Back in the capital of the Long kingdom, Xiang Yong finally arrived to escort this important guest of his king to the dragon realm. Seeing the restaurant with the second floor demolished, he winced. This wouldn't have been their king, right? No, with how this was 'the very important restaurant of his beloved's mortal father's cousin' there was no way he'd let anything happen to this restaurant much less inflict such damage himself. So … what had happened?
He made his way inside and climbed the stairs. There were already several servants gathered and judging from the clothing, the owner of the restaurant had turned up as well.
Xiang Yong sighed. He had taken the time to give some commands before he rushed over to the mortal realm. After all, with a king that didn't bother reigning and An Bai gone now, he was the only one holding things together in the capital. He should be allowed the time to take care of these things, right? But now it seemed he had taken too much.
He pushed to the front and cleared his throat. "I'm sorry. I was supposed to fetch two people from this restaurant. May I ask what happened here?"
Zhong Gang turned around with furrowed brows. He really didn't want to explain anything now! Who needed to ask anyway? Wasn't it obvious?! Seeing the person behind him though he couldn't help but gulp down his anger.
The man was wearing a three-layered robe embroidered with silver threads and a silver ring inlaid with violet gems on his left hand. He was … obviously very wealthy. That kind of customer couldn't be snubbed. Wait! Hadn't he just said he was here to escort somebody? Who could be escorted by somebody like this?
Zhong Gang cleared his throat and put on a flattering smile. "Your Excellency, I'm sorry you had to see something like this. We are also unsure of what exactly happened here but it seems that two people got into a fight."
Xiang Yong's brows twitched. One of them wouldn't be His Majesty, would it? "Is anything known about these people?"
Zhong Gang shook his head. "Unfortunately, no. We only know that they were looking quite … eccentric."
"Oh? How so?"
"One of them is said to have snow-white hair and wear a silver mask while the other one had black hair and eyes and was wearing a black robe."
Xiang Yong's brows twitched again. The former should have been Senior Xin Lan while the latter … That could be His Majesty. And those two didn't seem to see eye to eye. "Was there anything else notable about the second person?"
Zhong Gang raised his eyes and turned to the servant next to him. "Did you notice anything else about him?"
"Uh …" Ma Tao glanced at the man and smiled flatteringly. "I didn't pay too much attention, Your Excellency, I would never infringe on the privacy of our guests. But I did notice that there was a weird symbol between his eyebrows. It was also black. He looked quite gloomy overall."
Xiang Yong heaved a sigh of relief but to the people around him, it seemed as if he felt a heavy burden.
"Uh … Your Excellency." Zhong Gang couldn't help but leaned closer to him and lower his voice. "Is this … an incident concerning the safety of the capital? Could it be some demonic sect that is planning to attack our Long kingdom? Did His Majesty sent you as an expert to investigate this?"
Xiang Yong smoothed out his brows. Ah, it seemed these humans had already made up a story for him. In that case, he wouldn't need to worry about covering anyone's tracks. Well, as long as Senior Xin Lan had managed to drive that fallen god away, that was. He should investigate this after he got the two people. "You certainly understand that I can't tell you more about this. But you provided us with valuable information. I'll be sure to mention your contribution. Right." He glanced at the street that could be seen through the hole in the wall. There were already soldiers moving the masses back that had gathered to spectate in case something else happened. "Other people will come and ask questions. It'll be enough to tell them that you saw two cultivators fighting. Don't mention anything else. It would inconvenience His Majesty greatly if the wrong people found out about the true meaning behind all this."
"Oh! Of course, of course! We'll keep everything a secret." Zhong Gang nodded eagerly and turned to glare at his servants. "Nobody speaks a word about this!"
The servants bowed and kept quiet.
Xiang Yong nodded in satisfaction. That way, whatever had transpired here shouldn't bring trouble to them later on. He turned to the door and made his way through the crowd of servants. The door and the wall next to it had collapsed but the dust in the room had already settled. It seemed … the people were still there?
He stepped over the debris and inclined his head. How should he call this person? His Majesty had dubbed him his 'cousin-in-law' but … was there one? His Highness didn't have any relatives other than his parents and uncle, did he? As far as he knew, the God of War wasn't married either. Could this be … an illegitimate child? But, well, he was in the human realm. Maybe he didn't care about etiquette too much.
Xiang Yong cleared his throat. "Young Master?" He stopped talking and just waited for the person to respond. What should he say anyway? His Majesty hadn't bothered to tell him this person's name, after all.
Bai Mu got up and pulled Nie Huang to her feet. Seeing the person in front of them, he raised his brows. The humans might not be able to see it but he could clearly perceive that this person had adjusted his appearance with spiritual energy. The hair that seemed black to those humans was actually dark gray and the supposedly brown eyes were violet. This person … was absolutely not human. In fact, he looked a lot like a demon.