Chapter 628: Awkward
Translator: Panda_Penn Editor: Chrissy
Messages were sent to Lu Ling but she didn't reply, not for four days, which vexed Lu Li. He almost wanted to sneak out alone.
Military reports kept sending back from the front, though. The army swept toward the Serenity Plains, wiping out the enemy in an easy way. Three Human Sovereign Realm warriors would lead a team of powerful warriors. They would teleport to cities and occupy them at a horrifying speed. In four days, another hundreds of cities were conquered.
The two Human Sovereign Realm warriors running away fled to the south. It was possible that they were going to leave the Serenity Plains because…they began to loot the families, big and small, of the Serenity Plains.
Now that they were fleeing, they would take away some Mystical Materials and Xuan Crystals so that they could stage a comeback in the future. The fact that they dared to loot the families of the Serenity Plains had deprived them of the chances to stay in the Serenity Plains. Therefore, it was highly likely that they were leaving the Serenity Plains.
But Lu Ling didn't send people to ambush the two Human Sovereign Realm warriors. For one thing, Serenity Plains was a large place that needed to be digested bit by bit so she could not set aside more people now. For another, the two Human Sovereign Realm warriors were unyielding. Pushing too hard, the two would fight like Kilkenny cats. What was more, by looting the families, the two had made the unification of the Serenity Plains easier.
Lu Li was waiting impatiently at the Drifting Cloud City. Three more days passed before finally Lu Ling's message came. Lu Ling allowed Lu Li to go to the City of Buddha but he had to go with Hu Lang. At the same time, Lu Ling sent Hu Lang a confidential letter along with a booklet.
"The Shrink Skill!"
Hu Lang was excited after a cursory reading. Lu Li moved over to take a look as well. He found the skill familiar and asked, "Isn't this the skill used by God of Meng?"
The first time God of Meng came to the Clouds of Plains with Lu Li, he used such a skill to change to the size of a normal person and his appearance.
Lu Li understood Lu Ling's arrangement. By learning the Shrink Skill, Hu Lang would be able to change his looks so he would not be recognized easily when going to the Central Plains with Lu Li.
"My sister asks you to follow me secretly?"
Lu Li made a guess. Hu Lang nodded yes, which made Lu Li see clearer of Lu Ling's strategy.
Hu Lang would learn the Shrink Skill and sneak into the Central Plains secretly, following Lu Li along the way. In this way, the families at Central Plains would not regard Hu Lang as partner of Lu Li. They would consider him to be a Human Sovereign Realm warrior of the Central Plains, which would offer some protection to Hu Lang.
Of course…
Lu Li also understood that by asking Hu Lang to go with him, Lu Ling had prepared for Hu Lang to die for Lu Li when it came to that. Lu Ling must have told Hu Lang in that confidential letter.
After some thought, Lu Li took out the map, pointed at the City of Buddha and asked, "How long will it take us to get there, the faster the better?"
Hu Lang thought about it and replied, "If we teleport there as quickly as we can, I suppose in less than 10 days. If we secretly sneak our way over and take some detours to remain a low profile, I think about half a month."
"Half a month? We still have time!"
The auction at the City of Buddha wouldn't start in a month and a half. Lu Li waved his hand and said, "Hu Lang, go and make a copy of the Shrink Skill and I will try to learn it to see if I can also change my looks. We will try to lie low. It will be safer."
"Okay thank you, State Councilor!"
Hu Lang said gratefully. Lu Li was looking out for him. By remaining low key, less would happen to Lu Li and the chances of Hu Lang surviving would be greater as well. Otherwise, should anything happen to Lu Li, Hu Lang would have to expose himself, which would increase the likelihood of him being killed.
Hu Lang gave a copy of the Shrink Skill to Lu Li and went to study it himself. This skill was an ancient one so it would not be easy to study and would cost some time. Lu Li said that they should use 20 days and after that, they must leave regardless if they were successful or not.
Back to the castle, Lu Li thought about the Central Plains for a bit when he suddenly remembered that two people were still kept at the Ding of Barbarian God. He took out it at once to see the inside, afraid that Ji Mengyao and Yang Yu would starve to death.
Ji Mengyao and Yang Yu were miserable. Yang Yu's wounds were almost healed. After all, he was at the Noble Lord Realm and his body could recover fast.
But they two of them were leaning against the wall feebly. Their hair was disheveled and they were absent minded. They were like two homeless guys and didn't even have the strength to move their hand.
Ji Mengyao's state was worse between the two. She curled up in a corner, hugging her knees. Her eyes were half closed and she covered half of her body with her burnt hair. In her eyes, there were not desire for life. She breathed slowly and could draw her last breath at any moment now.
"Hmm!"
Lu Li didn't feel sorry for her at all. For cruel women like this, the level of punishment was not severe enough. But Lu Li was afraid that they were going to starve to death so he took out some water and carried food and threw them in.
"Bang!"
Two bags of water and five or six pieces of dried meat coming in startled Ji Mengyao and Yang Yu. They were alerted out of instinct. There was a feeble light in their eyes and they glowed after the two of them inspected with psychic power.
After spent so much time in thirst and hunger, they were very vulnerable. Their dearest hope was to gobble down water and feast.
"Whoosh!"
Yang Yu leaped forth and dashed toward the water and food like a ravenous wolf. Ji Mengyao wanted to do the same out of instinct but soon she looked up with a sneer and said, "Lu Li, what? Are you afraid that we are going to die here? I thought you had balls."
Lu Li replied with a faint smile, "The food is for Yang Yu. Don't flatter yourself. If you have characters, just starve to death. I won't pressure you."
Lu Li ignored her after this. She could eat or not and he wouldn't care. But Yang Yu had been wolfing down the food. He was starving after not having eaten anything for such a long time. To him, the dried meat tasted better than delicacies.
"Gulp, gulp!"
Half of the five pieces of dried meat was eaten by Yang Yu already. Ji Mengyao kept gulping. When she realized that Yang Yu didn't intend to stop and had been cramming down the food, she couldn't help but yell, "Yang Yu, what do you think are you doing?"
Yang Yu came back to his senses, looking at the hostile Ji Mengyao. He threw over a bag of water and a piece of dried meat. With no regard to her looks, Ji Mengyao grabbed the water bag and gobbled down and then ate away the dried meat.
She still felt hungry after the piece was done. She saw Yang Yu had another piece so she glared at him and said, "Yang Yu, give me that."
Reluctantly, Yang Yu threw it over. Ji Mengyao went back to eating. After a moment, Yang Yu felt something. He held his belly and walked over to a corner.
After starving for a long time and then ate and drank so much, his stomach was upset. There was no toilet so he had to solve the issue on the spot.
"Yang Yu, what the hell are you doing?"
Smelling the stink, Ji Mengyao inspected with her psychic power, only to see that Yang Yu was crapping. She almost threw up the dried meat.
But soon, her looks changed as well because she felt her stomach upset. The two of them had been starving for a long time. Nobody could stand this kind of overeating.
Ji Mengyao fought it back for a while. In the end, she could no longer stand it and then went to a corner to do her business. She felt a strand of psychic power and almost wanted to hit her head against the wall out of shame.
She was born in a big family and she was elegant and reserved. However, she was pooing in front of a man. She really could go ballistic right now.
That being said, could she go ballistic now? That would not make a pretty picture…
Ji Mengyao had to kept swearing to herself, "Devil, demon. Lu Li, you are a demon. You will die like a dog, like a dog!"