Chapter 687 Spicy Town and Red Demon Shrimp (3k)
Upon arriving at a high slope in the river district, Su Jiu looked down from afar and noticed that the river water had already reached the embankment. The rain continued to fall like bullets, without any sign of stopping.
“Time to get to work.”
She patted the gourd lightly, and it trembled. A mass of black mist emerged from the opening and then, with a “bang!”, landed in the river. It slowly materialized into a monster in the shape of an orca, nearly seven meters long.
“Half-step War God Level?”
Lin looked at the monster in front of her, her eyes narrowing slightly. She then looked at the profile of the girl under the umbrella next to her, suddenly feeling unsure of what the other party had experienced to have such a powerful subordinate in such a short time.
If she gave the girl in front of her more time to grow, would she become someone even she would need to look up to?
Su Jiu naturally didn’t know what Lin was thinking. Even if she did, she would just smile. No one knew better than her how she had gained her strength step by step at the cost of risk.
“We’ll go straight downstream along this large river. There must be a lead on the Red Demon Shrimp.”
Looking at the toothed whale that was ready below, Su Jiu waved her hand gently behind her. Then, with a sudden burst of strength from her feet, she kicked up dirt as she soared into the air, flashing onto the back of the toothed whale.
“You’re definitely doing this on purpose, I’ll stab you to death sooner or later!”
Seeing the dirt splashing onto her energy shield, Lin’s eyes twitched. She clenched her sleeves with both hands, dispersed the energy shield, and then also flew away, landing steadily on the dorsal fin behind the toothed whale.
After erecting an energy shield, Lin looked back at Su Jiu, who was playing with her phone with her head down, and raised an eyebrow, “Where should we go now?”
“To investigate the truth I want to know. Big Fish, head downstream.” With a light laugh, Su Jiu tapped her foot slightly, prompting the toothed whale beneath her to move.
“Truth?” Lin blinked her eyes.
With just the command, the phantom fish beneath them sped up like a turbocharged speedboat, “Swoosh!” It shot forward, kicking up spray that was nearly one to two meters high.
“This is probably the reason I chose to bring you to Sakura earlier.”
Su Jiu, meanwhile, was using her phone for navigation, preventing them from taking the wrong route. Although it wasn’t night yet, the sky was a dull gray due to the continuous rain.
At Big Fish’s speed, they quickly reached the designated area downstream. As the river widened, the current seemed to slow down considerably. It was a vast, oval-shaped lake. Unlike the gray colors of other places, a beam of light suddenly shone down.
Upon arrival, they immediately found something strange. Lin pointed to the sky above the small town on the shore, her mouth slightly agape as if an egg could fit in it, and said with some surprise:
“It’s actually clearing up here?”
Looking up at the faint sunset scattered from the sky onto the small houses, Su Jiu was also stunned, but a thought kept telling her…
She had indeed found the right place.
“That student from Imperial Capital University? What are you doing here?”
Just as she was about to lead Lin off the fish’s back, a surprised young man’s voice came from beside her, accompanied by the sound of a speedboat engine.
Su Jiu turned her head and saw Ran Hua Cheng, whom she had met a few times on the arena—the leading teacher from Seoul University.
He was sitting on a speedboat, his eyebrows raised, looking at the toothed whale beneath them with a vigilant gaze. Seeing Su Jiu remain silent, he continued, “Our tasks are different. Why aren’t you exploring the relics and coming to this downstream lake area?”
“Just came to have a look. It’s full upstream. What are you guys up to?”
Su Jiu replied casually. She was actually quite surprised to encounter these students from Seoul University here. Normally, regular students wouldn’t reach this location.
“Investigating. I just hope you don’t interfere.”
Looking at her with half-belief, Ran Hua Cheng didn’t say anything more. After receiving a call, he turned his boat and hurried towards the shore.
Her arrogant and overbearing demeanor was different from when they were on the arena.
As he left, Su Jiu didn’t go to question him. Instead, she also found a riverbank to land on, sent a location to Ying Yi, and began to wait for him to arrive.
Lin didn’t understand what Su Jiu was waiting for but she wasn’t idle either. She borrowed external qi to ascend into the air and looked far into the fields, shouting, “There are so many sunflowers planted in these fields, and vast expanses of rice paddies, with waves of green rice like the ocean.”
“Rice? Is that something that grows this season?”
Hearing this, Su Jiu was slightly surprised, but she quickly dismissed the doubt. In this world, alchemy and beast pets could solve many problems. Growing off-season rice was probably not a big deal.
While Su Jiu and Lin were communicating, a black shadow rapidly burrowed underground and then transformed into Ying Yi, wearing sunglasses. He cupped his fists in front of Su Jiu and said, “Boss, I’ve investigated the source of the Red Demon Shrimp and found out it originated from a species in Spicy Town.”
“Investigated clearly?”
Su Jiu blinked and directly threw several intermediate magic crystals from her pocket to him. The boss, Su, was speechless at this efficiency and only knew to silently feed him.
Taking the magic crystals, Ying Yi was stunned. He chuckled, bit into one, and then began to explain:
“Initially, I couldn’t find anything by investigating alone. But early this morning, those Koreans suddenly came here. I was curious, so I followed their route…”
“In the central area, they poured a few bottles of liquid into the lake. The wide lake surface began to bubble, and schools of mandarin fish appeared. Then, they summoned water-attribute monsters, made the monsters move with the mandarin fish schools, and followed the schools from a distance.”
Su Jiu’s gaze also fell on the center of the lake, thinking that Ran Hua Cheng indeed had something fishy going on. She then asked, “How are you sure it’s related to the Red Demon Shrimp?”
“I followed their boat, bit by bit, and finally, at an inland river that was like a stream, they stopped.”
Ying Yi paused and continued without hiding anything, but his expression held a hint of apprehension:
“I also found many Red Demon Shrimp overflowing from the inland river into the lake. Just as I was about to excitedly go forward and check, a pressure appeared out of nowhere, as if warning me not to step any further.”
“Pressure? Don’t those Seoul University people feel it?”
Upon hearing this, Su Jiu was 100% certain that there was definitely something wrong here. It was very likely that the answer she was looking for was here, but she didn’t know if Ling Yu was also involved…
“They probably can’t feel it. With that pressure, they probably couldn’t even stand up straight by getting so close. It’s likely only targeting our souls…” Ying Yi replied after some thought.
After another exchange with Ying Yi, Su Jiu quickly determined their next objective. The relic was not urgent. The priority was to investigate the Red Demon Shrimp. Without a moment’s delay, they followed him towards the inland river area.
That place was not too far from here. As the three of them got closer to their destination, the silhouette of Spicy Town became clearer, with buildings of varying heights mixed with patches of sunflowers.
It was now noon, and a hint of smoke rose from the town, giving a warm feeling.
“We’re here, boss. I’ll go inside the gourd first.”
Ying Yi pointed to an inland river flowing out from the front and said softly, then quickly hid in the gourd. At this moment, the toothed whale beneath them was shaking left and right, appearing extremely uneasy.
Lin stared blankly at the river ahead, her brows furrowed slightly.
“Alright, I’ll call you if I need you later.”
Looking ahead, Su Jiu saw that indeed, some reddish shrimp fragments were floating towards the large lake along the river. She heard an argument, and then turned to look at the other side of the river dam, where several speedboats were docked.
A group of Seoul University students were arguing with a few elderly people who looked like farmers. Behind the farmers stood a group of young and strong men holding hoes and pickaxes.
Su Jiu tugged on Lin’s sleeve, signaling for them to move quietly. She then put the toothed whale beneath her into the gourd as well.
“Ah?”
Lin, who was already lost in thought, suddenly lost her support and was about to step into the water. However, she was caught by the former in a baby’s embrace, and then they flickered towards the shore.
“Why are you so naturally clumsy?”
Gently supporting the already plump little backside with her hand, Su Jiu muttered speechlessly, yet felt a slight thrill. Feeling the soft flesh sinking into her palm, she couldn’t help but hum softly. In terms of feel, Little Foolbird’s was indeed the best…
She squeezed the fleshy part again.
If she moved a little further and tested their “contract value,” would Little Foolbird flip out?
Of course, Boss Su only thought about it, having the desire but not the courage.
“I feel like I’m being locked onto by something, and… stop touching me there. Move your hand a little further, and if you touch it, I’ll stab you!”
Feeling the movement beneath her, Lin’s mouth twitched, and a blush crept onto her face. She glared at Su Jiu and reached out to move the “foreign object” beneath her.
“I was just trying to catch you better, don’t misunderstand.”
Su Jiu gave a sheepish smile and retracted her hand. She just wanted to see the differences between everyone; she had no ill intentions, meow!
If you don’t believe me, she can swear!
The two also crept to the back of the crowd. They heard one of the elderly men tapping his cane and exclaiming angrily:
“The Inari God protects these towns. You outsiders are destroying farmland and digging up the land wantonly. You will surely provoke the divine might and bring down punishment!”
