Chapter 3: Ransom For Young Master Yang

 The next morning, the whole Yang Family Mansion was turned upside down, as a letter had arrived at the door from a lunatic, claiming that Young Master Yang had been kidnapped.

Of course, no one believed that letter at first, quite on the contrary the guards gave a beating to the beggar that brought the letter, and threw him on the road with a warning.

The problem got to light not even half an hour later though, as there was no sight of Young Master Yang in the whole of Yang Mansion.

Not even the Patriarch himself, or the rest were able to locate his position through their Soul Search in the area.

Of course, who would ever think that Young Master Yang was actually deep within the shithole of the Clan.

With that in mind, the guards couldn't help but bring the matter of the lunatic beggar to the attention of the Patriarch and they had to go and pick up the letter they had thrown away.

The moment that he read the letter though, the Patriarch couldn't help but curse out loud, as the kidnapper was requesting a really heavy price.

200 light-blue crystals and the cultivation method of the Yang Clan!

This was crazy, how could the Yang Clan ever accept such lunacy, they were never going to give their cultivation method to an outsider.

At the same time, it was their Young Master's life that was in question, not only was he the only descendant of the Yang Family in this generation, but he was also a genius.

Yes, that's right the guy that was currently living in sh*t was a great genius, in fact the Patriarch and the Elders were even comparing him to that person.

So how could they allow their future to be cut just like that, it was something out of question.

At the same time, the cultivation method was a Clan's greatest secret, it was their lifeline.

So, the Yang Family was caught between a rock and a hard place, not knowing what to do.

Since they could do neither of the two they decided to see if they could crack the matter by finding the ones responsible.

The problem was that the beggar was in a terrible condition at the time as he wasn't able to speak or provide any information after being beaten up.

Even if he could, there was no way he remembered who gave him that gold coin to bring the letter to the Yang Clan, that person had been completely covered in mudd.

There was no information they got out of him, but the only wide known suspects would be the other two families.

Whether it were the Luos' or the Lins' they had more than enough reason to kidnap their Young Master and then request for ransom.

Especially their Yang Clan's cultivation method, had always been an extremely sought cultivation method.

Even more so after that person, who had taken the Yin-Yang Prairie Sect by storm and had almost become the Vice Sect Master of the sect.

Those hyenas had tried with all sorts of methods to make the Yang Clan hand over their cultivation method, and if it weren't for that Maid they would have already succeeded.

That didn't matter right now, as the damned situation became even more difficult to understand and deal with.

It wasn't like they didn't think of making use of the dormant Master within their clan, the Maid sent from that powerhouse, but she would never make a move for them.

All she cared, and all she did all day was checking every move and action of that trash, something that left them puzzled, but they weren't able to do anything about it either.

"Patriarch, while our cultivation method is our lifeblood, the Young Master is our future, without him we have no hope of surviving in this No.12 Flower Petal City.

For that reason, I suggest we use the cultivation method to save our Young Master first, and then deal with the bastard behind it.

I refuse to believe we can't track him down after!"

There would always be a bootlicker that would act whenever their Patriarch needed support, and in this Yang Clan, the responsibility fell on the Third Elder.

This guy would speak on the defence of the Young Master, and the Patriarch even if he were to catch one of them in bed with his wife.

The Patriarch was quite happy with the proposal, as his son was of outmost importance for him, but he couldn't express it openly, unless someone took advantage of that.

"Haizz~!

Don't I know that Third Elder, it's just that the responsibility of becoming the Clan sinner feels too heavy.

How can I think of my son and the future, when I am cutting the lifeblood of the clan!"

There was great pain and sadness on his face at that moment, as he would surely win an Oscar for how good he was playing his part.

His clansmen didn't fail him, as after he said those words, another Elder raised his voice in his defence,

"Patriarch we all understand the situation, but a Clan without a future is as good as a dead Clan in this world, so we have to take this dangerous step.

Furthermore, I and the rest of the Elders will personally oversee this situation, to make sure that we get to the traces of those bastards."

"Yes, Patriarch don't worry, we are going to get back at them!"

Once the first two tiles fell, it was pretty easy for the rest to fall as well. As the whole Clan agreed to pay the ransom for their Young Master.

With that settled, it was time for them to decide on who was going to deliver the ransom and where.

After all, the instructions were clear, but at the same time dangerous. While the Patriarch would like to send an Elder for the delivery, he couldn't.

The other side had explicitly requested for the trash of the family to deliver the ransom, and the place of delivery was nowhere else but the Luo's Clan Ecstasy Brothel.

This made the Yang Clan suspect even more at the Luo Clan for being behind it, but the beauty that the trash was going to deliver the ransom to was a known Lin Family spy.

Things became once again complicated, and the traces seemed to be going all over the place.

Of course, there was the chance of this being a joint effort from both other clans, but would they be this low and despicable?

Well, in the world they lived, while face was important, the most important was being strong and powerful.

Might made right in this world.

For that reason, the Yang Clan couldn't help but think of both those clans as enemies and hate them to death.

As for thinking that the trash was the one responsible for the matter, it never even crossed their mind.

Who didn't know that he was just a trash, a good for nothing that wasn't even able to cultivate.

There was no way a trash like him would ever be able to achieve something like that, not that rat.

Well, at least he was going to be useful one last time before he died, that should be more than sufficient for him.

Once this was decided, the Yang Family started making their preparations, while the Maid didn't even bother to report to her Mistress.

The truth was that she was bored and fucking annoyed that she had to deal with this bastard, wasting her good years of cultivation outside of that cultivation Heaven.

So, the sooner this bastard died, the sooner could she return and live her life as she should.

While her friends and companions from that time would have most probably surpassed her by leaps and bounds, she could at least return and work hard.

As for the trash himself, he was just preparing for the next step. In order to make sure that the ruckus he created would cause a fall out between the families, he had to prepare.

With those thoughts in mind, he once again got outside, covered in mud, and paid another beggar to send a letter to the establishment where the ransom would be delivered.

The contents of the letter were pretty easy to read. It only had two lines:

"Careful!

The Yang Clan will attack the establishment tomorrow night!"

Of course, just his words wouldn't make the cut, but he knew that the other two families had spies within the Yang Clan.

Those spies wouldn't know the whole truth, but they could alert them about the recent activity and upheaval.

In this kind of cases the more smoke there was the easier it would be for him to swim and fish for benefits.

…

The next evening, the trash of the Yang Clan was provided with a space pouch of just 20cm cubic, and sent to deliver the ransom.

On the way to the Ecstasy Brothel, the trash of the Yang Family was followed by the Elders of the Yang Family.

Even though he couldn't sense them, he knew that those guys were behind him, but it didn't really matter.

Reaching the Ecstasy Brothel, he immediately requested for Fairy Hua, and paid double the price.

That was because the guard recognised him, and tried to make things difficult for him, but since he paid double, the guard could do nothing but let him in.

At least he got some good money out of this, but on second thought, things were right and appropriate…