Guide To Reign My Tycoon Husbands-Chapter 496: Raising Glooms

"What’s wrong?" Luo Huian noticed the change in Luo Qingling’s expression and knew that there was something wrong.

Luo Qingling parted her lips but when she thought about how they were still in a public place where anyone could eavesdrop on them, she pursed her lips and then said in a quiet voice, "It’s nothing."

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Though she didn’t say anything, Luo Huian and the rest understood her meaning. They stopped speaking and continued to eat their meal quietly. Once they were finished with their breakfast, they paid for the meal and left the restaurant; only then did Luo Huian turn to look at Luo Qingling, who nodded at her.

They quickly found an inn where Luo Qingling booked two rooms. One for the women and one for Duan Jia Xu.

"Alright, what is it?" Duan Jia Xu asked as he rushed to the room where Luo Huian and the rest were staying. Even though the two women didn’t say anything outright, he was smart enough to notice that Luo Qingling had sensed something amiss.

Luo Huian also turned to look at her elder sister. Even though the woman didn’t say anything, the fact that she had rubbed her head twice and was breathing as if she had run three to four kilometres showed that there was something very wrong with the village where Gu Qinfan lived with his stepfather.

"I have heard of a similar case," Luo Qingling finally spoke up. She knew that there was no point in brooding on the matter alone. She sighed and brought up the details of the case, which she had read a few years ago.

According to the information that was sent to her, a small village that was located at the Suyin Islands suddenly cut off all the contacts that it had with the outside world. They didn’t let anyone leave or stay in their village, which made tourists wonder if there was something wrong with that village.

However, something about the mysterious air of this village made the tourists even more enthralled and they started to illegally sneak inside the village. These tourists wanted to sneak inside the village and reveal the secret inside the village. The result was that they all went missing one after another.

The authorities were alerted and obviously the entire island was searched but none of the missing people were found. What was even more confusing was that no evidence was found on the island that could convict the villagers. In the end, the authorities had no other choice but to accept that there was nothing wrong with the village.

That was until someone broke out the news that the villagers were actively helping a few underworld bosses to raise Glooms and Hollows.

"They were raising Glooms?" Duan Jia Xu was stunned. He couldn’t understand the reason behind the actions of the villagers; why would anyone want to raise Glooms ? It was nearly impossible for them to control those monsters.

Luo Qingling shrugged and said in a calm voice, "We don’t know what they were trying to do by raising the gloom, but as per the reports, that’s exactly what the villagers were trying to do. Someone gave them enough money to raise the gloom and those people who went missing were used as a means to strengthen the gloom. Because they were trapped with a gloom, it didn’t take long for these people to disappear as if they never existed."

"The gloom swallowed their essence."

Once Luo Qingling finished speaking, everyone in the room winced.

Only Luo Huian looked at her and asked, "So you think that something similar happened to those who went to this village?"

"I don’t want to think of the worst-case scenario," Luo Qingling sighed before remarking, "But there are so many similar points that it makes me wonder if these villagers are doing the same thing?"

"What happened to those villagers?" You Ruojin asked with a small gulp. "Are they locked up in the prison for harming the public interests?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Luo Qingling curled her lips into a small smile before replying, "For them to be locked up in the prison, they need to be alive." She turned to look at You Ruojin and the rest before adding, "They were killed by the gloom that they were raising. After all, what Duan Jia Xu said is correct. No one can control the Glooms nor the Hollows; it’s simply foolish fantasy to think that those monsters can be raised and tamed."

When You Ruojin heard that the Gloom killed the villagers, she became even more nervous. However, her curiosity got the best of her and she questioned, "Then why are these villagers doing such a risky task? Aren–aren’t they scared that they would be killed as well?"

"Maybe they haven’t thought that far?" Luo Huian tilted her head to one side and picked up an apple from the bowl. As she took a bite from it, she sighed and commented, "I think they believe that they are smarter than the ones who failed. After all, while I don’t look down on people from small countryside, I think that they have a serious case of inferiority complex."

"Something that the big bosses can take advantage of whenever they want. So maybe someone poked them by saying that they can do it because they are smarter and know much more than the villagers who failed?"

Luo Huian was not trying to put someone down but she had seen many of the disciples doing similar acts of foolishness as these villagers. There was an old senior brother in her immortal realm who was arrogant despite the lack of spiritual energy.

She still remembered that there were a few disciples who provoked her senior brother into going to the Realm of Abyssal Darkness. It was a really dangerous place with level seven or eight-grade beasts. Even the elders of the sect would think twice before going there.

But this senior brother of hers was fooled by the disciples. They flattered him by saying that the senior brother could do what the other senior brothers couldn’t. In the end, the foolish man actually went to the chasm and never returned.

The last Luo Huian heard of him was when someone mentioned seeing a ghoul wearing the jade ring that the foolish senior brother used to wear. Though the disciples who indirectly killed that senior brother were kicked out of the immortal realm and were made to live as humans... nothing could bring that man back.

All because he let his arrogance guide him, he ended up dying.

Luo Huian knew that those who had an inferiority complex were easier to manipulate. Maybe the same thing was happening with the villagers? But then again, they were not innocent either. For the sake of some benefits, they were willing to put their lives at risk; who could be blamed other than them?

"I think that must be the case," Luo Qingling agreed with Luo Huian. These people looked like they were easy to manipulate and wanted to gain some benefits without working hard.

She pursed her lips and looked at the three people in front of her and muttered, "As for this mer—I think he is the vessel. The one that is being fed the Gloom essence to raise the gloom."

Luo Qingling was confused when she saw the request that was sent to Luo Huian. At first she believed that it was a prank. After all, why would someone write a serious mission request like a little joke? But only now she realised that the matter was way more serious than she had anticipated.

The one who sent the request must be scared that someone would catch him, which was why he used the newspaper clipping to write the request. At least this way, even if someone intercepted the email and caught hold of the image, no one would know who wrote it.

After all, the email was sent through a dummy account, one that could not be traced back.

Luo Qingling’s expression was solemn as she said, "Since the villagers are relying on this little mer to benefit, I don’t think that they would let him go. If anything, they would make sure that the mer stays within the village."

"That will make us their enemies," Duan Jia Xu pursed his lips when he thought about how they were going to snatch the mer from the grasp of the villagers.

As soon as he finished speaking, the entire room fell silent.

"But we cannot leave the mer alone, right?" You Ruojin spoke up after a long pause. She blinked her eyes and looked at Luo Qingling before turning to look at Luo Huian. "I mean.. That mer has done nothing wrong for him to be used by the villagers like this—what’s more, he is good friends with Sister Geming; I think if we leave him alone, it will make Sister Geming unhappy."

Unhappy was an understatement; if they left this mer alone, Luo Huian was sure that Dong Geming would kill these villagers and them with her bare hands.

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