Chapter 361: Emergency SOS! (1/2)
= Jianye City, Hotel Suite =
Ding
[You have completed the request of Sun Wu.]
[The quest rewards have been transferred to your system inventory.]
Miaomiao, while standing on the suite balcony and gazing into a distance, rubbed his right eyebrow to calm it down.
For some reason, he had been having a bad hunch after Wei Yuan had texted him, warning that their city had been under siege. Even after she had confirmed the intruder's annihilation, the twitching kept getting stronger and faster.
His dark and distorted expression scared Gan Ning. The latter rushed to the bar and fetched the best wine for Miaomiao, hoping to calm his boss.
”B-Boss. Is there something wrong?”
Miaomiao stopped gazing outside and returned to the lobby. He picked the wine bottle from Gan Ning, ”Brace yourself. The storm is coming.”
”Huh? What storm? The weather is clear outside.”
”Not that kind of storm. You'll see when the time comes.”
Miaomiao rubbed his right eyebrow again while he took out his phone and reread his wife's text messages.
14:05 [Mount Hua Sect has attacked us.]
14:42 [We got them. Sister Xueyan got the rest of them. Nothing to worry about.]
15:15 [Merchants and rogue cultivators took several pictures of our pylon tower during the chaos. I think they've also discovered the source of our local merchandise.]
15.18 [We drove the outsiders out of the city. The beasts also killed several thieves that tried to steal our medicine water.]
15.30 [I'm sorry. We've left a bad impression due to the slaughtering.]
15.31 [The outsiders cooperated and left the city in peace, but they obviously complained about our selfishness. Most of them want us to share the medicine water for free, though. They're fucking shameless!]
Everything seemed to be under control even though they experienced some issues.
However, the next messages worried Miaomiao.
16.45 [Ma Moxi, Zhao Yun, and Mao Xueyan said they sensed the aura of a divine being south of our city.]
16.45 [Zhao Bao stopped them from heading out. He said that it was too dangerous.]
16.46 [He also said that we need to recall Jia Shan, Ma Ping, and Zhang Jue here ASAP. He didn't reveal the detail, but it was the same guy that injured Ding Bu.]
16.47 [You should also rush home. Abort the missions if you can.]
Miaomiao stopped rubbing his right eyebrow and groaned.
Normally, Miaomiao would have entrusted his wives and seniors to clean up the mess without his help. However, Wei Yuan had revealed the importance and the emergency of the situation.
First off, three of four divine pill consumers could sense the undetectable aura of a fellow divine being or a divine pill consumer. After all, they had literally integrated a soul of a divine beast with their nascent soul's embryo, turning the divine soul into their dao avatar.
These people also rarely cracked a joke. Even if Ma Moxi could be shameless sometimes, he wouldn't prank anyone at a time like this.
Thus, it revealed the emergency of this situation. A powerful being had been lurking nearby!
Secondly, the fact that Zhao Bao stopped Mao Xueyan and Ma Moxi from leaving the city hinted that he wasn't confident in protecting these two OP youths. That meant someone stronger than Zhao Bao was in the area. It confirmed the strength of the mysterious cultivator with the divine aura.
And lastly, Ding Bu, aka Lu Fengxian got injured!
A freaking protagonist with invincible plot armor got injured!
He was supposed to face-slap every adversary in a mortal world, but he got injured!
This was a major upset. As the alpha protagonist, who was supposed to be perfect in every aspect, should never have experienced a setback regardless of the dire situation. With his plot armor, nothing should have been able to make him break a sweat!
With all information, Miaomiao suspected that an immortal-like being or a divine being, who had injured Lu Fengxian, was still waiting or planning to continue the assault on Siren City.
This didn't bond well for his hometown. Miaomiao needed to head back and deal with the potential threat before it escalated. Even if he might not be able to contribute anything to the fight, he needed to be there with his wives and children.
Still, Lu Fengxian being injured could also be a blessing in disguise. As every protagonist always got stronger after a critical life-and-death situation, the guy might break through a few big realms or advanced to the 6th-stage any time soon.
Miaomiao stopped thinking and switched his app, calling his temporary ally, Zhao Gongjin.
BEEP
Zhao Gongjin picked up the call right away.
[Yes, Sir Mao?]
”How is the mobilization prep? When will Sun Wentai and the Sun Clan move out? It's been too long!”
[It's almost done. We'll move out from this city by nightfall.]
”Okay. Just asking. Oh hey, I'll leave one of my guys with you. Please bring him along.”
[Oh, sure. Who is it?]
”Gan Xingba.”
[… Okay. We'll bring him along.]
Miaomiao hung up the call and looked back at Gan Ning.
”Gan Ning. I want you to tag along with the Sun Clan's men for now. I have something else to do.”
”Huh? Where are you going, boss?”
”Urgent call. I need to head back to Siren City ASAP. I can't wait for these slowpokes.”
”Then, can you take me with you?”
Miaomiao had a wry smile on his face. He wanted to bring Gan Ning with him, but the latter couldn't fly.
Had Wei Yuan never asked him to return, Miaomiao would have taken it slow and asked the Sun Clan for a ride home. But now, he was anxious about the situation at Siren City.
”Nah, I want you to visit Zhao Gongjin and ask him to bring you along. If he refuses, give him this.”
Miaomiao tossed a few bottles of unified element spring water to Gan Ning, after which he packed all his clothes and belonging to his spatial ring.
Without waiting for Gan Ning to react, Miaomiao rushed out of the hotel and flew northwest.
Gan Ning stared at his departing boss blankly. He quietly complained.
”Have you paid for the room, boss? I have no money…”
…
WHOOSH
As Miaomiao's jetted out of Jianye City, his phone vibrated.
Annoyed, Miaomiao's hand grabbed the phone and was about the cut the call. But when he noticed the name of the caller, he stopped flying at the speed of sound and hovered in mid-air.
The caller was none other than Zhu Qiao, the troublemaker.
Then, he picked up the call.
”What do you want?”