Chapter 376 - Surveillance Bureau

Chapter 376 - Surveillance Bureau

Li Huowang hesitated in the face of the crying Bai Lingmiao, but he eventually relented.

Li Huowang stared blankly as Bai Lingmiao gripped the purple-tassel sword. The pain in her eyes was soon replaced with pleasure.

The murderous Bai Lingmiao was back.

Li Huowang finally understood that the crux of the matter wasn't the killing intent that had pervaded Bai Lingmiao; the crux was permanent, and it was the fact that he had killed her entire family.

“Hehe.” Bai Lingmiao let loose a carefree and nonchalant laughter. Then, she bent over and picked up the comb before drenched it in vinegar. She sat down in front of the bronze mirror and combed her hair once more.

Li Huowang stared at Bai Lingmiao's back, and he finally let go of his obsession to treat her. He approached her carefully and hugged her from behind.

“No matter what, you will always be my Miaomiao,” Li Huowang muttered.

Bai Lingmiao shoved him away, and she glared at him before shouting, "Do you really think that I'll forgive you so easily? Have you already forgotten my question not too long ago? I asked you whether you truly liked Bai Lingmiao or you simply wanted someone who would listen to your demands!"

Bai Lingmiao hurled the comb away before storming off.

“Where are you going?” Updated from novelbIn.(c)om

“Why do you even care?! I’m going to look for another man to marry! I'm going to look for someone who deserves me! I'm not going to marry a paranoid man like you!"

Bai Lingmiao ran away. Li Huowang wanted to give chase, but something soft struck Li Huowang from behind and engulfed him. The Second Deity had just hugged Li Huowang from behind, and she pressed herself against him.

“Don’t worry, she's not going to do what she said,” the Second Deity said.

Li Huowang held the Second Deity's hand and kissed it. Then, he sounded dejected as he said. “It’s fine. Her departure is probably for the best. Anyway, just wait for me at Cowheart Mountain. Once my issue is resolved, I'll go back and look for everyone.”

The Second Deity rubbed her hairy face against Li Huowang’s neck before retreating. Li Huowang looked back and found that he was all alone in the room.

Li Huowang stared off into space for quite a while before walking outside and shouting, “Waiter! Bring me an urn of strong wine!”

The wine was soon delivered to the room.

“The Surveillance Bureau sells the official almanac. Those who are caught illegally printing it will be executed, along with their immediate family members and spouses.”

Li Huowang nodded and bade goodbye before turning around to leave. He walked toward an empty-looking building. The massive metallic mask on the building had attracted his attention.

The mask was roughly three meters tall, and it was covered in green rust after being exposed to the elements for such a long time.

The mask looked similar to that unique golden mask; the only difference between the two was that the eyeholes had been replaced with protruding cylinders. The cylinders protruded from the eyeholes and were soaring into the boundless sky.

Li Huowang looked away and walked into the building.

The interior wasn't big, and it was roughly the same size as a classroom in the modern world. Surprisingly, the building was completely empty; there was just an empty square when Li Huowang walked in.

Just as Li Huowang was feeling confused, several gazes landed on him. He turned to where the gazes were coming from, but he couldn't see anyone. Li Huowang knew just then that he was at the right place and revealed his identity token.

Deep thuds echoed as a wooden wall transformed, revealing a hidden door. A skinny man walked out from the hidden door, and there was a blind black bird perched on the skinny man’s shoulder.

“Is this your first time here?” asked the black bird.

Li Huowang nodded. “I’m usually in Yinling City, and this is my first time in Shangjing. Greetings, Senior.”

“Follow me, and I will show you the path."

The skinny man walked into the hidden door with the black bird on his shoulder.

Li Huowang followed closely behind them and was surprised to see that the hidden passageway wasn't covered pitch black. The oil lamps hanging on the walls illuminated the path, and clanking noises constantly filled the passageway.

Li Huowang stared at the skinny man's back and decided to be a bit more proactive.

He had found it a good idea to do so in situations like these, so he said, “Senior, my name is Er Jiu, and I am from the Ao Jing Sect.”

“Sima Lan, from the Mo Family. No need to be so formal. You’re a part of the Surveillance Bureau, so we're considered half-brothers,” the black bird replied.

“Mo Family?” Li Huowang’s pupils constricted. It had been a long time since he last heard of the Mo Family's name. The Mo Family was a famous family with a deep history back in the modern world.

However, Sima Lan misunderstood Li Huowang’s reaction and explained, “Don’t worry, my family is from the Qi faction, not from the evil Liang faction.”