Chapter 56
utside the city.
Lu Sheng and Chen Ying shared a horse carriage to themselves.
Chen Ying tilted his face to look outside the carriage the entire journey, speaking not a single word. Lu Sheng was also not a talkative person; he began to cultivate his inner Qi in silence.
He could tell that Chen Ying, like him, cultivated both the inner and outer forces. Moreover, his eyes shone brilliantly; clearly, he had robust inner Qi. However, he could not tell how he would fare in actual combat. Lu Sheng decided that he would find an opportunity to duel and try him out sometime.
"Little Brother, what are you views regarding the present Song Dynasty?" After a long moment, Chen Ying abruptly asked.
"Song Dynasty? My views?" Lu Sheng shook his head as he laughed lightly. "Nothing much. I don’t know much at all about the present-day government. Frankly speaking, when I was in Nine Links City previously and encountered a Black Calamity, it helped me see clearly how useless the so-called yamen authorities are."
Chen Ying glanced over at Lu Sheng, shaking his head lightly. "Junior Brother, that’s actually a misjudgment on your part."
Lu Sheng’s face remained the same, "How so?"
Chen Ying coughed a couple times. When he calmed down, he said slowly, "Has Junior Brother ever heard of something called Aberrations?"
"Aberrations?" Lu Sheng’s expression changed almost imperceptibly. "I’ve only met with very powerful and strange ghosts, are those what Deputy Sect Master means by Aberrations?"
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