Chapter 284: Summary, I'm Bored Out of My Mind

Eastern Wasteland Divine Continent, Western Spirit Domain.

Jiang Kingdom, Jiang City, Jiang Family.

As one of the most powerful vassal states in the Eastern Wasteland, the Jiang Kingdom naturally occupies the land with the most abundant Spirit Qi in the Western Spirit Domain.

The Ten Thousand Great Mountains centered on Jiang City, as well as the Demon Beasts and spiritual materials within, are all private property belonging to the Jiang Family.

Although the Eastern Wasteland honors the Chu King as the common lord of the world, it is mostly just a nominal respect; in private, everyone is a powerful local lord.

For minor matters, they will respond to a call and symbolically send a few people to give the Chu King some face.

If it were a major matter that would hurt their foundations, they would turn into a bunch of "read-and-ignore" little deaf shrimps.

In the Jiang Kingdom, the Jiang Family is the only authority.

Here, the name of the Jiang King is truly enough to stop a child from crying at night, and it is countless times more useful than the name of the Chu King.

It can even be said that many commoners in the Jiang Kingdom have never heard the name of the Chu King in their entire lives.

This is also normal; since they cannot walk out of these Ten Thousand Great Mountains, what meaning is there in knowing or not knowing the Chu King?

There is no meaning.

In the Jiang Kingdom, the Jiang King is Heaven.

And as the descendants of the Jiang King, the Princes who have the opportunity to vie for the throne are the Sons of Heaven.

……

A maid who looked under twenty years old saw that there was no one around, pulled her good sister to the side, and whispered:

"Sister Yu, Sister Yu! Have you noticed that since the Eldest Young Master returned, he has become somewhat fond of quiet?"

The other maid, called Sister Yu, was slightly older, looking to be in her late twenties; upon hearing this, she also perked up.

She cautiously looked around, and only then whispered in reply:

"Yes, yes, everyone has noticed! The Eldest Young Master used to go to the Drunken Immortal Pavilion every few days to see those lovers of his, never enduring for more than a week; now it has been over half a month, and he hasn't even gone once."

"Moreover, let alone going to the Drunken Immortal Pavilion, the Eldest Young Master hasn't even gone to the Monster Fighting Arena once! In the past, he loved watching the wolf pack shows the most."

Facts prove that gossip is something that is very attractive to the vast majority of women.

Not to mention, it is the gossip of one's own master, so there is even more interest!

But the young maid's attention was clearly not on the latter part.

She widened her eyes, covered her little mouth, and couldn't help but ask:

"So the Eldest Young Master would even go to such a place!?"

Seeing the young girl have such a big reaction after knowing this little secret, Yu Qiuyi was very satisfied in her heart; she nodded triumphantly and continued:

"Heh, what's wrong with that kind of place? Let alone that those girls at the Drunken Immortal Pavilion only sell their art and not their bodies, even if they did sell their bodies, the Eldest Young Master went if he went, is there any problem with that?"

Seeing the young girl's confused and disappointed look, she understood what thoughts the girl was holding in her heart, raised her hand to pinch the girl's bottom, and curled her lip:

"Otherwise, does the Eldest Young Master have to take a fancy to a yellow-haired girl like you who hasn't even grown her hair out yet?"

"Ah! I didn't! I really wouldn't dare!"

The young girl was suddenly ambushed, shyly covered her bottom, and with a slightly red face, she laughed awkwardly:

"How could the Eldest Young Master take a fancy to me..."

After looking at the young girl for a while, Yu Qiuyi snorted from her nose and said in a flat tone:

"You had better think so, otherwise... hehe."

Otherwise, you will have to suffer!

The young girl's thoughts naturally could not be hidden from Yu Qiuyi, and she didn't find it very surprising either.

Among the maids here, how many don't want to climb into the beds of the Young Masters?

Yu Qiuyi had been in the Jiang Family since she was young; hadn't she also been like that when she was young?

But after these twenty-plus years, she had long since stopped having such ethereal dreams.

Over so many years, how many people have truly succeeded?

At most, they were just taken a fancy to by some Young Master and luckily climbed into bed to be favored for a while.

But once the young girl was played with until he was bored, she still couldn't escape the fate of being casually thrown away, finally returning to her own family.

However, this is actually not a bad thing; those women might not necessarily have a bad life after returning to their clans.

I heard that there are still many men who like such women and want to establish this kind of special relationship with the Young Masters.

Yu Qiuyi was tired; this deep palace and large courtyard might not necessarily be a good place.

Moreover, she also knew the capabilities of her own family; a mere subordinate small family is not even considered a lackey in the eyes of the Jiang Family.

Even if she were lucky enough to really become pregnant with a Young Master's child, the best ending would only be a concubine with status but no name.

At worst, she might be secretly dealt with by a jealous main wife.

She was already twenty-nine years old and no longer wanted to dream; she now only wanted to wait until she turned thirty next year to return to her family.

Leave here and go live her own peaceful life in peace.

Thinking of this, Yu Qiuyi saw that the young girl was still having fantasies, and she still couldn't help but remind her:

"Don't blame me for not warning you; it's fine to dream, but you will be sad after you wake up from the dream!"

"Mm-hmm, oh, I understand all of that!"

The young girl was a bit shy and didn't want to continue on this topic, so she stiffly changed the subject:

"Hey, Sister Yu, you say the Eldest Young Master hasn't gone out for so long, what is he doing in his room? Is he cultivating?"

Good words are hard to use to persuade a ghost who wants to die.

Seeing the young girl like this, Yu Qiuyi curled her lip secretly and didn't want to point anything out anymore, so she perfunctorily replied:

"What else could it be? Otherwise, could it be that he has a sweetheart and is missing her day and night?"

"Oh, Sister Yu, stop talking—"

"Heh."

……

……

What Yu Qiuyi did not know was that her casual joke was actually not far from the correct answer.

Their Young Master Jiang indeed had a sweetheart he thought of day and night.

It was just that this sweetheart was a little different from what they had imagined.

Jiang Mingzhi was curled up in a corner of his own cultivation secret chamber, clutching his head in agony.

"Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!"

"No, no, no, stop talking!"

"Let me go! Just let me go!!!"

"Don't come over here!"

At this moment, his face was covered in stubble and his hair was extremely messy, looking just like a beggar who had been wandering for half a month.

No, perhaps even more miserable than a beggar.

At the very least, a beggar would not have this expression of near-collapse on their face.

If that young girl who harbored improper thoughts about the Young Master saw this scene, one wondered if her heart would be shaken.

Jiang Mingzhi was on the verge of a breakdown.

This was not an exaggeration, but a fact.

Ever since he left the Beiming Divine Continent and returned to his clan, his mental state had been deteriorating day by day.

At the beginning, he only thought that he had overdrawn his spirit due to too much pressure during that trial.

He did not take it to heart, thinking that it would be fine after resting for a period of time.

He casually let an Imperial Physician prescribe some medicine to nourish the spirit, and after taking it, he threw the matter to the back of his mind.

But he did not expect...

This rest ended up causing problems.

And big problems at that!

On the third day after returning to the family, a vague voice appeared in his mind.

Auditory hallucinations?

After realizing that the situation was not right, Jiang Mingzhi was not stubborn; he went directly to the Imperial Physician and described his problem in detail.

The Imperial Physician smiled slightly after hearing it, waved his hand, and prescribed another medicine, telling him to go back and take it for three days and he would be fine.

But three days later, Jiang Mingzhi's symptoms not only did not alleviate, but instead became even more severe.

He could clearly hear the words in his mind!

Jiang Mingzhi was greatly alarmed and wanted to find another Imperial Physician to prescribe a new medicine.

But before he could leave, he retreated.

He was persuaded by someone.

【You wouldn't want others to know that you have a problem, would you?】

【I believe no King would choose a child with mental problems as their successor, right?】

【Not only can you not go to hold them accountable, but you must also thank that Imperial Physician; only then can you tell everyone you are healthy.】

Jiang Mingzhi was very conflicted.

Because he knew that the other party was right.

Although he was very unwilling in his heart, he still followed the other party's instructions to thank the Imperial Physician, deceiving everyone.

Following that, his nightmare began.

Jiang Mingzhi tried countless methods to make the other party disappear, but every time he failed.

Not only that, the frequency of the other party speaking became faster and clearer!

From the beginning where there was only one sentence every few hours, it had now become half an hour of seamless talking every hour!

But fortunately, that voice only appeared during the day; the other party would remain quiet at night, but would start again as soon as the sun rose.

After half a month of torture, Jiang Mingzhi felt as if he were not alive, like a walking corpse...

Jiang Mingzhi was already on the edge of a breakdown.

"Can you tell me, how exactly did I offend you? What exactly do you want?"

He could barely hold on any longer.

If he were truly pushed to the limit, even if it meant exposing his weakness, he would have to reveal this news to others.

Even if he was reluctant to give up his position, Jiang Mingzhi would not gamble with his own life.

What's more, whether he would lose his position or not was another matter entirely.

Like a beast pushed to a dead end, Jiang Mingzhi revealed a fierce look and said viciously:

"What exactly do you want to let me go!?"

Unexpectedly, after he finished shouting, the chattering voice in his ear suddenly disappeared.

Hmm?

Feeling the long-lost peace, the painful look in Jiang Mingzhi's eyes changed.

Could it be that this guy responds to soft tactics but not hard ones?

Was his previous compromise with it actually a mistake? Should he have been tough instead?

Regardless, this was the biggest change in the past half month; he must try again to figure out the reason for this.

Jiang Mingzhi narrowed his eyes, and after a moment of silence, he spoke gloomily:

"Why aren't you talking anymore? Didn't you like to talk quite a bit before? Huh?"

Then, right amidst Jiang Mingzhi's nervous waiting, the other party spoke.

That voice said eerily:

【Are you sure you want to talk to me like that?】

!!!

A bone-chilling fear surged forth like a tidal wave from the depths of Jiang Mingzhi's soul!

"You said, what?"

It just now... said what?

【Do you want me to repeat it again? I said...】

"No! No need!!!"

Gulp.

In the empty secret chamber, Jiang Mingzhi sat up straight, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and his face trembled incessantly.

Taking a deep breath, he suppressed the fear in his heart and asked tentatively:

"Could it be, you are... Ren, Ren Yidao!!?"

【Congratulations, you guessed right!】

Ren Yidao said pleasantly, 【I say, are you a bit too slow-witted? How come you only just reacted now?】

I didn't even deliberately hide it, why is a child like you so slow to react?

Ren Yidao was puzzled on this side, while Jiang Mingzhi on the other side was about to collapse.

Damn it!

How is it you!

How is it you again!?

However, thinking about it this way, things indeed became reasonable again.

The auditory hallucinations happened after leaving Beigan, and within Beigan, only this guy was the most bizarre.

Since he knew the true identity of the other party, Jiang Mingzhi also calmed down and asked in a deep voice:

"... You, uh, what do you want me to do?"

【Do what? Oh my, don't be so formal! Isn't this just me chatting with you?】

In Jiang Mingzhi's view, the other party had tortured him for half a month and certainly wouldn't be doing it just to chat; there must be some ulterior motive.

But in fact, Ren Yidao doing this was truly more than eighty percent out of sheer boredom...

Before coming here, Ren Yidao had never thought he would be this bored.

This Eastern Wasteland Divine Continent is worthy of being the largest of the Four Great Divine Continents; it is just too damn big!

You must know, "Beiming" is "Northern Sea"; half of Beiming Divine Continent is sea, and only the remaining half is land.

The sea and land of Beiming Divine Continent combined only make up a little over half of the Eastern Wasteland Divine Continent, and if counting only the land, it is only one-third...

And the Eastern Wasteland Divine Continent is worthy of that "Wasteland" character; its main feature is being vast, vast, vast, and sparsely, sparsely, sparsely populated.

In the first three cities, he didn't even encounter many Demon Beasts...

Ren Yidao, who was truly bored, tried to contact people in various ways.

Except for the Fox Tail Clone left in Beiming Divine Continent that could still be contacted, and the faint ability to sense the existence of Xinying, all other methods failed after being separated by two Shenzhou.

Instead, the backup plan he had left in the Eastern Wasteland, for which he had held no hope, unexpectedly worked, successfully linking up with Jiang Mingzhi and the others.

Picking Jiang Mingzhi to be this lucky person wasn't because of any special favoritism toward him, but simply because the signal with him was the best.

In other words, Jiang Mingzhi actually just acted as a living positioning coordinate, providing Ren Yidao with a direction to move forward on the pitch-black Eastern Wasteland continent.

As for chatting, it actually wasn't necessary either, at least the frequency didn't really need to be that high...

Still the same saying, Ren Yidao was just bored.

【Let's not talk about that, I have one thing I want to ask you.】

"Please speak."

【What is this "Demon Extermination Ranking" in your Jiang City? Can everyone get on the list?】

Ren Yidao looked at the huge gold, silver, and bronze rankings standing in the center of the city and raised his eyebrows.

And Jiang Mingzhi's eyes widened slightly, he sucked his teeth, and asked stutteringly:

"Jiang, Jiang City? Have you already arrived in Jiang City?"

【Oh my, isn't this because I was waiting for you to come over, I was a bit bored, so I wandered around and saw this ranking list.】

Jiang Mingzhi: Hmm? Me come over? When did I say I was going to come over?

Why should I go over there!?

Not hearing Jiang Mingzhi's reply, Ren Yidao asked as if casually:

【Hmm? Are you not coming over?】

"... No."

Jiang Mingzhi took a deep breath and said powerlessly:

"Cough, I'll set off immediately."