The Fake Heiress Turns Out to Be a True Tycoon! novel Chapter 1260

Chapter 1260: Chapter 1260: Extra: Ashton Todd & Stella Gibson

When Ashton Todd and Stella Gibson returned to the clan, they were still feeling a bit gloomy.

On this trip, he did the work, but didn’t get a penny in return.

Sitting in the car, he glanced at Stella Gibson beside him, eyes carrying a hint of complaint.

Stella met his gaze, raised an eyebrow,

"What? You were the one who said all the reward goes to me, are you going to regret it?"

Ashton Todd wanted to regret it, but his dignity wouldn’t allow it,

"I said I’d give it to you, so I’ll give it to you. I keep my word."

Ashton Todd pretended not to care at all.

Stella, however, burst into laughter, then casually rummaged and tossed a bank card into his lap,

"What kind of person would I be to take your money for nothing? Here, this is your share. It’s fair dealings, it was the rule in the first place."

Ashton Todd held onto the card, knowing there wasn’t much money in it, but still, his eyes lit up.

"You’re the one who didn’t want it, it’s not like I didn’t give it."

Stella hummed lightly in response, and the two chatted away as they returned to the village.

Great-Uncle watched the two come back, squinting kindly,

"Stella, you’re back, did things go well?"

"I took care of it. Rest assured, Great-Uncle."

Stella patted her chest, then leaned closer to Great-Uncle, eagerly reminding,

"Great-Uncle, you mentioned earlier that if Ashton Todd worked for the clan, he could take the thousand-year-old corpse soil, right? That still counts, right?"

Great-Uncle squinted at her, his cloudy eyes showing a meaningful look for a long moment before countering,

"Do you want to give it?"

Stella nodded,

"I’ve brought him back; just give it to him. It’s not like he’s going to do anything bad with it. If he succeeds, it’ll be a merit for the clan."

Stella knew that dealing with clan rules might not be that easy to talk through, yet she was surprised when Great-Uncle readily agreed,

"Then go take it."

They were both stunned at first, then grinned with delight, Stella especially, hugging Great-Ununcle’s arm joyfully,

"You agreed? Great-Uncle, I knew you were the most understanding! Let’s go right now."

She jumped up to grab Ashton Todd’s arm, almost as if afraid the offer would be retracted if they went late.

Ashton Todd didn’t even have a chance to react, dumbfounded as Stella dragged him to the door, and only then did he belatedly turn back to shout into the house,

"Great-Ununcle, we’re off!"

The location of the thousand-year-old corpse soil was in the clan tomb, akin to an ancestral hall, usually inaccessible. Even if one entered, not everyone could.

Stella was the only girl of this generation allowed to freely enter the clan tomb.

Back when she first brought Greta back to the clan, it was her first time entering.

This time, she had another person by her side.

"There’s a special corpse nourishing land in the clan tomb, where the shadow energy is heavier. Don’t wander off once inside, just follow me."

"Alright."

When it comes to serious matters, Ashton Todd has always been reliable.

Stella first led him to bow before the row of coffins in the main hall, then lit incense sticks.

Ashton Todd only felt those incense sticks had a very particular scent; the smoke they produced was dense like a flowing stream, except the stream was rising.

He followed the rising stream of smoke with his gaze, soon realizing something was amiss.

The green smoke split into multiple strands above, and these threads of smoke drifted towards the two of them.

Soon, a thread of green smoke circled above Stella’s head before unobtrusively dissipating around her.

The other thread lingered hesitantly above Ashton for a while before finally probing closer, circling around him, and eventually encircling his head as well.

Ashton Todd vaguely guessed what this meant.

Did this mean approval?

Then he heard Stella beside him say,

"The ancestors have granted you permission to enter, let’s go."

It was the first time Ashton Todd had thus closely engaged with the rules passed down through a family lineage. He was born an orphan, alone, with self-taught enlightenment from an old Taoist’s book, having never felt what it’s like to be supported by a family legacy.

The feeling was quite fascinating.

But he quickly came to terms with it.

Though he had no family legacy behind him, he had a whole orphanage after all.

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