844: Chapter 542 844: Chapter 542 Yingzi had been behaving unusually recently, not sending any messages to her country, and the people there kept sending out contact messages but received no response from her!
The last time, Jiang Tang’s golden energy spirit, in order to lead away those great power holders tracking it, arrived at a country and just happened to burn down their ships!
Building ships was not so quick or easy, and they wished they could use flying ships and flying treasures like those in the Cultivation World!
It was just a pity that they were not from the Cultivation World of Ancient Xia Country, and many people came to Ancient Xia Country but still could not learn the highest spells of Ancient Xia Country!
They could only practice their Ninja Magic and swordsmanship, and dominating Ancient Xia Country had always been a dream.
For thousands of years, they had used a lot of manpower and resources and even infiltrated many nobles.
Sects and Immortal Sects, even the Top Ten Clans could not be infiltrated, and they too dreamt of seizing all the resources of Ancient Xia Country and claiming kingship!
But a dream would always remain a dream, with the Ten Great Families there, seemingly unconcerned and uncompetitive, causing those from the Guardian God Family to have headaches!
Initially, they thought that the terror they created would quickly realize their dream!
Who knew that time and again they failed and encountered formidable Cultivation practitioners!
People capable of neutralizing all poisons also broke their magic!
It took them half a month and a lot of manpower and resources to finally build a few large ships.
For years, to infiltrate Ancient Xia Country, they seldom had many people in their own country!
Later, to get more workers for their labor, they went to smaller countries to capture slaves.
This was why they always coveted Ancient Xia Country, where resources were plentiful, and life was safe and joyful!
Their small country longed for such a fertile land!
Ancient Xia Country, rich in various mineral resources, over the years, they had secretly transported some back to their country or sold them off to manufacture weapons using the mining resources of Ancient Xia Country!
The most regretful thing was that these people, whether mixed-blood or those who came to Ancient Xia Country, didn’t have a Spiritual Root and could not learn to fly like the cultivators!
They could only follow those practicing Ancient Martial Arts and other cultivators, learning Qinggong.
And then, with their Ninja Magic, they used the weapons and explosives they created to instigate terror attacks, a pity that such antics could only bully the common people and pull off conspiracies!
When they truly met a strong opponent, they were wiped out with a wave of a hand!
On several maritime expeditions, before they could arrive at Ancient Xia Country, they either sank their ships or wiped out their personnel.
Wanting to send people again after so many failed terror attempts, they blamed these infiltrators!
They sent messages to Yingzi, but Yingzi didn’t respond!
They could only slowly contact other infiltrators and wait, wait for this winter to pass and for their snow to melt.
And feared that the spring rains would make sailing the seas dangerously high!
Eventually, they managed to contact Du Jiaolan, who was one of their people infiltrating by marrying into wealthy families or ministerial clans!
The children born later joined the organization, contributing to their victory!
These days, Du Jiaolan felt troubled, discovering that Tang Feiyang was in seclusion at home, even his father wasn’t attending court, and the leaders of the Prime Minister’s family also strangely did not contact them!
She didn’t know what had happened, as they always used to communicate through a single channel!
Yingzi used to come out and contact her directly, but she couldn’t go to find Yingzi herself; that would have exposed her!
Du Jiaolan held several events but failed to make Tang Feiyang fall for her, and during one of these attempts, she thought of a way to meet Ye Shi from the Guardian God Family.
Due to various reasons, she couldn’t make this righteous young man infatuated with her.
During the events, some other women cast their eyes on targets, some managing to make successful connections!
Only Du Jiaolan failed, causing her to reflect on whether the men she fancied were too outstanding?
And she narcissistically thought that she, Du Jiaolan, was also outstanding, naturally seeking the most outstanding partner!
General Ye Tian was engaged, and it was said that the bride-to-be was a commoner!
Du Jiaolan found that many women, like her, were envious and jealous, unable to meet such an outstanding and handsome man in their mundane lives.
Moreover, he was a man dedicated to one, ignoring the powerful, not even considering princesses, and treasuring a Cinderella.
During the engagement, it was learned that this ordinary Cinderella, astonishingly, would have so many dowries, more than even what the Young General had offered for her!
Initially, she and other women attending the engagement, along with the onlookers, thought that the bride’s dowry was definitely subsidized by the groom’s family!
It was only later that they discovered an ordinary woman could actually have a powerful background, that powerful background came from an Alchemist with great ability, who was rich to the point of dripping with wealth.
Du Jiaolan checked and found that the most handsome man there was even more handsome, dashing, and wealthy than the groom-to-be!
She didn’t know the man’s name, but he was surrounded by many women, especially those from the Ten Great Families!
No one dared to mock those women of such noble status, who were willing to be the girlfriends of that man!
Du Jiaolan and others, who spent a fortune on beauty treatments and cosmetics, consumed many Beauty Preserving Elixirs, each pill worth a fortune!
Yet still, none had skin as fine as that man’s, not just fair but glowing, like the shell of a peeled egg!