487 The Heavenly Mist Citys Undercurrents Started Surging (1/2)

Nangong Wan felt somewhat regretful that she did not get to taste Bu Fang's Stinky Tofu. After she had tasted the dish for the first time, her attitude toward it changed from disgust to fondness; she understood how marvelous the dish's charm was.

After Bu Fang and Nangong Wan left the southern region of the city, they rode a spirit beast carriage back to the Cloud Mist Restaurant.

The area surrounding the restaurant was still as messy as before, but a large number of people, who had been sent by the Nangong Family, could be seen repairing the buildings.

A long stream of people passed through the area, leaving the area bustling with activity and nose.

After accompanying Bu Fang back to his restaurant, Nangong Wan rode the spirit beast carriage back to her home. Her elixir store had also been destroyed, and so this was a matter she had no plans to let go of.

She had to find the culprit and teach him a lesson.

Enraged women were the most terrifying creatures. The current Nangong Wan seemed frightening.

However, all of this had nothing to do with Bu Fang.

As soon as he returned to his store, he opened for business.

There were fewer customers today. This was probably because the surrounding elixir stores had been destroyed.

However, Bu Fang didn't dislike being idle; he pulled a chair to the front of the store and lay on it. As the warm rays of sunlight cascaded down on his relaxed figure, he couldn't help feeling sleepy.

Inside the store, Nethery kept pacing back and forth, barefooted; she seemed really bored.

She took a leaf from Bu Fang's book and also pulled a chair to the entrance of the store, then she sat down. However, she did not sit for too long before fleeing the area in a hurry because she could not bear the sunlight.

She went over to Lord Dog and sat cross-legged beside it, and began to survey her surrounding with a blank expression on her face.

....

In the Nangong Family's courtyard, Nangong Wuque stood with his hands clasped behind his back and a gloomy expression on his face.

”What did you find? Who was behind yesterday's matter?” He asked in a dignified tone of voice.

”Patriarch, I already investigated. It should have been someone from the Zhang Family behind it. Just the day before, the whereabouts of the Zhang Family's Commander, Zhang He, was unknown, and he still hasn't returned, yet. The Zhang Family are furious, but they still chose to keep the matter away from the public, which seems really fishy,” said an elder who had furrowed his brows.

Nangong Wuque nodded at the elder and began to pace around. Then, he squinted his eyes and said, ”It really is fishy. If one of their commanders disappeared, the Zhang Family, with their temper, should have already sent out all their personnel to comb the entire city. However, they did not make any moves whatsoever. Is this because they have something to hide, making them unable to dare make a move?”

”However, what could be behind Zhang He's disappearance? Was he killed?” the elder asked in confusion.

Nangong Wuque suddenly thought of something; he had just recalled seeing Bu Fang's restaurant intact, without any damage whatsoever. Hence, Zhang He might have been killed by someone from the restaurant.

If Zhang He had really attempted to destroy the restaurant like he destroyed the elixir stores, he would, most definitely, have incited the rage of one of the restaurant's experts. Who in that restaurant was capable of killing Zhang He silently? Other than that terrifying woman, who else could it be...

As Nangong Wuque pondered about this, he couldn't help shuddering.

”Prepare a spirit beast carriage for me; I will take a trip to the Zhang Family. We won't take such losses sitting down; we must retaliate.”

The elder was taken aback by Nangong Wuque's declaration and turned to stare at him with a blank expression.

Fine. It seemed that Nangong Wuque had become more reliable.

....

The Heavenly Mist City's teleportation array was bustling with noise and activity once again, as many experts stepped out of the array.

After each teleportation, a great number of people would step out of the array.

The increase in the number of people wasn't just because of the teleportation array; there was an innumerable amount of giant warships rushing into the city, and these warships were filled with experts from various big factions.

There was also a large number of alchemists coming into the city. These alchemists came from the Pill Palace's other two Pill Cities, Heavenly Pill City, and Heavenly Shine City.

The reason behind the large influx of people was the Magical Hand Conference, which was to be held, this time, in the Heavenly Mist City.

From amongst the lot of ships, there was a warship that had the words ”Mystery Capital House” inscribed on it. The Mystery Capital House was one of Heavenly Pill City's top-notch elixir stores—an existence tantamount to the Heavenly Mist City's Drifting Cloud House.