Chapter 8 - Yan Xuanjing had lived for over five hundred years and this was the first time he had met a monster than could be mesmerised by his face. (1/2)

Lin Mu had never seen as a good looking person.

So good looking that a single glance would make one’s whole body turn soft and numb, causing even the simplest movements to become weak. Their brain would felt like it had been stirred into a paste and everything else had frozen, making one wish to simply stare at him the whole day.

Lin Mu watched as the most beautiful man ever walked past him. The texture and ornaments on his clothing were on a level so exquisite that it was visible to the naked eyes, and with long hair that was hanging behind him with its tail end bundled together, it added a hint of casualness to his entire body.

He lowered his hands as he walked, and stopped a couple of steps away from the entrance, looking around. His simple movements excluded elegance that seemed as if they had been carefully crafted.

Da Hei turned his head over and also froze for a moment, before quickly shaking his head and returning back to his senses. He turned to glance at Lin Mu, who was still stunned, then patted him on the shoulder.

Lin Mu jolted, and his soul that had ran away was quickly collected, but there were still some wisps of amazement left behind.

Da Hei looked at the person standing at the door and asked, “hello, is there any procedure you need to go through?”

The man nodded slightly, “I’m here to look for Wu Gui1.”

His voice was a little deep and his tone was calm, making it seem a little cold and detached.

But it was still very nice to hear, and if one wanted to use any suitable words to describe it, it would be like the cold snow atop a mountain, a bone chilling cold that reached until the heavens.

Lin Mu listened to this sound, and in a trance, his soul that had just been recovered drifted away again.

“Wu Gui, Wu Gui isn’t here today……”

Before Da Hei could finish his sentence, a white haired but hale and hearty old man walked in from the door.

He was wearing a loose mandarin coat2 with his hands in its sleeves. He looked at the three who were standing around the office and said in the calm and steady manner, “why are you standing at the door for?”

Da Hei gently pushed Lin Mu back to his seat, waved his hand in front of his eyes and saw that Lin Mu still a little confused. Helpless, he turned to look at the old man who had just walked past the door’s threshold.

The old man glanced at Lin Mu, walked up to him and opened his palm, then suddenly gripped it. Looking at Lin Mu whose eyes had gradually begun to clear up, he tutted twice, “young people.”

Lin Mu reacted after a couple of seconds, and somewhat shamefully rubbed at his lips. “Sorry,” he said, and two shallow and small dimples formed at the corner of his mouth.

Da Hei told Lin Mu, “this is the Old Turtle I told you about, his name is Wu Gui.”

The old man glanced at Da Hei, gave a cold humph and then raised his hand to pat Lin Mu on the back, “serve tea.”

Lin Mu greeted the old man, nodded, and went to the water dispenser. Da Hei also followed and nudged closer, “came back to your senses?”

“En.” Lin Mu nodded, quite embarrassed, “that is……?”

“I’ve seen that face in the information before, a nine-tailed fox.” Da Hei whispered, “the next sovereign of Qingqiu Country3 in the Great Wilderness. He’s called Yan Xuanjing.”

Lin Mu didn’t have much opinions about this, and only felt that that probably was extremely powerful.

“He’s very good looking.” Lin Mu also whispered back.

Da Hei smacked his lips, “You’re getting swayed by the nine-tailed fox’s charm every minute, how’s your willpower so weak?”

Lin Mu gave him a blank look, “…… ah? ”

“Well, a nine-tailed fox. Specialises in looking for weak-willed guys like you obsessed with beauty to trap.” Da Hei threatened, “later, if we’re not by your side, remember to run when you see him. Otherwise, you’ll get sold after looking at that face and still help him count the money.”

“Ay?” Lin Mu paused, just realising that there was something wrong with his previous abnormal state. He couldn’t help but turn his head back to look at the man who was talking with Wu Gui in a low voice. He thought for a moment, and then said, “but he’s very good looking.”

Da Hei also followed and turned to back look, then kept quiet and stopped talking.

Over there, Yan Xuanjing, who was talking to Wu Gui, also paused for a moment.

Great monsters have good eyes and ears, and could clearly hear the conversation that had just happened.

Wu Gui noticed his pause, looked over and said, “two young children, don’t pay it any heed.”

Yan Xuanjing shook his head and continued with the topic that they were talking about, “I’m here to help guard the passage, and I also need to check the records.”

“Alright, the reference room is on the second floor.” Wu Gui said, and looked carefully at the young nine-tailed fox in front of him before continuing, “currently, I’m still able to control the passageway, there’s no need to you to worry too much. First, take care of your wound.”

Yan Xuanjing wasn’t surprised that his injuries would be discovered by the monster in front of him. After giving a light nod, he took out a few fresh and plump spiritual medication and placed them on the table, “also, could I ask you4 to divine about the recent happenings in the Great Wilderness?”

Frowning, Wu Gui  stared at the spiritual medication for a while, before accepting them. He raised his eyes to look at Yan Xuanjing, “I see that your connection with our little half-monster is quite deep.”

Yan Xuanjing paused.

Wu Gui was famous for his impressive astrological and array divinations throughout the whole monster world. Even in the Great Wilderness, there was no monster who could compare to it. He said so, therefore it would be true.

In fact, it was true.

From the start, the reason he had ran to the courtyard surrounded by the Morning Dust was with the intention of making a good relationship.

The only issue was that Yan Xuanjing could not tell what Lin Mu’s original form was.

Seeing that Yan Xuanjing didn’t respond, Wu Gui couldn’t help but raise his eyebrow, “what’s wrong? In this day and age, do you still discriminate against half-monsters?”

Lin Mu was currently coming over with the tea, and was happily thinking about wanting to say hello with this extremely beautiful monster. As a result, he heard such a sentence and couldn’t help but feel a little stunned. He silently placed the tea down and turned away.

Yan Xuanjing watched Lin Mu’s back as he slipped away, was stuck for a couple of seconds before he said ‘no’.

But Lin Mu couldn’t hear it, and it would seem quite strange to chase after someone and say that he didn’t discriminate against half-monsters.

Yan Xuanjing fell silent for a long time, then he turned back to ask Wu Gui, “do you know what this half-monster’s blood lineage is?”

Wu Gui placed his hands in his sleeves and shook his head, “I don’t know. His stars are all so heavily blocked that I can’t see them at all. Most likely, he is the descendant of some extremely remarkable monster.”

Nodding, Yan Xuanjing and Wu Gui said a few more words before they went up to the second floor together.

Looking at their disappearing backs, Da Hei turned and ran towards Lin Mu, who has planning to install the window.

There weren’t any feelings being expressed on Lin Mu’s face, and he looked no different from how he usually looked. However, Da Hei could tell that he was a little unhappy.

Da Hei kicked and rolled across while still sitting on his chair, “what’s wrong?”