Chapter 138: Gobi Desert (1/2)
The envoy from heaven also followed the eyes of the crowd.
”It should be you two, the Esteemed Sirs?” The man asked them.
Alex nodded, while Hermes took out the golden talisman.
When the delegate saw their proof of authentication, he sighed in relief.
”We have prepared the best of facilities for you two back in the heavenly domain,” The delegate was rather polite and kind.
Alex got a good impression of the man.
”Before that, I'll do my duties as a delegate.”
A sect elder came out from the crowd and passed the delegate a stash of scrolls, ”These are the unfinished reports for this month, Esteemed Sir.”
The man smiled and said, ”We apologize for coming on such short notice, I think I might have stressed everyone out.”
People's eyes were practically glowing with praise for the manners of the man.
The sect elder fervently refuted, ”No, No, Esteemed Sir, we welcome you with open arms all year-long.”
”I am lucky to be treated this way,” The delegate smiled.
Then, he turned to Alex and Hermes.
”Originally, we would have taken a route from the developed Central Qin, but the area has been in a constant state of flooding since yesterday, so we'll have to go along the northern Gobi Desert...”
An elder exclaimed, ”Esteemed Sir, are you okay?”
The delegate nodded and remarked, ”I've called for some weather gods of our sacred domain to solve the issue.”
”You are very responsible, Esteemed Sir,” The sect leader flattered the envoy.
Then, the delegate looked around and praised, ”I am not even sure we need to read the report, I trust the Kunlun Mountain Sect, who has maintained proper doctrine since its founding.”
The sect members were all very happy at the praise and bowed down.
”Would departing tomorrow be optimal for you two?” The man politely inquired with the two gods.
Both Hermes and Alex approved.
”Esteemed Sir, let us take you to our best guest houses,”
Following that, they all parted ways.
”Oh yeah, Hermes?” Alex needed to inform his friend of something.
Hermes looked at him and said, ”That's the face you make when you want to tell me you made trouble, what is it this time?”
”In exchange for a peach of immortality, I'll need to defeat this 'ghost emperor' and his 9 'ghost kings'.”
Hermes facepalmed and said, ”Will you need any help with that?”
”Probably not.”
They silently went back to their pagoda and slept peacefully.
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-The next morning-
The gong that marked the beginning of the day rang out and woke up the two.
They were departing today, so they took good care of packing up their possessions.
The delegate was probably waiting for them in the pagoda, hence they immediately headed there.
'That man has tamed a dragon, incredible...' Alex looked at the sleeping divine beast.
It was the size of a tall building and had the girth of an ancient tree.
The delegate was, in fact, awaiting them near the dragon, and remarked, ”The advantage with the Gobi desert route is that there are fewer monsters, so we'll fly through uninterruptedly.”
That was a pleasant, sidenote, and now, they needed to go.
”Sir Alex!” A few voices approached them.
Alex looked at the approaching people, and he recognized them all.