Chapitre 117: Guo Xuehua
China, Beijing.
Yang Clan Compound.
It hadn't been more than a few minutes since Yan Sanniang rushed back to her place in the Yang Clan. There were a lot more things that she wanted to speak to him about; to teach him.
But she was worried that those waves managed to spread regardless of her barrier and if cultivators were to secure Yunnan, they'd discover her involvement with him.
Even if they didn't acknowledge Alucard as the Shadow Hound, they'd still see her as a threat or worse a possible information gatherer if she were to be too close to him.
It could even involve the Yang Clan, hence, it was better if they were not seen together.
She arrived sneakily and made her way towards her room. There she hurriedly took out her waistband and set herself up a ponytail.
Her usual appearance.
There were still remaining waves of ecstasy spreading through her body and conscience.
That moment they just felt, the feeling on his crotch, of his arms embracing her, wasn't something she could easily forget…
'What am I going to do with him… Offering him to be my Dual Cultivation Companion on top of that…' the cultivator covered her face in embarrassment, not imagining she would ever invite someone to partake with her in such accursed act.
But then she remembered his talent, that ridiculous phenomenon… Maybe she could grow stronger together with him?
But at that time… Would she be able to stay just as a Dual Cultivation companion? She hoped so, for the sake of her integrity.
"Sanniang…"
Hearing the voice of her master she tidied herself up to not appear too flustered about what happened earlier and walked out of her room.
"What can I do for you, Master?" She bowed slightly and stood behind the older commander.
"Was it only I or something happened in the atmosphere just now, I could barely feel it using my senses…" Yang Gongming was a cultivator after all, how couldn't he sense the sudden anomaly with the nature energy?
"…There is indeed something that happened to the south of Huaxia, but it might be a meteorological event, it is too weak to be something else." She stated with total calmness, not an amateur in the arts of lying.
"I understand, where have you been?" He asked then.
"I was investigating the identity of the Shadow Hound further. I didn't manage to find anything relevant."
"Is Vlad Tepes still our primary suspect?"
"He… is, but there is another possible suspect we haven't considered."
"…Who?" Yang Gongming frowned, not knowing they had other possible suspects, the information was so scarce that having Vlad Tepes as a suspect was simply ludicrous and the way they used to not call themselves incompetent.
"The Blood Clan from Europe…" Sanniang threw an accusation totally free of charge…
"Them? Why would it be them?!" It didn't make sense, that clan that has existed for so long with a low profile, how come they suddenly cause chaos?
"The powers we have seen the Shadow Hound use, coincide partly with that of Blood Ancestors registered in Hongmeng's registry tome." She said, everything with the intention of moving the suspicion out of Alucard.
She didn't consider his act of devouring evil to be a wrong thing... As long as he didn't do so with the Yang Clan...
"I see… But what are the chances? Aren't they extinct?"
"Apparently, they are… But we immortals know better, the chances are neither high nor low."
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What can they do if it's really the Blood Clan? This is not within China's jurisdictions, but they're causing trouble in their territory…
"We will stay quiet for now, the shadow hound has been quite active outside of China… Even America has more suspiciousness placed on them than us by now. You can retire Sanniang, great work."
"Thanks, Master." Yan Sanniang was preparing to leave when…
"Ah wait a minute… I want you to deliver this letter to 'him'." He presented a sealed letter that she took with a frown.
"Are you going to establish contact with him now?"
"Yes, if he really faced Vlad Tepes off before, then the best way to counter the latter is with his help… It's time he comes back to the Yang Clan."
Yan Sanniang stared at the letter and frowned slightly, this was no good for her…
The status quo she'd try to maintain would be threatened.
But those were her orders…
She left the main room and walked to the exit, still thinking until a figure appeared in front of her.
"Sanniang, it's you." A feminine and mature voice spoke taking her out of her reverie.
"Mistress Xuehua…" She bowed slightly only to look at the person in front of her with an aggrieved expression.
In front of her, a very mature lady with auburn hair and a black dress stood; she was in her early forties and released a kind of motherly aura that was unquestionable.
However, that aura was at the moment quite darkened as she stared and Sanniang.
The latter looked at her lifeless eyes were often shiny but not this occasion, and also, the purple bruise on her right…
Yan Sanniang sighed and walked up to her before placing a hand on her cheek and rotating her cultivation… She had done this who knows how many times.
Several seconds later, the bruise was gone, but the woman's lifeless eyes remained.
"Thank you, Sanniang…" The woman said with gratitude
"There is no need to mention it, Mistress… How have you been?" She knew already, but well… It was always courtesy to ask…
"Not too bad…" That was a lie but also, a common answer…
Guo Xuehua was the wife of her master's son, Yang Poyun and also, the mother of the Young Master, Yang Lie.
She is a very good-hearted woman that happened to have a marriage forced upon her by her family and the Yang Clan, effectively landing in this wretched family…
Back then she didn't object, Yang Poyun seemed like a good man with high prospects. And achieved great things he did, but he was a good man he's not…
"There might be good news for you shortly…" Sanniang said suddenly before her body disappeared, leaving to deliver the letter.
Her words left Guo Xuehua confused, she sighed and touched her cheek before walking towards the exit as well.
"I have to solve a lot of things before the 'party' in three days… I don't even want to go…" She walked outside the compound and into a Mercedes Sedan.
"Where to madam?" Asked the chauffeur.
"Sichuan's Orphanage…" She answered and lay down, trying to forget the discussion she had with her husband today in which he hit her…
She was very reluctant to go to any 'party'… But it was also necessary to do so as she was lacking sponsors as of late due to the catastrophe... No one seemed very interested in helping orphanages, instead, they wanted to sustain themselves.
Unbeknownst to her, she would meet someone that would change her life, for the better or worse, that was a conclusion she wouldn't be able to make shortly.
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