Chapter 803: After Binding the Child-Bearing System, Becoming a Winner in Life Chapter 804: Xuanhuan World Passerby A (24)

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Main Character:

Shen Yao

So Huaiqing City actually has a connection to Lu Yan's mother!

Shen Yao truly didn't know about this matter; not only did Shen Yao not know, the System didn't know either.

The System was still exclaiming that this time the Host's guess wasn't as accurate as before, but when it turned its head, the Host was already thinking about how to wheedle information out of Lu Yan.

System: ……

No way, the Host reacts this fast? Not even a buffer period.

"What buffer period? We've experienced so many task worlds, seen plenty of similar situations," it's just that their timing was off back then, they didn't think of all possibilities.

This time Lu Yan actively mentioned his deceased mother, and Shen Yao keenly sensed the atmosphere was different; perhaps the reason he became the way he is today is also related to that woman Shen Yao had never met.

The carriage returned smoothly to Huaiqing City; the city was still somewhat chaotic right now, but most people had already returned to normal, among which was naturally Shen Yao's handiwork, but also the City Lord's Mansion's arrangements and Lu Yan's rescue.

The City Lord's Mansion is located in South City, unlike other cities where the east side is honored, this is because Huaiqing City's South City has a small jade mine.

Spirit Jade occasionally appears in the mine; to protect this jade mine, the City Lord's Mansion actively moved its residence from East City over here, and this stay has been over a hundred years.

Huaiqing City's existence has a long history; even Huaiqing City's name was changed later, after all, when new managers take the stage, they always have to do something to cut ties with the past.

Changing the name is the simplest, most direct arrangement.

"Young Master, we've arrived."

The carriage stopped, and the servants hurriedly lined up in a row.

Lu Yan got off the carriage first, then raised his hand to catch Shen Yao who followed closely behind.

At this time, the City Lord's Mansion had already been emptied out; aside from the ordinary servants managing the mansion's daily affairs, all those who counted as the original City Lord's confidants had already left.

Lu Yan had the servants following him carry the things from the carriage inside, while he held Shen Yao's hand, and the two of them walked into this City Lord's residence first.

Compared to the An Family Mansion where Shen Yao had once stayed, the City Lord's Mansion before her appeared even more grand and imposing; although the surrounding buildings were all constructed from simple tones, they looked like they had a faint harmony.

Hard to say what influence it was, but it would make one unconsciously relax their mind.

The original City Lord was also a remarkable person, "There should be quite a few Calming and Heart-Stilling Arrays engraved; the Formation Eye is the entire City Lord's Mansion, the arrays connect layer by layer relying on the layout, and by borrowing the popularity of people coming and going in the City Lord's Mansion, the arrays are maximized."

Shen Yao tilted her head, "This original City Lord is a highly skilled Array Master."

Because only the person themselves could arrange such a perfect effect and constantly improve and repair it daily; the City Lord's Mansion houses the City Lord's family, associating the City Lord's Mansion's establishment and the small jade mine located in South City, the original City Lord's abilities must be considerable.

Lu Yan nodded, "Correct, this original City Lord is Mother's old friend.

Her surname is Yan, she was of ordinary birth but exceptionally gifted; back then she and Mother were close friends, this City Lord's Mansion also contains half of Mother's heart and blood."

Shen Yao's eyes suddenly widened; Lu Yan's mother was also an Array Master?

Then Lu Yan

"I have no talent in the Dao of Arrays, this is also Mother's greatest regret," Lu Yan shook his head with an indifferent expression; he raised his hand and touched the array patterns engraved inside the stone pillars and walls, then led Shen Yao to the Da Tang of the City Lord's Mansion.

"Lu Yan, you've come."

A middle-aged woman stood in the Da Tang, her complexion gentle, a smile on her lips.

"Aunt Yan, long time no see."

Lu Yan cupped his fists in salute; clearly he was acquainted with this middle-aged woman.

Combined with Lu Yan addressing the other party as Aunt Yan, then, Huaiqing City's original City Lord?

Since Huaiqing City has already been returned to its rightful owner, Yan Ying coming this time only wants to make a clean break, to completely sever ties with Huaiqing City.

Yan Ying never liked these worldly things to begin with; if not for the promise with Lu Yan's mother back then, she wouldn't have chosen to stay in Huaiqing City for decades.

Now, although Lu Yan's mother is no longer in the mortal world, fortunately Lu Yan has come.

Yan Ying sighed, "Your mother back then wanted to see the outside world; who knew that once she left, she would never return."

As for how Lu Yan's mother passed, Yan Ying was still serving as City Lord in Huaiqing City at that time, she simply didn't know; later when she learned the news, several years had already passed since Lu Yan's mother's death.

Yan Ying traveled alone straight to the Floating City, and spent much effort to see Lu Yan; at that time Lu Yan was still just a child, thin and small with very low presence; Yan Ying wanted to take Lu Yan away from the Lu Family, but Lu Yan chose to refuse; in the blink of an eye, time has passed, and Yan Ying now finds it very hard to connect the child in her memory with the Lu Yan before her eyes.

"Past events are like smoke; mentioning them again only adds sorrow," Yan Ying took out a wooden box from her sleeve, raised her hand and delivered the wooden box into Lu Yan's arms, "This is the relevant keepsake your mother left behind back then; as for what specific use it has, I don't know.

She merely once instructed me that if one day someone comes to Huaiqing City in her name, to hand over this wooden box.

So many years have passed; there have been quite a few people coming to Huaiqing City, but in her name, you are the only one."

Yan Ying finished speaking, then mentioned she would leave Huaiqing City as soon as possible; if Lu Yan had any other matters, he must remember not to delay too long.

"Aunt Yan, I understand."

"Mm, you've grown up; some things you know better than I do; Aunt Yan long ago passed the age of pursuing roots to the bottom; the rest is all up to yourself."

Yan Ying finished speaking, turned and left the Da Tang.

The room was left with only Lu Yan and Shen Yao; seeing Lu Yan holding the wooden box looking pensive, Shen Yao simply found a spot to sit down and rest.

Mm

Somehow feel there'll still be melodramatic plot twists in this.

Could it be that the old grievances of the Floating City Lu Yan mentioned lightly before aren't some old grievances at all, but historical (Lu Yan's mother) legacy issues?

It's just that before Lu Yan was still young in years, his capabilities insufficient to take revenge; now after being tempered, Lu Yan has enough ability to cope, so he thinks of returning to the Floating City to avenge and wipe out the hatred.

One novel, melodramatic little story after another quickly appeared in Shen Yao's mind, the protagonist naturally being Lu Yan.

Just as Shen Yao was imagining very satisfyingly, Lu Yan suddenly opened the wooden box.

Click—

Thought the keepsake in the wooden box would be something, didn't expect there to be only a single light, fluttering sheet of paper; there was nothing on the paper at all; compared to a keepsake, this is more like mocking someone!

Shen Yao: ……

After Lu Yan took out the paper, he continued knocking and tapping on the wooden box, only to discover the wooden box was just a wooden box, and the paper was truly just paper; helpless, he handed the paper to Shen Yao at his side, and himself turned to go find Yan Ying who had left earlier.

"No token? That's impossible!" Yan Ying had long since returned to their other foothold in Huaiqing City.

Seeing Lu Yan arrive at the door so quickly, even though Yan Ying had prepared herself in advance, she was still startled.

The wooden box was actually empty, inside there was only a single ordinary sheet of white paper.

Yan Ying:...

If it weren't for confirming that she and Mu Rong truly had a good relationship and had shared life and death, Yan Ying would have thought this dead girl Mu Rong was deliberately setting a trap for her.

Who would pit their own sisters like this? She had painstakingly and diligently preserved the token for decades, even placing it by her pillow when she slept to have peace of mind, yet now Mu Rong's son Lu Yan tells her, hey, there's actually nothing inside the wooden box, all these years of careful guardianship were wasted effort!

Yan Ying:... fists hardened

Lu Yan could only let Yan Ying calm down, "Perhaps, this was Mother's intention."

"Hmph! She always liked doing profound things, no one could know the reason."

Yan Ying stated she had never opened the wooden box, because there was a special seal on top of the wooden box; besides Mu Rong or someone Mu Rong acknowledged, anyone else who touched the seal would cause this wooden box to automatically self-destruct.

Yan Ying's eyes hid puzzlement, because at that time Mu Rong spoke especially seriously, Yan Ying did not believe the wooden box contained only a single ordinary sheet of paper and nothing else; Mu Rong still left a message, only they had not realized it.

"Perhaps, but still must thank Aunt Yan, for so many years upholding your faith; Lu Yan thanks you on behalf of Mother."

This thanks was sincere; regardless of what Yan Ying thought in her heart all these years, in the end she still chose to return the wooden box Mu Rong entrusted to her to its original owner.

Some things cannot be judged only by the surface, but some things only by the surface.

Lu Yan took the wooden box and left; seeing his figure completely disappear, the vivid expression on Yan Ying's face also became calm.

Behind her came out a middle-aged man about the same age as Yan Ying; this was Yan Ying's husband, also Huaiqing City's number two; these years they had jointly governed Huaiqing City, including Mu Rong's matters, all crystal clear.

"Could it be Lu Yan is deceiving you?" The man did not believe the wooden box had nothing; back then he knew the relationship between Mu Rong and Yan Ying, and also that later the two parted ways due to differing ideals; "Perhaps we can secretly"

"No!"

Yan Ying sharply cut off the man's words, "Lu Yan is no ordinary child; he comes from the Lu Family; back when Mu Rong left, I wanted to bring Lu Yan out of the Lu Family, he chose to refuse.

Right now he is long since not a pitiful little one to be manipulated; if we secretly tail and investigate and are discovered, everything done before will be in vain."

After Yan Ying finished speaking she also glared at the man whose thoughts were too many and too simple; in her heart she thought this man truly cannot keep his cool; if not for the fact that back then she found managing Huaiqing City too troublesome and had to find someone to share the burden, right now where would there be this man's business.

"Hold position for now, watch Lu Yan's arrangements; Mu Rong's actions never had any logic to speak of.

Perhaps this time the wooden box indeed has nothing, but on Lu Yan's person there is certainly information we don't know.

As long as we ensure Lu Yan remains within our sight, we fear not gaining nothing."

After Yan Ying finished speaking she sighed in her heart at Mu Rong, truly, even dead she would not rest peacefully.

Back then Mu Rong discovered a secret, enough to overturn the entire Central State; result, this person told no one, instead pretentiously sealed a wooden box, and handed the wooden box to her for safekeeping.

Mu Rong, what exactly do you want to do? And what is it that she, Yan Ying, cannot know?

Perhaps, she really wants to make a move on Lu Yan? After all, he counts as an old friend's son.

"Tsk tsk tsk, look, this is knowing the face but not the heart; Lu Yan is truly miserable, the people he meets have no good ones," including the Host.

The System lay in the Host's sea of consciousness complaining about Lu Yan's encounters, feeling it was more tragic than some novel protagonists; this person wouldn't really be a protagonist, would he.

"Protagonist? Tragic romance protagonist? Or cannon fodder stream?" Shen Yao switched hands propping her chin, indicating Lu Yan truly isn't that kind of naive sweetie; Yan Ying is obviously using information to scheme against him, but Lu Yan also isn't the type to easily trust people; they have their open and secret struggles.

Sure enough, Shen Yao and the System hadn't finished speaking when Lu Yan, who went to find Yan Ying, had already returned.

The wooden box was still in Lu Yan's hand, not discarded; Lu Yan's current demeanor also didn't seem as at a loss as in front of Yan Ying.

Can only say Shen Yao's earlier conjecture wasn't wrong; these two are both playing mind games; neither has revealed their true face.

"Aunt Yan is Mother's good friend, but this good friend hasn't appeared for over a decade; back when I was still in the Lu Family, Aunt Yan once spoke up wanting to take me to Huaiqing City.

Originally I wanted to agree, but" Lu Yan's tone paused here, "in the end I still did not go back to Huaiqing City with Aunt Yan."

There are some things Lu Yan couldn't conveniently tell Shen Yao, because he himself had no evidence, just an inexplicable intuition, not wanting him to follow Yan Ying away.

"Perhaps it was your intuition protecting you; at that time you had no self-preservation ability; truly coming to Huaiqing City, you would not be Yan Ying's match."

Regardless of what mindset Yan Ying has toward Lu Yan, with Lu Yan's situation back then, he could not resist.

Lu Yan put the wooden box into his ring, and incidentally took the paper back from Shen Yao's hand; this really is the most common paper, the materials used are also very easy to find, only one point: "One type of glue grass only appears in the Maple Bridge Mountain Range."

Maple Bridge Mountain Range?

That is a strange beast mountain range in the North; the mountain range has many strange beasts and strange plants; year-round there are reports of strange beasts attacking humans; it is an extremely dangerous domain.

"Is it the Maple Bridge Mountain Range? When do we go over?"

Shen Yao clung to Lu Yan's arm, tone urgent.

"No rush, must first resolve the Blazing Lion's spirit resources, then make a trip back to the Floating City; once matters here are settled, we'll go to the Maple Bridge Mountain Range."

Lu Yan finished speaking, making Shen Yao not very happy, "How long will that take? If we go late, won't the treasures have no connection with us?"

Lu Yan smiled, "Mother's methods, ordinary people cannot solve; moreover the Maple Bridge Mountain Range is dangerous; if we don't raise our strength up and down, going there we also won't get anything."

Shen Yao still worried about being beaten to the punch by others; so many years passed, even the best arrangements would lose effect.

Pity Lu Yan's plan was set, he would not easily change it; Shen Yao's persuasion had no effect.

"Maple Bridge Mountain Range? Such handwriting, indeed matches Mu Rong's personality," Mu Rong was always unconventional and clever; Yan Ying's friendship with her, mostly being teased.

"We are not weak, split into two routes; first send people to Maple Bridge Mountain Range to search, Lu Yan's side also continue secretly monitoring."

Yan Ying's husband spoke, result was he was dispatched by Yan Ying to the Maple Bridge Mountain Range, and Yan Ying indicated Lu Yan's side didn't need people sent; they could split a few more routes, walk through all the production sites of the several paper-making materials; "Why waste time on Lu Yan."

Mu Rong's meddling was always impartial; Yan Ying trapped in Huaiqing City for decades, long impatient to go out and search for the secrets Mu Rong left behind.

Right now, Lu Yan gave the opportunity; Yan Ying naturally must seize it.