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Chapter 287 - 169: The Bandits of Hu Mountain Cave Give Up Crime to Become Butchers_2

Chapter 287: Chapter 169: The Bandits of Hu Mountain Cave Give Up Crime to Become Butchers_2

A teammate who’s a merciful saint willing to give you a hand and a heartless, decisive one ready to abandon you at any moment—if anyone with a bit of brains would choose the former as a teammate, even if you were the type of person who is the latter.

"Yes, master, I will arrange it right away, but Mr. Gu Nei is coming tomorrow. Should we make some preparations?" the housekeeper asked again, essentially inquiring whether they should actually take action and if Mr. Gu Nei Zhenren were to reveal himself, wouldn’t that be unnecessarily exposing an ace in the hole.

Luo Huaisong also considered this and after a moment’s thought, he said, "Arrange for someone to wait at the town entrance, bring Mr. Gu Nei into the mansion discreetly, without any fanfare."

Since it was an ace in the hole, it naturally was better the fewer people knew about it.

"Yes, master, I’ll see to it."

"Also, warn that boy Fan Shi to keep quiet, not to blab about everything. If it wasn’t for the fact that he’s somewhat useful, hmph." Luo Huaisong didn’t think much of Fan Shi, but what could he do when the boy did have his uses.

Having listened to Luo Huaisong’s plan, Gu Shanhai was pondering something—that Mr. Gu Nei Zhenren was coming from outside, and what lay outside he also knew: it was simply some sort of enchantment barrier, and even without the presence of an Air Wall, one should not even think of getting out.

He had investigated before, and because of the Air Wall, Gu Shanhai had no way to test the strength of the barrier.

’Based on the situation from the last cycle, Mr. Gu Nei Zhenren should arrive tomorrow morning. I should plant a spy there to see how the other party appears.’

Gu Shanhai thought for a moment, then took out the Secret Technique Eye, letting it slowly drift down from the sky towards the entrance of the village—it would take quite some time.

He originally planned to use the Force Eye, but reconsidered, his own prophetic spells when actively cast weren’t of much use, mostly of an auxiliary nature. If he still had his Druid Divine Skills, then he might have been able to unleash them through the Force Eye.

He had also tried to get the Force Eye to carry the Magic Domain, but he discovered it really didn’t work, mainly because the internal structure couldn’t match, which required further modification. This constituted a major project—as the structure was originally meant for casting spells, not for carrying a Magic Domain—thus, it was delayed.

At this stage, Gu Shanhai wasn’t lacking much; the Force Eye, because of his own strength, was not in a complete state. So even if it carried the Magic Domain, it couldn’t possibly be as powerful as the one he bore; roughly, it would possess only about five ten-thousandths of the Magic Domain’s power, which was roughly the level where even dealing with ordinary people would be difficult.

It wasn’t even a question of whether it was a chicken rib or not; it simply had no other use aside from acting as an extended field of vision.

Consequently, Gu Shanhai’s enthusiasm for modifying the Force Eye was somewhat lacking; any modification would have to wait until it was needed in the future.

Expanding the Force Eye wasn’t a viable option either, for the spell was fixed upon him, linked to his own strength; it would only get stronger if he did.

Besides, this thing was an eye after all; its durability was similar to that of an ordinary eyeball’s, one couldn’t expect it to be very durable. Future enhancements would be limited and would require subsequent bioengineering modifications. As a spell-created object, even if destroyed, Gu Shanhai could summon it again, consuming only a portion of the natural marks’ elemental blessings, not even requiring the use of mana.

’Had I known, I would’ve had Heavenly Immortal and White Cloud each bring an eyeball over; at the very least, they could’ve provided a live broadcast of the scene.’

After dealing with these matters, Gu Shanhai found that there didn’t seem to be much else to do, unlike the last cycle where he was running around everywhere.

’Forget it, time for cultivation.’

Gu Shanhai had Azure Dragon help him control the Secret Technique Eye, to give him a reminder when Mr. Gu Nei Zhenren arrived, lest he miss the time.

He wasn’t quite satisfied with Azure Dragon’s Spiritual Intelligence, but that didn’t mean Azure Dragon lacked it.

Before he had thought about borrowing some material from White Cloud’s Dragon Soul to study, but in the end, he didn’t ask. Mainly because after observation, the two had already integrated into one; to study it, he would have to take White Cloud himself, and it still wasn’t certain whether anything could be learned.

So, he gave up the idea. He preferred a whole dragon, not just a Dragon Soul.

The next morning, at the entrance of the town, an abnormal disturbance appeared, as if something was squeezing through, yet the Luo Mansion’s house servant standing nearby seemed to see nothing at all.

This anomaly was naturally spotted by the Azure Dragon through a Secret Technique, who immediately notified Gu Shanhai.

Gu Shanhai also exited his cultivation instantaneously. His Cultivation Techniques were all tailored for himself, so there were naturally no special issues like being unable to exit from halfway through or accidentally falling into a demonic frenzy.

’It gave me the illusion of being instantly refreshed...’ Gu Shanhai watched as the incoming carriage was stopped, Housekeeper Luo went up to meet it, and after whispering something, Mr. Gu Nei left the carriage and boarded another discreet one to proceed.

’Isn’t there something a bit off here?’

Gu Shanhai was a bit puzzled.

’Luo Huaisong said he wanted Mr. Gu Nei to come and help, but the problem is, besides coming here himself, he only brought a dozen people, none of whom can fight. What makes them think that with Mr. Gu Nei’s help, victory is assured?’

’Just because he’s a foreigner? That’s ridiculous.’

Regarding this Mr. Gu Nei, Gu Shanhai had already investigated his strength in the previous loop, he was just an ordinary person.

The entire Qingxian Town is filled with ordinary people, even Yu Niang before she lost control was an ordinary person. Probably only Yue Niang, a relatively special being, is somewhat transcendental; everyone else lacks Transcendent abilities.

At this time, the Secret Technique carefully targeted Mr. Gu Nei’s carriage, intending to monitor the situation inside; after all, he was a key character, and there might be some clues.

But the man was just sitting cross-legged inside the carriage all the while, and Gu Shanhai couldn’t see any hints.

And the decorations inside the carriage were also ordinary, without bizarre items like human bones or skin.

’Luo Huaisong is relying on Mr. Gu Nei as his trump card, yet Mr. Gu Nei has brought nothing with him, creating a peculiar sense of contradiction...’ Gu Shanhai frowned.

He always felt like Luo Huaisong seemed doomed to fail; it was his intuition, not a deduction, because if it were a deduction, then he would certainly fail.

Gu Shanhai actually knew the situation with the Hu Mountain Bandits too; he still had the Magic Eye at his disposal. After trailing behind leisurely, he soon located the boss of the Hu Mountain Cave, Hu Mazi.

Gu Shanhai recognized this man, a pork butcher at the market. However, he had hired many apprentices to work, so he only needed to lie down and supervise. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be Hu Mazi.

From what one could see, this man had monopolized the town’s meat supply, probably because of the Hu Mountain Bandits.

Last night, Housekeeper Luo merely conveyed the information, and Hu Mazi just fell silent for a moment, then said nothing. It wasn’t until after Housekeeper Luo left that he gathered his grim-faced brothers from the Hu Mountain Bandits.

Unfortunately, Gu Shanhai couldn’t hear what they were saying. As for lip-reading, he only got the general gist; sometimes he couldn’t even understand, especially since Hu Mazi’s face had no moles but was covered with a full beard that obscured his lips, leaving Gu Shanhai somewhat helpless.

Nevertheless, he got the general idea. It was nothing more than discussing with the other former criminals from the Hu Mountain Bandits whether to join Luo Huaisong in taking down the supposed one million silver coins on Gu Shanhai’s person.

However, the opinions among these Hu Mountain Bandits seemed divided.

Some agreed, others did not, and Hu Mazi himself seemed more inclined to kill Gu Shanhai for revenge against Liang Xing, uncertain for the moment.

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