Chapter 931: The Five Seals
Seeing that her attempt to extort Qi Xuansu had failed, Little Yin could only give up. Of course, she had not come with any urgent errand from Sage Qingwei. She had come to collect a debt.
Little Yin produced the promissory note Qi Xuansu had written earlier. “Look, it’s written clearly in black and white, and with your official seal on it. You can’t deny this debt!”
“Of course, I won’t deny it,” Qi Xuansu replied. “But I told you already. I’ll settle the accounts once the Daoist Order takes Ise-jingu. That hasn’t happened yet, has it?”
Little Yin added, “Oh, and one more thing. A few days ago, I went out with Old Lin to play...”
“I was about to question you about that! Who allowed you to run off?” Qi Xuansu interrupted sharply.
Little Yin waved her hand dismissively. “I didn’t run off! Old Lin and I went treasure hunting.”
Qi Xuansu did not press the matter further and asked, “So what did you find?”
Little Yin then recounted her treasure-hunting adventure with no shortage of embellishments.
After listening, Qi Xuansu grew thoughtful and murmured, “Perhaps there’s more than one such seal...”
Little Yin gazed at Qi Xuansu with wide eyes. “When will you have time?”
Qi Xuansu pulled back from his thoughts. “I definitely don’t have time now. At the very least, we’ll have to wait until after Ise-jingu is taken.”
Little Yin pouted. “It should’ve been attacked long ago. Instead, they fuss about peace talks. That’s like taking off your pants just to fart!”