Chapter 77 – Heavenly Dragon (6)
Lin Yu Tong sat on the bow of the boat, looking at the endless Grand Lake and reached out occasionally to touch the water.
When she turned, she saw only Azhu beside her. Duan Yu was in the cabin, Abi holding a bamboo pole at the back of the ship. She understood. Azhu had things she wanted to ask, and the other two were smart and moved away. In reality, on this little boat, they were unable to escape.
“You…… Miss, you do not seem very happy seeing me?” Azhu probed.
Lin Yu Tong looked up and smiled. “A bit unhappy, but not because of you.” She sighed and said, “With our faces, people would not believe if I said that we had no relationship.”
Azhu smiled. “I have never had parents, so when I saw you, I…… I am very happy. I thought I did not have relatives in this world.”
Lin Yu Tong smiled. “You do not have parents, did I? Who lived better?” Even at the worst, she lived the days of a person, not like this child who lived life like a wolf.
Azhu changed expression. “You are not with your parents?”
Lin Yu Tong shook her head, “I was picked up from a wolf den in the mountains. At the time, I was two or three.” So do not find it unfair.
“What?” Azhu’s hand shook, and the little boat swayed. She hurriedly stopped.
On the other side, Duan Yu’s eyes opened. He thought that Lin Yu Tong was not willing to admit she was a member of the Duan Family, but not that she had had such a past.
Lin Yu Tong untied the cloth from her arm and showed the vicious Duan character. “This became like this because no one cared for it, and it did not heal well. You want to find your mother, but can you imagine a woman doing this to a newborn? If I encounter her, I want to ask how she was able to do this? Tell me, with the needles coming down like this, will it hurt? Will the baby cry?”
Azhu put her hand on her arm. Yes! It must have hurt very much, and she must have cried a lot.
“Do you know who the woman is?” Azhu asked, “Do you know where she is?”
“I do not,” Lin Yu Tong shook her head and said, “However, I think that she will be living very well. Heartless women always live well.”
“Do you know who our father is?” Azhu asked.
Lin Yu Tong glanced at Duan Yu and said, “Then we can only ask the woman who birthed us. But I can tell you, you should not have high hopes. He may be a fickle person with many women. When one is fickle, they are heartless. He may have many bastard daughters, he will not mind an extra or care if there is one less. You should not keep him much on mind.”
Azhu gave an expression between crying and laughter. She took a gold locket from her neck. “You have this too?”
Lin Yu Tong took the gold locket from her space. The shape was the same. “My master picked this up from the wolf den when he found me. It is not as well kept as yours.”
Azhu compared the two and silently closed her eyes. She asked, “I am still very happy to have met you.”
Lin Yu Tong opened her mouth, but was unable to say anything else.
“Where are we going?” she changed the topic and asked.
“Ahead is the Mantuo Manor,” Azhu said with a smile. “It is the residence of the Murong Family.” She turned and asked Abi, “Do you want to rest?”
Abi had wanted to go to the washroom but did not want to disturb them so she had not said anything. She immediately said, “Good, good, we can go and rest.”
After an hour, they saw a sea of flowers ahead. This was the Mantuo Manor. It seemed that Madam Wang missed the days spent in the No Measure Mountain Valley in her childhood. She also missed the camellias which had bloomed on the side of the Sword Lake. When the four of them reached the shore, Lin Yu Tong felt that the camellias here were very low compared to the once by the Sword Lake.
Just as they got on shore, Lin Yu Tong saw two women heading towards them, carrying manure. She was alarmed. Were these not the women that she had absorbed internal energies from?
Damn it! How come she encountered them? One of them had seen her face.
This was not right! Azhu and the people of the manor should be very familiar. That old woman had seen her face, and must know the relationship between her and Azhu. How come the woman thought she was Mu Wan Qing? She asked Azhu in a low voice, “Do you know the two old women?”
“They look unfamiliar, should be part of the outside manor. The outside manor helps Madam Wang take care of worldly matters. I am not familiar with them,” Azhu said, “Why?”
“I have had a conflict with the two of them. The large one on the left likely remembers my face,” Lin Yu Tong glanced at Azhu and said, “Be careful for yourself.”
“They offended you,” Azhu asked in a whisper.
“It is a long story. Just after leaving the mountain, I met them searching for a miss riding a black horse and dressed in black. It is a Miss Mu. They recognized the wrong person, and I crippled their internal energies,” Lin Yu Tong said in a whisper.
Then she pulled two silk handkerchiefs from her sleeve, in reality taking them from her pocket space, giving one to Azhu and covering her face with the other to avoid any trouble.
Azhu’s heart warmed and she accepted it. She felt the two were much closer.
Duan Yu heard Lin Yu Tong’s words and thought, was the people sent to kill Sister Wan sent by the master of this manor? Sister Wan wanted to kill his mother because the Asura Blade was Father’s woman. Then the master of this manor…… Would they have a connection to Father?
He could not help but look at Lin Yu Tong. Lin Yu Tong nodded and said, “Very likely! It will not be good if another sister appears out of nowhere.”
Duan Yu heard this and felt helpless. Zhong Ling, Mu Wan Qing, Lin Yu Tong and Azhu. There may also be a girl here.
Father! How many sisters did you make for me?
Lin Yu Tong thought, even though he was warned, he would likely be enchanted by Wang Yu Yan when he met her.
Because they had to go after being on the boat for so long, they separated.
Lin Yu Tong took the opportunity to go around the manor. Finding the Blessed Jade Cave would likely not be as easy as she thought.
After walking around two times, she did not find a library. Also, while the Mantuo Manor looked unremarkable, in reality, it was full of sentries. It was not as relaxed as it appeared. If people did not have the martial skills like Jiu Mo Zhi, even if they found the secret manuals, they could not leave with them. Lin Yu Tong felt that she had thought too simply. Many people likely knew of the Waterside Pavilion and the Blessed Jade Cave, including the library of Shaolin. But why had people been unable to succeed in stealing for so many years? Even experts like Xiao Yun Shan and Murong Bo had to be so careful.
Was it that everyone was too weak or that the difficulty was too great? It was easy to see. She immediately felt bored. This path likely would not succeed. Even if she used her pocket space and hid here to slowly search, she may not succeed, and it would take a lot of time. She had not come here alone. It would not be good if Azhu detected something. Thinking like this, she stopped looking around. She could not hurry the matter of the martial art manuals. Looking at the time, the Shaolin Muscle-Tendon Change Classic was easier to obtain. In the story, after passing through several hands, it ended up with Zhuang Ju Xian. It was better to be with her. Thinking like this, she felt better. But she could not give up here. Thinking of how Murong Fu had killed Madam Wang in the end, and then Murong Fu became insane, she thought, I will just wait and I don’t believe I will not be able to get them.
Thinking like this, she stopped walking. From afar, she saw Duan Yu hidden behind the flower branches, dazed as he looked at Wang Yu Yan in the pavilion.
She did not want to pay attention to the fool, and headed to the three girls talking in the pavilion.
After greeting each other, Lin Yu Tong found that Wang Yu Yan was very similar to the jade statue.
Wang Yu Yan nodded at Lin Yu Tong and then did not pay attention to her. She turned to Azhu and Abi, saying, “I do not know how long it will take Cousin to come back, it has been a few days since I got news from Cousin.”
Another fool! Lin Yu Tong suddenly felt that Duan Yu and Wang Yu Yan were a good match. Duan Yu’s thoughts to Wang Yu Yan were the same as Wang Yu Yan to Murong Fu.
Azhu saw Lin Yu Tong come over and said, “Then Miss Wang, we will leave.”
Lin Yu Tong had not thought they would be leaving immediately, but since she could not get in contact with anything, learning the water pathways would be a gain. So she nodded and said, “Farewell.”
When they reached the pier, Lin Yu Tong jumped on the boat first. Duan Yu had suddenly come out and given Wang Yu Yan a fright, and was explaining to her.
Lin Yu Tong’s thoughts moved. She wanted to get familiar with the water pathways, and it would be good to leave them behind. She untied the chain, held the bamboo pole and said to Azhu, “I will go first, you follow, I can practice rowing by myself.”
Azhu wanted to keep her, but seeing Lin Yu Tong so determined, she only warned, “If you go north, you will get to the shore, be careful.”
“If we cannot find each other, where do I go to find you?” Lin Yu Tong asked, “It is not easy to find someone in this place.”
“Follow the water path, go to the southwest. If you go in this general direction, you will find buildings like before, and people will bring you to me,” Azhu whispered.
“Okay!” Lin Yu Tong pushed with the bamboo pole and left. With the direction, she would come back later.
After rowing for about an hour, she saw a large ship heading for the Grand Lake from afar. Madam Wang likely had returned. Then, these people would be stuck here for now, and not be able to catch up to her. Her worries eased and she looked around.
Lin Yu Tong went around the water for half a day before understanding and then headed north. Later in the day, she saw black mountain peaks. On the shore, Lin Yu Tong was still a bit wobbly. She went into the forest, entered her pocket space, washed, ate, and changed clothes before heading to the city.
It should be Wuxi City there.
From afar, Lin Yu Tong gazed at the gates, and smiled. It was not possible to not believe in fate. Who was talking to the beggar at the gates if not Qiao Feng?
Her bad mood in these days immediately left. She headed for Qiao Feng.
Qiao Feng’s martial skill was great. He instantly detected when someone was staring at him. Seeing the person come dressed in rose red, like a great butterfly, and so young and beautiful, Qiao Feng had no memory of a girl with such good martial art skill. He did not know someone like this.
But the girl was heading for him. She stopped in front of him and smiled brightly, saying, “Big Brother, have you been well?”
Translator Ramblings: Lin Yu Tong’s a little obsessed with martial skills. One is because they can sell for money, and also because unlike her past life where she was protected as a noblewoman, she has no protection here despite being the daughter of a prince.
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