Chapter 866 - 244: Southern Dipper

Chapter 866: Chapter 244: Southern Dipper

Firefly Demon: ???

Li Yuan jerked his chin.

Firefly Demon got the hint—this Senior was telling her to give the money away too.

But she was just an ordinary person; she needed money to buy food, buy drink, buy clothes, stay at inns, otherwise... was she supposed to rob her way along the road?

Yet the Great Zhou now was different from before; everywhere, besides the Government Officials, there were Garrison Commanders dispatched under the Ministry of Martial Affairs.

These Garrison Commanders were connected to the Ministry of Martial Affairs, were Imperial Students, and behind them there were even countless ties with places like the Myriad Sects Academy and the Mo Yi Guard. You could say... anyone who knew this wanted no trouble.

The ones who really stirred up trouble were all those who knew nothing, clung to lucky chances, and had no brains.

However, Firefly Demon thought it over. Since Senior had told her to do this, he must already have a plan.

What if a fortune is scattered to the winds?

The Sect Leader of the Cyan Lotus Sect had plenty of generosity.

So, she pulled out a thick stack of Silver Tickets from her pocket. These Silver Tickets came to a full two hundred thousand taels—most likely the Sect Leader’s "private stash."

Firefly Demon raised her hand, about to scatter them.

But Li Yuan stopped her, then took her to a money house to exchange them for silver, changing them in several batches, and afterward they walked along the road tossing as they went. Whenever they saw a family with urgent matters but lacking money to handle them, or poor families barely scraping by, they would toss some from afar.

Once they’d thrown it all, they went to exchange more, and kept throwing.

Li Yuan’s Domain Power covered a mile; he was throwing silver and absolutely no one knew.

For a time, strange tales of silver falling from the heavens began to spread through the Yonghan Zone; some loafers even came specially, staring eagerly up at the sky, waiting for the silver to fall—but the silver never landed in their pockets...

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In the blink of an eye, it was already the second month of the following year.

Firefly Demon’s money was completely used up.

Vagrant Li Yuan had successfully turned the otherworldly, exquisitely beautiful Sect Leader of the Cyan Lotus Sect—mastermind behind the Jade Capital chaos of the Lotus Sect, hidden hand that had single-handedly brought about the Great Unity of Yin Yang, a Jade Remains from an Extraterrestrial Star—into the vagrant Firefly Demon.

Though vagrant Firefly Demon still wore a smile, her stomach couldn’t lie; it had already started growling.

She turned her head and looked at Senior.

Senior was clearly not hungry.

She finally couldn’t help cursing in her heart: Damn it, how could Senior ever be hungry?

Li Yuan wasn’t all bad; he went and picked some wild fruit for her, then hunted some game that had just come running out of the forests in early spring.

The campfire blazed high, licking beads of fat as they dripped from the meat.

Waves of fragrance drifted out.

Li Yuan was tidying the pine branches they were using for firewood, while watching the woman at his side.

Even though vagrant Firefly Demon’s clothes were ragged, her bearing was at ease; even though she was starving, once she took the meat she still ate unhurriedly and with composure.

Only, after finishing, Firefly Demon gave Li Yuan a speechless look, then said nothing, huddled in her old cotton coat, and went to sleep out in the wild; anyway, with no money, staying in inns or restaurants was out of the question.

The problem of food and drink was the lesser matter. The next day, once the two entered the Star Sea Dao, they quickly ran into "trouble."

A rich young master was passing along the street when he happened to see Firefly Demon—and this rich young master "with keen eyes for jade" realized that this disheveled vagrant was actually a budding beauty.

Clicking his tongue, he came closer, staring at the pale, smooth skin of Firefly Demon’s neck, then at the contours of that oval face, then down to the long legs in those worn shoes; suddenly, his gaze turned fiery.

That fiery gaze was like a lecherous Pig’s hand, crawling down along the Sect Leader of the Cyan Lotus Sect’s collar.

The rich young master immediately called his servants to take this "treasure of a vagrant" home as a maidservant.

Firefly Demon remained very calm.

She had weathered countless storms.

Neither petty matters like this, nor hunger and exhaustion of the body, could shake her will.

She knew that even in this "Human Emperor Era," where sinister methods could no longer be used recklessly, it didn’t matter.

She had Senior at her side—what was there to fear?

The two burly servants glanced at vagrant Firefly Demon, then stepped forward to grab her.

The rich young master waved his folded fan, smiling as he said, "How can a little beauty be begging on the street? Come home with this young master and be a maidservant."

As for taking her as a concubine or anything, he hadn’t thought that far; he mainly just wanted to play for a while, then give her to his friends to play with. After all, a "blind beauty" was quite amusing.

Firefly Demon stayed motionless, like a real blind person.

And as the two burly servants drew near, finally... the man at her side stood up.

Li Yuan stepped in front of Firefly Demon.

The two servants glared at him threateningly, one of them saying, "You her lover?"

The rich young master instantly frowned, a bit nervous. After all, if that were true, his interest suddenly dropped.

Fortunately, Li Yuan simply said, "She’s my younger sister."

Firefly Demon’s smile remained.

The rich young master let out a sudden breath of relief, snatched up a silver coin from his pocket, flicked it out with a snap, then said, "I’ve bought her."

Li Yuan glanced at it but didn’t pick it up. Instead he spread his arms, like a mountain blocking the woman, his expression solemn, tone frosty as he said, "No way!!"

The mood instantly grew tense.

Li Yuan then said sternly, "She’s my dearest, most beloved blood sister—you have to add money."

The two servants were dumbfounded.

The rich young master burst out laughing and tossed another silver coin.

Li Yuan snatched it up, said, "Thanks," then swaggered off.

Firefly Demon stared, her smile vanishing on the spot; she simply couldn’t accept this reality.

And in the split second she was stunned, she was grabbed by the two servants and quickly taken away.

Li Yuan, with two silver coins in hand, went to a restaurant in the city, tossed one directly, and shouted, "Waiter, good wine and fine dishes!"