Chapter 27 (1/2)
Dad has always been on time, why isn’t he here yet?”
Yaara Ming stood outside the cave, facing the east.
“He escorted Food Dump and that child to the capital, then went back to the tribe. After that, he went back to the capital, it all needs time. Wait a bit more, don’t be so anxious.”
Donford Wu stated.
“From that day, it has already been half a month. The sun is almost going down the mountain, if you count today, it’ll be the seventeenth day.”
Yaara Ming shook her head.
Donford WU knew what Yaara Ming was worrying about.
“You don’t need to be so excessively worried. Your father and the other two Celestial Masters would definitely be able to hide that child and Food Dump in a safe place. Even if the Earth clan wants to move, they wouldn’t be able to find their targets. Without finding their targets, then there won’t be any direct conflict.”
It was clear that his words were used for comforting. Yaara Ming walked back a few steps and sat on top of a boulder outside the cave.
“Except for this kind of thing, then what could be delaying dad?”
To this point, Donford Wu had no way to continue on. He didn’t even know where the Gold clan’s capital was, how could he know what was happening in the capital. But there was something he could be certain of, which was Charles Ming must have been delayed by a p.r.i.c.kly problem, if not, he definitely wouldn’t have been late. He must have known that if he was late, his daughter would be extremely worried.
To ease Yaara Ming’s concern, Donford Wu opened up another topic.
“That’s right, I always wanted to ask you, since your parents both live in the capital, then why would you be sent out to this secluded village?”
“Too much drama in the capital.”
“Is your brother also in a far-away village?”
Donford Wu inquired on.
Yaara Ming shook her head, not replying.
Just when Donford Wu was thinking of what to ask next, Yaara Ming suddenly stood up and ran towards the mountain top.
Donford Wu ran out of the cave, only seeing Yaara Ming was currently standing on top of the mountain and waving her hand towards the north western side. Faintly, he could see a black dot in the sky closing in from the east western side.
Following the person getting closer, Donford Wu discovered that person was Charles Ming. In Charles Ming hand he held an egg shaped bamboo cage. The cage was broken, you could see Food Dump’s head that stuck out.
After tens of seconds, Charles Ming arrived, picking up his copper pole, he dropped down outside the cave.
Donford Wu didn’t know the proper courtesies of these times. Hesitating on how to greet him, Yaara Ming first went up to welcome him.
“Dad, why are you so late?”
Charles Ming smiled and nodded at Donford Wu, putting down the bamboo cage, he told Yaara Ming.
“I went to take care of some matters.”
Food Dump crawled out of the missing part of the bamboo cage. The amount of fright the little guy went through wasn’t small at all, coming out it had a dazed and confused expression on its face. Seeing Donford Wu, it immediately ran towards him. Donford Wu reached out his hands, wanting to hug him, but Food Dump quickly dodged and ran into the cave, climbing into the rock encirclement to hide.
“Dad, what happened?”
Yaara Ming flicked her sleeves to sweep away the dust on top of boulder, inviting her father to sit down.
After sitting down, Charles Ming didn’t respond to Yaara Ming’s question, but rather asked back.
“That night, were you two able to see how the male shaman looked like?”
“He was covering his face.”
Yaara Ming shook her head.
Charles Ming turned to look at Donford Wu.
Donford Wu tried his best to remember.
“His hair was graying, the hair pin that was keeping his hair together was green. Eyebrows a bit thin. His body also had a strange scent. He was rather fat, his height could reach my cheekbones, his voice sounded like he should be around thirty five to forty.”
“Exactly him!”
Charles Ming praised Donford Wu, nodding his head.
“Dad, what exactly happened?”
Yaara Ming hurriedly inquired.
“Let me slowly explain things to you.”
Charles Ming raised his hand, indicating for Yaara Ming to not be so anxious.
Donford Wu turned around back into the cave. Food Dump was currently standing in the rock encirclement looking around. Seeing him come in, it hurriedly hid its head.
Donford Wu painfully bit his lips, seeing Food Dump like this meant that he had been tossed around no small amount. To raise the spirits of the soldiers, to tour around the capital wasn’t something Food Dump could evade. It was still small, this kind of noisy occasion must have frightened it. And before coming here, it was flown by Charles Ming, for it not to pee itself was already hard enough.
Waiting until Donford Wu got his water can, Charles Ming already started his story. That day, they moved quickly, and didn’t meet any obstacles so they smoothly arrived at the capital. Just when they arrived, there was someone at the tribe that Yaara Ming stayed at that released a swift. He was worried about Yaara Ming, so he didn’t stop his pace and immediately rushed back to the tribe, then once again went back to the capital. The large scale celebration had already started by then. The following few days, he and the other two Celestial Masters were like shadows of the baby and Food Dump, always protecting them. Once the celebration ended, they immediately moved the baby and Food Dump to a safe and unknown location.
Next, the other two Celestial Masters protected the baby, and he went out to start finding a Pi Xiu that looked like Food Dump. This trip wasted him seven or eight days, waiting until he found a replacement for Food Dump, and getting ready to send Food Dump back, a messenger from the Xia Dynasty arrived.
The messenger brought no small amount of gifts, and even brought the decree of the Xia Emperor, decreasing the Gold clan’s tributes by twenty percent for this year. There was two main reasons for doing this. One was to show congratulations on the appearance of the Celestial Master of the White Tiger, the second was to show condolence for the ma.s.sacre of the babies.
Following this, the messenger suggested to greet the Celestial Master of the White Tiger, the Gold King agreed, but the three Gold clan Celestial Master disagreed. This time, the Earth clan brought shamans with them, once they were close to the child, they would immediately find out the child was fake. But they couldn’t say this to the Gold Kind, and could only borrow an excuse, for the safety of the Celestial Master of the White Tiger, to refuse the messenger’s request.
One couldn’t not see him, one wouldn’t allow to see him, making both parties extremely unhappy.
But no matter how unhappy you were, if they didn’t let you meet the Celestial Master of the White Tiger, then you couldn’t do nothing. At last, the messenger put forward another request, saying that it was the Xia Emperor’s decree. Marriage, and it pointed out that they wanted his daughter. The male side was named Jack Yun (Jiao), the nephew of the monarch of the Xia Dynasty, and the disciple of the Earth Clan’s Celestial Master Henry Xuan (Huang), which was also the Earth Clan Celestial Master that came with the messenger.
“Did you agree to this Dad?”
Yaara Ming’s expression dramatically changed.
“With only a glance I could see that he had something horrible on his mind, so I refused. I told them, you already took off your mask at the Granite Tribe, and all the citizens there saw you. Taking off the mask meant you already have a husband, and if you have a husband, how can you marry someone else (TL: With a reverse harem).”
Charles Ming responded.
“How did they react?”
Yaara Ming nervously inquired. Since they raised this request, if they couldn’t reach their goal they wouldn’t rest.
“They insisted that it was the Xia Emperor’s decree, no matter if you have a husband or not, you must marry Jack Yun. They said they will be taking you next month. The Gold King was afraid of angering them, and urged me to follow the decree, I could only answer with a yes then.”
Charles Ming told her.
The words of Charles Ming directly sent Donford Wu to the South Pole.
“Your daughter will never marry someone else, he wouldn’t even be able to have my corpse.”
Yaara Ming angrily cried out.
“Answering them is not our decision, if they want to marry you is their decision.”