Chapter 831 – On a Sleepless Night, Nothing to Do but Follow the Water (2/2)
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Perhaps because the wine of Wenshui City was too authentic, or perhaps because the people often became lazy after basking in the warm light of the sun, Luo Bu did not leave after he finished drinking, but chose to stay the night in the inn behind the restaurant. He slept until late in the night, after which he inexplicably woke up.
He walked into the shadow of the alley next to the restaurant and gazed at the nearby river, wanting to confirm whether his feeling from the daytime had been a misperception or not.
He did not see that clump of water grass, as it had been approaching the opposite shore at that time, seeping through the cracks in the rocks to flow underneath the Daoist church.
He bore witness to everything that happened next.
That monster truly was unexpectedly savage and horrifying. Even he had subconsciously gripped his sword.
He did not attack at the beginning, because he was curious to see Chen Changsheng's true level.
He did not expect to see his junior brother.
He still did not move, because he trusted in his junior brother.
Of course, this was also because he firmly believed that he still had control over the situation.
Under the starlight, the Wenshui was like a broad belt of silver.
If Chen Changsheng or his junior brother really did encounter a danger that they could not resolve, his sword would naturally go over, disregarding the broadness of the river.
What happened next also took him by surprise.
Chen Changsheng and his junior brother were actually unable to capture or kill that ambushing monster.
This monster actually could travel through the earth, and its speed was quite shocking, allowing it to instantly vanish into the depths of the Wenshui.
All these surprises ultimately made him feel rather helpless.
He had just found himself unable to sleep in the middle of night and gotten up to relieve his boredom, after which he intended to go back for a sound sleep.
In the end, he just had to see such a turmoil, and he had even seen the direction in which the monster ran off.
Thus, he could only follow.
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The monster was in the bottom of the river, hiding himself in the mud and sand to stealthily and silently advance, but he was still moving very fast.
Luo Bu leapt from house to house, borrowing the shade of roofs and the occasional clouds flitting across the sky to conceal his figure. He was similarly silent and very fast.
At the end, he was not able to catch up to the monster, only see through the light ripples in the Wenshui that it had turned into a canal on the right and vanished into an estate.
He took out a charcoal pen and paper, and drew what he had just seen. The stars above the estate and the countless lanterns within all seemed incredibly lifelike.
The estate was truly large. The external appearance of the buildings within was very ordinary, but it could not conceal the aura of nobility.
He then noticed that he was outside the side gate of another estate.
The two estates faced each other across the river, each lit up by countless lanterns. Even in the late night, they did not appear deserted.
He walked into the estate.
Perhaps because the master of this estate was deathly ill and its young master had been imprisoned in the ancestral hall, morale was loose and the guard was not very heavy. From the houses and small courtyards on the perimeter of the estate, the voices of people could occasionally be heard, making the luxurious courtyard in the center seemed much more quiet and secluded.
In the luxurious courtyard, he saw the anxious faces of elderly and loyal servants, the miserable expressions of maids.
Soon after, he heard an argument from the corner gate.
”Clear up your heads! Master is on the verge of death, so who dares to fight with the Second Master?”
”The Pope? This place is the Wenshui Tang clan—they don't have to give face to anybody!”
”Don't think that just because the Pope has come, the chief branch has a backer, or why would that prodigal son still be kneeling in the ancestral hall?”