Yama Loan

Seeing the young woman admit it so openly left Gong Qiulan at a loss instead.

She stared blankly at her, unable for a moment to decide what expression to make.

You did it?

Are you truly mad, or just pretending?

Across the Eight Hundred Miles of Linked Clouds, who didn't know the Golden Thread Patriarch's background?

He came from the orthodox immortal lineage of the Heavenly Court of the Nine Provinces. His cultivation was unfathomable, and rumor had it he was only one step from the Myriad Phenomena Heaven Realm.

To rob Blackwater Pool of its incense offerings... did she have a death wish?

Gong Qiulan forced down her shock. Her expression turned grave. "Who else knows about this?"

Jiang Yuechu thought for a moment.

"Apart from my people, probably no one."

Gong Qiulan breathed a sigh of relief, then said solemnly, "Not a word of this can get out. Blackwater Pool is no ordinary power. If the Golden Thread Patriarch learns of it, let alone your ten thousand followers, even Jade Luan Manor won't withstand his fury."

"You've only just arrived, so you don't understand what's at stake. You must take this secret to your grave. Blackwater Pool can't be allowed to catch the slightest hint. If they retaliate—"

"It's fine, it's fine."

Jiang Yuechu waved a hand, cutting her off.

"I've already dealt with him. I came today to discuss taking over Blackwater Pool's incense offerings with you."

"..."

Gong Qiulan stared for a long while before stammering, "Dealt... with him? What does that mean?"

"He's gone."

"...Fellow Daoist, you mean the Golden Thread Patriarch?"

"Mm."

Jiang Yuechu dipped her chin. "I took care of the two Chu brothers while I was at it."

Gong Qiulan went numb.

She had spent so long in the Eight Hundred Miles