Chapter 217: Everything Will Be Known

In Luo City during winter, white snow covers the eaves, and winter birds flit through the fine snow.

The fine snow, like salt, is scattered from the sky by the Siming in charge of snow, falling like a snow curtain or shroud, adding a touch of haziness to Luo City without obstructing one’s view.

Horse riding is prohibited in Luo City during winter; even carriages must move at a walking pace, otherwise, there will be severe punishment!

Consequently, the bratty kids let go of their mothers’ hands in the streets and engaged in non-stop snowball fights.

Some brats, upon seeing their childhood sweethearts, would directly use a “Great Snowball Technique” and smash it hard against their faces.

After the young girls were hit by the snowballs, the boys would still be clutching their bellies and laughing on the side, while the girls felt wronged and hurt, their eyes tearing up as they began to cry.

The brats’ mothers would constantly apologize, while the girls’ mothers waved it off, saying it was fine, just children playing around.

However, these brats might truly be destined to be alone for life.

Vendors were hawking their wares, while playful snow rested on their stalls, dyeing their hair white.

Waiters in restaurants and inns were constantly greeting guests with towels in hand, and the interiors of the inns were steaming with warmth.

At the roadside wine shops, pretty widows swayed their hips while slicing meat and serving wine to the customers; the swaying of their waists made the burly men constantly swallow their saliva, as if winter had turned into summer.

The girls at the seafood market wore light clothing even in summer, shouting the classic line, “Master, come play~~~”, and then several men dressed like scholars would fan themselves in the dead of winter and go to eat seafood openly.

Officials from the Luo City government were directing the arrangement of winter lanterns.

Winter lanterns were made of ice and snow, hollowed out with carving knives, with ghostly blue flames lit inside.

These flames used an Ore called “Winter Blue Stone” as fuel; after inputting some spiritual power, they could provide illumination but had no temperature whatsoever.

The ghostly blue flames produced by burning Winter Blue Stone were beautiful, but they were impractical for actual life, requiring spiritual power to ignite, making them impossible for ordinary families to use.

Furthermore, Winter Blue Stone was much more expensive than ordinary oil lamps.

Therefore, Winter Blue Stone was generally only used around the Ice and Snow Festival, when Luo City wanted to create a more beautiful environment to showcase its winter.

The streets of the ancient city, the white snow of the ancient city, the snow of the ancient city, the children playing and frolicking on the streets, one high-hanging winter lantern after another—everything was in its most natural and ancient form.

And a month later would be the annual Ice and Snow Festival in Luo City.

As the Ice and Snow Festival approached its end, it would also be at its climax.

At that time, everyone could carve a winter lantern of their own and then release them into the sky like Kongming lanterns.

Although winter lanterns had no temperature and the covers were made of ice and snow, Lin Xun previously didn’t know why such lanterns could fly.

But don’t ask; the answer is simply that it’s a Xuanhuan world.

Legend has it that when a winter lantern carved by a man and a woman together ascends into the sky, if it can smoothly reach a height of a hundred meters, then the two will grow old together and never part until death.

Thus, the winter scenery of Luo City was already extremely famous, and with the addition of such an annual celebration as the Ice and Snow Festival, along with the legend of forming a bond…

With these three combined, a month before the Ice and Snow Festival, many richly dressed Young Masters and Young Misses had already entered the city.

Most of those who came to visit were from wealthy families or were the children of officials.

Although the Qian Kingdom was said to be in a peaceful and prosperous era, it was still ancient times after all; the ordinary people of ancient times truly had no spare leisure or money to travel.

These Young Masters came from other major cities in the Qian Kingdom, all being prominent figures in their local areas, and there were also some playboys who possessed a natural sense of superiority.

Especially when comparing themselves to the Young Masters of Luo City, these out-of-town Young Masters felt an even more natural psychological advantage.

Because in the Qian Kingdom, the Young Masters of Luo City were famously “cowardly.”

If they accidentally knocked down an ordinary citizen, they would even apologize and offer compensation.

They didn’t dare to gallop on horseback in the streets.

They certainly didn’t dare to harass women from decent families.

Even if they had some trash in their hands, they didn’t dare to litter and had to look for something called a “trash can”?

If this isn’t being cowardly, what is?

In the eyes of other Young Masters, the Young Masters of Luo City were hardly Young Masters at all; they were simply cowardly beyond limit!

It was fine for the Young Masters in the Imperial Capital of Qian Kingdom to be “cowardly,” after all, they were at the foot of the Son of Heaven, and that Son of Heaven was a famously wise ruler of a prosperous age.

But why are you being so cowardly here in Luo City?

The mountains are high and the Emperor is far away; the current Emperor can’t reach you and doesn’t care to, and even if this is Princess Zilin’s fief, Princess Zilin is an immortal—who cares about the affairs of the Mortal World?

Therefore, the Young Masters of Luo City were always ridiculed by these out-of-town Young Masters.

These Young Masters from out of town didn’t feel at all like “crossing dragons fearing local snakes.”

They even wanted to show off in front of their female companions.

They wanted the Young Misses who came along to see:

“We don’t acknowledge those noble Young Masters of Luo City.”

“Even in Luo City, we are the most awesome!”

“Those Young Masters in Luo City are just little brats who would go crying to their mothers.”

Consequently, during these days, some Young Masters would directly gallop on horseback as soon as they entered the city gates.

Seeing these Young Masters galloping on horseback, the local Young Masters of Luo City were stunned!

In Luo City, no matter who you were, as long as you dared to break the law, you would be punished equally! Therefore, the Young Masters of Luo City were extremely well-behaved!

On the streets, you simply wouldn’t see a Young Master from Luo City daring to harass women or break the law.

If you did break it…

As if remembering some unpleasant things, the Young Masters of Luo City shuddered one after another and then looked at them with a “safe travels” expression.

And that Young Master on horseback even looked back and spat.

Then the Luo City Young Masters only sighed.

Well, spitting on the ground, that’s an additional offense.

Just as these Young Masters were enjoying their “showing off” in Luo City to their heart’s content, they suddenly found that both they and their horses were suspended in mid-air.

Then the horse landed steadily, while the person crashed heavily to the ground.

Seeing this, the Young Masters’ attendants rushed over to protect them, and Family Cultivator enshriners also stood in front of them.

As a result, before these Young Masters could even say “Who has the gall to attack this Young Master,” everyone was tied up by the law enforcement personnel of Luo City.

The Young Masters had never seen such a scene; they were titled nobles, and yet you dared to bind them!

But before they could start cursing, their mouths were directly stuffed to avoid noisy disturbance to the public.

Thus, these Young Masters, along with their guards and even those low-Realm Family Cultivators, were all tied up and taken away.

In the government office, these Young Masters experienced the pleasure of being caned for the first time; as it turned out, before five strokes were even dealt, they fainted.

The County Magistrate in charge of Luo City’s law enforcement saw this and thought, “This won’t do, we have to finish the strokes.”

Consequently, these Young Masters were painfully woken up by the beating, and then fainted from the pain again.

After the caning, these Young Masters lay on their beds, their buttocks beaten to a pulp; basically, it would be impossible for them to get out of bed for half a year.

And when these Young Masters woke up, having never suffered such a grievance, they cried like a maiden who had been violated.

They swore that as soon as they returned, they would have their fathers submit a memorial to the Emperor against the City Lord of Luocheng!

As a result, a few days later, an official from Luo City directly came to announce the punishment:

“Galloping on horseback in the streets during winter: a fine of two hundred and fifty taels of silver and fifty strokes of the cane.”

“Spitting on the ground: a fine of two hundred and fifty copper coins.”

“Insulting Luo City law enforcement personnel and resisting arrest: an additional thirty-eight strokes of the cane.”

Not only that, but the officials of Luo City also uncovered the laws they had broken in the past within three days!

With multiple crimes punished together, these Young Masters who had come to Luo City to play and show off never imagined that they would be directly exiled to the border to dig in the mines.

Even when they heard that some of the things their fathers had done in the past were uncovered and that they would also be going to the border to dig in the mines, their last ray of hope was shattered, and they fainted directly.

Besides the Young Masters who were seeking death by galloping in the streets…

There were actually out-of-town Young Masters who harassed women from decent families.

Of course, without exception, after being reported to the authorities, all of them were caught; some were found to have such serious priors that they were sentenced to execution, and then their fathers were either exiled or, in severe cases, beheaded.

Within a few days, these matters spread one after another, and the Young Masters who arrived in Luo City later, regardless of their past conduct, were all extremely well-behaved after entering the city.

Originally, some Young Masters had heard after arriving in Luo City that the Legendary Beauty of Dongma Street was very famous.

After going to take a look, although she was wearing a veil, those cat-tailed peach blossom eyes were truly soul-stirring!

They even planned to use various methods to take this Legendary Beauty away.

But as soon as they heard that this Legendary Beauty was a relative of the City Lord of Luocheng…

Let alone kidnapping her back, they only dared to look from afar, for fear of being misunderstood.

Otherwise, if someone said they harassed the Legendary Beauty, the relative of the City Lord of Luocheng…

Then dying might not even be that simple for them.

After all, since the first batch of Young Masters were used as an example to warn others, everyone knew how much power this City Lord of Luocheng had!

The Young Masters who came later were each more well-behaved than the last.

Seeing a woman with her hair in a bun, they didn’t dare to approach at all, because a young woman wearing her hair in a bun indicated she was already married.

If you dared to approach and harass her, then wait to be caned, have all your secrets dug out, and finally go dig in the mines.

Ordinary girls were fine and could be approached.

However, if they really found a pretty girl in Luo City, they were also very polite.

For example, the first line of an approach would be: “Miss, your pale yellow dress and fluffy hair are really beautiful.”

At this time, there would generally be two situations.

The first situation was that the person wouldn’t pay any attention to you and would walk away faster.

At this time, if you still dared to be persistent, that would be “harassing a woman from a decent Family” or “harassing a woman,” and you’d better prepare to go have tea at the government office.

If the approach was smooth and the person didn’t mind, then these out-of-town Young Masters of Luo City would say some “moving sweet talk.”

“Miss, I think you’re quite strange.” “Strange how?” “Strangely beautiful.”

“Miss, I want to drink wine.” “Drink what wine?” “To be with you for a long time.”

These “moving sweet talks” were all learned from the local Young Masters.

And the local Young Masters learned them from a book titled “On How to Use Words to Enter a Young Girl’s Heart.”

The author of this book was named Diao Zhen Da.

Anyway, now, if these out-of-town Young Masters accidentally bumped into an old grandmother, they would be scared to death and quickly help her up, take her to the clinic, and pay for the medical expenses, acting like model youths.

Another seven or eight days passed, and when there were only three days left until the Ice and Snow Festival, a woman slowly walked into the streets of Luo City.

Upon seeing this woman, the tourists from outside were all so shocked they stood frozen in place; if they were holding anything in their hands, it had already dropped to the ground!

Big!

This was the first word that surfaced in their hearts.

Too big!

These were the three words that surfaced in their hearts.

Why is it so, so big!

This was the first sentence that surfaced in their hearts!

They could guarantee that if this woman looked down, she would definitely not be able to see her toes!

They even wondered if her slender waist would be unable to bear the heavy burden and eventually suffer from lumbar muscle strain.

Such a perfect figure—let alone ordinary people from out of town, even some Cultivators who happened to be visiting and had lived for hundreds of years had never seen anything like it!

However, although they were very tempted, not a single person went forward to strike up a conversation.

Ordinary people didn’t dare to approach because this woman’s temperament was extremely beautiful, like a secluded orchid in a valley, with the tranquil feeling of a lady from a great Family; such a woman was certainly not from an ordinary household.

And although some Cultivators were also very tempted, the Golden Core Realm Spiritual Pressure emitted by the middle-aged woman standing beside this woman made them not dare to act rashly.

A Golden Core Realm attendant showed just how great the Sect power behind this woman was.

“Alright, I’ll only escort you here, Nong Qin. I have to return to the Sect to report back first.”

Wormwood, who had escorted Jiang Nongqin back to Luo City, stopped her steps and looked with a smile at the young girl before her who could make all women in the world feel inferior.

“Sister Wormwood, come to Nong Qin’s courtyard for a cup of tea.” Jiang Nongqin urged her to stay.

After returning from the Heiwu Secret Realm, Jiang Nongqin first went back to the Ten Thousand Demon Sect to report; she had originally thought that after returning to the Ten Thousand Demon Sect, it would be difficult for her to return to Luo City again.

But she didn’t expect that the Saintess Your Highness would actually let her continue her training in Luo City.

“No need.” Wormwood smiled and held Jiang Nongqin’s small hand. “This time you came back, traveling through the night—wasn’t it just to see your sweetheart sooner?”

“Sister Wormwood.”

The young girl’s cheeks turned slightly red as her thoughts were seen through, and her lowered head made one worry that she would bury her head into her unfathomable chest.

“Alright, alright.” Wormwood pinched Jiang Nongqin’s cheek. “Sister Nongqin, many times, one must fight for their own feelings.”

“But… Young Master Lin, he…”

“Are you still worried about whether he likes you?” Wormwood sighed softly.

From her Storage Pouch, Wormwood placed a bottle of potion into her hand.

“Sister Wormwood, this is?”

“This bottle of potion is called ‘Dream Weaver’; it can amplify the deepest desires in a person’s heart. If he is hesitant and won’t take you as a Secondary Wife, then give him this bottle to drink.

At that time, whether he truly likes you and is willing to take you as a Secondary Wife, everything will be known.”