WTYTIAAN Chapter 46

Yan Yunqing thought Lillian’s suggestion was good, but Cornelia might not agree. She stayed, even infiltrated the Prince’s mansion, to find her sister. She might not agree to help Yan Yunqing sneak into the Prince’s mansion.

Or… should he help Cornelia find her sister first?

Yan Yunqing pondered the feasibility of this, but there was too little information about Cornelia’s sister, and it involved royalty. Yan Yunqing didn’t think he could gather any useful information with his previous methods.

In short, find an opportunity to meet with Cornelia first. The longer the time drags on, the sooner Fei Wu will focus his attention on Sunset Village. After all, things are too coincidental.

First, someone from Sunset Village suddenly came to ask for help, saying that magical creatures had appeared near Sunset Village again. Then, Dean, the culprit of the tragedy six years ago, was inexplicably killed at home, and then Ryan, a villager from Sunset Village imprisoned in the dungeon, was in critical condition due to a sudden accident.

Even if Fei Wu’s attention might be diverted by the ‘Crimson Mist’ on the surface at first, as time goes on, he will definitely associate it with someone figuring out the events of six years ago, and killing Dean was to avenge Sunset Village.

Then, as the only new face in Sunset Village, and with the strength to do this, Yan Yunqing will be in a very dangerous situation.

He must get rid of Fei Wu as soon as possible, and it would be best to inflict a certain amount of damage on the Augreir Family, so that they would not have time to pay attention to his existence for a while. Yan Yunqing could also take this opportunity to escape.

Yan Yunqing also had a new plan for his future whereabouts. He needed to go to a sphere of influence where he could level up as soon as possible and not be restricted by the Bato Vita Empire.

There are two options.

One is Romunike, which is another major empire in Ermann Continent. As an empire, Bato Vita cannot reach into Romunike’s country. Moreover, being an empire, the territory will definitely not be small, and the number of places to level up will increase accordingly. It is very suitable for Yan Yunqing to find a place to level up.

The other is to find the territory of neutral forces. Yan Yunqing has inquired that there are still many forces that are neutral and do not belong to any empire, and there are three that can contend with Bato Vita.

The first is the Free City located in the southwest direction of Ermann Continent. It is the territory of bounty hunters and most of the people and alien races wandering in the gray area. It is separated from Bato Vita by the entire Romunike Empire and is located in the desert area. If Bato Vita finds him, they will be out of reach;

The second is Sigret Academy, located in the middle of the continent and bordering the two major empires. This is the highest institution in the entire Ermann Continent, and the top magicians and swordsmen it has cultivated are countless. No force is willing to offend such an advanced institution with vast knowledge, not to mention that there are countless neutral top magicians and swordsmen inside. Becoming a student of the academy is equivalent to being sheltered by these big shots;

The third is…

In every Western fantasy game/novel/movie setting, there must be the villainous big boss, the Light Church.

In “Demon King”, the Light Church, as a believer of the God of Light, has always been at the forefront of the God War. Because the God of Light is the head of the six upper gods, the Light Church is also very large, with countless believers, and it caused a lot of trouble to the Demon King in the later period.

Of course, in the end, the Demon King still smoothly killed the Pope and bishops of the Light Church on the surface. With the fall of the God of Light, the Light Church ceased to exist after the establishment of the Eternal Empire.

And this newly emerged Light Church is obviously not the previous Light Church. What they believe in is not the God of Light, but the newly born Goddess of Light after a large number of gods fell.

To be honest, Yan Yunqing has always been skeptical about this newly established Light Church. After all, so many gods have fallen, and he hasn’t heard of any new gods being born anywhere, but a Goddess of Light suddenly popped up.

Although he doesn’t know the rules and conditions for the birth of gods, it’s impossible for you to be the only special one on the entire continent, right? What’s more, this is a game world, and such suspicious things are definitely not coincidences.

There may be related plots mentioned later, but now there are too few clues, and Yan Yunqing can’t analyze anything.

If the God of Light was not killed by the Demon King himself, and it was confirmed in the game that he was dead, Yan Yunqing would have suspected that this Goddess of Light was disguised as the God of Light.

…Of course, it is also possible that the remnants of the Light Church fabricated the birth of a new goddess in order to revitalize the church, in order to win over believers and attempt to rebuild that huge Light Church.

Yan Yunqing never underestimated the superstition of the people in this world. After all, there are gods in this world, and gods may really save people from suffering… It’s just that there are fewer such gods. Most gods are the culprits of war and death.

Don’t look at the Demon King’s previous title being unpleasant, but because he ended the God War that lasted for hundreds of years, many people believe in him—even the Demon King himself is not a god.

In short, Yan Yunqing has many choices, but Yan Yunqing is not very interested in the choice of running from the Bato Vita Empire to another empire. He prefers to go to a neutral camp and develop there.

Among the three neutral camps, he must exclude the Light Church, which is obviously not a good thing. That leaves only the Free City and Sigret Academy.

Yan Yunqing has not yet officially decided where to go. He will make a choice when the day comes when he wants to leave.

After sorting out his thoughts, Yan Yunqing packed up and walked out of the inn’s main entrance in the guise of a gloomy magician.

There was no way, he had checked into this inn openly. He couldn’t stay inside for several days without showing his face, otherwise, wouldn’t that be writing “there is a problem” all over his face?

Yan Yunqing was very attentive to managing his fake identity. He wore a wide magic robe, pulled up his hood, and although he only showed half of his face, anyone could recognize him at a glance as that gloomy and unsociable magician.

The passing waiters bowed and greeted him, but Yan Yunqing ignored them and brushed past them with his head down. The waiters didn’t even show a surprised expression.

Yan Yunqing thought to himself: As expected, playing the image of such a magician is really great. He can pay attention to whoever he wants, ignore whoever he doesn’t want to, pretend to be autistic, and avoid socializing.

Yan Yunqing stepped out of the inn and walked normally on the street, seemingly aimlessly wandering in the crowd. In fact, he was deliberately taking detours. After circling twice to make sure no one was following him, Yan Yunqing found a small alley to remove the disguise and return to his own appearance.

However, he still dressed in a low-key manner. Yan Yunqing didn’t let Lillian out. He put on very ordinary clothes with two patches. He bought these clothes from a villager in Sunset Village. His requirement was that they look as inconspicuous as possible, preferably with patches and holes.

At that time, the villager looked at him as if he were a fool, almost calling out to his friends and saying that there was a fool here who wanted to buy old clothes, and they should hurry up and fleece him.

Yan Yunqing: You people don’t understand the art of disguise!

After changing into the old clothes, Yan Yunqing slightly modified his face to make himself look like a real commoner-born teenager, and restrained all the aura that didn’t fit his external image.

After doing all the disguises, Yan Yunqing strolled on the street, like a drop of water flowing into the sea, without attracting any attention. Everyone who saw him would at most think that this teenager looked quite clean.

That was the effect he wanted.

This street was the most prosperous commercial street in the entire capital. Yan Yunqing bought some scattered daily necessities from the street stalls, put them all in a bag, observed all the vendors on the street, and quietly listened to their chats, capturing the information he could use from the details.

After wandering around for more than an hour, Yan Yunqing returned to the small alley, changed into another set of old clothes, changed his face again, put the things he had just bought into his backpack, and started a new round of buying things and listening to news.

Lillian was tired in his hood, so Yan Yunqing simply let her out to play, while he inquired about news alone.

Walking and stopping, Yan Yunqing finally stopped in front of a fruit stall and asked in the local accent, imitating the local accent, “How much are these purple-skinned fruits?”

The stall was run by an old woman, who looked very good at gossiping and chatting. She was bragging to an old man next to her about how promising her grandson was. Hearing Yan Yunqing’s voice, she looked up at him. “Three copper coins each. If you want more, I can give you a discount.”

Finding that Yan Yunqing looked quite handsome, the old woman became even more amiable. “Young man, among the few stalls nearby, mine is the cheapest. They are all grown at home and were just picked this morning. They’re fresh!”

Yan Yunqing looked a little hesitant. He hesitated for a while, then nodded. “Then, grandma, please pack five purple-skinned fruits for me.”

Purple-skinned fruit is a fruit that looks very much like an eggplant. It has a high water content and a dense taste. It can be eaten as a fruit or used as a vegetable on the table. Moreover, each one is quite large, and selling them for three copper coins is really cheap.

Poorer families can see this purple-skinned fruit almost every meal.

Yan Yunqing took out the money bag he had previously taken from the guard, took out a handful of copper coins, counted fifteen of them and poured them into the small pot for money on the stall. At the same time, he sighed long, his face full of worry.

The old woman deftly packed five purple-skinned fruits for him. “Young man, do you want anything else? This long-eared mushroom is super delicious for making soup. Go to the meat shop on the east side of the street and buy two strips of Lulu pork. Dinner tonight will be delicious!”

The old man next to her complained, “Hey, you’re just trying to sell the meat shop on the east side of the street to people. Who doesn’t know that the meat shop is run by your relatives! You’re just trying to get all the business to your own family.”

The old woman glared at him. “What’s wrong? What’s wrong? Is there anything wrong with what I said? Never mind whether it’s run by my relatives or not, just tell me if their meat is the freshest and cheapest!”

The old man choked and muttered, “Who knows…”

Yan Yunqing found that no one paid attention to his melancholic expression that he had been putting on for a long time. Instead, his audience started talking to each other. He twitched the corners of his mouth and quickly interrupted the old woman and the old man’s argument. “Thank you, grandma. I wanted to buy some meat to give my younger siblings at home to add some oil to their stomachs. It’s just… alas…”

Yan Yunqing sighed again. Seeing that the old woman seemed to be about to start preaching, he quickly interrupted her spell. “Actually, my family isn’t that poor. I often go out to deliver goods and can earn a lot of money. It’s just that my younger siblings are weak and can’t find any decent work.”

“Isn’t it because my sister is about to reach the age of marriage? She has taken a fancy to a man from a good family, but unfortunately, the other party doesn’t like my sister. My sister has been crying and making trouble at home these days, threatening to starve herself.” Yan Yunqing told lies without blushing or skipping a beat, and the logic was all in place.

“Oh, that won’t do!” The old woman frowned as soon as she heard this. “A good girl, wanting to die for a man, what is that? Is she worthy of the parents who raised her?”

“Alas, I’m ashamed, I’m ashamed. Our parents passed away a long time ago. I’ve been taking care of them all these years.” Yan Yunqing held back for a moment and blushed a little. “It’s all because I’ve been busy making money and ignored my younger siblings too much that I’ve raised them into such a state. If it weren’t for this, I wouldn’t know how difficult it is for those women who teach and raise children at home!”

Yan Yunqing acted like a good brother. Anyone who saw him would praise him for being a good person.

If he were on Blue Star, he could run for the top ten outstanding youths who moved China.

Now the old woman looked at Yan Yunqing with eyes as soft as water. She nodded repeatedly. “That’s right, raising children is not a simple matter. How can those old men who do rough work outside every day understand our hard work? Alas, then what are you going to do? You can’t let the girl continue to go without eating or drinking, right?”

She didn’t seem to have given up on promoting the meat shop run by her relatives. “Why don’t you make a good meat dish for your younger sister? First, get her cravings going, so you don’t have to worry about her continuing to go without eating or drinking.”

Yan Yunqing didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, and quickly said, “Actually, I already have an idea.”

“I plan to save some money for my sister to change jobs. At least if she has a job, the man who looks down on my sister won’t have any other reason to talk about my sister.”

Yan Yunqing looked around and made sure that no one was eavesdropping on them. He leaned in front of the old woman and the old man, as if he was about to say something secret.

The old woman and the old man immediately fell for it. Once people get old, they can’t resist such gossip. They all pricked up their ears, ready to listen to what Yan Yunqing had to say.

“I heard people say that the Fifth Prince’s mansion is recruiting new maids recently. My sister just happens to meet the conditions, except that she’s not beautiful enough, but she’s quick and diligent, and she’ll definitely work better than those who are good-looking.”

Yan Yunqing lied without blinking an eye. “I’m preparing some money for the steward who’s recruiting maids. Maybe my sister will be selected. If she can become a maid in the Prince’s mansion, then my sister’s life will be better in the future.”

In this day and age, it is difficult for commoners to live. Their status is even inferior to that of nobles’ slaves. Even a guard patrolling the city can scold commoners at will, but they dare not provoke the commoners of nobles.

Just like the old saying goes: you have to see who the owner is before you beat a dog.

And commoners without power or influence are like stray dogs running around on the street. No one will come out and say that it’s wrong if they are beaten to death.

If a girl from a commoner family becomes a maid in a noble’s family, or even in a Prince’s mansion, it is definitely a cross-class promotion for the girl’s family.

Moreover, those maids in noble families who do well and gain the favor of the master will walk out with their heads held high, as if they were also small nobles.

If what Yan Yunqing said was true, and he really had a sister who was selected to be a maid in the Prince’s mansion, then her life would definitely be better than ordinary.

Of course, this Prince’s mansion also depends on who the prince is. A Prince’s mansion like Fei Wu’s… what’s the difference between entering there and entering hell?

The old man was surprised. “The Fifth Prince’s mansion? Why haven’t I heard that they’re recruiting people recently?”

Fei Wu’s Prince’s mansion is indeed not a good place, but he’s still a prince. There are always people who unrealistically dream of being favored by a prince, of a sparrow from the mud flying up to a branch and turning into a phoenix. If it were really spread that the Prince’s mansion was recruiting new maids, it would be impossible for no one to know.

At least those small vendors like them on the street would definitely know. They are the most well-informed people.