The Herbal Scents of Farm Life
Chapter 1286: Then It Can’t Be Blamed

Chapter 1286: Chapter 1286: Then It Can’t Be Blamed

Emerging from the courtyard, Zhe Jue grumbled to Jiang Li, feeling deeply aggrieved.

Just then, Zhen Wu happened to walk by, on his way to report to his lord, and overheard Zhe Jue’s complaint. He came over and asked a question.

"Zhe Jue, what task has our lord assigned you now? Why the bad luck?"

At this, Zhe Jue turned his head and looked at him sorrowfully, then raised a hand and pointed at Jiang Li’s face.

"Look at his face. Soon, these wounds will keep appearing on my body. Tell me... Well, I can’t really call it bad luck, after all, practicing the Ten Thousand Bones Whip Technique with Miss Lin is a top-priority affair."

"What? The lord has you practice the Ten Thousand Bones Whip Technique with Miss Lin?" Zhen Wu was immediately shocked upon hearing this.

"Yes."

Zhe Jue continued with a bitter face, nodding.

"How did this happen? I was counting on the lord to let me practice the Ten Thousand Bones Whip Technique with Miss Lin. How could it end up being you!" Zhen Wu said heatedly.

The Ten Thousand Bones Whip Technique is no easy skill to master, it takes at least a year and a half to become proficient.

"You want to practice with her? Then hurry up and tell the lord. Whatever tasks you have, I’ll take them on," Zhe Jue said eagerly.

Zhen Wu: "..."

Everyone says he’s impulsive, fitting perfectly with the martial character bestowed by the lord.

But how does he feel like Zhe Jue’s temperament is even more so...

"Did you bring back this Ten Thousand Bones Whip Technique and the Wind Spirit Whip?" he asked Zhe Jue.

"Yes."

Zhe Jue replied irritably.

If it wasn’t for him, who else would it be? It was the temple master who had commanded him to find it.

Yet he never imagined that he himself would end up practicing the Ten Thousand Bones Whip Technique with the lady of the house. Now, that was...

"You haven’t seen Miss Lin wielding the whip, the vigor of it was simply... terrifying."

"Jiang Li..."

Zhen Wu looked at Jiang Li, hoping to hear something from him.

"Miss Lin didn’t look at the Ten Thousand Bones Whip Technique; she just started lashing out with the whip. I couldn’t dodge in time and ended up taking a hit," Jiang Li revealed his face to Zhen Wu, speaking with his usual composure.

As if the wound on his face didn’t exist at all.

"Well, that can’t be helped then."

Zhen Wu curled his lips and said.

"What on earth are you talking about? I don’t understand any of it," Zhe Jue was the only one out of the loop.

"The Wind Spirit Whip is extremely difficult to control. Only by practicing the Ten Thousand Bones Whip Technique can you control the Wind Spirit Whip. For Miss Lin to handle the Wind Spirit Whip so well before even looking at the Ten Thousand Bones Whip Technique is a rare feat,"

Jiang Li explained.

Turning his head, he looked at Zhe Jue.

"Didn’t you take a look at the Ten Thousand Bones Whip Technique before handing it over to our lord?"

Zhe Jue: "..."

What kind of question was that? The lord ordered him to find the Wind Spirit Whip and the Ten Thousand Bones Whip Technique for the lady, how could he possibly take a look himself? That would be something a loyal and unwavering subordinate like him would never do!

"I didn’t look at it."

He said.

"No wonder then," Zhen Wu realized.

Zhe Jue used to practice the saber; naturally, he wouldn’t understand much about the light and nimble whip, so ignorance was to be expected.

"Zhe Jue, what I can’t figure out is, why would the lord send you to practice the Ten Thousand Bones Whip Technique with Miss Lin?"

Such a great opportunity, how could it be that it never came his way?

Zhe Jue: "..."

Could he admit that it was because he got spooked by the way the lady wielded the whip, thinking she wasn’t cut out for it? And that thinking in his mind was one thing, but he had actually voiced his so-called brutal honesty in front of the lord and offended him?