During their casual chat, Qiao Bai secretly sized up Qi Yuan.
With his abundant experience of being rescued, he was very certain that this was the big boss who could save him from dire straits.
He didn't know why he was so unlucky yet also very fortunate - he would always run into some situations that were hard to deal with, and then luckily bumped into strong warriors who would rescue him in passing.
This physique allowed him to meet several beautiful big sisters who could walk on colorful auspicious clouds to save him, but it was a great pity that after chatting for a few sentences there would never be a follow up.
If he hadn't run into something after leaving home this time and delayed his plans, he wouldn't have come to this place either.
What Qiao Bai didn't know was that Qi Yuan was weighing whether or not to split up.
The strongest person here in terms of ability was Lv Cheng, a C-level esper, while Qiao Bai was at the same D-level as him.
And in this ghost market, even the lowest E-level ghosts could increase a level to D-level. Qi Yuan had no reason to ask Lv Cheng and Qiao Bai to risk their lives for his younger brother.
According to the rules of not trespassing into someone's personal territory without their permission, staying in this unowned room already constituted their personal territory.
And by not going out, they would naturally not be discovered as humans.
Thinking of this, he made up his mind - since he had chosen the path of espers, he could no longer, like before, look for reliable patrol team uncles whenever something came up.
"I'm thinking of going out to look for people, do you want to wait here for rescue?"
Qi Yuan thought there would be some difficulties, he didn't expect the two men to nod in unison and say in one voice: "Okay."
How is your pattern completely different from mine?
Qi Yuan stopped his mouth that he was about to open to persuade them.
It shouldn't be that you two are righteous and insist on sharing weal and woe with me. At the very least beg me not to abandon you, give us some benefits.
Although he couldn't figure it out, since he had achieved his goal, Qi Yuan didn't think too much about it and set off alone.
Hearing his footsteps gradually fading away, Qiao Bai curiously asked: "Brother, since you're capable why didn't you go with him?"
Lv Cheng stroked his chin with a mysterious smile, an all-knowing expression on his face.
"Take a look at what he looks like?"
Qiao Bai cooperated and said: "He looks very handsome, just a little better looking than me."
Lv Cheng tactically recoiled. I can't tell if you're so confident: "Wrong, can't even get such a simple question right."
"Brother, enlighten me."
Situations were stronger than people, Qiao Bai really wanted to give Lv Cheng a punch, cursing get lost you idiot speaking in riddles, but he would lose in a fight...
Leaving people in suspense was Lv Cheng’s instinct as an author. His expression was serious, his tone solemn: "What I'm going to say next, you must keep to your stomach no matter what, don't spread it around, otherwise there will be danger to life."
Enough leaving things in suspense, if there really was danger to life you wouldn't be able to talk about it!
At this moment Qiao Bai's expression was almost identical to the sweaty emoji.
Seeing he had built things up enough, Lv Cheng started getting to the main point: "With one look you can tell he comes from a prestigious family, what would such a family have that you don't understand? It must be bodyguards!"
Just this?
Qiao Bai was frustrated but held it in and took a step back...
The more he thought about it the angrier he felt. He couldn't stand it.
"What danger to life? Are you putting on an act here?"
Lv Cheng slapped his thigh: "Some things, if you understand them you understand them. Think carefully again, have you seen his bodyguards before?"
This sentence was like a star in the dark night, instantly lighting up Qiao Bai's train of thought. He stroked his chin contemplating.
I haven't seen his bodyguards before, but he does have them.
That is to say, his bodyguards are very powerful to not be noticed by us.
Having such bodyguards does seem like he's from a prestigious family...
"Do you mean...?"
Lv Cheng nodded madly, a child can be taught!
"Why are you nodding your head? I still don't get it..."
"Are you completely brainless?" Lv Cheng was furious: "When he's got nothing to do he plays pig eats tiger!"
It seemed to make some sense. Qiao Bai contemplated again.
Having to keep a low profile meant either he was eyed by other family clans or he might be targeted by high-level monsters.
If he leaked information out and was found by Qi Yuan's enemy clans, his life could indeed be endangered.
He suddenly understood and looked at Lv Cheng with admiration: "Brother, your insight is truly impressive."
Lv Cheng smiled from ear and pretended to wave his hand modestly: "No way, since Brother Yuan wants to handle some private matters, of course I wouldn't stick around to cause trouble for myself."
"Sigh, I'm different from Brother Lv. I was purely thinking of not delaying the expert's time, and if we ran into my younger brother he might be able to lend a hand."
"You came to look for your younger brother too?"
"Yes, I'm already D-level, it shouldn't be completely hopeless for me to roam around a territory. "
Lv Cheng let out a long sigh, who didn't they all think this way?
High level monsters appeared less frequently to begin with, and the patrol teams actively dealt with high level monsters.
The people entering territories were basically looking to fight some small monsters to practice.
As a C-level esper he had been to no few territories, but he had truly never seen a territories filled with big monsters...
......
Upon hearing the mushroom-haired girl's words, Qi Ao and Qiao Ming were so frightened their breathing stopped. The two covered their mouths with three pairs of eyes blinking at each other in the small space.
They stood against the innermost wall. The sounds outside were very soft and completely indiscernible.
Qi Ao gestured for Mushroom Head and Qiao Ming to come over and take a look.
The result was a furiously shaking head from Mushroom Head and Qiao Fatty waving his hands desperately.
Qi Ao felt the voice was somewhat familiar and was also worried the monsters might imitate someone else's voice like the big bad wolf. After hesitating again and again, the hopeful mentality still won out.
If they were rescued, Xiao Qian would definitely look at him with admiring eyes and ignore Qiao Fatty.
He plucked up his courage and got close to the iron door. The voices outside became clear.
"Is anyone inside?"
It was really familiar. Qi Ao stepped onto the table blocking the door and peeked outside from a crack in the wooden door.
A familiar figure stood outside the door.
Seeing it, Qi Ao was overjoyed. He immediately jumped down from the table and pushed open the table blocking the door.
......
One at the door, one outside the window, and another hiding inside the mirror.
Qi Yuan was walking unhurriedly within the teaching building, occasionally using his psychic power to probe his surroundings.
Relying on the mind voices of the monsters, he adjusted the rhythm of his steps and activated the eyes of time.
Although his speed slowed down, the number monsters who determined he was powerful also increased. Almost no monsters dared to approach him recklessly.
Overall his exploration speed did not decrease but rather increased.
It was just somewhat uncomfortable having to maintain that aloof expression for so long - sounding nice it was a disdainful face, less nice it was a rotten face.
In the room ahead there was a group of monsters surrounding it while making strange sounds to deceive whoever was inside to come out.
Seeing Qi Yuan approach at a leisurely pace, some ghosts were unwilling to give up the opportunity and tried to find companions to drive away this human together.
However their companions did not think the same. In the blink of an eye only a few slow-reacting ghosts remained at the door.
With a miserable shriek those few ghosts fainted in terror.
Qi Yuan pretended to kick at the playing dead ghosts. The ghosts who had looked devoid of life just a second ago crawled up and dashed away.
After driving away the ghosts outside with his face alone, Qi Yuan turned his gaze to the room.
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e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
