Chapter 370

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Chapter 370: The Little Golden Tree Trembles

Girls’ Dormitory

Strictly speaking, this was not Bai Wei’s first time here, in fact, you could even say he had come many times.

The dorm Michelle and Judy lived in was the girls’ dormitory. He had seen both what he should and shouldn’t see many times.

Whether it’s Michelle or Judy, they are all European white people, colorful big horses.

And Bai Wei is just a viewer, without actually experiencing it, he treats it as watching a movie, with not much reaction.

But the black straight-haired and short-haired sporty girls here, and even the glasses-wearing literary girls, have all kinds of qualities, and they are very close in contact, making it difficult to maintain a peaceful and objective perspective.

Bai Wei carried Yoshine Ise upstairs and received a lot of attention. There aren’t many girls staying home today, basically all light or asymptomatic sword witches, so there is no need to go to Kamiji Village to receive the blessings and baptism of the small golden tree for the time being.

Although not many, there are also close to twenty of them, and almost all of the ones living in the shrine dormitory are young girls who have been staying at the shrine headquarters for a long time. They are young and receiving training at the shrine headquarters, and they have not reached the age to be sent out on assignments yet.

Simply put, they are a group of young girls waiting to be married.

When they saw a wild…rare person from the Ming Country, their expression became very intriguing.

This group of sword witches is like the girls in a girls’ school. Instead of being reserved and distant, they are more curious. The most they can come into contact with on a regular basis are the male clergy. The clergy come from various shrines, and in the genealogy of witches, which accounts for 70%, most of them are from Kamiji Village.

As soon as Bai Wei walked up, many alert sword witches poked their heads out, looking at him carrying Yoshine Ise, like they just saw a giant panda carrying a little raccoon passing by, their eyes shining.

"I knew it," said Bai Wei.

"It’s just a temporary passion that will fade quickly," Yoshine Ise smiled lightly and then secretly turned around, waving to her sisters.

Bai Wei opened the door to the dormitory, pushed it open, and avoided eye contact.

The sword witches also started discussing.

"You were just showing off, I could tell."

"Ugh, he’s actually a handsome guy. How did Yoshine Ise manage to attract him?"

"Exactly, Igarashi never mentioned this, right?"

"Is he a relative? Like a cousin, a cousin once removed, or a sibling?"

"I don’t think so… The appearance is too different, and the aura is unlike an ordinary person. Doesn’t seem like someone involved with a shrine."

At that moment, a young sword witch came back singing a little tune. She had a cute face with two ponytails and was carrying a red-tasseled spear on her shoulder.

She had just finished her training and curiously approached, asking, "What’s going on? Why is everyone gathered here?"

Someone spoke up, saying, "Ise has brought a man with her."

Immediately, someone turned their head and said, "Spread the word, Ise has brought a man to stay overnight."

The next person turned their head and continued, "Spread the word, Ise has brought a man tied up to stay overnight!"

The person after that turned their head again and said, "Spread the word, Ise has brought a man tied up to stay overnight so that everyone can join in!"

Kiriko Mizuko exclaimed, "This is outrageous, too strange! Let me have a look."

She said as she hurriedly ran to Ise’s dormitory door and pushed it open, saying, "Ise, I’m coming in!"

Just as she was speaking, she noticed Ise sitting on a chair and Bai Wei washing tea utensils.

Mizuko’s expression stiffened, and she hesitated to speak, "White, white…"

Bai Wei glanced at her and greeted, "Hello to you."

He recognized Kiriko Mizuko, having seen her during the logging and in Shikoku Town.

Kiriko Mizuko exclaimed, "It’s really Brother Bai, alive!"

Bai Wei stared at her and asked, "When did I die?"

Kiriko Mizuko rushed in, quickly kicked off her shoes, stood on one foot, hopped forward, and flung off her shoes before kneeling down.

"How come you have time to sit here? It’s too polite of you. Since you’re here, you should have given a heads up." The girl from Shikoku was very enthusiastic.

Yoshine Ise added, "We already gave a heads up to each other, with me."

"Right, Mr. White also saved your life, so now we’re comrades." Kiriko Mizuko patted Mizuko’s thigh and then asked, "Where’s Igarashi? Has she not come back?"

Yoshine Ise thought that her best friend should still be at the police station doing paperwork, but she said calmly, "She’s quite busy."

"Oh, I see," Kiriko Mizuko was about to continue speaking.

Yoshine Ise coughed, "Let’s give Mr. Bai some space. Did you just finish exercising?"

"Yeah."

"You smell sweaty." Ise tapped her head, "Why don’t you go wash up?"

Kiriko Mizuko sniffed, the smell wasn’t very strong, but when she looked at Bai Wei, she jumped up like a spring, "I’ll go wash up right away! Brother Bai, wait for me!"

Bai Wei："…"

What do you mean by going back after taking a shower? What are you implying?

"And you guys eavesdropping!" Yoshine Ise shouted at the door, "I have something important to say, so gather everyone here now!"

There were footsteps in the hallway.

"So energetic," Bai Wei teased.

"Yes," Yoshine Ise nodded and turned around, then looked at Bai Wei again. "Wait a minute, Mr. White, what are you doing?"

" "Brewing tea," Bai Wei replied."

"But I have tea leaves from Ise Shrine…"

"I want to brew cherry blossom tea." Bai Wei opened his hand, and three Blossom of Life Taker petals floated in his palm, emitting a soft pink glow.

"This isn’t Heroic Spirit Principle…"

"Just a few remnants of Heroic Spirit Principle, I plucked them off Jingūji without thinking. They have a pleasant aroma, perfect for brewing tea." Bai Wei threw them into the tea caddy, started boiling water, and as the cherry blossoms came into contact with the hot water, the whole room filled with a refreshing fragrance.

Yoshine Ise was dumbfounded. "You’re really using them to make tea…"

"What about that? Sakura tea, sakura cake, never had, never eaten?" Bai Wei smiled. "I’m actually quite good at making them."

Yoshine Ise sighed and put her hand on her forehead. If that couple from before saw this, wouldn’t they end up vomiting instantly?

Boiling and brewing tea, Bai Wei moved swiftly and didn’t pay attention to complicated steps.

Yingzhou’s tea ceremony was too focused on formality. From the moment they started to the actual act of drinking tea, it might have all cooled down. In Bai Wei’s opinion, they were putting style above the actual purpose.

Yoshine Ise’s room was fully equipped with tea sets. She must have received a similar education, but she had no interest in it. Most of the tea sets were just decorations, never actually used. Now, Bai Wei casually borrowed one.

Watching Bai Wei carefully and smoothly prepare tea, as well as clean the tea utensils, Yoshine Ise was captivated. Maybe it wasn’t the tea ceremony that interested her, but the fact that she was seeing a new side of him. One can only see a person from one side, but if you’re close enough, you can see more sides. Suddenly, she felt fortunate to know a diverse person like him. That made her a lucky girl.

"Alright." Bai Wei turned over the cup and poured out the tea. The color of the tea hardly changed, almost resembling plain water, but it emitted a faint pink hue.

"Wow~" The exclamation sounds filled the room.

Only when Yoshine Ise turned around did she notice more than ten sword witches standing behind her, filling her dorm room.

The girl immediately felt a bit sad. If she had known, she would have sneaked in secretly… It wasn’t supposed to let you see.

She could have had it all to herself.

"Who wants to taste it?" Bai Wei nudged the cup. "The water is slightly hot now."

"I’ll do it." Yoshine Ise didn’t hesitate. She picked up the teacup, blew on it, took a small sip. A rich aroma filled her throat, rushed into her esophagus, and swirled around in her lungs, as if something inside her was doing a thorough cleaning. She opened her mouth and exhaled a faint white mist, her mouth watering, leaving a lingering fragrance on her lips.

She froze. Is this tea? What have I been drinking before, sewage from the drain?

Bai Wei poured himself a cup as well, took a sip, but his reaction wasn’t as strong as Ise’s. He said, "It’s a bit weak, after all, the ingredients are not that good."

It’s not as rich in flavor as the tea made from golden tree leaves… Now there are little golden trees in Yingzhou, when they grow to ten meters, we can pick some leaves and make tea.

When it comes to brewing tea with highly mysterious plants, no one is more professional than Bai Wei. He has been studying how to retain the flavor in the water instead of letting it evaporate for over three years. In fact, what you drink is more like chi than water. When you take a sip, the mystical condensed energy circulates inside your body, lingering in your lungs the longest. It’s like smoking for a person, smoking is harmful to health, but this won’t be, instead, it gradually settles and improves your physique.

It has no effect on Bai Wei, who has the most advanced golden bloodline, but it is very beneficial to ordinary witches.

In the past, when Black Rose had meetings, he would always make a pot of Golden Tree tea, which no witch could resist.

Inside the Rose Society, the Emperor’s handmade tea often caused arguments among the members. It wasn’t that Bai Wei didn’t let them have enough, it was just that there would always be some tea left over that no one could agree on who should have. This often led to physical fights, with the only one watching from the sidelines being Charlotte. She had learned to sneak a sip of Bai Wei’s tea a long time ago, often using the same cup without caring.

Now, looking at the sword witches in front of him, all holding cups of tea, they all had a nostalgic expression on their faces, as if experiencing a moment of enlightenment.

It was like watching a group of cats gathering to enjoy catnip.

After everyone had finished their cup, Bai Wei put away the remaining half.

"Remember to leave some for the others."

"Yes~"

The sword witches sat down and started asking questions, like "How old are you, sir?", "Where do you work, sir?", "What is your annual income?", "Can you afford a house and a car?", "What kind of people are you attracted to?".

With so many questions being asked, Bai Wei answered what he could, using his good communication skills. In fact, with more people, he felt more comfortable and easily took control of and redirected the conversation.

The girls seemed to have completely forgotten that he came here to hide from being chased. And he himself didn’t feel it either, as if he was going out to visit friends for a tea party, without any nervousness.

Indeed, there was a lack of nervousness. Until now, only one samurai from the shogunate had come, and as for the police group, they might be in chaos internally. As long as it’s not the shogun himself taking action, no one in Yingzhou can arrest him and throw him into prison.

Most of the high-ranking officials would not personally do such small tasks, otherwise what would their subordinates do? People like Bai Wei, who wielded swords and guns, were a very small minority among the very few.

Bai Wei wasn’t in a hurry. He was waiting, waiting for the other party to show their impatience.

If they can’t catch him, it’s the other side who should be getting impatient.

Even with the power of the police and the shogunate, they couldn’t catch him. The consequences of this backfire are quite serious.

A failed operation is considered a dereliction of duty, just like in ancient times when failing to defend a city could result in beheading.

To give an inappropriate example, the Korean thief Shen Changyuan, had escaped thirteen police arrest operations, traveled forty thousand kilometers, and been on the run for nine hundred and seven days. In several instances, he had evaded dozens of people and even helicopters. Each time he successfully escaped on his own, it shocked the entire society and exposed the incompetence of the Korean police. It also led to the resignation of several high-ranking local police officials after failed arrest operations. In the previous eight failed attempts, over thirty senior police officers were dismissed and hundreds of others were affected, it could be described as a thorough purge.

Bai Wei was not in a hurry because the other side had failed once. If they were to further expand their operation, it would surely attract widespread attention.

If both sides are playing chess, then he is making an unreasonable move.

As long as you hide, the impatient opponent will definitely show up.

When the time comes, grab the gift and you will know who is targeting you.

Of course, in the case where all the shogunate swordsmen have been defeated, it is also possible for the opponent to choose to retreat knowingly.

No way, if you retreat, how can I lure the enemy? Should I wear black stockings and carry a skull to lure the enemy?

Bai Wei drank tea, and his lips gradually curled up.

Yoshine Ise asked, "What are you thinking about?"

Bai Wei answered truthfully, "I am thinking whether to go out at night to the police station or the shogunate and sing them a ‘thank you’ with a megaphone."