Chapter 434: Chapter 432: Returning to Cloud Leaf City, Qing Yu’s Left Purse and Note

Entering a cave, there were no fortunate natives to be found.

Lu Ye first took out the storage rings of the four Grandmasters of the Ninth Layer he acquired in the Secret Realm, and inventoried their contents.

Without exception, there wasn’t much silver in the rings of the four.

Together, they had about ten to twenty million in silver notes.

To Lu Ye’s delight, the Source Crystals added up to around two hundred.

It’s fair to say, it was quite a bounty.

As for the Tier Earth and Celestial Tier Secret Manuals left by the four, Lu Ye skimmed through them briefly, finding them uninteresting.

"These manuals, I can leave one each for Tian Qing and the Jiang Family."

The rest could be sold off when the opportunity arises.

...

This cultivation session lasted five days.

After five days, Lu Ye emerged from the cave, oriented himself, and headed toward Cloud Leaf City.

It’s been quite some time since I last saw that girl Qing Yu, he thought.

Not knowing how she’s been, Lu Ye decided to go back and take a look.

Traveling swiftly, within a few hours, Cloud Leaf City was already in view.

Removing the Chen Beixuan mask outside the city to return to his original appearance, Lu Ye entered the city. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

Shortly after entering the city, he unexpectedly encountered Nangong Xihua.

Upon seeing him, Nangong Xihua immediately approached.

"Oh, you’ve returned?"

Lu Ye nodded: "Just happened to be free, so I came back for a look."

When he saw the maid beside Nangong Xihua, who seemed familiar, Lu Ye looked closely and immediately laughed.

"You’re... Lv He?"

He had some impression of this maid; she used to have a good relationship with Qing Yu, and you could often see them together.

But Lu Ye remembered that Lv He was supposed to be a maid of some Postnatal Realm family in the city.

How come now she’s beside Nangong Xihua? Could it be that Nangong Xihua persuaded her away?

"Greetings, Mr. Lu." Lv He suddenly seeing Lu Ye, was taken aback as well, and hurriedly saluted him.

Because of always playing with Qing Yu, Lv He habitually addressed Lu Ye as ’Mr.’

Hearing this, Lu Ye shook his head and said, "I’m not your ’Mr.’, just call me Lu Ye."

"Lv He, you’re with me, so why call him Mr.?" Nangong Xihua also noticed something wrong and glared at Lv He.

Lv He also sensed a misstep, stuck out her tongue, and hastily corrected herself to call him Young Master Lu.

After all, her current master was Miss Nangong.

If she bluntly called Lu Ye ’Mr.’, wouldn’t that imply... Lu Ye is Miss Nangong’s husband?

That can’t do!

"I remember, Lv He wasn’t supposed to be your maid," Lu Ye thought, recalling.

Listening to Lv He’s words, Lu Ye then learned.

She had actually been laid off and after some twists, was seen by Nangong Xihua, who purchased her to help manage the affairs of the mansion.

"I see, now I understand," Lu Ye nodded, "In that case, I won’t disturb you any longer; I have some business to attend to, I’ll be off."

Watching Lu Ye’s departing figure, it seemed Lv He wanted to say something.

But Lu Ye’s steps were quick, and he soon disappeared around the street corner.

"What do you want to say?" Noticing the maid’s movements beside her, Nangong Xihua slightly turned her head, curious.

"Hehe, nothing really, when he remembers, he will naturally come to ask me." Unexpectedly, Lv He giggled playfully, not clarifying further.

...

Elsewhere, Lu Ye arrived effortlessly at a house on the outskirts of town.

As he approached the vicinity, he suddenly felt something was off.

Silence...

The surroundings were completely silent, with no signs of activity.

With his current five senses, even without intentionally spreading his Spiritual Sense to observe carefully,

just with natural perception, he could sense movements within a dozen meters, even breathing and slight footsteps, shouldn’t be missed.

In the yard before him, there was nothing...

"Qing Yu not home?"

Lu Ye pondered for a moment, came to the courtyard gate, and found it locked.

However, Lu Ye did have the key to this lock, which Qing Yu had once given him.

After opening the courtyard gate, Lu Ye’s expression instantly became slightly serious.

A lived-in courtyard is quite different from one that hasn’t been lived in for some time.

Within the courtyard, traces of dust could be seen everywhere, indicating that Qing Yu had left some time ago.

Seeing this, Lu Ye felt a slight tension in his heart, along with a tinge of guilt.

She followed him from the Jiang Family, and indeed, he had cared too little for this little maid.

Qing Yu wouldn’t have... run into trouble, would she?

Immediately, Lu Ye began searching in the small courtyard.

Hoping to find some clues, to see whether Qing Yu left on her own or was kidnapped.

Fortunately, moments later, Lu Ye found a note on his room desk, written in graceful handwriting.

It was left by Qing Yu.

The general meaning of the note was that she would be away for a while, and if Lu Ye returned, he could go to her room.

There’s a small pouch at the foot of the bed with more than a hundred silver taels inside.

"Mr., I can now cultivate too, rest assured, Qing Yu will definitely return soon!"

The last line of the note, with some dried marks, looked like traces left by tears after drying.

Seeing the last sentence of the note, Lu Ye breathed a sigh of relief.

It’s good that Qing Yu left by her own decision.

Unexpectedly, Qing Yu had also begun cultivation, which was a good thing.

Previously, Lu Ye had checked Qing Yu’s potential, which was almost non-existent.

Now it seemed like a blessing in disguise.

However, Qing Yu didn’t mention where she went in the note.

Entering Qing Yu’s room, Lu Ye took a brief look, finding the setup quite simple.

Besides a bed, table, and chairs, there wasn’t even a vanity for women.

In the corner at the foot of the bed, Lu Ye indeed found a money pouch, containing nearly two hundred taels of silver.

Lu Ye remembered, he had previously given Qing Yu only a hundred taels for living expenses, yet she didn’t use it and even saved up an additional several dozen taels.

"This girl."

Looking at the pouch, Lu Ye sighed slightly.

Putting it into his Storage Ring, Lu Ye closed the room door again.

Just then, there was a sound outside, as if someone was approaching.

Seeing that the lock on the courtyard gate had been removed, indicating someone had opened the gate, the person outside knocked on it.

Opening the door, Lu Ye found it was Lv He, whom he’d met not long ago.

"What are you doing here?"

Recalling Lv He’s previous good relationship with Qing Yu, Lu Ye asked, "Right, Qing Yu isn’t home, do you know where she went?"