Chapter 331: Demon Lord Junzhu's Slacking Daily Life Chapter 331: Still This Ugly

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Protagonist:

Yan Qianqian

When Yan Wang and Ai Jiao arrived, they were not on horseback, so they could only use lightness skill. However, although their lightness skill was quite accomplished, their speed was still far inferior to horses. Seeing that they were falling farther and farther behind the target, they simply gave up the pursuit and let the other party leave.

Just as everyone's attention was focused on Yale, Yan Wang, quick of eye and hand, grabbed Ai Jiao, and together they swiftly dodged to the side of a delivery carriage nearby.

Originally, Yan Wang planned to crawl into a crate inside the carriage to hide. But when he leaned in for a look, he discovered the crate was sealed. If he forced it open, it would inevitably make quite a noise, likely alerting others.

With no other choice, Yan Wang had a flash of inspiration and quickly examined the structure of the carriage's underside. He found two crossbeams on the bottom of the carriage, one at the front and one beneath his feet; the distance between them was just right.

So, without hesitation, he straightened his legs, shoved the tops of his feet into the crossbeam beneath him, and at the same time used his arms to tightly hook the front crossbeam.

Like this, Yan Wang's whole body clung tightly to the carriage bottom like a gecko, almost impossible to detect from the outside. However, because the space was truly too narrow, Ai Jiao simply could not hang on the carriage the way Yan Wang did.

Matters having come to this, Yan Wang could not care about so much; he only sought to hide himself safely. After he settled himself, the carriage began to slowly move toward the city gate.

When the carriage reached the city gate, it suddenly stopped.

The guards at the gate each performed their duties; one seriously checked household registers, while the other quickly stepped up to the carriage and nimbly opened the carriage's crate. He carefully felt the things inside the crate, and after confirming there were only several bolts of cloth, he satisfactorily closed the crate.

The two guards glanced at each other; one nodded slightly, indicating everything was normal. Seeing this, the other shouted in a loud voice: "Let them pass!" The voice echoed in the air, and the carriage then slowly started moving again.

Although this period was not long, for Yan Wang, who had been maintaining one posture the whole time, it had already made his arms feel somewhat sore. However, the carriage was moving, and he could not get down to move about; he could only endure the discomfort.

After another while, Yan Wang's arms were already so sore they could almost not hold on. Just when he felt he could barely persist, the carriage finally slowly stopped. The driver quickly jumped down and went into the shop to find someone to receive the goods.

Yan Wang seized this rare opportunity and without hesitation dropped down from the carriage.

He swiftly dodged into a nearby alley, afraid of being discovered. Once inside the alley, he immediately rubbed his sore arms and stretched his legs, moving his calves which had grown somewhat sore from being tensed straight for a long time.

Right then, a thought suddenly flashed through Yan Wang's mind; he recalled that when he had boarded the carriage just now, there happened to be a carriage loaded with vegetables following right behind his carriage.

That vegetable delivery carriage was exceptionally large, completely having enough space to hide a person. Yan Wang thought Ai Jiao was very likely hiding in that carriage.

Thinking of this, Yan Wang could not help but worry for Ai Jiao's safety. After all, he had already entered this place, yet whether Ai Jiao was safe remained unknown.

Yan Wang secretly speculated that this vegetable carriage was either delivering to a restaurant or delivering vegetables to some wealthy household.

So, Yan Wang without hesitation used his lightness skill, swiftly shuttling among the several nearby restaurants to search. After an anxious search, he finally discovered that familiar vegetable carriage in the backyard of a restaurant.

Yan Wang looked around; seeing no one around, he immediately leapt up and, like a ghost, silently approached the vegetable carriage.

He lightly walked to the front of the carriage, lowered his voice, and softly called into the carriage: "Ai Jiao? Ai Jiao?"

Suddenly, Ai Jiao's head popped out from the vegetable pile. Seeing this, Yan Wang hurriedly reached out and pulled Ai Jiao out of the carriage. The two looked at each other and smiled, both letting out a breath of relief.

Immediately after, they tacitly used lightness skill together, flying out of the courtyard as lightly as swallows. To avoid attracting others' attention, they first found a nearby inn as a temporary foothold.

After entering the inn, Yan Wang and Ai Jiao each went to buy a set of new clothes, so they would look less conspicuous.

After the two changed clothes, they could finally shed those heavy hooded hats and reveal their true faces.

People of Dachang and Nanliang Guo have almost no obvious difference in appearance; the only difference lies merely in clothing and dress.

People of Dachang Kingdom usually dress more conservatively; even in scorching summer, they wrap themselves in three layers inside and three layers outside. However, Nanliang Guo is completely different.

Because Nanliang's climate is overall hot, especially in the current season, it is even much hotter than Dachang Kingdom.

Therefore, people walking on the main street all choose to wear relatively cool clothing; some even expose their shoulders or a section of calf.

Moreover, their clothing colors are mainly bright colors; after all, black absorbs too much heat and is not suitable for this kind of weather.

Yan Wang wore a light blue robe, looking fresh and elegant; Ai Jiao wore an emerald green outfit, giving a vibrant feeling. After the two changed clothes, they looked at each other and both froze.

Ai Jiao spoke first, praising: "Wang, you look so good in blue clothes!" But Yan Wang mercilessly replied: "You wear green, how are you still this ugly!"

This sentence was like a basin of cold water, extinguishing Ai Jiao's enthusiasm, leaving him instantly speechless, only sulking silently.

After the two changed clothes, they began to discuss the next step's plan; after a round of discussion, the two decided to go stroll the streets together, hoping to hear some valuable information in the streets and alleys.

So, they walked out the door side by side, stepping into the bustling street.

Although the weather was sweltering, the street stall vendors still enthusiastically hawked their wares. The two shuttled through the crowd, looking around, not letting go of any chance to possibly obtain useful information.

After strolling for a while, they arrived at a steamed bun stall. Just as they were preparing to buy a few buns to stave off hunger, they suddenly heard two stall owners next to them talking in low voices.

One person lowered his voice and said: "Did you see General Yale go out again this afternoon?" The other person hurriedly nodded: "Saw it, saw it; no need to think, definitely went to rob again."

"Sigh, in my opinion, those robbed people are truly pitiful enough." The first person said with a sigh.

"What's pitiful?" The second person asked in puzzlement.

"Those robbed people, of course!" The first person explained, "Think about it: in a village, anyone slightly younger and able-bodied has gone out to work and earn money; those left are only the old, weak, sick, and disabled. They already live hard lives, and now they've been robbed; how can they get by?"