Seeing the simple room Ling Min Zhe take out the various item from his interspatial ring and decorate it. He hangs a curtain on the window. On the table, he put a small stove and tea already boiling. He changes the bed altogether and put a lot of pillows and a very soft quilt for both of them. Li Zian nodded with satisfaction. Ling Min Zhe is good, with all these things they can work and relax comfortably.
Li Zian takes out a table and puts it at the end of the bed and arranges the document before analysing the information once again. She did not want to miss any information. Since entering the west part of the city she can feel the source of resentment is near.
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Master Zhang smiles while walking towards the tailor room. Inside the room, there are five talented tailors. They are also very good at designing a new pattern.
"Hey! How is everybody today?" Everyone in the room stands up and greets Master Zhang.
"All of us is good, Master Zhang. We also just finished discussing the winter pattern that you asked us."
"Ha...Ha...Ha... That is great. I know that I can count on you guys. Let me see the new design."
As the head, Tailor Lan shows three designs of patterns that already finish being embroidered on a piece of cloth. Master Zhang received the three-piece of cloth and examined the pattern. He closes his eyes and imagines the pattern on cloth, then he matches the pattern on dress and robes, he constructs those patterns in his mind. None of the tailors disturb master Zhang. Fifteen minutes later, he opens his eyes and smile, "Great, these designs will be presented to my brother. I am sure he will like these designs."
Master Zhang patrols the other department before goes back. Zhang's Textile is famous for its quality fabric for making cloth. Right now, they are expanding their business by making dresses and robes.
"Great! Lee Guang, you really save us. If not because of your idea, all of us might not able to come out with the new designs." Lee Guang smiles shyly when the others praise him, "With this, I can brag to our neighbour designers, he...he...he." Tailor Lan rubs his palm together.
"Now...now let's finish making the dresses for Lady Lim. She is fussy and might request us to remake it." Tailor Lin reminds Tailor Lan. They can brag together at the tavern after work.
Listening to Tailor Lin's reminder, everybody shudders when they remember about Lady Lim. That lady is a nightmare. Lee Guang sits at his station. He and Tailor Lin have to embroider a lotus flower on the skirts.
Lee Guang arrives at home when it just getting dark. As soon as he enters his house, he hears his father yelling at his mother, "Can't you push me properly!?" He uses his head and headbutts his wife's forehead. His mother endures it and keeps supporting his father while pushing the small cart.
"Father, that cart might be small but it is heavy. How can mother push you smoothly? She needs to support your body too." Seeing her skinny mother, Lee Guang feels heartache for his mother.
"Oh! Guang you are back. Did you get money today?" Lee Genji smiles seeing his son.
"No. I did not get paid daily." Lee Guang pushes his mother gently and supports his father. Seeing father and son are in a good relationship Li Heng smiles sweetly and ignores the pain on her forehead. Lee Guang brings his father to the kitchen. His father recently wants to eat in the kitchen and forces his mother to carry him. Seeing that, Lee Guang finds a small cart for his father. Why did his father did not just die? Other people die after a few hits but his father's hands are being cut and his leg is being broken during a fight yet he still breathing and hurting his mother and making his life miserable.
Lee Guang sits at the table and his mother serves food. The three of them look like a harmonious family. After eating, Lee Guang enters his room and plays with a thread. His hand nimbly makes a pattern with the thread.
That night, The Hand running rampant once again. His target is still the gamblers. The gambling den leaders are in a tense situation because of The Hand. Many gamblers are afraid to gamble. They do not want to lose their hands.
All gambling den owners are sitting together to discuss the threat called The Hand, "Damn! Who the hell is The Hand? He only strikes the gamblers. How can we do business? Our profit drops tremendously in this month. By hook or by crook find The Hand and kill him!"
"It is said that The Hand cultivation is likely in Foundation Establishment."
"Nah! I do not think so, did you think Foundation Establishment is like cabbage on the market? He probably at the late stage of Qi Refinement."
"If it is like that, each of us must send at least one late stage of Qi Refinement expert."
"Did you think those experts are cheap?"
Many of them agree but some of them did not agree and a few times they almost kill each other. Finally, each leader contribute two late stages of Qi Refinement expert and for precaution, they pool money to hire one Foundation Establishment expert. Do not think these leaders are rich, all of them are just small business owners. Those that are really rich is in the south part of the city. That is where the real business district is located.
With the effort of those gambling den leaders, the rate of gambler's hands being cut reduced greatly. The experts really do their job in hunting The Hand but The Hand is very slippery and manage to run from them. The Hand cultivation technique is different. They can tell that he is in the late stage of Foundation Establishment but there is no hint of spiritual energy.
Li Zian and Ling Min Zhe did not participate in capturing The Hand. In these two weeks, she and Ling Min Zhe observe The Hand in the dark. They want to find the real boss behind the resentment movement. The Hand is just a pawn. We need the King.
They did not only focus on the west part of the city, but they also travel to east, north, and south to find the clue about resentment movement. Right now, they are sitting in a boat at Fire Lake. The lake got its name because at dawn and sunset the lake will shine with bright red colour due to a unique plant under the lake.
"Look at that young master. He has a small seed of resentment in his heart." Li Zian said with a stern face. She notices that the resentment is accumulating on those with the seed of resentment. The seed of resentment is to be used as a catalyst to produce resentment in one heart. Making that person a grumpy one or someone that acts selfishly and inflict resentment in other people's heart. All those resentments will be absorbed by the seed and channel to the planter.
"This time it is the twentieth person." Ling Min Zhe is writing the information.
"We need to find the mother seed. The planter is very careful. We were unable to track the mother seed using the child seed. Tsk!' Li Zian pop in peanuts into her mouth.
"Why don't we just crush the child seed on those people? We might lure the planter with the mother seed." Ling Ming Zhe is trying to reach the peanut bowl.
"If possible, I do not want to alert the Hao Clan. We do not know how many of them are here in this city. Plus, only both of us are not enough." Li Zian shakes her head. Her assistants are still in training. Even if they finish their training, they need to learn many things before ready to face the Hao Clan. Most of them did not have any cultivation base yet.
"Can't the spirits help us?" You can also call the twins back."
"It is not wise to expose the spirits to the humans. The war between spirits thousands ago has stipulated that any spirits that enter the human world must enter from the main dimensional gate and their cultivation is limited to Nascent Soul.
Zhong and the others can limit their cultivation but they are noble spirits. What will happen if noble spirits walk on the streets? Before we deal with the Hao Clan, the human will kill us first for working with the spirits."
"This, you must be exaggerated, right? I read the history and as far as I know, the relationship between human and the spirit is getting good in these few hundred years." Ling Min Zhe furrows his eyebrows.
"It is true, we spirits are not welcome here in the human world." Zhong comes out from the pagoda. He helps himself with a cup of tea, "The news of human and spirit good relationship is only between hybrids, that is the child from the union of human and spirit."