395 Explore the Manor (1/2)
”I've basically killed all the normal members of Black Willow Mountain Manor. I reckon that there are only the guards left aside from the three Moksha Realm monsters.”
Happy and Momo leaned against the wall around the courtyard of the manor, which allowed them to see the mess on the roof of the main hall. They also took note of a few unarmed maidservants working hard in cleaning up the tiles.
Once Momo saw the situation in the manor, she turned her covered head to Happy with puzzlement in her eyes. ”You did this?” she asked softly.
”What? Those holes?” Happy soon registered what she meant, and he answered dismissively, ”They have nothing to do with me. Those three monsters tore through the roof because they were bored. Strange, where did they go?”
'I'd be an idiot if I believed you!' Momo thought in her heart, but she did not say it. ”Now that you lured away the people from Black Willow Mountain Manor, the defense of the manor should have decreased. They will definitely tighten it inside then, so their men should all be beside the person I want to save. It won't be easy.”
”It's fine. We can just lure them over.”
When that sentence entered her ears, Momo did not even have time to turn her head around to give any sort of reaction before Happy slapped the top of the wall and flipped over it to land in the garden as if he was weightless.
”Wait for my signal.”
Momo's eyes went wide, but she nodded. Then, she stared at Happy as he dashed forward through the shadows in the garden, passing by the maidservant like a phantom.
”Was there something?”
”Wind, I guess.”
The maidservants clearly did not know martial arts. They only felt a slight breeze blow past them. One of them turned their head around in puzzlement, but found that there was nothing. She shook her head and continued to clean up the tiles in the main hall.
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In the beginning, Happy's intention was to act in a flashy manner so that he could lure out the three old Moksha Realms monsters, but he suddenly thought that it was still early and Black Willow Mountain Manor had weak defenses right theen, so it would be better for him to take a stroll around to see whether there was anything he could get.
He was in a nest with three old Moksha Realm monsters serving as its garrison. They should have some valuables aside from using the place to keep watch over a few important hostages.
He had lost a group of practice dummies, so no matter what, he had to find a few items as compensation.
Black Willow Mountain Manor was very big. There were quite a number of lofts, and naturally, there were maidservants in charge of providing service to the people. However, it was not the first time Happy came to Black Willow Mountain Manor. He was very familiar with the layout, and he passed through many corridors. He easily avoided the maidservants who did not know martial arts, and he soon found a loft that was rather grand and luxurious.
”The few of you, go to the main hall and help clean up the place. You must repair the manor before night falls, or else, when the third master returns, we'll all be scolded.”
A middle-aged woman who seemed like she knew a little bit of martial arts was ordering a few maidservants to head to the main hall.
The maidservants subserviently nodded and left the loft.
But the middle-aged woman did not leave. Instead, she jumped to the top of the loft to observe the situation outside.
'Nice chance.' Happy grinned and landed on the floor from the eaves of the veranda.
As a veteran who had played the game for more than three years, while he had never led women astray by flirting with them in the past, he did a lot of sneaking around in other people's property. He landed without a sound, and with a light tap, he vanished from the spot like a plume of smoke.
Just as he expected, once the maidservants were sent out, the middle-aged woman got busy with watching the area outside the manor. She did not expect that someone had already snuck into the manor, and that they might have made their way into the loft right under her nose.
The bright and luxurious hall was incredibly grand. There was a red carpet, furniture made of sandalwood, a Chinese square table, palace lamps, and all sorts of small items that dazzled people's eyes. Happy felt as if he had entered the palace.
However, he felt nothing for those items.
The jade items were worth tens of thousands of taels of silver at best. And if he truly touched them, he might trigger some trap. No noble person would want to gain wealth through immoral ways, only the righteous ways, so Happy would not do such a thing where he would ignore what was important for something that was secondary.
Happy looked around, and he quickly examined the items in the hall. He then slipped into the room next to the hall, and he noticed a Mystical Realm high-tier martial art manual placed on the table.
[Seven Section Whip Technique]
It was a different type of high-tier martial art, and there were few people who used such a weapon. However, since the manual itself was rather rare and the technique was unique, it was one of the most beloved manuals of many martial artists who wandered around the game alone. That gave it some valuable.