Genius Demon Empress - Chapter 37

Chapter 37 - Dangerous Man

Translated by Luxican

After Yue Jing Hua left the Lie Estate without a sound, she put on her mask and walked to the Qian Bin Establishment.

The afternoon had passed but it was still too early for dusk.

There were only a few guests in the Qian Bin Establishment.

Ya Qing was tuning a konghou, his onion-colored robes lined his person like a painting, he was even more beautiful than the dancing girls in the hall.

"Yue Xiao Qi, you are heartless, I've missed you to death," immediately after hearing that a guest named "Yue Xiao Qi appeared, Ya Qing walked up to her with a happy expression, and threw her a furiously charming look, while she looked blankly back.

"Evil Boss, you don't even know what I look like and you're thinking about me, what if I had a Yin-Yang face behind the mask?" While dealing with a thug you have to be even more of a thug, Yue Xiao Qi answered Ya Qing, lifting her hand to Ya Qing's jaw and blowing warm air into his ear. Her touch was so gentle like a small flower.

As the faint warmth of her breath reached his face, Ya Qing's eyes flashed with surprise and he stepped back, he had actually been molested?

Never had he been the molested, always the molester, his ears were hot.

He coughed a few times and laughed, "Xiao Qi, you are such a joker. Yin-Yang face? Are you that Yue Jing Hua from the Lie Family? You can't be Yue Jing Hua, or else this boss will be in trouble," Ya Qing looked at Yue Xiao Qi. When he saw that she remained indifferent, he was relieved, if she really was Yue Jing Hua, it would be really uncomfortable, Ya Qing forced the ridiculous thought down.

"Don't beat around the bush, how's it going with the Nightmare Field?" The purpose of today's trip was to collect the payment she received from the auction of the Precious Jade Pill at the Nightmare Field.

Ya Qing loved money, but was not greedy for it. When she went out, she entrusted Ya Qing with collecting some news about the Nightmare Field from time to time.

The price of each news would be calculated according to the price of the Qian Bin Establishment, and every time they gathered news 10% percent of the price would be charged.

Ya Qing was able to get money for free and meet such an interesting person as Yue Xiao Qi, so naturally he was happy to accept.

"The profound pellets have been deposited into your Profound Pellets Card, I also have some gold coins, just take them when you leave. Madame Yao has also asked several times about the Precious Jade Pill, and said that there are many forces interested in obtaining it," Ya Qing ordered someone to send a pot of tea, he brewed up, his movements were good and well thought out.

"I'm not refining at the moment, so have you found all the herbs that I've commissioned the Nightmare Field to collect?" Yue Jing Hua nodded and just accepted the tea, they way she got along with Ya Qing was very natural, as if they had known each other in their past life.

Last time, she had left the Nightmare Field money, to collect some herbs for refining the Precious Jade Pills and also for a second type of medicine with five kinds of herbs.

These five herbs were much harder to find than the three herbs form earlier, and there were a few that didn't even grow in the Shang Kingdom.

"The Nightmare Field sent four kinds of herbs, only the last one called Nine-Lost-Words Herb wasn't found, Madame Yao checked all the herb dictionaries and it's said to only grow beside the Nine Continent River, but mysterious beasts run rampant there, so it's difficult to obtain." On the Azure Dragon Continent, there were many untouched and forbidden lands, and the Nine Continent River was one of them.

Seeing Yue Jing Hua frown, Ya Qing held up the teapot and poured a small pinch of fresh tea.

Ya Qing was very good at reading people's minds, and would never ask something he shouldn't, he didn't ask why Yue Jing Hua stopped refining the precious Jade Pill, nor did he ask why she wanted to refine the new pills.

The fresh lotus-colored tea turned into a water stream and filled the teacup. Yue Jing Hua's mask was covered with the steam of the tea, and the relaxing fragrance of tea filled the chamber.

"Let's put aside the matter of the herbs for now, there's one more thing. Ya Qing, I would like to entrust you with the task of helping me sell a huge amount of Profound Human Realm, Profound Jade Realm and even Profound Earth Realm and Profound Heaven Realm mysterious techniques," Yue Jing Hua's main purpose this time around was to deal with the batch of mysterious techniques that had been forcibly memorized from the Profound Technique Pavilion.

She had already written down dozens of the mysterious techniques.

"Stone Monuments?" Ya Qing's wrist shook smoothly, and the tea dropped, landing smoothly in the small cup.

After what had happened in the Profound Technique Pavilion, Mrs. She Xiang only had called someone to repair the damaged Stone Monument nobody knew of the incident, unbeknownst to her, Yue Jing Hua had already stolen dozens of mysterious techniques.

"It's not a Stone Monument, but the direct written technique that's easier to practice, and I will be responsible for transcribing all of them," Yue Jing Hua also thought about entrusting the Nightmare Field who had been entrusted with the auction of the pills. The mysterious techniques would inevitably attract the attention of those interested in treasures. The Nightmare Field's guests would likely also include someone from the Profound Pearl Imperial Academy and even from the Lie Family.

"If I would, what benefits would I receive? You know, I'm a business man, and doing this for you is a big risk, and I won't get involved without enough profit," Ya Qing's slender fingers struck the cup, the pair of good-looking eyes rippled wit a watery light that could enchant people.

Suddenly green light flashed through his eyes, the onion-colored robe messily moved and blocked people's eyes, Ya Qing stretched out his fair arms, and used them to trap Yue Jing Hua into the corner.

"First things first, I want to know for whom I'll be doing that for. Let's see what the person under the mask looks li-"

Ya Qing couldn't finish talking before a soft but very cold thread, wrapped around his Adam's apple. Ya Qing realized that, if he moved even half a point closer, he would have an additional bloodstain on his neck.

"What's the hurry, we still have a long time ahead of us," laughed Yue Jing Hua lightly, and pushed her palm towards Ya Qing's chest very casually. She slowly released "Soft Fingers", "Out of the twenty or so mysterious techniques you can pick one for free, regardless of grade."

When the tea cup touched the table again, the tea inside had already been drained.

No longer paying attention to the tea that was getting cold, Yue Jing Hua laid out paper and lifted a brush, writing down the names of dozens of mysterious techniques.

***

Yue Jing Hua took the gold coins that Ya Qing had prepared for her and left the page of paper, Ya Qing stayed behind, after giving her some intel.

After she stepped out of the door, she brushed by someone dressed in plain clothes.

***

Fa Xiao Yi entered the chamber and saw Ya Qing already arranging the tea set.

"It's rare for a woman to be able to make you personally brew tea for her," Fa Xiao Yi dressed in plain clothes was accompanied with a strong wind that curled over the tea case, and the untouched tea cup fell over.

"It seems like that person not only has a complicated background, but is also good friends with you. You don't even use this tea when you greet me."

Ya Qing rolled his eyes, "When did the prince learn to be petty. I've only met her twice, and our relationship with each other is, plain and simple, a business relationship."

"Hearing you say that, makes me even more curious, what kind of girl is she, and what kind of business does she do? Would I be interested in joining the fun?" Fa Xiao Yi wasn't that engaged in politics, but was instead very accomplished in business.

Know the enemy, and you won't lose any battle.

Ya Qing answered reluctantly: "I don't know where she came from, I haven't even seen her face!" he could still feel the warmth on his lips, from when he was so close to Yue Xiao Qi, and there was a little smile on his lips, "but only doing business is good enough."

Ya Qing said, throwing the piece of paper left by Yue Xiao Qi with the dozen mysterious techniques towards Fa Xiao Yi who was standing on the side of the door.

The paper used in the Qian Bin Establishment was all paper specially tributed by the Shang Empire, the paper was light and thin, it only weighed as much as a hair.

Fa Xiao Yi took a short look at the paper flying at him.

"Nice try," Fa Xiao Yi praised, he also dared not be careless, and his fingers clamped the piece of paper.

After sweeping a glance over the dozens of mysterious techniques, especially after seeing the several types of the Profound Earth Realm techniques on it, Fa Xiao Yi's back straightened.

"This was also given to you by the woman?" Fa Xiao Yi wanted to measure her abilities. It was a good idea to know what you're getting into.

He had the feeling that if he joined that he would get more than just a little bit of money.

"Brother Fa, you know my rules, in my eyes, people aren't divided into good or bad, and trust with my business partners is the most important. The information of the client will never be revealed in the slightest. But because we are quite close with each other, I'll let you obtain a few, as for the price, it will be the market price," after seeing how Fa Xiao Yi reacted, Ya Qing was even more convinced that the list was real, now he needed to find a way to safely sell these techniques.

T/N: I changed the name of Yue Jing Hua's weapon to "Soft Fingers".