Translator: Cinder Translations
"Two days ago, I was planning to take our son out when suddenly four or five bandits burst in. Before I could even call for help, I was knocked unconscious."
"When I woke up, I was in a dimly lit underground chamber, with only my son and ."
"They kept us locked up for two days. Apart from bringing us food and water, no one else entered the chamber."
"The bandits were cloaked in black robes, so their faces were obscured, and they never spoke a word."
Jing Yu continued to cry and recount the events, while Heng Cheng analyzed the situation in his mind.
The bandits did not interrogate Jing Yu for any information after capturing her and the child. This suggests they had planned everything in advance.
The bandits knew about the relationship between Jing Yu and Heng Cheng, as well as Heng Cheng's status as an elder of the Beastmaster Sect.
The kidnapping of Jing Yu's child was clearly aid at him.
This filled Heng Cheng with guilt towards Jing Yu and the child.
"So, how were you released?"
Jing Yu replied, "I'm not entirely sure of the details."
"I only rember that a bandit in black clothes entered the chamber, knocked out, and when I woke up again, I was back in the courtyard."
"The child is still in their hands. Husband, please think of a way to rescue him."
Heng Cheng ntally assessed the situation: from the ti he handed over the spirit stones to Xu Zheng until he returned ho, it was only a little over a quarter of an hour.
With a live person in their possession, the bandits should not have gone too far. This ans the underground chamber is likely not very far away, probably still within the marketplace.
However, finding an underground chamber in the marketplace would not be an easy task.
Heng Cheng said, "A little over a quarter of an hour ago, I saw a bandit, but he was just a lowly thug with only third-layer Qi Refinent cultivation. He demanded ten thousand spirit stones from before they released you."
Jing Yu suddenly beca agitated, stopping her tears, and grasped Heng Cheng's hand.
"Didn't you leave any marks or traces on this bandit, like a spiritual mark? We could have followed the mark to find the bandits."
Heng Cheng shook his head, "I didn't leave any marks. They threatened to kill your child if I did. I really didn't dare to take that risk."
Jing Yu felt a surge of excitent upon hearing this.
She and Xu Zheng had already succeeded in a large part of their plan. Now, she only needed to delay Heng Cheng and buy ti for Xu Zheng to get away from the marketplace.
Then she could find a chance to leave.
Jing Yu cried again, her sobs full of despair.
"What about our son? He's only three years old. Will those bandits mistreat him? What will he feel without seeing ?"
Jing Yu cried pitifully, portraying a concerned mother's anguish vividly.
While Heng Cheng comforted Jing Yu and helped her back to her room to rest, he contemplated how to rescue their child.
When he laid Jing Yu down on the bed and walked out of the room to seek help from a familiar acquaintance in the marketplace, he was unaware of what was happening inside the room.
Under the covers, Jing Yu was holding a communication jade slip.
As Heng Cheng stepped out of the courtyard, he noticed a letter lying on the stone steps by the gate.
The letter read: The writer identified themselves as not one of the bandits but soone who knew the full details of the situation. If Heng Cheng wanted to save the child, he should bring fifteen Silver Horn Grass and ten bottles of Beast Refining Pills to a black rock mountain three hundred miles west of the marketplace at midnight. They would then provide full information about the kidnapping.
The letter also hinted that the whole affair was orchestrated by soone Heng Cheng knew.
Shattering the letter into pieces, Heng Cheng hesitated.
He initially planned to seek help from the marketplace enforcent team, where a Foundation Establishnt elder had so connections with him. He intended to ask this elder to help investigate the underground chambers in the marketplace.
However, seeing the letter's claim that this was done by soone he knew made him uncertain.
His affair with his secret lover was not sothing he could boast about, and keeping it secret was crucial. Thus, few people were aware of it.
Among those who knew about this situation, there was the Foundation Establishnt elder from the marketplace enforcent team. Heng Cheng had once encountered this elder nad Wang while he was out with Jing Yu and their child.
After so thought, Heng Cheng decided to proceed with his original plan.
It seed unbelievable that a late-stage Foundation Establishnt elder would be tempted
by a re ten thousand spirit stones to kidnap a weak mother and child.
However, Heng Cheng had clearly overestimated his relationship with Elder Wang.
When Heng Cheng t Elder Wang and expressed his intentions, he was told that investigating all the underground chambers in the marketplace was nearly impossible.
The marketplace covered several dozen miles, with countless courtyards and buildings. Many scattered cultivators had dug underground chambers to protect their secrets, making it nearly impossible to search them all.
Moreover, deploying a large number of people to search the underground chambers would easily alert the bandits, who would likely move the child.
Elder Wang advised Heng Cheng to investigate from other angles.
Elder Wang's reasoning was sowhat valid, but Heng Cheng couldn't think of another
solution at the mont. He shalessly asked for so help to focus on investigating the underground chambers in the eastern district, but Elder Wang coldly refused, citing the need to avoid acting rashly.
Seeing Elder Wang's reluctance, Heng Cheng had no choice but to give up on that approach.
With no other options, Heng Cheng had to place his hopes on the letter he had found.
He was skeptical of the letter's content, believing it was another ploy by the bandits to extract
more spirit items.
After careful consideration, he decided to et with the letter's writer.
That night, Heng Cheng arrived at the black rock mountain as described in the letter.
The mountain was not high, only a few hundred ters, and it was bald and easy to identify.
As soon as Heng Cheng arrived, he saw a figure cloaked in black erging from the base of the mountain-it was Song Wen in disguise.
The black-armored Gu, which had been monitoring the surroundings to ensure no other
cultivators were hiding within a ten-mile radius, confird the area was clear before appearing to et Heng Cheng.
Seeing Song Wen's attire, Heng Cheng imdiately shouted, "Hiding your head and revealing your tail, it seems you and the bandits are in cahoots."
It was understandable why Heng Cheng jumped to this conclusion. Song Wen's outfit matched
the description of the bandits Jing Yu had fabricated.
Song Wen was taken aback, wondering how he had beco a bandit.
He quickly said, "Friend, don't misunderstand. I am not a bandit, and your child's kidnapping
has nothing to do with bandits."
"Stop your deceit. You must be the Foundation Establishnt bandit leader that the person
who contacted ntioned."
As soon as the words left Heng Cheng's mouth, he slapped his waist pouch, and a large toad-
like spirit beast erged.
The toad was over seven feet long, with its limbs on the ground. Its back was covered in
dozens of fist-sized growths, from which yellow poisonous smoke was continuously erging.
"Friend, you should think carefully. Once you take action, you won't be able to find out the
child's whereabouts."
"You..."
Seeing Song Wen using the child as leverage, Heng Cheng stopped his movents.
"If what you said is true and you're not working with the bandits, how can you prove it?"
"Why should I prove anything? This matter has nothing to do with . What I can tell you
now is that it wasn't done by bandits at all. It was orchestrated by your little concubine and
her accomplices."
As he spoke, Song Wen's face showed a hint of mocking smile.
"Nonsense!"
Perhaps Song Wen's sarcastic tone pricked Heng Cheng's pride as a man, or perhaps his love
for Jing Yu wouldn't allow anyone to defa her.
Heng Cheng's anger flared up suddenly.
"Capture him. I don't believe you won't reveal the child's whereabouts."
Heng Cheng's plan was to capture Song Wen and use his life as leverage to find out where the
child was.
As soon as the toad appeared, it stuck out a large, flesh-red tongue covered with nurous
barbs, resembling a huge wolf's fang.
The tongue seed capable of extending indefinitely, shooting toward Song Wen like an
arrow released from a bow.
(End of the Chapter)
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