"I was just an innocent and pitiable little Shopkeeper, running my business industriously. It wasn't easy to get a job at the mine from Incense Master Xu, thinking I could make a small fortune. But before I could even warm the bench, I was caught up in the One Coin Sect and a bunch of Witches causing trouble. How much risk did I take, how much effort did I expend, to help the Red Lantern Lady protect this Blood Food Mine?"
He felt so wronged; how could he care about anything else?
As he thought about it, Hu Ma decided not to bother with the mess at the mine. Instead, he carried Little Hongtang back to his room, instructed her not to run off and play, and to guard the door. Then he sat cross-legged on the bed.
Mysterious mineral veins, world-measuring stone weights, an eerie Yin General, and the missing General Order were indeed all astonishing discoveries. But for his current self, they were lower priorities.
