Beauty and the Bodyguard

Chapter 4284: A little abnormal

Translator: 549690339

As a qualified assassin, the first thing he had to do when he arrived at a strange place was to observe the environment. Lin Yi still maintained this good habit even now.

“There shouldn’t be any danger in this place. Let’s relax and adjust ourselves first, then follow me in.” Chang Daoping said to everyone.

No danger? Lin Yi, on the other hand, frowned. This was a Dead City, and there were very few adventurers who could make it into the ruins. Logically speaking, there shouldn’t be any danger.

However, this didn’t match Lin Yi’s judgment. In this short period of observation, he noticed a rather strange detail. Although this place was old, it was unusual!

Logically speaking, there should be dust everywhere since no one was around, and the surrounding buildings should be more decayed than usual. But in fact, Lin Yi could see that the ground was very clean, as if someone had been walking around and cleaning it.

Other than that, Lin Yi didn’t sense any particularly strong smell of decay. Normally, a Dead City like this would rot to death after a few years because there wasn’t any life force. This was abnormal.

Could it be that there were still people living in this place? It was really strange! Lin Yi shook his head, but he wasn’t too worried. He felt that something was wrong, but he didn’t feel any real danger. The Jade didn’t alert him either, which was enough to prove that there wasn’t any danger.

Regardless of whether it was strange or not, since he had already come in, there was no harm in taking a good look first. Perhaps he could really find the star Ink milk!

While everyone was resting, Chang Daoping took out a small map from his pocket. The layout of the city could be vaguely seen on the map. It clearly showed the internal structure of the ruins of Otto cultivation city. This was a secret map that the spirit beast clan Deacon had given him in private.

If it was just the route map from Lufeng forest to the ruins, although it was very rare, as long as one was willing to pay a high price, one could still buy it. However, the layout map in Chang Daoping’s hands was different. It was something that could not be bought no matter how many spiritual jades one had.

The ruins of Audo cultivation city were extremely famous, but if one wanted to enter this place to search for treasures, putting aside the dangers of Lufeng forest itself, there were still at least three more obstacles.

The first obstacle was finding the ruins. This was relatively the easiest part. As long as one spent an astronomical amount of spiritual Jade, they could buy a map from the market. However, this in itself was actually a threshold. Since it was an astronomical price, it was destined that a large number of people would not be able to reach this threshold, and there was no way to talk about the things after that.

The second challenge was how to pass through the moon Shadow array. This required very professional preparation. Ordinary people could not even understand the moon Shadow array. Many people did not even know if there was a Moon Shadow array. They might step into the wasteland without any preparation and lose their way for the rest of their lives.

The third obstacle was what Lin Yi and the others had to face now. After entering the ruins, finding the treasure was another big problem.

After so many years of being pillaged by people over and over again, there were very few treasures that could be found on the surface. Even if it was a heavenly treasure like the star Ink milk that could be continuously recollected, if there were no clues, finding it in this vast Dead City was no different from looking for a needle in a haystack.

Ao duo cultivation city was once one of the most important cities of the spirit beast clan. Just walking around the streets would take at least a few days. If they had to search every corner carefully, it would take at least a month. Now, Lin Yi and the group only had five days at most.

Because according to past experience, the miasma fog would return in ten days, and everyone had to make sure that they could leave smoothly before that. There had to be at least five days left from the ruins to the teleportation array, so the remaining time for everyone to search for treasure in the ruins was only five days at most.

Everyone present had come for the star Ink milk. If there were no clues at all, it would be impossible to find it in a mere five days unless they were extremely lucky.

Fortunately, Chang Daoping had the layout map of the ruins. What was even rarer was that the spirit beast clan Deacon had also marked the exact location of the star Ink milk on the layout map!

Of course, Chang Daoping would never show such an important thing to everyone. After all, the value of the layout map of the ruins was much higher than a little bit of Star Ink milk. This was something that could be passed down from generation to generation, and the fewer people who knew about it, the better.

The most ideal situation would be if Chang Daoping was the only one in the world who knew the key information from the moon Shadow array to the layout of the ruins. That would mean that all the star Ink milk would belong to him alone from now on. The huge benefits behind this would make one excited just thinking about it.

“Alright, I’ll take you to find the star Ink milk next. I’ll say the ugly things first, pay attention to follow my footsteps later. Otherwise, if you accidentally lose sight of me and miss the star Ink milk, then you’re useless. Don’t blame me for not taking care of you!” Chang Daoping said indifferently.

“Understood.” Everyone’s heart trembled. As golden core stage cultivators, they were naturally used to the fighting and scheming in the world of cultivation. They understood the meaning behind Chang Daoping’s words.

Chang Daoping wouldn’t show them the layout of the ruins, nor would he tell them the route. On the contrary, he would deliberately speed up on the way to the destination and even deliberately make detours to confuse them. This was to ensure that no one would have the opportunity to remember the route. This was in his interest.

Everyone knew this, and even if they had complaints, they didn’t dare to say anything in the face of Chang Daoping’s power. They only nodded silently, and Lin Yi didn’t have any objections.

Although Chang Daoping’s actions lacked the bearing of an expert, who could guarantee that he would be free and calm in the face of such great benefits?

Lin Yi wasn’t an unreasonable person. From the time they entered the ruins through the moon Shadow formation to the time they were looking for the star Ink milk, it was all Chang Daoping’s credit. If it weren’t for him, they wouldn’t even be able to enter, let alone find the star Ink milk.

As long as he could do as they said and lead them to the star Ink milk, he’d already done his part. As for the other excusable little tricks, Lin Yi understood and didn’t object.

However, if Chang Daoping were to do something else, Lin Yi wouldn’t be able to take it anymore. (To be continued.) ”