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Chapter 405 - Before Leaving
Chapter 405 - Before Leaving
Chapter 405: Before Leaving
Translator: Misty Cloud Translations Editor: Misty Cloud Translations
Sima You Yue glanced at the crowd, and noted that there were Huo, Sang and even Li family members, each of them smiling at one another.
It was not a secret that the Sima family was liquidating their assets. At first, no one could understand what they were doing, but after a while, someone went around spreading the news, and news broke out everywhere that the Sima family was planning to leave the Yi Lin continent. So, those who had their own plans could not simply sit still.
The Huo and Sang family had originally had good relations with the Sima family, and so they had come easily. The Li family felt that they had some affection for Sima You Yue, although they had shared some unpleasant relations, but they had managed to get over them, right? The Nalan family had originally wanted to tag along as well, but when they thought about the grievances that they shared, they knew that it would be useless for them to go. Besides, if everyone left, then the Nalan family could have the entire Yi Lin continent to themselves.
“You Yue our friend, see, our families can be considered old friends, if you’re going to leave, you should bring us along too.” The Huo family head said, beaming.
“I’ll leave this decision to my clan leader. I have no opinion. Who is going to come, how you’re going to live and survive, that’s not my business.” Sima You Yue said. “Clan Leader, I still have other issues to settle, I’ll be going first.” With that, she left the great hall. She believed that Sima Tai, that old fox, would not let himself be taken advantage of. If those people were to come along, then they would have to pay some price. He would definitely use this situation to his advantage, so she was sure that she didn’t have to worry. Anyway, whether it was one person or a group of people, she would be bringing people along, so it didn’t make a huge difference.
When the Qu and the Wei family had been settled, Sima You Yue, Bei Gong Tang and Ouyang Fei flew towards the South Eclipse Kingdom. Ouyang Fei wanted to ask his mother about her opinion, and she had wanted to visit Saint City. Sima You Yue and Bei Gong Tang entered Saint City and thought about the times when they were there and the dangers that they had experienced together, causing her heart to sigh in wonder. As for the suppressed creature, she always felt that it had some relation with them. Her intuition had also told her that one day, she would, because of it, return to this place.
The two of them entered the Saint City. The Sima family that had resided here had already left, so they headed straight for the Lu family in the city center. The one who opened the door was Lu Yuan. And when she saw Sima You Yue and Bei Gong Tang, she could not help but scream in disbelief, causing her two brothers to run over from inside the house.
“Only the three of you are home? What about Lu Ming?” Sima You Yue smiled, asking, as she entered the yard.
“Are you looking for second brother? He’s at the Guild, I’ll call him over.” Lu Yuan said, and ran out.
“Young Master Sima, Miss Bei Gong, please have a seat.” Xia Yuan brought simmering hot tea to the both of them. Sima You Yue and Bei Gong Tang sat under a tree in the yard and chatted with Lu Yuan, catching up with them on the goings-on in their lives. After a while, Lu Ming returned, and was extremely excited to see Sima You Yue.
Sima You Yue smiled, saying, “Since you all have gathered here, let me share the purpose of my visit. I guess you must have heard of the news that the Sima family has left the Saint City.”
“Yes.” Lu Yuan and the rest nodded.
“It’s like this, we plan to leave this continent and emigrate to another continent to live. So I would like to ask if you would be willing to leave with us.” Sima You Yue said.
“Leave this place?” The Lu family siblings looked at Sima You Yue in shock. They had never thought about leaving the continent at all. Sima You Yue explained simply the differences between the continents, and then said, “Lu Ming, you’re also an alchemist, if you go there, you can live with the Sima family.”
“We… We need to think about this.” Lu Ming said. Of course, this was a great opportunity for them, but if they were going to depart from the place they had grown up in, the thought of it still caused them to feel anxious.
“You should think about it carefully. In two days, we will return.” Sima You Yue said, and arose, leaving the Saint City with Bei Gong Tang. The two of them made their way to the Ten Thousand Beast Mountain, and after they had left, they entered their spirit pavilion, and rested ten days before coming out. When they revisited the Lu siblings, the first thing that Lu Ming said was, “We will go with you.”
They had no real attachment to the place, they just wanted to be together with the rest of their siblings, no matter the place.
“I’ll have to inform the Guild.” Lu Ming said.
“Alright. Let’s leave in a few hours.” Sima You Yue said. Lu Yuan and the rest started to pack their belongings, and Lu Ming bid his farewells to the Guild. Sima You Yue and Bei Gong Tang continued to rest under the tree, having tea and having a chat. And after the hours passed, they proceeded to depart from the Saint City.
Beneath the Dragon Reflection Mountain, in the thick, black fog, a pair of eyes suddenly opened, and only closed again after Sima You Yue and the rest had flown past the mountain.
As Sima You Yue and team entered the South Eclipse Kingdom and met up with Ouyang Fei, who was waiting for them alone. He said that Sang Mu Yu did not want to leave, neither did his grandfather. So he had decided not to force them, and would take this journey alone.
As the group returned to Anyang City, everyone who was going to leave was prepared to go. As they saw Sima You Yue, their eyes started to glitter with excitement. Only after she returned did she become aware that Sima Tai had agreed to the requests of the other family’s Heads, but with the condition that only the family members could come, and no one else. Also, when they had reached the place, that they would have to pledge absolute loyalty to the Sima family, so that they would unite to be one power, instead of being their own separate groups. Although there were less people in the other families, this new group would be under the control of the Sima family.
When everyone was prepared to leave, they all turned their eyes upon Sima You Yue to ask her when they would leave, but no one had the courage to ask. Sima You Yue, however, was not in a rush, and continued to rest in the yard, spending time to fiddle with some medical ingredients, alchemising some powders, completely ignoring the peering eyes of the others.
Only after many days passed did Old Man Devil come sauntering in. The moment he arrived, he stared at Little Dream, whom Sima You Yue was playing with in the yard. When Little Dream felt intuitively that someone had come, she wanted to attack, but was held back by Sima You Yue, saying, “That’s Master, don’t be afraid.”
When Old Man Devil walked to Sima You Yue’s side, he looked at Little Dream, saying, “Where did you go to get this dark devil beast?”
“From the ocean boundary.” Sima You Yue said. “Weren’t you going to come soon? Why did you take so long?”
“Something held me back.” Old Man Devil said. “Are you ready?”
“We’re ready. Let’s go. I’ll bring you to see everyone.” Sima You Yue took Little Dream’s hand and they made their way out, getting Sima Tai to organise and gather everyone.
Old Man Devil took a look at the mass of people, and grinned, saying, “This many people? I don’t know if I can make a portal steady and sturdy enough to bring every single person there safely.”
“I know.” Sima You Yue said. Every time they entered a portal, it would close soon after, and knew that this portal would not last very long.
“You know and yet you are bringing this many people?” Old Man Devil stared hard at her.
“I didn’t say I was going to bring all of them through the portal.” Sima You Yue took out her pill vail, and a flowery fragrance floated out of it. As soon as they breathed in the scent, the people around her fell to the ground, unconscious.