Chapter 49: Words Of Wisdom From An “old” Senior
Just as they were catching up, A Ning seemed to have finished talking with Wu Yong, turned around and walked towards them. Fatty saw that she looked somewhat displeased, and immediately stopped talking: “Hey, Miss A Ning, we had a deal, don’t come to me for tomb hunting.” He pointed at Wu Xie: “This guy is a proper heir of the Wu Family, he’s definitely more familiar with dragon-seeking and acupoint-probing techniques than me, come to him if there’s something.”
Wu Xie had a head full of black lines, where did he know anything about acupoint division? His grandfather’s notebook was very vague on these, last time at Lu King’s Palace it was his Third Uncle who did the acupoint fixing, he himself had never really tried it properly, if they couldn’t find it this time
But these could be considered later, worst case there’s still Lin Yan, last time Lin Yan had told him about finding the seafloor rift, at most they could search the entire area nearby, they would surely find it. The most important thing now was—
He stretched his hand out in front of A Ning: “Miss A Ning, did you forget something?”
A Ning gave him a cold look: “Mr. Wu, no need to be so urgent, what I promised you naturally won’t be forgotten. However, I hope this price is worth it, understand?”
She then turned her head to Fatty: “Mr. Wang, rest assured, it was already said when the contract was signed, you just need to follow us down to the tomb. Of course—” Before Fatty could say “the money won’t be short, right,” she smiled at him: “The money naturally won’t be short.”
Fatty exhaled and patted his chest, full of confidence: “Rest assured, as long as the money isn’t short, down there Fatty Ye will keep you all safe!” He then turned to look at Wu Xie, his eyes gleaming with greed: “Of course, they paid, if you guys pay too—”
Lin Yan rolled his eyes irritably, reached out to block Fatty’s glowing eyes, um, the green glow of money: “Stop! Just don’t come to us for protection later!”
Fatty scanned them up and down, lifted his chin at them, the meaning very clear: two little weaklings, who protects whom?
Lin Yan caught his look and immediately got upset, you know in the original story many crises were caused by Fatty, the root cause nothing else, just money-grubbing plus itchy hands! He pretended to roll up his sleeves and step forward: “Hey, I just don’t believe—” Wu Xie hurriedly pressed his hand down to soothe him: “Hey hey hey don’t fight, Fatty does have a point”
A Ning watched this farce, rubbed her brow, sneered coldly and turned to leave.
Wu Xie found a moment amid the chaos to shout at her: “Miss A Ning don’t go, you haven’t given us what you promised yet, we’re almost at the place”
Hearing this Fatty got interested, mysteriously leaned over: “Yo, how about it, you guys took money too? There’s even a bonus? What thing? Something the Wu Family couldn’t get so they had to get it?”
Lin Yan stopped fooling around, turned curious about Fatty’s worth: “And you? How much are you?”
Fatty held up two fingers: “This number! You guys?”
Lin Yan also raised one finger: “This!”
Fatty’s eyes lit up: “Hey, not bad, fresh out of the gate and already this price, you alone or you two together? But I feel like this Third Master Xiao should be worth a bit more than you?”
Wu Xie glanced at Lin Yan, saw him happily playing along and didn’t expose him, just casually said: “Don’t listen to his nonsense! It’s nothing, just blood-infused jade, entrusted to Miss A Ning and them to get it, we haven’t gotten it yet. Fatty, do you know how far we are from that sea area now? How far has their search and rescue progressed? How much area is left unsearched?”
By the last sentence, Wu Xie felt a bit guilty. Heaven and earth as witness, he really hadn’t practiced before! Lin Yan had only told him a vague feature, nothing more. If the area was large, he had no confidence in finding it quickly.
Thinking of this, he turned his head, looking at Lin Yan pitifully, his eyes full of strong desire for knowledge. Lin Yan looked over, it clearly said a few words: Begging for help! Begging for coordinates!
Lin Yan: .
If he knew, would he still need A Ning? Wouldn’t it be better for the Wu Family to send people and go down directly? Surely the Wu Family could spare some money and manpower for their Third Master!
He gave Wu Xie an irritated look, turned around and went to the other side to look at the scenery, leaving Wu Xie a heartless back view.
Third Master Xiao, it’s really not that I’m not helping you, I really don’t know!
Wu Xie saw him turn and leave directly, stunned for a second, realized there’d be no more hints. When the time came, they’d have to improvise there, so during this time, he needed to properly recall what was in his grandfather’s notebook, to avoid embarrassment later.
Fatty saw this, smiled and patted his shoulder: “Young comrade, your friend has quite a temper! But one question. I can understand A Ning looking for you, but what for that young comrade? Does he have something special, or has he touched something related to that tomb?”
Wu Xie weighed it, after going down to the tomb Fatty would be with them anyway. Though Fatty took A Ning’s money, he seemed quite principled, back at Lu King’s Palace he was pretty loyal, didn’t abandon them and run in several crises. So, some things about Lin Yan could really be shared.
He beckoned, signaling Fatty to lean in: “His blood is a bit different. Remember that green-eyed fox corpse? Everyone else was affected, only he wasn’t. So if we encounter something—” He patted Fatty’s shoulder meaningfully, Fatty stared at Lin Yan’s back, eyes wide: “So he’s a key figure! Miss A Ning has good eyes!”
Wu Xie was full of question marks, what does it have to do with A Ning? It was clearly he who requested to bring Lin Yan along! A Ning’s payment hasn’t even been made yet!
Fatty started to go forward to find Lin Yan, but was pulled back by Wu Xie: “What are you doing! With your big mouth, you want everyone to know? A Ning doesn’t even know. I’m telling you, don’t let A Ning and them know! Trouble will come!”
Fatty looked at him with a strange expression: “Why? Isn’t it that the stronger the ability, the more you earn? Why not let them know if he has skills?”
Wu Xie checked that no one was paying attention before continuing to explain: “Do you still remember what that A Ning did under Lu King’s Palace?”
Fatty nodded: “Remember, but she was doing her job, each uses their own means, understandable.”
Wu Xie was stunned: “She nearly got us all killed, and that’s understandable?”
Fatty saw his worldview shattering, patted him and sighed: “Wu Xie young comrade, your name really fits, truly innocent and naive. You think this business is that easy? Fatty Ye me making a name, that was nine deaths and one life. The things I’ve encountered compared to last time, even worse. What A Ning did is just small stuff, at least she didn’t sneak attack and shoot us all down. Look at when she grabbed the treasure box, if she fired a few shots while we weren’t paying attention, given our state then, how many could survive? So”
He looked at Wu Xie’s increasingly pale face: “Sigh, think more about how to act later, at least be nice to them, that way they won’t stab you in the back down there, right? Fatty Ye me does recognize money, but we’ve been through hardship together, you guys are loyal and didn’t leave me behind, so I really treat you as friends. Truth is, this line isn’t as simple as you think. I’ll go rest first, you talk to that young comrade too, looks like he has no experience either. What you told me I won’t spread, you guys think it over, yeah?”
He half-hugged his shoulder forcefully, patted hard and left, leaving Wu Xie standing there dazed.
PS: Just one chapter today, more tomorrow!
