Chapter 344: Mysterious NPC Girl! Identity Seen Through!
Inside the Heaven's Gift Guild Hall.
Li Xiang sat in the main seat without saying a word, exuding a powerful, indifferent aura, as if the extreme northern chill had descended upon the place.
Below, the Guild members all lowered their heads, not daring to speak.
They did not know what had happened, but the aura emanating from Li Xiang was too terrifying.
Poetic Spring wanted to speak out several times, but after seeing Li Xiang's eyes, she closed her mouth again.
Aige looked at Li Xiang, her mood also somewhat complex.
Although she did not particularly like Li Xiang, after spending time together over the past few days, this woman with the ID Pumpkin still gave her a feeling of being powerful, confident, and fearless, as if there was nothing she could not do.
But now, Pumpkin's eyes were very melancholic, revealing how extremely vulnerable she felt at this moment.
So... she wasn't always strong...
When this thought appeared in Aige's heart, the slight dislike she had for Li Xiang dissipated.
Standing up, Aige walked over to Li Xiang under the gaze of the Guild members and hugged him.
"Big Sister, if you are tired, do not force yourself to stay online. Go offline and get a good night's sleep and rest."
Poetic Spring stared blankly at Aige, "Aige..."
Aige did what she wanted to do but did not dare to.
Li Xiang came back to his senses and forced a smile, "I'm fine..."
"Today's Guild tasks are the same as yesterday. I still have something to do, so I'll go out first. Contact me if anything comes up."
After speaking, he activated a Return to City Stone on the spot and disappeared.
Aige still maintained the posture of hugging Li Xiang.
...
Adam City.
After Li Xiang appeared, he immediately headed towards the City Lord's Mansion.
A few minutes later, Li Xiang met the City Lord Hademan.
At this moment, he was extremely busy and overwhelmed.
The large number of deaths among the nobles in the City caused the noble families to demand an explanation from him.
An explanation was impossible now; he had already spread rumors in the City as Li Xiang instructed.
Once public opinion formed, these noble families would not be able to cause trouble.
Seeing Li Xiang enter, Hademan bowed respectfully, "Master!"
"How is the situation?"
"Everything is within your plan."
Li Xiang nodded, "Okay, just keep this momentum. Remember what I said, when personally taking action is likely to leave evidence, using those outsiders would be a good choice."
"Yes, Master!"
This time, it was by using those outsiders that they were able to successfully kill the nobles in the City.
"Alright, then I'm relieved."
After speaking, Li Xiang was about to leave when Hademan called out to him, "Master, I found this thing on those nobles; perhaps it will be useful to you."
It was a parchment.
Li Xiang took it.
"Ding! Obtained 'Divine-grade ability Clue' x1."
Li Xiang showed a smile.
He already had one such clue, and with this one, he now had two.
"It is indeed useful to me. You are thoughtful."
"It is my honor to be of use to Master."
"Alright, then I'm leaving."
"Master, take care."
...
After leaving the City Lord's Mansion, Li Xiang pondered doing something with the two Divine-grade ability clues he had on hand.
"【Divine-grade ability Clue: This is a clue containing a Divine-grade ability. By continuously following the clue, you can obtain a Divine-grade ability.】"
Use!
"Ding! Divine-grade ability Clue triggered."
Li Xiang began to check the introduction.
The first step was to go to Aotan City and find a beggar.
Li Xiang immediately arrived at Aotan City via the relay station.
Finding a beggar in a large City was not quite like finding a needle in a haystack, but it was extremely difficult.
However, the clue did provide some characteristics.
This beggar had a flame birthmark on her face.
Li Xiang found a beggar and, by giving her food, quickly asked about the whereabouts of the beggar he was looking for.
In a dark alley, Li Xiang saw the beggar he was looking for.
It was a little girl, looking about seven or eight years old, wearing ragged, dust-covered clothes, her face also covered in dust, but still showed well-defined features, suggesting she was a beauty in the making.
There was a flame mark between her eyebrows.
Seeing Li Xiang, the girl was very scared and ran away.
Li Xiang immediately chased after her.
After leaving the dark alley, he found that the person was gone.
As a City, Aotan City had a large flow of people.
"This is troublesome..."
There was no other way, Li Xiang could only search alley by alley.
Soon, he found the girl in a dark alley about a hundred meters away.
However, at this moment, the girl was surrounded by several fierce-looking burly NPC men.
"Pay up!"
The girl glared at the burly men, "I only borrowed 1 silver coin, why are you demanding 1 gold coin from me!"
"Oh? If you can't pay it back, we'll sell you as a slave to settle the debt. This is the contract we signed when we lent you the money."
Saying this, a burly man took out a contract, "Today is the final deadline for repayment on the contract. If you can't pay, you'll obediently become a slave!"
Seeing the contract, the girl was about to run, but one of the burly men fiercely slapped her, knocking her to the ground.
"Still dare to run! Tie her up for me, we'll sell her to the slave traders today!"
"Don't hit her face; this face is the standard for the price..." Another burly man muttered as he prepared to tie the girl up.
"You guys... don't come over..."
The girl curled up and retreated backward.
"This little girl is a bit young, otherwise I'd want to have some fun before selling her."
"Heh heh..."
Just as the burly man was about to touch the girl, a flying knife directly pierced into his palm, pinning it to the ground.
"Ah!"
A scream appeared.
The girl and all the burly men were stunned, looking at Li Xiang at the entrance of the dark alley.
"You bitch, how dare you hit my brother! I'll..."
Li Xiang moved, knocking all the burly men to the ground with a few punches, then walked up to the burly man who had the contract.
"You... what do you want to do... I..."
Li Xiang threw a punch, knocking out several of his teeth, then took out two gold coins and stuffed them into his bleeding mouth, "One is to help her pay back the money, and the other is for you to buy graves."
After speaking, he picked up the contract, and with magic surging, the contract detected that the money had been repaid and was directly destroyed.
Afterward, Li Xiang took the little girl's hand and walked outside.
This was within the City, otherwise Li Xiang would not have just injured them so simply.
The penalty for killing NPCs within the City was still extremely severe.
After walking a distance, the girl broke free from Li Xiang's hand, "I will pay you back your money."
"You don't need to pay me back. Just tell me where your Fire Spirit is."
The girl widened her eyes, "I won't allow you to target the Fire Spirit! You cross-dressing pervert!"
Li Xiang was stunned.
"You... what did you say?"
The girl glared at Li Xiang, "I didn't say anything. In short, I won't tell you the whereabouts of the Fire Spirit!"
"No, I'm asking how you knew I was dressed as a woman when it was clearly seamless."
There was some anxiety in Li Xiang's expression.
If this ability became widespread and many players had it, he would not be able to move around freely here!
This point was far more important than any Divine-grade ability.
"Are you... doing something important by dressing as a woman?"
Li Xiang nodded heavily, "Yes, this is very important to me."
"Then you have to promise me not to target the Fire Spirit."
"I promise you!"
"Alright then, come with me."