thefictionvixens Chapter 71 Rescue
Chapter 71 Rescue
Let's shift our focus to a county town within the Sun Moon Empire. The town isn't large, but the pedestrian traffic is decent; it's not the kind of remote town you'd expect.
In the backyard of an official government building in the county town, a stern-faced middle-aged man was harshly reprimanding a young man who stood bowing before him.
"Joko, how many times have I told you? It's fine to go out and relax and find food, but you must clean up the mess for me."
Now tell me, what happened this time? Because of your stupidity, you actually attracted a Contra-level enemy to the sect!
If it weren't for the Holy Envoy's presence, the Holy Church's reputation would have been exposed.
"Now that the Holy Envoy has taken such a risk, have you considered what price you're willing to pay to quell his anger?"
The ruthless middle-aged man's earlier words had little effect on the young man named Joko. However, when the ruthless middle-aged man mentioned the price for quelling the so-called holy envoy's anger, the young man called Joko's already pale face suddenly turned even paler.
"Your subordinate understands. I will pay any price."
"Hmph, that's for the best. I'm not afraid to tell you that the Holy Envoy sacrificed a precious poison seed that had been nurtured for a long time to ensure that the secret would not be leaked. Even if that Soul Douluo has many tricks up his sleeve, he will not live much longer under the influence of the Holy Envoy's poison seed."
"Poison seed..."
After saying this, the ruthless middle-aged man turned and left, completely ignoring the fact that the young man called Zoko's face turned from pale to ashen after hearing that the Holy Envoy had used a poison seed.
The events that occurred in a small county town within the Sun Moon Empire were unknown to the Long family members in Tiandou City. If they had known about this conversation, they would have understood that the Holy Spirit Cult, confident in its own methods, had not sent anyone to hunt down Old Master Long.
However, that's not the main issue right now. The main issue is Grandpa Long's injuries. The awakening of his Martial Soul consciousness allowed Grandpa Long's Martial Soul to withstand the corrosive effects of the poison seed targeting Martial Souls for an even longer period.
Therefore, Old Master Long was able to arrive in Shrek City from the Sun Moon Empire, contrary to the Holy Spirit Cult's expectations. However, after arriving in Shrek City, Old Master Long was already at his limit. After sending a message to his personal butler, Fu Rong, he lost contact.
After weighing the pros and cons, Fu Rong concluded that even in Shrek City, the only people who could save Old Master Long's life were the people from Shrek Academy.
After learning by telegram that Long You was on holiday and was going to go to the Star Dou Great Forest with his classmates (it was still morning at that time, and Long You hadn't told his father that the plan had changed), Fu Rong rushed to Tian Dou City to find Shrek City with Long Lei.
On one hand, they wanted to find the old man, and on the other hand, they wanted Long Lei to see if he could find a healing-type Soul Master at Shrek Academy without Long You.
It's a good thing that Long You is back home in time. Many of the strategies that Long's father and his two friends had discussed before are no longer needed; they can use a simpler approach.
"I'll contact the teacher right away. Shrek Academy should take a Soul Saint-level evil Soul Master very seriously."
"Then I'll have to trouble you, young master. The master didn't specify his location during the communication, only that he should be in an inn in the west of the city, so it might be a bit difficult to find him."
"It won't be too troublesome. Grandpa will definitely be noticed when he enters Shrek City. After all, Grandpa is a Soul Douluo, and one whose condition is clearly off. It would be a problem if the guards of Shrek City didn't pay attention!"
As he spoke, Long You had already activated the signal tower in the courtyard and his high-powered telegraph machine, and began sending messages toward Shrek City.
Considering that Fan Yu is unlikely to remain in the Soul Guidance Department's teaching building, Long You's message was sent to He Caitou. At this time, this diligent senior brother must still be in the Soul Guidance Department's teaching building.
Sure enough, a reply came shortly after the telegram was sent. After explaining the situation, He Caitou replied, "Brother, wait a minute! I'm going to find the teacher. But I have to say, maybe you should come back, junior brother."
After waiting for about half an hour, Longyou's telegraph machine received another message. This time, the message was quite forceful: "You little brat, are you a trouble magnet? Get the hell back here!"
Also, your grandfather's location has been found, and the academy has sent people to treat him.
Although Fan Yu's tone was unfriendly, Long You could still sense the concern in Fan Yu's words. After sincerely expressing his gratitude, Long You turned around and said, "Dad, Mom, Butler Fu Rong, the teacher said that Grandpa has been found, and the academy has also sent people to treat him. However, we still have to go to Shrek City."
"Of course, of course. We'll leave first thing tomorrow morning. Xianjun, you and Uncle Fu can stay a day later. It's better to be safe than sorry. We shouldn't leave in too much of a hurry. Let's make sure to take good care of the guests who booked for tomorrow (bookings are only accepted one day in advance), so that no one around us is watching us."
Furthermore, Uncle Fu still needs to find a way to inform his elder brother. The sooner the main branch's evacuation begins, the more time they will have.
"The Second Young Master has thought things through. The Young Master returned very late today, so no one should have noticed. As long as the Second Young Master and the Young Master leave quietly tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow the old servant changes his appearance and travels with the Second Young Mistress, then this trip will be just an ordinary outing."
"That's it."
Shrek City, 8 PM. While the gates of Tiandou City close at nightfall, the gates of Shrek City remain open all night.
The flow of people continued to move in and out of Shrek City's gates. No one realized that just moments before, Shrek Academy on the east side of the city had given an order, and the entire city of Shrek had silently begun a sudden population search.
In the western part of Shrek City, at the Yue Lai Inn, the innkeeper was utterly bewildered as the Shrek City defense troops suddenly barged into his shop. He wasn't panicked, however, because the soldiers had made it clear from the start that they were only temporarily closing the shop to receive a wounded soldier, and would leave immediately once the soldier's condition stabilized.
Given Shrek Academy's reputation, the shopkeeper, though bewildered, remained calm and stayed obediently in the hall, even having the waiter brew tea for the city defense soldiers.
Meanwhile, on the third floor of the inn, in room number six (letter A), out of the innkeeper's sight, Fan Yu, still dressed in a gray linen sleeveless vest, and a Soul Saint in a white robe appeared silently.