Chapter 295: Serving Tea

The three dream-eaters saw Master Wen Bin Bin and their faces changed instantly.

Master Wen Bin Bin pointed a finger at them from a distance.

Characters suddenly rose from the ivory tags on their bodies, forming the character "Seal" above their heads.

Immediately, golden light shone forth, sealing them!

The ivory tags were already engraved with several lines of text describing their identities.

Who would have thought Master Wen Bin Bin had tampered with them long ago.

Zhang Laoya's heart turned ice cold: I really should have listened to Xu Yuan!

This man Master Wen Bin Bin is indeed suspicious.

The dream-eaters' eyes swirled with rainbow-colored confusion, and the character "Seal" began to tremble.

Wang Fei raised her eyebrows slightly; shadows beneath the three dream-eaters surged like a tide, completely drowning them.

The rainbow-colored confusion vanished with them.

Wang Fei smiled with satisfaction, turned to Zhang Laoya, and spread her hands: "Sell your entire cultivation to me. Name your price."

Zhang Laoya's face darkened: "A madman's dream!"

Wang Fei's expression turned icy: "You refuse the toast and choose the penalty!"

Zhang Laoya saw his own shadow suddenly come alive beneath his feet, crawling up his legs and instantly wrapping around his entire body!

It wrapped even his head and face, leaving only his eyes exposed.

Zhang Laoya was instantly immobilized, filled with terror: A fifth-rate evil spirit!

Wang Fei pulled a strange seed from her sleeve and complained: "Wasting one of my precious seeds."

Zhang Laoya felt the shadow behind his head suddenly tear a hole in his scalp!

Under the excruciating pain, Zhang Laoya remained unable to move, his two eyeballs bulging straight out.

Moreover, Zhang Laoya knew this evil spirit would surely force that strange seed into his brain!

He had no idea what thing would grow out of his brain from that thing!

Intense fear rose in his heart, but Zhang Laoya remained unable to move.

No matter how he tried to cast his spells or secretly activate any craft items, the shadow held him fast.

Each level within the Middle Third is an impassable chasm.

The opponent was one rank higher than him and had the initiative, so Zhang Laoya truly had no means to fight back.

He clearly felt that thing forced beneath his scalp; first it soaked up his fresh blood and swelled, then root-like things extended from the seed, slowly piercing his skull and drilling into his brain...

Zhang Laoya first hoped the three dream-eaters would break the seal and rise up to rescue him.

Then he hoped that at the last moment, someone would suddenly appear to save his life.

Alas, none of this happened.

Before his consciousness was extinguished, Zhang Laoya's final thought was: I was truly wrong. If I had listened to Xu Yuan, I would be on duty at the Nancheng patrol station right now; at least I wouldn't die in such humiliation, my body and soul becoming soil for an evil spirit.

After dawn, the first to rise and leave the Nancheng patrol station was Da Fu.

Crowing "Ooh-ooh-ooh," he flapped his wings and circled the courtyard, declaring his territory.

Yesterday, Da Fu slipped out to play and saw street dogs lifting a leg to urinate—he thought that method was excellent.

So today he tried to copy it.

Unfortunately, he couldn't produce any urine.

Thus, when Xu Yuan got up and looked out the window, he saw Da Fu suddenly lift one leg as he walked.

"What are you doing?"

Da Fu glanced at him, thought Fan Zhezi was a bit dull, and deemed it beneath him to explain.

Ma Tianshou did not notify He Youxing; he and the two Preachers hid in the Nancheng patrol station, drinking tea and chatting idly together.

The two Preachers brought their own fine tea.

Moreover, they were extremely skilled in the tea ceremony.

Xu Yuan casually asked the price of the tea, then gulped it down fiercely.

To miss even one sip felt like a loss!

Lord Xu would never willingly spend such a huge sum on tea leaves.

Li Yichuan spoke with a hidden meaning: "What a pity. Such fine tea lacks a corresponding beauty to serve it for everyone."

In this courtyard, there were indeed some female Captains, but those ladies could run horses on their arms and were more heroic than ordinary male Captains.

Then there were Song Lu and Lin Wanmo.

Song Lu... everyone knows that Young Lady would never do such servant work.

And Li Yichuan and Wu Chenxin had seen Lin Wanmo yesterday.

As soon as he said this, Ma Tianshou saw Xu Yuan's face change; he quickly took the tea cup and smiled: "Does this old man serving you tea personally not provide enough prestige? What more beauty do you need?"

Li Yichuan found it strange, thinking the old lord was spoiling Xu Yuan too much.

Even if you highly regard him and train him as your successor, it shouldn't be that the moment his face changes, you personally pour the tea?

Xu Yuan snorted coldly, already beginning to calculate how to give that fellow a small lesson.

Ma Tianshou glanced at Li Yichuan and thought silently: This old man saves you once.

Dare you ask Lin Wanmo to serve tea?!

You have not yet experienced the severity of the River Workers' Alley.

The four of them were drinking tea here, actually waiting for Wang Fei and Master Wen Bin Bin's conspiracy to finally launch.

But after waiting for more than an hour, with the sun already high, there was no sign of any movement inside or outside the city.

Everyone in their hearts felt a bit uneasy.

Suddenly Lin Wanmo knocked and entered, looking exhausted, clearly having stayed up all night again.

She tossed a tortoise shell to Xu Yuan: "It's done. I'm too tired; don't call me for lunch at noon, I'm going to sleep."

The tortoise shell was thrown onto the table in the middle of the group.

Xu Yuan picked it up and took a look.

This was the tortoise shell material from last time, an artifact crafted primarily with rat whiskers.

Xu Yuan almost couldn't lift it!

"So heavy!"

Li Yichuan and Wu Chenxin were also surprised: "This is... a fifth-grade artifact?!"

Xu Yuan adjusted his own artifacts, removing the bird gun and the razor, before he could steadily lift the tortoise shell.

This was a divination-type artifact.

By roasting the tortoise shell with Fu Zhong Huo in the abdomen, cracks would appear on it.

It could be used only once per day, but the divination result would definitely be favorable to oneself.

In fact, it was an artifact that increased fortune!

Paired with Xu Yuan's "Eight Directions Wounding Evil," causing enemies to make mistakes while letting oneself be lucky, it was simply perfect.

Li Yichuan said cautiously: "Xu... nephew, may this old man take a look?"

Xu Yuan handed it over with a cold face. Li Yichuan examined it carefully and found it hard to believe: "This was... crafted by the Old Lady?"

"Mm-hmm."

"Is the Old Lady a fifth-grade artifact cultivator?"

Xu Yuan said stiffly: "I don't know."

Li Yichuan thought Xu Yuan was unwilling to say, but he didn't know that Xu Yuan truly did not know what level his stepmother actually was.

Ma Tianshou broke the tension: "The Old Lady's level is unfathomable!"

Li Yichuan held the tortoise shell with both hands and returned it to Xu Yuan, no longer daring to bring up the topic of "serving tea."

Then he silently took the tea set from the hands of the Commandant — I will serve the tea.

Xu Yuan put the tortoise shell away, and this little interlude passed.

But Xu Yuan did not want to talk with the two old fellows anymore; the atmosphere was somewhat awkward.

After a while, Lang Xiao Ba suddenly rushed in quickly: "My lord, Master Wen Bin Bin is trying to escape!"

Early this morning, Xu Yuan had quietly sent people out to keep watch on Master Wen Bin Bin and Ji Huaixuan.

"Let's go!" Ma Tianshou immediately stood up.

The four of them, not wanting to draw attention, brought no attendants and chased to Beicheng, only to awkwardly discover... they had made a mistake.

Master Wen Bin Bin had not left, but had gone to Xie Liu Lane.

He booked a banquet table in a courtyard, then sent two advisors to deliver invitations to some officials in the city.

Inviting them to attend the banquet that evening.

Ma Tianshou was very puzzled: "What exactly does Master Wen Bin Bin want to do?"

(End of this chapter)