Volume 5 Chapter 63
by Need_More_SleepVolume 5 + Chapter 63: Everything Is Ready
Under Xia Yi’s relentless questioning, Ye Shan finally revealed the method for reaching Taoyuan Township and attending the White Night Sect’s grand assembly.
“So that’s how the White Night Sect assembly works…”
After listening, Xia Yi fell into thoughtful silence, the outline of a plan gradually taking shape in her mind.
For the sake of the little fox, she would undoubtedly attend the White Night Sect assembly.
“Wait, you’re not actually planning to attend the White Night Sect assembly, are you?”
Sensing something amiss, Ye Shan hurriedly tried to dissuade her.
“You can’t! If Lady Shaman discovers that I helped the Dragon Clan attend the assembly, she’ll never let me off! I don’t want to die!”
“Hmph. Do you think you still have the right to choose? You’re clearly delirious, I suppose you need something to clear your head.”
Xia Yi glanced at Elly.
“Elly, throw this fellow into the ice chamber and let him cool off.”
“Yes, Your Highness!”
Elly dragged away the struggling Ye Shan, preparing to toss him into a train car that had been remodeled into an icy cell.
“Don’t freeze Ye Shan to death. Karami, keep an eye on him later,” Xia Yi instructed.
“Rest assured, Your Highness. Leave it to me.” Karami nodded in acknowledgment.
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That evening, while Xia Yi remained by the train, she noticed a small figure lurking in the forest, secretly observing from a distance.
“Xiao Hong?”
Xia Yi stepped out of the carriage.
When Xiao Hong spotted her, her face blossomed into a radiant smile. She ran out from the trees. “Sister Xia Yi!”
“Sister Xia Yi?”
Xia Yi was stunned by the form of address.
Xiao Hong ran up and threw her arms around her, her fluffy red tail swaying excitedly behind her.
“Sister Xia Yi, you’re finally back!”
“Xiao Hong, what brings you here?”
“Sister Xia Yi, the village chief, wants to see you. I came to tell you.”
“Oh, I see…”
“Sister Xia Yi, can you come down the mountain with me to meet him?”
“Mm, that’s no problem.”
With each cheerful “Sister,” Xia Yi felt herself gradually melting.
She had almost no resistance to that title.
After all, hardly anyone had ever called her “big sister.”
The silver-haired dragon girl’s lips began to curve upward ever so slightly.
Hand in hand, Xia Yi followed Xiao Hong down the mountain.
“Xiao Hong, how old are you this year?”
“Me? I’m twenty!” Xiao Hong replied brightly.
The foxfolk generally lived two to three times longer than humans, so at Xiao Hong’s age, she was indeed still considered a child among her kind.
“Twenty?”
However, Xia Yi’s expression shifted.
Comparing ages, it suddenly seemed as though she might actually be the younger one…
No, no!
That calculation wouldn’t do. She had to count her previous twenty-four years as the human Sword Saint as well. Added together, that made thirty.
Victory!
Thirty was greater than twenty. Therefore, Xiao Hong calling her “Sister” was perfectly justified.
Yes, that settled it.
Xia Yi nodded to herself, reassured, and gladly accepted the title.
…
Arriving at Songhua Village at the foot of the mountain, Xia Yi saw the village chief leading many villagers in welcoming her.
Xiao Hong also ran back to join them, and together they bowed deeply in salute.
“What is the meaning of this?” Xia Yi asked, somewhat puzzled.
“Benefactor, all the villagers of Songhua Village thank you for saving us from those villains. If not for your mercy, we might have starved to death this winter.”
The village chief spoke on behalf of the entire village, expressing their heartfelt gratitude.
“If there is anything you need, please just say the word! We will do everything in our power to accomplish it!”
“It was merely a convenient act, there’s no need to make so much of it,” Xia Yi replied. “We didn’t expect you to be able to help us with anything.”
“Anything at all is fine. Whatever request you make, we will exhaust every effort to fulfill it.”
“There’s really no need.”
“This…”
The village chief looked troubled.
Xia Yi sensed something unusual, there was clearly more behind his words.
“If you have something to say, just say it.”
“We…”
“If you won’t speak, then I’ll take my leave. I’m very busy.”
Xia Yi turned around as if to leave, deliberately employing a tactic of feigned withdrawal.
At that moment, the village chief panicked. Leading the villagers forward, they surrounded Xia Yi, and then, astonishingly, all of them knelt before her, an outsider.
“Benefactor, please save the foxfolk!!” the villagers cried in unison.
“What do you mean?”
“Benefactor, the White Night Sect is ravaging Fox Hill. Everyone lives in fear. Though you have driven them away from us for now, it won’t be long before they return to persecute us again. Under their tyranny, we cannot survive!” The village chief spoke through tears.
“But what does this have to do with me? I am not foxfolk, I am an outsider. Saving the foxfolk should be your own responsibility, not something for an outsider to interfere in.”
“Even the Nine-Tailed Fox Emperor and the royal family have sided with the White Night Sect! What hope do the rest of us have? You are Dragon Clan, dragons possess power. You can surely overthrow the White Night Sect! Rather than live worse than death under their rule, we would rather the Dragon Clan help us!”
The village chief’s plea echoed the hearts of the other fox villagers, they all hoped Xia Yi would take action.
“No. The affairs of the foxfolk are not for the Dragon Clan to meddle in. That is our principle. Restore your village to normal and move on. I cannot help you.”
Xia Yi shook her head and refused sternly. With those words, she departed.
“Ah…”
The village chief let out a heavy sigh.
“Village Chief, what do we do now? We can’t let our benefactor leave! If she goes and the White Night Sect returns, we won’t survive!”
“That’s right, Village Chief! Think of something!”
“We need the benefactor’s strength!”
The villagers were frantic. Having witnessed the White Night Sect’s brutality, who would not fear their retaliation?
By comparison, the Dragon Clan seemed almost benevolent.
“We can only take a gamble,” the village chief resolved firmly. “Let’s spread the news of what happened here to other villages. If the foxfolk learn that the benefactor is here, they will surely come to rely on her!”
“But wouldn’t that be wrong? Didn’t the benefactor say not to publicize the Dragon Clan’s involvement…”
“We have no other choice. Only this way can we force the benefactor to help us. Whatever consequences arise, I will bear them!” the village chief declared through gritted teeth.
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“Everything is in place.”
Walking along the mountain path, Xia Yi had already guessed what the villagers of Songhua Village intended to do.
Her refusal earlier had been entirely deliberate.
Next, if she could rescue the little fox from Taoyuan Township, then that crucial east wind would begin to blow, and the flames would sweep across the entire nation…
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