Chapter 1478 - 538: Having Powerful Backers Feels Great
Ye Lingyue was framed, originally filled with rage, but upon seeing the letter, her body trembled slightly.
A thin page of paper, as heavy as a thousand pounds, brought a surge of wild joy.
Ye Lingyue recognized the handwriting on the letter.
Back at the Lonely Moon Sea, Ye Lingyue once received a letter from Lan Cai’er, which included some words written by Little Jiu Nian who had just learned to write.
Finally, there was news from Little Jiu Nian.
By coincidence, Little Jiu Nian had begged for a long time before Empress Dowager Chi agreed to help him send a letter to the Human Realm.
Little Jiu Nian only remembered that, in the last letter godmother wrote to mother, she mentioned arriving at a place called Huangquan City.
So he took a chance and sent the letter to Huangquan City.
Unfortunately, when Beiyu Palace’s spies delivered the letter to Huangquan City, Ye Lingyue had already gone to join the Jiu Provinces Hunting.
Aguduo and others, seeing the letter was from Little Jiu Nian, dared not delay and directly sent it to Xuanwu City.
By a twist of fate, the letter fell into the hands of Master Chen and City Lord Ma.
These two old schemers, seeing the letter was from the Demon World, immediately accused Ye Lingyue of colluding with the Demon Clan.
Just at that time, Captain An took advantage of the moment when the Huangquan Team left Fang Ah County, writing an accusation that Ye Lingyue privately opened the granary and killed the County Magistrate.
Master Chen brought the letter, aiming for personal evidence of wrongdoing, tracing it all the way, seeking an opportunity to eradicate Ye Lingyue and the Huangquan Team.
"Master Chen, you really have gone through great lengths to slander me, but, after all, I am the City Lord of Huangquan City. You want to convict me with just a letter, aren’t you afraid others will be unconvinced?"
Ye Lingyue especially "emphasized" the others.
Master Chen’s heart skipped a few beats, recalling something.
How could he forget that today’s Huangquan City is not what it used to be, moreover, Ye Lingyue has a very remarkable Dual Cultivation partner, Di Shen.
At the thought of Di Shen, Master Chen’s headache started.
He intended to suppress Ye Lingyue and Di Shen, assigning one to logistics and the other to the frontline to gather military intelligence.
Who knew, these two were not to be trifled with.
Ye Lingyue in logistics could still create such a commotion.
Di Shen was even more extraordinary.
Speaking of Di Shen, one cannot but mention this Jiu Provinces Hunting.
The Jiu Provinces Hunting had been underway for over a month.
A large number of representative teams flooded into the Central Plains.
Unprecedented slaughter occurred daily, but two people stood out the most.
These two were Di Shen from the Wuling Team and Xi Jiuye from the Jin Family’s representative team.
In contrast to these two, the once dazzling disciples of the Outer Heaven seemed overshadowed.
Xi Jiuye was still understandable; his Jin Family had no conflict of interest with Master Chen.
Moreover, the Jin Family’s representative team was originally located in the core area of the Central Plains, where demon beasts frequently appeared and the number they killed refreshed daily.
Di Shen, however, was different; he was only responsible for intelligence gathering.
Over forty percent of the information and intelligence about demon beasts were gathered by Di Shen and the Wuling Team he belonged to.
Especially Di Shen, wherever he went, he was practically a human demon beast sensor.
Almost wherever there were demon beasts of Great Demon Level or above, he would appear.
Lately, the demon beasts in the Central Plains were swept away like a harvest under his wild slaughter.
The number of demon beasts Di Shen personally hunted also reached an astonishing quantity.
The reason why Di Shen did this was something only Ye Lingyue understood.
He intended to find out from the demon beasts the secret route to enter the Demon World.
Alas, these demon beasts were not the core Great Demons of the Demon World and knew nothing about the hidden Demon Road.
According to the incomplete statistics of the Jiu Provinces Alliance, within a month, his ranking on the Jiu Provinces Earth List soared from one hundred ninety-fifth to an impressive ninety-five.
This astonishing achievement already attracted the attention of the Jiu Provinces Alliance’s higher-ups, and even the Elder Council stated that if Di Shen maintained this upward trend, they might promote him as the youngest Hall Master of the Jiu Provinces Alliance!
Some reclusive families from Outer Heaven also became eager, intending to recruit Di Shen.
Under such circumstances, even Master Chen couldn’t help but be wary of Di Shen.
If they killed Ye Lingyue, it would surely infuriate Di Shen.
Moreover, the tens of thousands of citizens of Huangquan City and the miraculous Huangquan Water... Master Chen hesitated, unable to decide whether to kill Ye Lingyue.
By his side, Captain An grew anxious.
"Master Chen, why hesitate? This woman harbors ulterior motives. If we don’t eliminate her now, she might bring great disaster."
He was waiting for Ye Lingyue and the Huangquan Team to be eliminated, so the "Tian Jun" Team could justifiably replace the Huangquan Team and claim the credit for this drought relief.
Unfortunately, Captain An’s calculations once again proved wrong.
Master Chen, who earlier wanted nothing more than to kill Ye Lingyue, unexpectedly changed his mind at the last moment.
"Ye Lingyue, I will spare you for now, but you and the Huangquan Team must be temporarily detained. Unless I find evidence to clear your name, you cannot leave the jail for a single step."
Master Chen initially thought the members of the Huangquan Team would resist, but unexpectedly, Ye Lingyue said nothing and surprisingly instructed her subordinates to be detained without resistance.
This was certainly beyond Master Chen’s expectations.
This girl named Ye was still too naive. Did she really think he would thoroughly investigate the matter for her?
On account of Di Shen, he wouldn’t deal with this woman for now, but sparing her didn’t mean he couldn’t incarcerate her, letting her and her team rot in jail.
Ye Lingyue and others were imprisoned in the county government’s jail.
In the dim jail, the members of the Huangquan Team were puzzled by Ye Lingyue’s actions.
"Boss, you can’t possibly believe that guy Chen, right?"
"Exactly, Boss, you’re usually so smart, how did you become so muddle-headed this time?"
"Say no more, I could escape this lousy cell with just my toes."
The crowd grumbled indignantly. Had Ye Lingyue not secretly instructed, they wouldn’t have been so obedient.
"No need to rush, soon Master Chen will have to release us. Not only that, we’ll have a chance to achieve great merit, then we can leave the jail and Fang Ah County,"
Ye Lingyue unhurriedly told everyone about the Old Clan Leader discovering the new Demon Road and the impending invasion by the Demon Clan.
For a moment, the jail was silent.
"Bo... Boss, you actually kept such a big thing secret! This achievement is huge, but can we handle it?"
Blunt as Situ was, even he was shocked by Ye Lingyue’s bold decision.