TFWYH – Chapter 736 All Recovered

Yet inwardly, they were grumbling:

We’re the Dragon Shadow Guards, for heaven’s sake!

Shadow Master, is it really okay to abuse your authority for personal matters like this?

Are we still obeying the Emperor’s orders or not?

Ling Yue stood there in complete bewilderment. She looked at the direction in which the dozen men had disappeared, then back at the Shadow Master. After a long pause, she finally reacted.

“You’re saying that in half an hour, you can get all those Registers of Beauties back?”

The Shadow Master nodded.

“Wait.”

Ling Yue: …

Yeah right. As if I’d believe that.

She wanted to run.

But after only two steps, the Shadow Master caught her as easily as grabbing a chick.

Furious, Ling Yue began cursing at him.

The Shadow Master remained completely expressionless throughout.

What she couldn’t see beneath the silver mask was that his brows were knitting tighter and tighter.

After cursing until her mouth was dry, Ling Yue was on the verge of tears.

“Can you at least give me some kind of reaction?!”

If you’re going to kill me or skin me alive, just say something!

The Shadow Master fell silent for a moment, then untied the water flask from his waist and handed it to her.

“Thirsty?”

Ling Yue: …

Aaaaargh!

She was going to explode from anger!

Unable to leave, she had no choice but to wait there for a full half-hour.

Just as she was wondering whether she ought to perish together with the Shadow Master, over a dozen figures returned in perfect unison.

Each of them carried an enormous cloth bundle.

They dropped the bundles to the ground and opened them.

Inside were nothing but copies of the so-called Register of Beauties, piled into little mountains.

Ling Yue: Σ(°△°|||)!

The Dragon Shadow Guards reported,

“Boss, they’re all here.”

The Shadow Master nodded and turned to Ling Yue.

Seeing her tiny frame, he frowned again.

“That’s a lot. Can you carry them?”

Instinctively, Ling Yue shook her head. Her mind was still completely blank.

“Oh.”

The very next moment, the Shadow Master hoisted her onto his shoulder.

With a few swift movements, he vanished from sight.

Only his faint voice remained in the air:

“To the Minister’s residence.”

“Yes, sir!”

And so, the dozen miserable Dragon Shadow Guards once again shouldered those countless volumes and headed toward the Minister’s estate.

The instant Ling Yu received the news and began rushing home, he immediately gave Ye Yi an order:

All members of the Ink Pavilion were to retrieve every copy of the Register of Beauties as quickly as possible, regardless of the cost.

After returning home, he summoned Mu Qingfeng and whispered several instructions into his ear.

Mu Qingfeng nodded and disappeared in a few swift leaps.

A trace of coldness flashed across Ling Yu’s eyes.

After changing out of his official robes, he prepared to personally visit the Prime Minister’s residence.

At that very moment, the Shadow Master descended from the sky with Ling Yue slung over his shoulder and landed directly before him.

As for Ling Yue, the wind had blown her hair completely to one side, leaving her looking utterly dazed and rather comical.

Ling Yu narrowed his eyes dangerously at the sight of the Shadow Master.

Just as he was about to speak, he seemed to sense something and quietly stepped back several paces.

Moments later, more than a dozen figures came dropping into the courtyard like dumplings falling into boiling water.

Each one still carried an enormous bundle.

Ling Yu swept his gaze across them one by one and immediately recognized their identities.

Finally, he looked at Ling Yue.

“Yue’er, what happened?”

Like someone whose soul had left her body, Ling Yue muttered,

“I went out to collect the Register of Beauties. I ran into the Masked Man. He said he’d help me, and within half an hour, he got them all back.”

And then…

He carried me home on his shoulder!

Big Brother, you have no idea—I was flying through the sky just now! I was terrified! My legs are still shaking!

“Oh?”

Ling Yu raised an eyebrow and cast a complicated glance at the Shadow Master.

He cupped his hands politely.

“Thank you, Lord Shadow Master, for your assistance. I have no way to repay this favor. Would Your Lordship care to stay and share a simple meal with us?”

Heaven be his witness—Ling Yu swore that was nothing more than a polite formality.

Among all the people in the world he disliked, the Shadow Master unquestionably ranked among them.

How could he possibly want to invite him to dinner?

But to his utter astonishment…

The Shadow Master nodded.

“Very well.”