To avoid revealing his real birthdate, Lin Yi randomly picked a birthday from the wishing wall and added an extra year to the age.
After a glance, Monk Huiming’s face unexpectedly showed a flash of panic, and it took a moment for him to regain his composure before allowing Lin Yi to post the wish.
The night at Puyun Temple was very quiet, and the rooms for pilgrims were also very clean and comfortable.
Had Lin Yi not had pressing matters at hand, he truly wished to unwind properly at Puyun Temple.
However, shortly after he lay down, his earpiece suddenly made a crackling sound; it was Nan Yi’s voice.
Lin Yi hadn’t heard from Nan Yi for a long time; truth be told, he kind of missed them.
"Sir Lin, there’s trouble on our side. Lady Ouyang says the mines are closing for a few days, and tonight they’re sending down over 20 strong, young miners from the mountain, for something very important."
Hearing Nan Yi’s voice, Lin Yi was puzzled.
He had already agreed to sell a warehouse full of jade to Lady Ouyang at half price. Why would she need burly men to go down the mountain? What was this for?
"When are you guys leaving?" Lin Yi asked.
Nan Yi spoke softly, "Lady Ouyang is ready. Sir Lin, I can’t talk more now, I’ll update you if there’s any info."
With the call abruptly ended, Lin Yi had a bad feeling. Lady Ouyang’s abnormal behavior suggested there might be some secrets too dark to tell.
Thinking of this, Lin Yi tried to contact Gao Wu several times but only heard the same crackling noise with nobody talking, despite the call having connected.
’Could Gao Wu be drunk?’
Helplessly, Lin Yi could only wait patiently, hoping Gao Wu would quickly pick up the Bluetooth earpiece.
But after a long wait without hearing Gao Wu’s voice, he instead heard Lady Ouyang’s voice.
Lin Yi lept angrily from the bed, grateful that each pilgrim at the Puyun Temple had their own room, otherwise he would have disturbed others.
"Damn it, I explicitly ordered that this Bluetooth earpiece be given to Gao Wu, and you, woman, dare play me !"
Lin Yi grit his teeth in frustration, feeling that he had underestimated Lady Ouyang too much.
Moments later, Lady Ouyang’s voice came through the Bluetooth earpiece.
"Brother Fu, have all the mountain bandits assembled down the hill? I have arranged for someone to add Sleeping Pills to Luoyang Mountain’s dinner tonight."
"I expect they won’t be waking up. I’ve also taken care of the guard dogs. If manpower is lacking, I have already sent fifty strong miners to join the bandits. I refuse to believe they won’t be able to move the remaining jade!"
At this, Lin Yi was shocked to his core, never could he have imagined that Lady Ouyang harbored such wicked plots.
If he refused to sell all the jade to her, then she would resort to stealing and robbing!
’It’s despicable, thinking just because I, Lin Yi, am not at Luoyang Mountain, you can do whatever you want. Lady Ouyang, this is a declaration of war against me.’
’I’ve taken such pains to build high walls around Luoyang Mountain, constantly vigilant against mountain bandits, only to find that it’s harder to guard against traitors at home.’
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"Calling Nan Yi, calling Nan Yi! Respond if you hear me."
After Nan Yi softly acknowledged Lin Yi’s call, he mentioned Lady Ouyang was nearby.
Of course, Lin Yi knew Lady Ouyang was close by; he told Nan Yi to keep quiet and just listen to his instructions.
Then, Lin Yi relayed his plan, instructing Nan Yi and Nan Er to find a way to get to the jade warehouse in Luoyang Mountain ahead of everyone else.
Behind the warehouse, Lin Yi had prepared a Fluorescent Marking Spray Lamp in advance.
Nan Yi and Nan Er’s task was to install all the Fluorescent Marking Spray Lamps at the entrance of each Jade warehouse.
After completing these tasks, they could continue to follow the arrangements made by Madame Ouyang.
Once all was set, Lin Yi immediately entered the Nine-Eyed Mall.
[Ding Ding Ding, Host has successfully purchased 5 high-capacity Fluorescent Marking Spray Lamps and one surveillance camera, paying a total of 300,000 Heavenly Bead Coins. Products have been dispatched to the designated location of the host.]
At night, Madame Ouyang put on a black cloak, a piece of Jade tucked in her mouth, producing a deep and heavy voice.
"Tonight, you need to do some hard labor, everyone lift your spirits. The court has taken a liking to our Jade from Lingyun City, and now we’re going to present the best Jade to the court, let’s move out!"
Madame Ouyang probably couldn’t imagine in her dreams that her plan was exposed, and it was because she failed to keep her promise to hand over the Bluetooth earplugs to Gao Wu.
On Nan Yi’s side, they waited for the right moment and when they were about to approach Luoyang Mountain, they excused themselves for a stomachache and left the group.
Surrounded by darkness, Madame Ouyang couldn’t distinguish the identities of the two miners who left.
Because in the eyes of Madame Ouyang, the strong miners she handpicked should not pose any problem.
After successfully breaking away from the group, Nan Yi and Nan Er ran towards Luoyang Mountain, scaled the wall, and quickly found the Fluorescent Marking Spray Lamps and surveillance cameras left by Lin Yi in advance.
Fortunately, both of them were Lin Yi’s old hands, and it took them less than two minutes to install everything.
Nan Yi, wearing a Bluetooth headset, reported to Lin Yi that the task was completed.
Lin Yi nodded, instructing them to return to the group.
With everything completed, Lin Yi then turned to see where Madame Ouyang would sell the Jade.
Through the remote rotation of the camera, Lin Yi saw the first Jade base he had painstakingly built, feeling quite sentimental.
’The Jade in these five or six warehouses cost me several billion Heavenly Bead Coins, and involved the hard work of mining by hundreds of miners. To think that someone would steal from my home while I was away, sigh.’
Soon, Madame Ouyang arrived at Luoyang Mountain with hundreds of masked bandits and miners.
"There’s actually a windproof, everlasting candlelight here, making it bright as day, which is very convenient for moving the Jade. Come on, bring the baskets over, we have to take the Jade out one by one!"
All through the night, Lin Yi stared at the surveillance screen, watching as each piece of Jade was placed into baskets.
What they didn’t know was that as soon as the Jade left the warehouse door, it would be sprayed with an invisible fluorescent mark.
After an entire hour, the baskets Madame Ouyang brought were finally filled.
Seeing that there were still two warehouses full of Jade, Madame Ouyang was very reluctant but ordered everyone to pack the baskets even fuller, regardless of whether the miners could carry them down the mountain.
Only when the butler reminded her, did Madame Ouyang reluctantly stop.
Looking at the devastated warehouse, Lin Yi felt bitter. He instructed Nan Yi to find and wake Gao Wu and give him a Bluetooth headset.
Unconsciously, dawn broke out and Lin Yi, with dark circles under his eyes, refused to wake up. However, the thought of last night’s focus on the theft of Luoyang Mountain’s ore had caused him to forget about Bu Cuoyang’s matter.
With this thought, he hurried out of bed and checked the surveillance at triple speed.
Sure enough, at the fourth watch of the night, a tightly-wrapped monk appeared in front of the Wishing Wall, staring at Lin Yi’s wish list for a full quarter of an hour without willingness to leave.
The more Lin Yi watched, the more confused he became. His wish was genuine, but the birth details he wrote were just made up.
’Strange, why is this Bu Cuoyang so interested in my wish? Could it be that he will make an exception to meet with me tomorrow?’
ps: Third update for today! Additional update!