Dugulan let out a sigh of annoyance, "How dare these guys treat Prince Wucheng's Mansion as nothing? Let alone Lihai Jiedu Mansion. After all, they are outsiders and can't count on their orthodoxy; but those merchants from Shan Kingdom are also talking about it.
It sounds nice but is actually perfunctory, which is intolerable. Aren't they afraid of the royal palace's censure?"
Xiao Qiang continued to look at her hands. After marrying into Prince Wucheng's palace, she became more and more cold, as if she didn't care about anything. It was the family that benefited, and she was just a tool.
So she also had an indifferent attitude towards this failure. When the ship was attacked, she was the first to give up, as if what she was robbing was not her own. In this regard, the two sisters were very different.
"Sister, I'm overthinking it. The ancestors of the thirteen infant transformations of the Quanzhen clan are not just Wucheng Wang's family; moreover, the factions are in conflict, and the three divisions are at odds with each other. Even if Wucheng Wang's palace wants to do something, it may not be able to do so.
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As far as I know, Prince Wucheng’s Mansion is a staunch fusionist. For this reason, Situ Sikong’s Mansion cannot sell face. What’s the point of blaming? Why should the Prince’s Mansion blame others for its own private affairs?”
Dugulan was short of breath because of the blockage, "Is it possible that we still have to block this hole ourselves?"
Xiao Qiang sneered, "Is it possible to block it? I can barely make it out by searching at home, but what do you think their purpose is in sending us to the palace? To put spiritual stones in there?"
Moreover, the palace is not short of spiritual stones. What they are short of are elixirs! Even if we can collect this spiritual stone, where can we buy the same medicinal herbs? The share of medicinal herbs on Sanxian Island has been determined early, and the offshore island is not responsible. Who will do it?
For sale?
Let me tell you, you have to bear the blame anyway, so instead of subsidizing it, it’s better to be a dead pig than to be scalded by boiling water..."
The two people's original idea was to hurry back to the Mirage to mobilize manpower and take back the herbs before they were used, but now they saw that was not the case at all.
Dugulan asked, "Sister Qiang, you were responsible for contacting the local indigenous heroes. What happened?"
They couldn't find the Yanmen sword cultivator community for a while, and couldn't even find a way to contact them, so they had no choice but to take a different approach and see if they could find a group of local casual cultivators to go there, but there was no other way.
Xiao Qiang smiled bitterly, "The lion's mouth is open! This is the character of Linhai people, especially for customers like us who are unfamiliar with the place. We can't wait to swallow the whole year's income in one go.
Later, I heard that I was looking for the Wind Chaser, but more than half of the people who came left at that time. The remaining people not only asked for double the commission, but even asked for all kinds of inexplicable conditions, such as not being able to go if the number of people was too small, and their level was low.
I can't go, I can't go without support from Lihai Jiedu Mansion...
If I have this ability, what else can I do to them? So, sister, don’t think about it. The Wind-Chasing Pirates are the strongest among the three major bandit groups in Lizhi Sea. I think what these people said is that for a team of less than a hundred people, they
They don’t even dare to go to sea!
At this price, we can’t afford to hire them even if we sell a whole ship full of goods. What’s more, where do the spiritual stones come from? With our little private money?”
Over the past few days, after inquiring from various sources, they finally had a rough understanding of the distribution of forces on the Lizhi Sea. However, the more they understood, the more disheartened they became.
The most trustworthy thing is the strength of our sect, but it takes a long time to gather these people, and it is still a question whether these people will listen to the announcement; even if there are some who are sincerely loyal to the Wucheng Palace, they are only a few, and most of the sword cultivators belong to the Three.
Si, how many people can we gather?
After all, this is a private matter and not an official matter within the church, so we cannot use the name of the Quanzhen School. This is the rule.
So I placed my hope in the local casual cultivators, but as soon as these people heard the name of the perpetrator, they all backed down and no one was willing to risk their lives.
In Lizhihai, there are three groups of thieves who are the most powerful and notorious. The leader is the Feng Chai bandit. He is always ruthless and steady in his actions. He rarely touches Yingbian Daxiu's private goods. I don't know what happened this time.
Did he suddenly change his temper?
Ranked second is the Huya Pirates, who are also extremely powerful; third is the Cang Pirates, a rising star of maritime power. It is said that in the past one or twenty years of collision, they have even slightly overwhelmed the Huya Pirates, and their territory has expanded.
The impact was not small, allowing Huya Pirates to withdraw from many of their inherent spheres of influence.
Therefore, the real ranking now is that Zhui Feng Pirates is at the top, Cang Pirates is second, and Huya Pirates are at the bottom.
Of course, ordinary people would not dare to take action with such strength. Not to mention the casual cultivators of Haike, even Lihai Jiedu Mansion turned a blind eye, because behind these bandits there are the shadows of the mainland's powerful orthodoxy, and they are so easy to destroy.
of?
This mission allowed them to truly see themselves clearly. In Yujing and Shan Kingdom, they could do whatever they wanted under the name of Prince Wucheng's Palace, but once they were outside their sphere of influence, their true colors were immediately exposed.
Xiao Qiang sighed, "If it's not your own strength, you can't rely on it after all. Prince Wucheng's Palace can't cover the sky with one hand on the mainland, so what can you say?"
Dugulan frowned, "It won't work this way, and that won't work either. Could it be that our sisters can only repay the palace like this and sit back and wait for death?"
Xiao Qiang said sadly, "It's not all without gain. There is an old shopkeeper of a business who admitted that he had been favored by the prince in the past. He quietly mentioned it to me and asked me to go to the west of the city to shoot Xiaozhu. I should gain something..."
Dugulan was a little disapproving, "Sneaky and acting like a thief. When did I, Prince Wucheng, fall to this level?"
Xiao Qiang gave her a meaningful look, "Sister Lan, you are too involved in the drama! It's not me, Prince Wucheng, but his Prince Wucheng. If you can't tell the difference, you will be the unlucky one in the end!"
As for what the shopkeeper said, we are deaf and blind in the mirage, so there is no way to confirm it unless we really go there. Since Sister Lan is unwilling, just pretend that I didn't say it."
Silence returned between the two. After marrying into Prince Wucheng's palace, although the two sisters remained the same on the outside, they both felt the inexplicable gap between them. They both knew where the gap came from. Xiao Qiang
Although her heart was shattered, Dugulan was stronger and still wanted to struggle, so she had a different attitude towards Prince Wucheng's palace.
Xiao Qiang has always regarded herself as an outsider and a tool, and has built a fence in her heart, unwilling to integrate; but Dugulan is immersed in such a role and has a lot of fun fighting with several other concubines.
The two sisters have lived and practiced together since childhood, eating and living together, but they did not expect that such differences would occur after they married together. After all, everyone has their own independent thoughts, and no one can replace the other or influence the other.
After a long silence, Dugulan broke the silence, "I heard from the sailors on the boat that there is a know-it-all in Mirage City, who knows everything about astronomy and geography for thousands of years, especially those things in cultivation.
Why don't we spend some spiritual stones to find him and get a result? It's better than just being here and making trouble."
