Chapter 156 Tidal Blessing
Because of Yan Shi's actions, Yu Youguan had already come over and squatted down next to Yan Shi, trying to figure out what it was by gesturing from the same angle.
Aska sat on the jewelry box, his hands supporting his face as he looked at the two of them.
Yanlan seemed to be deep in thought.
Yu Youguan winked and made faces.
Aska chuckled.
"Did you recognize him? Youguan," Aska asked with interest.
Yu Youguan: "No, but I'll find out." She lowered her hand and looked expectantly at Yan Shi, "Yan Lan, what's this?"
Yan Shi: "Hmm...good question."
Yu Youguan: ?
"I don't know them either," Yan Shi shrugged.
Yu Youguan: ...
The expression on Yanlan's face didn't seem like she didn't recognize him at all; it was more like she had been reminded of some past memories.
When Yanlan looked at the piece of metal, her eyelids were slightly lowered, and her gaze was unusually serious and sad.
But Yanlan didn't want to say.
Yu Youguan, being sensible, did not ask any further questions.
She was just about to change the subject to lighten the mood when suddenly the bell at the warehouse door rang loudly.
The bell seemed to be specially made, with an extremely piercing sound. It also seemed to be engraved with some kind of formation, and when it rang, it echoed directly in the ears, striking the soul.
Startled, Yan Shi looked toward the door in surprise.
"What's that sound?" she asked.
Yu Youguan covered his ears with a pained expression and shook his head to indicate that he could not hear clearly.
Aska strode to the door and tugged hard on the cord under the doorbell.
The world is quiet.
"Aska, your bell is still so refreshing." Yu Youguan rubbed his ears.
After ringing the bell, Aska stood at the door. When Yanshi approached, he noticed a display screen next to the door.
Previously, it was always dark; a special treatment made the screen blend seamlessly with the adjacent wall, making it indistinguishable from the surroundings.
Aska had already turned around, frowning. "A fight is about to break out at the gate of the manor."
Yan Shi: "The refugees have already broken through the Governor's Mansion's barrier?"
It's one thing for Garcia's Governor's Guard to be useless, but is the barrier also so useless?
From the time the refugees besieged the government building until now, it has been at most four hours.
“No.” Aska’s expression was a little strange. “The butler just told me that the refugees at the gate are about to fight.”
Yan Shi: ?
"The refugees are fighting?!" Yu Youguan exclaimed in disbelief. "That's impossible."
This stage was personally set up by Yanlan.
Why did an accident happen?
She subconsciously looked at Yanlan.
Yanlan had already suppressed the sadness that had inadvertently shown earlier, and smiled slightly. "Let's go take a look."
"What exactly happened when the refugees started fighting?"
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On his way from the warehouse to the governor's mansion, Yan Shi kept questioning his life and trying to sort out his thoughts.
It is known that the refugees were divided into two groups.
One group consisted of local refugees from Port Novano, led by a bodyguard whose family had been destroyed due to the governor's greed and tyranny; the other group consisted of "foreign refugees" disguised as members of the Bureau of Foreign Affairs, led by Chu Mengfu, the assassin who successfully assassinated Governor Garcia.
The two sides have no real conflict of interest or position, and their current goal is the same: to overthrow the Garcia Governorate.
Chu Mengfu was a smart man, and Yan Shi's notice to the branch office was to completely obey Chu Mengfu's orders; the bodyguard who could endure for more than half a year after her family was destroyed and finally rose up in rebellion was also a smart man, and had a lot of prestige in the city, with almost all the refugees listening to her.
There is no reason, nor is it possible, for these two sides to fight.
Because of the barrier, Aska in front had already opened the gates of the mansion.
Yan stopped, looked outside, and then his eyelids twitched.
Chu Mengfu and the bodyguard really couldn't bring themselves to fight.
However, outside the door, among the two sides in a standoff, the leader of one side was Lin Cai.
Behind Lin Cai stood Libertas and Bai Du.
The leader of the other group was a rather refined-looking woman wearing glasses.
Most of the people on both sides had their hands on their weapons, and the atmosphere was tense.
Hearing the commotion inside the governor's mansion, everyone outside turned to look.
Lin Cai's eyes lit up, "Teacher Yanlan!"
Yan Shi: ...
No, the comic's plot has been completely altered, so how come Lin Cai is still everywhere?
Perhaps because the mansion gates had been closed and there were many skilled individuals among the refugees, the steward did not examine the situation closely and only informed Aska of the current state.
When the door was opened, Yan Shi realized that the dispute between the two sides did not seem to be related to the Governor's Office.
Instead, it was something that Lin Cai was holding in her palm.
"Teacher?" the woman repeated, her meaning ambiguous. "Your teacher is from the Garcia Governor's Office?"
As she spoke, she found it amusing herself and clapped her hands, "Good, good, good. The Governor's Mansion is quite cunning. First, when they couldn't forcibly seize my family's heirloom, they simply slaughtered the entire family. Then they even sent people to pretend to be refugees, gaining their trust before openly taking their possession."
"What a brilliant plan."
“Wait a minute,” Yan Shi interrupted. “First of all, I’m not from the Governor’s Office; I’m just an ordinary passerby.”
"Secondly, what are you arguing about? As the person involved, I don't even know. Let me see."
The woman looked Yan Shi up and down again, and asked, "You don't know?"
Yan Shi slightly raised his chin and gestured towards Libertas and Bai Du behind Lin Cai, "They all have to call me teacher. I work in Zhan Zhou."
Speaking of Zhan Zhou, the woman's expression softened: "I am Euphemia Hill, the head of Hill Escort Agency. As for what she just stole," Euphemia said, pointing to Lin Cai, "it's a family heirloom left to me by my mother."
"No, that's not true," Lin Cai protested, then shut up under Yan Shi's warning gaze.
Yan Shi looked around and said, "Come in and talk."
“With everyone watching, whatever happens will be the responsibility of the Garcia Governor’s Office,” she said casually. “I believe Asca wouldn’t want the situation to get any worse.”
Asca nodded.
Euphemia clearly understood as well, and said, "Okay."
After speaking, she turned and walked to a woman behind her, whispered a few words in her ear, and then walked towards Yan Shi.
Yan Shi then looked at Lin Cai and said, "You come in too."
Yan Shi sat in the main seat in the conference room of the main building of the Garcia Governor's Palace.
On the right are Aska, Yu Youguan, and Lin Cai.
Euphemia was the only one on the left.
Yan Shi suddenly remembered that not long ago, she had mistakenly entered Asuka's bedroom and the maid had called her to a meeting.
Yan Shi said at the time that he didn't want to have a meeting.
I ended up sitting here anyway.
Yan sighed.
After everyone was seated, Euphemia spoke up, "This is the only thing my mother left me before she died, and it's really important to me."
"I don't understand either. It's just an ordinary, irregularly shaped piece of metal, not some priceless alchemical artifact or magical weapon. Why is it worth fighting over like this?"
Yu Youguan: "An irregular metal block?"
Euphemia's gaze swept towards Lin Cai.
Lin Cai had already let go and handed the item in her hand to Yan Shi as if presenting a treasure.
Yan Shi looked down.
It really is an irregularly shaped metal block.
A familiar, irregularly shaped piece of metal.
Slightly speechless and surprised, she took out the irregular metal block that Aska had given her, which she had just put in her pocket, and placed it on the table.
Euphemia looked at the two pieces of metal on the table in shock.
"This is…?"
Yan Shi had already determined the shape and put the irregular sides of the two metal blocks together.
The two metal sections automatically close upon contact, and then countless light-colored water lines extend from the junction of the sections, intertwining and covering the upper surface.
The previously hazy metal gradually became clearer, revealing a complex array of patterns on its surface. As the patterns took shape, they rose and fell with each breath, causing the metal surface to become increasingly light, like a transparent film of water, with water mist swirling within.
After all the modifications were completed, the waterline was gathered together and shrunk into three small bells shaped like flower buds, which were hung at the bottom.
What were originally two irregular metal blocks were transformed in the blink of an eye into an exquisite ornament.
Yan Shi: ...?
She was right when she gestured; it was a metal piece in the shape of a traditional longevity lock.
How do I collect both fragments, and what special effects do they have?
Euphemia exclaimed in shock, "This is impossible!"
Lin Cai showed an expression of "I knew it," and said, "I recognized it as soon as I saw it on her hand before. It is clearly your longevity lock, Teacher Yanlan."
"They actually call this a family heirloom," Lin Cai said, pouting. "We'll see if they can handle it or not. Be careful, or you might suffer the consequences."
"A longevity lock is a blessing; if it is taken away by an unrighteous being, the blessing will turn into a curse."
Yan Shi: ...
Lin Cai knows more about her stuff than she, the person involved, and it's all a bit outrageous.
Yan Shi does remember that he had a longevity lock when he was a child.
But it was a gold nugget with a shape very similar to the one Yan Shi currently has; it was quite ordinary.
What on earth is this gaudy decoration?
"Yanlan's Longevity Lock?" Although Yu Youguan had long expected that Yanlan would recognize this spiritual treasure, he did not expect it to develop in this way.
Aska: "This is a merchant ship dedicated to Mother. What about yours?" She calmly began to analyze the situation.
“I don’t know either,” Euphemia shook her head, “but my mother was a sailor when she was young.”
I don't know about other things, but at least we've found out why Governor Garcia is so determined to pick a fight with a security escort agency.
Yan Shi thought to himself casually.
She held the gaudy ornament in her hand.
Yan Shi could feel a gentle warmth coming from his palm.
With pure love and joy.
A soft voice brushed past her ear, "Lan, the fearless tide. Let's call her Lanlan."
"Are you really going to give her the blessing of the tide?"
"Yes. I hope Lanlan can live a fearless, peaceful, and joyful life."
Author's Note: I've recently commissioned several articles for the main supporting characters in this story. You can check my Weibo account; they should be ready for publication soon. My Weibo account has the same name as the author.
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