novelTele Chapter 579 City Lord's Mansion
Chapter 579 City Lord's Mansion
After listening to Ilya's many daydreams about the outside world, the shopkeeper took his leave.
As Xu Si followed the shop owner out of the dark blue door, the hinges creaked softly and then slowly closed behind him, shutting out the rich fragrance of the garden and Ilya's expectant gaze.
The alien races came and went as usual on the street. The footsteps of the scaled giants were dull and regular, and the round little people chattered as they squeezed past a ore cart, with no one giving them a second glance.
"If you have any designs on the young lady, I advise you to give up. The city lord will not allow it!" the shopkeeper said, with a caution different from that in business dealings, as if advising, yet also as giving advice.
"Oh? Could it be that Miss..." Xu Si realized that this shop owner probably knew even more.
"She's being married off to Jinshi City in a month! The moment she leaves that courtyard, the City Lord's Mansion will issue a warrant for her arrest!"
This is a clear warning. It seems that the young lady's affairs have become common knowledge, and he, an outsider, knows nothing about them.
No wonder this little girl looks like she's been confined.
For a level one life form, a level four vine creature is indeed enough to restrict her.
It seems that marriage alliances exist in every world.
Xu Si didn't press for more information about Jin Shicheng. If he kept asking, he would expose too much, and wouldn't he lose face if he had to ask Wan Liuchun to help again?
It would be better for him to go to the city lord's mansion himself to find out what's going on.
Everything he wants to know must be there.
This city is so civilized that it doesn't seem like it has no written records.
After saying goodbye to the shop owner, Xu Si walked down the city streets with a large sum of money in his pocket.
"Hmm? It can't absorb it?"
After trying it out, Xu Si gave up immediately; this currency was not the 'spirit stones' he had imagined.
It is not yet known what other uses it may have besides being used as currency.
His footsteps led him toward the city center.
Aside from the city center, Xu Si couldn't imagine where else the city lord's mansion would be.
Xu Si walked slowly and steadily on the gray stone pavement, the shop signs on both sides receding in his peripheral vision.
Most of them seem to be trading ores, and the closer to the city center, the more crystal people there are.
He deliberately adjusted his walking speed to be similar to that of other crystal people on the street, neither appearing hurried or flustered, nor overly leisurely to attract attention.
However, apart from Ilya, he hasn't found a second orc so far, which is extremely unusual.
As the ruling class, their numbers could not possibly be so small.
His senses, like an invisible stream, gradually spread from a ten-zhang radius around him to the entire street.
Perhaps he was being too cautious; given his level of existence, no one in the city could detect what he wanted to do.
However, he ultimately did not make a big fuss about it.
On the one hand, they do not want to increase the risk of being discovered by the world's consciousness.
The world consciousness must pay attention to the advanced life forms within its own small world.
This is beyond doubt.
On the other hand, if Xu Si decides to integrate, then he will fully integrate.
The result of complete integration was now presented to Xu Si.
The city in front of us operates with a far more sophisticated rhythm than what we see from outside.
Scaled giants carrying ore poured in from all directions, while short, round races pushed carts laden with goods toward the shops. Every few blocks, a drooping, glowing vine could be seen hanging from the eaves, providing light for passersby.
Actually, lighting is not needed. Although there is no sun in the sky, it is not lacking in light.
The location of the city lord's mansion is not hard to find; it's just the place with the heaviest guards.
Similarly, the largest building should be located there.
"Different paths lead to the same destination!" Looking at the huge building in the city center, surrounded by a stone wall about ten feet high, with rows of crimson crystals inlaid on the top of the wall, which shimmered with a dark red glow like flames under the light.
Xu Si couldn't help but sigh.
No city can do without such defenses.
"No hair, this is it!" Xu Si stopped at a street corner, pretending to look at a string of mineral ornaments hanging in front of a shop next door, but out of the corner of his eye he took in the outline of the city lord's mansion.
The gate was cast from dark black metal, with intricate patterns engraved on its surface. Tiny golden crystals were embedded in the gaps between the patterns, shimmering like stars in the light. Now, it was fully open, as if extending an invitation to Xu Si.
Two guards stood at the entrance, and they looked like the werewolf that Xu Si had killed in the first place.
They were all over three meters tall, clad in dark gray iron armor, and wielding long halberds with blades that gleamed with a cold, eerie blue light.
This was the second type of beastman he had encountered; it must have been a werewolf.
Their life level is around level three, which is already quite good.
Besides that, Xu Si could also vaguely see a few orc figures on the stone wall.
"The defenses are looser than I thought," Xu Si murmured to himself.
Wan Chun's voice drifted from the depths of his consciousness: "A level three guard at the gate, what good stuff could possibly be in this city lord's mansion? Are you sure you want to go in?"
Even in the City of Fire, the guards at the city gates are all of Sequence Four.
"It is precisely because of the lax defenses that it is all the more worth seeing," Xu Si replied.
He withdrew his gaze, turned and turned into a narrow alley next to him, avoiding the sight of pedestrians on the main street.
Xu Si's figure silently contracted, reshaped, and extended in the shadows of the narrow alley.
The star curtain, like a layer of flowing liquid silver foil, completely covered, stretched, and reconstructed his original outline. When he stepped out of the alley again, he had become a werewolf nearly three meters tall.
Dark gray fur covered his thick limbs, his back was slightly hunched, and the iron armor was a little tight on him, but still presentable. He moved his shoulder blades slightly, feeling the cumbersome feeling brought by this temporary body.
Then the starry curtain shrouded him, perfectly concealing his transformed werewolf form.
He then strode toward the main gate of the city lord's mansion.
In the guards' view, Xu Si's figure was nowhere to be seen.
At this moment, Xu Si is nothingness.
Actually, the easiest way for Xu Si to go in is to simply disperse his body.
However, for the same reason, the more it is exposed, the earlier it will be exposed.
He wants to travel more around the world!
Under the watchful eyes of the werewolf guards, Xu Si walked into the city lord's mansion in a blatant manner.
The view behind the door was more spacious than Xu Si had expected.
A giant vine clings to the inner wall of the doorway.
It was the same kind he had seen with Ilya.
However, this was a level seven life form, the highest level of life he had ever seen.
Although it startled him, it was impossible for this guy to see through Xu Si's disguise.
After looking around at the unremarkable vine, Xu Si couldn't help but praise the person who designed the protection.
Who would have thought that this vine was actually the real defense?