met free Chapter 152 Arrangements from all parties
Chapter 152 Arrangements from all parties
Just as Morinbia was dejectedly holding Jiang Yu, almost thinking she was going to die, she saw a soft white light vaguely appear in the void, and in the middle of the white light appeared the face of a handsome man.
He had long, silvery-white hair, and his icy blue eyes were filled with boundless love and affection. He seemed to lean in and gently touch Jiang Yu's cold face before turning into a bright white light and disappearing into Jiang Yu's brow.
Molinbia felt Jiang Yu's cold body gradually warming up, and life returning to its former self. Being an expert in this art, it immediately understood that someone had used a magical array to sacrifice Jiang Yu and bring her back to life.
It eyed Jiang Yu with some curiosity. This little person must possess some kind of magic, attracting others to sacrifice themselves for her one after another. Fortunately, she survived this time, otherwise the power of the contract would surely punish it.
Molinbia thought for a moment, then exhaled a large bubble, carefully put Jiang Yu inside, gently protected her with her tentacles, and slowly swam towards the deep sea.
It still planned to take her back to the Forbidden Sea, which was its territory. The remaining magic array and its own abilities there could guarantee Jiang Yu's absolute safety. It wanted to hide this little person and let her stay with it forever.
Meanwhile, at the palace of the Ocean Empire, upon hearing that Jiang Yu was temporarily safe, Keslan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and much of his fierce aura dissipated.
“By the way,” Keslan said, “there’s a mongrels riding griffins who’re colluding with pirates. I wonder if you’ve found out yet.” He sat casually in a fancy chair and called a waiter to bring him some sweet fruit wine; he couldn’t stand the throat-burning liquid like Burcher.
“That brat from the Norlin family, Tini’s pawn.” A bloodthirsty smile appeared on the emperor’s lips. “If I were him, I would never return to the capital in this lifetime.”
"It's not like you'll let me go no matter where I hide," Keslan retorted.
“The forces in the palace have been mostly wiped out. We’re just waiting for their faction to return, oh, and the pirates too,” Turner said with a smile.
"I'm exhausted. Don't let the pirates into the palace and defile my place. Keslan, I remember I've already paid you for the pirate matter. Just take care of it. I only have one request: don't leave a single one alive." The emperor yawned, propping his head up with his hand.
"As for Norlin and his men, they're just a low-level griffin squad. Let General Lin Yi vent his anger on them." The Emperor stood up and stretched.
"That's enough for today. We'll talk about the rest tomorrow. I'm going to sleep now. You know my body can't take it anymore."
"Turner, if anything else comes up, don't let them bother me." With that, the emperor left with his attendants.
Turner rose, bowed, and watched the emperor leave. Then he turned to look at Keslan and said, "Thank you for your hard work this time."
"Come on, don't talk to me like that. There's no one else here. The old madman is gone, and Jiang Ren and the others have gone back to the Jiang family to prepare to take Fan Qingyin to the Aurora Empire. It's just you and me here, so what's the point of putting on a show?" Keslan downed the sweet fruit wine in his glass in one gulp.
"The palace's sweet fruit wine is really delicious. Don't forget to prepare a few barrels; I'll send someone to pick them up later." He waved his hand, stood up, and prepared to leave.
“He doesn’t have that much ill will toward you.” Turner couldn’t help but speak up for the Emperor. “He’s been cleaning up your mess. He feels guilty toward you. You should restrain yourself. His health is deteriorating.”
"Feeling guilty?" Keslan seemed to have heard something amusing. He stopped and turned around, his clear yellow eyes filled with immense mockery. "If you mean he killed my father just to lure me into killing my mother and other family members so that he could be expelled from the royal family?"
“I just didn’t die as he wished, and I accidentally formed the ‘Owl’. He was afraid that I would come after him, but he also thought that I had some use to him, so he started doing these things in a self-righteous way.”
“My dear brother, you are so smart, can’t you see it? Over the years, our emperor has not changed at all. Everyone is just a tool and a bargaining chip, with only two paths: to be used or to be discarded. The only one he truly cares about is you, the next emperor.”
"If he had used his political maneuvering and scheming skills on people's livelihood, he wouldn't have been known as an incompetent fool for so many years."
“If it weren’t for Owl, I would have been killed by his scheme long ago.” Keslan was dressed in black, and his leather boots with gold trim made a crisp sound as he walked.
“Tell him that the money he gave me is not enough, and I want to raise the price.”
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"Don't be too anxious." Jiang Ren arranged everything and led Fan Qingyin onto a carriage equipped with four king griffins. Before getting on the carriage, he instructed Lin Yi: "I have sent all the subordinates I can to search at sea. The sea beast troops have also been mobilized, and even the emperor has sent people. The owl leader has not withdrawn his men."
"Yi, we've done everything we can. Xiaoyu is a lucky child. Good people are always protected by heaven. She has Qingyin and you, she'll be alright." Now that things have come to this, Jiang Ren could only suppress the heaviness in his heart and comfort Lin Yi, who looked even more distraught.
He had to take Fan Qingyin to the Fan family; the Holy Mountain would surely have a way to save his child. If something happened to Qingyin, he wouldn't be able to face Xiaoyu.
Therefore, the only one left to direct and handle all affairs is Lin Yi. Xiao Yu was very worried that Lin Yi would not be able to bear it if he could not find him, so he repeatedly entrusted him with this task.
“I understand, Father.” Lin Yi gritted his teeth. “Don’t worry, Qingyin is in your care.” He had to suppress his worry, fear, and raging anger. He wanted to rush to the sea immediately and search without stopping until he found Xiaoyu, but he couldn’t do that.
He had to stay at the Jiang family's residence to keep watch.
"General, a troop of griffin knights has arrived from the palace." The next day, the subordinate went directly to the study to report. Lin Yi didn't sleep a wink all night, studying the sea map and combining it with information on known sea monsters to eliminate possibilities, trying to find some clues about them.
"The Griffin Legion? What do they do?" Lin Yi's eyes were bloodshot. He had been rushing back from the border without rest until yesterday. He had just taken off his armor and changed into a khaki-colored casual knight's shirt. His stubble had also sprouted like bamboo shoots after the rain.
"The royal palace claims they colluded with the pirates and participated in the kidnapping of the lady." The subordinate didn't dare to raise his head, clearly feeling the killing intent emanating from the general standing next to the sea map after he finished speaking.
Lin Yi barely managed to maintain his composure, asking each word carefully, "What does the palace mean? Why were they sent here?"
"Reporting to the general, the palace says that the matter is entirely up to the general, and life or death is irrelevant," the subordinate replied.
Should he appease him? Lin Yi snapped the quill pen in his hand; he desperately needed that.