Rebirth: Living in Wilderness with My Superpower
Chapter 889: The Unfortunate County Magistrate Fat Ball

Chapter 889: Chapter 889: The Unfortunate County Magistrate Fat Ball

Thus, this peculiar method came to be known.

At present, the Earth Series Abilities in the stone had been taken away by her, and Little Moss had devoured the layer of soil on the surface of the stone. Without these components, the remaining stones she left behind in the Insect Cave would likely remain ordinary stones forever.

Bai Junjun did not inform them of this matter; at this time, everyone only knew that during the rescue of Fox, the Ancient Treasure Box stolen by Wu Nuan from the Gu Master was lost in the Insect Cave.

However, considering the immense fire within the Insect Cave, it’s likely that the meteorite no longer exists.

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Elsewhere, the County Lord Fat Ball from Dai County who had not been seen for a long time was recently very anxious.

Because three days ago, he received a Homing Pigeon Message saying that the Ninth Prince was returning from the Imperial Capital, and would soon visit Dai County for inspection.

This really scared the poor old man.

The last time the Ninth Prince passed through Dai County, he intentionally and casually praised their county for merit in bandit suppression, and even specifically inquired about the situation of the leaders.

Initially, the County Magistrate did not find anything amiss and reported everything in detail: because Black Spider had caused much evil in this area, creating huge panic among the common people, to prevent Black Spider’s accomplices from coming over to rescue him, he had executed Black Six more than a half month ago, in front of all the citizens, who clapped and cheered approvingly.

At that time, the Ninth Prince just glanced at him indifferently, finished reading the dossier about Black Six, and commented neither too coldly nor too warmly that it was well done.

He left the next day.

Over the half month that followed, the more the Fat County Magistrate thought about it, the more something seemed off. He always felt that the Ninth Prince’s attitude was strange at that time.

However, with the Ninth Prince recently assuming office, it couldn’t possibly be that he was jealous of his own wisdom, fearing that it might overshadow him, could it?

Thinking of this, the Fat County Magistrate became distressed. He just wanted to be a good official, enjoy fine meals, and lead the local people to a good life. Was that also a fault?

At this time, Old Uncle Qiu, who had been promoted from an ordinary clerk to the Fat County Magistrate’s trusted Strategist due to his extensive experience including his time in the military, heard the County Lord’s worries. Old Uncle Qiu went into deep thought: "There are some matters that I might need to report to the County Lord."

"What?" The County Magistrate looked puzzled.

"Back when we fled to North-South Bridge, we saw with our own eyes the Ninth Prince’s soldiers disguised as refugees heading towards Biluo City."

"What!!!" The County Magistrate was so shocked that he immediately bounced up from his seat.

Where was his usual sluggishness now? The County Magistrate bounced up from his desk like a baseball and quickly rolled to the door of the study. After making sure there was no one around, he closed the door and turned to Old Uncle Qiu with a grave face.

"Old Qiu, are you sure about what you just said?"

"Of course, the Seven-Person Team and even Miss Little Bear know about this."

The County Magistrate couldn’t help but be greatly alarmed. He was no fool. With Old Uncle Qiu’s words and the momentous changes in Eastern Land during this period, he quickly surmised a shocking conspiracy.

And within Black Spider, there might be people from the Ninth Prince.

Thinking back to before executing Black Six, he had arrogantly claimed that someone would come to take revenge for him.

Back then the County Magistrate thought this Itinerant World rogue was unrepentant when facing death, but now it seems, it wasn’t a lack of repentance, but sheer confidence.

It turns out he had shown all the dossiers to the Ninth Prince when he came.

If Black Six truly was one of the Ninth Prince’s men, then he was done for.

It seems like the Ninth Prince had been in a rush to return to the Imperial Capital and had no time to deal with him then; but now, he probably was coming for a reckoning after the autumn harvest.