602: Chapter 421 (Thanks to the Shi Jie Tang bigwig again and again) 602: Chapter 421 (Thanks to the Shi Jie Tang bigwig again and again) The secret code for asking for help was quickly heard by the shopkeeper of the same family’s store in the city, upon hearing the secret code, the shopkeeper felt it was from their branch and needed to consult his superiors.
Normally, they would certainly notify the highest ranking family member, but this time, there was no need to let the family know because the Young Master had just visited the store yesterday and had not yet left.
So the shopkeeper went to the room where Su Chang’an, the Young Master, was resting, and knocked on the door, “dong dong dong dong”.
Su Chang’an had come to Immortal Venerable City and did not visit their partnership store; he was here because he had heard from his subordinates that there might be an issue with the top-selling Supreme Elixirs recently.
He knew that the City Lord’s man was resting in his own store, actually conducting a secret investigation.
The shopkeeper knocked and entered, informing him of the urgent message from the other store.
Su Chang’an nodded and did not immediately go to that store, but used his powerful Divine Sense to investigate.
From the store, he scanned the surroundings within tens, even hundreds of miles for any anomalies.
Before long, he detected a shopkeeper from the store hurrying through the sky, seemingly with urgent business leading him away.
Su Chang’an told the shopkeeper to stay put, leaving the matter to him, and then he ascended to great heights, pursuing the fleeing shopkeeper.
The fleeing shopkeeper did not know that he was being tracked by a partner from the store.
Flying high in the sky, he felt the farther he got from Immortal Venerable City the better, thousands of miles would be even better, where neither the City Lord’s people nor the City Lord could find him.
As for the store losing one person, even if the boss and partners found out later, he had already disguised himself and fled thousands of miles away, hiding his identity.
With the secret treasure in hand and having acquired powerful abilities, he feared neither the boss and partners nor the City Lord.
The shopkeeper, with his heart pounding, flew faster and faster, fearing that someone might catch up from behind; his route was not only through the high skies, sometimes he would also dive underground.
Constantly shifting escape methods, having disguised himself, two hours had passed, and he believed he had traveled a thousand miles, but he still did not feel at ease and continued to flee.
His pursuer, Su Chang’an, thought the man had a hideout; the capabilities he attributed to the shopkeeper were too great—he could track him to the ends of the earth, no matter how distant.
Seeing him change his methods and appearance so often further convinced Su Chang’an that the shopkeeper must have indeed done something wrong to feel so guilty.
This was the employee from that store who now knew for sure that the shopkeeper had harmed someone, had kidnapped a person, and that person was looking for Jiang Tang.
From the employee’s description, Su Chang’an remembered the man somewhat; his appearance was not at all like those from the Cultivation World, suggesting he might be a foreigner.
In Jiang Tang’s term, someone from the Vampire Clan might be a wrongdoer in his understanding.
Yet he did not sense any aura of slaughter from that young man.
This person surely had not killed anyone; even he, a deity in exile, had once killed.
Although he had killed for Jiang Tang, he had still taken a life, and there was a faint aura of murder about him.
After tracking for another hour, from land to sea, the man began using a boat, spending money to buy one, not hiring a boatman, paddling on his own.
Su Chang’an on his Flying Artifact above observed the man’s every move with his Divine Sense.
Perhaps the shopkeeper felt safe on the vast sea, far from any visible ships.
If someone had been tracking him for several hours, he had already traveled a thousand or two thousand miles; if there truly was a pursuer, he might have already been located by now, but with no signs of pursuit, he felt somewhat at ease, yet made no further moves.
Now, during daytime, he had the patience to wait for nightfall; in another hour or two, he could leave Ancient Xia Country.
Even if someone was trailing him, he would be near another country soon, and presumably, no one would dare follow so far.
While rowing, the shopkeeper stealthily glanced at the Storage Bag on his person; there had been no movement from within.
He thought that his medicine must have incapacitated the person who couldn’t counter it—rightly so, as the pills he produced were not from this country, and he alone had the antidote.
He decided to extract the young man’s secrets in the middle of the ocean before pushing him overboard to feed the sharks.
Su Chang’an, on his Flying Artifact, watched the boat move further and further away, leaving the jurisdiction of Ancient Xia Country, frowning, wondering if this person intended to seek refuge in another country.
Just then, he noticed something unusual in the nearby sky; it seemed like a battle among many great power holders was underway.
Golden Light flashing across like those that can fly, alongside the glowing radiance of white light, Su Chang’an believed this must be a clash of might between Great Power Holders.
With his Divine Sense, he explored and saw an island not far off that had been destroyed.
This place had clearly been the site of a significant struggle; he made out the appearances of the creatures involved but did not know to whom they belonged.
Su Chang’an didn’t give it too much thought, figuring that since the young man was looking for Jiang Tang, communicating with him would suffice.
“Jiang Tang, someone’s looking for you at the store; where are you right now?”
Jiang Tang was underwater, on an Anti-Punishment Artifact, watching monkeys and spirits from the Dragon Palace fight.
He received Su Chang’an’s message and didn’t think much of it, “I’ve run into a bit of trouble; who’s looking for me?”
Su Chang’an summarized that someone had come looking for him, an incident occurred, and the shopkeeper had headed out to sea.
Hearing Su Chang’an’s words, Jiang Tang could sense that the person looking for him must have been captured.