Chapter 94: Brother, do your best
On the mountain path outside Duchun City, a two-horse carriage was slowly moving. Inside the carriage, a girl in a dark dress rested her forehead on the shoulder of the handsome young man beside her, squinting her eyes and occasionally making a sound of approval, lost in some pleasant dream.
As they approached the city gate, the coachman, having some idle time, struck up a conversation,
“Little Immortal Master, you see, Duchun City is just ahead. In two months, the Chilong Mansion on the nearby Immortal Mountain will host the Chilong Conference once every five years. It’s going to be quite lively then.”
“Yeah,” replied Ye Anping.
“I heard that the mountain master of Chilong Mountain is celebrating his 1,200th birthday this time. He’s even offering the renowned mountain sword ‘Split the Sky’ from Chilong Mansion as the top prize. I don’t know if it’s true. When I was young, I heard that Split the Sky cut through a nine-headed giant snake. I wonder if I’ll ever get to see the sword in my lifetime.”
Ye Anping chuckled, “The current master of Chilong Mansion, Li Shan, is only in the early stages of Nascent Soul. Living for 1,200 years is quite impressive. This birthday celebration might turn out to be a funeral.”
The coachman, with an awkward smile, shook his head, “Little Immortal Master, your words… I don’t even know how to respond.”
“No need to respond. If I were you, I’d quickly take my family and leave this place in the next few days. When one’s lifespan is at its end, most cultivators will do anything to survive…”
The driver was slightly shocked, turned his head, and looked at Ye Anping with fear. He didn’t say anything more.
Ye Anping also didn’t continue the conversation. He leaned his elbow on the carriage window sill, gazing towards the immortal palace shrouded in clouds and mist on the top of Chilong Mountain while reorganising his plans in his mind.
In about half a month, Si Xuanji would have Xiao Yunluo represent her at Chilong Mansion to wish the mountain master “Li Feng” a happy birthday and participate in the Chilong Conference.
As Ye Anping had just mentioned, when someone knew their death was imminent, fear sparked the desire to survive.
In such a situation, a disciple of the Heavenly Demon Sect approached Li Feng, offering the secret blood sacrifice method to extend his life. They even reserved a position as an elder in the Heavenly Demon Sect for him.
And then… Li Feng willingly fell into the demonic path.
Perhaps even Si Xuanji didn’t anticipate that this friend, who had shared eight centuries of camaraderie with her, would choose to betray her and the Immortal family in the end. This was the root cause of the Chilong Mansion incident.
Unlike the previous Seven Killing Sect, this incident was originally meant to be resolved by Feng Yudie alone in the game, with players following her perspective.
So logically, Ye Anping could have chosen not to get involved and let Feng Yudie handle it with Xiao Yunluo. But the issue now was that Feng Yudie and Xiao Yunluo’s bond wasn’t as strong as it should be at this point in the game.
Ye Anping felt that if it was just the two of them, this matter might end up as a “Bad End.”
Moreover, Ye Anping had a conversation with Si Xuanji last time and reevaluated himself. He had always thought that neither he nor Pei Lianxue were the ambitious types willing to shoulder the burdens of the Three Realms. But now, he might try to be that person. Showing off when she had the ability but doing nothing was not a good habit.
Feng Yudie might have the ability to handle this incident alone, but his involvement would undoubtedly lead to a better outcome. Of course, the condition for his participation was that he and his junior sister didn’t need to take risks.
Ye Anping turned his head and looked at his junior sister leaning on his shoulder, gently helping her push away the hair stuck to her cheeks. If asked between the lives of 100,000 people and the life of his junior sister, he would choose his junior sister without hesitation.
And if asked to choose between his own life and the life of his junior sister, he would not hesitate to eliminate anyone who might pose that question.
“Woo~~” Pei Lianxue opened her eyes drowsily, saw Ye Anping looking at her, stayed for a while, and asked, “Senior brother, what’s wrong?”
“No, just feeling a bit nostalgic. The ugly little girl who used to cry a lot is surprisingly beautiful now.”
Pei Lianxue’s cheeks turned red. She pursed her lips, thought for a while, and then said, “The ugly kid who used to have a runny nose and liked to bully me is now more handsome when he grows up.”
Ye Anping was stunned for a moment, then shook his head helplessly, “Just squint for a while. There’s going to be a fight later.”
“Um…”
At Duchun City, Jiang Mansion, a middle-aged woman in colourful attire was sitting on the main seat in the main hall. Standing next to her was a stern-faced man in black, in the late stage of foundation-building, like a sculpture, with his hands folded in front of his abdomen.
The middle-aged woman was named Hua Qinyu, originally the branch leader of the Dragon-Slaying Society. She was in the early stages of building the foundation. After the death of Jiang Tianfeng, she temporarily took over as the leader of the Dragon-Slaying Society and presided over it on his behalf.
Hua Qinyu scanned the various branch hall masters below, twisted the corner of her mouth, and said, “About ten days ago, I received a letter from Young Master Jiang Yu, saying that he would return to the Jiang Mansion in the near future and take up the position of Young Master. But the Young Master is still young now, only sixteen years old, so in the future, all Hall Masters, when the accounts are handed over, I still need to go through them first. Do you have any objections to this?”
As soon as this statement came out, everyone was in an uproar. Immediately, a man with a scar on his face stood up, pointed at Hua Qinyu and asked, “Hua, what do you mean?”
“What do I mean? I don’t mean anything…” Hua Qinyu smiled slightly, “I was just thinking about the overall situation of the Dragon Slaying Association. After all, when Mr. Jiang passed away, I was asked to take charge of the overall situation.”
“Now that the young master is back, the young master should take over as the leader of the guild.” Scarface looked at her fiercely and cursed, “Even if the young master is young, the masters of each of our branch halls should be together. Assistant, can I give you the account book first? You are so brave!”
“Yes, Granny Hua, we are following Guild Leader Jiang, not you, Hua Qinyu.”
Seeing the anger rising among the crowd, Hua Qinyu gave a glance to the man in black standing beside her.
Soon, the man took a step forward. Among the group of individuals in the early and mid stages of foundation building, the man’s cultivation in the false core realm made him stand out. As soon as his spiritual power emanated, it silenced them instantly.
Only one hall master dared to speak up, saying, “Senior Liang, you are an outsider. This matter is an internal affair of our Dragon Slaying Society. Please…”
The man in black glanced at him, interrupted, and said, “I will accept Miss Hua’s spiritual stones.”
“Ah, this…” the hall master hesitated and quickly said, “I will give you twice as much as she paid. Senior Liang, what do you think?”
After a moment of hesitation, the man in black turned to look at Hua Qinyu. When he turned back, Hua Qinyu quickly said, “Senior Liang, it’s not fair of you… You took my spirit stones first. If this person breaks the rules outside, his reputation will be ruined. For a mere two thousand spirit stones, ruining his reputation is not worth it.”
The man in black nodded, looked back at the person from before, raised his eyebrows, and said, “Well… that’s the case.”
Now, the person who demanded twice the amount suddenly became silent and sat back down with a look of fear. Seeing this, Hua Qinyu burst into laughter, saying, “Do any of you still have objections?”
Everyone remained silent. At that moment, a servant from the Jiang Mansion rushed in, joyfully shouting, “Dear branch leaders, Young Master Jiang Yu is back!!”
Everyone looked at him with embarrassment and resentment as if scolding him. Can’t you see the expressions on our faces now?
However, Hua Qinyu seemed genuinely pleased and stood up from the main seat, saying, “Oh? What a coincidence. It just so happens that all the branch leaders are here. Go and bring Young Master Jiang here.”
The servant hesitated and asked, “Isn’t it better for us to go greet the young master together?”
Hua Qinyu repeated with a smile, “Just go and ask him to come over.”
The servant paused, glanced at the other branch leaders, and, seeing no one speaking up, reluctantly agreed, “Yes, I’ll go bring the young master in.”