The Game with Fairies

Wei Xuan’s tone was slightly anxious.

After listening, Li Muyang fell silent for a moment before asking, “Brother Wei, do you have any ideas?”

Wei Xuan fell silent.

After a long pause, he slowly began to speak, “I had planned to rest and recuperate overnight and then make another trip to Sanhe City before dawn. If I can’t rescue Junior Sister Chu, I had resolved not to cling to life. But since Daoist Wuming has arrived, there might be a turning point…”

As he spoke, Wei Xuan took out a jade pendant made of emerald and handed it to Li Muyang.

“This is the Qingming Jade Disc left by my master before he left. It is the token of the Mystic Sword Sect’s sect master. Take this disc into the city and find Shan Xiaolian, a first-grade sorcerer of the Imperial Astronomical Bureau.”

“Nowadays, the Demon-Suppressing Masters of the Imperial Astronomical Bureau are just watching from the sidelines. As long as it’s not the work of evil spirits, even if the Blood Demon Sect’s demons reach the city walls, they won’t lift a finger.”

“But the Qingming Jade Disc represents the sect master of the Mystic Sword Sect. If you take it to find Shan Xiaolian and tell her that as long as she is willing to help, my Mystic Sword Sect will allow her to enter the Hundred Zhang Abyss for three days.”

“This reward should be enough to persuade her to make an exception and help.”

【Preliminary Task: Head to the heart of Sanhe and find Mystic Sword Sect disciple Wei Xuan–Completed】

【New Task: Bring the Qingming Jade Disc into Sanhe City and persuade Shan Xiaolian to help】

With the task bar updated by the system, Li Muyang took the jade disc and said, “Good! Leave it to me.”

But he was still somewhat puzzled.

Wei Xuan explained, “The Hundred Zhang Abyss is a secret realm opened by my master. If one can stay there for three days, it would be of infinite benefit to a Demon-Suppressing Master, at the very least extending their life by three years.”

“The Demon-Suppressing Masters of the Imperial Astronomical Bureau, after all, have short lifespans…”

Wei Xuan’s explanation made things clear to Li Muyang.

“Alright, I’ll make a trip to the city right away.”

Li Muyang carefully stored the Qingming Jade Disc and turned to leave.

As he visited the Heavenly Origin Dynasty more often, Li Muyang realized that the social structure here was completely different from what he had imagined.

He had thought that the Imperial Astronomical Bureau was a government office under the imperial court, especially given his previous experiences where the Imperial Astronomical Bureau was an important arm of the government, notorious for its ferocity.

But this time he discovered that the Imperial Astronomical Bureau was actually ignoring the rebels causing chaos in the city?

This special office, dedicated to dealing with evil spirits and calamities, seemed a bit odd in its existence, only dealing with evil spirits.

The Blood Demon Sect’s rebels were causing chaos right under their noses, and to ask the Demon-Suppressing Masters of the Imperial Astronomical Bureau to take action, one still had to offer them benefits… Tsk…

Li Muyang stored the Qingming Jade Disc and leaped through the dark forest.

He continued to jump along the path he had come, still carefully avoiding the soldiers in the forest.

These soldiers were clearly the rebel army of the Blood Demon Sect, not the imperial army, as their attire was different.

After running a great distance through the forest, Li Muyang once again emerged from the mountain range and came to the plains ahead.

Outside the dark city in the night, tents crowded like mushrooms under the moonlight.

The army of the Blood Demon Sect was brazenly encamped outside Sanhe City.

The city gates of Sanhe City were tightly closed, and only a few patrolling figures were visible on the dark city walls, with the flags on the walls matching those in the army camps outside.

It was clear that after the governor of Sanhe City had betrayed Wei Xuan and Fairy Liuli Chu Qingxue, he had openly switched allegiance.

But Li Muyang was not interested in such dynastic changes.

He leaped quickly through the darkness, choosing a shadowy part of the city wall to climb.

The joints of his zombie body were stiff, making climbing difficult. But with his immense strength, Li Muyang eventually managed to climb over the wall with difficulty.

Atop the city wall, there were traces of dried blood and marks of slashing and burning.

During a period before, this section of the wall must have been a battlefield where the rebels and imperial soldiers fought fiercely with countless lives lost.

But now, with the governor’s betrayal and the army taking the city without shedding blood, there were very few guards on the wall, as there were plenty of patrolling soldiers outside.

The lax defense made it easier for Li Muyang.

However, after Li Muyang stealthily descended from the wall, he found that the city of Sanhe under the cover of night was bustling with activity.

The streets were brightly lit and filled with noise and commotion as if all the citizens of Sanhe City were awake and reveling through the night.

Many Blood Demon Sect soldiers were parading some imperial officials through the city, and amidst the cheers and curses of the crowd, rotten eggs and vegetable leaves flew, constantly hitting those officials on the prison carts.

Li Muyang, blending into the crowd, saw that the person being paraded at the front of the procession was a fat prince in a python robe.

But this prince, who used to be high and mighty, was now trembling in the prison cart, covered in mud and rotten eggs.

The citizens in the city were shouting loudly.

“Flay him! Flay him!”

“This cruel and inhumane beast! Flay him!”

This prince obviously had a bad reputation in the city, and seeing him in trouble, the entire city’s population was excited, wishing they could rush forward and devour his flesh.

Li Muyang stood in the crowd, watching from a distance. While everyone was busy denouncing the corrupt official, he stole a hooded cloak in an unguarded corner to cover his body.

Although the night was deep and the city lights were dim, if someone got close enough, they could still notice the strangeness of his zombie body.

Wrapped in the cloak, Li Muyang walked through the city, and after finding out the direction to the Imperial Astronomical Bureau, he headed straight for its office.

Along the way, he encountered several prisoner escort teams.

The Blood Demon Sect had invaded the city and seemed intent on executing all the rich but heartless officials and royal nobles who had oppressed the people, all in one night.

Among the prisoners were two princes, as well as their sons and daughters, all in a sorry state, with the more cowardly already scared to tears by the spectacle, continuously wailing and begging for mercy.

But the more pitifully these sons and daughters cried, the angrier the surrounding crowd became.

Various shouts of anger and denunciation formed a noisy sea in the city.

Amidst this chaos, Li Muyang made his way through the disorderly city and finally arrived outside the wide-open gates of the Imperial Astronomical Bureau.

Under the cover of night, the Imperial Astronomical Bureau was eerily silent, a stark contrast to the noisy and bustling city.

Li Muyang frowned slightly, saved his progress, and then walked in.

“Is anyone there?”

After he stepped into the office of the Imperial Astronomical Bureau and looked around, he saw no sign of any Demon-Suppressing Master.

There was a deathly silence inside the Imperial Astronomical Bureau office.

Li Muyang took a few more steps forward, but his body suddenly froze.

A cold light flashed silently, and Li Muyang saw his own head fall off, quickly separating from his body.

【You died. Game Over】

The familiar failure screen popped up, and Li Muyang opened his eyes back in the private room of the tavern.

He scratched his head.

“…died just like that?”

Although Li Muyang knew there was definitely danger in this government office, dying so directly still caught him off guard.

He didn’t even see clearly how he died.