Chapter 281: Suspicious City and Tournament (2/2)
As soon as all local cultivators ran away, a fox cub slipped out of Ma Moxi's robes. She transformed into an adolescent young maiden, who seemed to be in her teen. She had orange hair, red robes, two fox ears, and two fluffy orange tails.
Ku'er, Ma Moxi's girlfriend, revealed her true form.
”Ku'er, why are you out here!? Go back into the clothes!” Ma Moxi was alarmed. He was afraid that Ku'er might be in danger if the local cultivators found her.
”KUU!!”
POOF!
The fox girl's ears and tails vanished. Ku'er had transformed again, altering her humanoid appearance.
As she had used her power, she revealed her cultivation base. Surprisingly, she was a 6th-stage beast.
”Who is this, Moxi?”
This was the first time that Ma Ping had seen the girl's real appearance. He questioned his grandson.
”This is Ku'er, the fox cub that has been with me for a while.”
Ku'er smiled and bowed to Ma Ping, ”Ku'er greets grandfather-in-law!”
”Huh?”
…
It took Ma Moxi and Ku'er a while to explain their relationship.
Ku'er and Ma Moxi had been dating since the day Mao Xueyan and her company had arrived. Coincidentally, Ku'er had suffered from her first mating season sickness that day, and Moxi had already claimed her while no one was looking.
Ju Shoufen and Jia Shan laughed while Ma Ping facepalmed, thinking of how his grandson got influenced by Miaomiao and turned into a perverted lolicon.
As for Miaomiao, he patted Ma Moxi's back while he tried his best to hold back his laughter, ”My condolence.”
”Hey! What that's supposed to mean?”
”You did her when she was in mating season, so you should be expecting babies. Did you cum inside her?”
”…”
At that moment, Ma Moxi realized – He was fucked.
Ma Moxi had a thousand words to say, but he was too ashamed to reveal his secret.
”Look, being a father is hard but it's rewarding as long as your kids are human. If they come out as animals or monsters, well, do your best.”
”…”
Hearing about the potential race of his future children, Ma Moxi imagined holding several fox babies in his arms while they were yipping, calling him daddy. The thought traumatized him as Moxi didn't want to have animals as sons or daughters.
”I'm surprised that you're cultured enough to fuck an underage fox girl. Oh, don't worry. There is no FBI or laws here. You can eat any loli in this world as long as you don't violate them.”
”…”
It was the other way around. The 6th-stage two-tailed fox violated him when he was trying to sleep!
Getting trolled by Miaomiao, Ma Moxi's mood was ruined. He no longer looked forward to participating in the tournament.
…
The gang explored the city for clues. They searched for the city hall first to ask about the upcoming tournament.
Red Sun City was worthy to be called a capital city. Tall condominiums, skyscrapers, and fancy buildings were everywhere. However, there was no tree in sight.
The paved streets, roads, and sidewalks were not as clean as Siren City's stone roads. Smelly rubbish, such as rotten, broken furniture, mysterious juice from wet junk, and torn papers were everywhere.
Local cultivators and commoners ignored the trash and the odor. They only cared about their buildings and their spaces, so they dumped all useless things on the streets.
The group cringed when they found a group of middle-aged cultivators throwing glass bottles, which contained their urine to the street in front of them. The glass broke upon impact, leaking the yellow liquid.
”Disgusting,” Ju Shoufen frowned. She didn't like the environment of this city. ”How does this city operate when no one is taking trash seriously? Is this city a dumpster!?”
Ju Shoufen's remark caught the attention of a nearby local cultivator. He smirked, ”First time, kiddo?”
”Yeah, so what!?”
”You don't need to worry about that. At night, some monsters come out and eat all the trash and clean the streets for us. When the sun rises, everything will be as good as new! Just dump all your shit anywhere as long as you don't throw it in my house!”
”… What?”
Miaomiao and Ma Moxi felt like their brain cells just died. The city was weird.
Still, it was not the time to worry about the city's background or how this city operated. Miaomiao asked him for direction and info about the tournament.
”Excuse me, do you know anything about the upcoming tournament event? I think it's called Imperial Martial Tournament or something.”
”That shit?” The man pointed at the imperial palace at the center of the city. The 10-meter-tall brick walls could be seen from here.
”I think they've already started the selection tests. If you're under the age of 20 or something, you can enter the palace and take a shot. By the way,” The man glanced at Jia Shan and Ma Ping, ”They don't allow guardians to spectate the event. It's weird.”
The group finally found clues. However, they didn't like what they had heard.
The rules were strange.
Tournaments usually allowed guardians and spectators to observe the events since they were the main point of having such competitions. People wanted to brag about their disciples, children, or their organizations, so the tournament organizers usually prepared a special place for them to do so. This didn't include gambling and private betting between rival clans, which could net the organizers some money.
However, warding off spectators and guardians were unheard of. This tournament reeked conspiracy.
”Should we go home?”
Even Ma Moxi had concerns.
”I don't like it either. What about you, Miaomiao?”
Jia Shan looked at his disciple, waiting for his final call.
Miaomiao had a wry smile on his face. His deep frown created several wrinkles on his forehead as he also didn't like the tournament format.
”No matter how obvious the bait is, I need to bite it. I'm sorry, but I have to take part in it. Something tells me that we will get into trouble if I don't join this tournament.”