Chapter 056 The Legend of Lu Xiaofeng

Tarona sat back on the mast, holding the magic music box that sealed the strange-looking beast. The ballet cat lay on the music box, looking at the beast in the box with a greedy look on her face.

I don't know how a cat can have such an obvious and human-like expression of greed on its face.

and……

"This thing looks so ugly, it's obviously poisonous. Good cats shouldn't eat such bad things." The angel stretched out his index finger and gently tapped the ballet cat's head. The cat tilted its head back and made a sweet meow, rubbing the angel's finger while calling.

But the cat still coveted the giant beast.

The angel sighed worriedly, as if his lovely pet had eaten something dirty.

【normal.】

Theseus, who had slowed down after not seeing the giant beast coming, made a cup of milk tea. The silky sweet taste soothed his suddenly devastated simulated heart: [After all, it came from a horror world, so perhaps the companion creature is a perfect tonic for it. ]

This... makes sense.

Tarona likes to take away some things from the mission world, just like she forces summoned creatures to marry her. As long as she likes someone, he or she has to go with her whether he or she likes it or not.

In most cases, they are willing, such as this magic music box, which followed her on its own.

The Great Witch considers herself a very good boss and is usually generous with their "food", but this companion...

Tarona frowned in disdain and tapped the ballet cat's head with his index finger: "You can't eat it. If you eat it, I won't want you anymore."

She could now empathize with Dajing. The creatures of the Ke family were indeed disgusting. Thinking about them too much made her unable to eat. Fortunately, she had no desire to eat now.

"Meow~"

The ballet cat immediately put away the drooling expression on its face, rubbed the angel's fingers in a flattering manner, stopped lying down, and struck a classic ballet pose again, transforming from a lively creature into a lifelike porcelain.

Tarona shook the magic music box and put it away quietly. If the companion creature made any movement other than escaping, the well-behaved cat would remind her.

While the Big Witch and the Ballet Cat were interacting, peace had returned to the bottom. If the tentacles had not created a large hole in the bow, and if a few sailors with poor psychological endurance had not been placed in the cabin, it would have been as if nothing had happened tonight.

Ye Gucheng sat on the deck, like a stabilizing force, just watching the city lord slowly wiping the long sword. The people who were so uneasy that their limbs were almost stiff and unable to move gradually recovered from the terrifying fear.

As long as the city lord is here, the sky will not fall.

This is a deep-rooted perception among everyone in Baiyun City.

The Lords of Baiyun City in all previous generations have been very dedicated and responsible, and this generation is no exception.

Ruiyue stood behind Ye Gucheng with her head bowed, holding a tray with a handkerchief and a set of exquisite tea sets on it. *

Her hands were steady, without any shaking.

Excluding Ye Gucheng, she is the person with the strongest psychological endurance on this ship, because she is the first person to face the [Mechanical Angel] directly.

Ruiyue's expression was the same as usual, calm as water, indifferent as ice. Only the person she served wholeheartedly could make her emotions fluctuate.

But is it really like that?

The angel sitting on the mast rested his chin on his hand and looked down, with one leg bent casually and the other leg dangling slowly in the wind.

After a while, He shifted His gaze and looked towards the dark sea level ahead.

That female human's heartbeat was too fast.

Hmm, about to jump out of the chest, that's how humans describe it, right?

Ye Gucheng paused in wiping the sword, and that gaze... moved away.

"City Lord."

Ruiyue bowed slightly and passed the tray of tea to him.

Ye Gucheng picked up the teacup very naturally. He did not slowly savor this cup of priceless red robe tea, but drank it down in one gulp like a cow chewing a peony for the first time.

The slightly cool tea moistened his dry throat. He frowned and suppressed the itchiness rising from deep in his throat.

After finishing his cup of tea, Ye Gucheng put the cup back and asked, "Have you counted the number of people?"

Ruiyue lowered her head even lower and replied: "Reporting to the city lord, I have counted everything and found one person is missing."

Without Ye Gucheng asking again, she continued, "Zhou Xian is missing."

Zhou Xian is the one called Brother Xian by another sailor.

All the people on the boat belonged to the City Lord's Mansion. Counting back, at least two generations had worked in the City Lord's Mansion, so they were trustworthy elders.

But such a person who came out of the old man disappeared without a trace.

In a situation like that just now, even the city lord would have been in danger of death, let alone an ordinary person with only some martial arts skills.

However, he disappeared without a trace, as if he had evaporated from the face of the earth.

Ruiyue was the most senior manager on the ship. A living person disappeared right under her nose, and there was no clue of his disappearance. She felt that she had failed in her duty. Even though the city lord did not punish her or even say a harsh word to her, she still felt extremely guilty.

She was unworthy of the city lord's trust.

Ye Gucheng said: "Don't blame yourself, it's not your fault."

How could there be such a coincidence in this world?

A sea monster that could easily kill a person appeared in front, and then a person disappeared behind as if by magic. Anyone with a little bit of common sense would notice that something was wrong.

The person behind the scenes left such a huge scar, was he sure that everyone on his ship would not survive?

The Lord of Baiyun City frowned and remained silent, wiping the long sword in his hand again.

His sword was still as usual, shining with a cold light that could freeze people to death.

But it couldn't be unscathed, the black liquid had indeed stained the sword, and so... it was because of the golden light that appeared for the second time.

If He hadn't come to the rescue, no one on his ship would have survived. No matter how skilled he was in swordsmanship, he would have ended up with no body left.

Thinking of this, a hint of murderous intent flashed across Ye Gucheng's eyes.

——Someone wants to kill him.

This is strange.

Who did he block to cause the other party to resort to such supernatural means?

Who else could have such supernatural powers?

Ye Gucheng slowly wiped the half-length sword in his hand. The cold sea breeze blew up his long hair. Ruiyue stood quietly holding the tray, like a beautiful jade sculpture.

The big ship still sailed towards its destination without deviation, but the atmosphere on the ship was no longer relaxed, and the terrifying fear still lingered in everyone's hearts.

Looking at the boundless sea around them, they just hope to go faster, faster...

The sea that generations had faced suddenly changed overnight. It was no longer a treasure land for them to roam and explore, but a terrifying abyss that chose its prey.

No one knows whether there is a second terrible sea monster lurking under the dark sea. If so, can they escape death again?

Uncertainty and the unknown have become the biggest fear in people's hearts.

They urgently need a guiding lighthouse, and Ye Gucheng is that lighthouse.

For the rest of the night, he did not return to the cabin, but stayed on guard with the people on the deck until dawn.

This is the silent comfort from the Lord of Baiyun City to his people.

In the sky, the golden angel, who was originally distracted, became more and more concerned about the humans in white below.

Sometimes He was curious, sometimes He thought of nothing, and His eyes always followed the movements of the human in white clothes.

Why?

Why is the [Mechanical Angel], who has no emotions given by the Creator, always attracted by a human being?

Nothing else.

God loves pure life.

Is Ye Gucheng pure enough?

He is enough.

No matter in the past, present or future, he is pure enough.

People like him always know what they want and where the path they choose will lead.

Such people are pure enough.

Therefore, God's creation also likes pure life.

But the Mechanical Angel did not understand God’s preference, so He followed this pure life with His eyes until—

The next being appeared who attracted His attention even more.

…

On the morning of the fourth day, the ship from Baiyun City finally docked. The large gap in the bow scared the people who came to pick up the ship, but the people on the ship who realized that they had finally arrived breathed a sigh of relief and felt that the coolness on their backs had mostly faded away.

The group left the pier in a low profile.

After watching the carriage carrying Ye Gucheng leave the dock, the golden angel hanging on the mast of the big ship stood up, and its wings turned into long flowing ribbons swaying in the wind.

He tiptoed and flew higher into the clouds.

Looking down, this city called Quanzhou is larger than Jizhou Prefecture, but from this angle it looks as small as a child's toy model that can be completely covered by a hand.

Tarona took out the magic music box that sealed the companion creature from the space. The ballet cat meowed at her obediently, indicating that the thing sealed inside did not move. During this period of time, it seemed to have accepted its fate and floated motionless in the black and purple alien space as if it was dead.

The Great Witch understood that this meant that there was nothing abnormal in Quanzhou.

The closer to the anomaly, the more obvious the companion's instinctive reaction will be. Getting close to and protecting the anomaly is the companion's greatest instinct.

The officers must be closer to sense this kind of abnormality.

There's no point in just waiting. Let's go check out the merchant ships mentioned in the two letters first. Maybe we can find other clues.

The goddess of luck likes to roll the dice. Tarona had previously suspected that her luck was a mystery, but today she successfully found the clue she wanted from a merchant ship in Baiyun City.

The unidentified sea monster that attacked the merchant ship was the third companion creature.

The Great Witch sensed the power of wind from the remaining breath. This companion creature was an amphibian and was stronger than the one she captured alive.

——It is staying away from the crowd.

From what happened to the Baiyun City caravan, it was clear that the companion creature had regarded them as its prey, but it did not catch them all in one fell swoop. Instead, when the merchant ship was about to reach the land, it suppressed its hunting instinct and retreated as quietly as it came.

There is only one reason to explain its behavior -

This comes from an abnormal will.

Before it fully develops, the anomaly must do its best to hide itself and cannot be discovered by the world's consciousness. Once discovered, it will surely die.

This companion creature inherited this will and thus developed a little self-awareness, and suppressed its instincts at the critical moment of hunting.

Hmm...

Tarona stroked his chin, a thoughtful expression on his face.

It's a little bit difficult.

Companions don't have to eat, they eat to become stronger. Although they don't have much self-awareness, they can make this companion consciously hide, which has increased the difficulty of her search. If fishing and law enforcement are useless...

That only meant that her judgment was wrong, and this companion creature had more self-awareness than she had initially judged.

This is not good news. We must find this companion creature as soon as possible.

She already had a useful guidance tool in her hands. There was no need to capture the third companion creature that had developed self-awareness alive. She would burn it to ashes as soon as she found it to prevent it from delivering information to the anomaly.

Tarona put away the magic music box, flew down from the clouds, and prepared to search the entire Quanzhou.

What if there are clues she missed?

and--

The forum said that Quanzhou was very prosperous during this period, with all kinds of delicious food available, and she wanted to try them all.

She has already found a place to live, right next to Ye Gucheng's house.