Who Brought Him into the Cultivation World?-Chapter 208 - 176: Unlucky Bastard Ou Mingdong
In White Emperor City, a straight avenue runs through, with vendors and travelers bustling about, and various shops on both sides of the road welcoming and sending off customers, creating a lively scene.
Such bustling activity, one would never guess that an incident had occurred here.
Han Yu followed the Palace Guard all the way to the Government Office and stopped in the outer courtyard upon entering.
The Palace Guard politely spoke up.
"Sir, please wait a moment."
Soon after, another Palace Guard came over holding an egg-sized round sphere.
"This is a mechanism for recording images, please don’t be alarmed later."
Seeing someone arrive, the first Palace Guard took the sphere and smiled apologetically.
With a slight press on the sphere, it suddenly split open from top to bottom, revealing a small Spirit Stone in the center.
A hole abruptly appeared at the sphere’s top, emitting a light that scanned Han Yu.
If the Palace Guard hadn’t warned him in advance, Han Yu might have almost reacted impulsively.
After the light swept over, it quickly formed a vivid, life-like projection of Han Yu at another spot, identical in every detail to the real person.
Han Yu was dumbfounded by this, wondering what kind of strange device this was, and how it could be so powerful.
The Palace Guard, seemingly accustomed to seeing people surprised, smiled as he explained.
"This is a small mechanism designed by the Mo Family; each one can preserve an image for a long time, as long as the Spiritual Qi in the Spirit Stone isn’t exhausted."
Hearing this, Han Yu’s expression became very peculiar because he had a hunch that only one person could come up with such an idea.
"But this batch is kept due to the city’s regulation, so you have nothing to worry about, sir. It will be destroyed immediately once the control order is lifted."
To avoid unnecessary trouble for any cultivator, the Government Office has measures in place to inform them.
Just as Han Yu was about to turn and leave, a figure hurriedly entered. As the two glanced at each other, both froze.
"Damn! Why is it you?"
"Why are you here?"
At this time, Ou Mingdong looked exhausted, dressed in his blue robe sloppily, lacking any elegance or charm.
Seeing Han Yu, he was first overjoyed, then showed a strange expression.
——
Half an hour later.
In the inner courtyard of the Government Office, the two were sitting opposite each other.
Han Yu looked at Ou Mingdong peculiarly, almost unable to suppress his laughter several times.
"So, after getting the Dragon Blood Stone, before you could hide and cultivate properly, you were sent here to serve as a Guardian?"
That was truly unfortunate. According to Ou Mingdong’s account, he genuinely planned to retreat and cultivate after taking the Dragon Blood Stone home.
But shortly after, his master returned to the Unparalleled Tower from outside.
Who knows what deal he made with the Imperial Court, that the Unparalleled Tower had to send a Divine Gaze Realm disciple to White Emperor City to serve as a Guardian.
And against all odds, that unfortunate soul turned out to be him.
"But why you?"
Han Yu was also particularly puzzled at the time, as Ou Mingdong was undoubtedly one of the most outstanding disciples at the Unparalleled Tower, way too qualified for such a task.
Ou Mingdong spoke with a bitter face, "My intention to become a Guardian next to Shuzhou Prefecture was discovered by my master."
Alright! That explained everything.
Ou Mingdong’s undying... or rather, unchanging passion for wanting to be a Guardian to occasionally visit Shuzhou City had prompted his master to separate the lovers.
Although, this was not entirely correct, as nothing had yet materialized for Ou Mingdong, but it was enough to send him far away to stifle any hopes.
This would indeed make things difficult for him for quite some time.
"They say something happened outside, what exactly happened?"
Han Yu curiously inquired.
Hearing this, Ou Mingdong showed a worried expression and began explaining with a frown.
Two days ago, a mysterious cultivator destroyed a ship!
"Just this trivial matter?"
Han Yu expressed surprise. Wasn’t it just a ship, why did it make Ou Mingdong so worried?
"That ship was a custom order by the Mo Family for the Imperial Court, a gigantic airship, the ship that has the Inspectorate agitated, do you still think it’s trivial?"
Ou Mingdong spoke with a bitter smile.
If he weren’t so unlucky, how would he have encountered such a thorny issue right after taking up the post?
The message from the Inspectorate yesterday was concise and harsh, clearly instructing that if anyone was caught, there would be no mercy.
How the hell was he supposed to catch someone!
Not having seen a single trace or clue these past few days, he had been rushing around without a break, hence his current disheveled appearance.
"This ship is said to be eventually available in every State Prefecture, for both commoners and cultivators, and most importantly, it travels extremely fast, meaning distance between prefectures may no longer be an issue."
This highlights exactly how seriously the Imperial Court takes this matter.
"By the way, I have something to ask you."
Ou Mingdong scrutinized Han Yu and hesitantly spoke.
"Did you have a conflict with my master? These days, disciples from the Unparalleled Tower received orders to search for your whereabouts, with quite generous rewards."
Han Yu was stunned, pointing to himself, he did not know Ou Mingdong’s master. There was no way they had any conflict.
"Could there be a mistake?"
Ou Mingdong nodded assuredly, "No mistake, I’m sure it’s you. That’s why I’m so curious what you did to anger my master when he returned from outside."
Han Yu was completely perplexed, as he hadn’t encountered anyone from the Unparalleled Tower on his journey.
"Actually, you did. You encountered them."
The quiet Glass in his Sea of Consciousness suddenly spoke.
"Do you remember the group of Transcendent Realm Cultivators that flew off with the Ginseng King?"
With this reminder, Han Yu suddenly froze. If he remembered correctly, the Sect Leader of Cyan Sun Sect did invite people from the Nine Great Sects to dig up the Ginseng King...
The more he thought about it, if there was anything that could make Ou Mingdong’s master so furious, it had to be one thing.
The Ginseng King incident blew up!
Damn! Did this mean that besides Luo Yuqi, he also managed to offend the elders of the Eight Sects?
The key question was how did they know it was Han Yu who did it?
The Inspectorate!
Damn it, they betrayed him by revealing his involvement.
"Did your master go out for the Ginseng King?"
Han Yu asked Ou Mingdong, clinging to the last shred of hope.
Ou Mingdong’s expression grew increasingly peculiar. Technically speaking, he had known Han Yu long before the Inspectorate did.
Moreover, he had always been aware of Han Yu’s peculiar pills.
So regarding the Ginseng King...
"Was it you who created the Ginseng King situation?"
"You’ll keep this a secret for me, right?"
Han Yu forced a smile, asking.
After a cup of tea, the curios Ou Mingdong waved his hands repeatedly, trying to stop Han Yu from talking.
Because as soon as he heard about stewed Ginseng Roots and boiled Ginseng Heads, he dared not imagine or listen further.
Is this really something I should be hearing?
If those bigshots find out, will they silence me?
"I shouldn’t have nosed into your business."
Ou Mingdong was filled with regret. He already had a heap of problems, and now there’s more.
If he can’t keep his mouth shut and accidently lets slip a word or two, things will go south fast for him.
And whether to report Han Yu, he was quite troubled.
After all, he got the Dragon Blood Stone through Han Yu’s help and even saved his life once.
But the orders from the Unparalleled Tower were strict; if things come to light, he’d probably be beaten half to death by his master.
"How about you do me a small favor, and I pledge to keep your secret?"
After pondering for a moment, Ou Mingdong suddenly gritted his teeth, pulled out a black sphere, handed it over, and said...
