Long Aotian’s Beautiful Butler Has Run Away chapter 122

Chapter 122: The Great Foundation

Madam Mei’s self-exposure left everyone present stunned, immersed in shock and speechless for a long time.

Even the knowledgeable Treasure Hunting Team was deeply shaken. They hadn’t expected a task taken in this remote small place to involve a truth a hundred times more thrilling than the tasks of catching adulterers assigned by those nobles in Shengjing. If this continued, it would overturn the structure of the three major sects in the cultivation world.

“Ah, no wonder!” Shen Bingsi seemed to think of something. “I thought it was a coincidence. I didn’t expect it was built like this on purpose—the layout of your Lu estate’s courtyards is exactly like the Ruthless Dao Palace in Zhilan Ridge!”

Both had that heavily fortified layout. Layers of courtyard walls separated the living areas. There was no airy layout in the courtyard, just walls or narrow paths, like the examination halls for imperial exams.

Shen Bingsi had no dealings with the Lu family. He had come to the Lu family with the eldest Miss Shen when he was a child. He himself had forgotten what he came for at that time and had never been back since. Looking for Rong Xie this time was his first visit to the Lu family in many years.

Upon seeing it, he secretly felt awkward. However, he didn’t think much of it, only secretly criticizing that no wonder Lu Yingqi adapted so easily to life in Zhilan Ridge—it turned out his hometown looked like this too.

“Hmph, of course it’s not a coincidence. The Lu estate is built like this precisely because this old body remodeled it according to the layout of the Ruthless Dao Palace. Such a layout is more suitable for cultivation, not like mediocre families who spend their days mediocrely eating, drinking, and gossiping.” Madam Mei said coldly.

“The young masters and misses began accepting training tasks personally set by me from the age of five, took the first spiritual root test at six, and prepared for the Mystic Sky Sect’s entrance assessment from seven to twelve. During this period, they would receive their own attendant boys. Training and living together when young, the feelings cultivated are the strongest. After twelve, they would begin participating in the selection assessments of major sects. Because the disciples cultivated by the Lu family best met the Mystic Sky Sect’s needs, the success rate of passing the entrance test was very high, quickly attracting the Mystic Sky Sect’s attention. A few years after that, the Mystic Sky Sect specially set up a disciple reception point in Qinghe. Other large and small sects also began to value the Lu family.”

“And all of this is my credit.”

After saying this, Madam Mei took a deep breath, revealing a very satisfied expression.

For so many years, he had been living in seclusion in such a remote corner, secretly arranging everything in a penniless small family. No one in the entire cultivation world knew where Qinghe County was, no one knew who Madam Mei was, and even the Lu family themselves didn’t know the background of this Madam Mei who led their Lu family’s revitalization.

This suffocating feeling of doing earth-shattering things but being unknown was not something anyone could endure. Madam Mei endured humiliation for so many years and finally spoke of his earth-shattering great cause in such an unexpected occasion. And his most perfect work—Mystic Sky First Sword Lu Yingqi—was still by his side, serving as powerful evidence of his great cause, silently proving his success.

Madam Mei was very satisfied. He was even somewhat grateful to Rong Xie for exposing the truth of the Spirit Spring Well here today, finally giving him, Madam Mei, a chance to announce to the world the great cause that would make his name go down in history.

“Unfortunately…” Madam Mei sighed, his gaze sweeping regretfully over the Treasure Hunting Team and Rong Xie. “You know, but you cannot spread it. The time is not yet ripe. The day Young Master Qi ascends will be the time I, Madam Mei, become famous in the world, hahahaha…”

Madam Mei laughed uncontrollably towards the sky.

“…”

Shen Bingsi looked at Madam Mei expressionlessly, as if possessed by Lu Yingqi at this moment.

His fingers twitched subconsciously, and a cluster of golden light overflowed from his fingertips, cutting into the invisible air wall in front of him, slowly and steadily drawing a circle.

Lu Yingqi’s pupils trembled violently, shifting to him.

In the next moment, the silver chain broke through Lu Yingqi’s invisible air wall, heading straight for the laughing Madam Mei, instantly binding him tightly.

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The chain lengthened upon meeting a person, wrapping around Madam Mei’s ribs, elbows, and neck like a spirit snake. Except for his legs which could still move, his upper body was firmly locked. A silver chain used for leading returned to Shen Bingsi’s hand and was grabbed by him.

Thud!

Madam Mei’s body jerked forward violently, his face smashing onto the invisible air wall. His mouth, which hadn’t closed from laughing just now, was smashed askew. The entire heavily made-up face pressed against the transparent barrier, presenting a twisted and ridiculous state.

Shen Bingsi made a disgusted “Eww” sound, as if he wasn’t the one who pulled the chain just now.

After doing this, he tilted his shoulder towards Lu Yingqi, looking at him provocatively from bottom to top with a smile: “Thanks for going easy on me, Senior Brother Lu.”

Lu Yingqi’s lips moved slightly. His ice-block-like face showed a slight tendency to crack. Seeing the usually gentle and upright “Rong Xie” making such a despicable gesture was truly uncomfortable.

Madam Mei was in the height of his triumph when he was suddenly bound by Shen Bingsi with the chain.

He instantly stopped laughing. His crooked chin twitched several times before he pressed it against the invisible air wall and snapped it back.

“Qi, Young Master Qi—” As soon as Madam Mei recovered his ability to speak, he immediately struggled towards Lu Yingqi standing aside. “Young Master Qi, look what he did! He tied me up! He wants to take me to the Mirror Palace! Then our Lu family is completely finished, the Lu family’s century-old foundation, and the Lu family disciples I worked so hard to cultivate! Especially you, Young Master Qi, you are my most perfect work. You can go even further. As long as you listen to me, you will verify the Dao and ascend, becoming the only cultivator from the Mystic Sky Sect’s Ruthless Dao Palace to ascend in five hundred years!”

“…” Lu Yingqi glanced at Madam Mei and said lightly, “I will verify the Dao and ascend, that is my business. You will be sanctioned by the Mirror Palace, that is your business. Everything has cause and effect. Sowing evil causes yields evil results. I have no interest in intervening in others’ evil results.”

With these words, Lu Yingqi finally stated his position to watch from the sidelines. Rong Xie and the Treasure Hunting Team secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Shen Bingsi was also slightly moved, showing a better face to Lu Yingqi.

Madam Mei hadn’t expected at all that after stating his contribution to the Lu family and showing how helpful he would be to Lu Yingqi’s future development, Lu Yingqi remained completely unmoved. Not only did he not help him like before, but he also went easy on Shen Bingsi, letting Shen Bingsi ride on his head and act tyrannically.

Did he completely think wrong? Shen Bingsi didn’t care that much about the Lu family or his own future development?

“Young Master Qi, are you going to watch the Lu family fall?” Madam Mei asked unwillingly. “Every cultivator has their own family support behind them. Even if you cut off kinship, do you not care about this support?”

“Don’t care.” Lu Yingqi offered no extra explanation, only saying these two words.

“…” Madam Mei choked. “If the Lu family is ruined and the matter of you using a cauldron for cultivation is exposed, according to the rules of Zhilan Ridge, you are a traitor who stole skills and betrayed the sect. You will be expelled from the sect. You don’t care about that either?”

“No.” This time Lu Yingqi’s answer was crisper and shorter.

Madam Mei stared at Lu Yingqi in astonishment. After a while, he suddenly laughed.

“As expected of the Ruthless Dao’s prodigy,” Madam Mei sighed. “This state of mind is truly impeccable, far surpassing Elder Red and Elder Bai back then. As expected of the natural Ruthless Dao Saint Body cultivated by this old body single-handedly!”

“…” Shen Bingsi yanked the silver chain. “Finished talking nonsense yet?”

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Madam Mei slammed into the invisible air wall again with a thud.

He panted against the air wall, turned his head with difficulty to look at a certain Ruthless Dao Saint Body, and struggled to say, “What about Little Zhi? Do you not care about his life or death either?”

At these words, Lu Yingqi’s pupils constricted slightly. His ice-cold chess-piece-like eyes slowly turned to Madam Mei.

Madam Mei revealed a knowing smile.

Shen Bingsi’s brow jumped. “No way, no way, Senior Brother Lu. You, a Ruthless Dao Saint Body, say with your mouth that you will verify the Dao and ascend without asking for help, yet you can’t even let go of a small attendant boy. You can’t verify the Dao like this, I’m telling you! Sooner or later you’ll be trampled under my feet!”

“Besides, our Rong Xie also explained to you that this old monster has no means to control Little Zhi. Don’t write all your thoughts on your face as soon as he probes you, okay? This really ruins the reputation of our Ruthless Dao’s favored son of heaven!”

However, Shen Bingsi’s shouting didn’t work. Lu Yingqi still didn’t release his invisible air wall with a hole in it.

Within inches, Lu Yingqi stared closely at Madam Mei. “What do you mean?”

Madam Mei sneered. “That Rong Xie was indeed right. I don’t have means to control Little Zhi. Little Zhi is quite capable now. A cauldron constitution originally couldn’t build a foundation, yet he broke through this barrier… However, a cauldron is ultimately a cauldron. The harder used, the faster they die. Only I know how to nurse a cauldron. Even Elder Red doesn’t know—are you sure you want to send me to the Mirror Palace?”

“Liar. If he knew how to nurse a cauldron, why doesn’t he nurse himself?” Shen Bingsi pointed out sharply.

“Pah, what’s wrong with this old body? Decades have passed, and this old body is still so young and physically fit, retaining charm. It’s already not easy,” Madam Mei paused, looking disdainfully at the Old Master pretending to faint in the back. “Besides, with no useful cultivator around, what use is it no matter how hard this old body tries?”

“Pfft—” Shen Bingsi almost threw the chain in his hand. “Lu Yingqi, you don’t really believe his nonsense, do you?”

“Shen, don’t you laugh either.” Madam Mei’s eyes rolled, looking past Shen Bingsi to Rong Xie in the distance, his voice lowering. “That little friend of yours was also picked up by the Shen family, right? How can you be sure he isn’t a cauldron? What if he was a failed modification by our Lu family, dumped at your Shen family’s door? What if the Shen family head also intended to learn from our Lu family and asked our Lu family to send children over, and he happened to be one of them?”

The smile on Shen Bingsi’s face disappeared. The attitude of watching the fun vanished instantly. He yanked the chain fiercely, slamming Madam Mei heavily against the invisible air wall. Several cracks instantly appeared in the air. Madam Mei didn’t even react, giving a short grunt, his eyes immediately losing focus, blood flowing from his ears.

“What nonsense are you talking about!” Shen Bingsi said viciously. “Then I can’t let you go even more. Once at the Mirror Palace, I have plenty of means to make you spit out everything you know. —Lu Yingqi, undo the barrier!”

“…” Lu Yingqi looked down at Madam Mei, who slid slowly down the invisible air wall and was finally suspended in mid-air by the chain. He neither helped nor undid the barrier. “No, he can’t go.”

Shen Bingsi looked up at Lu Yingqi in disbelief.

“Before he explains everything about the cauldrons clearly,” Lu Yingqi looked back at Shen Bingsi lightly, “no one can take him away.”

Shen Bingsi stared at Lu Yingqi. Gradually, the annoyance in his eyes disappeared, turning into a strange excitement. “A battle between you and me is inevitable. It seems this battle is going to happen ahead of schedule?”