Bab 34: Lin Mingwei
Mu Huizhong's vision blurred and twisted. After a few breaths, she was finally able to refocus. Unfortunately, her regained sight revealed her physical body slumped on the floor.
"What did you do!!!" asked Mu Huizhong.
"Humph! This is the second time this Queen was force to turn you into a fly," snorted the Divine Pig.
Fly!
Sure enough, Mu Huizhong could feel wings on her back.
Junjie snorted angrily.
"Indeed, she dare dyet again to kill Progenitor's Disciple. Mu Huizhong, you take a long look at this," said Shensheng.
The Divine Pig brought out a pristine golden scroll and unfurled it.
Mu Huizhong hissed, "That's a Divine Contract!"
"You read the stamp at the bottom," said Shensheng.
"That-That's my stamp! How can this be?"
"This Queen will summarize the conditions of the contract. By no means are you to harm nor kill our Disciple Ling Fan. In addition, all versions of you shifting through time, must assist in investigating and eradicating the Primordial Cockroach Race throughout the Nine Chaos Heavens. In return, this Queen has anchored your soul to this secret cave. Nearby, is Savant City where your Master Zhao Tian Cai is currently 5 years old. Should we succeed in killing all elements of the Primordial Cockroach Race...this Queen will use her power to free you from the time shift. Finally, your true reward will be the opportunity to follow your Master when he ascends."
"Master!!! Master is here!! Take me too him right now! Master, must be so adorable!!" demanded Mu Huizhong.
Shensheng snorted, "Little Junjie, you see how the human mating ritual blinds the human mind? After stating so many words she only understood Little Genius was here in this era. You don't have any thoughts?"
Junjie grunted and backed away a step.
"You do but you don't want to be sent to the corner again. Ha! Progenitor sees how you are getting wiser. Mu Huizhong, do you know fully understand the conditions? You do know, breaking the Divine Contract means being erased from all existence."
"Yes..Yes, this Mu understands. Hurry and release me."
Mu Huizhong's vision blurred again and she quickly discovered she had returned to her body.
Passing over a letter, Shensheng said, "This is from your younger self. This is your third time returning. You've created elaborate aliases to remain by Little Genius's side. The letter contains all you need to know."
Mu Huizhong read the letter and starting huffing about after each line she read.
"B*tch! She dare's threaten to end me, if I attempt to seduce my own Master? She claims he belongs only to her? So what if she's younger?"
Shensheng snorted, "She also has two eyes."
Mu Huizhong stiffened.
"Junjie, Progenitor will now demonstrate how to use tusks to cut hair."
"You want to cut my hair?"
"Did you not read the letter in full? Isn't your new identity going to Mu Donghai, a male cousin to yourself?"
Mu Huizhong quickly reread the letter.
This!
She would have to pretend to be a male in this era?
In the hideout, it had been several hours since Zhao Wen had departed with Little Lord.
Finally, Elder Bing and Fat Shadow strode out of the newly designated interrogation chamber.
Elder Bing passed over several scrolls. "Fierce Leader, Lai Shan has proven to be very cooperative. He's described the Di Clan current forces and written down all the names of the clan leaders."
Fat Shadow said, "Upon reading his words, this King was able to corroborate our own intelligence with his words. From this, we can surmise Di Clan not only knows about the demise of their forces...They most certainly will be sending a retaliatory team."
"That Han Feng?" asked Ling Fan.
"Keek!" responded Fat Shadow.
Ling Fan mulled a bit. "Do we know who they'll send and when to expect them?"
Elder Bing replied, "Di Bao's father the Black Saber Empyrean and at least one other Empyrean. At minimum, the they will be leading one group of Death Swords."
Fat Shadow added, "Di Clan is notoriously vengeful so few openly kill their members. Since we killed so many of their descendants, they very likely will send more than one group."
"Are their numbers similarly 50 to a group?"
Fat Shadow shook his head in negative. "Although Di Bao claimed they were Death Swords, that wasn't the truth. Death Swords are elite 9 person units. With it being punishing force, we should expect at least one Half Grand Empyrean, one Peak Empyrean and each Death Sword being Half Empyreans."
Ling Fan's eyes dilated. "Fighting such a force isn't within our means. We must inform the bosses immediately."
Fat Shadow cupped his hands. "This King will go report immediately."
Whoosh! Fat Shadow's form collapsed into numerous Shadows and he quickly fleeted away.
"Fierce Spymaster!" called Ling Fan.
Mo Lai came running. "Leader!"
"Join us," said Ling Fan.
"Fierce Arrow, what would be the quickest means for the Di Clan people to arrive?"
Elder Bing replied, "It's enormously expensive, but each Black Bank Branch has a teleportation formation between each Heaven. If Di Clan has the funds, they can send the group that way."
"Spymaster, as you heard, we are expecting a retaliatory strike against us. You need to figure out a way to monitor the Black Bank's teleportation array. If the Di Clan enters that way, we need early warning. Go!"
Cupping her hands, Mo Lai ran off to perform her duty.
Lowering her voice, Ling Fan asked, "Were you able to discern the exact mission of Di Clan's mission?"
Elder Bing nodded, "They.."
Ling Fan stopped her with a hand motion. "Let's confer privately in the other room with the Sisters. They should be made aware of anything affecting them."
"Fierce Princess..Fierce Spear, come join us in the other chamber," commanded Ling Fan.
A few breaths later, the four had gathered. Ling Fan said, "Sisters, Elder Bing has news that concerns you."
"Di Clan's mission is two fold here in Third Heaven. First is to capture the Crown Princess and obtain Sacred Star Empire's Holy Seal. After obtaining the object, they would kill Wang Chunhua. Secondly, they would bring back Princess Chuntao where their Lord Uncle would marry her to his son Wang Wei. Upon the marriage, Wang Wei would formally abdicate the throne to his father."
Wang Chunhua's Martial Master aura erupted. "He dares marry my beloved sister to that bastard Wang Wei!?"
"Your cousin's a baddie?" asked Ling Fan.
"Mhm..he's like that Gu Yang, but with 3000 years of indiscretions."
Ling Fan smacked her fist into her palm. Eyes flaring, she said, "I'll cut him."
"Mhm! I'll shoot an arrow between his eyes!" exclaimed Elder Bing.
Tears welled in Wang Chunhua's eyes. Weren't these her sisters?
Ling Fan snorted, "After we wipe out Di Clan's second force...Humph! We'll take care of your Uncle and Wang Wei. After, this Young Miss is done cutting them in a 1000 ways, they'll regret ever targeting you two."
Elder Bing smiled with a twitching eye. "Young Miss, how about this Elder holds your swords for you?"
Ling Fan nodded, "Mhm, this Young Miss could use the rest."
As Elder Bing removed the swords from Ling Fan's back, she shot a look at Wang Chunhua.
She responded with a knowing look. Indeed, along with Tang Xifeng, all three would need to have a discussion regarding Ling Fan's urge to cut people.
Feeling relieved and more relaxed with the butterfly swords off her back, Ling Fan yawned. Hadn't she been running about all night? Wouldn't her Father start creating a ruckus about her soon?
Sighing, Ling Fan said, "We should all rest and return to the Clan."
About an hour later, Ling Fan and the Fierce Fairies strode through the main gate. Just as she thought, Ling Ming was indeed waiting for her. Currently, he admonishing Ling Fan's grandfather.
"Father, for the tenth time...you need go to bed."
"Ming'er....My Mingwei was the most beautiful. Why did she have to marry that fool Zhao Chen? Didn't he end up bald? In the end, wasn't Father the one with all the hair?"
Ling Ming rolled his eyes.
"Father, Daughter has returned," said Ling Fan.
"Child, good your home. Come drink with Grandfather."
Ling Fan chuckled, "Grandfather, aren't I too young to drink? Wouldn't my small body keel over after one drink cup?"
"Haahaa! Grandfather didn't say this but Old City Lord, he also couldn't bear to drink more than one cup. Why just the other day, he was drinking with Senior Blue Flame. Talk about a bad idea. Senior Blue Flame used his Black Bank Card to buy three dozen cases of wine and ran off."
Ling Fan and the Fierce Fairies threw strange looks at each other. Weren't those same cases being stored in the hideout?
"Father, stop talking rubbish!" exclaimed Ling Ming.
Ling Fan ran up to Ling Wenyan and kissed his cheek.
"Grandfather, how about you go rest and take Granddaughter shopping tomorrow? Better yet, how about we tour Savant City Academy?"
Ling Wenyan stared blankly for moment before nodding his head in agreement.
Ling Ming yelled, "Someone, help Old Patriarch to his courtyard. This time make sure that he stays."
Ling Fan jolted.
Seeing her reaction, Ling Ming sighed. "He's been at it four hours. Earlier Young Zhao visited to make a special order and Father came in with his drunken self."
"Father, why is he drinking so hard? It can't be normal," asked Ling Fan.
"Your Grandfather has trouble on two days. First is Lin Mingwei's death anniversary. The other is when they first met."
"Lin Mingwei is Brother Zhao's grandmother? How come Father's and her names are so alike?"
Suddenly, Ling Fan jolted, her eyes popping wide in an epiphany.
Grandfather, named her Father after Brother Zhao's grandmother? Didn't they live next door to the Zhao Clan as a result of Grandfather's decision.
Hissing, Ling Fan asked, "Father is Grandfather a stalker?"
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