Chapter 121: Arriving at the King of Hell’s Mansion
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Did the Lord King of Hell dislike strangers?
Lu Yuan began to think quickly again after hearing this ambiguous statement.
However, due to the lack of information, he could not think of any useful countermeasures in a short period of time.
He would only be able to make a rough judgment after he arrived at the King of Hell’s mansion.
On his way to the King of Hell’s mansion, he saw many other cultivators, who also noticed him.
However, out of caution, they did not come over to chat with Lu Yuan. Instead, they followed their respective Paper Servant.
Lu Yuan roughly counted that there were about 20 cultivators on this street.
He was a little surprised by this number.
After all, not everyone was like him, with an outstanding divine soul that could observe the situation outside the courtyard.
Even Meng Ruyan, who had Level 8 Foundation Establishment Stage cultivation, could barely sense the situation at the entrance of the courtyard.
This was because the fog’s suppression of spiritual sense was stronger the further one was from the courtyard.
It didn’t make much difference whether or not one was standing close to the front door.
It was as if there was an invisible wall outside the courtyard.
No matter how far they were from the wall, they could at most only see the wall.
As for Lu Yuan, he relied on his powerful spiritual sense to push past the wall and observe the situation beyond it.
However, other cultivators clearly could not do this.
Therefore, for them to be able to find the invitation card, they either knew what might happen here in advance, or they had been warned by the elders of their sects to pay attention to their surroundings after entering the Gates of Hell.
Lu Yuan felt that both reasons were applicable.
Otherwise, there wouldn’t be so many people who found the invitation.
Even though the position of the invitation card was quite obvious, people normally wouldn’t search through the room before opening the door.
Most of them would go straight to the door.
If they opened the door without an invitation, they would undoubtedly be in danger.
Although they had already passed the first Gate of Hell, Lu Yuan was aware that many dangers still lay ahead.
It was obviously not easy to get through those dangers. Due to the lack of crucial information, Lu Yuan could only take things one step at a time.
After walking for around five minutes, the Paper Servant brought Lu Yuan and Meng Ruyan to a huge official residence.
There were huge stone lions on both sides of the entrance to the official residence in front of him, and many white lanterns were hanging over the gate. The pale candlelight shone from the white lanterns illuminated the courtyard, dispelling the rumbling fog on the street.
Compared to the streets, there were more Paper Men gathered in front of the official residence.
Lu Yuan carefully observed them. These Paper Men appeared more or less the same. There was not much difference between them. The only thing that distinguished them was the clothes on their bodies.
f Paper Man: Ghost City Official]
f Cultivation: Foundation Establishment Stage Level 5]
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[Paper Man: Ghost City Rich Merchant]
[Cultivation: Foundation Establishment Stage Level 7]
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[Paper Man, Ghost City General]
[Cultivation: Pseudo Core Stage]
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Lu Yuan used the system to observe the information on most of the Paper Men on the street and arrived at a conclusion.
The level of cultivation of these Paper Men actually depended on their roles.
Among them, the ones with the lowest cultivation were the Paper Servants who had invited them here.
The rest of the Paper Men who had official positions had higher cultivation than them.
What made Lu Yuan even more surprised was that if it wasn’t for the existence of the system, he wouldn’t have been able to identify the cultivation of these Paper Men at all. He would have taken them for ordinary people.
Lu Yuan put himself in the shoes of other ordinary cultivators.
If he was someone without an invitation, he would most likely have attacked the Paper Men after sensing that they did not have too powerful spiritual energy fluctuations.
At that time, the other Paper Men on the street would definitely have swarmed over and attacked the cultivator who had offended them.
The cultivator from Xueyang Sect that Lu Yuan saw at the beginning must have encountered such a situation.
That person chose to attack the Paper Servant without possessing an invitation.
As for the result of his actions, Lu Yuan speculated that the cultivator was chopped into pieces by these Paper Men.
Thinking of this, Lu Yuan felt that his steadiness just now was justified
Observe first, then act!
After bringing the two of them to the entrance of the official residence, the Paper Servant seemed to have completed his task and said calmly, “Mr. Lu, Lady Meng, I have shown you the way. You can go in on your own.”
“Alright, sorry to trouble you,” Lu Yuan said with a smile.
After the servant left, Meng Ruyan wanted to walk straight to the mansion.
However, Lu Yuan pulled her back.
“Senior Sister, wait a minute.”
Hearing his words, Meng Ruyan stopped in her tracks.
Then, Lu Yuan led the two of them to a pillar by the door.
Seeing this, Meng Ruyan understood that Lu Yuan was not in a hurry to enter.
Instead, he was prepared to stand there and observe the situation before making a decision.
However, what surprised Meng Ruyan was that Lu Yuan was not the only one who had such thoughts.
Someone was standing at the pillar before them.
Sensing Lu Yuan and Meng Ruyan’s arrival, the cultivator who was quietly observing the situation by the pillar turned his head and looked at them.
Zhuang Yangbing checked out Lu Yuan and Meng Ruyan who were beside him. He recognized their Qingyun Sect disciple uniforms at a glance.
However, this was clearly not the time for the members of the righteous sects and the devilish way to be at odds with each other.
Therefore, when he saw that these two people actually had the same thoughts as him, he immediately chased them away, saying, “You two, I was here first. You should go somewhere else.”
Despite Zhuang Yangbing wanting to chase them away, Lu Yuan was unperturbed.
This pillar was the closest to the mansion. It was such a good spot. He wouldn’t leave just because Zhuang Yangbing asked him to do so!
Lu Yuan said, “My friend, the circumstances are unique. Senior Sister Meng and I won’t go anywhere else for the time being. If you insist on fighting us, you’d better consider whether the surrounding Paper Men will stand idly by.” After hearing Lu Yuan’s threat, even though Zhuang Yangbing was unwilling, he eventually moved over and gave them a space beside the pillar.
Lu Yuan pulled Meng Ruyan and quickly stood in the empty spot.
Then, the three of them stuck their heads out in tacit understanding and looked into the mansion.
Zhuang Yangbing was the shortest among them, only about 1.6 meters tall.
Facing the 1.7-meter tall Meng Ruyan and the 1.8-meter tall Lu Yuan, he was practically a dwarf.
The sight of their heads stacked on top of each other peeking out from behind the pillar looked quite interesting.
The Paper Men around them didn’t seem to care too much about their actions. It was as though the former could not see them.
This validated some of Lu Yuan’s speculation.
Certain specific conditions had to be met for these Paper Men to react. They were like robots that had been programmed.
For example, the Paper Men had been programmed to invite the cultivators to the banquet previously. They were also tasked to lead them here.
Now that they had completed the task of leading them here, these Paper Men had completed their mission. Naturally, they would not care about Lu Yuan and the others.
As for what Lu Yuan and the others were going to do next, they were supposed to enter this strange official residence.
However, the Paper Men did not say that they had to enter immediately. Hence, the three of them peeped into the official residence now.
As Lu Yuan and Zhuang Yangbing observed the situation in the residence, they grew curious about each other.
The two of them could smell the scent of their own kind from each other.
After locking gazes with each other, they were certain that the other party was also a steady person.
However, although the two of them were both steady people, they actually had no intention of talking now.
After all, they still needed to think of a way to leave the Gates of Hell..