Reborn As A Villainous Cannon Fodder - Chapter 405 - 405: Ch 405 - Changli II
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Over these past six months, Yune’s emotions had been constantly fluctuating.
She was not idly monitoring Yino every day. as a General, Yune had duties throughout the Western Region and northern borders. So periodically, she would receive reports from subordinates stationed at the Wuji Sect.
In those letters, Yino sometimes seemed completely ordinary, other times achieved remarkable military exploits.
Later, Yune received more and more letters about Yino’s accomplishments.
Yune assumed that with his recent cultivation breakthroughs, this brat was done pretending to have a useless constitution and was finally about to reveal his phoenix bloodline…
So Yune decisively set aside her current work, planning to return from the northern border to Western Province City to wait for the perfect moment.
But halfway through her journey, Yune received another letter saying Yino had been crippled in a secret realm, and with Yuyan escorting him throughout the entire trip, they had no opportunity to capture him.
Not only that, but since Yino’s cultivation was completely destroyed, he probably would not venture out easily and would need to recover on Ranmo Peak for some time. So Yune did not need to travel all that way back.
“Damn it!”
Reading this, Yune immediately flew into a rage, throwing the letter to the ground and stomping on it several times.
Yino was crippled again, Yune’s joy had been for nothing. She simply ordered the carriage driver to turn around and return north to continue fighting the Northmen.
Time passed like this for another three months.
During those three months, Yune was busy with northern campaigns and received no letters from the Wuji Sect, nearly forgetting about Yino entirely.
But just two days ago, Yune received another urgent message claiming the intelligence about Yino’s destroyed cultivation three months prior was fake. Just yesterday, Yino had appeared at the Demon Abyss battlefield, fighting a witch outside the city.
After several reversals, Yune was already in a terrible mood.
What made it worse was that she was currently far in the northern border with military duties. If Yune wanted to rush back to Western Province City, she would first have to abandon her command responsibilities, and the journey would take at least a full day.
Three months ago, Yune had already been played once. If she got deceived again this time, she would truly lose it.
But the problem was, if Yune chose not to return, what if this intelligence was real?
No choice.
Following the principle of believing it might be true rather than assuming it was false, Yune decided to personally make the trip.
She wrote to several elders in Western Province City, demanding they find a way to get Yuyan out of the way, then directly capture Yino within the city.
After issuing these orders, Yune clenched her jade hands, feeling somewhat confident of victory.
She could not imagine how Yino could escape this time on her own territory.
But…
Just a few hours ago, when Yune arrived under cover of night after traveling far, she found no trace of Yino at the City Lord’s mansion.
And now, several Western Province City elders were prostrating themselves at the Qin Queen’s feet….
“Qin Queen Your Highness, circumstances changed!”
“If not for Princess Nina interfering, we would have already captured Yino!”
One elder complained with a face full of worry.
“Your Highness, who could have predicted this!”
“Yesterday we waited in the city for several hours, but even after the Demon Abyss dispersed, we never saw Yino appear. Who could have guessed that a mere mortal would go play around beneath the Demon Abyss?”
Another elder followed up with complaints.
“Qin Queen Your Highness, that brat is cunning and difficult to handle!”
“This afternoon, we were all stationed in Western Province City planning to capture him, but that little bastard seemed to anticipate everything and directly broke through our blockade, fleeing toward Gold City!”
Yet another elder shook his head in frustration.
“Your Highness, that Jin City elder is in cahoots with the criminal!”
“When we pursued him to Jin City, both the City elder and Princess Nina were present. That is their territory, we really could not cross borders to arrest someone!”
Finally, the white-haired elder leading them looked constipated.
For a moment, before the gathered elders, the azure dragon woman standing with hands behind her back could barely keep her heroic brows from twitching.
“Nina… Nina…”
“Why is it that every time Yino leaves the Wuji Sect, there are experts escorting him?!”
“Before it was Yuyan and Wuji Sect elders, you could not make a move. This time even my stupid little sister got dragged to the Western Region. Is this not a bit ridiculous?”
“Moreover, at this timing, why would Nina come to Western Province City to steal someone instead of handling government affairs at the Dragon Palace?”
“How does Nina know about Yino’s special identity?”
“Even if she already knew, now that Nina has ascended as Dragon Emperor, why would she specifically protect a man with phoenix blood?!”
Countless questions poured out in one breath. Yune glared coldly at her numerous subordinate elders, but could not get any of the answers she hoped for.
Incompetents… truly a bunch of incompetents!
Yune felt bitter anguish. She suddenly realized it made perfect sense that she had not become Dragon Emperor two years ago. After all, Nina not only had human bloodline that earned human support, but her master Changli was a once-in-a-millennium divine teammate! Looking at Yune’s side, why was she surrounded only by stubborn old fossils!
“A group of elders cannot even catch a Foundation Establishment ant?!”
The more Yune thought about it, the angrier she became, finally unable to resist mocking them.
But when her words fell, those elders felt no shame, instead, they became more anxious to explain:
“Your Highness, he is no Foundation Establishment ant! That brat was already Core Formation stage when he left the mountain, and now after returning from the Demon Abyss, he has broken through to Nascent Soul stage! Plus he had Yuyan and Nina accompanying him. Even if we old ministers could forcibly suppress all three through raw power, when the experts behind those two women come knocking, even Your Highness would not be able to handle the consequences!”
“Good! Good! Good!”
Hearing this, Yune’s belly filled with fire. Her anger peaked as she nodded repeatedly, saying “good” three times.
She pointed a small finger, emotions running high and ready to lash out, but the words stuck in her throat, she could not find anything unreasonable to say.
After all…
Yuyan was the Wuji Sect’s top talent. Detaining her would be slapping the entire Wuji Sect’s face.
And Nina was even more heavyweight. If Yune dared detain her, that would be equivalent to treason and declaring war on the entire Dragon Dynasty.
“According to what you are saying, this guy called Yino really is supernatural! No matter what, this king just cannot touch a single hair on his head?!”
Thinking this through, Yune could only laugh bitterly.
When people are speechless, they do laugh. Yune was now completely unable to find fault and had been struck silent.
“You see, there really was no opportunity…”
The elder pursed his lips, his intention to shift blame obvious.
Yune propped her hand against her cheek and raised her brows again:
“Then let me ask you! Let me ask you!”
“How did Yino leave Ranmo Peak?”
“Do your spies planted in the Wuji Sect know nothing at all?”
As her words fell, the lead elder’s expression cracked, but he could only thicken his face and say:
“We truly knew nothing! That Yino kid is crafty wrapped in black robes, masked, and skilled in illusion techniques. Nobody noticed Yino descending the mountain. By the time our spies realized something was wrong and went up to check, Ranmo Peak was already completely empty!”
“Then how did Yino get to Western Province City? He stayed in Western City for several days and none of you noticed?”
Yune continued her relentless questioning.
But these elders were like non-stick pans, always finding seemingly reasonable excuses:
“Your Highness, you know our Western Province City is positioned at the east-west transportation hub. This place is mixed with humans and demons, with tens of thousands of people flowing through daily. Entry inspections simply cannot be that strict and detailed…”
The elders were still talking endlessly.
But this time, before they could finish, Yune was already clutching her forehead in irritation, gesturing for them to shut up.
“Enough, enough. You are all thousand-year-old foxes with ten thousand excuses to protect yourselves. Get lost, get lost…”
“This time Yino returned to the Central Plains. While using force will be difficult, with the Lin mansion’s influence rooted in the Central Plains, there will still be opportunities to deal with him in the future!”
“Right now…”
“I need to return to the Dragon Palace to demand an explanation from Nina.”
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Cloud Pavilion, Celestial Gate.
Around a circular table, a white-robed woman with crane-white hair and golden pupils sat to one side, quietly observing the constantly shifting Eight Trigrams heavenly screen above the round table.
At some point, she seemed to divine something from the formation. Her peaceful countenance finally could not hide a few traces of shock and fury.
“Iris, you seem rather distracted lately. Do you have something on your mind?”
Beside the crane-haired woman, a red beauty propped her hand against her cheek, curiously observing the former’s expression.
The woman called Iris looked back, the golden divine eye at her brow also studying the latter’s intentions.
“Speaking of which, that little fox who used to serve Iris tea and water, why did she not come with you this time?”
“Mm… do not worry, let me help you divine her fate…”
“That little fox has been away from home for so long. Could she now be nestled in Luo City, keeping her newly recognized little master company?”
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