626 Everything Does Not Go Well (2/2)
However, after a while, when he saw that no reaction was coming from the other party, Shu Si wiped his mouth and said.
”Dead Face, how much do you think these things are worth?”
”One hundred taels each, so for thirteen bags, the total is one thousand and three hundred taels.”
For the inhabitants of the suburb, one thousand and three hundred taels of silver was already an unimaginable wealth. Although the little mouse knew that the price for these cultivator's bags must be more than that, he still happily accepted the banknote of the dead face.
”Since the goods and the money have been exchanged, see you later then.”
With that, Shu Si fished out the compass and began to find his own way home. But right at that moment, the dead face's face suddenly changed. ”Where did you get that compass?”
Shu Si said, ”Of course it was given by someone.”
”Who?” Dead face said, walked in front of Shu Si, and intently gaze at him. ”Who gave it to you?”
Shu Si's heart turned somewhat cold and took two steps back. ”What do you want? I warn you, if you dare to conspire against me, the person who gave me the compass would find you!”
Dead Face was startled for a moment, and then lowered his tone of voice, ”What does that person look like?”
”Looks like he's in the early twenties. He was taller than you, dressed in a red and white robe, and has a pink sword by his waist.”
The more Dead Face listened, the more surprised he was. In the end, he even widened his eyes. His facial muscles, which had not moved for many years, were constantly twitching, yet he didn't even realize it.
”Red and white robe, pink sword… could it be that the person you saw look like this?”
With that, Dead Face took out a picture book and opened one of the pages. The smiling picture of the young cultivator who warmly welcomed Shu Si was on that page.
Shu Si's eyes lit up. ”That's right, it's him. Do you know him?”
Dead Face sighed. ”Nearly all the cultivators in this City of Immortals know him… It's just that, why would such a big man like him waste his time on you?”
The teenager was, after all, a teenager. ”Hahaha, maybe it's because I'm handsome?”
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At the same time, in a place classified as Immortal One area in the center of the City of Immortals near the main fighting area, an old man strode back and forth anxiously with energy that was totally inconsistent with his age. After the door was opened, he immediately turned his head and became angry.
”Wang Lu, where have you gone just now?”
The young cultivator in a red and white dress smiled apologetically. ”Hello Second Uncle, sorry for being late. Just now, I went out on a whim and wandered around the city to maintain stability.”
”At this time… you still have the mind to wander around?” Liu Xian, the Second Elder of Heavenly Sword Hall, was stunned. ”Moreover, when did you need to go to maintain stability? Are the thirty-six thousand golden men in the City of Immortals not enough?”
Wang Lu shrugged and said, ”Man-made puppets are, after all, ultimately flawed. They are rigid and inflexible. There are many places that they do not take into consideration. For example, just now at the security check of the city gate, I dispatched a troublemaker.”
Liu Xian doubtfully said, ”Troublemaker?”
”Mm, a damn wretch called Black Wing King of Hell committed crimes in public, so I eliminated him with one sword strike.”
Liu Xian was startled for a moment before turning furious. ”Isn't he an official contestant in this Grand Competition? Moreover, he's the main force in the Beast Taming contest!”
Wang Lu said, ”No wonder when my sword struck down, I felt it fat and succulent, with rich experience. Turns out he's an elite monster.”
”Don't play dumb with me, what the hell is going on?”
Thereupon, Wang Lu simply told him about what happened at the gate, ”At that time, there were no reliable passersby, no one realized that he was about to commit of violent crime of eating people. And although the security check detected the anomalies, he was automatically granted immunity because he was a contestant—this was a provision that a certain evil cultivator elder strongly insisted in order for them to join. Today, I really saw the evil consequence in that.”
Liu Xian helplessly said, ”Due to their strength, those people who walk on the crooked path were recruited in this grand competition, so there is bound to be some compromises.”
Wang Lu said, ”Yes, so I haven't changed the security procedures, but they can't charge me for doing a chivalrous thing as one of the enthusiastic masses right? Moreover, that guy had been cultivating for more than a hundred years, yet he couldn't even withstand a random sword strike from me, a younger generation, so he deserved to die.”
Liu Xian was amused into smiling. Nowadays, there were not many people in Nine Regions who could withstand Wang Lu's so-called random sword strike.
”Moreover, if that bird doesn't die, those evil cultivators might become more unbridled, thinking that because of how big and important this grand competition is, we would refrain from making any moves against them. Luckily, I killed one of them today. Let him be the warning for the others, so they would not go into big trouble in the future, and I don't have to kill more people.”
Liu Xian thought about it and found it to be reasonable. He then asked, ”What about the child that you saved?”
”After a bit background check, I found that he is just an insignificant ordinary mortal gangster, so I gave him a novice kit and let him live in the city to thrive or perish on his own. However, I always felt that I have an affinity with that kid, so I conveniently put a small technique on him.”
As Wang Lu said, he recalled that not long ago, he had asked old man Feng Yin to divine him a divination. That nearsighted old man was actually quite serious in deducting with the stellar divination. He then told Wang Lu that at the opening ceremony, it was best for him if he went out and do some chivalrous things. As a result, that scene at the city gate happened.
Just as he thought about it, the door was opened, and a tall and burly golden armored puppet informed them in a stiff tone, ”The time for the opening ceremony has arrived.”(In Chinese, mouse sounds the same as Shu in Shu Si)(reference: Shu sounds the same as mouse in Chinese, and mouse is also a symbol for thieves)