Chapter 72

"What kind of treasure is it?"

"To make the Sacred Nest and that Sansheng Gang go to such lengths, I'm afraid there's some conspiracy involved. After all, word is spreading that those three beastly Daoist monsters in the Southern District's Machine Workshop are about to reach the end of their lifespans. Is this to extend their lives, so they smuggled some rare, exotic item in from the outside?"

"Heh, those three monster Daoists think they can extend their lives by defecting to the 【Sacred Nest】. They don't even know enough to ask around—of all those who've done this in the past, how many have met a good end?"

"In the Sacred Nest, where would you find a normal person? They're all lunatics."

Mentioning the Sacred Nest, the overlord of the Southern District, the five of them seemed to know quite a few of its deeds, and they took turns venting their complaints.

And Luo Sheng, upon hearing this, just shook his head and said:

"I don't know what it is."

"But after this incident, that smuggling route is completely ruined. Li, my boy, throw away that communicator I gave you earlier, lest you bring trouble upon yourself."

At his reminder.

The few of them finally remembered that just yesterday, they had provided Li Yu with a smuggling route.

"That was close. We almost lost the Ninth Pioneer Team's best cook."

"It's a good thing Li isn't an impatient person. Otherwise, if he had happened to be on that smuggling ship last night, he wouldn't even have a whole corpse left now."

"Tsk tsk, your luck is truly good."

Hearing these few sentences, Li Yu's face also revealed a look of relief and lingering fear.

The emotion was indeed correct.

But what Li Yu was relieved about was his own cautious operation last night, combined with Su Xing's extraordinary nature, which was the only reason he had successfully saved his life.

Luck is good?

Heh, his luck was actually bad to the extreme.

He, Li Yu, really was on that ship last night.

He had originally thought he was bidding everyone a final farewell, but well, he had no choice but to go back to work with them again.

Aside from these internal complaints, Li Yu couldn't help but speculate in his heart:

"So, that mechanical box that even Su Xing couldn't temporarily decipher is the treasure that the Sacred Nest and the Sansheng Gang were searching for?"

"Since the Sansheng Gang is involved, the exotic item in that box is most likely to be used on those three monster Daoists."

"What could it be?"

"Organs? Or some high-tier mechanical creation?"

Without other information, Li Yu naturally had no results from guessing blindly like this.

Knowing that he had caused a new disaster, his desire to escape Wanfu City became even more urgent.

"I'm dead, I'm dead. It's like a ghost that won't stop haunting me, isn't it?"

"Before, it was accidentally catching a glimpse of the Sansheng Gang's conspiracy, and now I've even 'picked up' the exotic item the three monster Daoists need. I'm sinking deeper and deeper."

"If this is discovered, where will I still have a life left?"

"No, I still have to run."

As the final thought settled.

Li Yu smiled at the group and then said:

"It seems my luck is truly good. I was thinking of trying to smuggle myself out in a few days. I'll destroy that communicator when I get back."

"But with this route gone, won't there be no hope for me to sneak out of the city to find recipes in the future?"

Because of Li Yu's many previous setups, plus those six medicinal cuisines with extraordinary spiritual effects.

The six members of the pioneer team didn't have low favorability toward Li Yu, and they never thought he was a turncoat who was "physically in the camp but mentally longing for the Three Kingdoms."

Hearing the question, they spoke up one after another:

"Don't panic, kid. It's just leaving the city; it's not a big problem."

"Once you've saved up enough merit, you can just hitch a ride, and there will be high-sequence powerhouses protecting you along the way."

"There are still quite a few proper ways. For example, participate in the selection for the 【Scout Squad】. Those squads have to go to the border cities of the Gan, Li, and Jing Kingdoms every so often to scout, so as not to be caught unaware when a large army presses on the border. Although the minimum requirement for members of the scout squad is Sequence 7, they occasionally recruit some military cooks with special combat capabilities to accompany them. You can wait a few months; perhaps you'll have a chance."

"If that really doesn't work, take a shortcut through the back door. Save up enough wealth and exotic items, and a few of us will step in for you, allowing you to leave the city and take a trip to the Three Kingdoms. That's no problem at all."

As each sentence reached his ears, Li Yu once again felt the importance of the word "social circle."

Although he couldn't use any of these methods for the time being.

Either he needed to promote to Sequence 7!

Or he needed to work like a beast of burden to save up merit!

Or it was saving money to take a shortcut!

But at least, they were all proper methods.

How could his original self, or that couple Jiao Qing and Sun Sanniang, ever come into contact with these things?

Li Yu silently noted down all the methods and analyzed their feasibility, then exchanged pleasantries and asked the group how the medicinal cuisine he provided yesterday had worked.

At this question, praise poured in as if it were free.

Taking advantage of this good start, Li Yu began to use his "social skills" to gradually blend in with the six, and his superficial relationship with them progressed by leaps and bounds.

During the process, he also kept a constant eye on the Machine Workshop area.

Wondering what choice he should make if a commotion like a "big explosion" or "big fireworks" occurred?

Should he flee to the other three districts to save his life?

Or should he confess to the six, completely defect to the City Lord's Mansion, and seek protection?

Li Yu two days ago: Stick to the duties of a cook, ready to run away at any time.

Li Yu now: Six big thighs covering me.

Fortunately, until it was time to get off work, the explosion he was worried about never came.

And the six, led by Zhan Kui, invited Li Yu as usual: "We're going to the Xiaohun Society to enjoy ourselves. Is Li willing to go today?"

That's right!

Even Mi Wuniang, the jade maiden who looked like she followed a "pure and seductive style" on the outside, was also inviting Li Yu to go to the society.

Two days ago, he would have definitely declined.

But today's Li Yu didn't want to go home at all, even though there was a pretty maid waiting for him at home. Better safe than sorry!

He wanted to wait a few more hours. If necessary, he could use the excuse that he loved his job very much and stay overnight at the camp. After fully confirming it was safe in a few days, he would then carefully return home.

Of course, staying overnight in another place wasn't impossible either.

The Xiaohun Society was always better than the mechanical camp, after all.

"Since the six brothers and sisters are inviting me, how could I dare to refuse a second time."

"I'll go!"

Li Yu smiled brightly and said.

At the end of the City Lord's Street, inside a huge society with neon lights flashing and a massive sign that lit up half the sky.

Li Yu was half-lying on a soft couch, enjoying the massage and feeding from several beautiful young girls, and directly in front of him, there was a woman with an invincible appearance and a temperament far beyond the mundane, who was dancing for him.

As she danced, the clothing on her body was constantly decreasing.

=9+Shu_Ba

In the warm pavilion, a faint fragrance drifted, and the seductive atmosphere was almost about to completely drown Li Yu.

"Degenerate!"

"I never expected that someone as upright as I, Li Yu, would have such a degenerate moment."

"However, I am avoiding disaster after all, so it's excusable."

While Li Yu was muttering in his heart, his eyes were seriously observing the top courtesan named "Yun Niang" who was dancing for him.

That's right, this Yun Niang was actually a Sequence 8 【Top Courtesan】 of the Sinister God path.

The reason both were Sequence 8, one as the server and one as the served, was naturally due to the face of the Ninth Pioneer Team.

Especially the instruction from Mi Wuniang:

"Little brother Yu, you are in for a treat."

"Yun Niang is my own niece."

"If you can handle her, sister Mi will invite you to live with me for three days, or even if you want both of us together... that's not impossible either."

What made Li Yu greatly admire was that even when saying such tiger-wolf words.

Mi Wuniang's face still maintained that jade-maiden-like expression, not lewd at all, only holy.

With such great hospitality, Li Yu naturally couldn't refuse, and he was quite cleverly pulled by the hand by Yun Niang into this warm pavilion, which had an excellent view and allowed him to enjoy the service while watching the night view of Wanfu City.

If a mortal, or a low-level cultivator, were watching Yun Niang's striptease at this moment.

They wouldn't be able to last through even a few pieces of clothing; perhaps as soon as the thin gauze on the outside was taken off, the person would have already collapsed to the ground in exhaustion.

Li Yu was naturally different!

He stared unblinkingly, his internal essence and blood remained unmoved, and he didn't even have a reaction.

This actually made Yun Niang, who was almost stripped bare, lose her temper!

"He can endure even this? Could he be a natural eunuch?"

"That's not right. Since Auntie would speak up to invite him, it means he is of great use. Could it be that my methods are not enough?"

Yun Niang muttered in her heart and secretly made up her mind.

When the two of them really got down to business later, she would definitely use the seductive strange arts of the Lust Sect to make this handsome but rather sloppy youth suffer.

While she was thinking, Li Yu's mind also had thoughts flashing:

"Tsk tsk!"

"As expected of a proper Sequence 8 【Top Courtesan】, her figure, appearance, and seductive Qi are all far more powerful than the neighborhood tofu beauty Cui Yuan from before."

"I reckon that once it really starts, the strange art she uses to extract essence and blood will also be extraordinary."

"It's a pity, it's highly likely to be useless against me. After all, I even withstood the test of that pistil flower demon queen from the Warring States era... If I used that pistil nectar to drug her right now, could I control this sister Yun Niang?"

While Li Yu was letting his imagination run wild, his mind involuntarily recalled the scene in the corpse city mystic domain before.

The focus was the method of that pistil flower demon, those countless flower mouths that instantly covered his entire body...

Just a little bit more, and Li Yu would have fallen under her.

Compared to her, the Yun Niang in front of him really couldn't compare.

I don't know if the original time was up!

Or if she couldn't withstand the muttering of a disaster star like him.

A rather unexpected, ruthless voice suddenly rang out in Li Yu's mind at this very moment:

"Disaster Star, listen to the order!"

"A new conquest mission has been successfully matched."

"It will officially launch in twelve hours. Please, Master of the Disaster Star Command, make preparations as soon as possible. The basic information for this mission is as follows..."

"You cannot refuse the summons!"

"And you cannot refuse the mission!"

"If the Command Master dies, the Disaster Star will be returned to the furnace to be remade, and a new master will be chosen."

When this familiar voice came.

Li Yu was stunned, and then a look of joy actually appeared on his face.

If it were at any other time, this sudden summons might have made him worry for a while.

But at this juncture, for Li Yu, it was practically a savior.

"The conquest mission of the Demon Star Command is extremely dangerous, that's true, but it's also a great opportunity."

"As long as I can complete a few more missions and save up enough merit, I can exchange for the secret medicine recipe for the Sequence 7 【Alchemist】 of the Spirit Venerable path."

"After coming out, I will take it as soon as possible to promote to Sequence 7."

"At that time, regardless of my own strength or my importance to the City Lord's Mansion, both will greatly increase."

"Even if I'm unlucky enough to be discovered by the Sansheng Gang, the probability of saving my life will also greatly increase."

PS: Seeking monthly tickets!

(End of chapter)