Chapter 455: Grass, Wood, Stone (1/2)

Chapter 455: Grass, Wood, Stone

Translator: Sparrow TranslationsEditor: Sparrow Translations

Han Qingru shook her head, ”Pill Master Mo, knowing it would only harm you.”

Mo Wuji said calmly, ”I need to know. I implore Manor Lord Han to tell me.”

He did not want to ask these question merely because of gossip. Now that he had killed the Ji brothers and had brought Han Qingru away, he didn't believe that the other party would spare him. Facing such a huge enemy, he would not be able to sleep well at night if he didn't even know his enemy's name.

Han Qingru understood; she promptly said, ”He is Manager Lao Cai of Ying Bian City’s He Lian Merchant House and the Ying Bian Twin Assassins were his hired hands. He is so powerful, he could control almost everything in Ying Bian City....”

”Wait wait, Manor Lord Han, a mere manager of a merchant house can control an immortal city within the Immortal Domain?” Mo Wuji interrupted Han Qingru’s words.

Han Qingru looked at Mo Wuji and said, ”Drug Master Mo, if you think highly of me, then just call me Senior Sister Qingru. After today, I don’t even want to think about Hundred Flowers Manor, must less talk about it.”

”Doesn’t the Hundred Flowers Manor belong to you? Why do you say that?” After Mo Wuji asked those questions, he knew that he was talking about the wrong topic. He hurriedly said, ”Senior Sister Qingru, then you don’t have to call me Drug Master Mo. I’m not some drug refiner.”

”En, then I will call you Junior Brother Mo.” Han Qingru did not explain anything about the Hundred Flowers Manor. Instead, she said, ”He Lian Merchant House is actually a branch from the Immortal World’s He Lian Merchant Union. Even the castellan of Ying Bian City has to show face to He Lian Merchant House. And that Lao Cai’s cultivation has even reached the advanced Golden Immortal Stage, and possesses He Lian Merchant House’s regulation talisman.”

The questions that Mo Wuji wanted to ask continued to pile up inside his head, like what’s the difference between Immortal Domain and Immortal World, and what kind of immortal was a Golden Immortal. However, he also knew that he had to ask these questions slowly, and he couldn’t expect to bombard Han Qingru with all these questions.

Han Qingru was unaware that Mo Wuji was completely clueless about everything, as she continued to say, ”Because Lao Cai has the regulation talisman, he was able to stay in Ying Bian City, and is even able to go wherever he likes while he is here. Due to some unknown reason, he got wind that the Hundred Flowers Manor has the book, [Grass, Wood, Stone], and he immediately coveted it.

Before he could even act, the Hundred Flower Manor knew that their possession of the [Grass, Wood, Stone] had been leaked. Because the young manor lord of Hundred Flowers Sect had always been obsessed about me, he actually insidiously turned to my step-mother and requested for my hand in marriage, wanting me to marry into the Hundred Flowers Manor. The dowry was the [Grass, Wood, Stone] book.

My step-mother didn’t even think twice as she accepted the Hundred Flowers Manor’s request. On the day of the bride escorting ceremony, a group of cultivators suddenly appeared and charged into Hundred Flowers Manor. This group of cultivators killed almost everyone in Hundred Flowers Manor, only leaving a few slaves behind. When the leader of the cultivators saw my appearance, he wanted to take me away. But then, I said that if he didn’t allow me to defend the manor for three years, I would immediately commit suicide.”

As he listened, Mo Wuji already started to roughly understand the situation. Ying Bian City’s He Lian Merchant House Manager Lao Cai coveted Hundred Flowers Manor’s [Grass, Wood, Stone]. However, before anything could happen, the Hundred Flowers Manor offered [Grass, Wood, Stone] as a dowry to Han Qingru’s step-mother in exchange for Han Qingru’s hand. Perhaps the Hundred Flowers Manor had yet to spread the news that the [Grass, Wood, Stone] had already left their hands, as Lao Cai brought his man to Hundred Flowers Sect and ransacked the place. During that incident, Lao Cai noticed the gorgeous Han Qingru, who incited his attention. At this time, Han Qingru requested that she defended Hundred Flowers Manor for the next three years. Lao Cai probably liked Han Qingru immensely, and he actually accepted Han Qingru’s request. He only dispatched some peoeple to guard over her.

”This year is the third year. Even if you didn’t come, I wouldn’t have married that Lao Cai.”

Mo Wuji knew the meaning behind Han Qingru’s words; she would have rather died. However, Mo Wuji felt that it wouldn’t have been easy for Han Qingru to kill herself. Even her close aide, Ding Ding, was Lao Cai’s subordinate. How could they allow Han Qingru to simply kill herself?

As Han Qingru said this, she sighed. ”Ding Ding has always been following me. I never expected that she would have been bribed by Lao Cai.”

”Then has that [Grass, Wood, Stone] been taken away by Lao Cai?” Mo Wuji was most interested in that book.

Han Qingru replied, ”No, the book that Hundred Flowers Manor gave my step-mother was a fake one.”