Chapter 3204: Stalling for a Little More Time
Chapter 3204: Chapter 3204: Stalling for a Little More Time
“Enough talking, let’s quickly gather people and head out to pick them, otherwise they’ll be gone.”
As they spoke, several family heads summoned their clan guards, preparing to head out for wild fruit picking. Of course, before leaving, they took some wild fruits from Qing Qiushi’s small basket to eat.
However, they didn’t take much, at most two per person.
But even with just two per person, they took nearly half of the fruits in the small basket.
“Master Shao, fortunately, you had the foresight.”
The clan guard beside Qing Qiushi spoke in a low voice only after the family heads had left.
They had picked several baskets of wild fruits, all already placed in the horse carriage, leaving just this small basket for the family heads to taste.
From what those family heads just said, not notifying them about the wild fruit picking was a big mistake. Fortunately, the family head only took out a small basket; if more had been taken out, it might have led to blame.
“You all go distribute the fruits, no need to keep them,” Qing Qiushi instructed the clan guards.
These wild fruits, meant for a taste during the journey, had no reason to be kept. Anyway, in two more days, they would reach Yin City.
Who knows how the Eldest Young Master is doing, given that the Saintess Sect shouldn’t be so easy to reach now. The major clans’ people are guarding, including their Qing family’s guards.
He felt worried and regretful—if he had known, he wouldn’t have let the Eldest Young Master go ahead.
In the end, when the time comes to approach the Saintess Sect, it will be together; no one will profit, and those things that shouldn’t exist won’t be kept.
“Yoo Long, tonight go again and buy the Eldest Young Master some more time,” he instructed the clan guards.
“Yes, Master Shao.”
Yoo Long accepted the order and turned to leave.
The previous disturbances caused by ordinary people were also subtly instigated by them.
But it was also those people who thought that way themselves; he merely stirred things up a bit, without truly doing anything to them, worried that if it stirred too much, the major clans would truly hate these common people.
Tonight, another method must be thought of.
Who knows what the Eldest Young Master has discovered over there. He firmly believes that the Saintess Sect wouldn’t leave nothing behind, that there’s undoubtedly something hidden within the Saintess Sect.
In no time, the family heads returned, excitedly carrying the wild fruits they had picked.
They were generous, sharing them with the clan guards, but given the scarcity of wild fruits, getting one per person was about as much as it could go around; everyone ate happily.
“Tsk tsk tsk.”
One family head was eating the wild fruit, clicking his tongue.
They used to eat fine delicacies, never had they eaten such wild fruits. If someone had said before that they would eat these fruits, he would have surely replied that even dogs wouldn’t eat this!
“It’s all because of the people from the Saintess Sect! If Master Shao finds any of their disciples in the planes, they’ll be exterminated, not a single one left!”
He gnashed his teeth, speaking with hatred, even chomping into the wild fruit with more vigor.
“Stop it. No matter how much you say, the people from the Saintess Sect can’t hear you,” the family head next to him patted his shoulder and said.
Honestly, if it wasn’t for the Saintess Sect meddling with the important treasure of their major clans this time, these family heads wouldn’t have intervened personally; they would mainly send the clan elders, as there was no peace of mind due to their clans’ future being at stake!
“Hmph!”
The family head still snorted heavily, feeling unsatisfied.
“Do you think there might still be some members of the Saintess Sect that slipped through the cracks?”