Chapter 413: Request for Aid


    Rationality was the fuel burned by anger.


    The two furiously arguing women had no rationality to speak of.


    If things were allowed to go like this, then Xu Miaoran might really end up pushing Tang Jie into the same bed with Shen Qingdan. In the most extreme case, she might even watch as they performed for her.


    Fortunately… or unfortunately, it was only Xu and Shen who had lost their rationality, not Tang Jie.


    Thus, after flying for a little bit, Tang Jie got some distance from them and said, “Have you two had your fill of arguing yet?”


    The two women looked at Tang Jie in unison.


    Tang Jie sighed and said to Xu Miaoran, “You don’t actually want me to get into her bed, right?”


    And then he looked at Shen Qingdan. “And you don’t actually want me to consummate our marriage, right?”


    Finally, he spread out his hands. “Actually, neither of you want this, so why let your emotions drive you into doing it?”


    Xu Miaoran snorted. “What am I afraid of? What man doesn’t have two or three wives? I can just treat it as my man taking a concubine.”


    Shen Qingdan red. “Ridiculous! You think I’m afraid of consummating a marriage with my husband? And also, you had better get it straight. If you were allowed into the Tang family’s door, then you would be the concubine!”


    Xu Miaoran was furious, jeering, “Alright, then, you can be the main wife, a main wife whose husband is never home!”


    Shen Qingdan furiously retorted, “Regardless of how much my husband is away, I’m still better than a temptress fiend woman like you! Horizon Ocean Pavilion’s fiend women really live up to their reputation!”


    Xu Miaoran shot back, “It’s still better than some barbaric woman who came out of nowhere. My Horizon Ocean Pavilion is not an existence that you can speak so lightly about.”


    Shen Qingdan replied, “No matter how small my Wandering Pce is, I’m still the young master of a sect. No matter how big Horizon Ocean Pavilion is, it will never be yours! You are only a True Lord’s daughter, not the youngdy of Horizon Ocean Pavilion.”


    Tang Jie pped his forehead. “Again with this.”


    At least they had dropped the business about consummating the marriage, the topic somehow turning to their status, with no sign that either party wanted to go back to the topic.


    Xu Miaoran was a daughter of a True Lord in a major sect while Shen Qingdan was the young pce lord of a minor sect, so they were basically equal. Thus, whenparing backgrounds, neither gave an inch. At least they were in the air, where their argument would not draw countless spectators. To be blunt, their argument was like two housewives arguing on the street and simply wasn’t suitable for the eyes of outsiders.


    Tang Jie felt a headacheing on, and he shouted, “I say, are you two done yet?”


    He yelled with such force and majesty that the two women finally stopped and looked at Tang Jie.


    Tang Jie took in a deep breath before saying, “You’re a True Lord’s daughter and the youngdy of Wandering Pce, and we’re all cultivators, so what are you doing to yourselves, arguing in a ce like this? Can’t we all just sit down and talk? This matter wasn’t a big deal to begin with, so why turn against each other just because of some maid’s tactless words?”


    Xu Miaoran and Shen Qingdan nced at each other before turning away from each other in a huff. Although they were still angry, they stopped arguing.


    In truth, they knew that arguing like this was extremely inelegant, but they were so angry that they couldn’t control themselves. Now that Tang Jie had shouted them down, they were able to master their emotions.


    Tang Jie turned to Shen Qingdan and said, “This matter was because of that maid. In truth, Miaoran already punished her. On this matter, I will express my apologies on her behalf.”


    Shen Qingdan looked at him and grunted, “That maid truly was despicable, saying that I came chasing a man. Her education must have been sorelycking.”


    By criticizing the servant, she was criticizing the master, and Xu Miaoran was about to fire back when Tang Jie stopped her. “Right, I still haven’t heard: why are you here in Endsea?”


    This was a superb question from Tang Jie. Giving Shen Qingdan a chance to exin would cool her rage and also change the subject.


    Sure enough, after hearing this question, Shen Qingdan lightened up a little. “I came to Endsea because someone requested me to open an Immortal mobile pce.”


    “‘An Immortal mobile pce’?” Tang Jie was startled, never having expected this answer from Shen Qingdan.


    Immortal mobile pces were art relics or divine treasures in the form of pces. The area offered by these items allowed one toy downrge numbers of formations and seals, so they were often extremely powerful.


    Horizon Ocean Pavilion and the Wandering Pce were famous Immortal mobile pces, even getting their names from these items. This was a sign of how valuable they were.


    Tang Jie had never imagined that this would be Shen Qingdan’s reason foring, so he blurted out, “What sort of mobile pce?”


    Shen Qingdan shook her head. “I don’t know either.”


    Three months ago, Shen Qingdan had suddenly received a message in the Wandering Pce. It said that an Immortal mobile pce would soon appear in Endsea, and that Shen Qingdan’s aid was requested to open it. If she could do this, the requester was willing to give her most of the resources within the mobile pce.


    The Wandering Pce had its own mobile pce and lived year-round within it, traveling all over the ce, so they were experts at opening up sealed Immortal mobile pces. Horizon Ocean Pavilion was no match for them in this aspect.


    The Wandering Pce had taken such requests before, and since the requester had promised most of the resources in the mobile pce, Shen Qingdan hade personally. Of course, she hadn’t expected to run into Tang Jie in Endsea.


    “I see. And you still have the time to argue here?” Tang Jie said in a half-joking tone, trying his best to lighten the mood.


    Shen Qingdan red at Tang Jie. “I also don’t know where that Immortal mobile pce is. The requester has yet to appear, so I can only wait. And since I have nothing to do…”


    Tang Jie smiled. “Could that person be scamming you?”


    Shen Qingdan rolled her eyes. “Do you think everyone is as insincere as you? The requester already put in a deposit of one hundred thousand spirit coins. If he doesn’t fulfill his end of the contract, I’ll happily take the free money. Moreover, if that person hadn’t appeared by now, you really think I would talk about it with you so casually?”


    Tang Jie brought his hands together and bowed. “Mydy, thank you for exining this matter, and thank you for your tolerance.”


    “Forget it,” Shen Qingdanzily said. “Just control your servants better in the future.”


    She turned and left.


    As they watched Shen Qingdan leave, Tang Jie and Xu Miaoran shared a look and startedughing.


    Tang Jie smiled. “Did you enjoy it? It’s really hard to tell that you’ve got such a spicy temper.”


    Xu Miaoran grumbled, “Tsk, if not for your sake, I would have never let her go.”


    Seeing how stubborn she was still being, Tang Jie sighed. “If I knew it was going to be like that, I wouldn’t have stopped you from dragging me off to consummate my marriage with her.”


    Xu Miaoran red. “You dare!”


    She ced her hands on her hips. “I was testing you to see if you were that lowly. Thankfully, you had some tact. If… if…”


    She was unable to say what came next, and then she seemed to think of something and startedughing.


    Tang Jie was rendered speechless. Pulling her, he said, “Look how silly you are,ughing like that. Let’s go.”


    “‘Go’ where?”


    “Back to the inn. Yiyi sent word that someone hase to find me…”


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    When they returned to the inn, Yiyi came to wee him, saying, “He’s waiting for you in the inner hall.”


    Tang Jie nodded and went inside. A person was pacing back and forth in the hall, a worried look on his face. It was none other than the owner of the ship that Tang Jie had saved, Yun Changan.


    Elder Yun saw Tang Jieing and immediately went up to him. “Young Sir Tang, you’re finally back. Please, you must help out my Yun n!”


    “Elder Yun, please rise.” Tang Jie quickly helped the old man stand up. “Please, speak slowly. Did something happen to the Lucksnow?”


    The old man shook his head. “The Lucksnow is fine. We’ve already returned from Thousand Sail Ind. But the Yun n is facing a cmity…”


    The old man exined the situation to Tang Jie.


    The Yun n was originally one of four great ns on Spirit Gale Ind, possessing great wealth and numerous Spirit Masters. Apparently, it even had several peak Mortal Shedding cultivators in its employ.


    The Yun n’s primary business was in the Silverscale trade. Silverscales came from a kind of sea fiend, the Shuttlefish. It had a slim and long body like a shuttle and a mouth like a spear, hence its name. This fish swam very quickly, and its silver-colored scales were a rather precious cultivation material. Shuttlefish were mostly concentrated in the regions of Joymount Ind and Southrise Ind. These inds were under the Yun n, so the Yun n had also always controlled this region of the sea.


    Around forty days ago, the Yun n’s fishermen encountered a school of Shuttlefish out at sea. The fishermen on the boat used the Silversilk Nets made by the Yun n to try and catch these Shuttlefish. While Shuttlefish counted as sea fiends, they were naturally born at a low level and were very weak. A prepared fisherman could easily catch them, and an asional high-grade one could be dealt with by a local Spirit Master.


    But this time was different.


    For some reason, the school of Shuttlefish actually broke through the Silversilk Net. Not only that, they attacked the Yun n’s fishermen, killing many of them. Only three of them managed to escape.


    After this incident, the Yun n sent out three Spirit Masters to investigate.


    But to their shock, none of the three Spirit Masters came back.


    The Yun n could no longer underestimate this matter, so it mustered all of its Spirit Masters to investigate the seas and find out what was going on. They ended up running into two of the more famously powerful creatures of that region, the Sawtooth Shark and the Giant wed Octopus.


    The Yun n’s twenty-some Spirit Masters went into battle against the thirteen middle-grade Mind Opening Sawtooth Sharks and two upper-grade Mind Opening Giant wed Octopuses.


    Surprisingly, the result of this battle was the loss of the numerically superior humans.


    The Yun n Spirit Masters suffered a major defeat, ten-some Spirit Masters dying in battle and only seven managing to escape, with three of them taking severe wounds.


    In these circumstances, the Lucksnow, which had just been about to set off on a voyage, had to give up on a Spirit Master escort and set off alone. If not for Tang Jie’s help, the Lucksnow would have also been finished.


    Other than shipping goods, the Lucksnow had the additional important mission of recruiting more Spirit Masters for the Yun n. The defeat’s effects on the Yun n had just been too severe. Not only had their fishing revenue been severely cut down, other ns were beginning to get ideas.


    s, Spirit Masters couldn’t be hired just because one had money. Even though Yun Changan had offered a high price, there were few respondents. At present, Yun Changan had only managed to hire two Spirit Masters.


    And at this moment, the Yun n faced another crisis.


    As Yun Changan was heading back to Spirit Gale Ind with the two Spirit Masters, he received a message from the Yun n. It turned out that, seven days ago, the Yun n’s strategic base of Joymount Ind was besieged by sea fiends.


    It was not unheard of for sea fiends to attack an ind.


    When sea fiends were allowed to reproduce unchecked, their rise in strength would stimte their savagery, and they could even join together to attack humans.


    The Sawtooth Sharks, the Giant wed Octopuses, and even the tyrants of that region, the Faceless Serpents, had all appeared to attack Joymount Ind.


    But the Yun n had operated Joymount Ind for a hundred years, so it hadprehensive defenses. With its advantage in terrain, the Yun n managed to defend Joymount Ind. But wave after wave of sea beasts attacked, and the Yun n’s situation got worse and worse.


    The Yun n had sent this message to Yun Changan in this situation, the n head ordering Yun Changan to seek the assistance of powerful Spirit Masters no matter what. Otherwise, if Joymount Ind was lost, the Yun n was finished.


    But this poor elder was only a mortal, so what powerful Spirit Masters could he know? At this moment, the rumors of Tang Jie and Xu Miaoran traveling around reached him, and the old man immediately grasped this rope and hastily went to seek Tang Jie’s aid.


    In truth, the one he really wanted help from was Xu Miaoran, but he knew that his status was too low to ask for Xu Miaoran’s help. Thus, he had to go through Tang Jie.


    After understanding what had happened, Tang Jie began to think. “There’s something I don’t quite understand. Isn’t Endsea ruled by its own major sect? Since Joymount Ind is in danger, why didn’t you seek aid from Horizon Ocean Pavilion? The six major sects receive tribute from all the world, so they naturally have to handle such disasters.”


    Elder Yun sorrowfully sighed. “We thought the same, but Joymount Ind isn’t under the direct administration of Horizon Ocean Pavilion, but Jade Cliff Pavilion. Jade Cliff Pavilion has already sent Spirit Masters to help, but there are so many sea fiends encroaching upon a wide area, far more than just Joymount Ind. Jade Cliff Pavilion alone can just barely hold on. There are even rumors that a Transformation fiend has appeared at Jade Cliff Pavilion’s main base.”


    “I see.” Tang Jie understood.


    He didn’t ask why Jade Cliff Pavilion hadn’t asked for help from Horizon Ocean Pavilion. As a Basking Moon Sect disciple, he understood how inter-sect rtionships worked.


    Unless it was a foreign invasion, if a minor sect sought help from a major sect, it would always have to pay a huge fee, and it would sometimes evene with very stringent conditions.


    This was what the Basking Moon Sect’s Service Hall did. If a lower sect was in trouble, Yan Changfeng would arrive, brush in his left hand and sword in his right. After signing an unequal contract and handing over one’s treasures, one could get him to wave his sword and eliminate all dangers.


    It was probably for this reason that Jade Cliff Pavilion would not lightly ask for the help of Horizon Ocean Pavilion. While they could hold on, factions like the Yun n would suffer.


    Joymount Ind was besieged, and the Yun n was in dire peril, so it had sent this old man to seek reinforcements.


    Tang Jie couldn’t help but sadly sigh after hearing Elder Yun’s story.


    But while he sympathized, his answer was ultimately, “My apologies. I can’t help you with this.”


    “Young Sir Tang!” Yun Changan shouted.


    Tang Jie still shook his head. “Making Horizon Ocean Pavilion send people to assist you would have me used of meddling in another sect’s affairs. In the end, I’m not an Endseanian, only an outsider. I don’t have the right to say such words or do such things. While I am good friends with Lady Xu, I cannot lose sense of who I am and what my role is because of it. As for myself, I’m only a Nine Revolutions cultivator, so I cannot turn the tides. Moreover, I have my own business to take care of, so… I can only apologize.”


    Yun Changan felt his heart go cold. He looked at Tang Jie for a long while before finally shouting, “What important business could you have? Aren’t you just ying around with the Xu n’s youngdy?”


    This was insulting one’s superiors, but Tang Jie could understand the old man’s worries and emotional state, so he only frowned.


    Yun Changan began to wail.


    He tottered out of the hall and yelled, “Cultivators? Nothing more than a pack of selfish and greedy ghosts! All that talking about cultivating Immortality, seeking long life, freedom, and invincibility is nothing more than one-sided selfishness. They have no ce in their heart for the world, but they seek to dominate it! The mad dreams of a lunatic, the idle dreams of a daydreamer, and the unrealistic dreams of an idealist!”


    The old man began to crazilyugh.


    As he emerged from the inn, he yelled at the sky, “The Heavenly Dao has no eyes! The Heavenly Dao has no heart! The Heavenly Dao has nopassion!”


    One of the ind lord’s guards wanted to seize this raving man, but Tang Jie stopped him. Looking at Yun Changan, he said, “Let him talk… He’s not wrong. Cultivators really are nothing more than selfish ghosts, only knowing to reap the profits and take none of the responsibility. In this Rosecloud Domain, there have never been natural disasters, only man-made ones.”


    A guard said, “But he’s so brazen, even criticizing the Heavenly Dao.”


    “Let him criticize,” Tang Jie indifferently said. “If the Heavenly Dao has eyes, it will naturally strike him down with lightning. If the Heavenly Dao doesn’t mind, why should we humans?”


    The guard had nothing to say to that, and withdrew.


    Yun Changan continued to walk along the street, shouting and raving.


    Suddenly, the sky rumbled with thunder, giving Tang Jie a fright.


    But no lightning struck the old man dead, though it did begin to rain hard.


    In this rainy night, as Tang Jie looked at the old man’s back, he felt an inexplicable sense of destion.


    “Do you regret your choice?” Xu Miaoran’s voice came from behind him.


    Tang Jie said without turning, “You heard it all?”


    Xu Miaoran confirmed. “In truth, let alone you, even I can’t casually interfere in the pavilion’s business. While I might be a True Lord’s daughter, when has it ever been the right of a mere county lord to decide the business of a major sect?”


    “I know, but in the end, I was selfish.”


    “It’s us… we are selfish,” Xu Miaoran replied. She sweetly said, “Good or bad, in the end, we made this decision together. Next time something like this happens, remember to not push me to the side.”


    Tang Jie was startled.


    He reached out and put his hand around Xu Miaoran’s waist.


    This action made Xu Miaoran stiffen up, and then she gradually began to rx.


    “Come on. Let’s go back to the room,” Tang Jie said.


    “To do what?” Xu Miaoran suddenly began to panic.


    “Silly girl.” Tang Jie flicked her nose. “I just want to find a ce with no one around to talk with you.”


    Xu Miaoran rxed.


    “Of course, if you want to do something else, I have no objections.”


    Xu Miaoran blushed and punched him in the back. “Go and die, pervert!”


    Sadly, it’s not like Tang Jie can help out every ind in peril. And it’s not like he has any reason to intervene.<!--


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