The Journey of Immortal Cultivation-Chapter 811 - 448: The Tragedy of the Hulian Tribe (Part 2)

Ning Xiaoxian sat motionless, letting them kneel there, only picking up the spiked ice wine on the table and taking another sip, she slowly said, "Tell me, what troubles make you resort to poisoning our drinks as a test."

Hulian Zhe, being a businessman, skillfully began highlighting the key points:

As expected, Manager Hulian didn’t lie. The Hulian Tribe’s specialties, besides leather, snow tea, and various herbs, indeed include one more: humans. This place produces long-legged, slender-waisted, flower-like beautiful women. Which woman doesn’t wish for beauty? Yet, in such chaotic times, mere beauty is a sin. Furthermore, the Hulian Tribe has another feature: out of ten households, three produce daughters who are twins.

It’s known that human beauties aren’t particularly rare. Demons, like Butterfly Demon and Snake Demon, are enchanting and captivating. In comparison, human girls age rapidly, with their youthful days lasting barely over a decade, unlike demon beauties who possess allure for hundreds of years. However, the Demon Clan has a fatal weakness, which lies in lower fertility compared to humans, let alone producing twins!

The reputation for Hulian Tribe’s twin beauties quickly spread, bringing forth female slave captors!

Nanny Lin mentioned that the slave capturing team soon to arrive at the Great Snow Mountain is affiliated with the "Mingshui Immortal Sect." Besides this human sect, many other sects send emissaries every five years to the north and west to collect beautiful human clan or weaker demon clan women, then send them to the slave camp in Sky Blue State for training. Trained female slaves are valuable commodities, favored by human nobles and demons in Central South Southern Continent, with the saying "Sky Blue State products, surely top quality."

Catching slaves is a lucrative business. Through long evolution, those sent to gather beauties came to be known as Flower-picking Envoys. Aside from accepting female war captives from the north, they establish agreements with human settlements and affiliated demon clans under their sect, coming every five years to take away a batch of beautiful women, known as "maids." To make it sound better, they offer certain rewards and earmark women to take five years later.

Five years ago, Hulian Minmin was only thirteen. After the Flower-picking Envoy of Mingshui Sect saw her portrait, he designated her as one of the next batch of maids. During these five years, Hulian Zhe and his son wrote numerous letters to the envoy and sent him silver, depleting a good half of their wealth, finally convincing him to remove Hulian Minmin’s name from the maid list, thinking they were safe. But unexpectedly, a few days ago, terrible news came from afar: the envoy had retired, and no one knew where he had gone, while the new Flower-picking Envoy was arriving at Great Snow Mountain in two days!

This news struck the Hulian siblings like a bolt from the blue, making them dumbfounded, their first thought being to flee as a family. However, Mingshui Sect manages its territories strictly; no matter their means, they couldn’t escape its influence within two days. Furthermore, this sect handles families of escaped slaves harshly, from eye gouging and limb severing to live burial, instilling fear among commoners, deterring them from secretly hiding or releasing women.

In such situations, one can understand the joy and relief Hulian Zhe felt unintentionally seeing Ning Xiaoxian enter the city the previous day. She looked too much like his own sister. If he could enlist her help, perhaps his sister could escape this calamity.

Reaching this point, Hulian Zhe kowtowed three times on the ground, tears streaming down, saying, "Minmin is my closest sister; how can I send her into the abyss, let those vile people in Sky Blue State’s slave camp dishonor her! Before my father passed, I promised to ensure my sister’s safety. You arriving at Hulian Tribe at this juncture surely is fate."

"While accompanying my father on business inland, I encountered women from our Hulian Tribe, transformed at Sky Blue State’s slave camp, reduced to such shameless states." He gnawed his teeth, continuing, "Before meeting the immortal, I was resolved, not letting my sister fall to such a fate, willing to kill her before the Flower-picking Envoy arrives."

"Brother!" Hulian Minmin cried out in shock, her face turning pale, unexpected that her brother had already harbored murderous intent towards her.

Ning Xiaoxian, however, thought, "Sky Blue State slave camp, why does this name sound so familiar?"

Changtian sighed, uttering only two words, "Sky Blue State slave camp, perfumer Chen Ding."

The gates of memory suddenly opened, recalling moments of intimate entanglement between the two. Ning Xiaoxian had no idea how much effort she exerted not to let Qi-Blood rush to her head. If not for Changtian’s exploration of Chen Ding’s memory, he wouldn’t have used so many tricks on her. She abruptly felt aversion towards this place.

"You want to hide your sister, while I impersonate Hulian Minmin to kill the Flower-picking Envoy?"

Looking at Ning Xiaoxian, he confirmed, "Yes."

She sneered, "Useless. Mingshui Immortal Sect will dispatch another Flower-picking Envoy to abduct women, leaving Hulian Minmin equally unable to avoid their grasp. Moreover, this sect surely seeks revenge, leaving Hulian Tribe no happy end."

"I know. Therefore, I hope the immortal endures some grievance, intervening after leaving Hulian Tribe, then killing the Flower-picking Envoy." Hulian Zhe bowed even lower, his voice like mosquito buzz, "Also, take these maids away... kill them too!"

Her expression finally shook, "You intend..." Aside from Hulian Minmin, those inside and outside of God Demon Prison instantly understood Hulian Zhe hoped Ning Xiaoxian would execute the Flower-picking Envoy in the wilderness and resolve all these maids too, fabricating an accidental robbery scene. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, please visit Qidian (qidian.com) to cast recommendation tickets, monthly votes, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please go to m.qidian.com to read.)