Chronicles of Heaven's Chosen - Chapter 68

Yuan Yao’s heart stirred at the offer. She could use the trip to Yushan City to search for targets.

There were targets here as well, but far too many people were gathered together, and she had yet to think of a good way to suppress them all.

More importantly, they were in the midst of a crisis. If she rashly attacked disciples from the other sects, she would inevitably provoke needless trouble and conflict.

“Senior Sister Su, I’ll go with you.” Yuan Yao turned to the delicate-featured young woman.

Cang Li’s brows immediately knitted together. Like an anxious old father, he warned, “Don’t run off.”

Senior Sister Su agreed. “That’s right. I can buy everything for you.”

“Third Senior Brother, if I run into danger, I’ll send you a message immediately.” Yuan Yao had already made up her mind. After a brief pause, she added with a beaming smile, “Besides, I still have seven…”

She stopped herself there.

Cang Li understood.

“You will only go to Yushan City?”

“Yes.” Yuan Yao nodded earnestly.

Ao Su smiled. “Why don’t I accompany Little Junior Sister as well?”

“There’s no need,” Cang Li said. “She’s old enough to take care of herself. If she can’t even go buy a few roasted bird eggs, wouldn’t that make her a little fool?”

Yuan Yao glared at him.

Then she asked the other senior brothers and sisters if they wanted anything to eat. She could buy it for them while she was there.

“Little Junior Sister, I want roast goose!” Ao Su raised his hand.

“Sure!”

“Little Junior Sister, could you bring me some sugar cakes?”

“Of course.”

“Little Junior Sister, could you buy me some crispy pastries?”

“No problem!”

“Little Junior Sister…”

The Xiaoyao Sect disciples called out one order after another, stuffing money into Yuan Yao’s and Senior Sister Su’s hands.

Yuan Yao took out a sheet of paper and quickly recorded everyone’s requests. When she finished, she held it up for them to inspect.

“Is this all correct?”

The disciples’ expressions became subtly complicated.

Little Junior Sister’s handwriting was just as dreadful as ever. Every character looked like a dog had scrawled it.

“Yes. Yes, that’s right.” They all nodded.

A few senior brothers and sisters had ordered nothing, having long ago resolved to renounce the pleasures of food.

Meanwhile, the commotion from the Xiaoyao Sect’s group attracted the attention of disciples from other sects.

“At a time as critical as this, they still have the leisure to fuss over food?” a mocking voice rang out from the crowd.

“Exactly. So many people have died in Yunming City. Such behavior is utterly disrespectful—a blatant insult to the dead!” another person chimed in.

“Hah. I’ve always thought the Xiaoyao Sect was nothing more than an insignificant little sect with an undeserved reputation—all style and no substance. If they weren’t relying on Immortal Lord Qianshan to lend them prestige, some stronger faction would have swallowed them up long ago!”

The Xiaoyao Sect disciples heard every word, and their expressions darkened.

“Ignore them,” Cang Li said. Then he patted Yuan Yao on the shoulder. “Off you go.”

Yuan Yao nodded and set out for Yushan City with Senior Sister Su.

Everyone watched the pair depart.

Back at the City Lord’s Estate, many people had noticed how warmly the Xiaoyao Sect disciples addressed Yuan Yao as Little Junior Sister. It had left them curious. Did she have some special connection within the sect? Why else would she receive such preferential treatment?

Now, however, they saw Yuan Yao doing the work of a servant disciple.

Their confusion was finally resolved.

So that was it. These disciples were close to Yuan Yao not merely out of fellowship, but because they could order her around and have her run errands whenever they pleased!

Once Yuan Yao and Senior Sister Su had walked some distance away, Cang Li faced the Xiaoyao Sect disciples with a solemn expression and proclaimed with great passion, “Our Xiaoyao Sect is simply too outstanding. Everything we do inspires envy!”

“That’s right!” Ao Su thrust his bamboo-thin arm into the air.

“THAT’S RIGHT!” the Xiaoyao Sect disciples thundered.

The roar of their voices completely drowned out those who had been chattering, insulting, and slandering them.

Everyone present froze.

Cang Li continued with heartfelt fervor, “We of the Xiaoyao Sect were born to live freely and joyfully, yet despicable villains insist on pushing their luck! So let us wish those villains a lifetime of eating dirt!”

“A LIFETIME OF EATING DIRT!”

The Xiaoyao Sect disciples raised their fists and shouted as one.

“We haven’t set fires, killed anyone, or eaten anyone, yet those villains climb onto the moral high ground and judge us! Are they worthy?!”

“THEY ARE NOT!”

The onlookers stared, dumbfounded, their feelings indescribably complicated.

Farther down the road, Yuan Yao and Senior Sister Su heard the shouting and doubled back. Even from a distance, they could see the remarkable coordination between Cang Li and the Xiaoyao Sect disciples.

The corner of Yuan Yao’s mouth twitched. “Senior Sister Su, was Third Senior Brother always like this when he went out?”

Senior Sister Su laughed.

“Yes. It’s quite effective at silencing all that tiresome gossip.”

Yuan Yao also noticed that the noisy crowd in the distance had fallen utterly silent. Everyone had clearly been struck speechless by the spectacle.

She could not agree more with Senior Sister Su’s assessment.

With that settled, the two of them continued to Yushan City in peace.

After reentering the city, Yuan Yao glanced at the paper crowded with her awful handwriting and smiled at Senior Sister Su. “To save time, why don’t we split up and make the purchases separately?”

Senior Sister Su paused. Before she could respond, Yuan Yao tore the list in half and handed one piece to her.

Yuan Yao blinked innocently. “Senior Sister Su, it’s broad daylight. Nothing will happen to me.”

“Are you certain you’ll be all right on your own?”

“Senior Sister Su, I’m not a child anymore. Of course I’ll be all right.” Yuan Yao held her hand and tried her very best to look sweet and endearing.

Senior Sister Su’s heart softened. “All right.”

Yuan Yao quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

The two went their separate ways.

System 250’s voice rang out in Yuan Yao’s mind.

【Targets Qiu Manhui, Huai Tianlei, Li Er, Song Qi… all have an Awakening Value of 0.】

She swept her gaze over the crowd, then turned into an alley and swiftly laid down a formation barrier.

Once every preparation was complete, she found herself facing a dilemma.

“How am I supposed to lure the targets here?”

She could hardly abduct people in the middle of the street.

Then she remembered a plot that appeared in countless storybooks.

Her eyes lit up. She quickly took a heap of colorful, dazzling jewelry from her storage space and adorned herself with every piece.

The most eye-catching of them all was the crescent-moon necklace hanging at her throat. It had been painstakingly carved from a supreme-grade spirit stone and was twice the size of an ordinary pigeon’s egg.

Beneath the sunlight, it shone with a mesmerizing brilliance.

Draped from head to toe in treasure, Yuan Yao sauntered back onto the street without a care in the world.

People immediately began to notice her—not merely because of her beauty, but because the precious ornaments covering her body were so ostentatious that anyone who saw them could scarcely keep their heart from stirring with greed.

At the same time, on the second-floor balcony of a nearby restaurant, a ghost-masked youth caught sight of the unusually conspicuous girl from the corner of his eye.

Once he saw the glittering ornaments hanging all over her, the corner of his mouth twitched.

Her again.