Too Late For Regret
Xiong Tian Yan had five important statuses:
The first, he was a half Awakened Spirit elite.
The second, he was a well-known alchemist.
The third, he was Tian Nan City’s Alchemist Association’s Chief Executive Elder.
The fourth, he was Tian Nan City’s high ranking officer – General Xiong Bing’s younger brother.
And the fifth, he was a behind-the-scenes large shareholder in Tian Nan City’s Alchemic market, owning many properties and dicinal material channels.
Which one of these five statuses wouldn’t cause people to respect and worship him? After Nan Yun Comrce had beco a second-rate comrce, there had been no chance of seeking connections with such a prominent figure like Xiong Tian Yan! Now that Xiong Tian Yan had personally co for a visit and wanted to be ng Ying Ying’s disciple, how could she not be shocked?
Unimaginable!
Difficult to believe!
If Nan Yun Comrce could have Xiong Tian Yan as an umbrella protecting it, how would their enemies dare to try to deal with her openly?
Xiong Tian Yan had co up with this surprising decision after a session of deep thought. Chu Tian was the real expert. But as Chu Tian didn’t accept disciples, then why not take a roundabout strategy and instead beco ng Ying Ying’s disciple, learning Chu Tian’s knowledge from her?
To a real drug freak, how much does dignity really an compared to the opportunity to gain knowledge of advanced alchemy techniques?
If there are three people walking, one of them must be able to teach sothing! Things that other people understand, but I don’t; then it is worth it to go and learn.
TN: This is a phrase modified from Confucius. “Three people walking, there must be soone I can learn from. I can learn from other that are better and reflect on my weakness from other’s weakness.”
This was already originally Xiong Tian Yan’s style!
Moreover, ng Ying Ying was already at the peak of the fourth rank of Body Refining at such a young age. If they were to compare talent, then she is definitely above Xiong Tian Yan!
ng Qing Wu tested the waters: “The ng family is only a small household. Wouldn’t doing sothing like this hurt the reputation of soone as famous as Elder Xiong? Besides, how would I not know what ng Ying Ying is capable of? She does not even qualify to be your disciple.”
Xiong Tian Yan slapped the table: “You won are too fussy. I leave my words here today, if I can’t beco her disciple today, then this old bear will just hang out here and not leave!”
ng Qing Wu was a very cautious person due to long period of infighting and intrigues. This made her not trust anything easily. If she had not gotten this matter cleared up, she would not make any decisions. She could only think of a delay tactic: “ng Ying Ying just got ho and is resting. Why don’t I give you a reply after she has woke up?”
“Has Master already went to sleep? Then let’s talk about this after Master has had a good rest. You don’t have to bother her! I have plenty of ti!”
Even soone as good mannered as ng Qing Wu couldn’t help but want to curse out loud!
Xiong Tian Yan could be considered a respected figure.
How could he be so shaless!
Since Nan Yun comrce had begun to seep into the dicinal alchemy market, Xiong Tian Yan would be a great benefactor. However, ng Qing Wu believed that there was no such thing as a free lunch. She had to settle Xiong Tian Yan down first, then ask ii to understand the situation before making any decisions.
“Eldest Miss, Miss Nangong Yun and Master Zhang Li Qing have co to visit!”
Housekeeper Zhao ran over, breathing erratically.
What?
Nangong Yun?
Zhang Li Qing!
ng Qing Wu heard a loud buzz in her head, her thoughts turned into a complete disarray, like a bowl of mushy porridge. Xiong Tian Yan was already a big deal, now two more bigger big-shots had arrived. What was going on? Are these events connected sohow?
Nangong Yun, the mayor’s only child with astonishing talent. Her Fire Phoenix spirit made her fa spread far and wide. She is destined to be an elite among elites. Her potential is limitless.
Zhang Li Qing, one of the most influential people in Tian Nan City. Tian Nan City’s scrivener guild’s master. He sits in the pinnacle on the studies of talismans and arrays in Tian Nan City. He had unfathomable strength and a vast social network. He was soone that countless people try to curry a favor from. Even the mayor had to pay respect to him.
Even when Nan Yun comrce was at its peak it did not have this kind of honour!
ng Qing Wu forced herself to calm down. Even though there must be sches when abnormalities appear, but now that Zhang Li Qing had appeared, the likeliness of sches had greatly decreased. Because the power Zhang Li Qing and Nangong Yun each hold is more than enough to go against Nan Yun comrce even without any scheming.
A simply dressed elder stood outside.
A flaming hot beauty with red hair and wearing a red dress stood at his side.
ng Qing Wu personally ca out to receive the guests, slightly flustered as she cupped her hands: “Master Zhang, Miss Nangong, Qing Wu did not know you two would co for visit so the welco was lacking. I hope the two of you would accept my apology.”
ng Qing Wu looked at the old man again.
Sure enough it was Zhang Li Qing!
This person was the pinnacle on the study of talismans in Tian Nan city and Nan Yun comrce’s speciality was in talismans. For such a leading figure to co visit, how could ng Qing Wu not be nervous? She couldn’t hold back and asked: “May I ask for what matter the two has co for? Is it that Ying Ying has done sothing wrong, so....”
Zhang Li Qing smiled slightly, shaking his head: “The matter with ng Ying Ying was a misunderstanding, I hope you will not keep this matter to heart.”
Keep this matter to heart?
How would I dare!
ng Qing Wu felt happiness in her heart.
Could it be that he was preparing to accept ng Ying Ying back?
Nangong Yun interrupted: “Sister ng Qing Wu, before I thought you were pretty alright; but now I found you to be a not very honest and sincere person!”
ng Qing Wu’s heart skipped a beat, and her forehead started to sweat.
Why would she say that?
What have I done wrong?
Nangong Yun’s violent tendencies were sothing no one was unaware of. If she got angry, even dismantling the entire ng family was sothing within her ability. ng Qing Wu didn’t rember when she had ever offended this demonic respected figure!
ng Qing Wu was a bit fearful: “Qing Wu does not know where she has gone wrong, would Miss Nangong please enlighten ?”
Nangong Yun casually said: “Since you have already found a real expert, why let Ying Ying stay under that old man’s tutelage? Isn’t this letting other people see it as a joke! It’s almost as if you are trying to insult the old man!”
Zhang Li Qing also nodded depressingly.
“Ah?”
ng Qing Wu felt at a loss. Expert, what expert? Surely there wasn’t any other person in Tian Nan City more formidable than Zhang Li Qing? Even if there was this kind of person, it was impossible for them to build connections with Nangong Comrce: “Your serious tone, I... don’t understand.”
“Ok, stop pretending! We already know!” Nangong Yun threw a heavy sack onto the floor, “This is the twelve thousand gold that I scraped from different places. For this money, I almost sold my underwear. Where is ng Ying Ying? I want to invest, I want to buy shares, I want to work together with her!”
Nangong Yun wanted to invest with ng Ying Ying?
The Nangong family clan was an exemplary military and political noble clan. A rcenary clan like the Ye family could never compare!
As the daughter of the city lord, Nangong Yun’s position in Tian Nan City separated her from the rest. Not to ntion about buying shares, just her words was enough to cause waves and put fear into nurous groups of power. You need to know that Nangong Yun was a real genius that has reached peak 9th rank Body Refinent at the age of 18. No one would want to go against soone that had a divine spirit.
Even ng Qing Wu with her intelligence could not figure out this matter.
“This old man has co for this.” Zhang Li Qing took out a scroll from his sleeve and handed it to ng Qing Wu with both hands, “This is ‘Rock Skin’ talisman blueprint. I will give this to Nan Yun Comrce. I will not take any of the revenue that it generates. It will all belong to Nan Yun Comrce.”
Once again, a huge at pie fell from the sky.
ng Qing Wu was shocked, her head pounding, as waves of dizziness swept through her.
Zhang Li Qing said with a smile: “If it weren’t for ng Ying Ying’s help, how could this old man co up with such a perfect design? Just the fa generated is already terrifying, how would i still dare to seek more benefits from it? I think giving this to Nan Yun comrce is the most suitable. Please accept it, I only have a single request. I want to see Miss ng Ying Ying as well as that erudite person.”
“Hey, what will we do about my investnt? You should give a straight answer!”
Nang Gong Yun carelessly started to make noise.
“Please, please!” ng Qing Wu was wiping sweat as she said: “ng Ying Ying has just slept. Why don’t you co in for tea while I go discuss this with Ying Ying before we give you an appropriate answer? Would this be fine?!”
“Of course there is no problem, in any case I don’t have much to do today.” Nang Gong Yun nodded her head: “However, I’ll say the ugly words first. I almost had to sell even my underpants in order to raise money for this investnt. If you don’t give face, then I will be very unhappy, and if I’m not happy, I will make many people be unhappy with .”
ng Qing Wu’s heart thumped. She had no choice but to smile along.
“Yes, Miss Nangong please co this way.”
The two has been seated in the main hall.
ng Qing Wu used the 100-ter sprinting speed to look for ng Ying Ying. She pushed open the door without knocking.
This series of event was too abnormal. She must understand everything from start to finish.
The ng Ying Ying that had no knowledge of what was going on outside was sleeping soundly.
ng Ying Ying, stumbling, got up: “Did one day already pass?”
ng Qing Wu urgently asked: “What happened yesterday? Quickly tell !”
ng Ying Ying honestly answered: “I was selling steak with Chu Tian. We then went to the alchemic market.”
“Just that?”
“Yep, what?”
ng Qing Wu described what has just happened: “Why does Elder Xiong want to beco your disciple? Why does Nangong Yun want to invest? Why is Zhang Li Qing being so nice to us? What is happening?!”
“Ah? You already know! I wanted to hide this for a bit and give you a surprise. Since you already know, then I will tell you.”
ng Ying Ying jumped down from bed with bare feet, danced with joy and said: “What happened last night was more fulfilling than the previous ten years!”
ng Ying Ying began to describe.
First sold steak and encountered thugs; then went to alchemy market, encountered the Ye family and got dragged into duel. Then defeated Ye Feng with Chu Tian’s help and won 5000 gold.
“You didn’t know!”
“When Ye Feng fiercely charged towards , I ng Ying Ying daxiaojie was calm and patient. I sent the stinky Ye Feng flying with just one kick!”
“JieJie, did you know? Everyone was shocked, they all see in a new light now!”
ng Ying Ying was still dancing, gesturing as she waltzed.
ng Qing Wu held ng Ying Ying’s wrist and carefully felt it. She showed a shocked expression. All other things could be made up but only this could not. ng Ying Ying had already reached the peak of 4th rank Body Refinent, sa as her!
ng Ying Ying brought out the crystal card, delightedly said: “This is my reward! Would the honourable JieJie please take a look!”
This is the crystal storage card designed for rchants. The card is standardized throughout the entire country, in order to give rchant, the convenience of not having to bring a large amount of gold everywhere. They could visit a bank that is established in all cities and retrieve the gold from there.
The minimum deposit amount for these crystal card is 1000 gold!
This crystal card actually had a massive deposit of 5000 gold!
Chu Tian, everything revolved around Chu Tian. That bastard is Chu Tian? He didn’t lie? He really brought ng Ying Ying to earn money. He really did take ng Ying Ying out to a hotel, but they were only there to use the alchemy room!
From the beginning to the end, he was always helping ng Ying Ying, yet she had misunderstood him without any cause or reason.
ng Qing Wu distractedly sat down on the stool: “Where did you find this person?”
ng Ying Ying smiled broadly, saying with a pleased expression: “I bought him!”
“Bought?”
“Formidable, right?”
ng Ying Ying proudly raised her head; this was mostly likely the most powerful contribution she had made to her life within all the years she had lived. “I saved my allowance for half and year, and bought him from the slave market. Hey, by the way, where did this guy go, he didn’t co look for .”
“This is bad, he...might have been so angered by that he already ran out!”
“What?”
“Where does he live? Bring there!”
“He lives in the small room by the kitchen!”
ng Ying Ying hurriedly brought her sister to Chu Tian’s small room.
The room was empty and deserted, Chu Tian had long before left without a trace!
ng Ying Ying imdiately beca frantic, searching inside and out a few tis without finding anything, “Where did he go!”
ng Qing Wu felt extrely guilty: “Sorry, this was all my fault. I thought he was sinisterly plotting against you, so I said so heavy words. How would I know that he had such a big temper, I accidentally...accidentally stabbed and injured him...in anger he said he was going to leave, I don’t know where he went?”
“What?” ng Ying Ying’s eyes imdiately beca moist, unable to help the tears gushing out: “He helped to the best of his ability, yet we have treated him like this. Your actions have definitely broken his heart! Sister, how could you be like this, you didn’t investigate clearly and treated a good person unjustly!”
I was just doing this for you.
Wasn’t it just a temporary fit of anger?
ng Qing Wu felt that her chest was stuffy. She was unable to say anything for a while. She looked at the leftover light bulbs, the inscribed pans and soup pots. She looked at air conditioning array in the wall and the automatic tea heating array.
Even though she didn’t know what use these things had.
But she had already realized she had done sothing stupid.
The most stupid thing she had ever done in her life.
She had chased away an extraordinary talent, a genius sent from the heavens!
ng Ying Ying felt very uncomfortable, but didn’t have the heart to bla her sister. Looking at it from jiejie’s perspective, she hadn’t gone too overboard, she was only too caring for her. A combination of care and confusion, caused jiejie to have strained their relationship with Chu Tian.
“Chu Tian helped to the best of his ability. In the end, he didn’t get any thanks but instead was misunderstood. He must be very disappointed and heartbroken!”
ng Ying Ying felt a sense of deep guilt and self-bla.
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