Chapter 4102 — The Warrant Is Cancelled
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By rights, with a reward of a thousand spirit jades posted, anyone who had seen them would surely have come forward to the Snow Sword Sect. Yet after three days, not one had.
Helpless, the Snow Sword Sect could only let the matter rest for the time being. A sect as vast as theirs, especially in a place as contested as the Middle Island, had all manner of important affairs to handle every day. It could not go on spending so much manpower over a mere serving girl who had eloped and fled.
As for Wei Shenjin, though he hated Ling Yi and Xueli to the bone, he had no energy now to hunt for them day after day. He had already spread word of his impending marriage; to keep delaying would only make him a laughingstock. The arrow was on the string and had to fly—he had no other choice but to marry Situ Qian.
After all, the invitations sent out had only stated that Wei Shenjin was to take a dual-cultivation partner, without naming who—only that she was a disciple of the Snow Sword Sect. Now, though Xueli had fled, the remaining Situ Qian happened to fit that description perfectly and could fill the place.
Strictly speaking, Wei Shenjin did not much care for Situ Qian. At most he felt a mild fondness for the woman. Otherwise, given how she had always thrown herself at him, the fact that a man of his temperament had never touched her said a great deal.
But as things stood now, Wei Shenjin was forced into a corner with no way out, and this was the only recourse left to him. His one consolation was that Situ Qian's qualifications were not bad either. She might not be as beautiful as Xueli, but her looks were hardly poor—and more importantly, Situ Qian had deep connections.
In the Snow Sword Sect, Wei Shenjin's only backing was a single Grand Elder, and even that was merely a distant tie of kinship. It could not compare with Situ Qian, the Elder's own granddaughter. Marrying Situ Qian would not only win him a beauty, but advance his standing in the Snow Sword Sect hereafter, making him a truly valued core disciple and pillar of the sect—two birds with one stone.
As for Ling Yi and Xueli, however unwilling Wei Shenjin might be, he could only set them aside for the time being.
The Snow Sword Sect could not go on expending so much manpower forever. These three days had proven that a mere warrant would never catch them. To achieve immediate results, they would have to request the Middle Island's Law Enforcement Hall to issue a sea-wide dragnet—but the Snow Sword Sect's influence was not yet great enough for that.
"Young hero Lin, I have good news for you. The Snow Sword Sect's warrant has been withdrawn." Cai Zhongxuan soon brought this news to Wei Zhao and Xueli.
"Truly? That is wonderful." Wei Zhao and Xueli were overjoyed. Even if this did not mean the Snow Sword Sect had wholly let them go, at least they could move about a little more freely from now on, rather than being cooped up in this room unable to step outside.
"With those warrants gone from every street, the two of you should be fine going out from now on, so long as you avoid crowded places." Cai Zhongxuan was happy for them. He himself might not give the Snow Sword Sect a second thought, but Wei Zhao and Xueli did not have his backing—if the Snow Sword Sect caught them, it would still be a great deal of trouble. (To be continued) R466