Chapter 131

The vehicle continued forward, encountering no monsters, but discovering a tree hollow from which faint voices could be heard.

"Old Xing, if you don't wake up, I'm going to kiss you, okay?"

Li Ang's enhanced hearing picked up the sentence through the wind, rain, and lightning. Slightly surprised, he turned on the headlights and drove closer.

That sounded like Xiaodao Ge's (Little Knife Bro) voice...

Inside the tree hollow, Wanli Fengdao felt the slight tremor of the ground. Seeing two beams of light pierce the darkness and shine on his back, his body instinctively tensed.

The Zhanlong Jian (Dragon-Slaying Sword) placed horizontally across his lap was first struck heavily on the hilt by his left palm, sending it flying out, only to be caught firmly by his right hand.

Holding the long sword in a reverse grip, Wanli Fengdao slammed his right hand against the ground, launching himself to his feet. He twisted around in the narrow tree hollow and, without looking, flung the Zhanlong Jian toward the light source.

As if the long sword had eyes, it shot out, tearing through the black rain, splitting the dense raindrops, and silently pierced toward the windshield of the vehicle's driver's seat.

*Zheng—*

The sword qi attached to the Zhanlong Jian penetrated the windshield without hindrance, as easily as cutting tofu.

But the blade was firmly blocked by an arm extending from beneath the vehicle's chassis, wielding a bronze scythe.

The Zhanlong Jian was dragged downward by gravity.

Wanli Fengdao kicked off the inner wall of the tree hollow, his body rushing forward, leaping.

As he fell, his feet landed heavily on the hood of the vehicle. His right hand steadily caught the hilt of the sword in mid-air.

Wanli Fengdao's eyes were cold, filled with murderous intent. He was about to bring the sword down when he heard a voice say, "Wait!"

Was that... Liu Wudai's voice?

Wanli Fengdao paused instinctively. His previous identities were bounty hunter and external staff member of the Special Affairs Bureau.

Liu Wudai was also a frequent visitor to the Special Affairs Bureau. The two had met several times within the organization.

"It's me."

Liu Wudai directly displayed his player ID.

Li Ang seized the opportunity to widen his eyes and shout, "Hey!

You monkey with the hairy face and thunderous mouth, how dare you attack your Guanyin Bodhisattva sister?

Quickly put down your sword!"

Seeing Liu Wudai's ID, Wanli Fengdao breathed a sigh of relief.

He squatted on the hood of the car and shifted his gaze to the red-clothed figure in the driver's seat. "You are..."

"I'm Huanhuan (Happy), the Red Boy who knows Samadhi True Fire?"

Li Ang said as a matter of course, "To practice the Samadhi True Fire, I eat half a Liuwei Dihuang Wan (Six-Flavor Rehmannia Pill) every day to accumulate stomach fire.

It's all so I can meet you again one day and let you experience what it's like to get fired up."

"Red Boy Huanhuan? What's with the Liuwei Dihuang Wan? Besides being dressed in red from head to toe, you have nothing in common with Red Boy. And why give me the persona of Sun Wukong? I use a sword, for crying out loud."

Wanli Fengdao scratched his head. Okay, earlier he was soaked, so he took out an emergency kit from the Special Affairs Bureau from his inventory.

From it, he took out two yellow coats (with multiple function modes, able to isolate odors, infrared detection, cooling, heat resistance, warmth, cold protection, drying clothes...)

And put them on himself and Xing Hechou,

Now, he did look a bit like Sun Wukong.

"Wait, that familiar way of speaking,"

Wanli Fengdao narrowed his eyes, staring at Li Ang, who was wearing a red hood. "Could you be..."

"That's right."

Li Ang patted his chest and said proudly, "I, who travels across three mountains and five peaks, regretting the sky has no handle and the earth has no ring, am none other than Wanli Fengdao, the number one bandit king in the rural-urban fringe of Yin City."

"Shamelessly stealing someone's name right in front of them!"

Wanli Fengdao subconsciously retorted, "Besides, the title 'Number One Bandit King in the Rural-Urban Fringe of Yin City' is too lame. Couldn't you find a better-sounding one?!"

Li Ang thought for a moment. "Socks on before shoes, be a grandson before being a grandpa - Wanli Fengdao."

"Even lamer! You're starting to sound like a country bumpkin!"

"Smoking only Honghe cigarettes, loving only one person in my life - Wanli Fengdao."

"?? Isn't that still a country bumpkin?"

"溫渘哋仿肆?·Wanli Fengdao (gentle debauchery)"

Xiaodao Ge (Little Knife Bro) complained, "Becoming a Qiumote (colorful-haired youth) isn't a good thing either. You're actually regressing..."

"Fashion is a cycle. Qiumote never die, they just fade away."

Li Ang's expression turned serious. He looked at Wanli Fengdao's face, which was a mix of pain and nervousness, smiled, and revealed his player ID. "Xiaodao Ge, how have you been? Just kidding."

Seeing the words [Li Risheng], the stone in Wanli Fengdao's heart finally settled.

Just like Liu Wudai, he felt a surge of relief at meeting Li Ang in this bizarre world.

"It really is you."

Wanli Fengdao shook his head, his expression solemn, and lowered his voice. "Be careful, this place isn't safe. Follow me."

He didn't sheathe the Zhanlong Jian, but held it in his hand, lightly leaped back to the front of the tree hollow, and walked inside.

Li Ang and Liu Wudai exchanged glances, turned off the vehicle engine, and followed.

They saw Xing Hechou lying at the bottom of the tree hollow in a comatose state, his eyes closed, his face pale.

Wanli Fengdao lowered his voice and briefly explained their experiences after entering the Shengnan King's Dream.

"This forest contains more than one monster. Besides that thing with the iron chains around its waist, which I call the Water Wraith, there are other malevolent spirits.

It will be difficult to cross the forest."

Xiaodao Ge said gloomily, "I just gave Old Xing a lot of potions, but he just won't wake up.

Leaving him here to teleport back is no different from killing him."

Li Ang frowned, staring at Xing Hechou for a couple of seconds. He, too, couldn't find anything wrong.

He raised his head and asked Wanli Fengdao, "By the way, you're considered an external member of the Special Affairs Bureau now, right?"

"Yeah."

"Could you tell me about the Special Affairs Bureau's progress in investigating the Shengnan King's Dream?"

"This..."

Wanli Fengdao said awkwardly, "I'm just assisting the Special Affairs Bureau as a bounty hunter, while ensuring my own safety.

My security clearance isn't high enough. They haven't given me much information.

But Old Bro Xing is the captain of the Mobile Task Force. He should know a lot of information. We can ask him when he wakes up."

"Alright."

Li Ang nodded, thought for a moment, and bent down to say into Xing Hechou's ear, "Old Bro Xing, wake up quickly. We're missing one for mahjong."

Wanli Fengdao subconsciously said, "I've already tried that..."

Li Ang glanced at him and continued to say to Xing Hechou, "Strip mahjong, you lose a hand, you take off a piece of clothing."

"Who would like that kind of thing!"

Wanli Fengdao said in a pained and strained voice, "Please change it to something more effective."

"Hmm..."

Li Ang narrowed his eyes, rubbed his chin, and whispered into Xing Hechou's ear, "Old Bro Xing, if you don't wake up,

Wanli Fengdao is going to take off all his clothes, lie down next to you intimately, take a picture, and send it to your WeChat family group with your phone..."

"That's a bit too effective! Social suicide, that is!"

Wanli Fengdao was shocked. "And shouldn't the person who proposes something shameless be the one to do it? Why me?"

Li Ang stood up straight, gave him a thumbs up, and flashed a standard shining smile. "The professional ethics of a bounty hunter

are that they'll do anything for money!

As long as the money is right, even going to the toilet and eating shit is possible with the help of Xiàfàn Jiàng (rice sauce), enough to eat three big bowls of rice."

"What dimension's bounty hunter would eat shit in the toilet for money, ah ah ah!"