Immortality Path: From the Blind Man at the Pharmacy-Chapter 340 - 187, 188. Lantern Festival, Ruins, Crane White Country, Birth (Please Subscribe)_4
Chapter 340: 187, 188. Lantern Festival, Ruins, Crane White Country, Birth (Please Subscribe)_4
The daughter-in-law, favored as if startled, quickly said, "But as long as it’s useful to the Third Madam, then that’s good."
Song Cheng said, "We cannot mistreat the one who presented the treasure. How about this, let him come to my mansion’s library and select a Cultivation Technique to copy and take away."
The daughter-in-law waved her hands hastily and again and again said, "Father-in-law, I surely did not come for any benefit."
Song Cheng smiled and said, "Nor do I bestow the Cultivation Technique for that reason."
After saying this, he thought for a moment and remembered that this daughter-in-law seemed to be a certain princess from the Ji Family, with the surname Ji, named Youke.
So, he said again, "Youke, with An not here, you have also been toiling in the mansion."
Princess Youke chattered with Song Cheng for a few more sentences before leaving with joy.
Song Cheng, holding the Warm Jade, however, did not plan to give it to Yu. The reason was very simple... If it had been possible to help Yu by using the method of "Suppression," he would have done so long ago.
But isn’t such "Suppression" yet another form of harm to an infant?
Given the current situation, all he could do was to counter each move as it came.
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The Dashang army of fifty thousand, along with ten thousand Demon Beasts, after traversing for over half a year, finally managed to detour around the Yin Cloud Miasma.
The young general also became more composed. He had people draw maps while he explored the distance, and after several days, he saw a city.
Song An did not attack the city but set up camp outside, sending envoys for communication.
Despite his boastful claims before departing, about expanding Dashang’s territory, he would not act recklessly when it came to the crunch.
The deployment of envoys was for "understanding" and "establishing relations."
If he could establish contact between this country and the Dashang Dynasty, then... his journey would not have been in vain.
And if trouble arose, and diplomacy failed, then they would resort to war.
As evening arrived, scouts returned with initial information relayed to Song An.
"General, this land is called Crane White Country, a vassal of a large empire named Empire of Ten Thousand Spirits. The local dialect doesn’t differ much from that of Thundercloud State, and both gold and silver can be used for trade..."
Song An nodded, sent another envoy, taking along specialties such as Jiangnan silk and Feng State fragrant tea, preparing to formally proceed to discuss establishing relations, while also sending people to purchase food supplies.
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Pitter-patter.
Patter patter...
Patter patter patter patter...
The sound of pebbles rolling into the deep darkness was heard.
Bouncing between the rugged valley walls for a long time before they reached the bottom.
"Be careful, Yuan," Ting shouted.
"Got it, big sis," replied the lively girl, then she raised her hand and knocked on the rock wall, saying, "Big sis, the rocks here are exceptionally hard. I just hit it with all my strength and only managed to chip off a tiny bit of stone. There must be treasures here, I’m sure of it."
Meanwhile, the voice of a youth named Zhang Ling came from the other side.
"Big sis, you and Feng, Brother Lu stay put. Wait until Yuan and I check things out first," he said.
After that, another youth who appeared frail closed his eyes, muttering as if chanting or in Visualization, then conjured up a sphere of wind in his hand, pointing towards a tall and sturdy boy.
The tall boy suddenly felt his feet enveloped in wind, becoming much more agile in his movements.
"Thanks, Feng," Zhang Ling called out, then followed Yuan, who was holding a giant sword, into the darkness ahead.
Ting clapped her hands, and a rabbit and a monkey closely followed the two.
She looked at the dark, mysterious cave before her, touched the cold, hard rock walls, and suddenly thought of Yaochi Peak on Accumulating Thunder Mountain.
The rocks there... were also this hard.
Atop Yaochi Peak were Immortality Peaches.
Yet, in the Empire of Ten Thousand Spirits, experienced adventurers took it as common knowledge that "ancient ruins in such hard environments surely contain treasures."
Were there any connections between the two?
The clever Ting thought for a while, then in a blink of an eye, informed her distant father and mother.
Whatever she knew, her father and mother would always know.
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Another month passed.
It was the last day of the year at 11 p.m....
An unprecedented outbreak of the Ghost Tide surged from the north, and along with the north, in the canals, many strange creatures emerged seemingly out of nowhere.
Countless died.
And Changjian, just because he was to come to King Song’s Mansion to copy a Cultivation Technique, escaped catastrophe.
On the same day, at the same hour, Su Ningyu gave birth.
The blood was nearly black, with frost spanning the ground.
The fire in the room, the lights in the mansion, the flames throughout the city suddenly all extinguished.
The baby girl emerged from the dark blood, born with her eyes open... a pair of unblemished, jade-like eyes.
But unfortunately, her eyes were very dull.
After the baby girl crawled out, she became still and motionless.
If she was not the precious daughter of King Song’s Mansion, anyone could see that the baby girl was not only blind but also mentally disabled.
But still...
Even though no one dared to say it, it seemed the reality would not change.
Half a month later, almost the entire Imperial Capital knew that "King Song’s Mansion’s Third Miss, Song Mo, was born," but most people would never know even a little about the Third Miss’ condition...
Because Song Mo was indeed blind and mentally disabled.
