Chapter 18.1 Translator: Jostena
Editor: Shirubame
After leaving Biyun village, Zhou Yunsheng went straight into the General"s Palace, showed a black iron rod, and went to the Chamber of Secrets without hindrance.
Yuan Kunpeng and several confidants were counting boxes of gold and silver treasures. Although they were knowledgeable and determined, they still couldn"t hold themselves back in front of the colorful treasures, and their faces showed excitement. Only the leader stood by and wrote the list carefully with a flat expression.
“Ah Qi, come here and take away all the treasures that you have your eyes on. No need to worry about it." Yuan Kunpeng waved to the teenager, speaking with indulgence. The rest of the Deputy generals were given a reward, but the special treatment for the youngster did not draw envy. Afterall, these treasures were originally belongings of the survivors of the Sect.
"There"s nothing that I want." The youngster did not raise his head. The things he wanted most had already been lost. In his opinion, the wooden houses and mud b.a.l.l.s he played with his comrades as a child with were more precious than these valuable treasures.
Yuan Kunpeng felt more and more that his youngster"s character was pure and lovely, worthy of being the descendant of the ancient Sects. For generations, the Sect people have been sitting on such wealth but never thought of finding how to spend it. On the contrary, they preferred the life of normal men and women, weaving things and being self-sufficient. They were simple, sincere, hard-working and kind-hearted, as if they were all immortals, which was incompatible with the chaotic times of fierce war and the loss of good.
After thinking about this, he paused a little and thought to himself: Of course, except Yu Canghai, that fellow was not a man of immortal spirit, but a man of evil spirit, black inside, and his heart was rotten.
Speaking of Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived, and the man in a black robe opened the door of the secret room and slowly entered. walked up to a box of shark beads, and kicked it out of the way: “Zhan Chenyang robbed these pearls from the Tiejingmen Gate. While treasures are usually held in cold jade for thousands of years for fear of losing their soul, our ancestors were well off and just found a broken box to store them in. There seemed to be a lot of sharks in ancient times so they were not worth much money. They never expected that they would use them as a little thing to play with like marbles. But in later generations they turned out to be priceless treasures. It"s really a change of time, ah, the vicissitudes of life."
After shaking his head and sighing for a while, Zhou Yunsheng suddenly grinned wickedly: “Are all the explosives buried? Did the news go out yet?”
Yuan Kunpeng, like Ah Qi, disdained these treasures, and he felt more and more that he could deepen his relationship with them. Of course, he was willing to dig his heart and lungs out for Ah Qi, but he could only respect Yu Canghai and never dare to make him his enemy.
“Everything has been done, just waiting for someone who wants to get involved." Yuan Kunpeng quickly responded.
Once the news of the hidden treasure map in Wuji Xin Jing comes out, it will attract not only the major families, but also the separate kings. After all, a lot of money was needed to recruit soldiers and buy horses. At that time, they will surely send their brave generals to seize the treasure, and even more, they will try to find out the truth in person. If the black powder buried underground is detonated, it is not known how many powerful enemies would be eliminated.
In the near future, the various forces of the Daxia Kingdom will be afraid and try to place their cards elsewhere, and they were undoubtedly the best choice among them. Considering this, Yuan Kunpeng glanced gratefully at Yu Canghai.
“Very well, Zhan Chenyang has been driven to a desperate situation by me. I think he will turn to you very soon." Zhou Yunsheng casually picked up a treasure chest and sat down on it as a stool. He took down the wine pot at his waist and drank heavily.
Previously, he had disclosed the hidden treasure map in Wuji Xin Jing to Zhan Chenyang. The man was deep-minded and tolerant, but sure enough, he could not contain himself. But now he has no way out. In order to protect himself, he will surely make a deal with Yuan Kunpeng with the news of the treasure map and invite him to send troops to reinforce Biyun village.
But when he realizes that the news had spread all over the country, he"s afraid that he would follow the flow of the past life. On the one hand, he would use Yuan Kunpeng"s army to deter various factions. On the other hand, he would ask to join hands to intercept Zhou Yunsheng in order to seize Wuji Xin Jing.
Zhou Yunsheng overturned the dark room of Biyun village with just a simple earthquake. His abilities were unpredictable. If one wanted to grab the map from him, it couldn"t be done without a hundred top masters. Therefore, the people who have always been good at judging the hour and sizing up the situation would abandon their past enmities and unite with the outside world.
When interests and justice were placed on the same scale, there was no doubt that the vast majority of people would choose interests. This was not Zhou Yunsheng"s prejudice, but the b.l.o.o.d.y lesson he learned after countless betrayals. So he is always used to guessing people"s hearts from the most sinister point of view in order to avoid being plotted against.
He believed that in the near future, those so-called decent people would wash Baiyun village white and pour dirty water on his head, so as to find a grand excuse to fight against him, just like beasts in human clothes.
As he thought this, a secret guard rushed in with a secret letter, saying that it had been sent by Biyun village.
Yuan Kunpeng opened it and sneered at it. “What a good brother of this General. It"s been more than a month since I received the news, yet it"s only now that he sent a letter hoping that I use his name to help with my great cause .” He shook his head and sighed for a moment. He waved, “Immediately send the troops near Biyun village to help.”
The secret guard took the orders and disappeared in the doorway in an instant.
Zhou Yuncheng picked up a fist-sized jadeite to play with and carelessly said: “This jadeite was probably picked up by an old ancestor when he was playing in the field. He thought the color was beautiful and took it home for collection, just like how children now pick up rainflower stones and sh.e.l.ls. It was just a good-looking thing to display.” As he spoke, he threw the emerald randomly, and a deputy general flew over to catch it.
When he saw this scene, he laughed loudly, lifted a few pieces of emerald off the ground with his toes, and let the people around him roll around to remedy the situation. His behavior was very annoying.
Yuan Kunpeng glanced at him and thought that the man was so smart, cunning and unrestrained, yet he did not know why he at first had his eyes on a b.i.t.c.h like Mu Ruiling, and then he was bewitched by a monk named Zi Xuan. Sure enough, no one was perfect.
He seemed to have gotten that he too had suffered a lot in the hands of Mu Ruiling and Zhan Changyang.
Zhou Yunsheng was handed several pots of good wine, so he said goodbye to everyone, ready to accept the second hunt.
This time, for the sake of treasure maps and ancient skills, he"s afraid that many old monsters who have retired from the world would come out in person. This will surely be more fun than the previous game, and Zi Xuan who has been hiding in the Dharma Cave should also come out.
At the same time, Zhan Changyang was still fighting with many enemies. Seeing the dead men getting killed one after the other and the servants lying in a pool of blood, he shouted at Mu Ruiling who was locked in his study: “Has the letter been sent out yet?”
“It was sent out. My father and Yuan Kunpeng should be here soon." Mu Ruiling estimated that a messenger had sneaked out of the villa through the secret pa.s.sage of the study, and then opened the door and killed him.
The two people were wounded and bleeding, and it was obvious that they were at the end of their strength. In their despair, the thunderous sound of hoofs was heard. Tens of thousands of soldiers surrounded the villa, armed with arrows and bows, ready to strike.
The people of the nations dared not be antagonistic towards the masters of the southern frontier, so they quickly brought their treasures into their bosom and retreated in confusion.
Zhan Chenyang was so relieved that he forgot to deal with his injuries. He rushed the deputy general sent by Yuan Kunpeng into the house.
We suddenly realized that we forgot all about ZX! He"s been hiding in that cave for too long that even we forgot he was in this extra… XD
When Ah Qi says he doesn"t want anything:
Shirubame: Hugs for Ah Qi
Jostena: We all wanna hug him!
When YKP thinks of AQ as his:
Shirubame: his?!?
Jostena: Claiming ownership already… (¬_¬)
When ZYS mentions how he was always betrayed:
Jostena: Poor baby T^T
When ZX is finally mentioned:
Shirubame: Oh right, forgot about him.
Jostena: I was gonna say the same thing XD