"Green Immortal, do you dare to escape from Demon Valley?" Yun Qingran asked.
"Of course I dare," Green Immortal replied, then sighed and added, "Unfortunately, I can't escape."
"Actually, I do have a way to escape," Yun Qingran said in a low voice.
"What? You can escape?" Green Immortal shouted excitedly.
Yun Qingran quickly covered his mouth, "Speaking so loudly, do you want me to have a short life?"
Green Immortal realized what was happening and quickly covered his mouth, laughing sheepishly, "I was too excited, too excited."
"Master, do you have any way to escape?" Green Immortal asked in a very low voice.
“You wouldn’t understand even if I told you. You just need to cooperate with me.” Yun Qingran released his shoulder.
"Master, don't worry, your disciple will definitely cooperate with you, but you must take me with you when you leave. I really don't want to continue working illegally in Demon Valley," Green Immortal said tearfully.
"Don't worry, I'll take you with me." Yun Qingran nodded heavily.
With the help of the Green Fairy, collecting things became much easier.
Everything went smoothly in the Demon Valley, but things were in chaos on the wedding delegation's side.
"You dare touch me again?" The Northern Yin delegation glared angrily at the Southern Chu delegation.
Just now, the Southern Chu delegation pushed the Northern Yin marriage delegation.
"I'll touch you if I want, so what?" The Southern Chu delegation pushed the Northern Yin delegation members again.
"Damn it, do you really think we're pushovers?" The Northern Yin delegation rolled up their sleeves and started fighting with the Southern Chu delegation.
"Stop fighting! Stop fighting!" Yun Qingran ran over and stood in front of the two groups of people, shouting. But after these past few days, her prestige had already plummeted to negative levels. Not to mention Nan Chu, no one in Bei Yin listened to her either.
They fought until both were badly injured and lying on the ground before stopping.
"Yun Qingran, you think you're worthy of being the head envoy of the mission? Look at the state of the two missions now! If you can't be the head envoy, then get out of here!" Nangong Ye and Yun Xiyue walked over and, seeing the injured people all over the ground, angrily rebuked Yun Qingran.
"It is my fault, Your Highness Ye, please forgive me." Yun Qingran knelt down on both knees, prostrating herself on the ground in an extremely humble posture.
The Northern Yin delegation, lying on the ground, were so angry at the sight that they almost vomited blood. Just a moment ago, they were fighting desperately for Northern Yin and Southern Chu, but the next moment, Yun Qingran, the head of the delegation, actually knelt down before Nangong Ye.
"Hmph, Ranran, I'm not saying this to be mean, but you're really disappointing." Yun Xiyue took a step forward, stomped hard on Yun Xiyue's hand, and then crushed it.
"Ah~" The intense pain made Yun Qingran cry out in pain.
Seeing Yun Qingran's pained expression, Yun Xiyue felt extremely pleased. These past few days, this bitch had changed; although she wasn't as stupid as before, she wasn't as sharp-tongued or ruthless as she had been recently. Yun Xiyue had thoroughly tormented her these past few days.
"The Northern Yin wedding delegation caused trouble and assaulted people. They are to be punished by kneeling for a day as a minor punishment to serve as a warning," Nangong Ye ordered, looking at the members of the Northern Yin wedding delegation lying on the ground.
“Your Highness Ye, it was your Southern Chu delegation that struck first. Besides, we are Northern Yin people, you have no right to order us around,” a Northern Yin person protested.
“Princess Rongchang, can’t I give you orders?” Nangong Ye looked at Yun Qingran on the ground, his tone gentle, but his eyes full of threat.
"Yes, of course." Yun Qingran straightened up, turned around and looked at the Northern Yin delegation behind her, and shouted, "Kneel down, all of you!"
“Princess Rongchang, you…” The members of the Northern Yin delegation all looked at her with extreme disappointment.
"What are you dawdling about? I am the chief envoy of the delegation personally appointed by the Emperor. Are you trying to rebel by disobeying my orders?" Yun Qingran's gaze swept over the members of the Northern Yin delegation.
The Northern Yin delegation was so angry they almost flew to heaven. They all suspected that Princess Rongchang might be a spy from Southern Chu.
"Kneel down now, or do you want to be beaten?" Yun Xiyue glanced at the Northern Yin delegation and scolded them angrily.
Looking at Yun Xiyue's face, Bei Yin thought to himself, "She hasn't even officially married into Nan Chu yet, but she's already helping Nan Chu to deal with Bei Yin. She's truly heartless and has no loyalty to the emperor or patriotism whatsoever."
"Hurry up and kneel down!" Yun Qingran urged again.
The Northern Yin people were so angry that their chests heaved violently, but they eventually knelt down. The situation was already quite ugly; if they started fighting amongst themselves, it would become even worse.
"That's more like it." Nangong Ye looked at the Northern Yin delegation kneeling on the ground and felt extremely pleased.
This trip to Beiyin was full of setbacks and humiliations, but this time I finally got my revenge and won't be scolded by my father when I go back.
In the Demon Valley, Yun Qingran sewed together all the cowhides she had bought for ten taels of silver each, making them into a pocket shape.
"Master, why are you messing around with these cowhides? They smell terrible." Green Immortal watched Yun Qingran carefully sew the cowhides with needle and thread, and fanned the air in front of his nose with his hand.
"Where does it smell? It's perfectly clean." Yun Qingran leaned closer to smell it. There was only a faint odor. Qian Sanxing and the others had it cleaned up when they bought it.
"Master, can this cowhide really take us away from Demon Valley?" Green Immortal looked at the cowhide, which was stitched together in great detail, with suspicion.
“Of course,” Yun Qingran said.
"How exactly will it take us away? Is it just boasting so much that we'll fly to the heavens with it? Hahahaha..." Green Immortal laughed heartily.
Yun Qingran gave him a deep look but didn't say anything.
"By the way, have you prepared the gunpowder, sulfur, and charcoal I asked you to?" Yun Qingran asked Green Immortal.
"Ready."
"All done. We'll set off tonight." Yun Qingran finished her needlework and tied a tight knot.
The thread used to sew the leather is a tough, unbreakable thread, and it's double-layered. The knots are also secure knots to ensure they won't come undone.
"We're leaving tonight? From where?" Green Immortal was full of questions.
She was sewing leather all day, she didn't do anything else!
“Let’s start from your yard. Come on, let’s carry the cowhide to your yard together,” Yun Qingran said.
"Ah!" Green Immortal was completely bewildered, but he still obediently helped her carry the large piece of cowhide that had been sewn together.
After carrying the cowhide to the Green Immortal's courtyard, Yun Qingran tied a basket big enough for two people to stand in to the cowhide with a strong hemp rope, and then set up three kerosene lamps.
My dear readers who are about to become incredibly thin, rich, and beautiful, you've probably already guessed it: Yun Qingran made a hot air balloon.
Since there was no way to travel by land or water, she had no choice but to travel by air. She planned to fly out of the Demon Valley in a hot air balloon.
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