Chapter 771: Chapter 766, Chapter 767: Lin Xuelan Arrives at the Yelang Kingdom (2)

"There’s a possibility of that, I suspect that the name Ink Language is likely fake," Han Yang had not heard of this name in Great Song, considering Ink Language is so young, if he truly possessed such power, he would have already made a name for himself in Great Song.

"Alright, miss, don’t guess anymore, regardless of their identity, at least they are our benefactors now," said Han Yang.

Lin Xuelan nodded: "Without Young Master Mo, I guess our current fate..."

Just thinking about it made Lin Xuelan somewhat fearful.

...

On this road to the Western Regions, sand bandits are indeed plentiful.

Particularly since Chen Mo’s group was small, they appeared to be easy targets, and just today alone, not including Hu Lv Guang’s group, three waves of sand bandits attempted to rob them.

However, these three waves of sand bandits were much weaker in strength compared to Hu Lv Guang’s brother’s bandits, mostly being ordinary people, with few martial artists, just Ninth Grade, their weapons not refined, and merely Yu Zhu setting out would be enough to scare them away.

Although Chen Mo was the life-saving benefactor of Lin Xuelan and the others, by nature, Lin Xuelan and Yu Zhu were not the type to be warm and talkative with strangers, so in the following days on the road, aside from Yu Zhu delivering food to Chen Mo at appropriate times, they hardly communicated with him.

However, Han Yang was quite enthusiastic, actively engaging Chen Mo in conversation, chatting about many things.

From Han Yang, it was learned that they came to Great Song to visit Lin Xuelan’s maternal grandfather in Xiliang.

Lin Xuelan’s mother was from Great Song’s Xiliang.

Her father came to Xiliang to procure goods when he was young, the first person he traded with was Lin Xuelan’s grandfather.

Gradually, her father became very good business partners with her grandfather, and later, at a banquet, her father met her mother, and soon fell in love and got married, having Lin Xuelan.

Now her grandfather is advanced in years, recently plagued by illness; Lin Xuelan replaced her mother to visit her grandfather and stayed in Xiliang for a period.

Seeing her grandfather’s health improve, they hired Hu Lv Escort Agency, the strongest in Yangtian Pass, to escort them back, but didn’t expect such an event to occur.

As for Han Yang, he is the old steward of the Lin Family.

Lin Xuelan was raised under his watchful eye.

...

The Third Year of Yong’an, October 9th.

The caravan arrived at Mo Tie City.

This city is the first town after entering Yelang Kingdom.

A relatively large city outline gradually appeared in the eyes of Lin Xuelan and the others.

Looking at Mo Tie City in the distance, not only Lin Xuelan and the others breathed a sigh of relief, even Chen Mo also seemed more relaxed. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

After seeing yellow sands for several days, they finally saw greenery.

Of course, Mo Tie City is not situated on an oasis; the greenery here is a bit more vegetation compared to the previous desert, those cacti were almost taller than the city walls.

There are few people in the city, after all, the entire Yelang Kingdom has only tens of thousands of people, most of the population is concentrated in cities covered by vegetation, so cities like these built in the desert have very few residents.

The streets seemed more deserted, each corner filled with various mixed fragrances, the attire of the city’s men and women were similar to Nalan Yiren’s.

This kind of attire both prevents sand and blocks the blazing sun.

Since it was already late, the group found an inn to stay in and replenished food and water.

After all, there were still a few days to the Jin City mentioned by Han Yang.

Desert cities like this have very expensive alcohol and food, especially alcohol, almost sold at sky-high prices.

The group rested at the inn for a night and continued their journey the next day.

Chen Mo had wanted to take a bath last night, but the inn did not provide such amenities.

In the morning, when Chen Mo brought up this matter, Han Yang laughed: "In desert cities like these, water is extremely scarce. People here wanting to bathe, just wet a towel, wring it dry, and wipe down the body from head to toe."

Chen Mo immediately felt a chill, thinking about the fragrance permeating the street corners, providing coverage for bodily odors as well.

Lin Xuelan said, "Young Master Mo, don’t worry, once we reach Jin City, bathing won’t be a problem."

...

Three days later, Jin City.

Upon entering Jin City’s range, Chen Mo noticeably felt more "greenery" compared to before, and aside from the higher temperature, it was quite similar to some Southern Great Song cities.

Jin City was much larger in scale than Mo Tie City before, possibly due to proper planning, the entire city gave a grand and majestic feeling, the spacious streets were bustling, providing a stark contrast to Mo Tie City’s desolation.

The feeling was as if Yelang Kingdom’s entire population resided in this city.

The attire of men and women in the city was no longer so "concealing."

Many women dressed similarly to Yu Zhu.

Passing through the city, the group got off their vehicle.

"Young Master Mo, how do you find Jin City?" It was as if finally having something presentable, Lin Xuelan looked at Chen Mo.

"It’s not bad, there’s not a beggar with barely any clothes in sight."

To see the standard of living of the people of a city, you must look at the bottom tier.

If the city was full of beggars, then the prosperity is only apparent.

But since entering Jin City, Chen Mo didn’t see a single beggar.

This surprised Lin Xuelan as well, but she only assumed "the County Magistrate didn’t want to witness human suffering and drove the beggars out of the city."

After wandering in the city for a while, the group got back into their vehicle and arrived at a grand mansion.

Yu Zhu helped Lin Xuelan get off the vehicle.

"The miss has returned." The guards at the gate saw Lin Xuelan and immediately sent someone to pass the word, while the rest quickly welcomed them, helping to unload the things from the vehicle.

Han Yang then led Chen Mo and the others, following behind Lin Xuelan and Yu Zhu, entering Lin Residence.

Upon entering Lin Residence, Lin Xuelan encountered some servants along the way.

At this moment, Lin Xuelan noticed something wasn’t right.

Because as these servants greeted her, their expressions weren’t as "enthusiastic" as before, as if hiding something from her.

Moreover, since she’s been in the residence for so long, her younger siblings should have come to greet her by now.

Lin Xuelan quickened her pace and led Chen Mo and the others through several small paths and long corridors, coming to Lin Residence’s main hall.

And from a distance, Lin Xuelan saw many figures gathered in the hall.

Most of the people inside were recognizable to Lin Xuelan.

Aside from her mother, her father’s five concubines, the sons and daughters of the concubines, her father’s siblings surprisingly were present too.

But she didn’t see her father.

Lin Xuelan’s expression slightly changed, quickly walking over.

Han Yang noticed something unusual, led Chen Mo and the others, and followed up.

"Xuelan, you’re back, how’s your grandfather?" Lin Xuelan’s mother Hu Shi was discussing matters in the hall, seeing Lin Xuelan entered, she immediately paused, took Lin Xuelan’s hand, scrutinizing her closely.

Meanwhile, all those aunts and uncles were greeting Lin Xuelan, but none wore smiles.

"Xuelan."

"Xuelan’s back."

"Haven’t seen you for months, Xuelan has lost weight."

"..."

"Xuelan, you finally returned, did your father encounter something?" Lin Xuelan’s second uncle, her father’s younger brother, appeared serious and was about to speak to Lin Xuelan about her father’s affairs when he suddenly noticed Han Yang leading in four others, his brows slightly furrowed: "Elder Han, who are these people?"

Han Yang was about to speak, and Lin Xuelan just remembered she’d almost forgotten about Chen Mo and the others, and quickly said: "Mother, second uncle, this is Ink Language Young Master Mo, Young Master Mo is truly my lifesaver, if it weren’t for him, I might not have made it back."

Lin Xuelan quickly outlined the events that happened on her way back to Yelang Kingdom.