2265 He Was Just Close By (2/2)

The Firmament Stone was becoming more anxious. ”Has he started to suspect us? Master, will our spiritual stones be taken away from us?”

Gu Xijiu was speechless, for the only thing that it cared about was the spiritual stones. If Yun Yanli found out what she had done, the consequence would not be as simple as returning of the spiritual stones.

”Master, if he insists that you must return the spiritual stones, you can give him the ones in your storage bag. I shall not return the ones that I have kept, as he will never find out that there are more stones hidden in a bracelet. When he finds out that the amount does not tally, you can always argue that someone else had taken the rest,” the Firmament Stone suggested.

Gu Xijiu was frustrated with its useless suggestion. Sternly, she answered, ”Don't worry. When he finds out, I will give him the bracelet, so he can smash you open to retrieve the stolen spiritual stones.”

The Firmament Stone remained quiet. Gu Xijiu threw away the bones in her hand and leaped onto the back of the Clouded Leopard King. ”Time to go,” she commanded.

”Master, will Yun Yanli continue to follow us?”

”Of course not! He no longer suspects me, so there is no point for him to follow us, which is great. We have other matters to attend to.”

…

Gu Xijiu finally returned to Luo Hua City. There were not many changes in the city. The first thing she did was to go and meet her people. She had been away for a long time- about three months. She returned to find that most of the older people above 60 were already dead, all except the clan leader.

Gu Xijiu asked about their deaths, but there was nothing odd about them. They died of old age, without any suffering. As for the younger ones, their work was not overexerting at all. Also, their quality of life had been greatly improved. However, the people here seemed to have aged significantly. For example, Tie Dan and Tie Niu were actually in their early 20s, but they looked close to 30 now.

”Xijiu, I heard that the people in the city generally age faster.” Hua Zhichun sighed.