Chapter 289: Unaware of Being Monitored
Magic Beasts patrol by repeatedly moving back and forth at a certain distance, in squads of five, with a squad every ten meters or so.
To allow Wang Quan to avoid the magic beast patrol, Sang Chu deliberately created a time and distance difference, enabling him to bypass the magic beast patrol and go upstairs.
However, Wang Quan was completely unaware of this. He went out for a stroll, noted their patrol patterns, and began calculating ways to avoid them in his mind.
But he currently didn’t know if the patrol methods upstairs were the same, which was the most troublesome part.
Returning to his room, Wang Quan locked the door and then cautiously checked the window. It was bright outside, but there was nothing monitoring him.
He directly pulled the curtains shut, and the room was instantly lit only by lamps and candles.
Wang Quan lay on the bed, and seeing the room empty, he tore off his own skin, flying out from within.
In a painting of a young girl on the headboard, the girl’s dark eyes flickered with life, and her lips curved into a slight smile, not pronounced enough to be noticed without careful observation.
Wang Quan, believing he was undiscovered, passed directly through the wall and headed upstairs.
By the time Sang Chu received the notification, Wang Quan had already disappeared, and the elves were unable to track his movements.
“Rabbit, go and meet Lu Min Feng immediately. Wang Quan is likely going to find Elder Yan!”
The Rabbit, who had been lying lazily on the bed yawning, immediately rolled over upon hearing this: “Okay, I’m going now~”
After Tu You left, Tu Lin flew to Sang Chu with his optical computer: “Master, look at this?”
On the optical computer, something recorded flashed by, resembling the silhouette of a child?
“Doesn’t this child look a lot like Mu Mu, who has been following Elder Yan?”
Sang Chu had a strong impression of this child. He always stayed by Elder Yan’s side, and Elder Yan treated him very well.
Tu Lin: “Master, should we monitor them all?”
“No rush. There are little elves in every room; these are hidden monitors. I haven’t activated them before, but that doesn’t mean they know nothing. You come with me to Wang Quan’s room; I need to examine his body.”
“Okay.”
Sang Chu couldn’t see Wang Quan’s appearance in his spirit body form, so he didn’t know when he would return. Although Tu You was monitoring him, it was still limited. Bringing Tu Lin would make things much easier.
Third Floor
Lu Min Feng hid in a corner, observing Elder Yan’s every move. His life was always very regular; besides taking care of the child named Mu Mu, he would shuttle back and forth among a group of people.
It all seemed perfectly normal!
【Lu Min Feng, quickly go invisible! That man named Wang Quan is coming!】
Tu You’s voice echoed in his ears. Lu Min Feng didn’t hesitate, using his invisibility skill on top of his spirit body form and hiding within the wall.
As expected, a moment later, Wang Quan followed Tu You upstairs.
However, he didn’t go directly to Elder Yan. Instead, he squatted in a corner, lost in thought while watching the magic beasts come and go.
Tu You: 【What is Wang Quan doing?】
Seeing him observing the magic beasts, Lu Min Feng said with understanding: 【Elder Yan probably can’t see spirit bodies either, so Wang Quan can’t meet him in this form. He’s calculating how to avoid the magic beast patrol.】
Tu You suddenly realized: 【Oh~, I see. That’s why A Chu asked Sang Jing Wen to deliberately leave a gap when arranging the magic beast patrols. But will Wang Quan fall for it?】
【He will, because he believes it’s a loophole, a loophole that none of us have discovered.】
People always have an illusion of being superior to others, always thinking they are the smartest and most capable. As long as he falls into such a cycle, he will never realize it’s a trap.
He’ll just think he’s being clever.
Downstairs, in Wang Quan’s room.
When Sang Chu entered in the hovercar, the room was empty.
On the headboard, the girl in the painting, upon seeing Sang Chu disembark from the hovercar, instantly flew out of the painting. It turned out she was a small butterfly.
She flew to Sang Chu’s side and perched on his shoulder, saying in a faint voice, “Master, this person smells so bad, and there are so many strange things growing inside his body.”
“Strange things?”
Sang Chu stepped forward to look.
What lay before him could no longer be called a body, just a strange skin. Beneath the skin were many tentacle-like branches.
“Tu Lin, help me open his head.”
“Okay.”
Tu Lin instantly transformed into human form. Dressed in black, his skin appeared exceptionally fair. His well-defined hands pried open the skin on his head, revealing a dense mass of crisscrossing red bugs.
They suddenly looked at Tu Lin and swiftly flew towards him.
‘Whoosh—’
A sword light flashed, and the bugs flying towards Tu Lin were shattered into dust.
“Master, these bugs attack people.”
He held his long sword, glaring menacingly at the bugs, and shielded Sang Chu as he retreated.
The shattered bloody bugs on the ground inexplicably reminded Sang Chu of the giant beast Lu Min Feng had mentioned.
Wang Quan cannot die.
This was Sang Chu’s only thought at the moment.
After a brief hesitation, Sang Chu sent a message to Shi Feng: 【How do I contract an undead?】
Shi Feng was stunned when he received the message. Contract an undead?
【Master, there’s no need to waste cards. Qing Xiao is also an undead master; just have him come out and control the undead.】
【Okay, I understand.】
Sang Chu released Qing Xiao.
“Master, you haven’t let me out in a long time~”
Qing Xiao lazily stretched his limbs, then suddenly smelled a strange scent. He looked over and blinked in surprise: “Master, you’re playing a bit too big here.”
Undead can be played with like this too?
Qing Xiao had no idea what the current situation was, he simply felt that Sang Chu was playing very wildly, even turning an undead into such a strange form.
Shi Feng hadn’t recognized Wang Quan as an undead before because he was inside this skin suit.
“Stop fooling around. Wang Quan should be back soon. I need his control. How do I make him an obedient undead?”
“That’s simple. But Master, are you sure he won’t abandon this body? If he doesn’t return to this body, I’ll need to capture him first to make him my own undead to use.”
“He will. He needs this body right now. And be careful, the red bugs inside this skin suit are alive.”
Qing Xiao looked at Sang Chu, then at the wriggling bugs, thinking that as long as he wasn’t blind, he wouldn’t mistake them for inanimate objects.
Sang Chu seemed to realize the ambiguity in his words and explained: “I mean, these bugs have their own independent consciousness, they can think like humans.”
Perhaps because he came from the Magic Continent, even stones had their own thoughts, so he didn’t find this strange.
However, since Sang Chu had specifically reminded him, he kept an extra eye out.
After nodding, Qing Xiao stepped forward, took off his gloves, and the magic array pattern on his palm instantly lit up. His hands slowly approached Wang Quan, and the magic array enveloped him.
Happy New Year, everyone! Wishing you all immense wealth in the new year *^O^*
