Little Cooking Saint – 0293 – Toothed Bur Clover with Garlic (j)

Chapter 293 – Toothed Bur Clover with Garlic (j)

Translated by Gumihou

Edited by Gumihou

 

From what Suo Lan had said, she was certain that her Second Master’s connection with the Tan-Tai Clan was not bad.

They would not dare to openly target the disciple of the Master of Illusion, Huan Mo. Otherwise, even if the relationship between herself and Second Master was not deep, he would not let go of the matter if only for the sake of face.

As for Tan-Tai Chu, with that kind of personality, it would be impossible for her to let go of the idea of killing Shiyu so easily. Therefore, Shiyu was certain that her leaving this place was merely a ruse.

[1] After all, if Shiyu dies while Tan-Tai Chu was officially away from the Imperial Capital, surely the whole thing had nothing to do with her?

Suo Lan would not go against her out of his own interest, therefore the only person Tan-Tai Chu could command now were her servants and that Li Tian person.

Since Tan-Tai Chu did not want to look bad in front of Second Master, she would not expose herself, which meant her personal servants could not be seen to act against Shiyu. Therefore, the only person she had left was Li Tian.

Shiyu had already made her decision and the others did not try to talk her out of it. The following discussion was mostly on the execution of the plan and none about dissuading her.

After carefully discussing various plans together for a while, the group dispersed.

 

Another three days passed in relative peace when suddenly, a piece of shocking news rocked the city.

The emperor, empress and Concubine Feng, [2] Dong-Fang Zhen’s blood mother, disappeared. How shocking, ah!

When Shiyu received the news, her heart pounded: They’re here!

The College was protected by the Heaven Switching Array and therefore the only way to get at the people inside was to lure them out.

Naturally, by the time Shiyu got the news, others had also learned about the matter.

Fortunately, preparations against something like this had already been done. Therefore, there was no need to panic.

Long before the incident became serious, the College had been in touch with the Imperial Family [1] just in case something like this happens.

To date, His Majesty the Emperor always carries a small vial of honey on him.

It was a special type of [3] honey with a unique fragrance but not so strong that it would overpower the smell of incense. It was the favourite honey of a type of bee.

It was obvious that the enemy would use hostages to lure out the people in the College. [3] Everyone already knew that the College’s main ally was the Imperial Family. It did not take much imagination to see that a powerful force capable of bringing an entire city to its knees would target the core of the royal family.

In short, it was very convenient.

The emperor had been taken away but it did not take them much effort to trace the location of the royal family. They were hidden in a forest just at the outskirts of the Imperial Capital.

Now that the location of the hostages was known, it made the next actions much easier.

Of the younger generations, seven out of eight had broken through into Divine Transformation Realm. Including the three Panda Brothers, the Dean, Uncle Wang and the rest of the elders, there were a total of 16 Divine Transformation powerhouses on the College’s side.

Once all these people gathered together, their force was considerable.

To appear less conspicuous, the people acted separately. Some entered the mountainside forests first, while Qing Chen and some College elders lead more than a dozen Great Perfection level Cultivators on the other side to prevent escape.

These dozens of powerful Core Condensation – Great Perfection level Cultivators had all been attracted by the Fortune Pill. However, it was the aura under the Heaven Switching Array that convinced them to join the College.

When the moon was hidden and the winds were high, Shiyu had already hidden in the forest. She covered the entire mountain and forest with her mental powers and easily found the exact location of those people.

 

[Gumihou: Also less than 800 words…]

 

We now have Glossaries for Character, Cultivation Terms, Clan Names, Restaurants & Places

 

[1] Adjusted Details for Dramatic Purpose: Restructure some sentences to make the delivery of the deduction smoother.

[2] Imperial Concubine Feng: … formerly Imperial Concubine Su, unsure which is the typo

[3] Fix the description of honey: Original text was ‘…a special fragrant honey… not particularly strong tasting… easily concealed by incense…”

Isn’t this kind of contradictory? Also, fixed the plan so that it makes more sense.

 

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