Wandering Know-it-all stared at Happy's arm. It was only then that he felt that his uneasiness settle down.
Happy had used his b.a.r.e hands since the beginning of the fight. The people who fought against him would definitely not be able to guess that the person who executed Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palm was Happy. After all, the fight in which they fought had not been long, and no one would be able to guess that Happy, who had always been famous due to his sword techniques and his higher quality equipment would use his palms to easily defeat two of the three young masters of Beijing.
"It'll be far too easy to stay out of their sight. I can do so with one Bamboo Hat."
"If that's the case, Beijing will not be chaotic for the time being. Their attention will be on me, and it'll make it easier for us to save Silver Wolf and Wind Chimes."
As they spoke, Little Moon Immortal and Delicate Servant were ignored by the side.
"Speaking of the rescue mission, I forgot to tell you something. This time, I prepared some helpers for you," Wandering Know-it-all said with a serious face. "They aren't weak, and they won't have any problems in fighting against one or two Moksha Realm elites by themselves. One of them can divert Divine Arrow Eight Heroes' attention for you, and the other can attract Xuanming Elders' attention."
Happy quirked an eyebrow when he heard that.
"Are they reliable?"
Even though he knew that it would not be practical for him to take action alone, he could not ignore the fact that he had to keep his identity a secret.
Wandering Know-it-all had known from the start that Happy would ask such a question.
"They're absolutely reliable. Besides, I didn't tell them that you'd be taking part. During the quest, they won't know your identity either. I'll tell the details inside the mansion."
While Happy and Wandering Know-it-all discussed their plans in Heaven Fragrant Tower, Blood Robes brought the news back to Class One Hall's headquarters and told Dream Clouds about what had happened.
Chapter 487 - Dream Clouds’ Worry
Within the sect prison of Class One Hall's headquarters was Dream Clouds. When she heard the news that Blood Robes brought back, she sank into deep shock.
Even though Blood Robes had died once, when he returned to Beijing, he immediately used Illusion Life and Death Pill to return to his peak, which was why he did not fall behind. He still occupied the fourth spot on Dragon Rank, and no one ever managed to threaten his position.
If Blood Robes said to have been defeated by someone during a one on one fight, Dream Clouds would rather believe that the person he fought was Happy or One Emperor.
But Blood Robes' description was incredibly shocking!
The person he fought did not use a single weapon from the start to the end.
He did not bring out any weapons and did not equip any armor, yet he still defeated Blood Robes in around ten moves. Blood Robes chose to be honest and said that the protective system of Heaven Fragrant Tower was the only reason why he had been able to remain alive.
Dream Clouds s.u.c.k.e.d in a sharp breath with a profound look in her eyes. "Can you learn of his identity?"
Blood Robes said nothing for a time. He then shook his head while standing behind Dream Clouds. "At that time, I went to the meeting alone, and I hurried back right after. But based on my understanding of Langye, he'll definitely investigate it.
"However, the possibility of him learning the man's identity is very low. After all, it's far too easy for a player to hide their face in the game."
"There are very few people who can enter the best room in Heaven Fragrant Tower. There are only a few of them in all of Beijing." Dream Clouds' tone was calm, and she gave her orders earnestly. "Immediately investigate those people's current location while the two men are still in the restaurant."
"Alright."
Blood Robes' eyes lit up. It was only at that moment that he noticed that he had overlooked an important detail. He could get to know the unknown man's identity through the process of elimination. The people who could get into the best room in Heaven Fragrant Tower had to be martial artists who had very high prestige in the game or were people with noble statuses.
Only the people who were among the top ten in the various ranks of World of Martial Arts Secret Log could get inside. It might mean that they had to look through nearly one hundred people, it was still a chance to find out what they wanted to know.
Once they got rid of some of the people who were not suspects or had no possibility of getting in based on how strict were the requirements for Little Moon Immortal and Delicate Servant to serve people, then filtered out some of the people who were not very rich, they could get to know just who was the famous person who had the unfathomable Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palm.
Blood Robes researched their location ten minutes ago and obtained a very strange result.
Among the seven, there were six who were verified to not be in Heaven Fragrant Tower. The seventh could not be located since the diviners could not find him. It seemed like he was not among the five elements.
"Are you saying that the person in the best room might be Wandering Know-it-all?"
When Dream Clouds heard the result, a few more wrinkles appeared between her eyebrows. Wandering Know-it-all's status in the game was incredibly unique, in fact, it could be said that he was a rather otherworldly presence. Even though he was not strong, his World of Martial Arts Secret Log was something that every martial artist had, and its popularity rate was at 100%.
Even though the dividend he obtained was rather low, he was still a true billionaire. The log was of good quality, but cheap, and it sold well even in other countries.
Wandering Know-it-all also set up a novel business—he would hide a person's tracks, for a price. He provided this service for ten million taels of silver, and each purchase lasted for forty-eight hours!
He could also hide the might of a divine weapon so that it would not appear on Divine Weapon Rank. This cost ten million taels of silver as well!
His services were incredibly expensive, but their target was not the general population. Instead, his market was the small number of players at the top of the pyramid in World of Martial Arts. They were the handful of martial artists who had the ability to pay his prices.
This business caused Wandering Know-it-all's status in the sect leaders' hearts to become even more of an otherworldly presence in the game, and no one dared to offend him, and that included Dream Clouds, even if she knew that Wandering Know-it-all had conducted business with Happy before.
It came down to the fact that she did not know whether she would have a need to buy Wandering Know-it-all's services in the future, because as of then, he was the only one with the ability to conduct such a business.
Hence, when she learned that the person in the best room in Heaven Fragrant Tower was Wandering Know-it-all, it became clear that the person whom he would personally receive would definitely be someone with a high status.
"When did someone so powerful appear in Beggar's Sect?"
"I don't know." Blood Robes shook his head regretfully. "Wandering Know-it-all should know a lot of information that we do not. Why don't we form a connection with him soon and see whether we can draw him to our side?"
"Draw him to our side?" Dream Clouds frowned slightly. "And what can we use to draw him over? Class One Hall doesn't have anything that will attract his attention. He is a diviner, and he has Universe Secrets Inkstone.
"His ambitions aren't in martial arts, but in business, and he conducts it all over the world. Do you think that he will give up on his business, which earns him billions of taels of silver with every update of the log, for the measly salary we offer in Class One Hall? "
Blood Robes was instantly rendered speechless.
'She's right. Someone as smart as Wandering Know-it-all will definitely not place a mark on himself by telling people that he was now a part of another group!'
Dream Clouds had a troubled and lost loo
k in her eyes as she continued sighing with a myriad of emotions. "Wandering Know-it-all is someone like One Emperor. Both of them are amazing people who are like monsters.
"One of them is after supreme wealth and influence, while the other is after the peak of martial arts, and both of those are things we cannot offer." She paused for a moment before her tone changed. "But some day, I will catch up to One Emperor," she said with a slightly regretful voice.
As she spoke, she flicked her wrist, and a ball of fire shot out wildly. It quickly took the form of a fierce beast on Dream Clouds' arm. It surrounded her arm and burned fiercely.
"Should we continue to follow up with the matter of Wandering Know-it-all?"
Dream Clouds shook her head. "Forget it, let him be. It's very easy for Wandering Know-it-all to learn of what we're doing. We shouldn't offend this monster just to learn of who became the one to learn Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palm. We'd just end up making a fool of ourselves."
She had just received news that someone had learned Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms, which meant that Wandering Know-it-all had taken action to hide that fact.
"Alright." Even though Blood Robes was a little reluctant to admit his loss, he had been in Beijing for a long time, and he knew just how influential was Wandering Know-it-all. "I'll notify Langye and have him withdraw his men in case Wandering Know-it-all thinks I'm the one who ordered it."
Wandering Know-it-all had connections with top class players in Beijing. If he could come into contact with Happy and the successor of Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palm, who were both people whose abilities were above the rest, he was certainly someone who should not be offended.
*****
While Class One Hall and Sky Penetrating Tower ceased all activity to investigate the matter in Heaven Fragrant Tower, Wandering Know-it-all told Happy every detail about Prince Ruyang staying temporarily at the royal mansion.
That place was big, so even though its defense was tight, there were still chances for them to sneak in!
Xuanming Elders had abilities that stood above others. One of them guarded the inner court of the royal mansion, while the other the dungeon underground.
Divine Arrow Eight Heroes were stationed in the four wings of the royal mansion, but the three servants of the royal mansion—A'da, A'er, and A'san—were not in the royal mansion.
However, there were still around a dozen Moksha Realm fighters and hundreds of Life and Death Realm Yuan Dynasty guards. They were all elites in the army and had extraordinary abilities.
If the slightest mistake was made in the rescue mission, not only would the rescuers be unable to save their people, they might even die in the royal mansion. After all, it was directly under the emperor's governance. Once they alerted the city guards of their presence, they would bring a group of peerless fighters from the palace onto themselves, and even if all rescuers were as strong as Happy, they would still all die.
That was something Happy knew better than anyone else.
But what he did not expect was that during this important period of time in Ruyang Mansion, an unknown and unexpected factor had appeared, and it nearly threw their plans into chaos.
Chapter 488 - Clash in Main Quest
Night had just arrived.
The mansion belonging to Prince Ruyang was decorated with lanterns on that day because he decided to set up a feast before the Eighth Prince to discuss the matters of marrying Prince Ruyang's youngest daughter Zhao Min to the Eighth Prince's eldest son. One of Xuanming Elders, Lu Zhangke, personally went to the door to receive the valuable guest and an important Yuan Dynasty official who came down from a carriage. It was incredibly lively.
Many players heard of it and came over.
But with one of Xuanming Elders serving as a garrison and with the area entirely surrounded by Yuan Dynasty Soldiers, the defense was as tight as an iron bucket. The players could only stay outside and look from afar to satisfy their urges.
"Zhao Min is childhood friends with the Eighth Prince's son, but it's clear that they don't find their personalities a good match. What exactly is the system intending to do by organizing such a thing?"
"That's right, Zhou Zhiruo has already obtained Book of Wumu and Nine Yin Manual from Heavenly Sword and Dragon Saber, while Zhao Min has also returned with Zhang Wuji to China. It's impossible for them to appear here, but they did something so grand anyway. Could it be that Zhao Min will appear in the royal mansion tonight?"
"That's not entirely true."
The restaurant not too far away across the street from the royal mansion was filled with people. Many people stared at the lively mansion from a distance with craned heads. Their faces were filled with anticipation.
"I heard that Prince Ruyang came to Beijing to report to work because Ruyang Mansion's plan against Ming Cult failed, and they also failed in defeating the six great sects, so there's war all over China.
"The emperor was enraged, and he gave a special order for Prince Ruyang to return to Beijing to report for work. The Eighth Prince has decided to use this chance to coerce Prince Ruyang into handing over his daughter's hand in marriage. If Zhao Min doesn't appear, Prince Ruyang's death will be right around the corner!"
"If Zhao Min shows up, Zhang Wuji will definitely come over as well."
"That's right! Perhaps a main quest will appear in the city. That would be awesome."
"Xuanming Elders fighting against Zhang Wuji, huh? Heh, I'm looking forward to it."
There was a table in the restaurant with two people. When they heard the rampant discussions of the players in the restaurant, they looked at each other and frowned. Then, they quietly released a messenger pigeon.
Soon, another one returned.
They looked at the contents of the letter and relaxed. They picked up their cups and began to drink their wine quietly.
*****
At that moment, Happy and Wandering Know-it-all were sitting calmly on the fishing platform in the best room of Heaven Fragrant Tower while admiring the talents of the two matchless beauties as they continued passing the time by burning away their money. The room cost two thousand taels of gold per hour, and if the two matchless beauties personally served them while they also ordered various dishes and wine, it would not be a lie to say that they were burning their money.
"A small accident happened."
Wandering Know-it-all had a slightly solemn look on his face after he released the messenger pigeon. He brought out a silver object and cast a glance at it before he tossed a pair of oracle bones. Then, he looked toward Happy, who was looking at him with an attentive expression.
"A main quest has appeared, and it's conflicting with our rescue mission."
"Hmm?"
Happy stopped in his movement of bringing the cup of wine to his lips.
Wandering Know-it-all slowly put away his divination tools and calmly said, "Prince Ruyang set up a feast to serve the Eighth Prince today, and the Eighth Prince is prepared to force Prince Ruyang to hand over his daughter's hand in marriage during the feast. Zhao Min is currently in Beijing, and Zhang Wuji is with her."
Since Wandering Know-it-all was a diviner, it was very easy for him to predict some of the critical aspects of the quests.
"Zhao Min will want to protect her father." Happy pointed out the main point of the quest with one sentence. "This won't clash with our quest at all. Let them create their ruckus while we save our people."
Wandering Know-it-all smiled wanly. "Some changes have appeared in our quest too. Zhao Min's three servants have just appeared in Ruyang Mansion. This should be what the system set up to prevent us from having an easy time in saving our people once the clashing quests appeared. This means that an Inaction Realm A'san has now appeared in the dungeon…"
When Little Moon Immortal and Delicate Servant noticed the increasingly solemn atmosphere between the two, they sensibly chose not to interrupt the duo.
"It's fine. Since there is a quest, it means that there will definitely be players wh
o will get involved. There will also be time limits. We can take action after that side has started fighting.
"As long as they attract the attention of the Yuan Dynasty soldiers, it'll be very easy for us to get into the dungeon. Have one of the helpers you prepared to join me and pick the lock, while the other will be in charge of being a rearguard."
Happy's understanding of the game's rules was far greater than that of Wandering Know-it-all. He quickly found the balance in the upcoming clash.
Wandering Know-it-all thought about it for a while before he nodded.
"If that's the case, we'll go according to your plan. I'll have them wait for you at a spot near the dungeon. Once you go over, give them the secret codes so that you can command them according to those codes."
"Alright."
Happy nodded.
But he did not manage to calm his thoughts.
Zhao Min and Zhang Wuji had appeared together in the quest in the form of a feast. What sort of quest would it be?
Prince Ruyang would not have his own people attack Zhao Min, and the Eighth Prince did not have enough guards to stop Zhang Wuji, so a lot of careful thought needed to be given to the critical person who could fight against Zhang Wuji.
"Big Brother Wanderer, could you please make a prediction and see whether Zhou Zhiruo is here in Beijing?" Happy suddenly said, which was something that Wandering Know-it-all had not taken into consideration.
Little Moon Immortal and Delicate Servant were both taken aback, and stunned expressions appeared on their faces once they exchanged looks with each other.
'Zhou Zhiruo will appear in Beijing?'
Wandering Know-it-all frowned and pondered it for a few seconds before he quickly understood what Happy meant.
"It's possible!" he cried out in surprise and made another reading. Then, an expression that said "I knew it" appeared on his face, and he nodded somberly.
Once Happy gained an affirmative answer, a heavy feeling settled in his heart.
Zhou Zhiruo had come to Beijing…
In his previous life, Zhao Min was the one who caused a ruckus during Zhou Zhiruo's wedding in the main quest, but now, Zhou Zhiruo was the one who decided to lay in wait and take action when the Eighth Prince wanted to force Zhao Min to get married?
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