Main Volume Chapter 171: Zizhi Long's eldest cousin
Hearing the sudden words, the owner of the ancient ruins looked up and found two monsters with mouths bigger than his heads staring at him hungrily, emitting a terrifying aura like a dragon staring at an ant.
It immediately said: "I am willing to submit to you!"
Upon seeing this, Deep Sea Fang and Leviathan stared with scarlet eyes, all in silence, looking at the tiny Lily, waiting for her instructions.
"Let it go!" Lily didn't even turn her head back and continued to search for the dragon diamond in the garbage pile brought by the marine creatures. It was obvious that she didn't take the lord seriously and her attention was all on the task given to her by Zhang Yun.
Hearing this, the lord of the sea creatures immediately fled in disgrace, while the two deep-sea monsters resurfaced and kept patrolling the sea above the ancient ruins to prevent any other ignorant creatures from disturbing Lily.
Search and search~
Search and search~
It's good to find the dragon diamond~
Go back and ask the owner for sashimi~
Lily hummed a little tune, turned over the last part of the stones, took away all the magic stones and dragon diamonds, and then used the water magic water tornado to roll all the remaining garbage out of the ancient ruins.
Then, she summoned the scattered sea monsters again, took out a book, and said, "Now go find this thing. If you find it, bring it here and put it in front of me."
Upon hearing the order from the Lord of the Ocean, all the sea monsters came out in full force again, shuttling through every building of the ancient ruins, rummaging through boxes and cabinets, looking for traces of ancient books.
Soon, they bit off all the books in the ancient ruins, and no fish made a mistake, because the books were too obvious and not as easily confused with ordinary stones as dragon diamonds.
Lily picked up the ancient books with unknown writings on them and flipped through them. Although she couldn't understand the words on them, it did not affect her ability to complete the task of "finding ancient books" assigned by Zhang Yun.
Why think so much?
Just put it in a small backpack!
Bring it back for sashimi~
Moreover, in order to preserve the history permanently, the books that record ancient history are engraved with special magic circles to prevent natural forces such as water, fire, and wind from destroying these ancient treasures.
Therefore, the ancient books that Lily found in the deep sea must be the ancient books that Kuula needed to record history. They would not be useless things, such as a diary written by an ancient person about his farming...
"sharp!"
"With such a large ancient ruin, I thought Lily would need at least a few days to explore it, but I didn't expect that she could complete both tasks just by relying on marine life!"
"As expected of Leviathan, the Lord of the Ocean. She is the only god-like existence in the sea. Everything she does goes smoothly and nothing can be difficult for her."
"Hmm...it looks like Lily has finished dealing with this ancient ruin. Now it's time to explore the next ancient ruin, right?"
However, Lily did not leave. Instead, she called upon the group of submissive sea monsters again and asked them to sweep again to look for ancient books and dragon diamonds that might have been missed.
Zhang Yun: “.”
Yes, the little girl has a bright future and will definitely be a master of details that surpasses herself in the future.
Thanks to Lily's careful explorations, the ancient ruins were completely turned upside down, and some missed dragon diamonds and magic stones were rediscovered. It seemed that there were more than a hundred of them, which was worth Lily spending a few extra hours here .
At the same time, Lily also gave a special order to the sea monsters. Unfortunately, Zhang Yun couldn't hear what she said, so she didn't know what she said.
But Zhang Yun knew that with this special command and method, the sea monsters found a hidden compartment in the castle in the center of the ancient ruins, which contained a lot of gold and jewelry hidden by the ancients.
Zhang Yun: "Huh? They are all useless things. Lily, please don't use them to take up space in your backpack. There are still several ancient ruins to explore!"
Fortunately, Lily was smart enough to know that Zhang Yun had no shortage of these seemingly precious things. She also knew that the small backpack Zhang Yun gave her had a maximum capacity and could not hold too many different things.
So she did not take any of the gold utensils hidden inside, but instead left with her marine followers, leaving these precious treasures to be submerged by the incoming sea water.
"good."
"It looks like I don't have to worry about Lily at all."
"Let her explore the remaining ruins slowly on her own!"
After saying that, Zhang Yun cut off the vision transfer and returned to his own body.
At this time, he and Lucina had arrived at the center of the Great Xia Dynasty, a prosperous and huge ancient city, and there were only a few days left to travel to the imperial capital.
Zhang Yun walked to the window, pushed open the oriental-style wooden window, and looked out at the crowded street. "It's a pity that Lily is far away in the ocean and can't use the Deep Sea Royal Fang to find Ajid's location for her. Otherwise, she would have found Ajid in this city by now."
According to the information provided by Miriko Hanyu, there is an Ajid branch hidden in the ancient Daxia city named "Basha", and the ferocious monsters that have frequently appeared near the city in the past two years are the work of this group of Ajid.
Zhang Yun originally wanted to eliminate Ajid in this place along the way, but unfortunately the other party had already guessed the situation and ran away with all the members. He did not dare to confront Zhang Yun and others who defeated Zero head-on.
do not know either.
They fled to other cities.
Or is it hiding in some subtle shadow area?
However, although Ajid could not be seen, the monsters created by the group of troublemakers were hiding in the city openly, constantly attacking the people of Daxia, sucking their flesh and blood, and evolving their own abilities.
Zhang Yun had no intention of helping with this problem, because the mission of meeting the Twelve Dragons was more important, and it was really troublesome to find these monsters.
If he spent several days or even more than ten days investigating the monsters every time he arrived in a city, it would be very likely that a situation more troublesome than the monsters attacking people would occur - wasting too much time and causing the West to be completely occupied by Akito.
When doing things, one must prioritize, so Zhang Yun chose not to spend time tracking down the monsters, and rushed to the imperial capital of Daxia as soon as possible. At most, when he ran into the monsters head-on, he would deal with them.
but.
There was a problem.
This meant that Zhang Yun had to stay in this city for a few more days.
A high-ranking official in the imperial capital of Daxia, a cousin of the family behind the Twelve Dragons, came to this city to do some business two days ago, but was captured by a monster lurking in the city.
And this person is the relative of the Twelve Dragons that Lucina wanted to find, her cousin, and he has a very good relationship with the Twelve Dragons. The two grew up playing in the mud together.
Therefore, Zhang Yun considered carefully and felt that he had to take the time to save his eldest cousin. This way, he could not only gain favor in front of the Twelve Dragons, but also use his cousin's relationship to go directly to the Great Xia Capital without being stopped by some unexpected situations.
What's more, this incident was very serious and alarmed the special institutions of the Great Xia Dynasty, causing those powerful and genuine Great Xia Imperial Guards to gather here.
Naturally, the news that Zhang Yun was holding the badge of the Great Xia Imperial Guard and was able to pass through the city defenses of various places smoothly with it also reached their ears.
If she left without caring about such a big issue, Zhang Yun felt that she would probably be stopped by those "colleagues" before she even left the city.
However, although she saved the man, Zhang Yun now had no information at all. She didn't know where her cousin disappeared, nor did she know what he was here for.
The Great Xia Imperial Guards who came to investigate did not take the initiative to look for Zhang Yun. They just sent ordinary people over to explain the mission to him without asking about his background.
As a result, Zhang Yun has nothing to do and can only stay in the room temporarily and wait for further notice.
And he would be bored and watch Lily explore the ruins.
That’s why…
However, the boring time did not last long, as the Great Xia Imperial Guards sent someone to bring news that they had found the first crime scene where the eldest cousin was captured.
Let all the Great Xia Imperial Guards gathered here assemble quickly and go to that place to investigate.
Upon seeing this, Zhang Yun immediately set off, heading to the scene with only Lucina, leaving the heroes at the inn. Zhang Yun prepared all the food and drinks for them.
The main reason for doing this was that Zhang Yun was afraid that the heroes' identities were rather special and would cause trouble and arouse suspicion from the Great Xia Imperial Guards.
It was okay for Lucina to follow because she was familiar with the rules of the Eastern and Great Xia Imperial Guards. She knew how to talk to these people and how to make them believe that Zhang Yun was the real Great Xia Imperial Guards and she was a Western envoy acting with Zhang Yun...
The two men came to the scene of the crime, which was a small alley in the southern city of Baxia. The flow of people ranked second among several city districts, and there were people wandering around the streets basically 24 hours a day.
At this time, the other Great Xia Imperial Guards gathered here, discussing with each other and looking for possible clues left around.
The arrival of Zhang Yun and Lucina did not attract their attention. The two of them blended in naturally and listened to everyone's conversation silently.
"It was noon four days ago. That gentleman came here... to do some private business, but he disappeared at this location. The guards waiting outside didn't hear any noise, and there was no other place to leave. He was obviously kidnapped by a monster with the ability to escape."
"How do we determine whether he was captured by a monster or eaten?"
"That lord was carrying a special sensor talisman. If he died, the sensor talisman would spontaneously catch fire instead of remaining intact like it is now."
"Sensor Talisman?"
"I see……"
Now, the Daxia Imperial Guards who were unaware of the truth understood that the lord must have an extremely high status, otherwise he would never wear such a precious item as the sensing talisman.
Zhang Yun was not too surprised to see the looks of sudden enlightenment on the faces of the imperial guards around him.
Because Lucina had met this cousin before, she knew his name and official position, so as soon as they got the news, they found out the actual identity of the victim.
In the Great Xia Dynasty, Zi Zhilong's cousin, named "Liu Ting", is an 18-year-old fat boy. His official position is the Minister of Revenue, which is exclusive to the Great Xia Dynasty. It seems that he is in charge of finance or something...
The Imperial Guards of Daxia usually travel around the world, slaying demons and eliminating evil. They have a lot to do, so they seldom return to the imperial capital. As a result, they are not familiar with the situation in the imperial capital, nor do they know which officials are "connected" with deep backgrounds.
Naturally, before getting accurate intelligence, the Great Xia Imperial Guards who had just arrived here did not know Liu Ting's noble cousin of the 12th Dragon family, and they thought that something had happened to an official of a relatively high status.
"Did you find anything out?"
The Great Xia Imperial Guard who mentioned the induction talisman was named Huang Min. He said, "I looked around and found no traces of sorcery, nor did I find a secret passage in the wall to leave."
"But on the ground, there were traces of the soil being dug up, and it was very fresh."
"So I suspect that the other party may have the ability to travel through the soil. It drilled out from underground, knocked the adult unconscious, and then took him away from underground ."
Others asked, "Are there any signs of witchcraft being used?"
Huang Min shook his head and said, "No... This is the strange part. If he didn't use magic, how did he manage to take that gentleman away from under the eyes of so many guards?"
"Did it just dig its way out by using its hands?"
“But how do you fill the potholes?”
"All by hand?"
Another Great Xia Imperial Guard suggested, "Indeed, this is very problematic. I suggest digging three feet underground to see if there are any hidden passages or magic arrays that cover up the sorcery."
"Dear colleagues! Who has the secret technique to control the soil? Please come out and dig!"
After hearing this, everyone looked at each other, and no one stood up. It was obvious that there was no big boss who could control the soil.
"There's none?"
"Then we can only dig it ourselves!"
"Go get someone to bring a shovel, and call a group of good diggers to dig this place up..."
Zhang Yun suddenly said, "Wait! I have a master who can break the ground here! Why not let him come and help!"
As he spoke, he winked at Lucina, then summoned three earth spirits, appearing behind Lucina, pretending to be summoned creatures summoned by Lucina.
Suddenly.
The Great Xia Royal Guards turned their attention to Lucina.
Staring at this strange Western man.
There was no other way. In order to find his cousin quickly and meet the Twelve Dragons as soon as possible, Zhang Yun could only step forward and help these Daxia elites who were stuck in the mud to solve their current problems.
But because Lucina said that summoners in the East are slightly different from those in the West, in order to avoid suspicion from the Great Xia Royal Guards, he disguised the earth elves as Lucina's summoned creatures.
There's nothing wrong with Westerners summoning Western summoned beasts, right?
Facts have proved that Zhang Yun's cover-up was good. Although the group of royal guards who were anxious to find their cousin felt a little strange, they did not think much about it.
After all, there are many people from the West who come to Daxia to do business, and some of them will deal with their colleagues. This is normal and there is no need to have too much suspicion.
and.
There is a special secret technique on the badge of the Great Xia Royal Guards.
Only when the previous owner takes the initiative to hand it over to the next Imperial Guard can the new Imperial Guard use it. Otherwise, even if someone cracks the secret technique inside, he will not be able to drive the badge to emit light to prove his identity as a member of the Great Xia Imperial Guard.
This eliminated the possibility of the enemy pretending to be the Great Xia Imperial Guards...
This is also the reason why they never suspected Zhang Yun from the beginning to the end and never investigated his true background...
