Chapter 40: Manipulation

"Shhh." I put a finger over my lips and turned to Chunu.

She turned back and repeated me, "Shhhhhh."

"Shhhhhhhhh-"

I quickly closed Feng Yi's mouth with my palm and whispered in her ear. "I said not to make noise. What are you doing?"

I ignored her childish punches on my arms and signaled Chunu to search for the wooden tokens. The windows were easy to cut open with the stolen swords but cutting the doors open would make much more sound.

The lights were out and we had bumped into each other before finding our way in. The guests were sleeping soundly. The cold air coming from the outside would wake them quickly. We had only adjusted the window's covers and they weren't as shut tight as before.

"Did you find it? Chunuuuu?" I asked in a hushed voice. However, there was no answer. She kept searching.

Me and Feng Yi came before the closed door. We carefully put our bags down. The weapons and coins clinked. The sound seemed to be magnified in this silence and darkness. Thankfully, no other sound was-

"I found it!"

'Damn it,' I cursed. Although she'd spoken gently, she was very close to the bed right now. It would be alright if these guests were deep sleepers. But they weren't, we would have to knock them unconscious.

I hurried Chunu to come faster and open the door. We had so many things to sort out tommorow morning. After we were out of this room, we wouldn't have to be so quiet.

It took some time but Chunu knew where the lock was and quickly opened the door. It creaked, however and the guests seemed like they were about to wake up.

We picked up the luggages as Chunu threw the wooden token on the floor and exited along with us. Feng Yi lightly kicked the door and I confidently walked in the corridor.

"Come here, show us the room. Also, give me the token for it."

I let Chunu walk ahead of us and we followed her steps. We reached some sort of reception area and there I could make out an outline of stairway that led to the upper floors.

It didn't take long for us to reach the first room that Chunu booked. Even in such an expensive hotel, she couldn't get rooms side-by-side. This town was fully packed tonight as tommorow was the fair's opening.

"Finally, we're inside." Feng Yi sighed a long sigh and sat on the bed. It was dark and Chunu had gone to another room. I didn't know which one she'd booked and couldn't careless. I just wanted to sleep now.

We slid the bags under our beds. We each had one full bed for us, so there wasn't any 'war' over bed territory and night time resources (blankets).

I heard Feng Yi cough a few times as she moved around on her bed. She was below rank five and the temperature outside was in minus degrees. It was easy to catch cold. It would be another trouble if she woke up with fever tommorow.

I couldn't let her be after I killed the Gang family. I didn't trust her yet. She needed to be kept in check until I left this town.

...

12th day of the First Falling, 543 zu.

People started working for the fair's opening ceremony early in the morning, while a shocking news spread like a wildfire from the centre of Pinchu town.

"Gang Family is no more!"

These five words resounded in every street and stuck to the lips of town dwellers; whispered among travellers, merchants and practitioners.

The first news came from a Lin family informant and was immediately leaked when other families bribed him. These people kept each other in check so others were bound to find out about the matter sooner or later.

The title "Poison Asura," was also gaining infamy. Some only suspected while others fully believed this was the name of the killer. Gang family was posioned overnight. Everyone, not even small children were spared. How horrifying, how ruthless!

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Talks like this were frequent in the inns, at the food stalls and tea shops. The people didn't know that the person they were talking about was lurking within them, eating among them, and listening to their conversation with a disappointed expression.

Indeed, I was disappointed. The outcome wasn't nearly as wild as I'd imagined. I thought the families would rage a war, killing each other for the vast quantities of goods still left in Gang family.

Alas, that didn't happen and the security got tighter instead. There was no fun in this now. I was utterly bored.

"Say Feng Yi, what would you do now that you're free from Gang family?" I sipped my tea. Fortunately for her, she hadn't caught a fever.

Today, she was wearing a white cheongsam, featuring her thin waist and eye-pleasing curves. She had covered her face with a white scarf and wore earrings on both her ears. She had tied her hair in a high-rise bun.

"I'll marry into one of the most powerful clans." Sipping her tea, she replied as if she'd thought about it ages ago. I was amazed by that calmness and casualness she displayed.

'If only Chunu was here, she could've learned a thing or two from Feng Yi,' I thought. Chunu was busy cultivating her technique. There was no time to enjoy this fair. That sister of mine really ought to up her strategy or she'd drag me down.

While she formed connections with young masters, I'd loot their families. How good that would be? It was the easiest way to get resources.

That wouldn't work on sects and clans, though. They had a tighter system binding them and true cultivators weren't so easy to scam. I shook my head. I should think of a better method myself.

"By the way Feng Yi, how much do you owe me now?" I leaned on my chair. I'd called her at the same Three-rings Pavillion to settle our 'business.'

"A 100 golds? I-I don't have that much..." Now, her proud and calm disposition broke. She suddenly turned shy and shirky. She tried showing me her 'cute' side but immediately stopped after hearing me speak.

"That won't work on me. Also, did I ever agree to be paid in gold?"

"What do you want then?" she defensively asked.

I dipped the wheat bread in my tea as I put a 'pondering' expression. I already knew what I wanted from her.

"Hmmm... I'll order you around for a month."

"No way! That's too much, what if you tell me to do 'those things' with you?"

"You flatter yourself. Certainly, some peodophiles would be tempted but you need to grow up more before I even think about rolling with you."

"You look so young, yet sound like an uncle..."

"Feng Yi, you are a smart girl. You know what I can do. Can you really not guess what will happen if you refuse me?" I ate the wheat bread. This tea wasn't good, though. I should've asked for the previous silky drink.

Feng Yi had totally lost her made up character now. She was her true self; the sly but still immature teen. She had potential yes, but if she couldn't even think what's good for her now, then she was better off dead.

That day at this same table, we had discussed about poisoning the Gang family. I never agreed on her payment terms and only kept forwarding my plan. That was her first test, to see if she could pull off the feat she'd done in the kitchen. One must possess a ruthless heart to posion hundreds of people.

It appeared she was perfect for the job. The hatred she had accumulated, the discrimination she had to endure, and the desperation to escape being an 'extra concubine' - all of it was manipulated.

It was quite easy convincing a young mind. As long as I acted as if I was paying a great deal, she'd be misled into thinking she had an advantage over me.

But now, it was unnecessary. I'd slowly take control of her and she wouldn't know when she started accepting my commands like a good servant.

"Take this breakthrough pill." Some people worked only after getting punished but rewards were equally effective.

"Rank 4 is low. Quickly improve your cultivation and meet me here. Also, buy some ridiculously expensive clothes for yourself. We have some better things to discuss tommorrow." Handing her a pouch full of gold, I stood up and left the pavilion.

'The fair's just starting. It seems the earlier spark wasn't bright enough. This time it'll be a fire, however.'

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