My Sexy CEO Wife

Chapter 480 - 477: Uncertain True or False News

If it had been anyone else, they definitely wouldn't have returned the Amethyst, but Zhao Dahai did, which shows that he is a man of principle. Making friends with someone like that, you definitely won't suffer.

Gao Fei shook his head, "Once I've given something away, I won't take it back."

"But..."

"I'm asking you one last time, is there really no way?"

"I've tried everything I could, it's just not working. In the end, it's because I'm not influential, they just don't take me seriously," Zhao Dahai said helplessly, shrugging his shoulders.

Gao Fei fell silent, thinking about how to deal with this matter.

"I'm really sorry," Zhao Dahai apologized with a sincere attitude.

"Fine, you help me inquire about something, and if you find out, I won't bother you anymore," Gao Fei said after a long silence.

"What do you want me to find out?" Zhao Dahai asked.

"Find out where the Emperor has gone for his Closed-door Cultivation," Gao Fei replied.

"I knew it wasn't going to be easy," Zhao Dahai said with a wry smile on his face.

"This is my final compromise."

"... Alright, I'll try to inquire..."

"I hope this time you won't disappoint me again." After saying this, Gao Fei turned and walked away.

"Ah..." Zhao Dahai let out a heavy sigh: "I really am looking for trouble."

...

This time, Gao Fei didn't have to wait long; the next afternoon, he received news from Zhao Dahai.

Gao Fei set aside his work and rushed to the reception area. As soon as they met, Gao Fei couldn't wait to ask, "How did it go? Did you find out?"

Zhao Dahai looked at Gao Fei quietly: "I'm really curious, very curious, what do you need from the Emperor? Have you suffered some injustice? Or encountered some trouble? Can you tell me, to satisfy my curiosity?"

Gao Fei was silent for a moment, then said, "I can only tell you that it's a matter of life and death, other than that I cannot say."

"Oh." Zhao Dahai nodded, "I understand."

"Can you tell me now? Did you find out or not?" Gao Fei asked.

"Let me tell you," Zhao Dahai pursed his lips: "I went to a lot of trouble for this, owed many people favors, and only after a great deal of effort did I manage to scrape together a tiny bit of information..."

"What information?" Gao Fei hurriedly inquired, thinking to himself, grandmother's, this time it didn't let me down. When he came, Gao Fei was already prepared; if Zhao Dahai hadn't found out the whereabouts of the Emperor, Gao Fei was ready to turn his back on him.

"The Emperor might be in Closed-door Cultivation on Black Dragon Mountain," Zhao Dahai shared the hard-earned information.

"Black Dragon Mountain? Hey, that's not right, how come it's 'might' be at Black Dragon Mountain?" Gao Fei frowned, "What does 'might' mean?"

"I heard it from someone... As to whether it's true, I can't guarantee."

"..."

"However, according to my guess, the information is at least 50% true."

"Only 50%?"

"It's not low, the place where the Emperor practices Closed-door Cultivation is top-secret, ordinary people can't possibly know. I also spent a lot of effort just to get a little bit of information..."

"What is Black Dragon Mountain?"

"It's a mountain peak, right next to the Imperial City."

"Where on Black Dragon Mountain is the Emperor practicing Closed-door Cultivation?"

"I don't know."

"You don't know?" Gao Fei's suppressed anger flared up again: "Why is it so hard for you to inquire about something?"

Zhao Dahai's lips puckered into a smile, his face full of bitterness: "The thing you asked me to inquire about is just too difficult, I'm only a reception clerk, my abilities are really limited... It's already quite good that I could find out the Emperor might be on Black Dragon Mountain."

"So, I should thank you, should I?" Gao Fei snorted.

"That's not necessary," Zhao Dahai shook his head: "I've helped you as much as I can, the rest you'll have to solve by yourself."

"Dealing with you is really exhausting! If I could, I would wish I never knew you." With that, Gao Fei turned and left.

Sigh...

Zhao Dahai slowly exhaled, my ancestors, I've finally sent this plague-god away.

"If I don't find the Emperor, I'll come back to you," came Gao Fei's voice from outside.

Zhao Dahai stumbled, nearly falling to the ground, damn it, he's going to come back to me?

...

Leaving the Imperial City and heading east, after traveling about several dozen li, one can see a towering and majestic mountain with an imposing presence. At first glance, the mountain looks like a dragon, a dragon without horns; the raised part on the left looks like the dragon's head, the somewhat flat section in the middle appears as the dragon's body, and the drooping area on the right resembles the dragon's tail. It truly looks like a dragon, extraordinarily so.

In classical mythology, a dragon without horns is called a "Black Dragon," meaning one level below a true dragon. Black Dragons don't hold a high status among the Dragon Clan and are often looked down on by true dragons.

But in the eyes of the commoners, a Black Dragon is a deity! A Divine Skills-wielding, omnipotent deity!

"Is this Black Dragon Mountain? It really does look like a dragon," Gao Fei nodded to himself.

By Gao Fei's estimation, Black Dragon Mountain is about a thousand zhang tall, with a north-to-south extension of a few thousand li, and at its base, some plants and trees grow with lush leaves and branches. From afar, the wind-swept scenery is beautifully striking and enchanting.

"Black Dragon Mountain is so big, where should I start looking for the Emperor?" Gao Fei worried.

Thinking it over, he decided to use the simplest method: start from the foot of the mountain and search upward bit by bit. Searching the whole Black Dragon Mountain sooner or later would reveal the Emperor, provided the Emperor was actually on Black Dragon Mountain. If the Emperor wasn't there, then Gao Fei would have been busying himself for nothing.

Despite the hardships, Gao Fei regretted nothing in his efforts to save Bai Daqi, because everything he did was true to his conscience.

What is a person without a conscience, anyway?

In the time that followed, Gao Fei began his "mountain search," starting from the mountain's foot, searching every inch as he moved upward.

A day went by, then two, then three... ten days went by...

Still, Gao Fei hadn't found the Emperor.

The search continued...

After half a month, Gao Fei reached the mid-mountain...

A month later, Gao Fei arrived at the summit...

Standing at a high point, looking toward the horizon, Gao Fei felt utterly dejected.

"Emperor oh Emperor, where on earth are you hiding." Overwhelmed by emotion, Gao Fei looked up and let out a long howl: "Emperor!!! Where are you!!! Are you really on Black Dragon Mountain, if so, come out and see me!!! Emperor!!!"

The sound shook the wilderness, echoing throughout the entire Black Dragon Mountain.