When Lu Mingshu boarded the boat, she saw a huge ship setting sail outside Green Hills Bank. The ship had the logo of the Ye Family on it.
“Their spring hunt has ended?” she asked.
“Yes!” Ah Lang continued. “I heard that first place this time is an illegitimate child. When the results came out, Green Hills Bank nearly exploded.”
Ye Mingguang… he won?
Nothing surprising. His ability isn’t any weaker than the others, and he’s in a tough situation, unlike the others, so he has much more drive to succeed.
She nodded and went into the cabin, taking the map and analyzing it carefully.
Ah Lang thought that she would be curious and ask a few more questions. Seeing that she wasn’t bothered, he said no more and went to hang the sail up.
The Ye Family would send people to the eye of the Ming River soon, so she didn’t have much time.
Knowing that she was in a rush, Captain Ding and Ah Lang took turns to steer the boat. It only took them three days to get to a small island.
“Miss Lu, we are here!”
Lu Mingshu came out from the cabin and looked into the distance.
During the past three days, the closer they got to the eye of the Ming River, the larger the waves and winds became, making it harder to sail a boat. When they arrived, there was a three-feet-high wave.
Adding on the biting cold temperature, it was harmful to one’s body. It was no wonder that, in a place where land was so valuable, this little island wasn’t occupied.
Lu Mingshu took out the map. The hill in the distance was blurry.
Ah Lang took out a brass-coloured leaf. “Miss Lu, this is what you wanted; same as the Ye Family’s. The only restriction is that others aren’t allowed to copy the silver colour that they use.”
Ah Ling took a bag over too. “These are dried goods. They won’t spoil if Miss puts them in her mustard seed pouch.”
Lu Mingshu thanked them. Seeing the strong wind blowing over, she took out a small bottle and passed it to them. “There are a few pills inside, given to me by my master. They’re good for your body. Please take one since your Inner Breath is too weak, so you’re unable to withstand the strong winds.”
Ah Ling took the bottle. “Wah, it smells so good.” The pill that came out of the bottle was white and shining. So cute.
“Wait!” Captain Ding stopped his boat and walked over, looking excited. He took the pill to examine and smell it. Unable to contain his joy, he pulled his pair of grandchildren along. “Thank Miss Lu right now, you two!”
Ah Ling and Ah Lang stared at him blankly.
“You foolish kids!” Captain Ding was now on cloud nine. “This is a soluble pill for opening apertures!”
These soluble pills were much more expensive than other medicines used for medicine baths. It was rare for medicines to have an effect that opened one’s apertures. For someone whose body constitution wasn’t good, opening even one more closed aperture would give them a higher chance to reach the Harmonization Realm.
What Captain Ding wasn’t aware of was that these pills weren’t from this world. In other worlds, where pill-refining methods were more advanced, this type of pill wasn’t expensive. Lu Mingshu had gotten these pills when she was in the Inner Breath realm, and these were just leftovers.
After receiving the pills, Captain Ding told her with determination that he would wait for her return.
After she finished preparing, Lu Mingshu threw the copper leaf onto the water and jumped on it. A force immediately supported her weight and balanced on the water steadily.
After converting her mystic force, the copper leaf flew out, sticking closely to the water.
Lu Mingshu’s sleeves flapped in the strong wind. The waves came through continuously, bumping all the way, sending her further along.
Ah Ling looked at Lu Mingshu disappearing into the watery mist caused by the strong wind. “I hope Miss Lu comes back safely.” She put her palms together.
These days, she had gotten along well with Lu Mingshu, and Lu Mingshu had even gifted her pills. She obviously hoped that Lu Mingshu would succeed.
Captain Ding looked over in a distance further away and furrowed his eyebrows. “Oh no!”
“Grandpa?”
Ah Ling and Ah Lang looked over to where he was looking, and their eyes widened in shock. “This…!”
Among the surging waves, a boat was speeding over toward them. Even though it was also a small boat, it was way finer than the Ding Family’s boat. The Ye Family’s crest could be slightly seen in the mist, gradually becoming clearer as they got closer.
“It’s them!” Ah Ling shouted in surprise.
At the bow of the boat, a few teenagers in turquoise shirts stood there. They looked at the Ding Family with arrogance.
The truth was now obvious; there was no need for more guesses.
“I’m afraid that Miss Lu has fallen into their trap,” Captain Ding whispered.
How could there be such a coincidence? The Ye Family arrived shortly after them, and they were the only one.
“Why are they so petty? Why are they being so forceful!?” Ah Ling said furiously.
“The Ye Family won’t talk logic with outsiders,” Ah Lang said calmly. “Calm down, I doubt the situation will be in their favor anyway.”
Captain Ding nodded. “Miss Lu’s ability is outstanding, so she won’t be at a loss if they want to start a fight. But right now, we don’t know what the Ye Family’s plan is, so we aren’t able to tell what kind of trap they set up.”
Among the three of them, Captain Ding was the only one in the Harmonization Realm, but he had only barely opened the main aperture, which made him way weaker than the aristocratic family disciples. The only thing he could do now was pray for Lu Mingshu.
On the other hand, Lu Mingshu had already reached the destination.
The little hill was surrounded by mist, and it was all loess and stones; there was no green. The space it took up wasn’t very big either. She finished examining the area just by moving around a little.
Lu Mingshu stopped searching. Instead, she looked around for a stone and sat on it.
“Hahaha.” A burst of laughter came from afar. Lu Mingshu looked up to see turquoise shirts dancing lightly under the strong wind as three guys and one girl stepped onshore.
“Miss Lu, we meet again,” Ye Zhenxing said to her.
He stepped on the leaf, leaping high into the air and landing on the hill. The silver leaf then disappeared in a flash and appeared between his fingers, natural and unrestrained.
“Just in time.” Lu Mingshu stood up calmly. “You all know how to find the Yellow Mystic Stones, right?”
“Pooh! Whose finding anything for you?” Ye Zhenfan shouted loudly in anger.
But Lu Mingshu paid no attention to him as she continued to stare at Ye Zhenxing.
Seems like I missed something, Ye Zhenfan thought.
When they met the first time, his Ninth Brother was in sorry shape because of this Miss, and she looked cold and indifferent. Based on her bearing, this sect disciple wasn’t foolish. At this point, anyone would be able to tell that they had fallen into a trap, so why was she still so calm?
“Miss Lu, you could’ve just told us if you wanted Yellow Mystic Stones. Why was there a need to help Ye Mingguang?” Ye Zhenxing asked softly.
“Coincidence.”
“You ruined our good thing because of a coincidence?” Ye Zhenfan was flustered.
This spring hunt was different from the previous one; this spring hunt had something to do with a very important quota. Ye Zhenfan initially thought that it would be either him or Ye Zhenxing, but it was taken away by Ye Mingguang right under their noses. How could he let this matter go?
Ye Xingfan looked at her furiously. The smile on his face was all gone. “Miss Lu, we lost first place because of you, don’t you think you need to take responsibility?”
“Isn’t that because you all aren’t capable enough?” Lu Mingshu slowly said.
“What the hell did you say?” Ye Zhenfan blew up.
“If you’re capable, why do you need to play tricks? Even if I gave him some injury medicine, he wouldn’t have been able to recover in one day. Your loss has nothing to do with me.”
Other than Ye Zhenxing, the group looked at her with anger.
“Ninth Brother, Tenth Brother, Eleventh Brother, what are you still waiting for? People are already mocking us!” the young girl shouted.