Chapter 208: Unconvinced

Qin Yan's pupils suddenly contracted, his expression filled with joy.

"It's raining?" Rong Juan bounced about.

The young prince Yan Xun was stunned: "It's been windy for only a moment and now it's raining?!"

The wind had blown several times before, but never like this; wasn't it supposed to blow all day without a single drop falling? The young prince looked up as the downpour drenched him to the bone. Oh my, what heavy rain!

Qin Tang and Qin Xun wore faces full of surprise, while Qin Lang tilted his head to catch the rain: "It's finally raining!"

That sense of relief, the tone of a prayer to the heavens, was moving. Great Yan lacked rain so desperately; suddenly seeing such a torrential downpour, every person in Great Yan was overjoyed.

Lin Yao and his advisors laughed in the rain, which only made Qin Bi furious; her clothes were soaked. "It's raining, let's go quickly."

Lin Yao, drenched and beaming, walked over: "Young Lady of the Heir, even in the rain, you must continue to summon the rain until the ground is thoroughly soaked. Once the rain stops, summoning another downpour like this will be difficult."

Qin Bi handed the summoning artifact to Qin Lang, who stood nearby, and told Lin Yao: "No need for me to summon anymore. The rain is falling from the sky now; there is no need to stand here getting soaked."

"Wh-what?" The young prince stammered, his small chin nearly dropping to the ground.

Qin Yan was also stunned and said to Lin Yao, the Chief Strategist: "Go quickly and check the area covered by the rain."

"Rest assured." Qin Bi would not let anyone indulge in wishful thinking; she would douse any unrealistic notions with cold water. "This rain will not reach Jingcheng; it will only fall on this patch of fertile land in my family's fiefdom."

The advisors were unconvinced. A pedantic scholar said, "Rain falling from the sky, how could it possibly fall only on your family?"

See, they were unconvinced. Qin Bi decided to argue the point. Wiping away the rainwater, she said: "Someone, go immediately to check the area covered by the rain. If it's not falling on my family's land, could it be benefiting someone else?"

The guards immediately went to check, and Qin Yan followed them.

Qin Bi's lifespan had once been damaged; though she had recovered, her constitution remained weak. She wanted to leave, but how could Lin Yao dare let the Young Lady of the Heir depart? What if the rain stopped? He couldn't even tell the difference between the summoned rain and the natural rain anymore.

"Do you have rain capes?" Qin Bi didn't want to make the advisors cry from frustration.

If they weren't leaving, standing in the rain forever wasn't a solution either.

The advisors were dumbfounded. Rain capes and umbrellas were essentials for rainy days, but who in Great Yan would carry them? They spun around; nothing, absolutely nothing. Lin Yao immediately activated the teleportation array and returned.

Anyone could leave, but the Young Lady of the Heir could not.

Inside the Rong Wang Fu, the Rong Heir held his youngest son as Lin Yao returned, soaked to the skin.

The Rong Heir was surprised: "It's raining?"

Lin Yao nodded happily: "It is raining. I have returned to fetch an umbrella."

The Rong Heir immediately ordered someone to fetch one, and Lin Yao took it and left.

Qin Bi found umbrellas cumbersome and refused to use one, deciding to get soaked instead. After all, she wasn't the only one getting wet. Seeing Rong Juan and the young prince happily splashing in puddles, she ordered the guards to hold umbrellas over the children.

Qin Lang was happily drenched by the rain. Soon, Qin Yan and the guards returned, and Qin Yan's expression was simply wonderful.

That was enough. Lin Yao knew there was no need to ask; it was definitely only the fertile lands of the Heir and the Young Heir that were receiving rain. So, anyone who believed it was natural rain was mistaken; it had to be summoned rain, which is why it only fell on their own farmland.

Qin Yan returned, and Qin Bi lifted her tea bowl again. Lin Yao was afraid, and Qin Lang was afraid too.

"Young Lady of the Heir!" Lin Yao said.

"Sister!" Qin Lang, his heart in his throat, asked: "What are you going to do?"

Qin Bi paused, looked at the expressions of Qin Lang and Lin Yao, felt a surge of anger, and ignored them. With one hand holding the tea bowl, she waved her other hand toward the sky. Everyone looked up and wiped the rain from their brows.

Suddenly, dark, heavy clouds gathered in the sky, thick and laden with rain.

Qin Bi wiped the rain from her brow with the back of her hand, tore a massive, dense cloud from the dark mass, and reminded Qin Yan, Qin Tang, and the others: "This is for you. Use the summoning artifacts to carry it to the Marquis Fu's farmland! Move this large cloud mass over first; if the rain isn't enough, make more trips."

"What?" Qin Lang was shocked, thinking his sister was being absurd.

"Catch it, catch it..." Qin Bi, struggling to hold the house-sized cloud mass, urged anxiously: "I can't hold it anymore."

"Oh my!" Lin Yao, the Chief Strategist, had never seen such a situation.

Moving a cloud mass? That was simply incredible!

Lin Yao reacted quickly, took out a summoning artifact, and channeled his spiritual power to catch the cloud mass. The moment he caught it, he realized how heavy it was; it felt like catching a small space from the Demon Beast Realm.

Seeing this, Qin Yan, Qin Tang, Qin Xun, and Qin Lang quickly took out their summoning artifacts and followed Lin Yao's example.

Fortunately, Qin Yan and the others acted quickly; otherwise, that entire dark cloud would have fallen to the ground. Even with so many people holding it, the cloud was still heavy. The little dumpling Rong Juan hurriedly took out his small tea bowl.

Qin Bi released her grip and activated the teleportation array: "Go quickly, or if the cloud mass falls to the ground, all this effort will be in vain."

While heavy rain fell over the Rong Heir's fiefdom, the group used the teleportation array to leave. In moments, they arrived at the Marquis Fu's fertile fields. The moment they landed, Lin Yao and Qin Yan's group pushed the cloud upward together, spreading the dark clouds across the sky.

Instantly, a torrential downpour poured down.

Standing in the rain, everyone fell silent, completely bewildered by this maneuver.

"Qin Bi." Qin Tang finally spoke after a long while: "Wasn't it you who summoned the rain?"

What was this strange business? They had moved a cloud mass back from the Rong Heir's fiefdom. Who had ever done such a thing? Qin Bi was truly bold! The problem was, she had actually managed to transport the rain.

Drenched but refreshed, Qin Bi spoke with renewed vigor: "To prevent anyone from stealing credit, I did summon the rain in my own fiefdom. However, the rainfall was too heavy, and the cloud mass couldn't be used all at once, so I'm sharing some with you. The dark cloud mass was transported by you, the eldest brother, and you, the eldest cousin. If Qin He claims she summoned this rain, I won't care. As long as you are willing, I have no objection to letting Qin He take the credit."

Qin Tang was stunned, and Qin Yan's mouth twitched. Qin Bi was guarding against Qin He at every turn.

In his opinion, Qin He didn't deserve such humiliation.

What was going on? It was all summoned by her.

This dark, heavy cloud mass held a significant amount of rain. If there weren't so many summoning artifacts, it might not have been possible to transport it. One trip was clearly not enough; if they continued to transport, they would need to rest a bit. For now, they should just watch the rain fall.

Everyone watched the heavy rain with joy as it poured down and soaked into the soil; the land was too dry.

Activating the teleportation array, they returned to fetch another heavy cloud mass, but it was exhausting; it was too heavy. With no other choice, Qin Yan returned to the Qin Yan Marquis Fu and called for Qin Tan, Qin Di, and the Marquis Qin Yan.

Afterwards, Qin Yan went to find the Heir of Duke Su. Upon meeting Su Yan, he grabbed him and dragged him away.

"What are you doing?" Su Yan was bewildered.

Qin Yan activated the teleportation array, arriving at the Marquis Fu's fertile fields: "Move the cloud mass; it's going to rain."

Su Yan's eyes widened as he looked at the downpour. When he asked what was happening, he immediately called his brothers to follow Qin Yan to move the cloud mass. Qin Bi had already torn off a piece of cloud, and everyone worked together to carry a large one back.