Chapter 47 The Hunt
That's not bad.
Su Yu agreed, and the other disciples obviously had no objections either.
After all, a leader at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage could be said to have provided them with life-saving protection.
However, Yulang City is quite far from Yuanfu, as it is a large city located by the sea.
But the wanted criminals don't wait for the devil; who knows, if they're a step too late, they'll run off to some other weird place.
With a wave of his hand, Minfeng directly provided his disciples with a small flying boat and a low-level storage ring containing magic stones as mission funds, which were then entrusted to team leader Su Yu for safekeeping.
Then, without any mercy, they were all kicked out of the office, told to hurry up and leave immediately to complete the task.
Without hesitation, Su Yu found a place large enough to accommodate the flying boat, confirmed that all ten demons were present, and then boarded the boat to head to Yulang City.
Even with the airship, it took them three days to arrive.
To avoid alerting their mission target, Su Yu and the other demons disembarked from their flying boat in the desolate wilderness twenty miles outside Yulang City, and then flew towards the city on their swords.
They sped along at breakneck speed.
"Senior Brother, the target has been confirmed to have entered the city," Fang Fang suddenly said.
She was the girl who braided long twisted dough sticks; her constitution leaned towards the wood element, allowing her to connect with plants to a certain extent.
In other words, at this moment, the area around Yulang City was already filled with her spies.
"Have the city lord seal off the city," Su Yu said briefly.
Yulang City is located by the sea, but it's just a remote little town with little reputation. If it weren't for the current city lord's good fortune in getting involved with a mentor from the Yuan Mansion and becoming a vassal force of the Yuan Mansion, it would probably have been swallowed up by other major cities long ago.
A moment later, Fang Fang relayed the message with a hint of exasperation: "Lord An asked how many days the city should be sealed off? Should the citizens stay indoors? Should he send demons to patrol the city? And what are your preferences regarding accommodations, what kind of food you like, whether you need him to send servants, and what your preferences are regarding the appearance of the servants..."
Ignoring the nonsense from City Lord An behind him, Su Yu raised his voice and asked all his disciples, "Can you complete the mission within five days? Can you do it?"
"I can do it!" Wan Qin was the most excited to respond. "Don't worry, Senior Brother, I definitely won't let you down!!"
Hua Xian, standing nearby, pulled Wan Qin down from his sudden leap and continued defiantly, "Me too!"
Su Yu turned her head and said to Fang Fang, "The city will be under lockdown for five days. We'll arrange patrols and stay at an inn ourselves."
“Yes, Senior Brother.” Fang Fang relayed the message crisply.
As they spoke, Yulang City came into view. There were only a few scattered demons at the city gate, being herded into the city by the guards like ducks.
After Su Yu and the others entered.
The heavy city gate slammed shut.
At this time, in Yulang City.
In a dark chamber somewhere underground, a shadowy figure sighed and said in a deep voice to another demon who was sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, "Five days."
"Take care of yourself."
The dark figure didn't care. After saying that, it waved its sleeve and left.
The group of disciples entered the city.
Upon receiving news that Yuan Fu had personally visited the city, Lord An immediately led a welcoming party to express his warm welcome.
The chubby middle-aged demon, with a fawning smile on his face, rubbed his hands together and said, "It is truly an honor for our city that you, my esteemed disciples, have come to visit. With all of you demon elites here, that petty wanted criminal is nothing to fear, and Yulang City will surely be able to settle down soon."
"Why don't you all stay at my city lord's mansion? No inn is as comfortable as a courtyard, is it?"
Su Yu lowered her eyes and tilted her head slightly to the right and back.
Fang Fang, who had previously contacted City Lord An, stepped forward and said coldly, "City Lord, you are too kind. Just have the guards cooperate with us. We will leave once the mission is complete."
"Oh, well, the mission should be our priority," Lord An said with a smile. "It's just that our place is remote, and our guards are not as good as those in the big cities. It's their honor to be able to do their part for you all. Please forgive them, my lords."
Seeing that the disciples of Yuanfu were focused on completing their mission, Lord Ancheng wisely left behind the hundred guards he had brought, along with a gift, and returned with the stewards and servants of the city lord's mansion.
Most of these guards are at the Foundation Establishment stage, with only a few reaching the early Golden Core stage. Obviously, they are not very useful in combat, but they are still good at searching for demons.
"There probably aren't many inns in this city..." Wan Qin muttered, then suddenly his eyes lit up. "Senior Brother, how about I go to an inn and book a room first?"
Wan Qin, the wealthiest among them, immediately chose the most expensive and best inn and went to arrange accommodation with another of his personal disciples.
The disciples covered the image stone of the mission target. The two demons split into five groups, with Wan Qin's group following later. The others each led a patrol team arranged by the city lord to search the entire city for the mission target.
On the first day, nothing was gained.
The suspicious demons mentioned by the city dwellers turned out to be nothing more than habitual petty thieves.
That evening, the city lord personally brought delicious food and wine to the inn to visit his disciples, to express his trust and admiration for the Yuan Mansion.
They praised that there had been no news of any city dwellers suffering harm so far, all thanks to the presence of trusted officials guarding the area.
The next day, there was no trace.
Disciples with fiery tempers, such as Hua Xian and Wan Qin, began to get irritated.
That evening, the city lord brought delicious food, wine, and musicians to comfort his disciples, saying that the damned wanted criminal must have heard of the prestige of the Yuan family's disciples and fled at the slightest sound, just like a rat seeing a cat.
He trusted Yuanfu, saying, "Don't rush, don't rush. Come and listen to the music. He even brought beautiful dancers, both male and female."
Before the music and dance ended, Su Yu and Feng Huaijin went back to the same room to rest.
Su Yu lay lazily on the recliner, while Feng Huaijin moved a small round stool to sit next to him, occasionally feeding him the fresh magic fruit sent by the city lord.
Hua Xian paced back and forth anxiously: "We're all in the city now, and none of Fang Fang's magical plants have been found to have any demons leaving the city. Why can't we find them?"
Another disciple named Zhushan sat backwards in his chair, his arms draped over the back, rocking the chair as he offered his opinion: "Could it be that they dug a tunnel out?"
Fang Fang punched her on the head: "There are also roots of demonic plants underground, so it's impossible that we didn't find them."
"The root system of magical plants is more developed than that of ordinary plants. Did you pay attention in class?"
"Oh dear, who wants to listen to an old man sing a lullaby?"
“So they’re still in the city,” Yu Ronglan concluded, ignoring the background noise, and looked at Su Yu with certainty in her eyes. “What do you think we should do next, Senior Brother?”
Su Yu opened one eye and said lazily, "What's the rush? Let's wait for the city lord to arrive."
"You can just stay with Ah Jin for a while."
"That's right. Our senior brother told us not to move today. He must have planned this all along. Why are you all worried?"
Wan Qin was the first to respond.
Feng Huaijin paused in his movements.
All the demons cast disdainful glances at him.
Zhu Shan was the first to mock: "Wan Qin, you're just like the lackeys of those young masters in your family. Did you learn that from them?"
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