The Reception Master’s heart felt indignant, but his body obeyed, silently changing paths to lead the way to the Monks’ Quarters.
Along the way, the two of them encountered quite a few isolated companions.
Bai Junjun was not polite, ending the lives of everyone she met with a short arrow.
Watching as his associates kept appearing and then falling, the Reception Master’s heart went cold, unable to believe that this young girl possessed such skills. It seemed they truly couldn’t escape their fates!
After lying dormant for so long, he had thought he would be an important aid in assisting his lord ascend the throne to witness the glory of the coronation.
Who knew, contrary to human wishes, they would perish today!
And it was just a pair of children, milk barely dry on their lips!
Wasn’t Bai Junjun known as the World’s Number One Talent Girl? Everyone said she excelled in Zither, Chess, Calligraphy, and Painting. Since when could she also wield a sword and spear?
Or was she too being impersonated by someone else?
Doubts piled high in the Reception Master’s heart, but he dared not voice them.
After all, some things are better left unknown than known, he chose to play dumb!
The two reached the Monks’ Quarters in silence. Bai Junjun scavenged thoroughly, but to her disappointment, these people were more interested in pretending to be monks than collecting jewels.
In the quarters, aside from the scriptures, fragrant tea, and the occasional chicken bones discovered under the beds, there was nothing out of the ordinary.
Were these people not greedy for money? She had hoped to take advantage of this opportunity to rake in a windfall.
Bai Junjun was thoroughly disappointed.
The Reception Master touched his nose awkwardly, "We cannot keep private money, all the wealth is in the Underground Palace."
Before Fahua Temple became a Royal Monastery, they had secretly transported all the donations to the Northern Lands.
After Fahua Temple became a Royal Monastery, although they lacked worshippers, the royal court still allocated a lot of Silver Coin every year.
However, this money couldn’t be moved, so they all collected it in the Underground Palace, to be used later as military provisions for the Fifth Prince.
Although it is said that a general’s orders are not as binding when abroad, everyone being part of the Fifth Prince’s elite troops consciously followed this rule greatly.
Bai Junjun could only exit the Monks’ Quarters.
However, as she walked out, she suddenly noticed the Space was filling up with many items. Bai Junjun focused her attention and discovered box after box of Silver Coin—shining, pure Silver, amounting to tens of thousands of taels.
Bai Junjun was overjoyed; it must have been the Fox’s doing.
Seeing the boxes continuing to pile inside, Bai Junjun’s mouth split into a wide grin.
The Reception Master caught a glimpse of the ferocious bandit woman, who couldn’t stop smiling, and couldn’t help but feel a jolt of panic inside.
This person... surely she couldn’t have gone mad.
However, as the two walked on, the Reception Master soon felt like he was going insane.
Who could have imagined that within half an hour, the more than three thousand elite troops hidden here, apart from him and the Abbot, all became casualties.
At that moment, the Abbot was bound tightly, with half of his tongue severed, his face a picture of dejection.
Seeing his pitiful state, the Reception Master involuntarily stepped back.
Yet when the Fake Abbot saw the Reception Master standing there intact, he quickly understood this man had betrayed them.
His eyes spat venom as he cursed him incoherently.
However, with half of the Fake Abbot’s tongue cut off, he couldn’t speak clearly,
In face of the imminent disaster, the Reception Master pretended neither to see nor to hear.
If having the seeds inside the body was still bearable, witnessing his companions’ fate was something he could no longer accept.
Moving on to the Dowager Consorts.
In the end, they were all aunts in their forties or fifties, pampered in their daily lives with little need to even run.
Now, faced with such a radical change, they were all terribly frightened.