Chapter 86: Lending a Hand
After a long night, the people from the Bloodwave Conclave finally finished their investigation of the inn where the murder had happened.
Li Lang and his crew immediately dove into their bed as soon as they were allowed to go. They discussed what had transpired while they were separated as they lazily lay on their bed.
Their entire party fell silent after Li Lang had finished narrating how he got a new task foisted on him and his newfound worries.
One may have presumed they fell asleep after staying up all night, but they were still too anxious.
“And you didn’t decline right away, Li Lang? What’s the matter with you? This isn’t something we should get involved with!”
“B-boss…Did you j-just want to s-study their techniques?”
“...Come on guys, it’s not for certain there’ll be any follow-up, right? They might just catch the culprit overnight and be done with it all,” Li Lang said to lighten the mood.
“W-we’ve been here for h-how many months? They s-still haven’t caught the c-culprit yet. If they f-find out we had a p-part in hunting them down, then…” Wei Ping shook his head, afraid to continue.
“Maybe we can still find a way to decline to help somehow. We still haven’t given him an answer yet and we’re part of The Orchid Covenant. There should be some room for negotiations,” Long Yi muttered.
“B-Bloodwave Conclave runs this city. They have t-the most say, so if t-this Senior Tai persists on h-having your help and make a f-formal request to the c-covenant, we’ll be hard-pressed to d-decline.”
“I don’t think there was a rule saying we must risk our lives anywhere. We can just claim we’re too busy with our preparations to enter the pocket realm.”
“We’ll be burning some bridges,” Li Lang shook his head. “Let’s wait for Senior Tai to reach out again and discuss it. Maybe we can delay it until it’s almost time to enter the pocket realm. It’s not like anyone can come after us once we’re in there.”