Inheriting A Divine Cultivation Clan At The Start, All My Juniors Are Empresses-Chapter 573 - 234: Temporary Separation! Return to the Homeland! (Please Vote for Monthly Tickets)_5
"I hope she’s okay."
Thinking this, Bu Huoran also picked up a gazette. Anyway, she had nothing to do, so she might as well look at the dossier.
As she read the dossier, her hand started to count her belongings...
Yes, just like an old man fondling his walnuts, this jade was her walnut.
And then...
"Eh!?"
"Where’s my little beautiful jade?!"
She searched everywhere, but it was nowhere to be found. This little beautiful jade had been with her for many years, and now it’s just gone? No... I’ve nurtured this thing for so many years!
Suddenly, she recalled Bu Luohua’s sneaky behavior earlier.
"Ah!"
"Oh no! That girl Luohua took it! Yes... when she asked if she could take it, I thought she meant the gold and silver in my clothes, so I just casually agreed. But did she actually take the little beautiful jade?"
"Why does she want the little beautiful jade?"
"Could it be..."
"Could it be she’s giving it to Zong Liangqing?!"
Bu Huoran’s forehead was full of black lines, "My fifty thousand taels of silver!"
This is a disaster; those fifty thousand taels won’t be easy to retrieve now... It’s so casually given away, that little girl really doesn’t know the value of silver.
Indulge her, Bu Tingyue glanced over, "Heh heh."
"Aren’t you wealthy?"
"Bring it on."
...
Xufu Town, Twelve Linked Huts.
"He’s still unwilling to talk?"
"Unwilling, insists on seeing Saburo."
"I suppose he’s got some problem here." Wei Zhe pointed to his head, "What does he want with Saburo, is Saburo just someone easy to talk to?"
"Not sure..." Qian Wenshi replied awkwardly.
The situation was mostly clear. A while back, they caught a river pirate, who was recognized to be under someone’s command. So, both the Twelve Linked Huts and the merchant guild definitely wanted to know who the mastermind was. But unfortunately, the river pirate was tight-lipped and couldn’t be pried for information.
So, simply killing him made little sense. Even after killing, they wouldn’t know who sent him, which rendered it meaningless. When asked directly, the pirate, alive or dead, insisted only on seeing Yuchi, saying he would only speak to Yuchi; otherwise, he’d rather die.
He was quite a man.
"I can’t understand it, has this become an obsession for him?"
"Seems so."
Initially, when the river pirate was caught, he didn’t think much of Yuchi, just aware of his existence. But as people around him talked more, and mocked more, he felt that if he couldn’t see the guild leader, he’d lose face.
Thus, he insisted on seeing Yuchi. It’s not just about food but pride.
"Alright, alright, by the look of things, Saburo should be back soon, and we’ll have to get him to look into this. Otherwise, it’s unpleasant having the guild under someone’s covert watch." Wei Zhe said.
He was speaking the truth. Since this started, he rarely visited Xiangxiang, clearly having a psychological shadow because of it, and he felt it was all because of this man.
"Okay! Rest assured, we at the Twelve Linked Huts will surely stand in front of the guild, unwaveringly helping the guild shoulder external dangers!" Qian Wenshi started becoming more eloquent.
"Ha ha, alright."
Wei Zhe, exuding a scholarly aura, laughed. In an instant, it felt like going back to last year; the Twelve Linked Huts wasn’t like this before. Back then, the cooperation between the Wei Family and the Twelve Linked Huts wasn’t so relaxed, especially when they held the shipping rights, they were quite wickedly arrogant.
Now it’s different.
Since the guild’s rise, the Twelve Linked Huts behaved themselves. No matter how arrogant they were, they wouldn’t dare cross the people of Xufu Town.
...
"He should be back in about half a month!"
Over the past few months, the construction of the Great Tang Prison showed initial signs of completion; at least the roads around the mountain had been handled, and in another two and a half years, the prison could officially operate.
Han Meiren now handled such matters, busy and slightly dizzy.
Once idle, she couldn’t forget her first man, especially as he promised to drag her out of the Great Tang Prison... Though Han Ming didn’t know how Yuchi could possibly rescue her, he was her lifeline.
If Yuchi couldn’t get her out of the prison, who else could?
"If he could really get me out, I’d truly serve him for life, so what?"
"But can such a thing truly happen?"
Han Ming, Han Meiren, was indeed a little worried. She used to not know why she suddenly believed in Yuchi, probably the final straw that broke the camel’s back; after trying on clothes, her hidden woes were uncovered, instantly weakening her resolve.
"At first, I completely believed, but as his absence drags on, as the prison slowly rises, why do I feel things becoming dangerous... If he really broke his promise, what could I do?"
"If I complained, nobody would care for me. He got my body for nothing and caused me such unendurable pain."
"How could I blame him? The Prison Director and others, they’re clearly on Yuchi’s side; if he wronged me, I’m powerless."
At this thought, it was truly heartbreaking.
Honestly, she wanted revenge, to kill the Prison Director. But after finally joining the prison, she saw the terror of such power. They weren’t just one person; they were a group. Against so many, she couldn’t possibly manage on her own.
"Stories lie; why would enemies wait idly for doom? They’re terrifying too, and as the snowball began to roll, despite my effort to cultivate and improve my level, the gap widened."
"Few initially spoke to me, but discovered by the prison and brutally killed; I could do nothing but hide in the shadows, afraid to speak... and this world... why is it so hard?"
Han Meiren was indeed pitiful, hiding her identity for revenge, but when faced with the terror of her enemies, revenge seemed hopeless, forcing her to rely on a mortal in desperation, hoping for help - utterly hopeless; a Core Formation cultivator consumed by a mere mortal.
And...
And again...
And a second time!
Blushing, laughing and crying, as she came back to her senses, she pinched her tender cheeks: "No... no, I almost forgot, it wasn’t Yuchi who took the initiative, it was me."
"Yes!"
"Yes..."
"My god, what was I thinking, forcing a mortal to help me, showing such unworthy sentiments for my level, how pitiful and tragic..."
Her eyes flushed with shame, biting her lip, suddenly hating herself.
Even in her breath, she seemed to smell the scent of that teenager:
"Oh! So if he said he couldn’t help, I couldn’t just blame him, after all, I brought it on myself, forcing others, so it’s self-destruction if they don’t help, not like they’re obliged, he’s no ordinary guy, he’s the Prison Director of the Great Tang Prison..."
"It’s the Great Tang Prison I deeply revere."
Han Meiren mocked herself.
As Yuchi’s return drew near, she grew anxious:
"Do I need to prepare new clothes, maybe he doesn’t like my armor style... those clothes he had me try before should be fine, or should I prepare? So when he returns, I’ll be ready..."
"I pray for a miracle from him!"
"Rescue me!"
