Chapter 040 – Young Master Li
Senior Li reclined on a bamboo lounge chair, eyes half-closed, facing the wide lake. Nearby at the freshwater pier, menial workers and merchants bustled about in the snow, loading and unloading goods.
Anyone passing by the small pavilion would offer a slight bow or murmur Senior Li, though he remained unmoved, seeming perfectly content to lounge there in silence.
Li Yuan closed his umbrella and waited quietly. After a while, another group arrived, three Blood Blade Sect disciples led by the same attendant who had shown Li Yuan the way. Two were young men, one a young woman, all around Li Yuan’s age or just a few years older.f
Only when the four of them stood together did Senior Li speak, still not bothering to open his eyes:
“Associate No. 180, Zhao Zhinan.”
A grim-looking youth, with faintly visible numbers 7~8 around him, responded, “Here.”
“Associate No. 187, Zhang Yue.”
A gentle, scholarly youth, 6~7, answered, “Present.”
“Associate No. 197, Li Yuan.”
Li Yuan gave a brief acknowledgment.
“Associate No. 198, Wen Xiaoqiao.”
The last was a girl of rather substantial build, nearly twice Li Yuan’s size. Yet she spoke in a sweet voice, “Here.”