Chapter 887: Shouldn’t Have Returned
This set of information wasn’t detailed, and there were only a few statements in it, which were the information regarding Ji Tingyu, and the information of Yi Piaopiao and Yu Wen. However, the results weren’t desirable.
The Shadow Emperor had gotten his men to investigate dozens of ‘Yi Piaopiao’ and ‘Yu Wen’, but they were all different from the portrait painted by Jiang Yi. The rest of the people were still under investigation and would need a few months before completion.
In other words, there was no news about Yi Piaopiao and Yu Wen.
Similarly, there was no news about Su Ruoxue as well. Perhaps she was too deep inside the Martial Arts Hall, she wasn’t on the East Imperial Continent, or she might already be dead. In any case, there was no news of Su Ruoxue.
There was information on Ji Tingyu, and she was inside North Thearch City now. She was a deacon in the Martial Arts Main Hall’s Sin Hall. It was rumored that she had a close relations.h.i.+p with Wu Ni. Apart from this information, there was nothing else.
“Ji Tingyu, Wu Ni, Sin Hall!”
Jiang Yi’s expression turned grave while his eyes flickered. He had this indistinct suspicion that the mastermind for the Sky Ascension Peak was Ji Tingyu, Wu Ni, and the Wu Clan!
In Stellarsky Continent, Jiang Yi had already experienced Ji Tingyu’s resourcefulness. This woman had a demon-like intelligence and couldn’t scheme invisibly. Back at Stellarsky Continent, he had been nearly killed by Ji Tingyu’s plots. Furthermore, he didn’t even know who was plotting against him and had vaguely guessed it only after the incidents and looking carefully at the clues.
Ji Tingyu understood Jiang Yi’s character and Qian w.a.n.guan’s methods very well. Since she was plotting without them knowing, things would naturally lead to better results. Of course… these were all his conjecture as there wasn’t any evidence. If he was to get Shadow Emperor and his men to investigate, it would probably end up without any result. After all, it was North Thearch City. It was impossible for regular spies to infiltrate the Martial Arts Main Hall, and it was already praiseworthy to even infiltrate the North Thearch City.
Jiang Yi muttered for a moment and spoke, “Pa.s.s on to your superior and get them to continue investigating everything about Ji Tingyu and Su Ruoxue, especially Su Ruoxue. Relay any information to me as soon as possible.”
“Yes, my Lord!”
The middle-aged martial artist cupped his hands and accepted the orders. Jiang Yi didn’t ask about his ident.i.ty nor did he ask about his superior’s ident.i.ty. Jiang Yi reckoned that this person didn’t even know his ident.i.ty, right? Shadow Emperor was the best intelligence personnel among the demon race and would never make such small mistakes.
Jiang Yi paused for a moment and asked again, “If I need men, how many can you transfer to me? What cultivation realm are they? If I need celestial stones, how much can you give me?”
“This…”
The middle-aged martial artists hesitated and replied, “This servant doesn’t know and will need to seek the advice from my superior.”
“Go then. And report back quickly.”
Jiang Yi waved his hand, and the middle-aged martial artist left the inn quietly and vanished into the crowd. Jiang Yi sat in his room for a moment, and Song Zhong had returned. He had already found out about Tang Clan’s Heaven Fate s.h.i.+p, and it would depart five days later for Heaven Flame City. This time, the distance was rather short; and everyone would only need to pay ten million celestial stones.
Jiang Yi stayed here peacefully while Shadow Emperor’s subordinate returned after three days. He stated that if Jiang Yi required men, they could mobilize 50,000 men in the Heaven State Region within two weeks. There were a hundred peak-stage Heaven Monarchs, and all of them were of the human race. If he required celestial stones, it was even simpler as they could easily provide billions of celestial stones, and there wasn’t even a need to report to the highest authority. This time, they brought over ten billion celestial stones for Jiang Yi.
The Endless Deep Sea had an inexhaustible amount of celestial stones, and Jiang Yi didn’t reserve himself. His trip to the Purgatory Ruin was to help Qianqian look for the Fire Snake Orchid while he had a rather good relations.h.i.+p with Ao Lu. There wasn’t a need to be so calculative over some celestial stones. Right now, the thing he needed most was celestial stones as everything apart from the cultivation speed of 1000 folds was too slow for him.
Everyone departed again after two days, and they boarded one of the Tang Clan’s Heaven Fate s.h.i.+p. This time, they only required two weeks before reaching Heaven Flame City. Jiang Yi boarded the s.h.i.+p and immediately handed over 1.5 billion celestial stones and entered the secret cultivation room.
He had suffered a huge pressure when he found out that Ji Tingyu had a close relations.h.i.+p with Wu Ni.
If he wanted to kill Ji Tingyu, then he had to confront Wu Ni. It was said that Wu Ni was doing rather well during these few years, and there were hopes of him becoming the Wu Clan’s Young Clan head. It meant that he would be protected by large numbers of experts whenever he ventured out. Unless Jiang Yi increased his strength, it would probably be difficult to kill Wu Ni and Ji Tingyu.
Two weeks went by in an instant, and Jiang Yi headed over to the cabin after he was awakened by the supervisor. He then led Tantai s.h.i.+ and the other and flew to a small city below.
“We are back home. We are finally back home!”
When Xiao Yu saw the familiar city below, she immediately wailed loudly while Tantai s.h.i.+, Song Zhong, and the two maidservants were also extremely moved. They originally thought that they would never have the chance to return in this lifetime, and they had never expected to be able to return home in such a short period of time. It wasn’t really important to them, but the two children would only have a stable life and be able to develop if they were back in the clan.
“Greetings to Madam, Young Master, and Young Lady!”
The guards in the north of the city immediately recognized Tantai s.h.i.+ and the others as they all knelt down and greeting. When Jiang Yi saw the smiles on the children’s faces, he too gave out a gratified smile.
He saw the guard commander arranging one of the guards to rush into the city, which was obviously to report back to the Tantai Clan. Jiang Yi quickly transmitted a message to Tantai s.h.i.+. “Alright, you are all back home, and I have completed my task. I shall not be going to your Tantai Clan, and I will look for an inn to stay. Get Song Zhong to help me arrange for a Tang Clan’s Heaven Fate s.h.i.+p. I want to go to the Buddha Region.”
“How can I?”
Tantai s.h.i.+ had a hurried expression as she transmitted a message with pleading eyes: “My Lord has done such a great favor for us. You must go over to our clan to stay for a few days and allow me to express my grat.i.tude. Don’t worry, my Lord, this servant will never divulge information about you and will not allow the clan to recruit you. You can disguise as my guard and stay inside for a few days. This servant still wants to return all the celestial stones that you have spent during this period of time.”
“That won’t be necessary!”
Jiang Yi waved his hand and replied with a transmitted message: “This amount of celestial stones is nothing to me. I will take my leave first. Ask Song Zhong to find the biggest inn in the city for me.”
After he finished speaking, Jiang Yi rubbed Xiao Yu and Xiao Tian’s head and spoke gently, “Xiao Yu, Xiao Tian, you two must be obedient to your mother. Uncle has something to do and will visit you when I have the time.”
Xiao Yu spoke with reluctance, “Uncle, where are you going? Xiao Yu said that I will get grandfather to buy the best sweets for you. Come over to Xiao Yu’s house to be our guest, please?”
“Ke-Ke!”
Jiang Yi rubbed Xiao Yu’s nose and walked straight into the city without saying anything else. When the guards saw that Jiang Yi had a good relations.h.i.+p with Tantai s.h.i.+ and the others, they didn’t dare to request for the city’s entry fee.
“Many thanks, my Lord. This servant will remember my Lord’s benevolence for her entire life!”
Tantai s.h.i.+ transmitted another message to Jiang Yi, and her voice seemed to be choked with emotions. She even made Xiao Yu and Xiao Tian bow to Jiang Yi’s rearview while Jiang Yi didn’t turn back even once. He merely paused a little before he left in large strides.
He still had too many things to do, and if he was to follow Tantai s.h.i.+ into the Tantai Clan, he would definitely bring about some unnecessary trouble. Since he had already accomplished Xiao Yu’s request, he wasn’t going to bother about the matters later on.
“Lord Xue truly is an extraordinary person!”
Song Zhong looked at Jiang Yi’s rearview and sighed a little. He had been interacting with Jiang Yi for a few months, and he was truly filled with admiration and wors.h.i.+p towards this occasionally indifferent and heartless, and occasionally affectionate and righteous man.
“He is indeed an extraordinary man!”
Tantai s.h.i.+ had also sighed with emotions while her eyes were sad and at a loss. She was quickly alerted by the sound of galloping chariots that echoed from the entrance of the city gate. When she saw a ruthless and sinister youth riding at the frontmost chariot, her charming face instantly turned pale.
“Younger sister-in-law, you are finally back!”
The sinister-looking youth wore a splendid robe and stared at Tantai s.h.i.+’s voluptuous figure with insatiable eyes. His eyes were filled with a peculiar glow as he spoke in a cold and threatening voice, “Younger Brother has met with an unfortunate end. My condolences to Younger sister-in-law. The clan will investigate this matter clearly. With Big Brother around, you can be at ease as no one in the entire Heaven Flame City will dare to bully you.”
Tantai s.h.i.+ saw the flash of lewd and evil light in the youth’s eyes, which caused her delicate body to shudder. She had this indescribable feeling that she shouldn’t have returned to Heaven Flame City.