Chapter 1303 - 26: Working to Pay Off Debts! Not Embarrassing

"Come, come, come, keep going, keep going."

Emperor Longchang couldn’t wait to start the next round.

Seeing the Chi Mei Demon Envoy’s expression looking off, he even soothed her kindly, "Xue Qing, don’t be afraid. When it comes to mahjong, once your luck kicks in, nobody can stop it. Who knows, with just one hand you might win it all back with interest."

"Y-yes... Senior!"

What else could the Chi Mei Demon Envoy say? Of course she could only grit her teeth and keep playing.

Faced with a Great Emperor, she didn’t dare take it lightly either, so she pulled herself together and focused wholeheartedly on playing mahjong.

And so it went, round after round.

Over half a month later.

The Chi Mei Demon Envoy had gone from a Divine Power Realm pauper to a Divine Power Realm Cultivator drowning in debt.

Another day of mahjong finally ended. Supported by Lady Jade, she staggered back to her luxurious, comfortable top-tier VIP suite. The pair of bright phoenix eyes she’d once had were now completely dull, her mind crammed full of philosophical questions.

Who am I? Where am I? Why am I here? Where am I going?

Fine~ I’m the Chi Mei Demon Envoy, currently carrying out a plan to infiltrate the Wang Family, gather intelligence, and take control of them!

Yet before the plan even started, she’d been dragged into playing mahjong for over half a month straight. Of course there were wins and losses, but in the end she still wound up deep in debt.

It took quite a while before the Chi Mei Demon Envoy slowly came back to her senses.

However, the situation hadn’t improved in the slightest.

Just thinking about the massive debts she owed made her vision go dark in bursts, and her heart feel icy cold.

With that many Immortal Crystals, even selling herself wouldn’t be enough to pay it back!

Meanwhile.

In Wang Shouzhe’s little courtyard.

After the table broke up, Wang Luoyi went back to her own courtyard, while Emperor Longchang stayed behind. He was presently sipping tea in leisure, chatting with Liua Ruolan.

Old Yao stood attending at the side, occasionally pouring more tea for the two of them.

"Ruolan, I’m telling you, that Jiang Xueqing definitely has something wrong with her. She lost that much over half a month and never even tried to run. If it were that old brat from the Celestial River, he’d have bolted long ago and disappeared without a trace." Emperor Longchang squinted, looking like he had everything figured out, scheming and seasoned. "The moment I saw her I felt something was off. If she were posing as some successor from one of the other Saint Lands of the Immortal Palace, that’d be one thing—but she just had to pretend to be Yuling girl’s disciple."

"Hehe~ Would I not know that Yuling girl? She only looks aloof on the surface and seems bad at socializing. But anyone who truly knows her will understand—that girl is black-bellied and vicious. When she decides to throw away her shame, that attitude is quite similar to that brat Wang Shouzhe. If that Jiang Qingxue were really Yuling’s disciple, her reaction back then wouldn’t have been like that. And I have to say, the more I think about it, the more Yuling and Shouzhe really do seem alike..."

Emperor Longchang muttered as he pondered, unable to stop himself from mumbling, "Could Shouzhe also be a True Immortal Reincarnation? Knew Yuling in his past life?"

"Hehe~" Liua Ruolan drank her tea, smiling faintly without giving anything away. "Oh? Then when my husband comes back, I’ll ask him about it."

Old Yao’s heart gave a heavy "thump."

Your Majesty, could you please think a little before you speak? Is this Lady Liua someone you can afford to offend?

He quietly retreated a bit, then very sneakily shifted half a step closer to Liua Ruolan’s side.

"Ruolan, what do you think that Jiang Xueqing actually is? What’s her real purpose in coming to our Wang Family?" Emperor Longchang asked, quite intrigued. "Ruolan, how are you planning to deal with her?"

"There actually aren’t many possibilities. However you calculate it, the likelihood that she’s a guest from the Demon Dynasty is higher." Liua Ruolan said calmly, as composed as ever. "Keep her for now. She might be of some use. In any case, she won’t be able to stir up any real trouble."

"No matter what, that still counts as me making a contribution." Emperor Longchang looked at her eagerly. "I should get some kind of reward, right? How about this—this half month of mahjong, we can treat it as official business. Ruolan, you help me write it off as expenses."

"Your Majesty must be joking. If you’d won money, would you have given it back to me?" Liua Ruolan looked at him with a smile.

"No." Emperor Longchang shook his head helplessly.

"Then I won’t either." Liua Ruolan’s smile remained, but her tone was firm as a nail. "Why should I return money I won with my own skill? As for Your Majesty having uncovered a spy, you can go settle the Contribution Points with Artifact Spirit Xiaoxue yourself. A Divine Power Realm spy is worth quite a bit of Contribution Points."

"..." Emperor Longchang was so angry his beard puffed as he glared. "Ruolan, you’re too much, even more black-hearted and vicious than Yuling girl! I’m already this old, you think it’s easy for me to earn a little money?"

"Zongchang came back some time ago and said he’d discovered a Wood Element Medium-sized Top-Grade Spiritual Vein." Liua Ruolan said evenly. "I wonder if Your Majesty is interested..."

"Interested, interested, that’s a great find!" Emperor Longchang’s brows instantly smoothed out and his eyes lit up. "A Top-Grade Spiritual Vein is hard to extract, that’ll cost extra! Actually money isn’t the main thing; it’s mainly for Xian’Er. Xian’Er is still too weak right now. If she can reach Tier Nine sooner, then in a fortress battle she’d be able to protect herself even against a Lingxu Realm opponent."

"As long as Your Majesty is happy." Liua Ruolan handed over a map.

Emperor Longchang glanced at it and immediately sucked in a breath of cold air. "That’s quite a distance, almost into Wanyao Kingdom’s territory."

"Still over ten thousand miles short." Liua Ruolan said. "That Spirit Vein’s location is relatively hidden. Wanyao Kingdom likely hasn’t found it yet."

"No, no way. Those three old monsters in Wanyao Kingdom are terrifying. One of them is almost at Tier Twelve!" Emperor Longchang shook his head like a rattle-drum. "I still want to enjoy my retirement~~ How about this, I heard An Ye is going out on a mission. I’ll stay here to protect him and at the same time keep an eye on Jiang Xueqing."