Dual Cultivation God Returns-Chapter 810: The Request

Hong Yue noted that, yet again, Wu Long was adding concealment formations, in fact more and more layers of them as they went in. They were moving between supporting structure of the roof, in between the support beams, as the building turned out to be just one large hall.

And then, Hong Yue finally understood the reason he was adding conealment.

Down below, on a lavish throne, in a relaxed, half-laying pose, sat a man, whose presence sent off alarm bells in her mind. She knew instantly, that if Wu Long did not hide them with added measures, her level of concealment would have failed by now, no, it would have failed at the moment she stepped on top of that roof.

The throne stood on an elevated circular platform built atop the very center of an indoor pond, glowing with turquoise color lines, akin to veins, covering the natural floor of the pond, illuminated the water and thus made visible the shapes of multiple large carnivorous fish swimming inside, the lotus flowers growing atop the pond also emitting the same gentle turquoise glow.

The way that the pond looked so natural and had a resemblance to the grotto outside, as well as the wooden flooring of the building that was elevated, revealing the natural rock flooring of the grotto underneath, told Hong Yue this pond was originally here, part of this grotto, and only later this building and the settlement around it were built on top.

From the platform with the throne to the outer edge of the pond, straight toward the terrace before the door, stretched a wooden bridge with a very shallow arc.

Around 10 people sat in various poses on very small circular platforms also placed on the pond, to the both sides of the bridge. Though there was no connecting structures to them.

The door opened, and the group Wu Long and Hong Yue followed here entered the hall, the face of the nobleman already pale and showing the signs of panic, and now widening with terror at the sight of the people inside. His bodyguard's expression was only marginally more calm, or better at concealing fear.

The man leading the cloaked group, who was talking with the nobleman before stepped forward, stopping before the bridge just as the door closed behind the group.

He removed his cloak, revealing the captain of the City Watch, as he deeply bowed toward the man on the throne with a fist and hat salute.

"Greetings to Lord Muo. Please forgive my sudden visit, I have brought someone who wished to make a request of you", the City Watch captain spoke, and then signaling toward the nobleman, added "Of course, we come bearing a small token of appreciation for receiving us on such short notice"

The nobleman nodded to his bodyguard who produced a decorated wooden box from his Spatial Ring, about the size of two large cabbages side by side.

However, as he made a step forward, another member of the City Watch still wearing a cloak raised a hand to stop him with a warning look from under the cloak.

One of the ten people on the smaller platforms rose, and with a step appeared before the bodyguard, taking the box with a rather rough motion despite the bodyguard presenting it with a polite one. He then took the box to the platform, walking on the wooden bridge instead of using fast steps like before, and going on one knee, opened the box before the one on the throne.

Inside was a pair of clear red crystals, about the size of a fist, and a handful of smaller ones, sitting on a silky cushion. The subtle inner glow of the crystals had a pulsating quality to it, and profound patterns swirling inside.

'Demonic Blood Crystals!', Wu Long's eyes shined at the 'lucky find'.

"Hmm", the one called Lord Muo by the City Watch Captain nodded with satisfaction, and motioning with one hand collected the box into his Spatial Ring, his subordinate returning to his spot, while the one on the throne lazily uttered, "Speak"

"G-Great Lord Muo, it is but a trifle affair, I am almost certain it is not worth bothering you for it... h-however, I would be immensely grateful for..."

"What do you want?", the one on the throne seemingly did not have the patience for the nobleman's ramblings.

"I-if you allow me to speak, my employer wishes to deal with the Northern Gang Alliance, to exterminate them all, except for their leader Crazy Mang", the bodyguard spoke with slight nervousness, seeking to alleviate the tension, "For that one, we wish to cripple and capture him, and then, there is one more man, well, he has a few subordinates, but we wish to do the same for him too..."

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Hong Yue widened her eyes, since, even though she saw a request like this be made many times in her life, it was the first time she knew the circumstances behind it. She knew this man only suffered a financial setback, even if substantial but not ruinous, because of Kwon Qianhong's scheme at most, and aside from slight humiliation from interaction with Wu Long and the whole ordeal with Lu Mang, he received no tangible damage. And yet, that was enough for such a request, even going as far as taking a risk by making that request from such dangerous people.

And as she thought that was what Wu Long wanted her to see and hear...

The bodyguard gradually began feeling more confident as he spoke, and then added with a grin, "If it is not too much trouble, for that man, Wu Long, I would like to accompany your men and deal with him personally... he has been quite arrogant just because he beat that idiot Crazy Mang, no even before that..."

"Huh?",the man on the throne raised his eyebrow at the last request, since it was bothersome to have someone get under their feet while they are fulfilling the request.

"I-I will pay the price you name in full right now", the nobleman pleaded.

The man on the throne sighed with annoyance at such a petty job, with an added bonus burden, already looking at the rows of his ten subordinates, likely thinking who of them to send.

However, sensing that annoyance, the nobleman panicked, thinking his request would be denied and his expensive gift for just being granted a meeting would simply go to waste, hastily adding, "T-There are rumors that there are exceptional beauties around that man, hehehe... if the esteemed Lord Muo is interested..."

Hong Yue's pupils shrank, as her gaze turned murderous, because among those beauties this sleazy man was so carelessly talking about, was Hong Ye.

"Hoh?", the expression of the man on the throne finally shifted from bored arrogance to slight interest, but as he started to speak further, a blade slid through the throne and went out through his chest, causing him to cough out blood instead of words, "Khak..!!!"

'Bahshi Ghost Master's Veiled Art: Impaling Cursed Blade", Wu Long's eyes behind the throne shone with a cold light, as 80% of his entire enormous Spiritual Qi reserves were depleted all at once.

As the man of the thone's eyes widened in shock, anger and confusion, and turned to the side with visible struggle as if his movements were constricted, his body jolted, trying to move forward to get off the blade of the sword.

A terrifying aura and pressure of a 3rd-level Essence Ignition Realm practitioner spreading from him. And it did not seem like that aura was weakening, or of a dying man, rather, it was only growing in intensity as the Corrupt Path cultivator began winding up his strength after this ambush.