Chapter 289: Ring
Li Lang briskly walked through the morning crowd of Changjiao City, merrily going about their day. As the largest city within Vermillion Dragon, the hundreds of streets and alleyways made it easy for foreigners to lose their way. It made it difficult for people to reach their destination, even if they had a specific address.
“Why are we touring these parts of the city again?” Jun Ziyan complained. “You aren’t planning to just aimlessly wander the mortal residential areas of the city until you find prospective candidates to take as students, are you? Because it’d be way more efficient just to declare your intentions and have these mortals rounded up.”
“Yes, that was what we had done before. Though we’ll need the permission of whoever runs these parts lest we offend them.”
“Hmm, I believe the sect in charge of these parts is the Radiant Wing Sect, correct?”
“That sounds about right. We’ll be visiting the Yan Clan, who have members in the sect, right after this.”
Bringing his attention back to the messy streets of the city, Li Lang continued his search. It took him half the morning to find the place indicated by the mysterious note from the previous night.
It had been quite a strange incident. He had tried scouring the inn for whoever had slipped the note into his room, but couldn’t find traces of anyone.
Seeing how the time and location were for the next day and nearby, he quickly resigned his search and answered the blatant summons.
Now that he was here, he could only furrow his brows as he found nothing. The address had led him to a derelict estate without a shadow of a person. The poorly maintained entrance made it clear this was a place few people frequented.
The wooden gates still stood tall, but sections of the walls surrounding the estate had crumbled long ago. From the side street he was on, he could spy that the main building was in an even worse condition. The only surprise was that no beggars had taken residence in the place. Perhaps they had, and they just kept the disorderly appearance as a deterrence, but judging from the cobwebs all around the building, Li Lang judged that was unlikely.
Staring up at the sun, there was still quite some time until the appointed time of noon. Li Lang sighed as he decided to venture into the abandoned estate.
“I hope you’re not here to meet anyone, because I can save you the time. There isn’t anyone here,” Jun Ziyan said.