jdhmnovel Chapter 404 I Know How to Perform Opera
Chapter 404 I Know How to Perform Opera
The exclamation woke everyone in the courtyard. When Ye Qing'an got up and went out, there were already quite a few people standing in the courtyard. Even Eleven was rubbing his sleepy eyes and peeking out from the hanging flower gate between the side courtyard and the main courtyard.
"What happened?" Ye Qing'an frowned deeply. "What happened to Father?"
The servant who brought the news looked like he was about to cry: "Master led his troops to fight the Taotie last night, but by nightfall, he was exhausted and unable to continue..."
Everyone in the courtyard stared wide-eyed. Granny Wei covered her mouth and said, "Master, could it be... that he's been eaten by the Taotie?"
Ye Qing'an swept a cold glint in her eyes: "Don't talk nonsense. Father is a Holy Spirit. He's so powerful, he'll definitely be fine."
"Quick, what happened to Father? What's wrong? Tell me right now!"
"Last night, in the latter half of the night, the master finally forced Taotie out of the city. During the battle with Taotie, he was suddenly swept away by Taotie's kick and fell from mid-air. No one knows where he fell."
The hidden guards immediately went to search everywhere, but after searching all night, they still couldn't find any trace of the master.
Ye Qing'an took a deep breath: "Where did Father fall? How could a living person be lost?"
The man quickly replied, "The place where you fell is right below the Monster Forest. The Monster Forest is home to countless ferocious monsters, and its terrain is extremely complex, with towering peaks reaching into the clouds, sheer cliffs as if cut by a knife, bottomless valleys, and turbulent rivers of unfathomable depth."
"Because we will keep searching, but with that kind of terrain, it will probably be difficult to find the master unless he wakes up on his own and sends out a distress signal."
Ye Qing'an staggered, took two steps back, leaned against the wall, opened her mouth, and after a long while said, "Has this news been reported to the Emperor?"
"I have already sent someone to report this."
"The steward is already aware of this and is mobilizing all available personnel in the manor to prepare for a search in the Monster Forest."
Ye Qing'an gritted her teeth: "Steward, go yourself?"
Ye Qing'an took a deep breath and paced back and forth under the eaves for a while before looking up at the person who had reported: "Take me to the steward. This matter is of great importance, and I need to discuss it with him properly."
"Yes."
Ye Qing'an pulled her cloak tighter, not even caring that her hair wasn't properly combed, and hurriedly followed the servant away.
As soon as Ye Qing'an left, the courtyard erupted in chaos: "Master fell into the Monster Forest? And he was injured?"
"The Monster Forest is home to all sorts of monsters, and the terrain is extremely dangerous. I'm afraid we're in grave danger."
"Furthermore, after the master fell in, he did not send out a distress signal immediately, which means that he must have been seriously injured and had no way to send out a distress signal."
"Oh my god, how could this happen? What will we do if something happens to the master?"
Zi Xiao frowned and sharply interrupted their discussion: "What's the panic? Isn't there still the young lady?"
"Miss?"
The group exchanged glances, none daring to speak further. However, they were all quite clear-headed. Since they had come to serve this young lady, they had discovered that she was not quite the same as the rumors suggested. She was indeed capable in handling affairs and not as incompetent as the rumors claimed.
However, he was simply not as incompetent as rumored.
This vast Ye Mansion, I'm afraid, cannot be sustained by this young lady alone.
The crowd had various expressions, and all remained standing in place without making a sound.
"Disperse, disperse." Granny Wei waved her hand with a pale face. "Don't gather here anymore. Go do what you're supposed to do. Master was on the Emperor's side, leading troops to fight the Taotie when the accident happened. The Emperor will not abandon Master or our Ye Mansion. We servants should just do our duty until things are clear."
The crowd looked at each other in bewilderment, and then dispersed.
After everyone else had left, Granny Wei gritted her teeth and whispered to Zixiao, "What are we going to do? Last night I was thinking that the Taotie might suddenly go berserk in the middle of the night and eat us all up. Who knew that it didn't eat us up, but the master got into trouble."
Zixiao steadied herself and said in a low voice, "We shouldn't panic or get flustered. Miss has already gone to discuss it with the steward. Let's wait for Miss to return and hear what she has to say before we make any plans."
Granny Wei nodded: "That's the only way."
After saying that, she let out a long sigh: "Oh dear, what a mess this is. I hope nothing bad really happens to Master. Our Ye family can't withstand this kind of turmoil."
As Granny Wei was speaking, she felt her sleeve being tugged.
Granny Wei was taken aback, and looking down, she saw Eleven blinking at her: "What kind of place is the Monster Forest?"
Before Granny Wei could react, she remained silent for a moment. However, Zi Xiao explained in a low voice, "The Demon Beast Forest is home to all sorts of wild beasts, magical beasts, and spirit beasts... Most cultivators will tame some magical beasts and form spirit beast contracts to have them do things for them. The higher the level and the more ferocious the magical beast, the more difficult it is to tame."
"And the Monster Forest is the source of those spirit beasts. Every year, many people go into the Monster Forest to find monsters they can tame to become spirit beasts, but countless people also perish in the Monster Forest."
"In the Monster Forest, the edges are filled with monsters of relatively low rank and not very powerful. However, the further you go into the Monster Forest, the higher the rank and the more powerful the monsters become."
Zi Xiao bit her lip: "The person who came to deliver the message just now looked so flustered. The place where Master fell must be somewhere deep inside the Monster Forest."
Eleven opened his mouth, and after a long while, he said, "Is that so... then is it also dangerous to go in and look for someone?"
"Yes."
He nodded at eleven o'clock, his brows furrowed, and remained silent.
At this moment, Ye Qing'an, who had just met the steward, was asking him, "Where did Father fall? Who saw him?"
"It is in the very center of the Monster Forest, in the heart of the Monster Forest, the legendary Death Falls, a place that no one has ever truly been to before."
"At that time, Gu Hai, He Yi, and many other soldiers who fought against the Taotie all saw it."
Ye Qing'an frowned deeply: "Father... will he be alright?"
The steward shook his head: "Everything has risks, and this old servant doesn't know either."
Ye Qing'an took a deep breath: "I want to enter the palace and ask the Emperor to send someone to find my father."
Upon hearing this, the butler stared fixedly at Ye Qing'an...
Ye Qing'an pursed her lips: "I know how to sing the opera now, but I'm also worried about Father. It's too dangerous there, it sounds dangerous..."