed, he would need to appropriately encourage them, even reward them.
But at this level of Dragon Gate Tournament, it wouldn't be so simple anymore, whether they could pass was still unknown, no one dared be certain.
Although the youth still had some confidence in them, it was only confidence.
Time passed bit by bit, Xiao Ai no longer tried to talk with the youth, not wanting to disturb his reading, also knowing that at this time unless there was something important the youth wouldn't pay attention to others, once the youth started reading he would completely immerse himself, like a meditating old monk.
In between, some people also discovered the youth's presence, those coming here to receive people weren't only Xiao Ai, they also went over to greet the youth, regardless of whether the youth acknowledged them, and they didn't continue disturbing him, those who knew wouldn't, those who didn't were reminded by others.
At this time it was also very strange, what was the youth doing here, was he waiting for someone? If he was waiting for someone, then who exactly was he waiting for? Was he like them, waiting for Dragon Gate Tournament people? And if...
These questions appeared in everyone's minds, making people very puzzled, very much anticipating answers to these questions.
Anticipation, because everyone knew these answers would appear soon, as long as they knew who the youth was waiting for, all answers would be revealed.
"They're coming."
With these two words beginning, the city gates started becoming somewhat chaotic, but only a little small chaos, still maintaining certain order.
This small chaos began naturally because someone discovered the shadow of a group, and this group was the one everyone was waiting for here, the Dragon Gate Tournament returning group.
Anticipation, another anticipation, but this time it wasn't for the youth, but for the people they were waiting for, they all anticipated the people they were waiting for to be standing at the front of the group.
According to past conventions, the front of the group was a privilege for winners, those walking further ahead meant they performed better, this was an honor.
"Eh, how could this be?"
When the group appeared clearly, when everyone saw the people in front, waves of surprise arose, because they saw an absolutely beautiful young lady at the very front of this group.
Absolutely beautiful, these two words for the young lady in front weren't exaggerated at all, even couldn't completely describe the young lady's beauty, perhaps should say a fairy descended to earth, a kind of beauty that shouldn't appear in this mortal world.
Such a young lady, if selecting courtesans, being in front would be unquestionable, but in this Dragon Gate Tournament, how could she get the frontmost position, this wasn't just about appearance, it was all about strength.
Was this young lady really capable, or was it just because of her absolute beauty that people gave her the front position.
While everyone was puzzled, the young lady suddenly dismounted, coming before one person, this action made everyone even more surprised, could she know him? Was he waiting for her?
This "him" was the person everyone had paid attention to just now, that mysterious youth.
"Eh? Little servant, did you come to receive us?"
When neither the young lady nor the youth spoke, another beautiful young lady at the front, with absolutely beautiful appearance almost equal to the previous young lady, jumped down from her horse with a smile and flashed to the side of the young lady and youth, speaking first.
While everyone was still marveling at the two young ladies' beauty, next they saw yet another absolutely beautiful young lady appear, also coming before the youth.
"You bastard, actually not accompanying us together, but considering you're here to receive us, I'll reduce your punishment," the later young lady said very fiercely, directly giving the youth a hit first.
"Oh, you're here," the youth at this time seemed to wake from a dream, looking at the three young ladies and smiling in response.
"..."
Everyone fell silent for a moment, was this how you wait for people? When people arrive you still need others to remind you they're here.
What people also found strange was why that young lady called the youth "little servant," could this youth be a servant, this was impossible, with his medical skills alone he could thrive, how could he be a servant.
At this time, Xiao Ai suddenly remembered questions the youth had answered before, regarding his identity, he seemed to have said he was a little servant, not worth mentioning.
No way, how was this possible?
"You know sir?" Xiao Ai asked puzzledly, with a somewhat gossipy flavor.
"Sister..." Ke Shan was somewhat depressed, Xiao Ai came to receive him, but now abandoned him to go talk with others, however soon he thought of something, he could take this opportunity to approach someone.
"Miss Mo Yu, it seems we're very fated, my sister also knows this sir..." Just as Ke Shan was preparing to follow Xiao Ai's words, he discovered the one called "sir" was actually a youth.
Ke Shan was very strange, how could such a youth be respectfully called "sir" by Xiao Ai.
Ke Shan's phrase "Miss Mo Yu" also revealed the three young ladies' identities, right, they were Guxing, Young Miss, and Nangong Suxin, looking at their positions, it seemed they all should have advanced, these three young ladies' strength was indeed very frightening.
Three months ago they were already extraordinary, after another three months of cultivation their strength advanced by leaps and bounds daily, although Young Miss and Nangong Suxin didn't progress as fast as Guxing and Zhan Bai, that was because Guxing and the other were special cases, in others' eyes Young Miss and the other's speed was already very terrifying.
(End of Chapter)