Chapter 541: Big Dao Organization
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Though people who were accidentally pulled into other planes usually have a slim chance of surviving, there were always some exceptions. There were even cases of managers or plane assistants getting their direction wrong during transmigration and ending up in other people's houses.
At this time, managers naturally have to send the person back, this makes it hard to avoid meeting the manager of the person's plane. When many of these incidents happen, all the managers found it very troublesome. And due to the varying forms of existence of the planes, misunderstandings and fights often occurred.
So slowly, the management who were familiar with each other worked together to form a group, that was the administrative committee. No official person in charge, it was just a committee in name to not invade each other and to inform one another when something was up.
"Back then when Kai Tian accidentally entered my sister's plane, it was also because he had connections to the administrative committee and informed her, that's why my sister let him become an assistant." Shen Ying raised an example and added after some thought, "Things like the plane permit was also something that the committee came up with."
Lonemoon and Yi Qing's faces darkened together as they were instantly reminded of that damn piece of A4 paper, just how casual was this administrative committee!
"Managers are very busy, they don't meet often. By the way, I even got a prize from the association when I was schooling!" With that said, she opened a lighted screen and tapped on it. In the next second, a certificate instantly leaped out of the screen.
It wrote: Certificate
Student Shen Ying:
Received notable results in the learning of assistant skills this year, chosen as the "Outstanding Assistant Trainee", this certificate is specially presented as a form of encouragement!
Plane Management Association
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Any year any month any day.
There was even a bright red stamp stamped on it.
Lonemoon: "..."
Yi Qing: "..."
This was really a very informal association! Why would a bunch of strong and reputable managers form such a casual association?
"So... this Big Dao Organization might be just like the administrative committee, a casual... ah pui, an association formed by various plane managers?" Lonemoon asked.
"Mm, possibly." Shen Ying replied.
"Since Master is so familiar with the administrative committee, then do we have to join?" Yi Qing asked.
"You can join." Shen Ying frowned. "But my sister is a member too, you two want to enter?"
Both of their expressions changed in tandem and the topic of the conversation instantly reversed.
"Let's talk about this Big Dao Organization!"
"What's up with this fruit too?" Lonemoon looked at the fruit in his hand. "They're inviting us to join this what Big Dao Organization, why would they send this space that resembles a fruit over?" Calling it a space wasn't accurate enough, he could sense the remarkable vitality in this fruit, which means to say that this fruit was a complete big world.
Shen Ying shook her head, unsure too. "Why don't we eat... why don't we go in and take a look?"
"..." You said to eat it earlier, you definitely meant it right?!
"I feel that though this ribbon is an invitation, the fruit might be for showing the way." Yi Qing guessed.
"You are saying..." Lonemoon paused for a moment. "The space inside this fruit, might be where the Big Dao Organization is located?"
"Mm." Yi Qing nodded. "And this fruit might not be the actual entity of the space, but just a conjured unit, just like the entrances of mystic realms."
Lonemoon stood for a moment and directly sent a stream of Immortal Qi into it, sure enough, he could not assess the specific situation inside the fruit, it was really a fake fruit! In this case, they had to go take a look, to find out what that so-called Big Dao Organization was. "Then let's go take a look." Besides, it was already written clearly here that it was an invitation, they should not have any ill intentions. Perhaps they might really meet some managers of the other planes.
"Are we really going?" Yi Qing frowned, somehow feeling that there was something odd about this matter.
"Since they were able to tie this fruit to the plane tree while we were totally unaware, they might have some other means." Lonemoon said, "Regardless of whether they are friends or foe, we would have to meet them."
"..." Yi Qing was silent for a moment and no longer objected.
"Boss!" Whereas Hong Meng at the side was shocked, looking towards Lonemoon with an aggrieved look. "Are... are you leaving the plane? That's too dangerous!" Their plane had just stabilized, was it alright to just leave it alone?
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"We'll be back in no time, it won't take long." Lonemoon glanced at him. "Your divine power has recovered, help Rabbit out more with managing the divine race, and also Fatty's side, give him some help when you're free too."
"But... but what about this plane? Why don't... why don't I go too?"
"What business of yours is there?" Lonemoon rolled his eyes. "Don't worry, I am able to sense it if anything happens. You can scram now!" With that, he opened the plane passage and chased Hong Meng back with kicks and pushes.
"Let's go." After clearing the site, Lonemoon then walked back, just before they set off, he glanced at Shen Ying and added, "Don't get lost again."
"Oh."
With that said, his palm clenched and crushed the fruit in his hand. As expected, a white light instantly covered three of them, in the next second, they disappeared from the Divine Realm.
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Lonemoon had thought that since the so-called Big Dao Organization was a place built by managers, it would be large and luxurious, yet with a flash of white light, they were brought to a crowded street.
There were people walking back and forth all around, it was very lively, there were even numerous stalls set up on both sides, selling food and toys, even daily necessities.It looked like a mortal street, totally unlike the office of some administrative association.
How could this be? What happened to showing the way, did the fruit expire?
"Master! Father Niu!" Yi Qing's expression changed as he said with some bewilderedness, "The divine power in my body... has disappeared!"
"What?" Lonemoon was shocked and subconsciously felt for his own, sure enough, it was empty in his body. Don't mention divine power, there wasn't even a trace of Immortal Qi. He tried again with a different divine power, there was still no reaction. "How could this be?"
"Probably because we are outside of the plane." Shen Ying voiced out.
The two faltered become coming to a realization. True, that fruit did not belong to their plane in the first place, this place also looked like a mortal realm, it was very normal to not have Immortal and Spirit Qi.
But since that Big Dao Organization initiated an invitation, what did they mean by sending them to this mortal world now? Regretting midway? Wanting to trap them here? Though this place restricted cultivators, but they were managers, if they wanted to return, they could open the Plane Gate anytime.
"Let's look around before anything else!" Lonemoon looked at the sky and decided. Perhaps because there was something special about that fruit, they did not alert anyone when they appeared out of the blue on the street, as if they had always been here.
Chapter 542: Encountering An Illegal Inn
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The few of them had wanted to head out of the city for a look, but realized that the city gates were already closed, it even seemed like there was some restrictive array set up around the city, they could not fly out directly. "Let's find a place to settle down in before anything else!"
Lonemoon then turned walked towards an inn by the side with the master and disciple duo.
"Are you both having a meal or staying in?" The innkeeper immediately greeted eagerly.
"We're staying in." Lonemoon, turning back to glance at Shen Ying, he then added, "And eating. Prepare three premium rooms for us, just send the food up to our rooms."
"Three rooms?" Wasn't there two of them? The innkeeper faltered and lifted his head to glance at them, then he spotted Shen Ying in the middle. Not bothered by it, he said even more enthusiastically, "Three premium rooms, that's a total of 30 pennies for a night, this way, please." With that, he called for a waiter to bring them towards the rear hall.
Lonemoon followed right away, whereas the master and disciple paused in their steps upon hearing that, tugging at their parent in front, they could not help but ask worriedly, "Father Niu, this is the mortal realm, do we have money?" Now that their spells didn't work, even spirit stone and immortal stones couldn't be used.
"Of course!" Lonemoon gave him an eye-roll for him to figure out himself, when did he ever have a lack of money, then explained, "Don't we still have leftover money that we dug from the poor soul the previous time. "
"Oh~~~~" Both of them let out a dirt-poor style sigh and raised both their thumbs at him!
Reliable!
Making use of the walk, Lonemoon employed his business instincts and asked the waiter about information of the city. It turned out that where they were at right now was called Wu Ling City, the only town within a radius of a thousand miles, there also weren't any government officials and the like here. The person in charge was a City Lord with the surname Han. And there were indeed no cultivators here. Immortals were even more, a legend, the waiter directly called it gimmicks used to fool people.
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He then asked whether there'd been any odd happenings and what not recently, the waiter also shook his head, replying that he was unaware. Seems like this was a very ordinary mortal city. The more Lonemoon asked, the more confused he got, totally not knowing what that so-called Big Dao Organization was trying to do by leading them here? Amongst the people in the city, no one looked like a Manager.
Seeing that the sky was already dark, they could only settle down for now.
"This place is weird and there are no cultivators, it's better that we survey the surroundings while it's dark." Lonemoon suggested. "That Big Dao Organization definitely has a motive for sending us to such a place."
He turned towards Yi Qing. "Chef, you go check out the Eastern region, I'll go to the West, as for Shen Ying..." He paused for a moment. "You stay behind here and sleep." In case you get lost!
"Alright."
"Don't run around again, we might not be able to find you here." After all it was another plane.
"Don't worry, all is good!" Pats her chest.
What to do when he's now even more worried upon hearing her say that? Lonemoon glanced at her uneasily for a moment before standing up, intending to head out. Yet he suddenly sensed a set of light footsteps from outside the door, seeming to be stepping lightly intentionally as the person walked towards the left.
"Someone entered the room next door." Yi Qing's brows knitted together. Both the rooms next door were rooms that they had booked, the one on the left was his. They only came to Master's room together because Father Niu had things to instruct them about.
Spells couldn't be used here, it was extremely inconvenient as they did not know who the person was. Lonemoon also found it a little odd, just as he was about to step out to take a look, Chef held him back. "He's here."
Sure enough, the footsteps moved out of the room next door and headed to their side, it was extremely light, as if the person was walking on tiptoes. A second later a figure appeared on the window, lowered his body, following a soft pop, a small hole was made on the window paper, a thin bamboo tube slipped in, then clouds of white smoke.
Lonemoon: "..."
Yi Qing: "..."
Shen Ying: "..."
Was this... poisoning?
What amazing luck was this, they'd actually encountered an illegal inn? After seeing so many demons, ghosts and monsters, this was the trio's first time seeing such pure and unpretentious tricks of killing someone.
They suddenly had the urge to not expose him and cooperate with his show.
Lonemoon sighed, still unable to hold back in the end, he pushed open the door and looked at the figure who was lying on the window sill, blowing smoke into the room with all his might. "Is it fun?"
That person was startled by this person who suddenly appeared, without paying much attention, he choked and inhaled a mouthful of smoke. He instantly launched into a convulsive cough, then his eyes rolled back as he passed out with a thud.
Father Niu who did not do anything: "..."
Stepping forward to take a look, it was as expected, the water who led the way for them earlier. With such mental quality, just where did he find the courage to open an illegal inn.
Yi Qing also walked out, glancing at the person on the ground, his expression darkened. "What do we do with this person?"
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"How would I know? I have no experience with such matters too." Lonemoon also looked helpless. "I'd just walked out and he choked himself and passed out."
Yi Qing thought for a moment before taking two steps forward, his hands habitually moving to conjure a spell, but he remembered that there was no Spirit Qi here to use spells. Hence, he curled his finger in and hit the most painful acupuncture point on the person.
"Ah!!!" The next second, the waiter cried out loud and sat up like a fake corpse. Rubbing where he was hit, he lifted his head to look at the two people, a trace of confusion flashed through his eyes as he sobered up immediately. "You... You two!" He crawled backwards in a panic, while calling out, "Wang Er, Zhu Si... they..."
"Why are you howling?" Before he'd finished, two more people came running up, broadswords in hand, seeming like they'd been waiting downstairs for a long time. "We told you to be gentler in your actions!"
"It's... it's not, they didn't fall asleep, they're awake! Awake!" The waiter frantically pointed in their direction, still wearing a flustered expression.
Those two people then looked over, immediately charging over with ferocious looks after pausing for a moment. "We'll send them on their way all the same." With that said, they raised their swords in their hands and struck.
This strike was very ordinary, nothing technical about it, it was just a regular hack. Being a long time since he last saw such ordinary moves, even Lonemoon found it entrancing as he instinctively moved to grab the blade, but accidentally used too much force. With a crack, that sharp blade was crushed by him.
The person holding the sword paled, looking at his broken sword with disbelief. Coming to the realization that their plan had backfired, he turned and tried to run. Lonemoon did not say anything more and knocked him out directly. On the other side, Chef had also settled the other ruffian.
The waiter who'd just came too earlier was rather sensible. He fell to his knees with a thud. "Heroes, have mercy! I won't dare to do it again, never again!" With that, he started to kowtow.
Chapter 543: Guest From The Sea
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"Speak, how many more of you are there in this inn?" Lonemoon questioned directly.
"No... No more!" The waiter replied while shivering. "There are only three of us in total here, I was forced by the two of them too!"
Lonemoon naturally did not believe that and was about to question further when they suddenly heard a scream. It sounded like a lady's voice. Lonemoon glanced at Chef. "It's coming from downstairs!" He was about to head down, when he instructed, "Bring Shen Ying along."
With that said, he went downstairs with the waiter in tow. The door to a room downstairs was wide open, there was a girl seated on the ground, facing towards the interior of the room with a terrified expression. Seeing him walk over, she screamed again and crawled backwards while shrinking away. "Don't... don't kill me!"
Lonemoon ignored her and directly walked into the room for a look. He then realized that the bed was covered in blood. An elderly person laid on it, no longer breathing with slash wounds all over her body. There was even a bundle that had been ransacked scattered open on the floor.
He instantly understood what those two people with the swords had been doing downstairs. Lifting his hand, he threw the waiter over. "You lot did this!"
"No... it's them! They killed her... I only drugged her, it has nothing to do with me!" The waiter hurriedly argued. Lonemoon was too lazy to listen on and knocked him out before looking towards the young girl on the ground.
She seemed to be frightened out of her wits, her gaze towards Lonemoon became increasingly guarded and terrified. Until Chef walked in with Shen Ying, did she seem to come back to her senses. Perhaps because they had the same gender, she crawled towards Shen Ying and held onto the corner of her sleeve tightly, her expression looking like she was still badly shaken.
"Eh?" Shen Ying faltered for a moment.
"What's the matter?" Yi Qing asked.
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"Someone was killed." Lonemoon replied, glancing at the girl on the ground. "She probably knows the person in the room, let's go out to talk!"
Yi Qing nodded, evidently also smelling the thick stench of blood in the room. Looking at the girl who was still holding on to Shen Ying tightly, he explained, "We're also guests staying in the inn, we won't hurt you."
The girl was dazed for a moment, before she regained some sense and followed them out, still pale with fear.
The few of them sat down on the chairs in the yard, the girl grabbed the teacup before her tightly, finally recovered but her hands continued to tremble. After a moment, she glanced at them with gratefulness. "Thank you... for saving me!" She'd also understood that they weren't evil people and she'd escaped harm.
"No worries, it's a small matter." Lonemoon frowned, he'd originally found it interesting but his mood was a little heavy now that someone had been killed. "You also a guest staying in this inn."
"Yes..." She nodded, sipping a mouthful of tea that was almost completely spilled from her trembling before explaining, "I was from Southern City and came with Grandmother Wang from the same village to find my family. I only found out after coming here that my family had already moved away, we were intending to spend a night here before setting off on our return journey. I didn't expect that in just one night, Grandmother Wang..." Tears started to fall as she spoke.
Lonemoon's expression darkened, he'd never thought that this inn was devoted to cheating foreigners.
"Th... Those few culprits..." The girl seemed to be suddenly reminded of something as she shivered again.
"Don't worry." Lonemoon replied. "They won't wake up before dawn. That waiter said it was only three of them in this inn, they shouldn't have any other accomplice."
She then heaved a sigh of relief, turning to glance in the direction of the room, she immediately turned back in fright, asking with some hesitation. "This is a murder, are you all planning to notify the local government?"
"Notify the government?" Lonemoon faltered before remembering that they had to inform the authorities when such things happened in the mortal realm. "You are right, we do have to. Only we're not too familiar with this place, I don't know where to report it."
"Of course you have to report it to the City Lord's Abode." The girl glanced at him with slight astonishment, as if surprised that he did not know something this simple. She stood up and pointed in the direction of the East, saying, "The City Lord's Abode is in the Eastern region, there's still time before the curfew, we ought to go quickly,
Lonemoon thought for a moment before standing up and saying, "I'll go alone." Then turned back to look at Chef, instructing, "Keep an eye on Shen Ying."
"Mm." Chef nodded.
He then turned and walked out.
Whereas that girl was taken aback for a moment and glanced at the three of them back and forth. Shouldn't he be keeping an eye on those unconscious culprits? Why was he keeping an eye on this lady?
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Father Niu left for more than four hours, Shen Ying got hungry as she waited. Chef was bored of idling around and went into the kitchen to make supper.
All at once, it was only Shen Ying and the girl who survived. It was instantly quieter in the yard, only left with the sound of a certain person crunching on fruits and occasional clatters of cooking utensils in the kitchen.
"Want one?" Shen Ying handed a fruit out.
The girl faltered and hesitated for a moment before taking it. "Thank you." Perhaps because of the fright from earlier, there was still a trace of terror in her eyes as she asked carefully, "May I know how to address you?"
"Shen Ying."
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"So it's Miss Shen, my name is Fang Fang."
"Mm."
"May I ask what you and your companions are in Wu Ling City for?"
"I don't know."
"Huh?" Fang Fang was stunned, what was I don't know? She paused for a moment, but was nonchalant about it and continued to make some casual conversation. Seeing that Shen Ying was focused on eating her fruit, she felt too awkward to ask anything else. Things turned cold at once. She instantly felt restless and said after some thought. "It is cold tonight, why don't... I go brew a pot of tea."
"Sure," Shen Ying answered while nodding.
She then stood up and walked towards the front yard.
Shen Ying was the only person left in the big yard, Chef wasn't done with the supper and she was slightly bored from waiting. On top of that, this city was built beside a river and connected to the sea, the other side of this yard was a riverside view, and a breeze would blow occasionally, faintly bringing a sharp whisper, as if someone was singing softly.
Shen Ying was stunned for a moment and instinctively looked back, a figure had dubiously appeared on the rocks by the river. It was a man with dark green hair, his features were beautiful, wearing nothing on the top, but his bottom half was a huge fish's tail. He was seated on a rock beside the river, singing in a low voice while throwing charming smiles at her.
Shen Ying only took a glance, then turned back and continued to nibble on her fruit.
The man faltered for a moment, as if surprised by her reaction. Following that, he opened his mouth and sang even louder than before, his voice touched one's heart and made one lose their reason like an enchanting song.
Shen Ying fell into a momentary daze and turned back to dart a look at him before continuing to eat her fruit.
Chapter 544: Seizing The Merman
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The man was slightly irritated, frowning as his hands fisted by his side, as if recalling something, he pulled out a luminous pearl and threw it towards her, the pearl rolled beneath the feet of a certain person.
Shen Ying bowed her head and gave it a glance, don't mention picking it up, she paid no attention to it and continued to focus on the fruit in her hand.
The man had no choice and could only bring out an even bigger one and threw it over.
Shen Ying still ignored it!
The man seemed to be dead set on pestering her and continued to throw pearls, each one bigger than the previous.
Shen Ying would still look down and glance at them at the start but subsequently she didn't even pay them any heed.
Until the man took out one as big as a fist and threw it over, the giant luminous pearl smashed onto her hand. Shen Ying didn't catch it and the fruit in her hand dropped to the ground.
Shen Ying's face darkened, staring at the remaining half of her fruit on the ground, her eyes narrowed before she stood up, grabbed the biggest luminous pearl and turned around.
The man was delighted and immediately continued singing to her, wanting to enamor her at one go.
He'd just sang his first note, but he suddenly heard the opposite party say, "Are you the only one who knows how to throw?!" With that said, she threw that luminous pearl back with a swing of her arm.
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Before he could react, he felt a strong gust of wind sweeping across, something whisked past the side of his ear, moving towards the river behind him with a momentum like it could break past everything. In the next second, he heard the rushing of waters, the entire river was instantly sliced in two halves by something, then a loud rumble came from the tall mountain opposite.
An enormous circular hole had been made in the middle of the mountain, at one look, one could even see the boundless sea on the other side.
The man: "..."
What had just happened? Who was he, where was he?
"A brat just needs to be taught a lesson!" Before the man could react, an angry voice sounded by his ear. In the next moment, he felt a weight on his tail as he slipped off the rock and was dragged all the way by Shen Ying into the yard and thrown on the pool of luminous pearls.
"Miss Shen... What was that sound earlier, ah!" Fang Fang walked in with the tea and instantly screamed out loud upon catching sight of the man with a human body and a fishtail on the ground. "What... What is this?!"
"Master..." Chef also rushed over, carrying a dish in one hand and holding a spatula in the other. He was taken aback when he spotted the person on the ground. "This is... a fish?"
"Could be a siren too!" Had been calling out for a long while earlier, what a nuisance.
"Oh, then..." Chef put down the dish in his hands and pulled out a chopper. "Want an extra dish?"
Fang Fang: "..."
The man: "..."
Shen Ying: "..."
"I'm back." Lonemoon happened to walk in right then. "I've already informed the City Lord Abode, they'll be sending people... Huh! Where did this merman come from?"
Under the illumination of the pool of luminous pearls, Lonemoon caught sight of the slightly dazed man with a fishtail in the middle right away.
"Came from the water." Shen Ying pointed to the riverside.
Lonemoon turned his head. "Damn it! What have you done now?" Why was it that the moment he came back, the mountain opposite now had a big hole in it!
Shen Ying recalled the size of the pearl earlier and replied, "Played tennis?"
Tennis your foot! Who else have you that can make a hole in a mountain from playing tennis.
"Miss Shen Ying, are you alright?" Fang Fang also walked over quickly, glancing fearfully at the merman on the ground that seemed stunned. "Is this really a merman? The legends say that mermen loves to eat human meat and would often use their singing to bewitch humans. I didn't think... it is actually real."
So this merman had chosen Shen Ying?
The corner of Lonemoon's lips twitched, this merman's taste is rather special huh?! He picked one that could not be ruffled with in his first pick.
He directly took two steps forward and lifted the merman on the ground. "Speak, what are you trying to do?"
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The merman faltered for a moment and turned his head to glance in Shen Ying's direction, then his entire being began trembling again. His mouth opened and closed several times but could only let out a piercing whistling sound, his eyes filled with terror.
"Can't speak?" Lonemoon paused for a moment, that's impossible. Could it be that he'd yet to form sentience? At a closer look, this merman really seemed to be just a low-level demon beast. But there is no Spirit Qi in this place, why would creatures like mermen exist?
As he was thinking, the sound of orderly footsteps sounded on the street outside, a dozen of people looking like government officers walked over. "Who reported that there had been a murder here?" The one walking right in front asked loudly and stepping into the yard, but was frightened by the creature in Lonemoon's hand in the next second that his legs turned to jelly as he directly took several steps back. "What... what monster is this?"
All of a sudden, Lonemoon did not know how to answer.
Instead, it was Fang Fang beside him who stepped forward and said. "Sir, this seems to be a merman. It came out of the water wanting to eat a person and happened to be restrained by these two young masters."
"Merman?" The fear in the officers lessened slightly, looking down at all the luminous pearls on the ground, his eyes lit up right away. "Is it the merman in legends whose tears become pearls?!"
Fang Fang hesitated, only answering, "Possibly so...?"
The officer's eyes became even brighter, the fear from earlier completely gone as he stared fixedly at the creature that Lonemoon was holding. "Will... Will this creature still hurt people?"
Lonemoon frowned but still replied, "Mermen live in water, they naturally lose their aggressiveness once on land." Unless it is a high-level merman that can morph completely but it was evident that this one wasn't one.
"Good, good. good!" The officer continuously exclaimed, the excitement on his face seeming like it couldn't be suppressed. He then turned back after having recalled something and said to the group of them, "This demon creature is too dangerous, I'm afraid some mishaps might happen if we leave it here, it's better if we bring it back and lock it up in the City Lord Abode." With that, without waiting for them to agree, he quickly ordered the people behind him, "Go, bring that demon creature back."
The people behind him surged forward hurriedly, were they on their way to snatch something? Lonemoon hesitated for a moment, but did not stop them and allowed them to take the merman away.
"Sir, then... then the murder here." Seeing that they were about to leave, Fang Fang stepped forward anxiously.
The officer was then reminded of his purpose in coming here and quickly said, "About the incident here, the person who reported it earlier has already made it very clear, don't worry, those people who murder for gains, the City Lord Abode will punish them. With that said, he asked for the location of the three men and took them into custody too.
He did not even reconfirm the entire incident, seeming like he could not wait to return. Seems like he was curious about that merman whose tears could form pearls and wanted to bring him back and test out that legend personally.
Even the officers of the City Lord Abode were so heedless, no wonder the innkeepers here dared to open an illegal inn in the middle of the city. Lonemoon shook his head, but there was no need for them to intervene in matters of the mortal realm either, besides, this wasn't their plane.
Chapter 545: Guesting At The City Lord Abode
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"This..." Fang Fang wore a blank look, turning towards them as if inquiring their opinion.
"It's getting late." Lonemoon glanced at the sky, those officers were occupied with presenting the treasure to the City Lord and seeking credit, seems like they couldn't care less about them. "The matter has been settled, let's get some rest." With that said, he pulled Shen Ying and Chef upstairs, taking the dishes on the table with him at the same time.
It wasn't suitable for the girl to say anything else and she could only randomly pick an empty guest room and settle in.
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"Did you hear, a huge hole suddenly appeared through Mountain An opposite the river last night, it's about a few hundred feet wide."
"How could you miss such a big hole, it appeared overnight and looks very smooth, doesn't seem like its man-made."
"There are rumors that there even people who heard the ethereal voice from heaven last night, that voice was dreamlike, like an immortal song from the skies."
"In that case, could that big hole be a divine sign? It is a sign of great prosperity!"
"It definitely is, otherwise who has the ability to cut through a mountain and leave behind such a big hole in a night's time? The only explanation is that an immortal descended to Earth last night!"
"Then doesn't that make our city a lucky city."
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Early morning, every street and alley in the city was discussing the big hole that suddenly appeared in the middle of the night. And the talks became increasingly dubious, someone even swore that he saw the immortal with his own eyes. All at once, that big hole became a divine sign, a good number of people even wanted to cross the river to worship it.
Lonemoon: "..."
Shen Ying: "..."
Yi Qing: "..."
Alright, to a certain extent, it was really the doing of an immortal.
While he went out to report the case last night, Lonemoon had actually also probed around the city, but he came to the same outcome as he did previously. This was simply a mortal city, nothing different from other places and nowhere was it related to Managers.
So he decided to head out for the city for a look, if there are still no discoveries, then they would return to their plane first. Anyway, they weren't particularly interested in this Big Dao Organization.
Yet just as they were about to leave the city, they were stopped by a person, a person they recognized, it was the officer who brought troops to investigate the case yesterday but ended up taking a merman away with him. This time, he was missing his domineering stance as he smiled amicably. "Fellow guests, the City Lord requests a meeting with you!"
City Lord? Lonemoon paused, it must be because of the merman incident, seems like this officer really presented that merman to the City Lord. After giving it some thought, he did not decline and followed the officer with a nod.
They arrived at the biggest building in the city in a short while, the City Lord Abode. When he came here to report case last night, he'd only stood outside to explain the situation before leaving. Now the three of them were taken all the way into the abode, to a hall used for meeting guests.
There was already a person seated inside, at a closer look, it was the girl from yesterday, her name seemed to be Fang Fang.
"Miss Shen, young masters, why did you all come too?" Fang Fang looked towards the trio with surprise.
"Miss Fang, why are you here too?" Lonemoon asked. They'd parted ways as they left the inn this morning, didn't she mention she was returning to her village?
"The officer at the city gate said that they had orders from the City Lord to bring me here." Fang Fang replied.
Seems like they gathered all the people in the know, Lonemoon frowned as a voice announcing the arrival of the City Lord sounded outside the door. In the next moment, a middle-aged man hurried in, his eyes lit up upon seeing the few of them as he quickened his steps and walked over excitedly.
"It was you all who discovered that merman?"
Lonemoon exchanged a look with Chef before stepping forward and answering. "Yes, we were the ones who found it."
"How insolent!" He'd just finished when the person beside him suddenly rebuked, "How dare you not bow when you see the City Lord?"
"No need to bother with such empty shows of ceremony." The City Lord waved his hands, becoming even more excited. He surveyed Lonemoon from top to bottom, then turned to look towards Yi Qing who was beside him and said with approval. "I can tell that both of you are of no ordinary talent at one look, no wonder you were able to capture a merman who has been known to be ferocious and would even bewitch humans."
"..." Actually, it was caught by Shen Ying.
Yet the City Lord treated them with increasingly ardor, his eyes filled with curiosity. "Could you tell me how you managed to capture it?"
Lonemoon was stumped, he could not say that Shen Ying first smashed a hole through the mountain and scared it sh*tless before she managed to capture it.
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"We all learned some simple kungfu and chanced upon this merman, so we took it down." Lonemoon could only make up a story on the spot.
"I see!" This City Lord was evidently at the height of his enthusiasm and did not suspect anything. "Seems like you are also an exceptional man."
"You flatter me, it was merely some small tricks."
"No need to be too humble!" The City Lord said exceedingly eagerly. "To be able to catch such a rare creature, how could you be an ordinary man? Don't worry, I remember your contributions, there will definitely be generous rewards for all of you."
"Then I thank you, City Lord." Money sent right to his doorstep, why not.
The City Lord's smile grew wider as he glanced at the both of them again, something flashing across his eyes. "I see that the few of you are foreigners, since you have such capabilities why don't you stay in my abode to make a future for yourself?" He suggested directly and added after some thought. "To be honest, I have always been very fond of such precious objects and rare creatures, I also have quite a number of collections here, but this is my first time seeing someone who was able to capture a merman from the sea, I truly want to cherish such talents."
So he wants to recruit fighters, Lonemoon said with a smile, "Thank you for your kind offer, but the few of us still has important matters to attend to. We are just passing through this city on our way, it's not likely that we will stay behind now."
"Oh?" His expression fell instantly, seeming displeased with his rejection. "You must be clear, if you were to stay in my abode, great riches and splendor will be right at your fingertips, isn't it better than having to travel everywhere?"
"We seek your understanding, City Lord!" Lonemoon's reply remained the same. "We indeed have important matters to attend to."
The City Lord's face became a little darker and he continued to smile after a moment. "Don't be so quick to come to a decision. I reckon that the few of you do have some knowledge regarding the different races, why don't you follow me to Precious Creatures Garden to take a look at my collection of races before deciding?"
With that said, he walked out without waiting for their response. His armed guards by the side took two steps forward, looking like they were waiting for them to move. Lonemoon exchanged a look with Yi Qing, something flashing across their eyes at the same time before following, taking Shen Ying's hand at the same time. Fang Fang wore a look of panic but could only follow along and walked carefully beside Shen Ying.
The Precious Creature Garden that the City Lord spoke off wasn't far away, they followed him through several courtyards and finally turned into one that had a completely different style. It was massive, but there were rare treasures everywhere, there were even colorful exotic flowers and rare herbs grown by the paths.
Occasionally they could see living creatures with odd appearances walk through, a deer with a flowering branch on its head, a cat that could speak human languages, various beasts with unusual appearances, all things that couldn't be spotted easily in the mortal realm.