In the original story, Ji Shiyu chose to seek help from the Yushen branch family, overthrow the patriarch’s bloody rule, and drive the parasitic Sakura Dragon out of Yingzhou.
That would take too long.
As things stood, the fastest method was only one: make the patriarch personally invite him into the Heavenly Cherry Pavilion.
Only two types of people could be invited to worship in the shrine: first, big shots like Aunt Master, who were qualified to wallow in the mire with the Yushen clan and share the Divine Tree’s fortune. The Sakura Dragon ate the fruit, and they drank the juice.
Second, high-level workers deeply trusted by the patriarch, such as the leaders of the Hazy Sakura Crowd.
To that end, Yun Liu prepared many spirit materials—the ripening nutrients the Divine Tree needed most—and immediately began refining a fourth-grade Heavenly Dao Mud Flow Pill. You can’t catch a wolf cub without risking your child.
The name of the East Extreme Pavilion Master was unknown across this sea; suddenly appearing as a Heavenly Dao Alchemy Master, even if someone tracked him to Star Isle, they wouldn’t find the fictional Tianji Sect. As long as he lured the target in front of Huangmao, half the job would be done.
This time, it wasn’t about passing the blame. It was about helping Ji Shiyu obtain the complete fortune of the Divine Tree. She couldn’t keep muddling along like this, happily fooling around day after day.
Junior Sister belongs to me. The fortune belongs to Shiyu.
Everyone wins!
In the past, Yun Liu would have thought this plan was flawless, but now thinking of the silly girl back home gave him a headache.
‘What does she see in me?’
‘Sure, your daddy here is drop-dead handsome, but not to an earth-shattering degree. Could it be just to make the fake real and piss Xiao Ran off to death? Not necessary, Shiyu. Really not necessary.’
These days, Yun Liu had been soaking in the alchemy room. The Shishen Shizhe was satisfied with every delivery, the effects far surpassing those other fame-seeking frauds, so his attitude grew more and more respectful.
Two bottles of the legendary Divine Path Water and one Hazy Sakura Emblem. The messenger called himself Shan Ben. Anyone holding the emblem would rank equal to divine nobles in the Heavenly Cherry Pavilion.
When he left this morning, he directly loosened the restrictions, gifting the emblem to Mister Ji, allowing him free movement in the bustling inner city and the service of ten thousand subjects—but only for one person.
His words carried other hints, reminding Mister Ji to “relax” in certain special venues and personally experience the customs of Yingzhou. Accompanying him were two beautiful maids, one with such big breasts—Shan Ben couldn’t believe this Lord Ji wasn’t into that.
As everyone knew, Elixir Cultivators couldn’t fight. Each one was a master of dual cultivation, spending their days either polishing pill furnaces or refining flesh cauldrons.
Yun Liu coughed, putting away the emblem and the “bathwater” under two dangerous gazes. He planned to visit the inner city later. Right now, every second counted, and he had no mood to appraise exotic cauldrons.
Calculating the time, the Sword Furnace training should be done. Those little girls should be starting their journey to the Penghu Archipelago for advanced studies. Xiao Ran accepted Ruan Yu’s invitation and went down the mountain following her master’s orders; Mu Lin Shu would definitely follow out of worry.
The silly daughter would have to be taken by her adoptive mother. Before Ji Shiyu triggered the Great Whirlpool and opened Mirage City, they had to lure the Sakura Dragon there.
All the hard work of slaying the dragon, clearing the map, and liberating the Divine Tree of Yingzhou was just to max out reputation with the Heavenly Cherry Pavilion. Still, the brothels here were indeed famous. The kneeling service alone—so many players worked their butts off just to experience it once.
By evening, Yun Liu stored the pill furnace into his Fangcun Object and left Cherry Baby Flower Manor.
Finally, there was a chance to start the honeymoon. Yan Bingling took her beloved son’s arm, playing the young madam, leaning against his shoulder. Since coming to this damned place, Aunt Master had been directly blocked by Second Mother, with zero opportunity to sneak into the alchemy room.
Strolling through the outer city, every commoner they met had a dejected look. Seeing outsiders, they kept their distance, pointing and muttering in an incomprehensible foreign dialect.
Under the rule of the Yushen clan, the Heavenly Cherry Pavilion had clear class divisions. The nobility and the common people lived in two separate worlds. The shrine was firmly in the hands of the current patriarch. Those who disobeyed would be beheaded by the Hazy Sakura Crowd.
This contradiction would gradually intensify, pushing various forces to unite and overthrow the Yushen main family, ending the evil dragon that had usurped the nest.
But for now, Yushen Longyi was still the local emperor of the Divine Tree of Yingzhou, with Unity Great Completion cultivation making his word law.
Arriving at the high wall of the inner city, Yun Liu slowly stopped and handed a hand-drawn map to Gelan.
“Also, I need to ask you two for a favor. Check if these coordinates are accurate. It concerns whether we can leave here alive. I’m going to the Shanhai Pavilion to gather intel. I’ll go in alone.”
Yan Bingling shook her head in dissatisfaction.
“Let the wet nurse handle this rough work. What if something happens to you alone? No way, I’m going in with you. Let’s see who dares stop me!”
“What am I going to do that would cause trouble?”
Yun Liu pointed at the emblem hanging on his chest.
“With the Hazy Sakura Crowd guarding it, the Heavenly Cherry Pavilion is the safest place.”
He blinked and mouthed silently, signaling to his Demon-Fallen Foster Mother that if she behaved, he’d visit her room tonight to “check on her illness.”
Yan Bingling bit her lip, greatly tempted, but still reluctant.
“What if an Eating Woman passing by kidnaps you?”
“Save it. I think you’re the most like an Eating Woman around here.”
Gelan rolled her eyes and dragged Yan Bingling away.
“Mmph!”
Aunt Master suppressed her temper, never revealing her cultivation, but sheer strength was no match for a Lianxu wet nurse.
“Yes, yes, young madam, calm down. Niu Yulan, I order you to put me down this instant! Don’t make an old servant’s life hard.”
Gelan shook her head and sighed, feeling like parents taking a stubborn daughter out—Yan Bingling was the troublesome child. Where had that cool and rational Bingling Fairy gone?
Yun Liu entered the inner city without obstruction. The familiar main city was decorated with lanterns and banners, but the atmosphere was unusually oppressive, completely different from the Cherry Blossom Paradise in the late game. The people of Yingzhou were living in misery.
On the way, he accidentally bumped into a young girl attendant. Just a brush of shoulders made the child kneel in terror, apologizing nonstop, as if the offense could cost her life at any moment.
Yun Liu walked to the door of a shabby wooden hut, confirmed it several times before entering. The plaque at the entrance was thick with dust.
A Shanhai Pavilion of this scale could only be called an office.
A familiar little girl. A familiar small face. The Kanban Girl was dozing at the counter, her patched clothes ragged and poor.
Due to the Yushen clan’s blockade of the entire domain, the Yingzhou branch was even more desolate than the East Pole Province.
Yun Liu knocked on the table. Youyou slowly lifted her head, blinked for a long time, then squinted, as if amazed to see the young man here.
“Excuse me… can I help you?”
“You! You, you, you, you, you?”
“I am Ji Shiyu. Greetings, Yu Steward.”
Youyou blinked her big eyes and snickered.
“You hahaha. You might fool yourself, but you can’t prank Little You. Dressing up as your daughter and coming here—what’s the deal?”
“Huh? You recognized me?”
Yun Liu scratched his head. His supposedly flawless Blood Art of Skin Painting was seen through at a glance. He should have brought the two Jing Tan’ers to the Shanhai Pavilion and asked this “You Girl” for advice earlier.
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