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Clearly, for Yu Wenhua Ji, this was a night he would never be able to forget.
This night had not only left a hideous burn mark on half of his face but had also pushed his dream of a great industrial era to the brink of collapse.
Slumped in the Dragon Throne, the position he had dreamed of failed to provide him with even the slightest sense of security.
The consequence of losing his entire fortune was that the major aristocratic families and sects could kick him off his position as Emperor at any moment.
He didn’t understand who was targeting him.
Even now, there were many things he couldn’t figure out.
He had sent men to examine the body of Prince Hao of Qin; it was indeed the real Prince Hao.
“But if Prince Hao of Qin is dead, then who exactly emptied the National Treasury… and who could use the Disguise Technique to look like me without being detected by the guards, entering and leaving the Yuwen family’s residence with such ease?”
‘Disguise?’
Like a bolt of lightning striking his mind, Yu Wenhua Ji suddenly snapped into clarity.
In all the world, the only one capable of performing such a miraculous Disguise Technique was the assassin Blue Shadow.
This was clearly a planned and premeditated looting.
If Blue Shadow had targeted those massive resources from the beginning, then the Prince of Qin had likely been swapped out long ago.
The subsequent series of donations and fines were all actions carried out by Blue Shadow herself…
How could he have overlooked Blue Shadow?
Yu Wenhua Ji covered his face in agony. From the start, he had only viewed Blue Shadow as a discarded pawn, a tool to be used once. Ever since she had dealt with Emperor Jing, he had completely forgotten her existence.
After all, she was just an assassin.
No matter how strong she was, she was a solitary person without any backing.
In the eyes of the powerful, such isolated individuals were only fit to be tools and were not worth guarding against.
Two hands could not fight four; that was common sense!
“Blue Shadow…” Yu Wenhua Ji gritted his teeth in hatred.
If he didn’t avenge this, he wouldn’t be able to live comfortably for the rest of his life!
“Issue a Mission. Designate Blue Shadow to assassinate me,” Yu Wenhua Ji said harshly. “Then, set an inescapable trap here and wait for her to come to her death!”
An aide beside him quickly contacted the Assassins Guild, but soon, the aide hung up the communication with a strange expression.
“Uh… they said that Blue Shadow just suddenly retired.” The aide hesitated for a moment before continuing in a low voice, “Supposedly, she hit the jackpot and made more money than she could spend in a lifetime, so she quit…”
“…”
That bastard was way too pragmatic!
Obviously, the so-called jackpot was the massive sum of money looted from the National Treasury of the Kingdom of Dasi.
It was more than enough to last a lifetime — it was enough for ten lifetimes!
The more Yu Wenhua Ji thought about it, the angrier he became. He felt as if the news of Blue Shadow’s retirement was another stab to his heart.
No, this debt had to be repaid!
“Reporting to Your Majesty, I remember that Emperor Jing once wanted Blue Shadow as well. Later, Emperor Jing obtained some intelligence about Blue Shadow from the demon nation in Beiju Luzhou. It was for that reason that he captured Si Lian.”
“Hmm?”
Yu Wenhua Ji fell into deep thought.
He had recently been planning to contact the ruler of the demon nation in Beiju Luzhou to establish some friendly diplomatic relations.
Unlike the annoying, stubborn Demon Race of Dongsheng Shenzhou, the demons of Beiju Luzhou had been enslaved to their very core.
The ruler of the demon nation had never even thought of resisting; instead, they maintained extremely close diplomatic ties with the Human Clan.
The so-called demon nation of Beiju Luzhou had long been regarded by all humans as a large-scale material farm.
If he, as the ruler of the world’s most powerful nation — the Kingdom of Dasi — were to establish diplomatic relations with the demon nation of Beiju Luzhou, the other side would surely come running with their tails wagging.
They would offer the bodies of many clansmen as gifts — just like one year ago when they sent the Dragon Clan Saintess to the Kingdom of Xiao to meet her death.
But this time, he didn’t want cultivation materials.
He wanted Blue Shadow.
And the Calamity who had slipped away with her!
Because Cultivators traveled high in the sky and preferred to hide in deep mountains and forests to cultivate, the progress of urbanization on the land of Shenzhou was not high.
There were many uninhabited wildernesses between cities.
Jiang Ke’er liked the tranquility of the wilderness, second only to that cozy Small Bamboo Hut in Lingyin Valley.
The peace of her surroundings calmed the excitement of her sudden fortune just a little.
She glanced at her Inventory — Yu Wenhua Ji would never dream that she possessed such a large portable space.
The seized Spirit Stones and Magic Crystals had turned into numbers in her Currency Bar the moment they were collected, making them incredibly easy to carry.
Although sorting the materials was a bit troublesome because she didn’t have many item slots, Yu Wenhua Ji had already sorted them into different Qiankun Bags for the sake of the treasury’s storage.
Conveniently, those Qiankun Bags could be stacked.
“Wait.”
After traveling far from the Imperial Capital, Jiang Ke’er suddenly called out to Qiao Xiaoxian to stop.
“What’s wrong?” Qiao Xiaoxian asked, confused.
Jiang Ke’er transformed into her human form and began rummaging through her Inventory.
“These…” Jiang Ke’er organized the storage bags, nesting them layer by layer.
Finally, she gathered half of the wealth in her Inventory into a drab little bag and pulled it out through gritted teeth.
Then she turned her head away, her jaw tight. Her eyes shimmered with pained tears, and her voice trembled as she said, “Take it…”
Qiao Xiaoxian was stunned. “For me?”
The moment those treasures entered Jiang Ke’er’s Inventory, Qiao Xiaoxian had already prepared herself mentally never to see them again, even though she truly did need the money.
“Yeah!” Jiang Ke’er shook the bag impatiently, her eyes squeezed shut in pain. She couldn’t bear to look at the bag and said fiercely, “Take it quickly! Or I’ll regret it!”
“Are you really giving it to me?”
“Stop talking! Don’t you want to save your people?” Jiang Ke’er suddenly shoved the bag into Qiao Xiaoxian’s arms.
“How are you going to save them without money? This money is enough for you to take your clansmen and establish a new territory!”
Qiao Xiaoxian clutched the bag and fell into silence.
“Fine, you’ve taken the money, so we’re even! From now on, we go our separate ways and never meet again!” After Jiang Ke’er finished speaking, she summoned Frost Shadow and prepared to leave.
Clatter.
The bag, filled with enough wealth to rival a nation, was tossed back into Jiang Ke’er’s hands without any hesitation.
“You’re not saving your people?” Jiang Ke’er raised an eyebrow.
“It isn’t the right time yet,” Qiao Xiaoxian said calmly.
“With my current strength, going back to Beiju Luzhou would just be suicide… I must reach at least the Seven Luminaries Realm before I am qualified to see my clansmen.”
That seemed to be the truth.
The demons of Dongsheng Shenzhou were struggling to look after themselves and certainly couldn’t help Qiao Xiaoxian migrate her clansmen from the dangerous Beiju Luzhou.
She could only rely on herself, but her current strength was still far from enough.
Jiang Ke’er felt somewhat frustrated. “Then can’t you just keep the money first? And then stay far away from me?”
“In your dreams.”
“Then what do you want to do now?” Jiang Ke’er fumed.
“Follow you.”
“You’re not allowed to follow me! Whoever follows the other is a dog!”
“Woof~”
“…You win.” Jiang Ke’er covered her face in despair.
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