Chapter 123 (2/2)

Hearing the vulgar words of Daoist HuoLong, the First Lady could not help but glare at him and say, “Senior brother, watch what you say!”

“Hmph!” Daoist HuoLong knew that it was indeed his fault as he snickered and stopped saying anything. He only scanned the cave as though he was looking for something.

Seeing the situation, the sect master and his wife naturally knew what he was thinking of. It was obvious that he was looking for the Phoenix Crying Blade but did not have the cheek to ask its whereabouts after reprimanding Little Fatty. Thus, he could only do the search on his own.

The sect master and his wife naturally were interested about the Phoenix Crying Blade too. It is just that they were previously too concerned about pacifying their daughter that they did not mention it previously. Seeing that their daughter was alright, they could also relax and find the treasure.

The First Lady then patted HongYing’s shoulders as she asked with a smile , “Ying’er, did you see the Phoenix Crying Blade of Tu QianCheng?”

(T/N: Ying’er is a more intimate way to call her daughter, HongYing.)   As Daoist HuoLong heard the First Lady asked, he immediately stopped searching and began eavesdropping.

“Heh heh, mum. Look at this!” HongYing smiled exuberantly as she took out the Phoenix Crying Blade. Actually, when the 3 YuanYing cultivators entered previously, the Phoenix Crying Blade had also appeared, protecting HongYing from the violent gales of their entry. Due to the brevity of  its appearance, and that everyone were wary of Tu QianCheng’s ambush, n.o.body noticed HongYing at all. Thus, they did not see it previously.

Now that the Phoenix Crying Blade appeared again, the 3 cultivators who had previously faced him before, immediately recognised it. “Wow, the Phoenix Crying Blade!” The First Lady immediately said joyfully, “It chose you as its owner?”

“En!” HongYing said excitedly, “After Tu QianCheng died, it imprinted itself into my consciousness, scaring me completely back then!”

“That’s the process of choosing an owner. It should have taught you the way to wield it, right?” The sect master asked in joy.

“That’s right!” HongYind answered excitedly, “The Phoenix Crying Blade imparted me a set of blade techniques!”“That’s it!” The First Lady also said with a smile.

The family of three were extremely happy and talked with laughter. But, Daoist HuoLong at the side was completely depressed. It must be understood that this expedition comprises mostly of his disciples. Of the four destroyed magical artifacts, three of them belonged to his faction. In the end, after the matter was over, the other party managed to get all of Tu QianCheng’s possessions and the Phoenix Crying Blade. Not only was his camp not able to have anything, they even loss 3 magical artifacts! How would he not be depressed?

Thinking about this, Daoist HuoLong could not take it any longer. He then coughed twice before talking to Little Fatty. “Little fatty, apart from the Phoenix Crying Blade, Tu QianCheng should have left other things behind right? For example, a dimensional storage ring!” As he said that, his eyes swept the only remaining hand on Tu QianCheng. On one of the fingers, there was a clear mark left behind from wearing a ring for over long periods of time. From the mark, it was also obvious that the ring on it was only just removed.

Little Fatty silently cursed this old fox; he was even able to deduce something like that. He initially thought that he did a pretty good job of covering up. But, it seemed that it was his own wishful thinking. Since he already found out, Little Fatty also did not dare lie as he took out the dimensional storage ring and say, “Tu QianCheng only had this dimensional storage ring on him. He does not have anything else, really!”

“Really?” Daoist HuoLong then took the ring over in doubt and said, “From what I know, Tu QianCheng committed countless of crimes and robbed numerous cultivators. He should be extremely wealthy, why is it that there isn’t a single magical artifact here?”“Maybe he exploded them all when escaping!” Little Fatty shrugged his shoulders and said.

“En!” Daoist HuoLong also thought that it made sense and did not say anything else as he began scanning the other things in the ring. In the end, after he saw it, he was almost angered to death. The items in the ring were extremely pitiful. Not to mention him being a YuanYing cultivator, even a JinDan cultivator would be richer than this!After seeing everything in the ring, Daoist HuoLong’s first thought was that Little Fatty took everything. He immediately raged, “Are there really only so little things in the ring? Did you hide anything?”

Little Fatty was immediately shocked as he wanted to defend himself. But, the sect master by the side suddenly said, “HuoLong, the item belongs to him. How is it your business if he hid anything?”

“What do you mean by his?” Daoist HuoLong immediately said unhappily, “Tu QianCheng died because he over exerted himself and his grevious injuries. Everyone present there had made contributions, how can he be the only one to receive all the rewards!”

“This is because he did not escape!” The sect master immediately roared seeking justice, “I really didn’t expect you to be so shameless. Your disciples are all so cowardly and ran away before the battle. Now, you actually have the cheek to ask for the spoils of war! Can you at least leave some face for yourself?”

Daoist HuoLong immediately let out two awkward coughs. Then, he suddenly said with resolution, “Senior brother, those useless disciples of mine do indeed have their mistakes. But, it can’t be denied that they managed to protect everyone after sacrificing their magical artifacts, preventing your daughter from being killed. Now that HongYing has the Phoenix Crying Blade, it can be considered to be her fortune and I have nothing to say about that. But you can’t possibly let the disciples who saved her, sacrifice their magical artifacts for nothing and not gain anything in return right?”Hearing what Daoist HuoLong said, the First Lady walked over with a frown, “Senior brother does make sense, but it can’t be argued that Tu QianCheng only died because Little Fatty stayed behind to fight with him, also saving the lives of your disciples. Thus, Little Fatty has the most contribution and should receive the largest cut. You shouldn’t have anything to say about that right?”

“But he did not lose anything, but 3 of my disciples lost their magical artifacts!” Daoist HuoLong replied anxiously.“The key is not who lost what. The key is the heart!” The First Lady then said with a cold laughter, “A person who fought courageously, and a person who ran away from battle. If we were to reward the latter and let the prior lose out, who amongst us will fight courageously in the future?”

“This~” As Daoist HuoLong heard that, he was at a loss for words as he said, “Fine, let this darn fatty take the biggest cut. But before that, I hope that he can take all the spoils of war out! Then we can split it fairly!”

As the sect master heard that, he said immediately, “All of the spoils of war are here, take it or leave it!”

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