Chapter 450: Going to War. Helplessness.
Shangguan Lingxiu could not help herself when she went to the Residence of Heavenly Clouds during dawn on the day of departure to war .
The Residence of Heavenly Clouds had been completely rebuilt now, taking up about double of its original size and was more luxurious and dazzling than it ever was .
This heavenly residence on earth was comparable to the white jade palace in heaven!
It was a sight to behold and anyone who saw it would be amazed . It was just that such a tremendous residence was empty and barely filled with humans .
After the residence was rebuilt, Dong Tianleng and gang had taken up a yard of space each, laying claim to the place as their home shamelessly . Yun Yang had yet to return; without his master, Lao Mei would not chase his young master's guests away . Therefore, the four rascals were allowed to stay on .
After the previous battle, Lao Mei had regarded Dong Tianleng and his gang in a different light . There was a huge change in his attitude as well . If he had been cold before, he was treating them like his old friends and relatives now!
The friendship forged after a battle together, one that called for life and death directly, was distinct indeed!
If someone were to tell Lao Mei that he would be sincere friends with the 'legendary' noble young masters of Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter, that they would go through life and death together, Lao Mei would have spit on that person . Now… he could only swallow that spit; life was unpredictable indeed!
Those faithful to kinship were mostly butchers and lower-classed people while those who were cruel were mostly scholars and the educated ones– such was the truth! However, the four popinjays were not from the lower classes, yet they were so faithful to their brotherhood . How precious was that?
"This is so comfortable!"
"This house… Damn it, when your father lives alone after the family wealth is split, I want to build one like this . This is a perfect life . " Dong Tianleng shook his leg casually .
The few remaining guards of the Dong Family gazed into the sky, thinking, "F*cking hell, this fellow actually wants to split family wealth now… If the household master knows of this, his legs will surely be broken, even if he has three of them!"
"Besides, even if you're allocated a portion of the property of the household, you won't be able to afford such a house anyway . Just the materials for such a yard will already need tens of millions of taels . Even if you empty out your fortune building it, don't you have to go about your daily life afterward?"
"Furthermore, it is simply a waste for you to stay in such a wonderful house . Will you be able to guard it? Who knows if some ace cultivator covets such a remarkable man-made cultivation location some day and snatch it from you? It's only expected and reasonable!"
The four popinjays lived an easy life with their guards in the Residence of Yun, but it had only been four days that they had just gotten used to such an enjoyable life that they were held captive by Qiu Jianhan .
"You fellow! You are to follow me to war!"
"Look at your fats and flabby meat! I have to train you fellows on behalf of your father!"
The old marshal was maddened, racking his brain to think of a way to ensure the Empire of Yutang's security; he would do anything to make sure of it . Suddenly recalling that his nephew seemed to still be in the capital city and had a few popinjay friends with him while they had several men of high cultivation base with them, he would feel guilty if he did not use them .
He had easily found a reason to take them all away and enlist them into the army .
Dong Tianleng and gang were reluctant to sign up, but no one dared say a thing .
What sort of an existence did Old Marshal Qiu have in mind for them? It was someone Boss Yun had to obey and be manipulated by; he was the head of Yutang's top three rogues . Since he had voiced out his order, these helpless chickens might as well obey him immediately!
"Let me tell all of you . It is a time of war now and Yutang is in a critical state . Things are conducted fairly casually . If you don't follow orders, you'll be charged under military law!"
"What do you mean charged under military law?" Chun Wanfeng, who was at a loss, blinked as he thought furiously, "We didn't say that we aren't going, why are you talking about charging us?"
"Military law means beheading . Simply said, if you're disobedient, your head gets chopped off!" Qiu Jianhan glared at them .
The four of them were shocked . This was no laughing matter . They felt like pulling out right away .
"No, no, no . We don't want to go . We're not soldiers . We…"
"Take them . Bring them all away!"
Under Qiu Jianhan's orders, a group of men wearing menacing smirks charged in and took off the four fellows' clothing in an instance, changing them into military uniforms .
"Now that you're all in military uniforms, it's done for . You're now soldiers!"
The old marshal left no room for objection . "A soldier will, of course, follow the military law!"
All four men looked tearful .
F*ck, how can something like this happen? I've heard of innocent women being forced into prostitution, but this . . this is forcing people into enlistment!
This is violating the rights of healthy people to serve in the military!
Dong Tianleng turned his head away . "Old Sir Qiu, can you be reasonable? I'm not from Qiu Family… you can't control me!"
"How dare you go against your superior? Do you know that it's a penalty worthy of being beheaded? Since it is your first fault, it'll be forgiven with a lighter punishment . Men, ten thousand flogs!"
Dong Tianleng slunk away in defeat .
Ten thousand flogs? Was this considered a light punishment?
There would barely be any piece of flesh the size of a fingernail's left on him after the punishment!
He had truly experienced what it took for one to be roguish; the legendary head of Yutang's three top rogues was true to his reputation indeed . There was no exaggeration, he was a gangster, through and through .
Comparatively, their reputation as four great popinjays was only child's play . There was no way they could be compared, as they were heaven and earth apart .
"Please spare my life! This subordinate is willing to requite the country with patriotism and will do everything with my life…" Dong Tianleng knew when to admit defeat .
"I see that you're tactful! At least you know how to be appreciative! This old man is kind enough to path your way to being an official… Your ancestors should be thanking me, thanking my ancestors…"
"Let's go!"
Qiu Jianhan left, pulling at Dong Tianleng's ear .
The other three popinjays were forced into enlistment as well, cursing Qiu Jianhan and his family over and over again inwardly along their way; even his ancestors were not spared .
Who f*cking cares to be an official? Look at how you're pretending to be benevolent… If our families know, they will surely wallop you… It's fine to forgo cursing – cursing your ancestors, the Qiu Family won't agree to this!
Swearing inwardly was one thing; that they were at a disadvantage was another . Four of them could only follow suit . It was said that life was like being f*cked; since one could not put up a fight, one might as well enjoy it .
These four young men had been captured, so their guards could only go along despite not being caught . It was a certain rogue's grand plan; it would be a waste to leave the peak realm cultivators be, better to just utilize all of them .
Therefore, the Residence of Yun was empty again .
Fang Mofei and Bai Yixue had a discussion with Lao Mei before they left with Qiu Jianhan .
"Young master's lifelong wish is to protect Yutang . We're his guards, of course, we have to go to the battlefield . We can't charge the frontline with the army but we can be the old marshal's janissaries and ensure his safety . It's something we should do . "
This was the two men's honest thoughts and it was how they conveyed it to Old Marshal Qiu . They asserted their stance clearly, willing to become Old Qiu's personal guards in the coming battle .
Old Marshal Qiu was overjoyed that these two would offer their assistance . His knowledge about the strength of superlevel cultivators was relatively limited, and he only knew that both these men were above Tenth Perfection, especially Bai Yixue, who was also one of the world's top swordsmen . He was someone who had survived the Unrivaled Swordsman's, Jun Moyan's, strike . Of course, he would gladly take them in .
Despite his slight disdain for Bai Yixue, he still regarded him highly and was willing to accept him .
Lao Mei actually wanted to go as well, but the massive Residence of Yun needed a butler anyhow, thus he stayed on .
Then, Lao Mei realized that he was back to the same situation he was in a few years ago . The entire Residence of Yun, the spacious Residence of Heavenly Clouds, one that was excellent for cultivation, had only him in its halls . There was no one else!
The sudden silence made Lao Mei feel terribly alone .
How lonely it was!
When Shangguan Lingxiu came to visit, he was delightedly surprised . Finally, there was someone he could talk to .
"Is there news about Young Master Yun?" asked Shangguan Lingxiu .
"Unfortunately, no…" Lao Mei sighed .
Yun Yang was not like Supreme Cloud . No one would actually ask about him specifically at this critical juncture; after all, he was still titled Yutang's popinjay . It was not exactly a big deal for him to disappear for dozens of days or even for an entire month .
It was unexpected that Shangguan Lingxiu turned to leave at once after hearing the answer, without any hesitation .
Lao Mei was dumbfounded . What did this mean?
He could obviously see the anxiety and worry in Shangguan Lingxiu's eyes but… did she just leave after just one question?
He had yet to start chatting, could he not get a channel to release his loneliness?
In actual fact, Shangguan Lingxiu did not have the time . Since the only person in this world that could possibly know where Supreme Cloud was still had no news of him, it was better for her to prioritize national affairs first – she should rush to the frontline now!
However, Shangguan Lingxiu did return with something else . She was given two more subordinates – two silhouettes who were slim and had long silky hair like waterfalls, whose backs were wonderful and sinful, yet their faces were dull and grey . It made everyone feel like they had to always stay alert and be properly defending themselves at any time; what was left of their feelings after that was merely pity .
Was heaven so jealous of beauty that it disallowed the world to have perfect women?
These two women were none other than Ji Lingxi and Yu Rulan .
The girls were considered to be utterly safe now since some time had passed; the Four Seasons Tower had drawn back entirely for some reason or other . Lei Dongtian was gone without a trace too .
Their families had come a few times instead to search for the ladies since they were distressed as well . They had accepted the dowry, yet their daughters had gone missing… They must look for them .
It was not that they had not thought of finding fault with Lei Dongtian . After all, it was his bizarre courtship that chased the ladies away . In spite of this, they had yet to make up their minds since Lei Dongtian was someone the two families had to contemplate long and well before deciding . What was more, the ultimate decision might possibly be one that acknowledged defeat .
How the families had conducted the search was, unfortunately, without aim . Similar to Lei Dongtian, they knew that this place was the only location connected to Ji Lingxi, but with the Nine Heavens Dictum and the ladies' disguise, the families could never recognize them even if they were standing face to face .
The families could only go about the matter like headless flies .
It was one thing that the girls were safe, but it was another for them to have tormented Shui Wuyin greatly!
Shui Wuyin felt that his days were endless . Every time he met Ji Lingxi and Yue Rulan, it was like he was seeing the Yama King and his evil spirits himself .
"Where did Yun Yang go?"
"Where is this?"
"Why?"
"Keep us captive? What do you mean?"
"Explain yourself clearly!"
"Why aren't you speaking, stoic face?"
"Speak!"
"I remember you know how to talk . Talk, quickly . "
Shui Wuyin had to go through such an interrogation for about thirty times a day .
He was suffering inexplicably, yet these two girls were people he could not afford to offend .
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