Chapter 277: The Informant

If that human were to die, would the High Priest change their mind? Thinking of this, Weijing looked toward the distance, lost in thought.

Suddenly, as if having made up their mind, they walked toward a certain direction without looking back.

"Weijing, today is a grand day, everyone is over there enjoying themselves, and that human even brought many precious treasures; if you don't go quickly, there won't be any left."

A mermaid with pockmarks on their face saw Weijing and said excitedly.

Hearing this, Weijing secretly clenched their fists.

"I have no interest in those things."

They threw out these words as if in a fit of pique, and at the end, added, "I am not like some people, who forget who they are after receiving a little favor."

Once the words fell, they did not wait for the mermaid's reply and left the place directly.

The mermaid, suddenly rebuffed, was at a loss, not knowing what kind of madness had gotten into Weijing; if not for the arrival of that human, their Mermaid Race would likely have been forced to migrate long ago due to a lack of food.

Now that someone was helping them, how could they not know how to repay kindness? Truly incomprehensible.

Weijing walked out of the Mermaid Race's territory, thinking over and over, unable to understand why the High Priest, being of the same race, had to choose a human who didn't even have a tail.

Although that human was indeed very strong, if they were given time to grow, they would certainly be no worse than that human.

Thinking of this, Weijing secretly clenched their fists.

Their gaze turned toward the distance, to a place shrouded in black clouds, which, unlike other parts of the Western Wasteland, had almost no sunlight.

Thick, dark clouds blotted out the sky and sun, and beneath them, an Ancient Castle loomed vaguely, permeated with a thick, blood-red color; just looking at it from afar, one felt a great sense of pressure.

Weijing made up their mind and headed toward that Ancient Castle.

On this journey, they walked for two full days before reaching the outskirts of the castle.

Looking at this castle from up close, it felt even more terrifying; thick dark clouds covered the area, leaving almost no light, and from time to time, a few pairs of blood-red eyes stared at Weijing with hostility.

The castle was surrounded by deep green thorns, which, sensing Weijing's arrival, immediately grew wildly, as if threatening this outsider not to take another step forward.

Weijing was afraid, but thinking of their purpose, they still walked forward without hesitation.

Perhaps because the master was too confident, the castle gates were wide open, offering no obstruction.

They walked into the castle courtyard; many places were already dilapidated, but very lush flowers grew at the entrance, looking no different from ordinary flowers.

But when Weijing passed by, they suddenly opened their blood-red maws and attacked; Weijing was startled and hurriedly unleashed Spiritual Power to defend.

Yet that Spiritual Power was devoured by the Man-eating Flower in an instant, and it continued to attack them.

Weijing ran inside in a panic, but those Man-eating Flowers pursued relentlessly, occasionally releasing slime that could corrode people.

Several times, Weijing failed to dodge in time, and their body and arms were burned by the slime, revealing ugly and terrifying scars.

"Who is causing trouble here?"

A voice full of majesty came, and Weijing subconsciously looked toward the source of the sound, seeing a giant bat standing in front of the castle.

That bat was nearly two meters tall, standing there with its wings folded; a pair of scarlet eyes carried killing intent, huge fangs hung from its mouth, and its two feet had long claws that gripped the ground, sharp enough to disembowel a person in an instant. Although this was not the first time Weijing had seen such a bizarre creature, they still shuddered in fear.

The giant bat looked at them quietly with its blood-red eyes; it seemed that in its eyes, Weijing was just an insignificant ant, not even worth its effort.

"Take me to see your King, I have intelligence to tell her."

Weijing said, emboldening themselves.

Hearing this, the giant bat couldn't help but sneer; it flapped its wings and flew to Weijing's side to inspect them.

Then, it said: "A mermaid with inferior cultivation, not even fit to be food for the King; I don't think you have any qualifications to trade intelligence with the King."

"What I say is true; if you don't believe me, you can take me to see your King. If your King is not interested in this intelligence, I am willing to offer my life."

Hearing this, Weijing gritted their teeth; things had reached this point, and it was no longer the time to retreat.

After hearing this, the giant bat couldn't help but sneer a few times.

It was in a good mood today, and besides, this mermaid's cultivation was truly too low, not even qualified to appear before the King, so it had kindly wanted to let them go.

But who knew this mermaid was so ungrateful? Since that was the case, it would take them to see the King to see what interesting thing they had.

Thinking of this, the giant bat flew back to the castle entrance.

"Mermaid, follow me. If your intelligence is useless, then only death awaits you. You still have a chance to turn back now, but that might not be the case later."

The giant bat's words already carried a hint of threat.

Although it had not yet transformed into human form, its cultivation was at least at the Quasi-Emperor Realm, while Weijing was merely at the Small Saint Peak.

Under this terrifying pressure, Weijing already regretted their actions today, but once they thought of that human man...

Nothing ventured, nothing gained! Thinking of this, they gritted their teeth and walked in.

As they went deeper, it became colder and darker, and the eerie, bone-chilling aura made Weijing's teeth chatter.

The giant bat continued walking inside as if it hadn't heard; suddenly, a loud noise erupted, and the giant bat was suddenly sent flying.

The attack was highly directional, aimed only at the giant bat, but Weijing, not far away, was also affected, flying backward directly, hitting a pillar, and spitting out a mouthful of blood.

"Damn dog thing, did this seat not say not to come in casually while this seat is resting? Are you tired of living?"

As the words fell, the sound of a coffin being struck came, and a bat suddenly flew out, then transformed into human form, forcefully gripping the giant bat's neck.

The fear of imminent death made the giant bat lose its calm expression from before; it looked at Lanbo in terror and stammered: "King... this mermaid race... ant... says they have intelligence."

Lanbo then noticed the little thing with negligible cultivation beside them, whom they had subconsciously ignored earlier.

They raised their eyebrows with interest, suddenly flashed in front of Weijing, sniffed with their nose, curled their lip in disgust, and casually swatted Weijing away.

"Full of fishy smell, disgusting to death. Good goods have been getting fewer and fewer lately; this seat can't even bring themself to eat."

Lanbo said with disgust.

(End of chapter)