Chapter 49 Chapter 49 Aristocratic Family
Yun Miao and others accidentally heard passers-by talking when they were about to leave Luohua Town after breakfast. Only then did they learn about the tragic incident in which the Yunlai Restaurant was wiped out overnight.
They stood on the street, looking at the dark ruins. A few compassionate lower-ranking monks had already carried out the bodies from the ruins. The pale corpses lay in a row on the open ground beside the ruins, covered with linen brought by nearby mortals.
These low-level cultivators were not worried about being retaliated against for meddling in other people's affairs. After all, everyone in the cultivation world knew that the killers in Zhaocai Jinbao Tower were paid to do their jobs, and they would never kill less than one target, nor would they kill an extra person who was not part of the mission.
But that was all the people could do. Yun Lujia had a high opinion of himself and looked down on the peasants from Luohua Town. The thugs, cooks, and waiters at the Yunlai Restaurant were all brought directly from the Yun family by him and were not locals at all.
These people have always had a bad reputation in the town, and the nearby residents have no relatives or friends with them so it is unlikely that they would be eager to help. Naturally, the subsequent matters will have to be handled by the Yun family themselves.
Niu Rao swept his spiritual sense across and looked at all the corpses under the sackcloth. Although the restaurant was burned to ruins and the clothes of the corpses were burned clean, there was no sign of burns on the corpses themselves.
This is the usual method of the Fortune Telling Tower. They like to use fire to erase traces of their actions, but they will not let the fire destroy the body of the target, making it easier for the buyer to inspect.
After a moment, Niu Rao withdrew his consciousness and said solemnly, "It was indeed Yun Lujia and the others from yesterday. The people at Zhaocai Jinbao Tower are truly powerful. I was staying in town last night and didn't even notice."
Tan Xiaobai was shocked: "He died already?"
Ji Huangmao leaned lazily against the wall of a neighboring shop, shaking his head and lamenting, "Life is so unpredictable."
Yun Miao also sighed: "One never knows which will come first, tomorrow or an accident."
Huo Xin coldly analyzed, "Zhao Cai Jin Bao Lou has always taken money to do things. I think it was either his enemy or the Yun family's enemy who did it."
Granny Hua nodded in agreement and thought these two possibilities were the most likely.
Niu Rao just came to see the situation. He was not interested in the cause of death of Yun Lujia and others. He was also worried that Yun Miao and the other two were too young and would be scared when they saw the corpses, so he quickly took Yun Miao and the other two to say goodbye to Grandma Hua.
After returning to the sect, Niu Rao first sent Huo Xin and Tan Xiaobai back to Ti Peak and Fu Peak, and then took Yun Miao back to Dan Peak.
Before they even landed, Tian Laokou's loud voice rang out, "You two finally decided to come back? Yun Miao, if you didn't come back, I would have thought you ran away overnight to save that roasted whole lamb!"
"Hey? Uncle Master, you're still here. I thought you'd already jumped down from the medicine hut when I didn't come back last night."
Yun Miao walked lazily into the medicine room, took out a honey-roasted whole lamb from the storage bag and placed it on the table.
Last night, she had already put all the things she had taken from the restaurant into Yun Lujia's storage bag and hid it inside the staircase. Even if Tian Laokou's spiritual sense was strong, he would not be able to find it.
As expected, Tian Laokou didn't notice his nephew's little secret. He just said with disdain, "It's all gone."
“It’s good to have something to eat.”
Yun Miao pointed her finger, and a fire snake immediately and flexibly wrapped around the honey-roasted whole lamb. While helping to heat it up, she talked about how she was almost tricked by Yun Lujia before.
"Is there such a thing?"
Tian Laokou immediately looked at Niu Rao, who nodded to indicate that this was indeed the case, and reported everything that had happened from yesterday to today in detail.
When Tian Laokou heard Yun Lujia say in public that Yun Miao was a member of the Yun family and was trying to use his power to pressure others, he subconsciously looked at Yun Miao, but saw that her expression was indifferent, and it didn't look like she was listening to him at all. There was no love and hatred in her eyes that he had imagined that an abandoned child of a noble family should have.
He couldn't help but think in his heart that it seemed that he had guessed wrong, Yun Miao had nothing to do with the Yun family.
When he thought about how the Yun family, who clearly had no connection with Yun Miao, still dared to force their way in, his expression grew even colder: "Hmph, the Yun family..."
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Xuantian Sect does not prohibit disciples from going out, but outside the Xuantian Sect are uninhabited deep mountains and old forests. The vast Xuantian Mountains are not just for fun.
Qi Refining disciples and some Foundation Establishment disciples who were unable to use their spiritual sense to control instruments for flight were unable to fly out on their own. Furthermore, the sect's winged tigers, human-faced owls, and other demonic beasts used by lower-level disciples were not allowed to be taken out for use.
Therefore, most of the low-level disciples stayed in the sect and practiced hard, and were occasionally taken out by powerful senior brothers and sisters to see the world, or asked them to buy some things for them.
However, Yun Miao was obviously not among them. In the two months after lighting up the map of Luohua Town, she often secretly took Huo Xin and Tan Xiaobai to Luohua Town, and her poor sword-flying skills improved rapidly.
Seeing this, Sect Leader Chang and others chose to turn a blind eye and only told Yun Miao to take the wooden sword with him and always remember to put safety first when going out and not to be competitive.
During this time, Yun Miao, having completed her three-month punishment period, moved back to the bamboo courtyard on the main peak. Addicted to farming, the first thing she did after moving back with Xiao Hei was to cultivate the vegetable plots in the front and back yards and plant various low-level spiritual plants.
In the early morning, the golden morning light shone into the courtyard. Yun Miao was using the Water Control Technique to water the vegetable garden in the front yard. The clear water mist reflected a gorgeous rainbow halo in the sunlight.
Qi Shubai was sitting on a stone bench under a tree in the front yard. Because his master had something to attend to today, he had been assigned to teach his junior sister this morning. After the lesson, he heard that his junior sister was going to Luohua Town again today, so he couldn't help but give her a few gentle instructions.
"I know, I know. Brother, you are so long-winded."
Yun Miao controlled the flow of water and inserted a light blue wild flower into Qi Shubai's ear through the air, smiling.
"These are the flowers I gave to Senior Brother today. The blue really suits him! Okay, I'm going to go play with Huo Xin, Xiao Bai and the others. Senior Brother and Xiao Hei, you stay at home and don't open the door to strangers knocking."
As soon as she finished speaking, she stepped on the flying sword and flew out of the yard, Wuhu, take off!
Qi Shubai took the little wild flower off his ear and shook his head helplessly.
Xiao Hei was lying on a stone in the vegetable garden. He looked up at Yun Miao's departing figure, then lowered his head, yawned, and lay down again to continue basking in the sun. The fur on his body was made fluffy and soft by the sun.
On the other side, Yun Miao was flying in the air like a butterfly, greeting every senior brother or sister she knew or didn't know.
"Senior Sister Ning, good morning!"
"Senior Sister Qiu Huayue, good morning!"
"Good morning, Old Ding!"
To others, this lively little sister seemed to have accepted some kind of sect mission that required her to greet everyone every day.
Every time, she would pass by them like the wind, leaving behind a warm greeting and a beautiful little wild flower, and then, without waiting for their response, she would be blown away like the wind again. It was very confusing.
But it must be said that few people would dislike such straightforward enthusiasm and goodwill. After receiving such a small wild flower every day, everyone's mood would be much better. Except for one person.
"Good morning, Lu Dajiao!"
The white deer, which had been hung on the towering ancient tree for three months before being let down, turned its head expressionlessly, raised its hooves gracefully and walked away without saying a word or even a glance.
What's good about it? I saw this annoying little guy stepping in dog shit early in the morning.
"Here, this is a gift for you today."
The player who was just trying to improve the NPC's favorability didn't care about the NPC's emotions towards her. She flew away from the main peak on her sword, leaving only a piece of furry dogtail grass on the white deer's head.
Bai Lu's eyes became fierce, and he chewed and ate the dogtail grass angrily. This was why he hated this kid so much. Why were all the others little flowers, but he was always dogtail grass!
Don't let this brat get the chance, otherwise he will definitely beat her up!
Yun Miao first went to Fufeng to pick up Tan Xiaobai, and then went to the martial arts training ground of Tifeng to meet Huo Xin.
The sword at her feet was no longer the tattered iron sword she had worn before, but a genuine low-level magical weapon given to her by her senior brother. It could grow larger as she injected spiritual energy into it, enough for three people to stand firmly on it.
When he was about to leave, Yun Miao suddenly thought of something and took out another small flower and threw it behind him.
"Mo Aotian, I'm going out. Go play by yourself."
As soon as she finished speaking, she flew on her sword with Huo Xin and Tan Xiaobai towards the mountain gate. Because there was a protective formation above Xuantian Sect, flying in and out was not allowed. Ordinary disciples could only enter and exit through the mountain gate. The mountain gate was also a magic weapon that would automatically record the information of people entering and leaving.
A handsome man in black armor slowly walked out from behind the tree, raised his hand to catch a small falling wildflower, and looked at the departing figures of Yun Miao and others with a lonely expression.
That’s great. He also wants to go out and play.
However, Mo Aotian quickly regained his spirits and turned to go to the Sutra Library on the main peak to read. He wanted to read the books to pieces and avenge his mother as soon as possible!
Tan Xiaobai turned his head and glanced at Ti Feng who was gradually moving away: "Boss, is Mo Aotian still secretly following you?"
Yun Miao said proudly, "Yes, Mo Aotian said that he observed the people around him for a long time, and finally felt that I was the most worthy of his secret observation and learning. Although I am also very distressed, there is nothing I can do about it. After all, who made me so smart and knowledgeable?"
Tan Xiaobai snorted: "He has some vision."
Huo Xin couldn't help but recall the day in the arena when a bloodied Mo Aotian had called Yun Miao "sinister and filthy." He felt that the truth might be different from what Yun Miao had imagined.
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Luohua Town was as prosperous and bustling as ever, with a constant stream of merchants coming to buy the Dark Stone, intending to ship it elsewhere for a fortune. Yun Miao and the other two walked along the street, deciding to buy some cakes and dried meat first, then visit Granny Hua to see if the chicks and ducklings had grown up.
On the way to the dim sum shop, they suddenly noticed a large group of people gathered in front of them. They couldn't help but walk over to take a look out of curiosity, and saw that the ruins of the restaurant that burned down overnight two months ago had been replaced by another brand new five-story restaurant.
The middle-aged shopkeeper, dressed in gold and silver, pulled down the red silk on the plaque. On the priceless gold-inlaid plaque were written a few large characters: Yunlai Restaurant
The three of them had seen many craftsmen hammering away at the tall wooden structures during their previous visits, so they weren't surprised by the reappearance of the Yunlai Restaurant. They just didn't expect it to reopen so soon.
The Yun family is so concerned about a big restaurant that has no chance of making a profit. It seems that they have other intentions than the restaurant.
Yun Miao and the other two looked at each other and saw the contempt in each other's eyes, but they didn't intend to say anything more. They turned around, walked around the crowd and continued walking towards the snack shop in the distance.
But at this moment, two voices suddenly called them, or to be more precise, called Yun Miao.
"I wonder if she is Miss Yun from Xuantian Sect?"
"Miss Yun, please stay."
Yun Miao turned her head and saw two handsome young men in embroidered green robes approaching her with a look of surprise. Though their strides were long, their backs were straight, their upper bodies steady as they walked. The bamboo embroidery on their hems swayed slightly as they walked. They had the elegant demeanor of young masters from aristocratic families.
Yun Miao was very sure that she had never seen these two NPCs before, but for some reason she felt that there was a sense of familiarity between their brows, a kind of familiarity that made her unhappy.
Tan Xiaobai expressed his displeasure earlier than her and took a step forward to block the two of them.
"Who are you?"
The two young men paused, then raised their hands in greeting to Yun Miao and the other two. "We brothers are all from the Yun family. I am Yun Bushan, and this is my younger brother Yun Bushi. Yun Lujia, who offended Miss Yun not long ago... is our half-brother."
They spoke earnestly of their brother's murder, the Yunlai Restaurant burned down overnight, and their family, while investigating, had stumbled upon the fact that their brother had offended Miss Yun. Their father, mother, and they, feeling deeply guilty, had wanted to visit and apologize.
However, the Xuantian Sect forbade outsiders from casually intruding, and all the letters sent to the sect were returned. They had been unable to fulfill their wish, and their unexpected encounter with Yun Miao on the street today was fate, which was why they hurried over. They wanted to treat Yun Miao and the other two to a simple meal at the newly opened Yunlai Restaurant as a token of their apology.
Tan Xiaobai immediately said that his boss was busy, then turned to Yun Miaokuang and winked, indicating that she must not agree to them.
Huo Xin also looked at Yun Miao and shook his head slightly.
Yunbusi frowned: "Miss Yun hasn't spoken yet, what right do you have to..."
A cold light flashed in Yun Bushan's eyes, and he raised his hand to stop his brother from talking nonsense. His gaze went straight past Tan Xiaobai who was blocking the way, and looked at Yun Miao behind Tan Xiaobai.
"Miss Yun, we sincerely want to apologize. We hope you can give us a chance to have a good chat and resolve our differences."
He thought that he had spoken so humbly and sincerely that most people would nod in agreement out of respect. However, the young girl in blue in front of him did not play by the rules at all. Upon hearing his words, she just looked him up and down coldly.
"Unsavory? Sorry, my master just told me to avoid associating with unsavory people when I left home today."
puff!
Tan Xiaobai tried to hold back his laughter, but it made a suspicious sound. He immediately opened his folding fan to cover the lower half of his face, but his eyes, filled with smirks, revealed everything.
Huo Xin also raised his eyebrows when he heard this.
"you!"
Yun Bu Si's face flushed red, but he didn't dare to get angry at Yun Miao. He could only step forward and glare at Tan Xiaobai: "What's so funny!"
Unwilling to be outdone, Tan Xiaobai took a step forward. "What's wrong with me laughing? Is there any rule in Luohua Town that prohibits laughing on the street?"
Yun Bu Si sneered, "That's not the case. It's just that I heard you calling Miss Yun "Boss" all the time. I guess you must be Miss Yun's follower or some kind of follower. Miss Yun hasn't even spoken yet, but you're already interfering and laughing loudly. I wonder what kind of family you come from to be so unruly."
Yun Miao and Huo Xin's eyes grew cold as they calmly grasped the hilts of their swords and knives. As long as Tan Xiaobai couldn't resist attacking, they would immediately follow. However, Tan Xiaobai chose a different method to fight back that they hadn't expected.
"Background? Since you found out that my eldest brother's surname is Yun, didn't you check mine as well?"
Tan Xiaobai quickly put away his folding fan, his expression showing an almost cold arrogance, as if the Yunbu Temple in front of him was not a human like him, but some lowly worm.
"I don't know when a small Yun family would dare to bark in front of my Tan family!"
Yunbushan and Yunbusi's expressions changed.
"Tan family?!"
"What Tan family?"
Tan Xiaobai sneered: "Which other Tan family? Of course it's the Haizhou Tan family."
"this……"
Yunbusi's face turned blue and red, and he was speechless for a moment.
Yun Bushan pulled his brother aside and bowed to Tan Xiaobai with a sincere apology, saying that his brother was young and ignorant, and what he had just said was unintentional. He apologized to his brother and asked Young Master Tan not to take it to heart.
Tan Xiaobai looked at them coldly, and uttered a word without any courtesy: "Get lost."
Yun Bushan's expression also turned ugly, but he didn't dare to refute. He just looked at Yun Miao apologetically and quickly pulled his brother away.
Tan Xiaobai snorted coldly, turned around and was about to show off to the boss and Huo Xin, but he saw the two girls looking him up and down with strange eyes.
Tan Xiaobai's arrogant and domineering aura instantly vanished. He hunched his neck and hesitantly looked at the body that was looking down at him: "What...what's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?"
Yun Miao didn't answer. She just quickly grabbed Tan Xiaobai's neck and pinched his face hard. She didn't let go until his fair and handsome face was constantly deformed. She said to Huo Xin with a serious face, "I can't find any problem. You try it."
Huo Xin also walked over, kneading Tan Xiaobai's face with both hands as if kneading dough, and then frowned in the same serious manner: "No problem. It shouldn't be a disguise. But the possibility of taking the illusion pill cannot be ruled out."
"It could also be a ghost."
Yun Miao, with a sullen expression, took out the yellow talisman Xiaobai had given her and slapped it against his forehead. "I don't care who you are, just get off Xiaobai!" Tan Xiaobai:...
"I'm fine. I'm not possessed by a ghost. And this is a dust-repelling talisman, not a ghost-repelling talisman."
He peeled off the yellow talisman on his head and rubbed his face, which was covered with red fingerprints, while complaining: "Boss, Huo Xin, are you guys deliberately playing a trick on me?"
Yun Miao said confidently, "Of course not. We are doing this for your own good. It's your fault that you suddenly became a different person just now."
Huo Xin nodded calmly: "That's right."
Yun Miao: "Alright, Xiaobai, I didn't expect that a silly boy like you actually has two faces behind your back. The way you acted just now was a hundred times more arrogant and domineering than the Yun Lujia before."
Huo Xin: "That's an understatement, a thousand times."
Yun Miao: "Ten thousand times."
Huo Xin: "One hundred thousand times."
"A million times."
"Ten million times."
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Tan Xiaobai: "...Alright, alright, I know you're better at math than me. Didn't I tell you long ago that I'm from an aristocratic family? This kind of bullying is something every aristocratic family kid sees and learns from birth. It's no surprise that I know a trick or two."
As the three of them walked forward, they talked about the Tan family.
Yun Miao: "Is the Tan family very powerful?"
Huo Xin: "It's very powerful, it's a rumored top family, but its headquarters is far away in Haizhou, which is a great distance away from Yunzhou."
Seeing that Yun Miao really knew nothing about the Tan family, Tan Xiaobai introduced his own family situation.
There was a lot of information, and it took Yun Miao some time to understand it.
In simple terms, there is a saying in the world of cultivation that there are one sect, one religion, two schools, three schools, and four aristocratic families. The Tan family is one of these four aristocratic families, which is enough to show how high the Tan family's status in the world of cultivation is.
The Tan family is located in Haizhou, occupying a vast sea area and the sacred mountain land in the sea. They have accumulated countless wealth over tens of thousands of years. They have a very close relationship with the Qinghuan Sect of Haizhou because of years of mutual benefit.
It can be said that the status of the Tan family and the Qinghuan Sect in Haizhou is similar to that of the Xuantian Sect in Yunzhou, both of which are at the overlord level.
Also, because Yunzhou has the behemoth Xuantian Sect that dominates the world and disdains to have too many interest disputes with other families, Yunzhou lacks the soil to nurture top families. Although the Yun family looks powerful in Yunzhou, it is only at the lower level of the first-class level in the entire cultivation world.
Tan Xiaobai is not only a direct descendant of the Tan family, but his uncle and aunt are also the heads of the Tan family. Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the center of attention in the Tan family.
This is also the reason why Yun Bushan and Yun Bushi's faces changed drastically when they heard the name of the Tan family. Even the direct descendants of the Yun family did not dare to confront the Tan family head-on, not to mention that they were just a branch of the Yun family.
"I've long been tired of the aristocratic family's tricks. Even a branch of the Yunlujia clan dares to use your name as their leader to bully others. This is enough to prove that the Yun family has set their sights on you."
"Besides, even siblings in aristocratic families sometimes stab each other in the back, not to mention those with the same father or mother. Those two brothers didn't even raise an eyebrow when they talked about Yun Lujia's death. How could such people feel guilty about what happened to you, Boss?"
Tan Xiaobai swore confidently, "I think they are just trying to get close to you under the pretext of an apology."
Huo Xin nodded to indicate that she thought so too.
Yun Miao didn't expect that the NPC would actually play tricks on the players. A hint of novelty flashed in his eyes. However, the three children still had too little experience. They didn't realize that some people's bottom line was even lower than they imagined.
*
On the fifth floor of the Yunlai Restaurant, the brothers Yun Bushan and Yun Bushi stood by the window, watching the backs of Yun Miao and the other two gradually disappear into the distance.
Yun Bushan's face was as gloomy as water. "Why are the Tan family here? Do they also want to board the Xuantian Sect's big ship? They actually sent their own children to be a little girl's followers. They really don't have any dignity left."
Yun Bu Si was anxious: "That girl probably hasn't figured it out yet. She looked at us like we were made of wood. After hearing that we were from the Yun family, she even mocked us directly, showing her dislike for us openly. How can we seduce her like this?"
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The author has something to say: The Yun brothers: Just breathing
Yun Miao: I hate NPCs from the enemy camp.
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