Chapter 930 - 929: Head on the Shoulders
The envoy from the Holy Sect, under the insistence of Conor Hopkins, Head of the Heaven and Earth Mystical Door, stayed in the grand courtyard to dine with Conor Hopkins and other sect heads.
The reason he stayed was that Conor Hopkins had brought many specialties unique to the Bright Moon Star, including Monkey Wine, along with other rare treasures not found on the Central Star.
Conor Hopkins was keenly ingratiating himself with the envoy, and other sect heads were also making their ’gestures’ at the banquet.
Such gestures were undoubtedly bribes. Having obtained their benefits, the envoy would be more amenable in future talent exchanges.
Devin King, as the leader of the Righteous Sect, also stayed, but his status was not high, and he could only sit at the end, offering smiles without making any gestures of his own, as he truly had nothing to offer.
Miles O’Brien and Jesse Newton returned to the courtyard on the left, and as soon as they reached their room, Jesse Newton quickly changed into a night-traveling outfit.
Having arrived in Spirit City, they naturally needed to make contact with Yusuf Zuck, so despite Conor Hopkins’s orders not to leave, they still had to sneak out.
"Everyone from Heaven and Earth Mystical Door is now attending to the envoy, which makes this a great opportunity. Go quickly and return quickly, and be careful when you head out!" Miles O’Brien, crouching at the window, kept watch over every movement in the courtyard, where other sects were gathered, drinking and chatting.
"I... I... I know, Conor would even send his own daughter if needed. The envoy won’t leave tonight, so I’ll be back quickly after finding the boss and bringing him here, and that’ll be OK." As Jesse Newton spoke, he had finished changing and, with his face covered, swiftly jumped out of the back window.
The back house was deserted, for everyone was at the front, indulging in the banquet. Jesse Newton moved along the base of the wall until reaching a corner, from where he quickly leapt over the courtyard wall and into the alley outside.