Chapter 54
HEART PROTECTION: CHAPTER 54
Before when Yan Hui had no money, she set her heart on gaining money as fast as possible . Now she had money . It was enough to buy a house with a courtyard in this town and hire ten Fatty Zhangs as cooks, but she unexpectedly didn't know what to do with it .
Yan Hui lead Tian Yao to the best inn in town and got the best room from the innkeeper . While they were waiting for the porter to lead them to their room, a voice suddenly called out: "You guys are here too!" It was filled with irrepressible delight .
At the sound of the voice, Yan Hui immediately felt a throbbing start in her head . She turned her head to look . As expected, it was Qing Qiu's crown prince standing there .
He was probably the person Yan Hui most didn't want to meet . Yan Hui looked through him, as if she didn't see him at all .
The crown prince's servant tried to hold the prince back, but the prince broke free after two or three attempts . He firmly walked toward Yan Hui: "No matter how I looked at it, it has to be you . Why do you pretend to not recognized me?"
Yan Hui sighed . She planned to face this head-on, but then a person stepped in . It was Tian Yao standing in front of Yan Hui . He precisely blocked the crown prince's path .
The crown prince was shocked . Yan Hui was also shocked . She didn't have time to collect her thoughts when she felt something warm on her wrist . Tian Yao had unexpectedly grabbed her wrist and started tugging her upstairs .
Yan Hui gazed up at the back of Tian Yao's head . She still hadn't fully processed their current position up the stairs yet .
Usually . . . . . . . it was her leading the way .
Perhaps Tian Yao sensed Yan Hui's vacant gaze because he slightly turned back to look at her: The waiter is already ahead to lead the way . You don't want to go back to your room?"
The way he said it implied the waiter was very busy, that they shouldn't waste other's time . . . . . .
Yan Hui was still being tugged along by Tian Yao . The crown prince seemed to suddenly recover . He hurriedly moved to catch up . He followed behind Yan Hui and continued to ask: "Who's that person? Why is he with you?"
Tian Yao didn't even look back and completely ignored the crown prince's presence . Yan Hui didn't respond either . Thus, the crown prince followed them upstairs . He persevered: "I truly continued to look for you after what happened back then . My nine . . . . . . my clan believes in repaying kindness . You saved me then, so I will definitely repay you . "
Yan Hui couldn't endure it in the end . When they reached the end of the stairs, she turned back to speak to him: "The best repayment would be to leave me alone . Pretend like the past didn't happen and leave . "
The crown prince stopped in his tracks and solemnly replied: "What happened is what happened . I can't pretend like it didn't exist . I said I would repay you, so I will definitely repay you . " He pointed to the neighboring room . "This is my room . I still have some matters in the village, so I'll be here for the next several days and won't leave . If you need to do anything, I will help you . "
The crown prince scarcely finished when Tian Yao led Yan Hui back to their room . The door closed with a snap .
The closed door isolated them from the outside world . All that was left in the room was Tian Yao and Yan Hui . Her wrist was still being grasped in his hand . Yan Hui thought it was a little strange and wiggled her hand .
Tian Yao was a very astute person, so he immediately released his grip . Then acting as nothing had happened, he nonchalantly walked toward the table and sat down . He poured himself a cup of tea and started sipping .
Yan Hui fixed Tian Yao with a look: "I requested two rooms . You're staying next door . "
"I'm tired . " Tian Yao said . "Going to rest here before going . "
Yan Hui didn't think further about his words and also sat down . Her expression was still quite heavy . Tian Yao glanced at her . Yan Hui noticed and couldn't help let out a sigh . Tian Yao set down his cup: "There's really no reason for you to be troubled over what we just heard . You didn't do it, and it's not something you can control either . "
"Do you know who," Yan Hui gestured toward the door with her chin . " . . . . . . is?"
"I do . " Tian Yao took a sip . "Even though he has no aura, by how he talks and your reaction, I more or less can guess it . He is one of the fox demons you set free from the cages in Chen Xing Mountain . " Tian Yao lightly looked at Yan Hui . There was a subtle look in his eye . "By luck, good or bad, you actually saved a member of the nine-tailed fox demon clan . "
"It's my rotten luck!" Yan Hui said . "You aren't flustered after realizing his identity? He's already been to the jewelry store . He probably already knows information can be gotten there . In my opinion, that Know-It-All wouldn't be able to keep his mouth shut . Even though I threatened him at the end, that would keep him from drinking too much and blabbing everything . If it gets told to . . . . . " Yan Hui gestured to the door . " . . . . . and the news sent back to Qing Qiu, then how will that in any way be good?"
"There is no bad nor good . " Tian Yao said . "In the end, the ones who should know, will know . You didn't do the dirty deed . Why are you agitated?"
"Momentous situations will lead to an entire . . . . . . "
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Yan Hui hadn't finished when Tian Yao set down his teacup with a crisp sound: "Since Su Ying dared to do such an act, then she's sure to also be prepared to face the consequences . Why do you worry for her? The murderer kills with a clear conscience . And you as a spectator desperately wants to clean up their mess . "
"I . . . . . . " Yan Hui opened and closed her mouth, but nothing came out .
How was she trying to clean up Su Ying's mess? Her relationship with Su Ying, after thinking about it, was merely ten years of calling her "Master", that's all .
"It's been 50 years since the nations' boundaries have been drawn . The people have long since recovered . The demon races continue to ceaselessly claim the remote southwest lands . There's bound to be resentment . The Dao cultivators can't tolerate someone poking into their own backyard . Before, they didn't have the strength to do anything about it and just beared with it . But now . . . . . . " Tian Yao lightly traced the rim of his cup with his finger, "There will be war between the demons and cultivators . "
Yan Hui remained silent for a long time . "If there will be war, then there will be war . I just wish the war will be . . . . . . . a little later . "
Tian Yao didn't talk further, and the room sank into silence . They stayed like that until the sky grew dark . Tian Yao silently left then .
Yan Hui readied herself for bed and climbed in, but she spent the entire night tossing and turning .
Yan Hui woke up the next morning . Her mind was still blank from just waking up when she heard the sounds of frantic hoof beats galloping past outside . There were also shouting mixed in with the hoof beats, but she was unable to hear what they were saying .
By the time Yan Hui walked to the window and opened the shutters, all she saw downstairs were two rows of villagers flanking the road . They were standing there in a panic, looking confused and flustered .
Yan Hui was still standing in front of the window in bewilderment . Suddenly, the sounds of a rapidly approaching hoarse was heard galloping down that road . This time, Yan Hui could heard the cries of the rider: "Qing Qiu declares war! The demon races declare war!"
Yan Hui was stunned . She didn't even stop to brush her hair before turning on her heel and dashing toward the jewelry store . But right when she opened the door, she crashed into a youth . The young man's head slammed into Yan Hui's soft chest, and he stumbled back two steps .
The youth was steadied by the old man standing behind him . He stood there with a red face, and forced himself to calmly ask Yan Hui: "Your name is Yan Hui, correct?"
Yan Hui was surprised to see the two people in front of her . She grabbed the young man's collar and hauled him into her room . She slammed the door: "What's going on?" She had never sounded so worried before . "You have to know . What's going on?"
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"Now you're not going to pretend to not recognize me?"
Yan Hui forcefully slammed her hand down on the table . There was a loud crack, and it split apart . Pieces fell to the floor . "TALK!"
"Su Ying harmed my aunt . Qing Qiu demands blood to be repaid with blood . " The youth was Qing Qiu royalty, through and through . He wasn't frightened by Yan Hui's display of anger . As he spoke, there was a red gleam in his eyes, characteristic of when the demon races were prepared to kill .
In the beginning, Yan Hui was filled with confusion . But as she listened, she suddenly felt like there was no use to remain anxious . All that was left was slowly accumulating helplessness . She took two steps back; her face was bleak: "How . . . . . . . did you know about that? Did the spies placed in Central Plains discover it?"
"Someone told me . " The crown prince said . "My underlings thoroughly investigated it, and what that person said was true . I used magic early this morning to send the news to Qing Qiu . The king has been informed . "
It was the nine-tailed fox demon clan's way . . . . . . .
They paid great attention to bloodline . After receiving the news, there would definitely be a reaction .
And this village wasn't very far from the southwest border . It doesn't take long for information to pass between the two borders .
Yan Hui quieted down . The little prince straightened up and looked at Yan Hui: "My clan has declared war against the Guang Han sect . For sure the other xian sects won't sit back and watch . War will come again, and the Dao cultivators will not escape it . I heard you were banished from Chen Xing Mountain because you saved my fellow demons and me . " The crown prince paused . Perhaps he still wasn't used to posturing . He clenched his hands into a fist and raised his voice more . It was like he was trying to bolster himself . "I want to take you back to Qing Qiu to protect you . Will you come with me?"
Yan Hui was still thinking over the heavy news . When she suddenly heard those words, Yan Hui looked at the prince . She was stumped for words .
Seeing that Yan Hui had no response, the prince's hands broke out in sweat . He clenched his hands again and said: "I am Zhu Li, the eldest son of King Su Qing, ruler of Qing Qiu . Although you are a xian cultivator, you are also my savior . My clansmen will definitely not slight you . "
"Uh . . . . . . . . I . . . . . . "
"I will wait here three days for you . After three days, if you still don't want to come with me to Qing Qiu, I won't insist you do . " Zhu Li stared at Yan Hui for a little . Then he drooped his head and mumbled out: "I'm done . " Still with a gloomy and drooped head, he started to head outside but bumped into the door . The prince felt around the door frame and finally exited the room . He went downstairs with the old man and left to who-knows-where .
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Yan Hui remained in the room and stared at the table that she broke . Her mood fluctuated between so many emotions . In the end, Yan Hui breathed out an empty, bitter laugh . She sat on the chair and tipped her head back .
What the hell was going on . . . . . . . . . and what else was next . . . . . .
Yan Hui hadn't sat there long when a figure appeared in the doorway .
Yan Hui didn't even look before saying: "Why did you tell them?"
Her voice was fairly steady; there was basically no difference with how she normally spoke . However, Tian Yao's sharp senses detected that Yan Hui was angry . Boiling mad .
"Yesterday I said that the demons and the cultivators were bound to wage war . Even if it didn't happen now, I would demand Su Ying to repay her debt after I regained all my magic . "
Yan Hui's voice was slightly chilly: "That is a grudge between you and Su Ying . You have no need to draw in so many others . "
"The one who drew in so many people isn't me, Yan Hui . " Tian Yao said . "Su Ying is a deep schemer . She would've known killing a nine-tailed fox demon princess has heavy consequences . Perhaps she had already reaped the advantages . A plot against a princess . There's no way that your masters, Chen Xing Mountain, and other sects didn't know about it . " As Tian Yao spoke, his gaze became chillier and chillier . "Think about the meeting three months ago at Chen Xing Mountain . Think about Zhenren Qi Yun's death . Has what I said not occurred to you? Do you not see the truth in my conjectures? The cultivation sects' ambitions are not small . . . . . . "
"Enough . " Yan Hui stopped him .
"It's merely that I am looking at it from a demon's point of view . I'm helping them take advantage of that Su Ying's scheme hasn't been completed . They can still make preparations . Yet you . . . . . . . . . you look at from your own point of view . You're not willing to think about what is happening, and you don't want people to expose it . "
At this moment, Yan Hui had no choice but to concede . Tian Yao understood her . He knew her more than she knew herself .
Tian Yao looked at the silent Yan Hui and said: "The xian cultivators and demons clans are destined to never coexist . 50 years ago, your sect's founder, Zhenren Qing Guang, and the ruler of Qing Qiu proved those words true with action . They fought in a bitter battle for life and death until both had no more strength to continue . Xian cultivators and demons cannot coexist . "
Yan Hui shot Tian Yao a look at what she just heard: "These past few days, we've been sharing meals at the same table . Who said xian cultivators and demons can't coexist?
Tian Yao looked at Yan Hui for a long time . He lightly said: "Yan Hui, with a personality like yours, you ought to follow me and become a demon cultivator . "