Catching Monsters

Chapter 488 Sent to the South

Upon hearing this, Wei Nan's expression did not change much. He said, "Whether the Daoist sect rises or not is not something I need to consider right now."

What they need to do now is to find Yan Jiu and make their demon race rise again. That is the most important thing.

After the great battle, the fox and tiger demons, along with their wounded companions and the corpses of their fallen kin, quickly left the ruins.

Once the battle was confirmed to be over, the Imperial Guards, along with officers from the Jingzhao Prefecture, quickly arrived and began searching the ruins to see if any surviving civilians remained.

With such a large-scale ruin, naturally many people were unable to escape and were caught in the chaos and died. There was nothing that could be done about it.

In a war of this magnitude, ordinary people are really no different from ants.

Jiang Yun, who was seriously injured and unconscious, was found by Qi Da first and sent back to the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion to recuperate.

……

Early morning, in the Imperial Palace, in the Imperial Study, Xiao Yuzheng sat eating breakfast. He rubbed his temples from time to time. The commotion in the outer city last night was quite significant.

Xiao Yuzheng didn't get enough rest, and Feng Yu didn't sleep a wink all night, keeping a close watch on Xiao Yuzheng's safety.

"Things have calmed down in the outer city for now, but I don't know what the situation is like," Xiao Yuzheng said slowly while eating his breakfast.

"Your Majesty need not worry. The report from the Embroidered Uniform Guard should arrive soon."

Xiao Yuzheng nodded slowly. Sure enough, not long after, a eunuch announced that Li Wangxin, the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, had arrived.

After summoning Li Wangxin into the imperial study, Xiao Yuzheng immediately began to question him.

Li Wangxin respectfully reported, "Your Majesty, last night, the Fox Clan and Tiger Clan besieged the Snake Clan..."

"More than a dozen third-grade demon king level experts from the snake clan were all killed."

"Among them, Elder Chang Yujian, a second-grade Earth Demon Realm cultivator, was also killed in the early morning."

Of course, Li Wangxin didn't know the specific details of the battle at the time, and he didn't dare to go close that night, for fear of being caught in the crossfire.

However, he did know about the scene this morning when Chang Yujian attacked Jiang Yun like a madman.

After listening to the report, Feng Yu's eyes lit up slightly, and he said in a deep voice, "This kid Jiang Yun's abilities are probably much greater than we imagined..."

"Well done." Xiao Yuzheng nodded slowly, his eyes cold as he said, "This group of snakes was audacious and reckless. Now that they are all dead, it will be a good opportunity for the world to know that anyone who dares to attack the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion again will suffer the same fate."

"After Jiang Yun wakes up, Feng Yu, take some tonics to him and visit him."

"Yes."

……

Jiang Yun slept for a full five days. On the fifth day at noon, his eyelids twitched slightly, and he slowly opened his eyes.

Xu Suwen stayed by Jiang Yun's side for the past five days, and only breathed a heavy sigh of relief when she saw him wake up.

She quickly grabbed a towel, wet it, and wiped Jiang Yun's face: "Jiang Yun, are you alright?"

After wiping his face, Jiang Yun felt much more awake. He slowly sat up from the bed, touched his body, and found that his injuries had almost healed.

Presumably, Xu Suwen had Xiao Hei heal her wounds.

I just felt a deep sense of fatigue all over my body.

He took a deep breath, looked at Xu Suwen, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, it's nothing serious."

"I'll send someone to inform Wei Nan and Hu Yuange first. They've been coming several times a day while you were unconscious."

Jiang Yun understood that the two men wanted to find out Yan Jiu's whereabouts from him.

There's no way to deny it...

After Xu Suwen sent a servant to inform the two demons, she helped Jiang Yun into the courtyard and said, "Eunuch Feng has also come to visit you twice."

"He said His Majesty wants to bestow another mansion upon you..."

Jiang Yun nodded weakly. She hadn't rested in the courtyard for long when Wei Nan and Hu Yuange rushed over.

Hu Yuange was followed by Hu Yi.

"Brother Jiang, are you alright?" Hu Yi hurried over after entering the courtyard. "Wow, you're really lucky. Chang Yujian shattered his demon core, and you still managed to survive."

Hu Yi looked at Jiang Yun with a hint of shock in his eyes. He had to admit that Jiang Yun's strength had improved too quickly.

Thinking back to when I first met Jiang Yun, it's only been seven or eight months.

Seeing this, Wei Nan didn't waste any time and asked directly, "Jiang Yun, where is Yan Jiu? Before you told us to take action, you promised to tell us where that kid is."

Jiang Yun glanced at Hu Yuange.

Hu Yuange raised an eyebrow slightly and said calmly, "Jiang Yun, in the great battle a few days ago, quite a few of our fox clan's experts were killed or wounded. Our fox clan paid such a heavy price, you wouldn't go back on your word, would you?"

Jiang Yun took a deep breath before slowly saying, "Yan Jiu has gone to the northern grasslands. If you want to find him, you'll probably have to go to the grasslands to look for him."

Upon hearing this, Wei Nan's eyes widened: "What do you mean? The person isn't in your hands? Then you still dare to ask us to help you deal with the snake clan?"

"Do you know that our two races have paid a heavy price to deal with the snake race?"

Jiang Yun pondered for a moment and said, "Even if the person is in my hands, am I supposed to cut him in half and let each of you take a piece?"

"I am a cultivator and believe in the Way of Heaven. If you go to the grasslands and successfully find Yan Jiu, that will be your own good fortune."

"I am naturally grateful for your help this time."

Wei Nan's expression was somewhat displeased, but Hu Yuange asked again, "Are you sure Yan Jiu is in the northern grasslands?"

Seeing Jiang Yun nod, Hu Yuange stopped arguing and turned to leave, preparing to gather the remaining monsters and head towards the northern grasslands.

Although Wei Nan was dissatisfied, he knew that even if he kept pestering Jiang Yun, it wouldn't help him find Yan Jiu.

They could only hurry away, afraid of being slower than Hu Yuange. Hu Yi, however, walked a little slower, and only after the two elders had left did he ask in a low voice, "Brother Jiang, tell me the truth, where is he?"

Jiang Yun was slightly taken aback. Hu Yi chuckled and said, "Don't I know you? Although you are a cultivator, you are a habitual liar. You can deal with Elder Wei of the Tiger Clan, but you can't possibly lie to your own brother, can you?"

Jiang Yun rolled her eyes at Hu Yi. This bastard! She finally told the truth, and this guy didn't believe her.

Jiang Yun turned her head away, looking elsewhere: "Believe it or not..."

"I understand." Hu Yi saw that Jiang Yun's head was looking in the south, and his eyes lit up instantly. He understood that this was Jiang Yun's way of telling him that he was in the south.

"What do you know?" Jiang Yun paused for a moment, then said, "Hey, don't get any ideas. The person really is on the northern grasslands..."

"In the mountains of the South, right?" Hu Yi slapped his forehead. "I'm off, take care, brother."

After saying that, he left excitedly.

Watching Hu Yi's retreating figure, Jiang Yun felt both amused and exasperated.

Shortly after they left, Feng Yu also arrived.

"Eunuch Feng." Jiang Yun quickly stood up and bowed as Feng Yu entered the courtyard.

"Hey, hey, you just woke up, let's skip these formalities." Feng Yu waved his hand, still holding a house deed in his hand.

He handed it to Jiang Yun: "This is His Majesty's reward for you this time."

"A house?" Jiang Yun was slightly taken aback, while Xu Suwen was even more curious, after all, as the future mistress of the house, she was also curious about where she would live in the future.

"The Li Family Mansion?" Upon seeing the name of the mansion, Xu Suwen's face immediately showed surprise.

Feng Yu smiled and nodded: "This house originally belonged to Li Minglou, the former Minister of Rites. However, in the twenty-fifth year of Zhengde, Li Minglou embezzled public funds, and his whole family was arrested. The men were exiled, and the women were sent to the Jiaofangsi (a government-run entertainment district).

"It's a large mansion with seven courtyards, only a mile from the palace."

The Li Minglou case was a sensation at the time. The severity of the corruption was among the top three during the Zhengde reign. It is said that the imperial guards who came to confiscate the property were so tired that their backs ached from carrying the loads. The backyard was said to contain mountains of gold and silver.

The palace was built to a standard of nine courtyards, and only His Majesty the Emperor could reside there.

An eight-courtyard house was generally reserved for princes of the royal family.

With seven courtyards, it was already the largest residence that could be renovated except for those belonging to the royal family, and it was located so close to the palace.

This house should be extremely sought after; it's impossible for it to have survived from the 25th year of the Zhengde reign until now.

Xu Suwen was very familiar with these matters, and she asked curiously, "Eunuch Feng, is there any other problem with this house?"

Upon hearing this, Feng Yu smiled and said, "It's a big problem for others. His Majesty has bestowed it upon others before, but they only stayed for a day or two before daring not to stay any longer."

"They say it's haunted inside."

"Look, Jiang Yun can move in now, clean up the mess inside, and then she can move in, right?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yun accepted the house deed and said with a smile, "Then thank you very much, Your Majesty."

Haunting is a minor issue; I can go and take care of it myself later.

"By the way, Eunuch Feng, since you personally went out of the palace, have those two who went to the Demon Kingdom returned?" Jiang Yun asked. "How are they doing?"

Jiang Yun took the promise he made to the people of the Immortal Island to heart.

Feng Yu's expression darkened. He glanced at Xu Suwen, thinking to himself that they were no strangers, and whispered, "It didn't go well. The two of them were almost captured by the Demon Emperor..."

"The place where the two are imprisoned is inside the Demon Emperor's palace."

"Unless there is a powerful enough expert to hold off the Demon Emperor, don't even think about rescuing those two."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yun's heart sank. He needed to find a powerful figure who could hold off the Demon Emperor.
Where can I find it?

The people on Fairy Island will probably have to figure out a solution themselves.

"grown ups……"

Outside the courtyard, a sound suddenly rang out. Jiang Yun looked up and saw that the people who came were Qi Da, Dong Qiaofeng, and Zhu Zanyu.

The three men were carrying gift boxes. After all, their superior had been injured, so each of them had assigned a trusted confidant to guard the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion at all times.

When Jiang Yun woke up, she dropped everything she was doing and rushed over.

"Oh, since there are still visitors, I'll be leaving now." Seeing this, Feng Yu got up and patted his clothes.

"Suwen, see Eunuch Feng off."

Qi Da and the other two naturally bowed and scraped to Feng Yu before hurrying inside.

Jiang Yun's attention, however, fell on Dong Qiaofeng: "How come you came back so quickly?"

"Even at top speed, it shouldn't take five or six days to make a round trip to Jianchi Pass, right?"

"I didn't go north. That kid wanted to escape to the south, so I sent him there..." Dong Qiaofeng replied, then his expression changed slightly, and he asked, "Sir, I haven't ruined your plans, have I?"

"At first, I was determined to send him to the north."

"But Yan Jiu said that you arranged this for him privately."

"The south is in chaos and war, making it harder for people to find you."

"We had already left Beijing by then, so I couldn't confirm with you. Besides, what that kid said sounded very convincing..."

Dong Qiaofeng: "How about I go and catch him again?"

"No need." Jiang Yun shook his head slightly and said, "That kid is smart. Let him go. Whether he lives or dies is up to his own fate."

(End of this chapter)