Let Me Explain, Fairy
Chapter 677 - Four Hundred and Twenty-Seven

Chapter 677: Chapter Four Hundred and Twenty-Seven

Pinghuai Street, as the only and most prosperous commercial district within Huizhou County, boasts the top brothels and wine shops of Huizhou, the finest weapons and iron smithies, and even a pharmacy dedicated to providing Elixir Medicine for cultivators.

Although the various cultivation supplies for sale were far from competing with those offered by large trading companies, they were already sufficient for those knights-errant who mingled in the "Jianghu".

In Huizhou County, where there was no curfew, Pinghuai Street was the gathering place for most martial apprentices, cultivators, and all kinds of scholars and young nobles, as well as the biggest den of vice in the county town.

Here, there were tales of Jianghu knights who would fly into a rage for the sake of a beauty, and rumors of wealthy young masters throwing hundreds of taels of Silver just to win a smile from a fair lady.

Two quarters of an hour earlier, as dawn broke on the horizon signaling the emergence of life, Pinghuai Street was still bustling with people compared to the quietness of other parts of Huizhou County.

Patrons who had spent the night in drunken revelry were leaving the brothels with smiles, carts restocking goods were ceaselessly traveling back and forth on the streets, and some self-disciplined early-rising knights were already enjoying their morning meals in the lavishly decorated restaurants.

Among those enjoying their morning repast, an elderly man in luxurious robes and a stunningly beautiful mature woman sat quietly on the second floor of the wine shop by the window, watching the busy street below.

This combination was peculiar, since both were wearing iron masks carved with strange crying faces, but strangely, no one around them lingered their gaze on the pair.

After watching for a long time, the elderly man retracted his gaze and murmured as if in lamentation,

"Having lived in the mountain gate for many years, it’s quite a different flavor to watch the worldly hustle and bustle today. However, the customs of the marketplace have changed quite a bit from when I was young; these low-level warriors have become commonplace."

The middle-aged noblewoman heard this but did not respond, her indifferent eyes peering through the iron mask at the sky outside the window, remaining silent.

Seeing that the middle-aged noblewoman didn’t join the conversation, the elderly man seemed to know what she was thinking and said in a hoarse voice,

"Fu, my friend, since we have already come here, there’s no need to keep looking forward and backward. Although this mission is perilous, with Fairy Luo with us, as long as we stick to the plan, Xu Changtian shouldn’t be able to cause any disturbances."

The middle-aged beautiful woman came back to her senses upon hearing this and looked at the elderly man across the wooden table, her voice gentle and faint,

"Since I’ve already come here, I won’t have any reservations. It’s just a bit strange why that Lou Ji would entrust Luo Fairy to deal with her alone."

Their plan was actually very simple.

They were spread out on three fronts: the Luo surname lady was in charge of holding off Lou Ji, she and the withered old man were responsible for finding Jing Tingxi’s daughter, while Taishiran and Zhou the Fat were tasked with scouting for Xu Changtian’s whereabouts within the city.

This seemed reasonable, but it was not.

The key to the success or failure of the entire assassination operation was actually the elimination of the head of the Black Scale Guards.

As she thought about this, the middle-aged beautiful woman looked up at the sky again,

"Our party of five should have an easier time surrounding and killing that woman now, shouldn’t we? Now that the reinforcements from the Prime Minister’s Mansion have not arrived, if Lou Ji dies, Xu Changtian will be fish on the chopping board."

The withered old man chuckled softly upon hearing this, his voice mournful through the mask,

"Fu, my friend, Lou Ji is no ordinary cultivator; the risk of surrounding and killing her is simply too great."

The middle-aged beautiful woman’s eyebrows furrowed slightly behind her iron mask. As she had spent many years in the Southern Borders, she did not know much about the notorious head of the Black Scale Guards,

"Are you saying that the four of us who have undergone Mortal Transcendence and one Semi-Saint cannot surround and kill her?"

The withered old man shook his head, his tone leisurely,

"It’s not that we can’t surround and kill her, but that woman is adept at using poison, and her Dao Domain is extremely treacherous. Our cultivation is inferior to hers, and it’s easy for us to fall into her trap. Leaving Fairy Luo to hold her off alone is the most prudent decision."

The middle-aged beautiful woman’s eyes flickered behind her mask for a moment, and she let out a soft breath,

"You are being too cautious."

The withered old man did not take offense to this remark and replied with a light chuckle,

"Better safe than sorry, Fu, my friend. Every time Lou Ji strikes, she hardly leaves any survivors, so we must be cautious..."

Before he could finish,

a colossal Energy Mechanism rose up from the center of Huizhou County’s government office, drawing the immediate attention of both figures toward the source of the power.

There, a purple light appeared.

To remain concealed, the two did not activate their Cultivation Techniques, and therefore the light vanished from their sight in an instant.

And then,

a frightening beam of light split the heavens and streaked across the skies above Huizhou County!

On seeing this,

the two seated by the window in the wine shop fell silent for a moment.

The withered old man said with a smile,

"Fu, my friend, Luo Fairy has started over there; we can take action now."

The middle-aged beautiful woman frowned, pointing to the sky,

"It seems like Lou Ji has thrown someone down, that... must be Xu Changtian, right?"

The withered old man had naturally seen this as well and asked with a light laugh in return,

"Indeed, but can you pinpoint exactly where he fell?"

"..."

The middle-aged beautiful woman carefully recalled the scene in her mind.

Just now, she had indeed seen a person being thrown down from the sky by Lou Ji through her vision, but the person was enveloped by an illusory-like energy, and even with her cultivation, she could not determine the exact falling point.

Could that Energy Mechanism be... a Dao Domain?

The thought startled the middle-aged beautiful woman. She looked toward the withered old man opposite her and asked with certainty,