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Chapter 74 - 74: 074, [Fate Plays with People]
Chapter 74 - 74: 074, [Fate Plays with People]
Chapter 74: 074, [Fate Plays with People]
Translator: 549690339
Outside Qingling City, Lu Xun’s hand slid quickly over the sword sheath, signaling it to calm down, and not to be so excited.
Previously, when he had produced his Sword Intent, even though it had triggered anomalies, it was difficult for others to detect where it i originated.
After all, this was something the game system had forcibly elevated him to, and an invisible force was hiding it in the dark.
However, the disturbance of the sword sheath was too obvious.
As a large city, Qingling City was certainly not on the same level as small counties and towns, and who knows what dragons or tigers it might harbor!
Although this big city was within the sphere of influence of the Demon Sect, Lu Xun was still afraid of getting involved in unnecessary trouble.
The sword sheath, feeling Lu Xun’s warm hand gently brushing over it, felt extremely comfortable.
It hadn’t felt this comfortable in a long time.
Only then did it remember that its current master was not Yan Li, the unparalleled master of Sword Dao in the world, but Lu Xun, who was still growing. It should be more restrained.
The aura of the Intermediate Purple Equipment quickly disappeared. With Shen Yan’s secret method applied on the sword sheath, unless it was a strong person of the eighth realm, they should not be able to see anything.
But standing outside the city was still too conspicuous, Lu Xun made a quick decision and said solemnly, “Enter the city!”
MO Guanji and Zhuo Houyi quickly drove the cart into the city.
After entering the city, several Divine Senses swept over the entrance of the city, all of them from great cultivators inside the city who had detected the anomaly.
However, they naturally could not be compared with Shen Yan and failed to gain any useful information.
After entering the city, they returned the rented carriage and chose to walk instead.
Lu Xun handed in the mission, and MO Guanji and Zhuo Houyi were able to learn “Eagle’s Claw” as desired.
The system automatically replicated two physical versions of the secret manual, which MO Guanji and Zhuo Houyi could open and click to learn.
Seeing the two of them beckoning their fingers in the air, scratching around and looking at each other with a smirk, Lu Xun couldn’t help but sigh.
He felt that the pure customs of the Heavenly Dust Continent had been tainted with the arrival of the players!
With him handing over the “Eagle’s Claw”, he even unlocked the mentorship function and could accept mentorship missions. Lu Xun planned to thoroughly research on it later.
However, although the sword sheath had settled down a bit, Lu Xun could feel it being much more active than the previous few days.
Lu Xun had visited Qingling City several times in his previous life and had a basic understanding of this large city.
Legend has it that the city was built on the shell of a giant Xuan Turtle and was blessed by the residual spiritual energy of the turtle.
After all, the turtle is one of the “Four Spirits” with auspicious connotations, standing alongside the dragon, phoenix, and kirin, and is of extraordinary significance.
The mortals in this city more or less worshipped the “turtle” to a certain extent. Many households had mud sculptures of Xuan Turtle shells and worshipped them daily.
Whether it was a restaurant or a roadside stall, there was absolutely no turtle-related dish. In this city, the status of turtles was alarmingly high!
What was even more miraculous was that there were quite a few live turtles in the city, living a carefree and happy life. They had no predators here and the people took great care of them. They lived like immortals.
Perhaps this city was indeed built on a Xuan Turtle’s shell. Many turtles in the city had this opportunity and had a touch of spirituality. Although it was still a distance from becoming a demon, they were much smarter than ordinary turtles.
And whenever they saw Lu Xun passing by, they would bow their heads, as if expressing respect.
This made Lu Xun feel surprised.
“Have I become so radiant that even turtles can’t look directly at me?” He wondered to himself, but his face was calm.
Ji Li and the others were also surprised, but seeing Lu Xun’s calm demeanor, they didn’t ask any further questions.
Young Elder truly deserves to be Young Elder!
However, it was the pedestrians who usually got distracted when they saw Lu Xun, some even bumping into others unknowingly.
He found this a bit bothersome, so he bought a bamboo hat with a thin veil that could cover most of his face.
With his current cultivation base, even on a dark night and through a thin veil, his vision wasn’t hindered.
But with his unsurpassed charisma, even with the hat covering most of his face, he was still eye-catching – just not as overly so as before.
Following behind, Ji Li felt a surge of pink bubbles welling up in her heart as she looked at Lu Xun.
Qingling City was unique, within the territory of the Demon Sect, one of the major cities it controlled.
There was a “branch” of the Demon Sect in the city, which Lu Xun planned to visit with his companions.
After thinking for a moment, he said to Zhuo Houyi: “You may leave on your own.”
This was clearly a dismissal.
This utility person was of no use for now, better to kick him out and let him develop on his own, following him would mostly be a waste of time.
Zhuo Houyi wanted to increase Lu Xun’s favorability towards him and unlock hidden plots, but this expert seemed to dislike him, reducing his favorability by one at their first encounter – he didn’t know why, and he dared not ask!
Now being dismissed was within his expectations, but he still felt somewhat regretful.
However, he had essentially hitched a free ride to a mega city like Qingling City, and learned the “Eagle’s Claw” – he considered himself quite lucky.
He planned to have a look around, try his luck, who knows he might trigger some quests in Qingling City!
Before leaving, he looked enviously at MO Guanji – it was clear that the Purple Palace had more of a bias towards him.
But it made sense, since MO Guanji was the first to trigger the hidden character of the Purple Palace. He too got to sip some soup, even helped their Knight Guild gain some fame – one shouldn’t be too greedy!
If Lu Xun knew he was casually referring to him as the ‘Purple Palace’, he might not be able to resist lowering his favorability by five points.
The woman writing the crispy duck literature really picked weird names like ‘gay purple’, which even got the highest votes…
Under Murong Yan’s guidance, they quickly arrived at a restaurant. After she presented her credentials as an Inner Sect Disciple, the shopkeeper treated them with utmost respect and led them to a luxurious residence in the backyard.
They heard that the distribution and planning of all “strongholds” in each city was completed by their third elder brother.
This elder brother, whom Lu Xun had not met yet, was labelled by Mao Nanbei with terms like “good-natured”, “ugly”, “forgetful”, “fond of research”… and the most commonly mentioned “terrible cook”!
But the third elder brother was so engrossed in the Culinary Path that he couldn’t extricate himself, so all of the Demon Sect strongholds he set up looked like restaurants from the outside.
Now that they thought about it, their chance encounter with Murong Yan and Mao Nanbei in the restaurant in Wei county may have occurred because that was one of the Demon Sect’s strongholds at the base of the mountain. It was a fortunate accident.
Upon entering the courtyard, Lu Xun sat down on a stone bench and surveyed MO Guanji from head to toe.
After thinking for a moment, he finally asked: “MO Guanji, would you like to serve as my Sword-serving Child?”
Even though he was a Non-swordbearer, a person could be a sword. To serve him was the same as serving a sword.
The logic was flawless and well-justified.
MO Guanji was first taken aback, then overjoyed. He quickly responded, “I am willing! ”
Thus, the player who had once become a cherished disciple under a master due to his remarkable luck, became a manservant under the current cherished disciple of the master, looking quite satisfied.