Chapter 330 (1/2)

Hao Ren’s words stunned everyone in the hall, and even the usually more open-minded Lily did not think that the meeting would end up in Hao Ren finding the Orb of the Holy Synod as well. Becky was even more perplexed that she blurted out the question. “What orb?”

“Have you become addled from the time you’ve spent on Earth?” Hao Ren laughed out loud. “I’m of course referring to the Orb of the Holy Synod from The Plane of Dreams. You’ve been dreaming of finding it to afford a mansion in the inner city. I already found it. It’s in the Kerbalian home planet. Even the four asectics are alive.”

Only then did Becky managed to process everything, and after a surprised yelp, she darted like a whirlwind towards Hao Ren. “The Oooooooorb of the Holy Synod?! What about it?!”

Hao Ren told everyone what had happened in the meeting and the reason why the Orb may have landed in the Kerbalian’s planet. But, all present were not concerned with the actual location of the Orb; they were more interested in what it looked like. Becky smacked her forehead as glee appeared on her face. “Heh… that does it. If I bring the Orb back I’ll probably be knighted. If I’m lucky, they’ll make me a noble… and give me a mansion Hehe… Hehehe….”

Hao Ren looked on as Becky descended into pits of avarice and decided to pop her bubble. “Well… you having titles and a mansion means nothing you know. You’ll probably only spend 10 days there a year.”

It took a while for Becky to break out of her stupor and her initial glee turned into hatred as she grabbed him by the arm. “I really, really, really, really, really, really want to kill you…”

Cold sweat started to form on Hao Ren’s forehead as he quickly calmed Becky down. At least Becky had not drawn her sword yet. But come to think of it, the mercenary lass was rather unlucky; she had no other hobbies other than her greed for wealth and fame. Even her search for the Orb of the Holy Synod was driven by that. Now that the Orb had been found, she did not even have time to go home and enjoy her fame…. To be frank, at worst, she would get a knighthood or a title of nobility… a posthumous one.

“My point is, let’s get the Orb back,” Hao Ren said after Becky calmed down, in an attempt to divert her attention, “and those four high monks”

The ascetics from The Plane of Dreams were not the typical monks Hao Ren had pictured. They were church knights who swore the oath of righteousness and poverty. They were very much akin to a battle cleric. However, Hao Ren had allowed his imagination to run wild and called them “high monks”. Becky was too caught up in her despair of the posthumous nobility title to correct Hao Ren.

After confirming Becky’s participation in the trip to the Kerbalian planet, Hao Ren asked if others were keen to join. Bereft of anything to do, the whole house joined in on the trip in a hurrah. Of course, Y’zaks, being the mature one simply nodded. But, the great demon with a mind so vast and knowledge so wide was actually interested in aliens. He ruffled his shiny bald head as he laughed. “I think I may have a common topic of conversation with them. If only the fools back home invested half their energy in exploration like the ‘little green men’, they would have conquered the stars.”

So, this trip to the Kabala Commonwealth was a risk-free, official holi… assignment. Bringing the whole lot along was not a problem, thus Hao Ren agreed to it. He even took the chance during lunch to explain the Kerbalian culture to the rest, especially the part on “may your death be far from whence you came from’. Even the well-travelled Vivian was aghast by such a cultural difference. Y’zaks was the only one laughing. “Cultural differences can be such a thing. Over at my old place, many would call themselves XXX of True Evil and those first three words carried a very proud meaning as it would bring fear to humans. I wasn’t interested in that shtick of course.”

So at 8 in the morning, Hao Ren and the group prepared to depart for Kuiper Station. Lily, the werehusky was all dressed up for a road trip. To be fair, it was a holiday for her. Vivian had changed into her best dress too (the one Hao Ren bought for her; she treated it like treasure). Seeing how excited Lily was, Vivian could not help but snort. “Did you become this excited after your tail recovered?”

Lily wagged her tail as she sneered back. “Of course! Grow one if you can!”

Vivian then deployed her wings. “Well, fly if you can then.”

Hao Ren was speechless.

These two never changed. Things only managed to be calm for a few days. They just had to pick a fight on the oddest of topics. Well… maybe this was a sign that they were getting along?

As they were heading to an alien planet, and given that the Kuiper Station was not Earth’s domain, none of them bothered to hide their identities. Lily wagged her tail excitedly and Vivian’s eyes were crimson red. Even Becky dressed up in her mercenary gear in anticipation to meet the ascetics. Only Wuyue and Y’zaks maintained their human form. Those two were just too large in their original form and they could not fit into the teleportation gate. Wuyue had both a serpentine form and a mermaid form, but her ability to flop around on the ground was worse than Lil Pea’s…