Chapter 319 - 250: To Search High and Low

Chapter 319: Chapter 250: To Search High and Low

Hu Lan patted her mount.

On the mount sat Little Douding, a meat bun in one hand and a stick of candied hawthorns in the other, eating joyfully.

Hearing her sister speak, she nimbly slid down, blinking her grape-like black eyes as she looked at Tang Wen.

The little girl’s name was Huya, and her nickname was Yaya.

Ganshan City had so much delicious food. Since arriving, she had spent her days eating from morning to night and hadn’t interacted much with Tang Wen.

However, the little one knew that all the delicious food had been given to her by this handsome big brother.

This time, as she was leaving, Tang Wen was also giving her five—chefs.

"Hu Qi?"

Tang Wen didn’t know what to say.

’A Fifth Grade Exotic Beast... Any other family would be worshiping it, and you guys just give it a name like that?’

The white tiger, pure white save for the golden "King" character on its forehead, lifted its head and looked at Tang Wen.

It didn’t roar. Instead, a voice transmitted via Spiritual Power, "You can call me Auntie Qi or Seventh Mother."

"Seventh Mother?" Tang Wen was in disbelief.

Hu Lan patted the tiger’s head. "Don’t listen to her. Just call her Sister Qi, like I do."

After speaking, she reluctantly ruffled the white tiger’s head. "Sister Qi is at the Peak of Fifth Grade. An ordinary human at the Peak of Fifth Grade is no match for her. She can protect you."

As for the other white tiger she had promised, it would have to wait for the White Tiger Guard assigned to Ganshan City to arrive before it could come.

The two of them, reluctant to part, looked like lovers bidding a tearful farewell.

They talked from morning until noon. The large procession had already left the city, and the Little Jade Tiger on Hu Lan’s shoulder yawned impatiently.

Only then did Hu Lan take her sister, mount another white tiger, and soar into the sky from where they stood.

Tang Wen stood on the ground watching them go, the white tiger’s figure shrinking until it became a black dot.

"You should have gone with them."

A faint, fragrant breeze wafted by as Shui Yun appeared at his side.

"I’ll go in the summer. Sister Qi, how long will it take you to get back to the tribe?"

The white tiger’s seemingly soft belly vibrated, emitting a deep voice, "Seven days."

A Fifth-Grade White Tiger took seven days, which meant the supply convoys would take at least several dozen days to arrive.

Tang Wen didn’t have that kind of time.

Hu Lan and her sister wouldn’t follow the convoy the whole way, either. They would go on ahead and wait for them at the edge of the Ten Thousand Mountains.

The western city wall was under reconstruction.

Martial Artists, one after another, carried stone blocks weighing hundreds of pounds, effortlessly climbing the high steel frames as if they were just exercising.

"Young Master, the gang has cleared out the rear courtyard for you." As he stepped through the door, the housekeeper came to greet him.

"Good." Tang Wen held out his arms, and Liang Yu came over to take off his coat.

"We’ll start tearing it down to rebuild in the next couple of days. Um, would you like to take a look at the blueprints?"

Tang Wen didn’t look, turning his head to say, "Show them to Sister Qi, Senior White Tiger. That’s where she’ll be living from now on."

It was perfectly normal for a Fifth Grade Exotic Beast to have its own private courtyard.

When the time comes, they’ll knock down the wall between the two courtyards, and it will all be one home.

"Yes, I’ll go right away."

Hmm?

The housekeeper felt a hand grab her wrist. She turned to meet Tang Wen’s gaze and understood instantly: The Young Master needed to relax!

Her eyes suddenly lit up. She had been looking forward to this for a long time.

THUD. Knees hit the floor.

Liang Yu had already knelt down first, as if tying her shoelaces.

’That slut is so fast.’

The housekeeper cursed inwardly and, not to be outdone, stepped forward.

Two hours later, the two beautiful, mature Martial Artists, utterly spent, were fast asleep.

Tang Wen got dressed and went to the adjacent bedroom.

Shui Yun had been there for half the day, passing the time by drinking alone in her room.

When Tang Wen entered, she wrinkled her nose and poured a cup of wine.

On the table, a red clay stove was burning, and red meat bubbled in a stone pot.

"It’s sand donkey meat. Hurry up and eat."

Like a married couple of many years, the two chatted about going to the White Tiger Tribe in the summer.

Tang Wen also briefly mentioned his trip before the new year.

Shui Yun didn’t pay it much mind. Her thoughts were already on the Black Water Gang’s next move: The White Tiger Tribe was to the south, which meant the Black Water Gang’s influence should also expand southward.

"Junior Brother, about those Thirteen Thieves of the Desert Sea... have them work under me. Let them be the ones to forge the path south..."

"Senior Sister, you really are all business."

Not that he minded.

After all, what was Shui Yun’s was his.

The more Shui Yun talked, the more excited she became, eager to lay out the gang’s entire five-year development plan that very night.

Tang Wen, her sole audience, went from yawning endlessly and nodding along to staring blankly, with no energy left to even feign interest.

HISS!

Shui Yun pinched him irritably. "Go to sleep! I’m going back to work on the plan!"

After that night, Tang Wen’s life returned to a regular routine.

Eat, train, sleep in the tent... Eat, train, sleep in the tent...

The cycle repeated, with occasional "relaxation" sessions with Liang Yu and the housekeeper, Shu Mei.

In the blink of an eye, more than half a month passed.

On a bright and sunny winter day, Tang Wen, who hadn’t left his underground area in a long time, was eating and sunbathing in the plaza when he suddenly stopped his chopsticks.

The Brown-tailed Crow, which was reorganizing its flock in the mountain forest, sent him an image. On a perpetually snow-covered mountainside, a section of a black vine was exposed.

"CAW CAW, CAW CAW CAW"

The Brown-tailed Crow was ecstatic, its emotions running high.

’What is this?’

’It looks like some kind of medicinal herb that’s been growing for decades.’

BANG!

Snow flew everywhere.

A thick arm burst out from the snow, and a large man clad in Beast Skins rose from the snowdrift.

’Huang the Seventeenth Lang?’

Tang Wen couldn’t help his surprise.

The man snatched the vine and burrowed back into the snow.

Gusts of wind carrying snow blew over, and the area was pristine again, without so much as a single footprint.

’No wonder the people from Giant Rock Martial Arts Hall can’t find him.’

’Hmm, should I reveal his location to them?’

’No. If a Fifth Grade expert takes action, Huang Shiqi will definitely be captured alive.’

’With the Heart Stone, he’d be forced to tell the truth.’

’I could be exposed!’

His eyes turned cold as he made his decision.