Beast World: Rise to Power with the Offspring System-Chapter 422 - 420 Out of the City Conditions
Chapter 422: Chapter 420 Out of the City Conditions
Chapter 422: Chapter 420 Out of the City Conditions
An attractive man with brown hair and eyes, wearing a black coarse cloth robe, descended from the sky.
He was holding a soaked, disheveled person, and with a ‘bang~’ tossed them onto the rough terrain, “Tell Xiaozhan to inform the gambling house that the rate of jumpers has increased, we can’t keep up. Raise the salvage fee by five percent.”
“Understood, big brother. This goddess wants to discuss something with you,” Lu Xiaozhan responded.
Then he said to Sally, “This is my big brother, Lu Changqiu. Sister Sally, you can talk to him about your business.”
Sally nodded, “My name is Sally. Nice to meet you.”
“Then I’ll follow Xiaozhan’s lead, calling you Sister Sally. Just call me Changqiu, please come inside.”
After Sally followed Lu Changqiu into the house, Lu Xiaozhan was surrounded.
“What a beautiful goddess, where did Xiaozhan find her?”
“At the gambling house, her luck was through the roof. She won at everything, thankfully she didn’t bet big, otherwise the boss would have to think twice.”
“So she went there just for the experience, she is not a gambler.”
“Right, she went there for revenge. That drunken scoundrel Lao Diao, he died by her hand.”
“Lao Diao? Good riddance, a scourge on decent families.”
“Hey, don’t insult dogs, alright?”
“Right, right, I forgot you’re from the Dog Clan.”
…
Sally sat down and explained her desire to leave the city as soon as possible to Lu Changqiu.
Originally, Sally could have had Xiaomei lead her through the formation to escape, but considering she had come to the Divine Realm this time just to earn a delivery fee, she was reluctant to leave so easily. Besides, the sealing formation was personally arranged by Divine Emperor Guan Lan, and attempting to leave forcibly would attract his attention.
Lu Changqiu said, “The Wanqing Inn in the city was destroyed overnight, leaving no trace of bodies, and the Divine King Residence also lost a treasured item. Therefore, Divine Emperor Guan Lan has locked down the entire Divine King City. Until the culprit is caught and the treasure is recovered, you can enter the Divine King City, but you cannot leave.”
“How many Divine Crystals to leave the Divine King City?” Sally inquired.
“Five hundred Superior Divine Crystals will ensure that Sister Sally leaves the city safely before dusk today!” Lu Changqiu, seeing Sally so straightforward, didn’t dawdle.
As for Sally’s identity, Lu Changqiu didn’t ask. Anyone who could produce five hundred Superior Divine Crystals certainly had significant concerns, and it was better to mind one’s own business.
“Deal,” Sally said, first handing over two hundred Superior Divine Crystals to Lu Changqiu, “This two hundred is a deposit, the remaining three hundred will be paid in full once we’re out of the city.”
“Alright, if the deal falls through, these two hundred will be returned in full.”
“It’s a promise.”
Sally extended her hand proactively.
Lu Changqiu paused for a moment, then somewhat puzzled, tried shaking hands with Sally.
Sally gave it a light grip before letting go, “So, what’s next…”
Lu Changqiu glanced at his hand. The touch just now was tender, a sensation he had never experienced before, and it left his heart ticklish.
“Changqiu?” Sally called his name.
Lu Changqiu’s drifting thoughts swiftly returned, “Hmm, here’s the plan, Sister Sally. You’ll accompany me to a birthday banquet at the Divine King Residence. Inside, there’s a secret tunnel leading outside the city that isn’t affected by the sealing formation, like a small hole under the city wall. You get what I mean?”
Sally nodded, “I understand.”
Lu Changqiu pocketed the Divine Crystals and looked at Sally’s attire, “I have an invitation to the birthday banquet and can bring a lady. I hope Sister Sally won’t mind playing the role of my sister.”
“No problem,” said Sally, pointing to the inside room, “Can I change clothes there?”
“Certainly.”
Lu Changqiu went to the next room and changed into a light green scholarly robe, waiting for Sally in the courtyard.
Sally changed into an ice-blue starred gossamer silk dress, newly made by Xiaomei, that could withstand three Divine Monarch-grade attacks. It was also equipped with anti-poison, waterproof, self-cleaning, and breathable functions, fitting snugly and looking beautiful.
Seeing the dress on Sally’s body, Lu Changqiu was stunned.
Sally asked, “It should work, right?”
“It, it works!” Lu Changqiu felt that his Divine Heart might really not be preserved. It hadn’t fluttered for thousands of years, and today it throbbed for the second time.
“Then let’s go.”
“I’ll go harness the horse.” Lu Changqiu didn’t know which leg to move first, tripped over his own feet, nearly fell, then hurried to the stable.
The farmhands who had just finished their meal looked at Sally and immediately felt hungry again… This, this was a true Goddess!
Sally gave them a polite smile and surveyed the entire yard.
She noticed someone sitting against the wall, their clothes wrinkled and damp, the ‘water’ person that Lu Changqiu had brought back.
Lu Changqiu drove the carriage over.
Sally looked at the horse with six legs and a single horn on its head. “What kind of horse is this?”
“A Six-legged Divine Steed, capable of traveling ten thousand li in a day,” Lu Changqiu opened the carriage curtain, “Sister Sally, please get in, though it’s a bit shabby.”
“It’s quite nice,” Sally got on the carriage.
After leaving the tavern, Sally sat on the bench by the carriage door and asked, “What’s the story with the ‘water’ person you brought back?”
Lu Changqiu replied, “In the gambling house, gamblers like Sister Sally, who gamble just for fun, are extremely rare. Most are gamblers to the core, and some who lose badly and become despondent want to just die and end it all. But they still owe money to the gambling house, and the house certainly can’t let the debts die with them.”
“So the gambling house asks you to retrieve these gamblers, save their lives, and then have them earn money to repay their debts.”
“Yes. Everything in and out of the gambling house is money; that’s what they want; they don’t take lives.”
“Hmm, then why would it bother with helping people afterwards?”
“You’re talking about life and death games, right?”
“Right.”
“Any form of killing generates karma, adding a streak of malevolent energy to one’s Cultivation Base. Some people don’t want to be tainted with this malice, so the gambling house makes money from that. Of course, there’s a threshold; if it’s less than 50 Superior Divine Crystals, the gambling house won’t take the deal.”
No wonder Lu Xiaozhan had brought it up voluntarily because of the chips she held in her hand.
“Doesn’t the gambling house get affected by accumulating malevolent energy?”
“Money, especially circulating money, has the power to dispel malevolence, offsetting it with its flow. Plus, life and death games are uncommon; sometimes you won’t encounter one for months.”
Sally chatted with Lu Changqiu, learning quite a bit about the inner workings of the gambling house. Xiaomei listened very intently, especially to the rules of the gambling house.
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[Are you planning to create a gambling house map?]
[Yes, Host, Xiaomei wants to develop a Gambler King City.]
[…You’ve completely forgotten that you’re the Offspring System.]
[No, Xiaomei always remembers. Host, keep it up! The offspring task has been launched, the goal for the offspring task is just 1800 meters ahead, wishing the Host lots of luck with conception, a multiple birth would be great, the more the merrier, the Main System Dad can afford it.]
[…]This was taking a stance with the Main System, wasn’t it? She herself realized that she had been too neglectful of her duties lately.
[Wait, you said the offspring task goal is 1800 meters away?]
[Yes, Host, Divine Monarch You Hao is at the Divine King Residence just ahead.]
[Uh, how did I forget about him, he’s right here.]
She was in such a hurry to leave Divine King City, not only because she had committed a significant act and was worried about Divine Arts like timeline reversion potentially exposing her… she wanted to quickly leave the ‘crime scene’.
Another reason was that it was time to return to the Divine Lord Residence.
However, accompanying You Hao was none other than Fan Qiqi herself; it might be a good opportunity to see how they were getting along…
