Chapter 181: Encounters and Arrivals

On the streets of Shi Ying Town.

Rod came here to purchase supplies needed for the forest.

Before obtaining the 【Tree Walker】, he had to buy large quantities of food, water, and various materials almost every week.

After all, the place where he lived was not close to Shi Ying Town.

Now it was different; the 【Tree Walker】 was extremely convenient. Sometimes when Tally was too lazy to cook, Rod would take Little Little Bangde the pony-girl directly into town to eat a big meal.

Every time this happened, Miss Xiao Ke would stand at the edge of the woods, watching their departing backs with envy.

For this socially anxious half-deer person, she would rather not eat than go into the crowded town.

This time, Rod came mainly to buy some daily necessities and horse supplies.

Do not forget, there is still a horse in the forest.

It is just that Rod rarely uses it; usually, Little Little Bangde rides it around playing and wandering aimlessly.

"Rod!"

On the street, Sheriff David called out.

At this moment, he was stumbling out of an alley, a Chun Yin still on his neck.

Rod noticed that David's spiritual accumulation had risen significantly.

From a noob at the mid-stage of the third tier to a noob at the early stage of the fourth tier.

Rod smiled: "Not bad, you've advanced a tier."

David laughed loudly: "But I still can't compare to our Shi Ying Town's guardian god, Rod!"

He spoke so loudly that he disturbed the residents on the street.

Rod, wearing a hood, could not have noticed them, but after David's call, they all turned to look.

Two bold young girls' eyes lit up, and they were about to step forward to speak.

Meanwhile, Tally, sitting on the side, transformed into an extremely beautiful face, removed her headscarf, and let her waterfall-like black hair fall.

She leaned on Rod's shoulder, revealing a sweet smile.

A scene of a handsome man and a beautiful woman made it hard for anyone to approach.

The two girls froze simultaneously, feeling ashamed of themselves and daring not to get closer.

David then showed a look of frustration at a piece of iron that wouldn't become steel: "Rod, I've advised you before; older sisters know how to care for people. What's so good about these little girls? Come, come, I'll take you to taste the famous Qingchun Yunu Bo on Ke Lan Street in Shi Ying Town."

He hadn't finished speaking.

He sensed Tally's cold gaze, like a mother leopard guarding her food.

Cold and sharp, like in a desolate valley during the dead of winter.

Not someone to mess with.

He quickly changed the subject: "Ke Lan Street was demolished by those Demon Seeds, hahaha—but then again, Rod, do you know that people from Storm City have arrived?"

"The negotiators? I don't know."

Rod shrugged.

With the forest's defenses empty this week, he had not left at all.

Speaking of which, the recommendation from Ona, the Deputy Director of the Containment Department, was really good; the effect of the 【Gratitude Frog's Tongue】 was quite impressive.

As long as it is tied around the neck, it automatically casts gravity, and the poison within spreads throughout the body, constantly stimulating the flesh.

Even when combined with basic body-refining sword techniques, Rod could clearly feel the progress made over this week.

It is just that the poison of the tongue during training brings a heavy burden and pain.

Even under the effect of the 【Tree's Blessing】, he would fall into a state of exhaustion and fatigue.

Rod's tolerance for pain was passable, and with his high willpower stat, he could naturally endure extreme, grueling training.

As for exhaustion and fatigue...

Indeed, twice he was so tired that he went to sleep early, forgetting he hadn't fed the succubus yet.

Although Tally would serve herself and voluntarily come out to sit, she still had strong objections to this.

According to her, the taste of essence between having emotions and holding no emotions is completely different.

"Strange, didn't Lord Dimia tell you?"

David scratched his head through his helmet.

He added: "I heard they claimed to send two negotiators to support, but now only one has arrived."

"Only one?"

Rod shook his head.

People in Storm City have started to falsely report numbers; when this happens, it's inevitable that there are cases of pocketing empty rations.

He asked: "How is their strength?"

David walked and spoke: "It should be a seventh tier, but this one is a Tooth Fairy."

Seventh tier? That's actually quite good.

Rod: "The kind that appears at night and trades Jin Along for children's baby teeth?"

"Rumors."

David pouted: "They don't have that much Jin Along to trade for baby teeth; it's not that beautiful. Some Tooth Fairies have impure intentions; they hide stones in children's food, wait for them to snap and break their baby teeth, and then secretly take them away."

"Uh, that's so scary."

【Research on Native Spiritual Arts of Other Races】 mentioned that their native spiritual arts indeed have many hidden types.

Unfortunately, this book mainly discusses spiritual arts, and the true habits and rumors of the races are mostly just mentioned in passing.

Rod raised his shoulder and nudged Tally.

He asked secretly: "What do you succubi think of the Tooth Fairy race?"

"I don't know~"

Having said that, she gave a light kiss on Rod's shoulder, then rubbed her face against him like a cat.

Rod: "Haven't your various aunts and cousins ever tasted a Tooth Fairy's essence?"

Tally pondered for a moment: "The memories inherited from my mother contain no experience or knowledge about this race. I only know that their physical forms vary greatly; some are as cute and beautiful as ordinary fairies, while others resemble hairless tigers, ferocious and hideous."

Hearing this, Rod was also stunned.

Could these really be classified as the same race?

As if seeing through his doubt.

Tally continued: "Although it is hard to believe, it is indeed so. Ugly Tooth Fairies may give birth to cute little fairies, and cute little fairy Tooth Fairies may likewise give birth to hideous monster Tooth Fairies. What remains unchanged, however, is their longing for teeth."

While speaking.

David, the constable, had already cleverly solved a blackmail case.

It involved a local thug demanding protection money from an out-of-town vendor; David saw it, kicked the thug away, but used too much force and accidentally sprained his little toe.

The out-of-town vendor, concerned for the constable's health, under David's suggestive gestures, had no choice but to voluntarily hand over medical compensation, thus turning the protection money into medical compensation.

David felt something and decided to battle the youthful beauty of Crane Street again tonight.

He said: "Speaking of which, this Tooth Fairy my lord seems to have looked for you."

"But no one ever notified me."

"Perhaps my lord Dimia intercepted it. Let me think... hmm, it seems they wanted you to establish a betrothal with some noble descendant in Wind City."

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Betrothal.

How could Rod not understand that this was the current method of the Wind City elite to win him over?

The Argyle family had just withdrawn from Wind City to the front lines of the Heavenly Court Flower Kingdom operation, and immediately after, internal chaos erupted within Wind City.

The unstable situation was obvious to all.

And Rod, facing two seventh-rank opponents a week ago, had displayed power and strength that left people in awe; naturally, they wanted to pull him onto their ship.

David: "I am the first to oppose this! Everyone in Shi Ying Town knows that Young Lady Daphne and you are mutually in love, and you have long been the Argyle family's designated son-in-law. How could some unknown little thing that appeared out of nowhere come into it?"

Mutually in love?

The Argyle family's designated son-in-law?

Rod looked utterly confused. When did this happen?

Have the rumors in Shi Ying Town recently become a bit too exaggerated?

(End of this chapter)