Work Prophet
Chapter 173 - 21: New Complications

Chapter 173: Chapter 21: New Complications

The Qianjiang 125 was also a legendary motorcycle.

Because of its affordability, fuel efficiency, and durability, it enjoyed incredibly hot sales for a time.

Li Yu remembered that as a child, he often saw this motorcycle, especially in county towns or rural areas, where Qianjiang, along with Haojue, Wuyang, and Da Yang brands, held significant dominance.

Whether pulling people or hauling goods, even on bumpy dirt roads, it could still fly.

Its design might not be considered attractive nowadays, but it still has a rather retro, rugged charm.

The Qianjiang 125, brought back by the Eco-friendly Frog, must have been over ten years old. Much of the paint on the body had chipped off, and the seat had been changed, but its leather too had cracked, as had the plastic on the handlebars.

However, Li Yu had conducted a basic inspection of the body and wiring and hadn’t found any damage. Moreover, the previous owner had thoughtfully left the keys behind.

Li Yu sat on it, turned the key, and stepped on the starter pedal. As expected, it didn’t start—glancing at the fuel tank, he noted it was empty.

Li Yu planned to bring some gasoline the next time he came to see if it would start then.

If this motorcycle could indeed still be ridden, then he had undeniably struck a great deal.

Because this item was something he could hardly have brought over by himself.

Li Yu took another look at the Eco-friendly Frog in the pond. This little frog truly deserved its Four-star Equipment rating, far more useful than the Game Sunglasses that were always deceiving people.

Aside from this Qianjiang 125, the Eco-friendly Frog had also gathered quite a lot of other trash over this period—things like cassette players, car tires, a portable set-top box, and half a bottle of Dabao.

Li Yu had no use for these items at the moment, so he had the little maid store them for now.

His luck these past few days had been quite good, but the news coming from Miss Rabbit wasn’t as pleasant.

This time, the Arias family had specifically sent a messenger to seek aid in Rock Snow City, but just found out that Marquis Kuren had left the mansion two days ago.

The messenger wanted to catch up to him, but despite asking everyone in the mansion, no one was willing to reveal where the Marquis had gone.

In the end, it was Kuren’s eldest son, David, who met the messenger. After seeing the photo of the dragon brought by the messenger, he too was greatly shaken and immediately called together important figures in Rock Snow City to discuss the matter.

As a result, they discussed it for a full seven days, and still, they have not reached any definitive conclusion.

The information from the messenger indicated there was a significant disagreement among the attendees.

The main issue is that no one these days has ever seen a dragon, even among those who were in favor of fighting, there was a lot of disagreement about how exactly to confront the dragon.

Apart from this, there was a group of people who firmly believed that the dragon did not exist, or that the creature in the swamp was not a dragon. This group was led by Kuren’s second son, Hels, and it seemed they also had the covert support of the Silver Moon Church.

They claimed that the photo was merely concocted from Li Yu’s imagination.

When Miss Rabbit heard this shameless claim, she became very angry and wanted to invite those people to take a walk around Gai Gu Great Swamp themselves to see if the non-existent dragon would eat them.

Li Yu then thought of another matter and reminded, "Some people might not want to see the dragon dealt with so quickly... Jude was previously hired with a substantial amount of money to approach you and infiltrate the Arias family to create chaos, likely to divert your attention from the swamp, giving the dragon more time to grow."

Upon hearing this, the girl’s gaze sharpened, and she clenched her fists involuntarily.

Li Yu noticed something and furrowed his brow, "What, do you already know who is behind all this?"

"It’s Hels— and he had Sir Caroman murder my father," Ireya said through gritted teeth.

"Your father died from a murder? Why haven’t you mentioned it before?"

"My Great-grandmother Ona just told me a few days ago." The girl trusted Li Yu, so she did not hesitate to reveal all the secrets the elderly woman had told her that night.

After hearing this, Li Yu said, "This involves the Figrola family, and it even relates to the struggle for the next ruler of the western territories. No wonder your great-grandmother had always kept it a secret, not telling anyone else. She must have been worried that the Arias family would get involved."

"It’s too late now, from the moment Hels directed Caroman to murder my father, the Arias family has already been involved. No matter how dangerous, I will find a way to clear up the truth," Ireya stated resolutely.

However, the girl wasn’t completely blinded by hatred and added, "But that will have to wait until after we deal with that dragon, as we still need the support of the Figrola family now."

Li Yu thought for a moment, then asked, "Has the Figrola family ever been involved with dragons before?"

"Not that I know of."

"That’s strange then, why would Hels want to save the dragon in the swamp? Does he know some Dragon Taming Technique?"

"Could it be from the Enríquez family? After the Figrola family annihilated them, they must have gained many of Enríquez’s secrets, which might include methods of dragon taming."

"Hmm, that’s a possibility."

Li Yu had previously harbored thoughts of taming that dragon but realized after watching a video that his built-in translation module had no effect on the dragon’s roars.

Of course, it didn’t rule out that the dragon was just roaring for the sake of it, feeling it unnecessary to speak to a bunch of food, but Li Yu still thought the probability of successful communication was very low.

Mainly because he had been deeply influenced by fantasy novels before, thinking a dragon, at birth, would definitely possess all the Dragon Clan’s heritage, including Dragon Language.

But from a biological standpoint, such a setting was almost as fantastical as Arabian Nights.

Language and writing are things that are created later; even human newborns don’t master language at birth but have to learn bit by bit.

Li Yu wasn’t sure if the dragons that lived on the Bratis Continent over three thousand years ago had their own language, as they were intelligent enough perhaps to have evolved a language or even a writing system.

However, the Black Dragon in the swamp had been alone since birth, without a father or mother, not even recognizing a black dog, clearly more illiterate than the lizard people. Expecting to communicate with it normally, Li Yu felt he had previously thought too much.

Moreover, with many lizard people as well as warriors and nobles from the Arias family having already died at the hands of that dragon, enmity between them had quickly accumulated, making the possibility of peacefully resolving the conflict increasingly slim.

The clouds of war once again loomed over the skies of Green Field, yet the reinforcements eagerly awaited by the Arias family were still nowhere to be seen.