Chapter 234

"Eh? Lord Bai Lu has escaped again."

"Shall we guess how long it will take for Lord Bai Lu to be caught this time?"

Seeing Lin Mo running over, the people present immediately raised their eyebrows and began discussing amongst themselves.

After all, Bai Lu was notoriously a "fugitive."

However, the next second, they saw that Bai Lu had come to find the guest elder of the Bright Fire Merchant Guild.

"Why have you come?"

Seeing Bai Lu running over, Lin Mo looked surprised and teased, "Didn't you say you were ignoring me?"

Earlier, when exchanging messages with Bai Lu at the Bright Fire Merchant Guild, Bai Lu had inadvertently exposed herself.

"Hmph, that was ignoring you on the phone, but it doesn't stop me from coming to find you!"

Hearing Lin Mo's words, Bai Lu's face turned slightly red; although she snorted arrogantly, she said, "Who asked you to deceive this Young Lady? You clearly said you would come to the Alchemy Commission to pick me up if you had free time, yet today you came here to the Bu'Bu Ye Hou Shop to drink tea."

Saying this, Bai Lu huffed, feeling an impulse to bite Lin Mo.

"I only just arrived not long ago."

Hearing Bai Lu's words, Lin Mo smiled faintly: "I was thinking that if I came to the Yichen Inn, I could pick you up on the way."

"Is that so?"

Hearing Lin Mo's words, Bai Lu looked suspicious; she somehow didn't quite believe him.

"By the way, Lin Mo, this Young Lady has something confusing she wants to ask you."

Suddenly, Bai Lu thought of Xie Jun's symptoms at the Alchemy Commission and spoke again; hearing this, Lin Mo nodded: "Go ahead."

He was quite curious about what this little dragon girl wanted to ask him.

"It's just, um."

Just as Bai Lu was about to speak, she subconsciously turned her head to look at Yan Qing, then immediately narrowed her eyes: "Never mind."

Yan Qing: "??????"

Hearing this, Yan Qing's eyelid twitched.

What did Lord Bai Lu mean by glancing at him and saying 'never mind'? Did she mind that he was present?

Lin Mo: "........"

Lin Mo also looked strange; what matter could make Bai Lu speak like that, only to suddenly stop upon seeing Yan Qing?

While Lin Mo was lost in thought,

on the other side,

at the Yichen Inn,

several merchants were sitting.

"Didn't they say that guest elder from the Bright Fire Merchant Guild would return to the Yichen Inn?"

A merchant frowned: "Why hasn't he arrived yet?"

What happened on the One One One One One One Xianzhou last night had nothing to do with them; the merchant guild hadn't suffered much damage, so they still focused their thoughts on Lin Mo.

The most urgent task was to first invite this Mr. Lin Mo to join their merchant guild.

"According to news from my people, this guest elder is currently at the Bu'Bu Ye Hou Shop."

A merchant rubbed his brow: "I don't know if he will come to the Yichen Inn today."

"The Bu'Sleepless Shop; if we go there to find him, we will definitely be noticed by that Foxian immediately, and it would be bad if Chief Miss Miss Tingyun found out."

A merchant sighed.

What they were doing now was poaching; although it didn't violate One One One One One One Xianzhou laws, it still sounded somewhat unpleasant if spoken aloud.

Before succeeding, they absolutely could not let Miss Miss Tingyun, the Chief of the Bright Fire Merchant Guild, know.

If she knew, she would surely cause other troubles.

Once they successfully invited Lin Mo to join their merchant guild, it wouldn't matter even if Chief Miss Miss Tingyun found out later.

What they were betting on was a time difference.

So even though they knew Lin Mo was at the Bu'Bu Ye Hou Shop, they had no way to go there, because they could not go there.

"Yes, that's why we chose the Yichen Inn as our location."

A merchant nodded gently: "Next to us is the seat where he sat for the past two days, but he didn't come to the Yichen Inn this morning; let's continue waiting, perhaps he will come to the Yichen Inn this afternoon."

"Yes, regardless, let's first invite this person to join our merchant guild."

Since their current task was to first invite Lin Mo to join, waiting a bit longer was acceptable.

"Speaking of which, Lord Bai Lu of the Alchemy Commission is also by that person's side, accompanied by Lord Yan Qing."

Suddenly, a merchant thought of something and frowned tightly: "The most critical thing is, have you all forgotten that this guest elder is often accompanied by a little Foxian maid from the Bright Fire Merchant Guild? With that little maid present, even if we meet him here at the Yichen Inn, we cannot approach and communicate with him."

"Uh, right."

"Oh no, we forgot about that."

Hearing this merchant's words, the pupils of the merchants present contracted sharply.

They had all just overlooked one issue: the little Foxian maid from the Bright Fire Merchant Guild was always by that person's side.

If they waited for him here and approached to talk, wouldn't that Foxian immediately notify Chief Miss Miss Tingyun?

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For a moment, everyone present furrowed their brows.

"Actually, it's not a big deal."

A merchant tapped the table and said calmly: "Even if she goes to find Chief Miss Miss Tingyun, the Yichen Inn is far from the Bright Fire Merchant Guild; even if Chief Miss Miss Tingyun knows, she won't be able to arrive immediately."

"Yes, we only need this guest elder to join us; even if Chief Miss Miss Tingyun finds out later, so what? There's no rule stating that a guest elder of her Bright Fire Merchant Guild cannot join our merchant guild as a guest elder."

"That makes sense."

"The distance between the Sleepless Inn and the Bright Fire Merchant Guild is quite far; if we go over to invite them for an exchange, Chief Miss Miss Tingyun might still arrive quickly."

"But the Yichen Inn is different; the distance from here to the Bright Fire Merchant Guild is still very great."

"Then let us decide on this for now; we shall simply wait here for that person from the Bright Fire Merchant Guild to arrive."

After a brief exchange, the merchants finally decided to continue waiting here.

While the merchants were conversing, pondering how to invite this individual to join their guild at the smallest cost,

on the other side,

in Belobog,

in the Upper Quarter,

within the palace of Supreme Guardian Cocolia,

Cocolia was pacing back and forth with an anxious expression.

Bronya had rushed directly into the Fragmentum and vanished; '...?;!! 7'', this was something she had not anticipated.

"Click!"

Suddenly, the sound of the main gate opening rang out.

The gate was pushed open, causing Cocolia to frown.

Who was it that entered without knocking?

The next second, Cocolia turned around, her face lighting up with delight: "Bronya, you have returned."

The one who walked in was unexpectedly the Bronya she had been thinking of.

"Mother, I have returned."

Bronya, who had just entered, nodded: "Apologies for making you worry."

"I thought... I thought I was going to lose you."

Looking at Bronya, Cocolia let out a long sigh of relief, then hurriedly asked: "Where exactly in the Fragmentum did you run off to? Are you injured? I will summon the butler immediately."

As she spoke, Cocolia approached Bronya, scrutinizing her carefully to see if she bore any injuries.

"No, there is no need."

Hearing Cocolia's words, Bronya hastily shook her head: "I do not wish to see Sebastian right now."

"I am fine, truly fine; I ran all over the Underworld, experienced several battles, but overall I managed to cope."

"The Underworld?"