Chapter 258: Last day in the empire
After a beautiful night of the purest and most delicious pleasure, the morning for them was lively too, but it ended quickly, for the emperor had finished what he had promised Tang Yin...
Thus, the emperor sent him two more women.
Xiao Nuo, that girl of few words, and Zu Xiaolin.
"Are you coming too?" Tang Yin asked as soon as he saw her and noticed that Zu Xiaolin was unconscious on her arm.
'Did the emperor put her to sleep to send her to me?' He thought in surprise, feeling a bit of a headache at this, but smiled wryly.
Xiao Nuo apologized when she heard his question.
"I'm sorry, Young Master Tang. Actually... I'm only in the empire to repay my debt to the princess, I want to follow her to her, but if it bothers you, I'll go on my own." She replied, and Tang Yin shook his head.
"No, that's not why I said that. I was surprised because I didn't think you were coming, so are you going with me to the sect? It will be a long journey, but you are welcome if you want to go." Tang Yin said smiling, and she looked at him to nod.
"If you don't mind, then I would like to travel with you." She replied, and Tang Yin nodded.
"Go pick up then, we'll be leaving in a bit." He said, and she shook her head.
"I don't have anything else to pick up, but Director Zhang said he had something to do at the academy. It looks like the academy will be dissolved, the empire is weird these days, it doesn't feel alive anymore." She said with some pity.
Tang Yin looked at her and sighed slightly.
'To have the place where you were born and raised destroyed, it's always something to be sorry about. So, even though she doesn't seem to have any attachment towards this place, she still looks kind of sad about it.' He thought with a sigh.
"Don't you have any relatives here?" he asked, and Xiao Nuo shook her head.
"No, my relatives are Big Sister Feifei and Junior Sister Xiaolin." She answered truthfully, naming the only two people she considered relatives.
She didn't even name her previous friends, Jun Xilei, and so on.
In fact, Tang Yin had found out that she saw Jun Xilei and the others as traitors for abandoning them at the worst time.
'Although things don't seem to be as she thinks, she's a good girl.' Tang Yin thought and nodded at him.
"I'm sure they both love you very much too, so don't worry about what you leave behind. Miss Zu and Feifei, myself, and everyone with me will help you from now on. So, look ahead to progress." Tang Yin said and then turned around.
"Follow me, leave Miss Zu over here." He said, and she followed closely behind him.
She didn't know why she hadn't seen Huang Feifei and Bai Lixue today, but she didn't bother to find out.
She entered the ship and put Zu Xiaolin to sleep on a bed.
After that, both went out again. She stayed guarding the boat while Tang Yin went to the alchemist association.
When they saw that they received a high-level elder like him, everyone was surprised, but the association was quite lonely, just like the city was.
'You can feel the destruction here.' Tang Yin thought and entered the leader's room, where two elders were currently standing.
As soon as they saw him, they smiled at him. One bowed deeply to Tang Yin, and the other bowed lightly.
"Elder, it is a pleasure to greet you." Said the first one.
"Greetings, Elder. I didn't expect the high-level elder I had wanted to meet so much from the northwest to be so young. Now, I understand why they put so much effort into it." Said the high-level elder present.
Tang Yin smiled at him and nodded.
"Well, I can see that you are a new alchemist, I will help you for helping me this time." Tang Yin said with a smile and then threw an alchemy technique at him.
"Use it and I'm sure soon the Elder's name will be on everyone's lips. I hope to see you in the future and that you continue on the good path of alchemy." Tang Yin said as if he was an elder speaking to a young man.
This association elder was surprised to see this. He was so stunned that he did not know how to respond, but he immediately thanked Tang Yin.
"Thank you very much, Young Master." He replied and then passed him everything he had been able to get of the ingredients Tang Yin asked for from the call a few days ago.
Tang Yin nodded, "Then we will see each other in the future. By the way, the end of this empire is near and it no longer has much value. You may retire if you wish, though if you have any insider information, seize the moment." Tang Yin said and then left, leaving both elders a bit confused.
Tang Yin's visit to the association was quick. Just as he came, he left. Returning to the boat soon after.
The hours passed quickly, and in the evening, it was time to leave.
Zhang Feiju returned at that time with everything he wanted to get with him, and all the members of Tang Yin's organization, who were buying things for Tang Yin, returned as well.
Then, the boat again got underway.
'It's time to erase the problems at the root.' Tang Yin thought smiling, as he walked through the boat towards the room where Zu Xiaolin was.
She had been confused for about 10 minutes since she had gotten up, and when she saw Tang Yin and Xiao Nuo arrive, she was surprised.
"Tang Yin, what are you doing here?" she asked with a smile and got up, but then she noticed something.
'A flying boat?' She thought and looked around confused.
'Isn't this my room?' She thought again, and Tang Yin then stood to the side of her.
"Your father entrusted me to protect you from now on. You don't need to worry about the empire anymore, the only burden on you will be to become strong." Tang Yin said as he stared at her.
He didn't want to lie to her, but if it was necessary to do so to hurry things along, then he would.