Chapter 1138

"So it's him." Lin Cheng was not surprised.

After all, he was the system's mission target; if he were that easy to catch, he wouldn't be the system's target.

"Lin Cheng, do you know where Master Jianong is?" From the meaning of those words, General Ji Xia felt Lin Cheng seemed to know something.

In fact, Lin Cheng seemed to know a little about everything, but because he only knew a little, he~ was simply too lazy to bother.

"Perhaps. Lin Cheng also doesn't know whether what he knows is actually useful."

Open the minimap.

The overall map of Beast Pen City surfaced in his eyes; besides his own green dot, there was also a constantly flashing red dot with a question mark in the distance.

Tapping the red dot with the question mark, it abruptly displayed the target Master Jianong's location coordinates; zooming in on the map, it seemed he was still constantly moving.

Beast Pen City was currently under lockdown, so leaving through the city gate was almost impossible, but if it were the sewer system, perhaps one could leave the city; and even if one couldn't leave, hiding there for a while meant not being discovered — killing two birds with one stone.

The city's sewer system connected directly to the ferocious Taqi River outside; although the river water was extremely fierce, it wasn't entirely without hope.

Compared to being caught, naturally taking the city's sewer system was much safer; what if he actually escaped?

"Then let's hurry and chase, in case Master Jianong escapes the city!" General Ji Xia suggested.

"No rush… first, he needs the sewer distribution blueprints of Beast Pen City, otherwise he won't be able to escape…" Lin Cheng, who seemed not at all hurried, raised his own teacup, gesturing to ask General Ji Xia if she wanted to sit down and have a cup of tea first?

Since the minimap showed Master Jianong's target location, he couldn't run away.

By comparison, Lin Cheng was more curious why Master Jianong wanted to develop the beastification potion; he was an alchemy master, and there were plenty of directions in alchemy that could make money — there was no need to wade into this muddy water just to earn cash!

Once caught, wouldn't he regret it for life?

On the other side!

Inside Beast Pen City's sewer system.

Two figures trudged through a waterway full of obstacles like garbage and filth; the air was filled with the stench of all sorts of rotting refuse, and in the dimness wherever one looked there was garbage everywhere along with mosquitoes flying about, and the buzzing in one's ears never stopped.

Being in such an environment, anyone would admire Master Jianong and his disciple's willpower and determination!

But putting oneself in their shoes, if it were for survival, what did this little setback amount to? "Master, according to the sewer blueprints, we should turn left next; at our current speed, we should reach the Taqi River estuary's drainage pipe by nightfall."

"Mm…"

Master Jianong, looking pale, nodded; soon his aged body failed to withstand the stench in the air, and everything in his stomach came pouring out on the spot.

"Master, Master, are you alright?"

The disciple at his side solicitously supported Master Jianong's unsteady aged frame, which warmed Master Jianong's heart a little — at a time like this, only his own disciple had not abandoned him.

"I'm fine."

"Should we rest for a bit?"

"Mm, let's rest for a while first."

While Master Jianong and his disciple were resting, Lin Cheng and the others slowly boarded a carriage and set off; compared to Master Jianong and his companion's predicament, Lin Cheng's side was simply flying in comfort.

According to the minimap's ultra-detailed display, near the northern city wall of Beast Pen City there was the control hub of the city's sewer system, mainly controlling the various garbage in the sewers to be discharged into the Taqi River through drainage pipes.

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That was exactly Lin Cheng's target.

Even more coincidentally, the destination Master Jianong and his disciple were heading toward was also the northern city's drainage outlet. Twenty minutes later, the carriage arrived at the control hub of the northern city's sewer system.

Because of the lockdown, Lord Xuan Wuji naturally had the city's various sewer drainage outlets under tight guard as well, but due to the special nature of the sewer pipes, there weren't many guards here.

Mainly because the smell was too strong and overpowering, the relevant guards were at least a dozen or so meters away from the pipes.

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If something were to come running out of the pipe, with a distance of over ten meters, the thing would have long since leapt into the Taqi River, and the guarding soldiers wouldn't even be able to touch the hem of its clothes.

"This area belongs to the jurisdiction of the Eternal Night Legion; idle persons are uniformly not permitted to approach!"

The moment Lin Cheng and the others stepped off the carriage, they were driven off from a distance by the guarding Eternal Night Legion soldiers.

General Ji Xia stormed out furiously and roared at them.

Are your dog eyes blind? Take a good look at who your lady is?

"Holy crap, it's actually General Ji Xia — my apologies, my apologies, General Ji Xia please don't take offense, brothers are also following the legion commander's orders, really sorry." The guarding squad leader's head immediately drooped, inwardly cursing his own mouth for being so fast, having failed to see clearly that it was the legion's famous tigress.

Now it's over.

"You few, follow me — I'm going to inspect the sewer drainage outlet." The next second, General Ji Xia directly ordered the several soldiers.

The leading squad leader revealed a face that had long foreseen the tragedy; who in the legion didn't know General Ji Xia's reputation — if she had a grudge, she always settled it on the spot.

Sure enough, retribution came this fast. Dead.

GLOSSARY:

【Lin Cheng, Master Jianong, General Ji Xia, Lord Xuan Wuji, Eternal Night Legion, Beast Pen City, Taqi River, beastification potion】