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Chapter 4327: 5.0079 The Stone Array

Long Xiangyun glared at her brother; he was getting even more obsequious in front of the poker face, which was quite an eyesore!

Qiaomu glanced at the siblings, then heard footsteps and looked up. She saw the old woman leading a group of old people, weak women, and children, about seventy or eighty of them, who walked up to them and bowed in unison.

"No need for such formality," Qiaomu said with a slight nod, then turned to Long Hui, who was secretly peeking at her. "Find a few more people to take them back and settle them."

Long Hui breathed a sigh of relief, a joyful expression appearing on his face. "Okay."

He had thought his cousin would go against him again, stubbornly insisting on taking these people to Wangchuan. He didn't expect her to be so agreeable and agree so quickly.

"Cousin, rest assured, I'll handle this properly. I'll make sure these people are taken to a coastal city and well-settled."

"Mm," Qiaomu nodded without much expression.

Perhaps they had grown accustomed to her expressionless demeanor, as Long Hui and his sister didn't seem to mind it anymore...

So, as they say, you get used to everything if you keep looking at it, right?

In the past, they might have thought, "That poker face is always expressionless, like someone owes her millions of spirit coins; I just want to pull her poker face off, stomp on it a few times, and then beat her up!"

But now, they might think, "Oh, the poker face is always expressionless. Isn't that just normal?"

Long Hui called four or five strong men from the Long Clan territory and instructed them to take the old people, weak women, children, and the boatmen back.

There was still a lot of food left on the ship, which they also left for them. Calculating the time, these supplies should be enough until they returned to a small coastal city.

The old woman and the old people, weak women, and children on the island had thought they would die there, but unexpectedly, they found hope again. They were naturally full of gratitude, bidding farewell to Qiaomu and the others.

Qinghongse couldn't help but mutter under her breath, "If we leave all that food for them, what will we do later?"

"Third Sister, we cultivators won't starve to death if we skip a few meals."

Qinghongse, however, was somewhat dissatisfied. Why did she have to suffer so much escaping, and now she had to sacrifice her food to take care of a few strangers?

All the supplies on that ship were prepared by the Queen beforehand, and now they were just being given away to outsiders for free.

Qiaomu ignored her. This Qinghongse was just a bit foul-mouthed and selfish; otherwise, she was nothing special.

If she ignored her, over time, this person would naturally shut up out of boredom.

Besides, they had already used quite a lot of the ship's supplies over the past ten days—just ordinary daily necessities, food, and fruit. What was there to feel bad about?

The high-end goods that Young Master Long had bought at great expense in Cai Die Xuan, Zhen Hui Fang, and other places in Imperial Capital City were all stored in her storage talisman and hadn't been touched much.

Things like gold-thread silk curtains and fine silk quilts would be perfect for decorating her Crimson Heaven Vast Waves ship now, allowing her to live comfortably.

"Do you want to go check out that stone array behind us?" To be honest, Long Hui was still a bit curious.

What kind of powerful cultivator could set up such an impressive stone array behind the village?

Could a mere stone array really trap so many corpse puppets?

Mo Lian also found it somewhat miraculous.

If it was truly useful, learning it wouldn't be a bad idea.

The young couple exchanged glances and nodded, then both stepped towards the back of the village.