Chapter Seventeen
The next morning, many people in Changcheng were secretly discussing the destruction of the Yama Palace branch.
Have you heard?
Have you heard?
"The Yama Palace has been destroyed!"
"The government even rescued more than a dozen children from inside! What a tragedy!"
"I've heard that many people have gone to the government office to confirm if their missing child is theirs!"
"Whoever it is, wiped out one of the three major branches of the Yama Palace overnight!"
After Xiao Liunian and Wu Yan returned to the city, had breakfast, and went back to their rooms to sleep.
"Mumu, do you want to develop your career and enter officialdom?" The cat, who had been locked up overnight, was now frantically munching on snacks.
"I have an idea, but I don't know if it will work out!" Xiao Liunian tugged at the cat's hind paw.
"That'll definitely work!" The cat ate without lifting its head, its hind paws being pulled but not stopping it from eating its snack.
After having snacks with Thirteen, Xiao Liunian cuddled the cat and fell asleep, catching up on her sleep.
In the other room, Wu Yan didn't sleep for a while after returning to her room; instead, she just stared blankly.
He recalled his firm belief in taking the imperial examinations, getting up at the crowing of the rooster to study, writing diligently by candlelight, and passing the examination at the age of twelve. His family, teachers, and friends all placed high hopes on him.
But everything changed too quickly, and life took a completely different turn. The person I used to be was no longer the same.
For the past ten years, Wu Yan has been constantly planning for revenge. He has never thought about what to do after taking revenge. His enemy is too powerful, and he has no time to think about the future. For a time, he did not even think about the future.
But what good will thinking about it do? My life is already this bad.
Wu Yan recalled the firelight after setting the fire last night. While waiting for Xiao Liunian to come down the mountain to meet him, he kept looking at the sky full of firelight.
A fire buried his entire family, and now he is setting fires to bury some of his enemies, and he will send the rest away as well.
Yan Li, it'll be your turn soon!
After a long period of blank staring, Wu Yan also fell asleep, resting up to prepare for the next stage of revenge.
Time flies when you're asleep, and soon it's noon.
There was a knock on Wu Yan's door.
"Brother Wu Yan!"
"Please come in!"
"What are your plans for the future, Brother Wuyan?" Xiao Liunian asked.
"Go to Pingjiang City or the headquarters of the Underworld. What about Miss Liu?" Wu Yan asked.
"The Yama Palace probably won't survive this time. Everyone knows that the part of the clues about Tian Yang's treasure that belongs to the Shen family is in Yan Li's hands."
"The destruction of the Changcheng branch of the Yama Palace has exposed the Yama Palace's secret buying and selling of children and its cruel methods of training assassins. Most of these children came from ordinary people and were beggars on the streets. In the past, the government dared not investigate because of the Yama Palace's powerful influence, choosing to protect itself."
"Now, whether the government is trying to protect its own reputation or is being pressured by higher-ups seeking revenge, the government will definitely crack down on it with all its might."
"In the martial world, there are many righteous people. Whether they want to become famous or to seize the treasure, they will gather together and fight their way to the underworld."
“There are also some hidden forces. For example, there are always a few survivors among those whose families were wiped out by the Yama Palace in the past. They have been plotting in secret for many years. They will not let go of such a good opportunity.”
"With such cooperation from all sides, it's only a matter of time before the Yama Palace is destroyed!"
"Possessing a valuable treasure and incurring public wrath, this is a dead end for Yan Li, with no way out, unless he can find a powerful collaborator to help him."
Xiao Liunian's tone remained calm, without much fluctuation. It seemed that in Xiao Liunian's view, the collapse of a behemoth in the martial arts world was just a trivial matter.
The system within the space suddenly discovered a problem, a very big problem: its host's reaction was far too indifferent.
Last night, the host joined forces with Wu Yan to destroy the Yama Palace branch. Almost half of the Yama Palace branch members died at the host's hands, but the host's emotions remained calm and unaffected.
This is so jarring for someone from the Chinese nation on Earth. A Chinese person who has lived through a peaceful and stable era should not react this way!
Looking at Xiao Liunian in front of him, Wu Yan once again doubted whether he had seen Xiao Liunian wrong. The person sitting here was not a child, but an old monster who looked like a child.
Although he had considered that after the Shen family's affair was exposed and the news of Tian Yang's treasure became known to everyone, Yan Li, as the person who held the key clues to the other half, would inevitably become everyone's target.
Whether the group will ultimately choose to cooperate with Yan Li, or whether Yan Li will be attacked by the group, remains highly uncertain.
Now, besides the treasure clues that Yan Li holds that are coveted by everyone, all the other evil deeds committed by the Yama Palace have been exposed, and Yan Li has been pushed to the forefront of public opinion, becoming the target of everyone's criticism.
Everything that was once buried by the powerful forces is now struggling to emerge from the cracks as the powerful forces collapse, waiting for a single blow to annihilate it in an instant.
Faced with all of this, the person in front of me remained calm and composed, as if he had foreseen everything and was strategizing and winning from afar!
It's likely that this Miss Liu played a significant role in all of this.
How long has this child been scheming and plotting? But no matter how long, it's terrifying or incredibly powerful. Who knows what the future holds for this person?
Wait a minute! A little girl surnamed Liu, eight or nine years old, could it be?
This is just too unbelievable!
“Brother Wu Yan, I suggest we go directly to Fengdu City, the headquarters of the Yama Palace, and then observe the situation. What do you think?” Xiao Liunian suggested.
Wu Yan's various thoughts drifted away.
"Miss Liu, is your surname really Liu?" Wu Yan asked, voicing his true thoughts.
“My mother’s surname is Liu, so can’t I have the surname Liu?” Xiao Liunian said.
He sighed inwardly: Wu Yan is truly clever.
"If I want to participate in the scientific expedition again after the revenge is over, but I am short of money, I wonder if you could help me out?" Wu Yan asked.
“Sponsorship is fine, whatever you want, but think it over! This road won’t be easy!” Xiao Liunian took out a pile of silver notes from his pocket and placed them in front of Wu Yan.
“Of course!” Wu Yan accepted the pile of silver notes.
After successfully taking revenge, perhaps my life will return to its former trajectory.
Xiao Liunian: "Then tomorrow morning, after breakfast, we'll go to Fengdu City. There's no need to rush this time; just ride your horse slowly."
Wu Yan asked, "Does Miss Liu have any plans for this afternoon?"
Xiao Liunian: "That's all. I plan to spend the rest of the day exploring Changcheng. It's a rare opportunity to come here! Beautiful scenery is common, but people rarely have the chance to appreciate it!"
This time, the cat didn't even transform into human form to explore Changcheng; it was just the right half-day to let it roam freely.
Xiao Liunian: "Meet me in the lobby downstairs at 3:45 AM tomorrow morning!"
Xiao Liunian then left Wu Yan's room and, using his sleeve as cover, activated the system's mimicry and materialization function.
"Finally out!" The cat peeked out from Xiao Liunian's arms.
"Let's go, thank you for your hard work, great Cat Master! Let's go out and have some fun this afternoon. Eat whatever you want, buy whatever you want, and there's plenty of money!" Xiao Liunian exuded domineering arrogance, displaying an air of wealth and power.
"Mumu, can I ask you a question?" the cat asked.
"What question?" Xiao Liunian seemed to have guessed the question the system was about to ask.
"Besides being a transmigrator from Earth, are you also a reincarnated person?" Thirteen asked.
"As for the reborn, I don't know either. It could be rebirth, or it could be memory sharing from a parallel universe."
"Don't science fiction novels often feature parallel universes? Maybe I'm in that situation?"
Xiao Liunian explained it this way.
"According to the system's historical records, parallel universes do exist, and rebirth is also a kind of parallel world," the system pondered.
"So how many parallel universe memories did you share?" the cat asked curiously.
"I can't remember!" Xiao Liunian said. Indeed, he didn't know how many parallel universe memories he had shared or how many times he had been reborn.
"Then you?" Cat thought for a moment but still didn't ask the question. Was Mumu really exceptionally intelligent? Or had she gone through countless struggles to get to where she was today?
"Actually, I'm not that smart; I just have a lot of problem-solving skills!"
"It's like doing a math problem. The first time you're clueless, but after listening to the explanation, you'll try again and get a little ideas. Then you keep solving the problem and calculating repeatedly until you can do it with ease," Xiao Liunian explained.
However, the math problem she was trying to solve was too difficult. She tried too many times, made many mistakes, and used up a lot of scratch paper before finally getting to where she is today.
The cat in his arms didn't speak, but stretched out its paws and touched its host's forehead, then rolled around and acted cute towards Xiao Liunian.
"Let's go shopping!" Xiao Liunian nudged the cat's head with her forehead, then carried Thirteen to the street outside the inn.
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