Chapter 555: Shangguan Yuting

Chapter 555: Shangguan Yuting

Li Huowang made a deal with Shangji Guankou before so he knew something was wrong. Shangguan Yuting hadn't come here to make a deal with them!

The surroundings shifted as a cold breeze flew out from the clay statue. The breeze seemed to contain indecipherable whispers as it flew upwards in a spiral.

Li Huowang recognized what the words were—it was Shangji Guankou themselves! Li Huowang also saw that it was composed of secrets.

Shangji Guankou wanted to escape, but the Surveillance Bureau would never let it happen. At some point, the skies had become like a mirror, reflecting the ground.

Shangji Guankou floated upward to escape, but they collided against the reflected "ground" and sank into the shadow of the clay statue. The clay statue’s shadow in the sky shrank and expanded numerous times.

“They are not exchanging secrets, but rather the Surveillance Bureau is trying to rob its secrets,” Zhuge Yuan explained. His words had yet to finish echoing in the air when the shadow of the clay statue expanded, revealing a myriad of eyes.

The space around them shifted, and Li Huowang felt he was somehow returning to the hospital.

Realizing that something was wrong, he quickly retreated to avoid getting caught in the strange technique. He had suffered it once and did not want to suffer it again.

He also had no intentions of helping Shangji Guankou. Shangji Guankou wasn't going to affect his plans, so there was no reason for him to do so.

When Li Huowang left, the temple crumbled. Several illusory worlds flashed intermittently before Li Huowang, and he felt his head pounding just from staring at what was happening.

He finally understood that the Surveillance Bureau never had any intentions to make a deal with Shangji Guankou. Instead, they were here to rob the secrets for themselves.

“Can they really just forcefully grab the secrets like that?” Li Huowang asked Zhuge Yuan.

Zhuge Yuan looked at the scene with hesitation before sighing. Li Huowang’s question was answered without a word.

“A normal person might not even be able to touch Shangji Guankou, but the Chief of the Surveillance Bureau can probably do it. He's a master of illusion techniques, after all. I also think he’s an extremely special figure.”

“He has a strange illusion technique capable of dragging unsuspecting people into illusions, and he could also project an illusion to someone's side without them noticing it. Senior Zhuge, what do you think about the Chief?”

“I fear that he’s not using any regular illusion techniques. I fear that it's Unspeakable.”

Li Huowang nodded. He was done here, so there was no reason for him to stay in the Qi Kingdom. He carved open a rift and entered the Liang Kingdom again.

The scenery peeled away, and Li Huowang found himself in the middle of a golden wheat field with workers busy harvesting the wheat.

The sight was so surreal that Li Huowang thought he had traveled through time.

“Can you let the Chief know that our mission is done?” Li Huowang asked Shangguan Yuting with his back facing her.

The Chief of the Surveillance Bureau was the only thing left he needed to kill Shai Zi.

“Don’t worry. Just head to Shangjing. I'll find a way to notify him. He will be back once he’s finished with his business.”

Once I’m done with Shai Zi, I could probably go and look for Shangji Guankou again to find out where Bai Lingmiao is located. Li Huowang hastened his steps as he walked into the village.

He reached the village and bought a horse from a wealthy family.

He didn’t bring much money with him, but thankfully, he still had the jade pendant that he had taken from the Zephyr Temple.

He didn’t know how much the jade pendant he had taken from Xuanyang was worth, but the people who had sold him the horse were more than eager to accept it.

Unfortunately, Li Huowang was still suffering from severe injuries. His charred skin was showing signs of recovery, but it was only thanks to Li Sui inside of him that his body had yet to cave in.

Li Huowang dragged his injured self onto the horse and rushed back to Shangjing.

Chacha and Char's Thoughts

Ah, there it is. The bizarreness is back. She looks like an Amygdala from Bloodborne now. Credits to 格子的乱七八糟 on douyin!