Rebirth of the Prime Dragon Master
Chapter 827 The Two Met Again

Lucilla looked up at Rocky and hesitated for a moment. After going through this, she was a littlesuspicious of him. She felt that the things she had experienced seemed to be very strange, includingthe sudden appearance of Rocky and Woods’ unusual attitude towards him. She thought thateverything that happened since Rocky came was truly dramatic. And somehow she found it strangethat everything also seemed to be related to Rocky, yet she couldn't tell clearly how.

There were a lot of questions in Lucilla's mind. First, who on earth had destroyed Raef's plot?Second, how did Woods disappear? And how could the person behind these events take advantageof the timing of everything? It was like a perfectly planned prank. But in fact, this plan was perfectlyexecuted that it revealed Raef's plot against the prince and ruined Raef's plan. Lucilla couldn't wrapher head around this well-executed plan. She found that what happened was hard to comprehend.In all honesty, she wouldn't know it was Rocky who had planned such an exquisite and wonderfulscene.

"Chief Lucilla, I suggest we let Mr. Rookie and Chief Juey go to rest first!" Lucas reminded Lucilla atthis moment. This took her out of her train of thought on what had happened here today.

Lucilla glanced at Lucas and nodded in agreement with his suggestion.

Then, Juey and Rocky left.

After a short while, Lucilla also dismissed the Cao Clan's elders and hall leaders.

And just like that, the big and noisy hall was left empty and quiet. The only people left behind thehall were Lucilla and Lucas.

"Chief Lucilla, what are your thoughts on the disappearance of His Royal Highness? Do you think hisdisappearance is suspicious?" Lucas asked Lucilla as soon as he was sure that they were the onlypeople left in the hall.

"Yes, I replace his disappearance really strange and suspicious. I certainly feel that His Royal Highnesswas concealing something from us. But I have to mention that there is another thing that is quiteweird,” Lucilla said to Lucas with a nod.

"What is it? Tell me.” Lucas narrowed his eyes in curiousness and asked.

"It's about Mr. Rookie. I noticed that the way His Royal Highness looked at Mr. Rookie was unusual.It felt like it was not the first time the two had met. It seems to me that they were like old friendswho hadn't seen each other for years," Lucilla answered as she remembered the peculiar interactionof Rocky and Woods.

"I have the same feeling, too. But if you look at the facts, Mr. Rookie isn't from the Timber DeityEmpire. So logically speaking, it's impossible for His Royal Highness to have seen Mr. Rookiebefore,” Lucas said. His face was painted with an expression of confusion.

"Besides, didn't you say earlier that Mr. Rookie recommended Juey to attend the Beast MasterContest? Then all of a sudden, she has now become the chief of the Xiao Clan. Don't you think it's alittle suspicious?" Lucilla thought that this was not some sort of coincidence.

Lucas nodded again in agreement. The more he thought about it, the more suspicious it became."What if maybe we are overreacting a little? After all, all of these happened because of Raef'sambition and plot. If it were not for him, things wouldn't be like this. However, we have a biggerproblem at hand. We have to know who on earth knocked Raef out and left a note on his bodyindicating that His Royal Highness was missing,” Lucilla said with a frown. There were so manythoughts going through her mind right now that she couldn't focus.

"I will send people to investigate this matter further. I am just glad that the Cao Clan was lucky thatwe didn't cause a big trouble this time. Otherwise we might have lost the fight against the Qi Clan.We must now concentrate on the Beast Master Contest which will be held soon. We must go all outand show our strength!" Lucas said with certainty and conviction.

However, Lucilla and Lucas didn't realize that they and the Cao Clan had become pawns in thehands of Rocky.

On the other side, Rocky sent Juey back to the Osmanthus Yard after they left the Magnificent Hall."Mr. Rookie, did you save me last night?" she asked Rocky out of the blue. Juey had been unusuallysilent on their way, so it was surprising when she asked this question. Then, she suddenly turned hereyes to look at Rocky beside her.

"Tell me why do you ask this question?" Rocky looked at Juey and asked her with a soft smile.

"Well, because..." Actually, Juey didn't know why she asked the question. Maybe it was because shefelt that everything was under Rocky's control ever since he appeared. In addition, it was odd forJuey that Rocky had been extremely calm until now. Even if Tod wanted to hurt him, he didn't evenchange the straight expression on his face.

"Juey, you are the chief of the Xiao Clan now. If you have the time to think about this nonsense,then you'd better think about how to be the chief first!" Rocky replied, still smiling playfully tohimself. What Juey felt was right indeed. However, he thought that there was no need to explain toomuch. What was important to him was results, and the current results after what happened todaywere completely according to his plan. Juey successfully became the chief of the Xiao Clan. The nextstage of his plan was the Beast Master Contest where Rocky was carefully calculating his next steps.At that moment, Juey snapped out of her trance. She was suddenly shocked and said with a littlesurprise, "Yes, I'm the chief of the Xiao Clan now. I'm not dreaming, am 1?"

"Juey, I want you to promise me the second condition right now." There was a look of seriousness inRocky's eyes when he looked Juey in the eye. She could sense that this was really important to him.She nodded her head without any hesitation.

"The second condition is to not doubt yourself. You have to remember that from now on, you arethe chief of the Xiao Clan. Everything that you do will be related to the Xiao Clan's future. Yourbehaviors and decisions will have an impact on their welfare. So, you can't be the Juey that you usedto be. You must become the Juey who is the chief of the Xiao Clan. Do you understand?" Rocky saidseriously. Juey was a very important pawn for him. He had high expectations of her. What he hopedfor her was that even if he returned to the Holy Dragon Empire, she would be able to complete thetask he asked her to do.

"I see. Since this is what you ask of me, Mr. Rookie, I will try my best to grant this to you! I will domy best to exceed beyond your expectations.” Juey also nodded her head seriously. She realizedthat what Rocky had given her was not only confidence, but an opportunity to change her life. Shedidn't want to let him down.

Upon hearing Juey's reply, Rocky nodded with satisfaction. Then he sent Juey back to theOsmanthus Yard and left the mansion of the Cao Clan by himself. He headed north of the capital ofthe country.

Not long after, Rocky found a tea house along the river called Willow Tea House. The willows on theriver swayed with the wind, and the scenery was pleasant. It was a refreshing sight after a tiring andhectic day.

After Rocky entered the tea house, he found that it was empty. He found this strange since most teahouses should be bustling and crowded during this time of the day. But after he thought about itcarefully, he knew the reason. Woods must have made a block booking in advance.

A shopkeeper then came up to him. He took a long look at Rocky before he bowed and asked, "Sir,are you Mr. Bai?"

Rocky nodded courteously.

"Welcome, Mr. Bai. Please follow me upstairs.” The shopkeeper greeted him with a big smile and ledhim up the old wooden stairs.

On the second floor, Rocky saw Woods standing in the wooden corridor along the river. He waslooking up the cloudless sky as if he was deep in thought.

The shopkeeper retreated as soon as he led Rocky upstairs.

Hearing the approaching footsteps, Woods turned around to meet Rocky. Although he looked verycalm, there was a hint of excitement and joy in his eyes.