(Southern Region- Xercopolis Empire)
(Huren Province- Tianjin City)
They have been expecting me?
That was rarely a good sign…
Xu Lu carefully observed the man and woman in front of her. Both wore black starry cloaks with small pieces of diamonds interwoven into the edges of the fabric.
The diamonds on their robes shone and sparkled to mimic the appearance of the night sky. She could not see any weapons on either person wait… no…
Were those… playing cards?
Yes… they were seemingly ordinary playing cards…
Xu Lu narrowed her eyes as she saw a few cards poking out of the pockets of the robes that the pair wore.
"You were expecting me? I didn't know that there was a welcome committee…" Xu Lu calmly spoke as she tried to get more information.
"We have indeed been waiting for you… isn't that right dear sister," the young man spoke cheerfully as he wrapped his arms around the woman's shoulder.
"Yes, my dear brother… it is not a surprise that she is here," the woman replied indifferently as she continued to stare at Xu Lu.
"You are precisely where you are meant to be… as are we…"
"You will experience a great tragedy… an event that will alter your life forever!" the young man's tone immediately shifted as he began to speak in a solemn voice.
"Oh wait… no… I'm seeing the past… err… okay so I think that event has already happened."
"Stupid idiot…" the woman muttered quietly under her breath.
"Sorry… I'm a little bit confused… what is going on? Who are you?" Xu Lu hesitantly spoke as she took a few steps back to create some distance.
"Where are our manners?!" the young man cried out as he ran his fingers through his thick curly hair and brushed a few loose strands out of his face.
"My name is Zhang Ning, and I can see disasters… the way that fate bends and breaks! At least the ones in the past… those that have already happened…"
"Yeah, I know it's a bit… useless."
There was a sheepish expression on the young man's face as he appeared to be ashamed of his ability.
"Brother do not disparage yourself," the woman's cold expression finally cracked as she turned to her brother and scolded him fiercely.
"Saintess… I am called Zhang Jie. My brother and I are two parts of a whole. While he can glimpse into the threads of the past… I can sense the far-flung future."
Both siblings stretched out their right hands at the same time for Xu Lu to shake.
The saintess did think that they were a bit… weird to put it mildly but she could not detect any danger.
Xu Lu hesitantly stretched out her palms and shook both of their hands. It was a little bit awkward, but no one said anything.
The tense atmosphere was broken by Zhang Jie who removed her hand from Xu Lu's palm and looked at her with a very creepy expression.
It was like she was somehow able to see directly into her soul. Those green eyes were like dark bottomless pools of jade.
Zhang Jie opened her mouth and spoke politely,
"The Heavenly Divination Sect has always been strong allies of the Holy Sword Sect so how could we allow the saintess to enter one of our cities without proper accommodation."
"Please follow us and we will bring you to the finest hotel in the city… all of your expenses and needs will be paid for."
"In the morning you can depart for Mount Xilean on one of our first-class flying vessels without any charge."
"That seems… oddly generous…" Xu Lu replied pointedly. The siblings exchanged a few looks and began to have a silent conversation using only slight twitches of their eyes.
"Consider this an investment if you will! To earn your favour!" Zhang Ning finally spoke up with a cheerful grin.
"Brother! Don't put it like that! She will be suspicious!" Zhang Jie placed her face in her palm and let out a heavy sigh.
"She is already suspicious! You can't get double suspicious!" Zhang Ning argued back with crossed arms.
"No but you can get 'MORE' suspicious… brother why are you like this? Is it because you were dropped on your head as a baby?" Zhang Jie asked mockingly.
Zhang Ning curled up his fingers into a tight fist and then did what all siblings did when they started to lose an argument.
Bring out the personal stuff.
"Oh, excuse me… at least I wasn't the one last week using my powers to flirt with unsuspecting mortals… 'I see us together in your future'… what a cheesy fucking line!" Zhang Ning fired back.
"You little… brat!" Zhang Jie growled darkly as she turned towards her brother and wrapped her arms around his neck.
The pair fell to the ground and before Xu Lu's shocked eyes they began to fight without caring about the looks that they attracted from the passersby.
Soon a large crowd began to gather around the scene and Xu Lu quietly slipped to the back of the group.
Zhang Jie and Zhang Ning were still fighting but it had now turned to hair pulling, nail scratching and light punches to the stomach.
"What the hell is going on here?!" an angry voice cut through the chaos.
A squadron of city guards wearing dark black uniforms rushed through the crowd led by a middle-aged woman wearing a golden armband around her arm.
"Break up the crowd while I deal with these ruffians," the middle-aged woman ordered as she pointed at the people staring at the fight.
The guards quickly moved to separate the crowd and forced people to return to their normal routines.
Xu Lu did not want to get involved with the ensuring chaos so she quietly entered a nearby alleyway and watched to see what would happen.
"Now who would be stupid enough to… Fated Ones?" the middle-aged woman's voice trailed off in shock as she got a better view of the man and woman wrestling on the ground.
Xu Lu continued to watch as Zhang Jie and Zhang Ning awkwardly got up from the ground and casted a cleaning technique to get the dust off their robes.
The middle-aged woman fell to her knees in front of the siblings and bowed with her head so low that it touched the dirt beneath her feet.
Xu Lu raised an eyebrow as she saw the sight. Clearly those two were not ordinary members of the Heavenly Divination Sect but in that case…
Why were they so childish?
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