Chapter 57: Senior Brother is a human trafficker
In fact, after the conversation a few days ago, Xiao Tian told Feng Yudie that Ye Anping might also be able to see it, so she didn’t care when Xiao Tian said some random things to Ye Anping. She felt that Ye Anping couldn’t see Xiao Tian.
However, after entering the physical therapy centre and seeing the serious expression on Ye Anping’s face, Feng Yudie also came to her senses.
“Today?”
“Well, just for today, let’s go to Liuyue Lake…”
“Why didn’t you say it was today yesterday? I didn’t say hello to Junior Sister Pei or the others.”
“No need to say hello. Within three days, everyone in the Xuanxing Sect will know that someone abducted you from the Seven Killing Sect.”
“…”
Feng Yudie curled her lips. She was inexplicably annoyed. She felt like she was being used as a pawn by Ye Anping. It was always uncomfortable to be controlled by others. But to be honest, after listening to Ye Anping talk about the details of his plan in the past few days, she really had to admire Ye Anping.
As a fifteen-year-old cultivator in the Qi refining stage, he used Xuanxing Sect, one of the five gates of the Immortal family, as a pawn…
She couldn’t help but wonder if she could do the same thing as Ye Anping if she were in Ye Anping’s shoes. No matter what she thought, even with the help of Xiao Tian’s Heavenly Dao Scroll, it was unlikely that everything would be solved so meticulously.
The two of them greeted Bai Yuexin, and under Bai Yuexin’s jealous gaze, they all drew their flying swords and flew away in the air towards Liuyue Lake in the southwest.
Liuyue Lake, as the name suggested, was a half-moon-shaped barrier lake surrounded by willow trees. Many autumn lotuses were growing in the lake, but unfortunately, it was not in the flowering season at this time, so there were only brown lotus leaves and a few carp among them.
There was a small pavilion standing by the lake. The tip of the pavilion was painted a deep maroon red, and the pillars were ancient dark green. The two of them descended with their swords and walked into the pavilion.
Ye Anping looked at the sun in the sky. It was still some time before noon. According to the style of Liang Zhu’s seven-killing sect thugs, he usually didn’t see anyone before the hour. So, he took out the roast chicken he bought in the morning from his storage bag.
“No, the last roast chicken before we go on the road.”
Feng Yudie twisted her eyebrows and asked suspiciously, “Young Master Ye, are you planning to let me die in Tianji Castle? Why go on the road?”
“Going on the road is a neutral word.” Ye Anping shrugged and explained, “As long as you don’t act on a whim and act according to the things I teach you, then you will be what you are when you go in, and you will be what you are when you come out.”
“Do you think I’ll mess around?”
“I’m just afraid that you’ll make trouble then.”
“Don’t worry, I will keep an eye on her.” Xiao Tian hurriedly said something to the side beside him.
Although Ye Anping still didn’t respond, Xiao Tian’s words made him feel a lot more relaxed. Feng Yudie liked to do things casually, and was easy to get carried away in the early stages of the game and then do stuff like rushing into the enemy’s base camp alone. Although she was able to survive the crisis every time with strength and luck, that was only effective against the “contemporary” forces.
As mentioned before, the Seven Killing Sect was a force that only appeared in the mid-game.
Now, both the sideline and Mainline were still in their early stages of development. Phoenix Feather Butterfly and the main plot were still in the early development stage. When the protagonist entered a mid-stage force in the early stages, the danger was significant.
Even with the plan that Feng Yudie had crafted, there was no way to guarantee her 100% safe escape from the Seven Killing Sect.
“Come on, confirm it one last time,” Ye Anping said solemnly. “After I bind you and hand you over to Liang Zhu, he will take you to the nearest Seven Killing Sect sub-helm for delivery. It will take about two days, and you will be transferred to Tianji Castle headquarters. Throughout the process, you will be blindfolded and loaded onto the cargo ship.”
“…”
“When it feels like it’s almost here, crush the moving order I gave you.”
Feng Yudie quickly asked, “The moving order is a pair. I have one here. Who are you going to give the other one to?”
“I will give it to Lei Wanjun later. When the time comes, crush the moving order, and he will know your specific location. Then, he will bring Xuanxing Sect disciples to swiftly eliminate all of Tianji Castle, rescuing you in the process.”
“Well…” Feng Yudie nodded and said, “So, before the leader of the Seven Killing Sect is killed, I will throw the map of the Xuanxing Sect’s formation that you gave me in the bedroom.”
“Good. The purpose of this move is to sever the connection, ensuring that Xuanxing Sect doesn’t suspect that someone else is plotting this matter.”
“Then how are you going to get away later?” Feng Yudie furrowed her eyebrows and continued, “I’ve been coming to your place every day these past few days. Not only does Senior Sister Bai know about it, but there must be many disciples who have seen me coming here. Now that I’ve been abducted, Xuanxing Sect will immediately send someone to inquire. How will you explain it later?”
“Huh -” Ye Anping took a breath. “You don’t need to worry yet. I have a plan.”
“Who is worried about you?” Feng Yudie raised her eyebrows and said, “I’m just curious.”
“Then don’t be curious.”
Ye Anping asked one last question, “Have you memorised the map of Tianji Castle and the mechanisms inside? Don’t remember it wrong, and get yourself involved.”
Feng Yudie held her cheek and replied, “I can redraw those maps you showed me before.”
“That’s good…”
Then, he took out a pack of powder and rope from his storage bag, scooped up a cup of water from the nearby lake with a bamboo cup in front of the butterfly, and sprinkled the powder into the water.
“Here, this medicine can make you sleepy for a day. After the effect of the medicine wears off, you should already be on the Seven Killing Sect’s cargo ship. But remember, don’t move around after you wake up. Just pretend to continue sleeping. Got it?”
“I know.”
Feng Yudie curled her lips and took the bamboo cup from his hand. Looking at the clear water in the cup, she hesitated for a while, then held her breath and drank it all.
“Huh? It’s tasteless…”
“Of course, it doesn’t taste good. I bought high-quality, so you won’t have a headache when you wake up.”
After the water entered her throat, within three breaths, Feng Yudie felt the effects of the medicine coming on.
For a moment, her vision was blurred, and her head felt dizzy. She was stunned for a moment, caught a glimpse of the roasted chicken on the table, seized the last moment of her waking life, pulled off the roasted chicken leg from the table behind her back, and stuffed it into her mouth. She removed all the chicken skin, swallowed it, then flopped down on the table and fell asleep.
Xiao Tian flew around Feng Yudie a few times and then ran to sit on his shoulder.
“No problem, Master Ye, Yudie is sleeping soundly!” It gave Ye Anping a thumbs up as if praising the medicine he prepared.
“…”
Ye Anping stood up without a word, approached and seized Feng Yudie’s arm, restraining her arms behind her back, and secured her wrists with a rope tie.
Xiao Tian observed Ye Anping’s actions from mid-air, noting that he seemed genuinely focused on the task at hand. Xiao Tian playfully suggested, “Young Master Ye~ Yudie is defenceless now. You can sneak a peek at her. If you just want to touch her face or something, I don’t mind, and I won’t tell her later. Be bold——”
“…”
Ye Anping had a puzzled expression. He ignored the suggestion, squatted down, aligned Feng Yudie’s feet, and secured her ankles with another slip knot using a rope.
With two slip knots, it would only take a bit of force for her to break free. Next, he removed Feng Yudie’s storage bag, took out a pre-prepared sack, placed her inside, and securely tied the sack’s mouth.
During this process, Liang Zhu arrived as promised. Liang Zhu stood near the pavilion, observing Ye Anping skillfully handling Feng Yudie. He felt a momentary awkwardness, realising that this kid was adept at tying people up—evidently from prior experience.
After a while, Ye Anping tossed the sack and Feng Yudie’s storage bag towards Liang Zhu.
“Brother Liang, continue.”
“…”
Liang Zhu caught the items with one hand, used his spiritual consciousness to examine the contents of Feng Yudie’s storage bag, confirmed the presence of the Grand Master of Gu Poison Sect’s identity tag, and nodded.
He then pulled out a smaller storage bag from his waist, tossed it to Ye Anping, and said, “We agreed from the start to split the bounty 50-50 with you. I’ll claim the bounty at the Seven Killing Sect branch after delivering her, and then I won’t bother you anymore, alright?”
Ye Anping took the bag of spirit stones, assessed its weight, and nodded. “Of course.”
“Great.”
Liang Zhu did not respond further, simply nodding. He summoned his flying sword, stepped onto it, carried the sack in the air, and flew towards the northwest.
“Brother Liang, we will meet again.”
After Liang Zhu’s figure disappeared, Ye Anping inspected the area of spirit stones handed to him, finding exactly seven thousand five hundred spiritual stones—neither more nor less.
Satisfied, Ye Anping nodded, contemplating taking Junior Sister Pei to the finest jewellery store around Xuanxing Sect, “Tianqiong Chungui Pavilion,” to choose a nice necklace or bracelet in the coming days.
Although this money could be considered illegal and unethical gains from selling Feng Yudie, in the realm of wealth, what distinction was there between legitimacy and commonality?
“Well… I’ll just tell Junior Sister that we won the lottery. I recall similar lottery-like things are being sold in the market..,” Ye Anping murmured.
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