CHAPTER 132.5

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An excerpt from the journal of Shuye Skullcrusher, Guardian of the Ancient Hill Forest:

It’s finally happened. My child, my precious daughter, was born yesterday.

The clan gave me three whole days to celebrate in peace before sending word that there was a troubling new situation.

The Emberstone Farm seems to have disappeared.

No one, not even those who had been there many times, such as my messengers, could find it. Of course, we already knew that it was impossible for people to find it unless someone who already knew where it was showed it to them. Now, however, even those who had previously been allowed to visit it, could no longer do so.

Including me.

I hated to leave my newborn child and wife even for a moment, but my people were quietly panicking, so I had to check the situation with my own eyes. No matter how much I tried, I simply couldn’t find the farm anymore.

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Logically, the zidan in that area should be chaotic since the clan had lost some land, but none of us felt any change at all. I ordered a dozen people to patrol the area where we thought the farm should be, and three days later, Haoran, one of the farm’s staff, was spotted foraging for mushrooms. Three of my people watched over him and called for a clan messenger who Yinuo knew. The messenger asked Haoran to accompany him to Emberstone Farm, and he was able to follow the human into the farm where he gave Fengying the letter I sent asking Baroness Violet to allow me and five of my hand-picked subordinates access to the farm.

Mo, the apprentice farmer, informed the messenger that Baroness Violet had “increased the security” of the farm since most of the others were away.

Thankfully, my wife wasn’t mad that I was working during her lying-in period. She found the whole thing hilarious and teased me about losing a part of my territory to a little human girl.

Our family, friends, and neighbors, who dropped by to bring food and gifts, help with the chores, and meet the new member of our family, often joined in the teasing. I was told I was getting soft and losing my grip on my right to rule the Ancient Hill Forest.

What they didn’t know, or pretended not to know, was that this type of stealth shield was something that the Azure Dragon clans customarily used to fend off an enemy attack.

Was there something dangerous nearby? I doubled the patrols just in case.