Chapter 481: The crime of trespassing into the forbidden area
Translator: Misty Cloud Translations Editor: Misty Cloud Translations
Sima You Yue and the other four left the courtyard as led by the servant girl. They were headed straight for forbidden area number three.
If it were not for the fact that they had gotten Lian Ze to lead them here before, they would not have known even if they were to walk straight into the forbidden area number three.
“Your Palace Lord lives in such a remote area?” Sima You Yue saw that they had already reached the front of forbidden area three, and asked this question intentionally.
There was no trace of fluster on the servant girl’s face as she said, “Our Palace Lord enjoys the quiet, so he lives in rather far away place. There, the mountain valley ahead is where he stays.”
“This place doesn’t have any buildings. Does your Palace Lord live in a cave?” Ouyang Fei said.
“He does.” The servant girl replied.
“Are you sure we didn’t get lost?” Sima You Yue stood there without moving.
“No way!” That servant girl’s eyes flashed with a bit of anxiety but she forcefully kept up a smile, saying, “The Palace Lord is just up ahead. Let us go quickly. Otherwise, the Palace Lord would not be pleased if we delay for too long.”
“That’s true. You are the servant girl of the Innumerable Green Palace. You would definitely know the way. Then, let’s continue walking.” Sima You Yue said.
When the servant girl heard what Sima You Yue said, her expression relaxed, saying, “Alright, let’s go.”
When they came to the barrier in front of the forbidden area, the servant girl took out a name plate.
“What are you doing now?”
“Palace Lord enjoys the quiet, so he has set up this barrier to prevent any outsiders from disturbing him. If one wishes to enter, they have to use this to open the barrier.” The servant girl replied as if it were the truth.
“I see.” Sima You Yue and the others did not expose her, and followed her inside.
When they entered the barrier, the servant girl no longer led the way after walking for a few tens of metres. She said, “The area ahead is the place where our Palace Lord lives. I do not have the right to enter it. Dear guests, please go in by yourselves.”
As she spoke, she wanted to turn around at leave. However, as she turned around, she saw that Sima You Lin and Ouyang Fei were blocking her and looking at her with some kind of meaning.
“Are you Wu Qiao Qiao’s personal servant girl?” Sima You Yue asked with a smile.
The servant girl was shocked. They actually knew who she was?!
“Wu Qiao Qiao was afraid that Xia Zhong would mess this up, so she changed the person in charge of it this morning and got you to lead us into forbidden area three.” Sima You Yue said as she watched the surprise on that servant girl’s face. She was beaming.
“What- what are you guys saying. The Palace Lord is waiting for you guys inside! You better hurry in.” The servant girl continued to display a neutral expression. It was a pity that her eyes reflected her current state of mind.
“It’s enough, we have already entered the place. Why are you still pretending? ” Sima You Yue said, “Do you think that we don’t know this place is forbidden area three? We already came here yesterday.”
“You guys…” Servant Girl looked at Sima You Yue with shock.
They actually knew about this place, so why did they still follow her in?
“Are you wondering why we would come here? You will know soon.” She smiled secretively after speaking.
A few minutes later, Sima You Yue stood outside the barrier while the others others were temporarily left inside.
Furthermore, she currently did not look like her real appearance, but changed into another appearance with fusion with Thousand Resonance. She looked exactly like the servant girl.
After half an hour passed, Xia Zhong came here.
“Greetings to Palace Lord.” The ‘servant girl’ bowed to Xia Zhong.
Xia Zhong saw that the servant girl was the only one in the area, and that the others were inside the barrier. Also, the barrier clearly had traces of a fight.
In the periphery lay a few people. Bei Gong Tang squatted beside them with her back towards Xia Zhong. It looked as if many people were hurt, and she was currently taking care of them.
As for Ouyang Fei and Sima You Lin, he questioned Xia Zhong when he saw him glaring fiercely at them, “Who are you? Why do you want to harm us?”
“Who am I? I am Xia Ying Ying’s father, the Palace Lord of Red River Palace.” Xia Zhogn replied, “My daughter was punished with one year of confinement because of you. As a father, I naturally have to help her get her revenge!”
“Xia Ying Ying’s father?” Sima You Lin snorted coldly, “With an unreasonable person like you who knows no right from wrong, it’s not a surprise that you would raise the same kind of person.”
“It is clear that Xia Ying Ying and the others are the ones at fault, but you want to catch us. We merely taught her a lesson, but you’ve called out your entire Lian Clan and elders! You’ve truly spoilt your daughter!” Ouyang Fei criticised.
“She’s my daughter, of course i have to dote on her.” Xia Zhong said.
“What do you want to do? You want to kill us?” Ouyang Fei asked.
“What I want to do? Actually, nothing much.” Xia Zhong said, “This area is Forbidden Area Three. There are many vicious beasts. If you can remain within there for two days without dying, I will let you off and get you out of there. I’ll just punish you for trespassing on our forbidden lands. The Palace Lord treats you as a guest, and will definitely let you keep your lives. If you die here, then it is just your fate!”
“There are so many vicious beasts inside Forbidden Area Three, but you want us to remain here for two days and even schemed against us, forcing us to become trespassers. As one of the Palace Lords, how could you treat your guests this way? Aren’t you afraid that the men of Innumerable Green City will know and punish you?”
“It’s fine as long as they never know.” Xia Zhong said as if it wasn’t a problem.
“If we survive this, we will definitely tell the Palace Lord the truth.” Sima You Lin said with a cold expression.
“Ha ha ha-” Xia Zhong bellowed with laughter, “Do you think that anyone will believe you? I am a branch Palace Lord of the Innumerable Green Palace while you are merely guests. Will they believe me or you?”
Soaring Cloud Palace. Lian Ze and Palace Lord have only now come back after a discussion going on the whole night. Thinking about how Sima You Yue and the others must have already awakened, he went over to see them. On the way, he met Chou Xiao Ren and the two of them went to their courtyard.
“Nobody?”
“Where would they go this early in the morning?”
Lian Ze called a palace maid over, but the palace maid did not know where they went.
“Buzz buzz buzz.”
Two bees flew in front of Lian Ze and Chou Xiao Tian.
“These are Sima You Yue’s bees!” Chou Xiao Tian could recognise them at a glance.
“Buzz buzz buzz”
The two scarlet bees flew a few circles around the two of them before flying out the courtyard.
“They’ve flown away. Eh, they’re flying back?”
“They want us to follow them.” Chou Xiao Tian understood what those scarlet mees meant, and brought LIan Ze along with him.
The scarlet bees led them to the path toward forbidden area three. He could see Xia Zhong and Wei Zi Qi and the others there.
“Oh no, they’ve entered the area!” Lian Ze saw where they were and cried out, flying over anxiously.
“Xia Zhong, what are you doing?”
Xia Zhong didn’t think that Lian Zi would come over so quickly. Those vicious beasts had yet to come out!
However, since he was here, they could no longer wait two days. He could only punish them with the crime of trespassing.
“It’s great that you’re here. I’ve captured the four of them trespassing into forbidden area three. It’s said that they are your guests. What do you plan to do with this situation?
Chapter 482: A sly little fox
Translator: Misty Cloud Translations Editor: Misty Cloud Translations
A short moment later, a small blue cluster of fireworks shot into the sky above forbidden area three. When the men of Innumerable Green Palace saw the fireworks, they were to report the situation to their Palace Lords.
“There are coloured fireworks in the skies above forbidden area three?”
Although the various Palace Lords were rather puzzled, as long as they weren’t in closed door cultivation, they rushed towards forbidden area three.
The blue fireworks were the mark to gather all Palace Lords.
Those Palace Lords rushed to forbidden area three and saw that the Vice Palace Lord was already there Lian Ze and Xia Zhong were even together. Furthermore, there were some strangers opposite them that were currently inside forbidden area three.
The Palace Lords were enraged as they called out, “Who dares trespass!”
“Enough, all the Palace Lords who can make it are already here.” Lian Ze said.
“Lian Ze, what is going on?” Vice Palace Lord asked, “What are you guys doing here?”
“In response to your question, Vice Palace Lord, Xia Zhong wanted to harm Sima You Yue and the others, and got someone to lead them into the forbidden area. He wanted to get the vicious beasts to kill them. If they were able to survive it, he would have gotten Innumerable Green Palace to punish them with the crime of trespassing.” Lian Ze explained.
Vice Palace Lord looked at Xia Zhong, saying, “But what happened?”
“Vice Palace Lord, I got Qiao Qiao’s servant girl to get some things done with my nameplate this morning. However, seeing that she had yet to return despite it being so late, I followed the aura of my name plate and found them here. Who would have thought that I would see them with my servant girl kidnapped, and had already entered the forbidden grounds.” Xia Zhong explained.
This was the story that Qiao Qiao had concocted for him earlier on, in order to explain the situation.
Vice Palace Lord looked at Sima You Yue and the others. Wasn’t one of them the contracted master of the King of the Rocs?
“What do you guys have to say?” He asked while turning to look at them.
“They will definitely have the same story as Palace Lord Lian. They were initially on the same side.” Xia Zhong said.
There were Palace Lords that believed Lian Ze, while others believed Xia Zhong. It was expected that they would not know much about Sima You Yue and the others.
“Vice Palace Lord, before I answer your question, let me ask you a question. If the story was really like how Palace Lord Lian had said, what would happen to Palace Lord Xia? If it is like what Palace Lord Xia has said, what will happen to us?” Sima You Yue asked.
Half an hour ago, Lian Ze came over here. Afterwards, when Xia Zhong was not paying attention, she entered the forbidden ground and regained her original appearance. She then got Bei Gong Tang to stand up and walk back. It was only then that Xia Zhong realised the one on the ground was Wu Qiao Qiao’s servant girl.
After that, she requested for Lian Ze to call all the men from Innumerable Green Palace to gather and didn’t speak at all after that.
The Vice Palace Lord said without any hesitation, “If Palace Lord Lian speaks the truth, then Palace Lord Xia has hurt the guests and is no longer suited to become a Palace Lord. If Palace Lord Xia speaks the truth, then you all will be subjected to the punishment of our Innumerable Green Palace. We will only know the punishment after discussion.”
Sima You Yue nodded, then said, “Since everyone is present, then I believe the Innumerable Green Palace will not renege. Bei Gong, come here.”
Bei Gong took out a sound stone and inserted her spirit energy. Xia Zhong finally realised that the words he spoke just now were recorded down.
The Vice Palace Lord’s expression turned darker and darker as Xia Zhong’s face turned whiter and whiter.
“Vice Palace Lord, I’m guessing that in the face of evidence, there’s nothing more to say, right?” Sima You Yue said, “Little Roc, what do you think? Do I need to make a big deal out of this?”
Little Roc appeared in front of everyone. Although nobody had seen the great roc, they’d heard of the news.
“He is the contracted master of the King of the Rocs?”
“The internal strife between the bird clan had already concluded a short time before, so all the bird clans are under the rule of the Great Roc. If they act against us, wouldn’t we be in danger?!”
“How did Xia Zhong end up provoking a person like that?!”
Little Roc turned into his human appearance and stood beside Sima You Yue. He looked coldly at the men of Innumerable green Palace, “Dare to touch this king’s Master? Innumerable Green Palace is truly great! If you do not give me a proper answer today, this king will not mind ripping apart the agreement between spirit beasts and mankind, and get out my bird clan! Otherwise, anyone will assume that this King’s Master is an easy target!”
Little Roc spoke very seriously. He was not just putting up a front. Although he knew that Sima You Yue did not wish to borrow the might of the bird clan, he did not wish to let her suffer even a bit of grievance.
A white bearded senior flew over and landed in front of everyone. It was Qing Yuan.
“Greetings to Palace Lord.” Everyone bowed to Qing Yuan.
“Xia Zhong has framed a guest. He has mistreated human life because of a small issue. His personality has turned for the worse, and is no longer suited to be the Palace Lord of Red River Palace.” Qing Yuan said, “As of today, withdraw from your position of Palace Lord and enter the great prison. We will fix a date for your punishment another day.”
Those other Palace Lord did not think that they would strip him of his position just like this, and were stunned.
Qing Yuan looked at Sima You Yue, asking, “Are you satisfied with this?”
Sima You Yue never thought that the amiable looking senior would be the Palace Lord of Innumerable Green Palace. She raised her eyebrows, “What happens to Xia Zhong is your Innumerable Green Palace’s internal issue. However, to me, I came as a guest to your Innumerable Green Palace only to almost lose my life…”
“We will pay out the proper compensation.” Qing Yuan’s beard trembled.
“Since that’s the case, take out your items for compensation. If Little Roc is not satisfied, I will have no choice.”
“The compensation will naturally satisfy you.” Qing Yuan said, “However, if you want to continue talking here, the vicious beasts will come out soon and you will be in danger.”
Sima You Yue thought it over. This was the other party’s territory after all. If she went overboard, she might end up losing out. After all, Innumerable Green Palace was still the greatest sect. If a fire were to break out, she would not necessarily escape unscathed.
“Alright then, I’ll trust you this time.”
After speaking, she took Xia Zhong’s name plate and brought everyone out of there.
“Then, let us go to the main palace to discuss your compensation.” Qing Yuan said.
At this moment, Sima You Yue smiled, saying, “Palace Lord Lian and I can be considered as friends, how could I request a compensation gift from you. We were given quite a shock today, so if there’s nothing else, we will be heading back to rest first.”
Qing Yuan’s beard trembled again. This brat actually had a move like this. She used retreating as an advance. Although she said that she didn’t need a compensation gift, how would he dare not to give one to her. He had no choice but to give her more items. If she were unsatisfied, wouldn’t she cause trouble with the Innumerable Green Palace?
Little fox!
Shortly after Sima You Yue and the others returned to Soaring Cloud Palace, Vice Palace Lord came personally to deliver the compensation gift. After saying a bout of nice words, he gave her an interspatial ring.
Sima You Yue did not look at the items in front of him. Only when he left, did she scan the inside. When she saw the items inside, she smiled with satisfaction and handed the ring over to Bei Gong Tang and the others.
When they saw the items inside, they smiled as well.
On the second day, Lian Ze came over and said that the teleportation array was fixed.
Sima You Yue and the others decided to make a move immediately. Chou Xiao Tian wanted to go with the, but Sima You Yue rejected him.
Once they reached that place, they would definitely call the others out. If he saw Fatty Qu and the others there, the existence of the Spirit Pagoda would be revealed.
As such, with Chou Xiao Tian’s begrudging gaze, they walked on ahead to the teleportation array to Central Area.
Chapter 483: The grievances from the past
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Autumn Moon City was a city in the central area that didn’t look all that special. However, it wasn’t lowly ranked in the central area at all. This was because it had two alchemist clans. One in the south and one in the north. These two clans had produced quite a few geniuses who got along well with each other in the past. However, their relationship with each other was pretty tense lately, and there was a tension that seemed like it would exist as long as one party was alive.
The clan in the south was called Bei Gong while the one in the North was Yin. it seemed that the Yin Clan was one level higher than the Bei Gong clan because of some secret method. This kind of method increased the rank of their pills.
Their pills of the same rank would also be slightly better in quality than the Bei Gong’s pills.
The one who was currently calling the shots in the Bei Gong Clan was called Bei Gong Xiong. He could be said to be Bei Gong Tang’s paternal great-grandfather, her father, Bei Gong Ao’s, paternal grandfather.
The Bei Gong clan had always been extremely interested in the Yin Clan’s secret method. However, the Yin Clan kept the secret well and never let it out. Even when they watched them refine the pills closely, they could not tell the difference.
As a result, when they were around twenty years old, they planned for Bei Gong Tang’s mother, Yin Lan, to fall for Bei Gong Ao and marry him despite her clan’s objections. They gave birth to Bei Gong Tang and her brother Bei Gong Hang shortly after.
However, despite this, Yin Lan never gave away the Yin Clan’s secret.
Bei Gong Ao had originally not liked Yin Lin, but liked the daughter of the Palace Master from the Earth Palace, Gu Yun Er. The two of them were in love and were even talking about marriage. However, because Yin Lan’s position in the Yin Clan was not low, before he married her, he couldn’t have other women. So, he was never able to marry her.
However, she did not reveal the Yin Clan’s secrets all those years, and Bei Gong Ao’s patience gradually wore tin. After a fight, he turned around and married Gu Xin Er. That very year end, they gave birth to a daughter called Bei Gong Er.
The Earth Palace was the largest sect in Autumn Moon City. Gu Yun Er was the daughter of the palace master, so her position in the Bei Gong clan was naturally not the same. Furthermore, Bei Gong Er’s talent in alchemy was not bad, so the Bei Gong family treated her like a treasure.
Gu Yun Er was initially upset that Bei Gong Ao had married Yin Lan. So, she stripped her of the position of first wife and even abused the mother and child trio.
The Bei Gongh clansmen all closed one eye towards this. Because they were unable to obtain the secret of the Yin Clan, the contrast in position between Yin Lan and Gu Xin Er was like heaven and hell.
Furthermore, Yin Lan had ever obtained the support of her Clan when she married him. As such, no matter how she suffered in the Bei Gong clan, she never complained to her clan.
Who would have thought that Gu Yun Er’s maltreatment towards them would eventually turn into house arrest in order to prevent her from notifying the Yin Clan, who would then come to make trouble at the Bei Gong clan. The Yin Clan was a huge clan, afterall. It wouldn’t be good if they made trouble.
Afterwards, Bei Gong Tang’s uncle helped them to escape. It was then that Meng Ji helped them to escape into Yilin continent and entered into a deep sleep.
When speaking of her uncle, Bei Gong Tang’s tone was gentle. He was the only one who treated her and her family well. He was the one who had secretly given Meng Ji to her. However, thinking about how he had gotten injured when he had helped her escape, she wondered how he was doing.
Inside an inn in Autumn Moon City, everyone came out. They heard Bei Gong Tang tell her story and everyone’s heart hurt for her.
“In the past, I had always lived in the back courtyards in the Bei Gong clan. We would be confined day and night, so I only know the people from the Bei Gong Clan. At that time, I had never even gone to the front courtyards of the Bei Gong Clan. Furthermore, when others were born, they were at least a spirit overlord, while I was just a spirit warrior. As such, I was always treated as trash.”
“You merely had a lower starting point than others, but your talent is pretty good. I believe that you are definitely stronger than that Bei Gong Er.” Fatty Qu said.
From the very beginning, Bei Gong Tang had not spoken much about her own life. Although they knew that she had escaped, they did not know how cruel her past was.
“You’ve already left that place for tens of years. We don’t know how things are here either. You should stay here, we’ll go out and listen around. We’ll update you once we’re back.” Wei Zi Qi said.
“Bei Gong, have you thought of looking for the Yin Clan?” Sima You Yue asked.
Bei Gong Tang shook her head, saying, “The Yin Clan and Bei Gong Clan are in the same city. Even if the Bei Gong Clan wanted to hide news of us, as long as the Yin Clan had any interest, they would be able to check it out. However, they didn’t. This proved that they no longer treated us as family. Back then, Mother did not ask the Yin Clan for help, so naturally, neither will I acknowledge them.”
“What if they’re like the Lian Clan? What if their news got intercepted?” Sima You Le asked.
Bei Gong Tang was stunned. She had never thought of this possibility. She had always hated the Yin Clan and never thought this way.
“Lian Hong’s situation is different from mine. His father was kicked out, and he was very far away. However, the Yin Clan is in the same city as the Bei Gong Clan. As long as they wanted to, how could it be possible.”
As everyone thought about it, they felt that she made sense, so no longer spoke about it.
Sang Mu Yu went forward and embraced Bei Gong Tang, saying, “You’re a good girl. Your mother and brother are definitely alive. They’re waiting for you to save them.”
“Aunty, I’ll have to trouble you to stay here and accompany Bei Gong Tang. We’re going to split up and head outside to see how the Bei Gong clan is doing.”
“Alright, go ahead.” Sang Mu Yu said.
Little Tu nodded his head solemnly as well, saying, “Big Brother, relax. I will protect Sister Bei Gong.”
“Alright, then we’ll be heading out.” Sima You Yue said to everyone.
After leaving the inn, everyone split up and went to different places to scout for information. Because the Bei Gong Clan, Yin Clan and the Earth Palace were the three big bosses in this area, everyone would be discussing about them all the time. It wasn’t difficult to obtain the information about them.
Of course, some information were considered classified, and nobody breathed a word about that.
Furthermore, Yin Lan and Bei Gong Tang were considered as classified information. Nobody dared say another word once they heard the name Yin Lan.
After going around, nobody managed to get any substantial information.
Sima You Yue released a few hundred scarlet bees and got them to disguise themselves as normal bees. She got them to obtain some information in various places, releasing the most number of bees in the areas of the three powers.
At night, Sima You Yue was currently talking to Bei Gong Tang when she suddenly jolted. Her eyes flashed wish disbelief, and after pondering about it for a bit, looked at Bei Gong Tang with some heartache.
“Did something happen to my mother and brother?” Bei Gong Tang saw the way Sima You Yue was acting, and immediately felt uneasy.
Sima You Yue did not know what to say, and it seemed as though her earlier confidence was gone.
“You Yue, tell me. I can handle it.” Although Bei Gong Tang spoke this way, the cup in her hands was trembling.
“Bei Gong. After saving you that year, your… your uncle died. You brother and mother… also died a few years ago.”
Bei Gong Tang’s face burned with hatred and she didn’t even feel a thing as the newly poured tea poured onto her wound.
Sima You Yue saw the way Bei Gong Tang was acting, and said anxiously, “Bei Gong, this is the news that the Yin Clan received. It’s possible that the Bei Gong Clan intentionally released this bit of news.”
Chapter 484: Investigating deeply
Translator: Misty Cloud Translations Editor: Misty Cloud Translations
Bei Gong Tang immediately grabbed on to Sima You Yue’s hand with tears streaming down her cheeks, “Is what you said true? My Mum and the others are still alive?”
Sima You Yue looked at how she was behaving, and did not know how to answer her.
“Bei Gong, You Yue already said it. This news was sent via the Yin clan. It might be possible that the Bei Gong clan intentionally let it leak. We should wait for the news on both sides to be revealed before we decide.” Wei Zi Qi said.
If they found out anything else from the two clans, it was a possibility that they were still alive. If the news was the same for both clans, this proved that the news was real. Then, Bei Gong Tang would have this amount of time to prepare her heart.
Sima You Yue called out close to one thousand more scarlet bees and got them to listen to the remaining news attentively. Especially the places that the Bei Gong Tang clan did not frequent.
Those scarlet bees understood her intentions and were very diligent and hardworking in listening out for information. They also looked out attentively for any special places in the Bei Gong clan.
Who would have thought that they would finally have found some clues.
“Bei Gong, was the place you lived in before, a little broken-down courtyard near the back of a mountain with a plum blossom tree by the right?”
“Yeah.” Bei Gong Tang looked at her, “Did you find my mother and brother?”
“Don’t be anxious. They haven’t found your mother and brother.” Sima You Yue said, “However, they said that the area seems fishy.”
“What’s fishy about it?” Bei Gong Tang didn’t understand, “That courtyard is extremely simply. Aside from three houses and a courtyard, it has nothing else.”
“The scarlet bees said that nobody lives in that courtyard, but there’s the smell of medicine.”
“Smell of medicine?” Bei Gong Tang was stunned, “In the past, Bei Gong Ao would force my mum to refine medicine. That was why the house always smelled like medicine.”
“However, the Yin Clan has already obtained news that said your mother died a few years ago. How could there still be the smell of medicine?” Sima You Yue said.
“Are you saying that my mother is still alive?” Bei Gong Tang looked at Sima You Yue with hopeful eyes.
“I’m just saying it’s a possibility.” Sima You Yue said, “I’ll let them check the place thoroughly. We’ll wait here first for two days.”
“Okay.” Bei Gong Tang’s hands were clasped tightly together, revealing how nervous she was.
Sima You Yue stretched forth her hand and held on to hers, “If something has already happened to your mother and brother, we will definitely make the Bei Gong Clan and Earth clan pay the price! Even if we have to borrow the power of Little Roc and the Divine Devil Valley, we will turn them on their heads!”
“Yes, Sima You Yue is right.” Fatty Qu echoed from the side, “No matter what happens, we will be with you to the end.”
“Thank you guys.” Bei Gong Tang looked at her with her mouth forcing out a slight trace of a smile. She wanted to tell them she was fine. That they didn’t have to worry about her.
After waiting anxiously for two days, good news finally came in from the other side. There was a very big possibility that Yin Lan and Bei Gong Hang were still alive. However, they were being confined.
After obtaining this news, Bei Gong Tang was happy and worried at the same time. She was glad that her mother and brother were still alive, but worried how they had been living all these years. Why did the Bei Gong clan tell the Yin Clan that they had already died?
After a few more days had passed, they finally found out the truth. Yin Lan and Bei Gong Hang were still alive, but they were merely imprisoned in the prison below the courtyard.
Bei Gong Tang did not know when the courtyard had a prison, but she was still glad when she had finally ascertained that her mother and brother were still alive.
“Then why did the Bei Gong family say that my mother and brother had already died?”
“This is a piece of news we just received from the Yin Clan’s side. It says that one of your uncles had come back a few years ago. Knowing that mother had married into the Bei Gong clan, he wanted to head over to the Bei Gong clan to visit your mother. However, the Bei Gong clan had yet to find out the Yin Clan’s secrets, so it would definitely be troublesome if your uncle knew about her situation. As such, they told her that she was already dead.” Sima You Yue explained.
“I heard my mother say before that she had a very good relationship with that uncle. Furthermore, his talent was exceptional, so he had already left the clan for many years. It was said that someone from the inner regions had taken a liking to him and took him away.” Bei Gong Tang said.
“Right now, we have to think of a way to rescue your mother and brother.” Fatty Qu said.
“But if we just go up like this asking for them, the Bei Gong Clan will definitely refuse.” Ouyang Fei said.
“Then we have to find them first and make sure that the Bei Gong Clan has no opportunity to renege.” Sima You Lin said.
“We do have to find them first. However, the Bei Gong clan is heavily guarded. The outside of that courtyard seems empty and abandoned. However, many guards are secretly watching it.” Sima You Yue told them about the news she received from the scarlet bees. “Let’s talk again after the scarlet bees have found out their exact location.”
“Okay.”
After another day, Scarlet told her that she had no way of finding out the situation underground discreetly. It was protected by a barrier so they could not enter.
“This is troublesome.” Sima You Ming said.
If they couldn’t find them, they had no way to get them.
“RIght now, we can only enter the Bei Gong Clan to search.” Sima You Yue said.
“But you already said it. Many are keeping a watch on it secretly. Even if we went, we would be discovered. At that time, it would be pretty dangerous.” Fatty Qu said.
“That’s why we have to think of a perfect plan…”
A few days later, a group of people went over to the Bei Gong Clan and were invited into their hall personally by the clan elder.
“I did not know the Falcon King had arrived and failed to welcome you. Do pardon me. Please sit and have some tea.” Bei Gong Xiong beckoned to the head server.
“Bei Gong Clan’s Master is too courteous.” Falcon king cupped his fist to Bei Gong Xiong and sat down. He also got his men to sit on the seats below.
The palace girls quickly stepped forward to pour them tea.
“I wonder what the matter is that Falcon King would come personally?” Bei Gong Xiong asked.
There was a falcon clan living within a hundred thousand metres of the mountain range. However, they never interacted with the humans. The Falcon King had not appeared in the human world, so everyone in the Bei Gong clan was curious when the guards said that the Falcon King had come.
“It’s like this. These are friends of our falcon clan. Because they had saved my clansmen before, I promised to help them with something.” Falcon King pointed at a man in white, saying, “A few **** ago, they came to my clan. They asked us for a very valuable medicinal ingredient, the Buddha Lotus. They said they wanted to refine a type of pill. This King was afraid they would lose the precious item by being conned or robbed, so I followed them. We happened to choose your Bei Gong clan because we entered through the south gate and it was closer. If you cannot refine the pill, we will head over to the clan in the north.”
Bei Gong Xiong looked at the man in white. He was attractive and looked young. He never thought they would have such fate with the Falcon clan.
Chapter 485: Staying Behind
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“May I know how to address this young lord?” Bei Gong Xiong asked the man in white
“Si Yue.” Sima You Yue randomly thought of a name.
That’s right. The one who had followed after the Falcon King was Sima You Yue.
A few days ago, just as they were thinking of how to enter the Bei Gong clan without raising suspicion, Little Roc suddenly stood up and opened the window and took a look around, saying, “Yue Yue, I thought of an idea.”
“What idea?”
“I just felt the aura of a bird clan.” Little Roc said.
“You guys wait here. We’ll head down first.” Sima You Yue’s eyes shone.”
After speaking she went out with Little Roc and a short moment later, the Mother Son stone had a reaction.
“There’s a falcon clan nearby. We’re going over to take a look. If it’s possible, we’ll get them to lead us to the Bei Gong clan. Wait for me news.” Sima You Yue’s voice transmitted over via the Mother Son stone.
“Are you going alone? Why don’t we go with you.” Sima Lie was rather worried.
“Grandfather, you all should wait for me in the city. Who knows, when the time comes, I’ll need your help to arrange things.” Sima You Yue said. “You guys can relax. Little Roc is their king, so nothing will happen.”
After speaking, she broke off the connection.
They were outside the city, stopped by two falcons in disguise. After finding out that there was a falcon clan here and that they weren’t too far away, they planned to ask the Falcon King for help. If the time really came for a fight, they might even need their help.
The fact that LIttle Roc had become king was something that all the bird clans knew. All the birds in the surrounding regions obtained the information via a special way. However, they were too far away and no way of coming to pay their respects.
Sima You Yue and Little Roc entered the falcon clan as the Falcon King brought his clan members to greet them.
“Falcon King, we encountered a bit of a situation and would like to request for your help.” Sima You Yue said straightforwardly.
“As long as we can help you, please say the word.” Falcon King said.
Sima You Yue told him the situation and explained that she hoped to borrow the Falcon Clansmen to enter the Bei Gong clan, find an opportunity for her to stay behind and look for someone.
“This isn’t a problem.” Falcon King said.
“Also, I want you to wait somewhere outside the Autumn Moon City secretly. If any trouble arises, we hope you will be able to step in and help.”
“This isn’t a problem either.”
“Then we’ll have to trouble you.” Sima You Yue never thought that the Falcon King would be so easy to work with despite looking so cold and distant.
As such, the Falcon King brough Sima You Yue to the Bei Gong clan.
Bei Gong Xiong saw that Sima You Yue was so calm and composed. This was something that not everyone possessed. Adding on to that the fact that the Falcon King would escort him personally, his identity must not be simple. He might even have come from the inner regions.
He smiled, asking, “I wonder what kind of pill Young Lord Sima wants to refine?”
“Monarch pill.” Sima You Yue said.
The Monarch Pill had the same use as a Divinity Pill. It was just that the effects were different. While the Divinity Pill allowed one to break into the Divine Rank, the Monarch Pill would allow one to break into the Monarch rank.
“Monarch Pill?” Hearing the name of this pill, the Bei Gong Clansmen sucked in a cold breath.
Sima You Yue nodded, saying, “Can you refine this?”
Bei Gong Xiong said, “We cannot.”
Sima You Yue raised her eyebrows, “Why?”
“The method for refining a monarch pill has been long lost. As for us, without the method, we have no way of refining the pill you want.” Bei Gong Xiong said.
When she heard this, Sima You Yue’s expression relaxed, saying, “The method isn’t a problem. I have it.”
“You do?”
“Yeah.” Sima You Yue replied, “I’ve seen the method. It’s an eighth ranked pill. As long as you have an eighth ranked alchemist, it will be fine.”
“We have an eighth ranked alchemist.” Bei Gong Xiong said, “However, the higher the rank, the lower the success rate. Our alchemist has never refinined it before, so the success rate is questionable. If we fail to refine it, we have no way to compensate you.”
Sima You Yue sighed, saying, “I’m an alchemist as well. I know the laws of the refining world. Honestly, I didn’t prepare that many portions of medicinal ingredients. I could only prepare a maximum of three portions, that’s why I went to look for the Buddha Lotus. You know this as well. Aside from being a little bit more efficient, it can also raise the success rate of the pills. I have no other methods now. The one in my clan is already growing old. Only by entering the monarch rank can he extend his lifespan.”
“Then when do you want to begin refinement?” Bei Gong Xiong asked while thinking which clan or sect would be in this kind of circumstance.
“Two more days.” Sima You Yue said, “Because the last ingredient will only mature in two days time. At that time, someone will notify me and send it over. I came first to find a path.”
“Since this is the case, why don’t you stay here for two days? When your ingredient is here, we can begin the refinement.” Bei Gong Xiong said.
“Alright. No matter whether or not the pill is successfully refined, we will compensate you greatly.” Sima You Yue said.
Bei Gong Xiong did not have too many requests. Since the other party was an alchemist, he would naturally know the rates of each rank of alchemist. He wouldn’t renege either. In any case, they were brought over by the Falcon King. It would be really awkward to haggle over the price. Now that the party had spoken thusly, the remuneration wouldn’t be low.
“Young Lord Sima, if you have decided to refine the pill at our place, why don’t you hand the method to us first? Let us research it for a bit to increase the rate of success.”
Sima You Yue was at a loss. This was a lost method. If it was handed over to the other party and something happened, she would lose it forever.
Bei Gong Xiong saw Sima You Yue acting this way and understood. He would be at a dilemma as well if it were him. After all, this wasn’t a small thing.
However, at the end, Sima You Yue still took out the pill method. The ancient paper clearly showed that it had been around since ancient times. It definitely wasn’t a fake.
“I’ll have to trouble the Bei Gong Clan.” Sima You Yue passed the pill method heavily to Bei Gong Xiong.
“I will get them to research this properly.” Bei Gong Xiong said, “I’ll let my men take you downstairs to rest.”
“Okay.”
Falcon King was fussy about his residence. He did not like the noise, so Bei Gong Xiong placed him in a house that was further behind.
Falcon King said that he wanted one close to the mountain, so any courtyard near a mountain would be good enough. As such, they arranged a courtyard near the back mountains.
Sima You Yue kept thinking about the location of Bei Gong Tang’s courtyard that she told her of before. She realised that it wasn’t too far away from where they were going to stay.
“You all can leave. Our King does not like humans to come near.” A falcon said as he waved away those who were leading the way.
It was common knowledge that the Falcons did not like interacting with humans. As such, they were not suspicious at all and left. When Bei Gong Xiong received the news, he ordered everyone to stay away from the area.
Chapter 486: The mother who had been held captive
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At night, a shadow the size of a fist came out from the house. That silhouette was muttering as it flew.
“Seriously. My beautiful feathers have been dyed such an ugly black. Ugh.”
“I definitely have to get Yue Yue to compensate me once I’m back.”.
“What did she mean that this job was the most suitable for me since I could conceal my aura completely. It must be that Yue Yue was upset with my taking liberties with my Beauty Sang. No no no, that I had chatted with Beauty Sang.”
“…”
Little Roar flew along the ground, quickly locating the courtyard that Bei Gong Tang and the others were living in. The moment he saw the desolate and broken down courtyard, he immediately cried out for justice for Bei Gong Tang in his heart.
“Yue Yue, the Bei Gong clansmen are too hateful. How could this place be suitable for human living? The houses are so crooked that they look like they’re about to fall, and everything is broken. The plum blossom tree is the only thing that looks well. I really can’t believe that Bei Gong Tang and the others lived here.”
“The Bei Gong clan truly owes Bei Gong Tang and the others too much. When the time comes, we’ll see what Bei Gong Tang says. If she wants to pay them back, we will support her all the way.” Sima You Yue said, “Have you seen the prison underground yet?”
“Not yet. I haven’t entered the house.” Little Roar said, “I’m getting the bees to take me in.”
“Okay… wait a moment. Look for a place to hide.” Sima You Yue suddenly cried out anxiously.
Little Roar didn’t know why, but he still quickly hid in the roof and lay in wait.
A short while later, a man walked out from the house and stood in the courtyard for a while. Then, a lady followed after him.
” Hubby, that sl*t still refuses to reveal it. You’ve already watched her refine pills for thousands of times. Have you managed to find out the method yet?” Gu Yun Er asked while walking beside Bei Gong Ao.
Little Roar crouched on the roof and raised his round little head to look below. Although he could only see the silhouettes of the two below, he could just make out their appearances. At the very least, her figure wasn’t bad.
“The Yin clan’s alchemy is too strange. I’ve already refined pills following her methods so many times, but the pills are never that great.” Bei Gong Ao said.
“There’s no way we can keep going on like this.” Gu Yun Er was rather upset, “Are you really doing this for the sake of the Yin Clan’s alchemy or could it be that you can’t let go of that sl*t?”
Bei Gong Ao pulled Gu Yun Er close as he said tenderly, “What nonsense are you saying, could it be that you don’t know what my goal is, even after all these years?”
“But if she remains silent, doesn’t that mean you have to keep her around?” Gu Yun Er asked, “As for that kid, it’s clear that we keep him around to use as leverage against her, but she’s the one who’s using him as leverage against us now. This isn’t right! I get upset just looking at them.”
“Silly Yun Er.” Bei Gong Ao held on to her and led her forward. He said, “You’re the only person in my heart, but you’re still jealous. Why don’t we do this? We’ll give her another two years. If she refuses to reveal the secrets after two years, we’ll kill both mother and son, okay?”
“You’re the one who said it. If she’s still alive after two years, I will kill her myself. When that time comes, your clan had better not blame me for it.”
“Okay, okay…”
The two continued chatting as they walked away, and Little Roar almost fell off the roof in anger when he heard their conversation.
“Those two baddies. I’ll definitely give them a good show if they come back here!”
He climbed off the roof and two bees flew over. They led him over into the house before turning down a street.
“Is this the place?” Little Roar flew over. The bees stopped where they were and ‘pointed’, revealing an underground passage right before him.
“Buzz buzz-” The bees flew in front of Little Roar.
“Are you saying that they’re down there?” Little Roar looked at the dark gloomy passage and said, “I’m terrified of darkness. It scares me just looking at it.”
“Buzz buzz-”
One of the scarlet bees flew down, but was blocked by the barrier.
“There’s actually a barrier.” Little Roar said, “Let’s go. Follow me down.”
As he spoke, he stretched out a paw and hugged the two scarlet bees, flying down the passageway.”
“So dark-” Little Roar flew forward based on instinct. It was only when he reached the end that he saw a prison. There were two prisons. In one of them lay a male, and in the other lay a female.
A small lamp hung in the corridor, giving off a weak light.
Little Roar did not appear immediately, observing things in the dark.
However, the two of them were lifeless and none of them opened their mouth to speak. It was only when Little Roar was about to lose his patience then a raspy voice carried over from inside.
“Do you really have no way to contact them? Does the Yin clan truly not care about us?”
After not speaking for so long, that male seemed as if he was going to lose his ability to speak soon.
Yin Lan remained silent. She was already extremely drained from refining pills just now.
“That man… it seems that he is going to lose his patience soon. Even if you try to preserve my life by threatening to give up yours, it seems we are about to reach our end soon.” Bei Gong Hang sat up, saying, “I don’t know where Elder Sister is right now or how she’s living. If we die, will she ever find out?”
“I’m sorry, dear Hang. If I had let you escape back then, you wouldn’t have been locked in here with me for so many years,” Yin Lan said.
“Mum, if I was the one you had let escape back then, I’m afraid that the three of us would have been dead long ago.” Bei Gong Hang leaned against the wall. He looked at the dark walls as if he could look past it, and at the sky. “However, when I see that woman’s expression, I’m afraid that she won’t be able to stand us much longer.”
“After being locked away for so many years, being able to die would be a sort of conclusion as well.” Yin Lan looked guiltily at Bei Gong Hang, “Mum has really let you down the most…”
“Mum, do you think Elder Sister will return and save us?” Bei Gong Hang felt no fear at his impending death. Thinking back on what he said, he laughed at himself in disbelief, “Even if Elder Sister were alive, she wouldn’t be able to build herself up in such a short period of time to come and save us. I only hope that she will be able to take revenge on our behalf when she returns.”
Little Roar had heard about enough as he flew in front of the prison. He opened his eyes wide and asked, “Are you Yin Lan and Bei Gong Hang?”
Yin Lan and Bei Gong Tang were startled by the black silhouette as he suddenly appeared. How did this thing suddenly appear in front of them?
“Who are you?” Bei Gong Hang looked at Little Roar suspiciously.
“I am Little Roar. Are you Yin Lan and Bei Gong Tang?” LIttle Roar asked again.
“Yes. Did that lady send you here to kill us?” Bei Gong Hang asked.
Aside from this possibility, he could not imagine who else would be able to get past the barrier and come here.
However, seeing that black rotund body with shiny big eyes, he didn’t have a bit of murderous aura and didn’t seem like he had come to kill them.
“It’s fine as long as that’s who you are.” Little Roar took out a pendant from who-knows-where, asking, “Do you recognise this?”
Yin Lan was so shocked that her mouth fell wide open when she saw the pendant, and covered her mouth with disbelief.
Chapter 487: Bei Gong Er
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The moment Little Roar saw Yin Lan’s reaction, he knew she was the one.
“Mother, that- isn’t that elder sister’s pendant?” Bei Gong Hang recognised it as well and said emotionally.
Yin Lan came to the front of the prison, stretched forth a hand and took the pendant.
“Dear Tang, Dear Tang she… where is she?”
Little Roar placed the pendant into Yin Lan’s hand, replying, “You can relax. Big Sister Bei Gong is still alive.”
“Where is she? Is she safe?” bei Gong Hang asked.
“She’s in Autumn Moon City. It’s a few kilometres away from here.” Little Roar said.
“How did she manage to come back? If the others knew, she would be in danger!” Yin Lan cried out anxiously, “Please, could you tell her to leave this place quickly? Don’t stay here any longer.”
“Ah, there’s no need for you to worry. Bei Gong is really safe. She came back this time to rescue you guys!” Little Roar said, “I heard that damned couple outside say that they would kill you within two years. We really have to rescue you.”
“I was too emotional when I saw Dear Tang’s item. I’ve yet to ask, what kind of relationship do you have with Dear Tang?” Yin Lan forced herself to regain calm and asked.
“My master is very good friends with Bei Gong. They grew up together!” Little Roar said, “There are many of us who are together. We’ll definitely be able to rescue you.”
They were together since they were fourteen, so they could be considered to have grown up together.
“It still won’t do. The Bei Gong clan is too powerful. It’s too dangerous for you guys to save us.” Yin Lan still refused, “If it is possible, save Dear Hang. If I”m here, that male won’t be too angry. In any case, he just wants to obtain the secret method. If I’m missing as well, they definitely will use a lot of effort to take be back before they rest.”
“No way. Mother, how could I possible escape alone and leave you here to suffer by yourself?” Bei Gong Hang shook his head in refusal.
“I have to stay here and stall for time.” Yin Lan said, “I have already caused you to stay and suffer with me for so many years. I cannot also cause you to suffer with me in death. Now that your elder sister has returned, she should be able to assure your safety…”
“I disagree.”
“You guys, stop fighting. My Master said that I can’t leave a single one behind. Both of you have to get out of here.” Little Roar said, “However, this specific plan requires us to look for you guys first and see your circumstances before we discuss further. That’s why we need you guys to stay here for two more days. My master has some questions she wants to ask you now.”
Yin Lan saw her son’s determined gaze and said, “Ask away. We will tell you all that we know.”
“Alright. First question, how often does that prick come?”
“Prick?”
“You know, that stupid, arrogant Bei Gong Ao!”
“Within five to ten days.”
“So you’re saying that since he has come today, he won’t be here till five days later?”
“Should be.”
“Alright, next question. How strong are you guys now?”
“I am a mid ranked Divine saint. Dear Hang has yet to advance to the divine rank.”
“Next question…”
As Little Roar finished asking his questions, he produced a bottle of pills from somewhere and handed it to Bei Gong Hang, saying, “This will help to heal your injuries.”
Gu Yun Er and Bei Gong Er would come and beat Bei Gong Hang up when they were bored. That was why he had many fresh and old wounds. Yin Lan had to refine pills, so she did not have any injuries on her.
“Alright, I’m heading back now. I’m come again in two days. Otherwise,it’ll be troublesome if they suddenly come. Sigh, it’s so hard to be weak!” Little Roar sighed when he was done, then he left the same way he came.
After Little Roar left, Yin Lan and Bei Gong Hang exchanged a glance. If it were not for the fact that Yin Lan was holding a pendant and Bei Gong Hang was holding a pill, they would definitely have thought that it was a dream.
“We were just talking about elder sister, who would have thought that this… spirit beast… this is too incredible.” Bei Gong Hang said.
“Dear Tang is still alive and her aura is just above. I can feel it.” Yin Lan clutched the pendant close to her chest, “She’s alive… that’s great…”
Little Roar went back to Sima You Yue and told her about what the stupid male and female said. When Sima You yue heard it, she was enraged and took out the mother son stone to contact those outside when she had cooled down.
When Bei Gong Tang found out that her mother and brother were still alive, her broken heart was filled with life again, and everyone was happy for her. The atmosphere in the room was lifted immediately.
“Now that we know they are there, we have to discuss about the next plan. This is my idea…”
On the second day, Sima You Yue found an excuse to observe the Bei Gong clan. She walked around the nearby areas and was about to come close to Bei Gong Tang’s little courtyard when a lady blocked her way with a smile.
“You should be Young Lord Sima, right? I am Bei Gong Er, it’s nice to meet you.” That lady swayed a little, looking rather bashful.
Sima You Yue didn’t think that this lady would be Bei Gong Er. However, she really did look similar to Bei Gong Tang. It was probably inherited from Bei Gong Ao.
“Ah, you are Lady Bei Gong Er, greetings, greetings.” Sima You Yue cupped her fists in greeting and smiled.
Bei Gong Er saw that Sima You Yue was so polite, and smiled, “Young Lord Sima, the courtyard over there is an abandoned one, and there isn’t much to see. If you wish to walk around, why don’t you let me accompany you to other more interesting places?”
“Then, I’ll have to trouble Lady Bei Gong.” Sima You Yue replied, “I just came out and didn’t see any palace maids or servants, so could only walk around blindly on my own.”
“I’ve heard that the Goshawk King doesn’t like humans, so my father has instructed the clansmen to stay away from this place. It’s no wonder that you couldn’t find anyone.” Bei Gong Er remarked, “Where does Young Lord Sima want to go?”
“Ah, so you are the young miss of the Bei Gong clan. The saying that one cannot the pearls right before them, is really true.” Sima You Yue feigned surprise, “I’m fine with anywhere. I do not have much requests, I merely saw that your place was big and wanted to walk around. We can go wherever is nice.”
“Then, Young Lord Sima, please follow me.” Bei Gong Er walked on, “You truly have to follow me if you want to see the nice places. That’s because I understand this place the best.”
“Then it was truly my fortune to have met you today!”
“Young Lord Sima is too polite.” Bei Gong Er said, “Right, since you’ve come out for a walk, what about Goshawk King and the others?”
“Cultivating inside!” Sima You Yue looked at Bei Gong Er, wondering what evil plans she was thinking of.
“Oh.” Bei Gong Er’s eyes spun and pretended to ask nonchalantly, “I heard that you did something good for the Goshawk King, so he even personally sent you down the mountain! I wonder what is was? Could you tell Little Er?”
When Sima You Yue heard her addressing herself as Little Er, she almost vomited with disgust. However, she still had to continue her pretense.
“Actually, it was nothing much. My father merely saved the Goshawk King before.”
“Then.. did they let you form a contract with any of their goshawks? I heard that they can fly really fast, is that true?”
Sima You Yue sneered inwardly. Her fox tail was slowly slipping out.
Chapter 488: Probing
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Sima You Yue replied without wavering, “I don’t have a contract with any goshawk. However, we did take one here, and it was really fast. It’s faster than the other birds by quite a bit.”
“That’s really nice!” Bei Gong Er said enviously, “I’ve always wanted to try, but I’ve never gotten the chance.”
“Haha…” Sima You Yue smiled, but she just didn’t say what she knew she meant.
Bei Gong Er saw that Sima You Yue did not follow up, so a trace of annoyance flashed in her eyes. However, she still smiled as she asked, “How long is Young Lord Sima going to stay? If you are going to stay for long, I can bring you around the nearby places. I know of many nice ones.”
“There’s no need.” Sima You Yue rejected her straightforwardly, “I’m only here because I have something to do. I only have these two days of rest because my ingredients have yet to mature and I have to wait for them to get delivered. Once the ingredients are sent over, you guys will help me to refine the pills and I will be on my way. That’s why I’m afraid that I will be unable to go out and play with Young Miss Bei Gong.”
“That’s really a pity.” Bei Gong Er said with regret, “I wonder where Young Master Sima lives? I’ve never heard of the Sima clan in the cities nearby!”
“My Sima Clan is not from the central area.” Sima You Yue replied.
“It’s not a clan from the central area?” Bei Gong Er said with surprise, “Then why did you come so far to look for an alchemist?”
“Sigh…” Sima You Yue shook her head, staying, “Isn’t it because the Monarch PIll is too hard to refine that I had to look for the Buddha Lotus? I had no choice but to come here. You know as well that one has to refine the pill very quickly after collecting the Buddha Lotus. Otherwise, it becomes useless. Honestly, I have yet to see the Buddha lotus myself. Once it has been sent over, Goshawk King will send his men to get collect the Buddha Lotus. If we are still unable to refine it despite that, sigh, we may have to resign ourselves to fate!”
The beasts in the spirit pagoda were rolling their eyes. The Master really had talent in lying!
Sima You Yue was cursing inwardly. This Bei Gong clan actually sent Bei Gong Er to probe her. Were they drunk or what!
Bei Gong Er saw that Sima You Yue was rather sorrowful and said, “Our Bei Gong clan is a clan of alchemists, and have a few eighth ranked alchemists. I heard that they have gathered together to research this pill, so there shouldn’t be any problems when the time comes.”
“It would be best if it were as you’ve said. However, I should make my own preparations in case it fails. If it fails, sigh, honestly, I really dare not think of the consequences.” Sima You Yue said moodily.
“Ah, it’s Little Er’s fault. I’ve troubled Young Lord Sima. To make up for it, why don’t I treat you to a few drinks?”
“Wine? This… I’d rather not. I’m not good at drinking and get drunk easily.” Sima You Yue said.
“We’re cultivators, so how could you get drunk so easily?” Bei Gong Er said, “Little Er really wants to make it up to Young Lord Sima, could it be that Young Lord isn’t willing to spend time with Little Er?”
“No no no, how could I be unwilling to spend time with you!” Sima You Yue quickly waved her hands, looking really trouble. She finally sighed, saying, “Since Young Miss Bei Gong has said it this way, it wouldn’t be good if I kept refusing. Let’s drink a little together, then.”
“Then I’ll invite you to a famous restaurant in Autumn Moon city. This Memory Restaurant has already been opened for over ten years. However, its dishes are pretty good. Especially its wine, Sweet Perfume Wine- it can’t be found elsewhere!” Bei Gong Er said.
Sima You Yue was stunned when she heard the name Memory Restaurant. There was one here as well?
“Young Lord Sima, what are you thinking about?” Bei Gong Er asked when she saw that she was zoning out. She looked rather puzzled.
“Oh, nothing much.” Sima You Yue shook her head, saying, “I was thinking that it’d been a long time since I ate at Memory Restaurant, so I really missed the taste of it!”
“You have a Memory Restaurant there as well?” Bei Gong Er asked with shock.
“Right, there are many memory restaurants around. Didn’t you know?”
Bei Gong Er shook her head, saying, “Although I know that the Memory Restaurant is huge, I’ve been in Autumn Moon city since I was young, and have not gone to other places these twenty plus years. That’s why I never knew. That’s why I really wish I had a powerful flying beast who could take me to many places.”
Sima You Yue looked at Bei Gong Er. She really looked like a young girl who had never seen the outside world. If it were not for the fact that the scarlet bees told her she was always bossy and arrogant with a proud attitude, she would have been fooled.
“You’re the young miss of the Bei Gong clan, you will definitely have many opportunities to see the world.” Sima You Yue said. “Let’s go back to Memory Restaurant.”
A short while later, Sima You Yue and Bei Gong Er arrived at the memory restaurant.
When the shopkeeper saw Sima You Yue enter, his eyes flashed and he gave the waiter an order to go to the back hall.
“Young Miss Bei Gong, you’re here. Do you want the same private room as last time?” The waiter went forward and asked eagerly.
“Yes, I want that one.” When Bei Gong Er was speaking to that person, she released a superior air. “We’ll go up on our own, just give us one of each of your special dishes. Give us two of your best wine as well.”
“Alright, one of each special dish, and two first ranked wines.” The waiter said as he went to the kitchen.
Bei Gong Er took Sima You Yue to her favourite room. It was the best room in the entire restaurant.
When Sima You Yue entered, she saw that there was one level above so she casually asked, “Are there rooms above?”
“No.” Bei Gong Er glanced at that level, saying, “Those are restricted areas. Guests are not permitted to go upstairs.”
“So this place only has the large hall and the rooms on the second floor?”
“That’s right. Although this place is small, business is thriving. Even monks who eat very little are commonly seen packing this place. One has to reserve rooms many days in advance! Only this room and the other room is always reserved.” Bei Gong Er said.
“Is that the Yin clan’s one?” Sima You Yue heard the voices coming from over there. It sounded like people were drinking.
Bei Gong Er pursed her lips and glared at that area, saying, “Not really. The Yin clan loves to fight with us. We booked the rooms a long time in advance, but they ran over to book it and offered a higher price. Hateful.”
Sima You Yue didn’t have a good impression of the Yin clan either, and didn’t really care who was inside either. The two of them entered the room.
The waiter first delivered some tea. Its flavour was similar to the memory restaurant in Innumerable Green City.
A short while later, the waiter delivered many dishes along with two high quality wines.
A few minutes later, Sima You Yue’s face was red and her eyes were glossed over. She really looked drunk.
“It looks like Young Lord Sima really cannot handle your drink. Little Er initially thought that you were just giving an excuse!”
“I really cannot drink.” Sima You Yue said with a wave of her hand.
Bei Gong Er lowered her eyes and asked intentionally while looking at her, “Young Lord said earlier that you weren’t from central area. I wonder where you live?”
Chapter 489: Rule
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Could it be that she was planning to get more information out of her after getting her drunk?
Sima You Yue sneered inwardly as she pretended to mutter nonsense intoxicatedly. She muttered, “My house? My house isn’t here. It’s far away!”
“I know. You said that it’s not in central area.” Bei Gong Er said.
“More than the central region. It’s totally not in the outer regions.” Sima You Yue said, “My clan has a rule that we are not allowed to use our clan name to pressure others outside. That’s why we not usually tell others what clan we’re from.”
When Bei Gong Er heard what she said, she was really happy. She had guessed long ago that this person’s background wasn’t a simple one. Otherwise, the Goshawk King would not have brought her here personally. However, she never thought that he was from the central regions.
If she was able to form a good relationship with them, wouldn’t the Bei Gong clan soar? If she became his woman, she would be able to go and live in the central regions!
Thinking about this, she started making plans. She picked up the wine jug and poured another glass full for Sima You Yue, saying, “Young Lord Sima, isn’t this wine great?”
“Not bad, not bad. Its flavour is great.” Sima You Yue said as she drank the wine down in one shot.
Bei Gong Er filled it up again and said bashfully, “Is this wine fine, or am I fine?”
“Urp-”
Sima You Yue went to the side to puke. She was really too disgusting. She almost vomited from disgust.
After she finished puking, she said, “Sorry, the wine here is truly…”
Bei Gong Er’s expression darkened when she saw Sima You Yue vomit. However, since the other party said that it was due to the wine, so that must have been the case. It was a pity that she could not continue drinking after puking. That sour smell was really too disgusting to bear!
“It seems that Little Er has gotten Young Lord Sima too drunk and has troubled you. Why don’t we head back first?”
“Sure, sure.” Sima You Yue stood up unsteadily and stumbled outside.
Bei Gong Er stretched forth a hand and supported her. It was as if she accidentally stumbled, then opened the door and went out.
When they went downstairs, the shopkeeper saw them and said with a smile, ” Young Miss Bei Gong, have you finished eating so quickly?”
“Yup. My friend isn’t good at holding his wine. Call a beast cart for me.” Bei Gong Er said while pointing to Sima You yue.
“Alright. Waiter, prepare a cart for Young Miss Bei Gong.” The shopkeeper looked at Sima You Yue with a loaded gaze, “This Lord is drunk. You should support him properly later on.”
“Alright.” The waiter threw the cleaning rag onto his shoulder before leaving.
Sima You Yue was supported by the waiter as she continued to stumble drunkenly down the stairs. She kept feeling as if the waiter was looking at her strangely. However, thinking about how it was her first time here, it shouldn’t be anything major.
“Young Lord Sima, let me support you outside.” Bei Gong Er said as she stepped forward.
“No need. I can walk with the help of… myself.” Sima You Yue continued to stumble towards the main door and accidentally stumbled into the embrace of a person walking in.
“Sor…” The moment she smelled the person’s scent, she knew that something was wrong. This smell was very familiar. She lifted her head and she ended up seeing a familiar face. “Se- Senior Brother? What are you doing here?”
“I came to give this to you.” Wu Lingyu held on to Sima You Yue and said to Bei Gong Er, “I’ll take him away first.”
After speaking, he didn’t wait for Bei Gong Er to reply before supporting Sima You Yue out. Bei Gong Er wanted to say something, but was immediately ignored.
When the shopkeeper saw Wu Lingyu, he didn’t say anything. He merely lowered his head to prevent Wu Lingyu from noticing his gaze.
On the second level, the private room facing the street opened as a couple sat by the window. The male had a mask on his face and he watched the two people on the street. The woman said, “Is that the Holy Son from the Sage Pavilion, Wu Lingyu? What is he doing here? Could he be here to participate in the auction?”
“No idea. However, since he’s someone from the Sage Pavilion, he could be considered as part of our target.” The male with the mask looked on coldly at the two of them.
“However, nobody is clear on how strong Wu Lingyu’s powers are. It’s said that all who have caused him trouble don’t live to tell the tale. If you fight him, would it be too dangerous?” The female said worriedly.
“My life isn’t long. For every one I kill, a portion of my revenge is fulfilled.”
“You… Sigh…” The female sighed. She looked at Sima You Yue, asking, “He called him Senior Brother earlier on. Who is he? Do we kill him too?”
The male with the mask looked at Sima You Yue’s back. He didn’t know why, but he felt familiar.
Sima You Yue could feel someone’s gaze on her, so she lifted her head and turned back. She made eye contact with the couple immediately.
“Boom-” It was like her heart had suddenly dropped. She looked directly at the male in the mask, and it was as if the surroundings had quieted down, leaving only the two of them.
Seeing that Sima You Yue was looking at him, the male in the mask raised his eyebrows. The mole below his eyebrows raised with it.
Wu Lingyu saw that Sima You Yue was not moving, so he followed her gaze, only to stare directly at the male who was staring at them. His heart started to pound.
He had yet to settle things with her, and now here she was, looking at other guys.
Sima You Yue saw the male in the mask and her eyes turned red. Her lips moved and it was as if she wanted to say something, but her tears started to fall.
“What’s wrong?” Wu Lingyu asked lightly when he saw that Sima You Yue was crying suddenly.
It was only now that Sima You Yue regained her senses. She saw Bei Gong Tang come out from the restaurant, and lifted her hand to wipe her tears away, saying, “Nothing. Let’s go.”
As she turned around, she suddenly heard a familiar voice from her memory, “Big Sis, let’s eat roasted rabbit today!”
“Big Sis, leave quickly. You have to survive. Take revenge for us!”
She closed her eyes, and her tears fell uncontrollably. As she turned the sidewalk, she called out some scarlet bees and got them to fly back.
“That person had a weird gaze when he looked at you.”
The masked man looked at Sima You Yue’s back and he was still thinking about what happened just now.
That gaze… it felt like it was very similar to the one his elder sister used when she looked at it. However, at that time, his elder sister’s gaze was one of tenderness and pampering. It was not filled with pain.
“Are you okay?” The female stretched forth a hand and waved it in front of him, breaking him out of his memory.
“I’m fine.” The male in the mask collected himself, saying, “I don’t know who that person is.”
That person wasn’t his elder sister. His elder sister was already dead. Even if their gaze was the same, it couldn’t possibly be her.
“Isn’t that simple? We just have to get people to find out who he is.” The female took out a paper crane and inserted some spirit energy in, Then, she took out a divine note and put it in. The paper crane then spread its wings and flew away.
Sima You Yue wasn’t in a great mood later on. She was in a daze as she walked. The two of them walked along the street and Wu Lingyu didn’t care about her either as he watched her bump into a tree at the side of the road.
“Ah-”
Sima You Yue came back to her senses with the pain of the bump. It was only then that she saw she was walking on the side of the road. She turned around and heard Wu Lingyu’s laughter. She then turned around and glared at him, only to see him bursting with laughter.
Chapter 490: Meeting uncle again
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Wu Lingyu saw Sima You Yue’s dissatisfied gaze and walked forward, stretching forth a hand to rub her forehead. He said with a smile, “Let’s see whether you’ll lose yourself in your thoughts again.”
Sima You Yue rolled her eyes at him, then turned around and kept on walking. She couldn’t be bothered with him.
Wu Lingyu thought about her angry glare once again, and felt really happy. Seeing that she had walked far away, he rushed to catch up with her and walked by her side.
“You knew that person?”
When he mentioned that person, Sima You Yue revealed a pained expression. She shook her head, “Maybe. Maybe not. It’s more likely that I don’t, though.”
The situation back then had been so dire. How could he have survived?
However, her first reaction when she saw his familiar eyes paired with his mole, caused her to fill with a kind of hope. What if he was still alive?
Just like that, she wished that that person was him. At the same time, she felt like it was impossible. Just like that, her dreams intertwined with reality.
Wu Lingyu felt that this brat had changed a lot since she advanced to the divine rank. Her eyes would reveal hatred and pain that never used to be there. Also, her murderous aura was much denser than before.
“Right, you haven’t told me where what you’re here for!” Sima You Yue said.
“I was in closed door cultivation, then I found this out when I came out, so here I am.” Wu Lingyu said, “The compass I gave you should have sent you straight to the Divine Devil Valley. How did you end up in the outer regions? If I knew this earlier, I would have brought you there myself.”
When he mentioned this, Sima You Yue smiled helplessly, “Don’t think that I don’t know. You soul is unstable and you can walk around casually in the ancient primordial lands, but it’s not that easy if you want to go to the continent below. It’s rather harmful to you. Furthermore, I wanted to use that compass to head directly for the Divine Devil Valley so that I wouldn’t bother you. How would I have known that I would encounter such a huge battle when I was transiting through space. It spread into the void of space, and tore my path apart. That’s why I ended up here before I managed to reach the Divine Devil Valley.”
When she regained her memories, she recalled about the protection accorded by the law for the lower ranked continuent. It was extremely difficult if one wanted to force themselves into the timespace. Especially for Yilin continent. As the land of captivity, its rank was the lowest, so the rule to protect it was the most powerful and the protection given was the strongest. The suppression was also the most effective. Especially so for Wu Lingyu, who had an incomplete soul. It was extremely difficult to go over.
To illustrate, going past the continent was like pushing through a watermelon. If one wanted to head to the lower continents, it was like using a knife and cutting through the hardest part. It wasn’t just a gradual increase in difficulty.
Furthermore, she wanted to use the compass to head directly to the Divine Devil Valley and did not want to trouble him. She could go on her own. How would she have expected to be so unlucky. She actually encountered something that wouldn’t happen in a hundred years.
Wu Lingyu didn’t know how she knew this things. However, it seemed that she rejected him because she was being considerate.
“Then, do you want to go to the Divine Devil Valley now?”
“I can’t right now.” Sima You Yue shook her head, “I haven’t settled Bei Gong’s issue yet. After we’re done, we want to go to the Xuan Yuan Pavilion and participate in the auction. I’ve heard that the Heavenly Sect is enrolling new students. I want to go and take a look.”
She initially wanted to study how to determine coordinates before slowly figuring out how powerful the heavenly sect was. That was why she wanted to try out.
“Heavenly Sect is truly a pretty decent place. Although it’s in the outer regions, its position isn’t lower than Divine Devil Valley. There are also many powerful teachers in there, so there is benefit to going there and staying for a while. When I went back to Divine Devil Vally, Master knew that you were in the outer regions. He also said that you should go to the Heavenly Sect for a while if you had the opportunity. The old coots over there mingle with the Divine Devil Valley once in a while.” Wu Lingyu said.
“If I didn’t say that I wanted to go to Heavenly Sect, you would have gotten me to go anyway.” Sima You Yue didn’t think that Old Man Devil would recommend for her to join Heavenly Sect as well.
“It’s just because it’s on the way.” Wu Lingyu said, “If you directly headed to Divine Devil Valley, there would be no need for you to come here. However, since you’re already here, it would be good for you to have more experiences and grow.”
Sima You Yue rolled her eyes at him. She knew that she was currently very weak. However, her age was clear for all to see. She wasn’t tooting her own horn, but she was a middle ranked divine emperor at age twenty. Aside from those who had been born a genius, she was considered to be rather powerful!
However, even Old Man Devil had a rather high evaluation of the Heavenly Sect. This proved that it was worthwhile for her to go and study there.
The two of them went to the inn they stayed in before. Bei Gong Tang and the others were all shocked when they saw Sima You Yue return. However, they understood when they saw Wu Lingyu walking behind her.
“We initially wanted Zi Qi to be the one sending the medicine over, but now that Senior is here, Zi Qi doesn’t need to go.” Sima You Yue said, “Tomorrow, Senior and I will go to the Bei Gong clan. Then, you should go and demand for them openly. It would be best if the Bei Gong clan leader was also attracted over. If they refuse to admit it, we will bring them in front of all to see. However, there’s one key point. You cannot enter the Bei Gong clan. You can only stay outside. Once you enter, the Bei Gong clan. They will definitely use the most devious methods to kill you off. As you stay outside, you will attract the attention of those around you so the Bei Gong clan will not be able to act so openly.”
“Okay.” Bei Gong Tang nodded in agreement. “Right, when we went out today, we bumped into Yin clansmen.”
“Did some conflict happen?” Sima You Yue raised her eyebrows. At this moment, it wouldn’t be good for them to conflict with the Yin clan.
“No.” Bei Gong Tang shook her head, “However, while observing from the side, I heard them say that my mother’s brother had returned. I’m thinking that, if we have the opportunity to meet him, he might help us. It’s just that I was afraid it would clash with your plans, so we wanted to tell you first.”
“How about the others from the Yin clan? What do you plan to do with them?”
“As for this, we can talk about it again when your mother and brother have been rescued.” She had not dealt with a clan as big as the Yin clan before. Whether they reconciled or not didn’t matter to her. They would just wait for the mother’s decision.
“Your uncle probably genuinely for your mother. If we got him to help out and pressurise the Bei Gong Clan, it should be useful.” Sima You Yue said, “Let’s take a bit of time to look for him today, then.”
“Alright.” Bei Gong Tang replied with a smile.
When night came, Bei Gong Tang, Sima You Yue and Wu Lingyu left the inn together and headed directly to the Yin clan in the north.
Yin Hao was currently cultivating in the house when he felt a gaze on him. It carried no murderous intent.
He opened his eyes and saw a black rotund spirit beast floating in the air, watching him.
He had clearly set up a barrier around the house as he cultivated. How did this guy get in?
“Are you Yin Hao?” Little Roar asked.
“You already came all the way to my house, is there a use to this question?” Yin Hao looked at Little Roar. He wasn’t anxious as he ascertained that he could not harm him.
“Someone wants to see you.” Little Roar said.
“Who?”
“You’ll be happy once you meet the person. You’ll regret it if you don’t.” Little Roar turned around and flew outside after speaking.
Yin Hao saw it clearly. When the spirit beast encountered the barrier, the barrier merely rippled gently before letting it out. After thinking for a moment, he followed it out