Chapter 441: Good News & Bad News (2/2)
... (Meanwhile)...
”What? You found Xin?” shouted Shi Tiancheng as he sprung from his seat.
”This...,” muttered Uncle Hua as he passed the report carefully to the leader of Shi family, ”the report of our intelligence from Virtual World. It's a letter. The sender claims to know the whereabout of Lady Shi... but they are only willing to tell it when you speak to them personally.” Uncle Hua was Shi Xin's personal bodyguard since childhood, there was strong bond between them.
Shi Xin seemed to have completely vaporized from the world ever since she joined the apprenticeship under those Jie experts. Shi family took all the efforts in searching her, yet not even a clue was found. Shi Xin was Shi Tiancheng's daughter, one with the highest hopes too, among all his descendants. Shi Xin had never disappointed his father. She was decisive and capable, a very careful person who rarely made mistakes in her work. Her charisma had somewhat pushed her to become the unsaid leader among the youngsters. Almost everyone in the Shi family presumed her to be the next leader of the family. Shi Xin's decision of joining the Jie expert was never an issue for Shi Tiancheng, for he was also curious of these mysterious fighters, but never once he thought Shi Xin would step into the dungeon herself straight off without giving a thought or two. Such move would only be deemed as reckless in the eyes of the elders like him. It was a reckless mistake, a fatal one too.
The whole family had never stopped looking for the talented lady all these years.
And right when they were losing hope, this letter came, certainly the leader was agitated.
”Alright, prompt the transmission.” It only took a few seconds for Shi Tiancheng to make up his mind.
Staring into the tiresome eyes of the leader, Uncle Hua left the room after giving a few nods.
The galaxy had been restless all these days. First there was a major reformation among the aristocrats, which caused people of He Yue to fear, including Shi family that began retrieving their dispersed forces. Then one important working partner of the family left without a word. Shi Tiancheng had been withstanding immense stress the last few days, it was not something describable to the outsiders.
Shi Tiancheng took a deep breath and tapped the interface.
”Hello there, Mr. Shi, we meet again.” The captivating woman speaking with a familiar tone shocked him.
Qiu Man was still a negotiator after all. Shi Xin, the figure almost-in-the-oblivion of most people on Ye Chong's team, had become the most valuable chess piece in her hand. Shi family not only had returned every single property once owned by Mu/Shang in the past, but had also submitted a large amount of material goods to her. Similarly, the Jin Gui tribe had coughed out some goodies for Qiu Man. She sure had some persuasive skill, that it made Shi Tiancheng, leader of Shi family and Roland, leader of Jin Gui tribe forked out every bit of gold in their pocket.
Well, that income had resolved Ye Chong's most puzzling financial crisis. They had been rushing their productions these few nights that Mu/Shang had consumed a great deal of resources in their inventory. Planet Yi Ju did not have its own mine, so they would need a constant supply from the market or they would have to terminate the operation.
Everything went smooth, till one report from Sang Pu, which caught Ye Chong's attention.
To avoid any distraction on every running operation, Ye Chong had seized control of all areas around Planet Yi Ju and forbade any transportation from approaching. But on today, a small team of mechs somehow had trespassed in the area. And the guarding Sangs attacked without hesitation.
It was good that they had guarded the place but...
Ye Chong looked at the remnants of these mechs...
Those mechs... were the invigilating models... of the aristocrats.
And the next report, within the proximity, 3 spaceships had been detected.
It was an unlucky day for Ye Chong.
Of all times, the aristocrats just had to be alarmed now, when he was engaged in all sorts of preparatory works...