Chapter 1043: Chapter 829, The Sly Puppet (One more chapter today.)_2 Chapter 1043: Chapter 829, The Sly Puppet (One more chapter today.)_2 Therefore, the plan included collecting some Remnant Souls and studying how to produce tickets.
The other side fell silent for a moment and then said, “There are none left in the city, but you could try looking in the surrounding villages. I'll have someone look into it and let you know.”
Xinfu City, being the starting city, had the cleanest zombie cleanup.
Now, one couldn't even find a missed spot if they tried.
“Okay,” Wu Heng nodded.
They chatted about the base for a while longer.
After they finished talking, the call was hung up.
Wu Heng continued to take out five Space Rings and removed the items from inside one by one.
The Space Rings had been confiscated from the five level 18 professionals, and he hadn't had the chance to inspect them yet.
Daily necessities, money bags, house deeds, scrolls, elixirs–the variety was quite large.
He pushed the other things aside.
His gaze fell on an old oil lamp covered in copper rust.
[Soul Chasing Lantern (Special Item)]
[Effect: Tracks the target.]
[Side effect: Consumes Qi and blood.]
(Description: When the user lights the wick and drops in blood, hair, or other bodily tissues, it reflects the target's location.)
Wu Heng raised his eyebrows.
It seemed that the assassins had used this Special Item to locate the Second Prince.
The effect was actually similar to his own “Tracking Pendant”; both were Special Items used to locate a target.
The side effects were somewhat similar, too.
The pendant required a droplet of blood, while the lamp consumed the user's Qi and blood.
Why did everything that tracks people need blood?
The difference lay in the method of tracking; the “Tracking Pendant” required the target's personal clothing or belonging, while the “Soul Chasing Oil Lamp” required blood, hair, or other tissues.
It did provide him with another means of tracking a target.
The only strange thing was the “lighting” of the wick described; everyone else blows lamps out, this one lights up when blown.
“What is this thing, Uncle?” Xiao Xiao flew over to ask.
The other two looked over as well.
The Three Ghosts had just been sorting through the other spoils of war, dividing scrolls and coins into several piles.
“A Special Item that can track a target by burning its hair or blood,” Wu Heng explained, holding up the oil lamp for the Three Ghosts to see.
Glenda realized, “Did the assassins use this thing to find the Second Prince?”
“It seems so.”
“Then where did they find his hair?” Xiao Xiao pressed.
Wu Heng shook his head, “I don't know.”
“It doesn't matter where they got his hair from; this is a reminder for you to be more careful in the future, don't even lose a hair,” Glenda warned.
“Just encase me in concrete, why don't you? Now I can't even lose a hair,” Wu Heng said without any good humor.
“Pick it up if you drop it,” Glenda added.
Xiao Xiao and Bella giggled on the side.
After inspecting all the spoils.
Wu Heng sorted them by category and stored them in the Space Ring.
“Come back in, we're heading back now.”
The Three Ghosts entered his body, and Wu Heng opened the boundary door and walked straight in.
Upon returning to the Princess Mansion, dusk had already fallen.
After releasing the Three Ghosts to move about freely, Wu Heng washed his face and donned a mask before heading downstairs.
Downstairs.
The Princess rose to her feet and said, “Your Highness, dinner is ready, and it includes some of your favorite dishes.”
“Let's go.”
Together, they entered the dining room, where dinner was already served on the table.
Because there was always a servant following him, Wu Heng continually wore his mask.
Their conversation was also simple small talk; nothing too serious.
After dinner was finished.
The servants cleared away the dishes.
Wu Heng and she went back to the bedroom together.
Two maids were making the bed in the bedroom.
The Princess said, “You can all go and rest, we won't need you here tonight.”
“Yes!” All the maids withdrew.
The bedroom was left with just the two of them.
Wu Heng took off his mask and sat down at the table to pour himself a cup of tea.
He took a serious look at the Princess, who had forcibly signed a contract with him.
She seemed young, around 20 years of age, about as tall as Wu Heng's shoulders.
Her figure was proportionate, and her face was very pretty.
To become a Princess, one would certainly not lack good looks.
Across from him, the Princess blushed and lowered her head after seeing him staring.
Wu Heng looked away and asked, “How old are you?”
“22!”
“And the Second Prince?”
“34,” the Princess replied.
The Second Prince was already 34.
Actually, he didn't seem to look it.
Wu Heng thought he might be younger.
Wu Heng continued, “How old is the Crown Prince?”
The Princess replied, “I'm not exactly sure about his age, probably above 45.”
The Crown Prince was over 40, the Second Prince 34, and the Fifth Princess was probably in her 20s.
The old King was indeed vigorous.
Such a large age span.
“What exactly happened to the Kingdom? It's turned into this mess,” Wu Heng asked, voicing his inner confusion.
With the information gathered from the outside world, he had some understanding.
But whether it was accurate, what the truth was, he still couldn't be sure.
The Princess frowned in thought and then said, “I am not clear on the details, but I know that the news broke out suddenly that the Crown Prince had killed the King, Clifford took us away from the Royal City, and we occupied this place.”
Wu Heng paused, then realized Clifford was the Second Prince's name.
“You, a Princess, know nothing?” Wu Heng was surprised.
“They needed a Princess, and your qualifications were just right,” the Princess said with a bitter smile, then added, “If one day all this ends, please let me go out and see the world beyond this place.”
“Play the role of the Second Prince well, and afterwards, you are free to go wherever you please.”
She nodded.
Having learned what he wanted, he couldn't think of anything else to ask.
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