Drake couldn't help but be impressed hearing Huang Changpu's words. But he was also puzzled about one thing, He couldn't detect any qi in the burly man's body let alone finding out his cultivation level. How can an ordinary person who didn't have any cultivation to speak of, roaming freely in the city lord's mansion?
Drake shook his head as he stopped thinking about it anymore. Who wouldn't have a few secrets? Brother Huang is a kind-hearted person, and that was enough to befriend him.
The burly man looked at the changes in Drake's expression and only gave a mischievous smirk.
Both of them entered the stone path and reached its end in no time as the distance between the mansion and the kitchen building is not long, to begin with. Huang Changpu once again did the same thing he did with the stone path's entrance and the wall before them moved slowly as they directly entered a secluded corridor in the mansion.
As they walked forward and observed the surroundings drake became very impressed. The designs on the walls and the painting portraits made him feel like he was in a royal museum on earth.
Looking at Huang Changpu who was walking before him Drake couldn't help but nod in approval, After entering the mansion this burly man didn't make a single sound even his footsteps couldn't be heard.
Suddenly the burly man stopped in front of a door then he turned his head to look back and nodded at drake. Then he started taking out long steel needles one by one and started fixing them on the door in different positions.
"What is he doing ?" Drake became puzzled as he looked at that. Is this door too a formation of some? But what is the meaning of placing those needles in those positions? Does he know what formation this is and where the formation nodes are located from the beginning or is he a formation grandmaster?
Drake also knew a few things about formation from his previous memories before transmigration. But knowing that made him even more confused as drake refused to believe that this burly man before him is a formation grandmaster. This doesn't make sense unless this brother Huang had some trick to identify where the formation nodes are located.
When the burly Huang took out the last needle in his hand and pinned it on the door suddenly a metallic clicking sound is heard as the door opens a bit. Drake couldn't help but be amazed as he thought that this brother Huang is not so simple.
Drake immediately willed for the system screen and pressed on the accept mission button as a Blue Spring Ginseng appeared in the system storage space which then he brought out secretly while still staying behind the burly Huang.
The burly Huang turned around once again as he was about to signal drake to follow but he suddenly noticed the Blue Spring Ginseng in Drake's hand as a surprised expression appeared on his face.
"Where did he obtain this? Isn't this the rare blue spring ginseng with magical yin properties? Isn't the city lord searching for this far and wide to give it to his daughter ?" The burly man thought inwardly.
He is a seasoned thief, after all, So even though the city lord tried to suppress this information it didn't escape his investigation. The city lord caravan was once attacked when they were traversing through a forest and his daughter was severely injured in the battle. It was a life and death situation so the city lord didn't hesitate to use the rare Extreme yang fruit to alleviate the injuries.
But this lead to another problem as his daughter would frequently suffer from extreme body heat and her qi meridians slowly started to fracture. Even her cultivation stopped improving.
Even though extreme yang fruit is a miraculous item that could improve and strengthen one's cultivation base, if it is consumed at once it would leave long term problems even for someone in the core formation realm let alone the city lord's daughter who is only in middle stage Qi condensation at that time.
So if she is left like that she wouldn't live more than five years. Even though the city lord can find other ways they are only temporary and mostly be able to extend her life for a few years. Only the legendary blue spring ginseng could heal her completely.
"This brother Wen is not so simple to bring out such an item. Anyways this matter has nothing to do with me" The burly Huang thought as he signaled drake to follow him as he slowly pushed opened the door further and entered.
Once the both of them entered the room their sights were greeted by a beautiful naked figure of a teenage girl sitting cross-legged on the bed with her eyes closed. Her skin has nearly turned into light orange color and she was drenched in sweat and drake felt that there was even some smoke coming from her body.
"Hmm, she seems to be circulating her Qi in order to reduce the damage to her meridians from the extreme heat. That must be why she didn't detect us immediately" drake nodded as he thought that burly Huang must have also reached the same conclusion as he saw him still acting rather calm.
Drake slowly tiptoed to a nearby table and gently placed the blue spring ginseng along with a paper slip he has prepared beforehand. On it "Your secret Santa" is written in beautiful handwriting.
Drake turned back and the both of them nodded at each other and were about to exit when suddenly the girl on the bed opened her eyes.
Immediately a loud and shrill scream was heard throughout the mansion. After two seconds cultivation bases began to explode in the mansion.
" ?? " Both of them looked at each other clearly able to notice the fear in each other's eyes.
"RUNNN...." Both of them shouted together and started running immediately. But of the two burly Huang shot out like a bullet and started climbing down the mansion wall like a monkey. Drake became completely stunned as he looked at that.
"What the FUCK !?" He stood still in the balcony hesitating if he should just jump down or not. He couldn't use the rope in his storage space as it would appear as if he had suddenly materialized a rope out of thin air.
The door to the room they were in swung open with a BAM!! Both peak Qi condensation realm security guards who were staying in the opposite room were the first to enter. When they entered the room they immediately noticed the naked girl who fainted on the bed and the person standing on the balcony. The two guards immediately erupted in anger and pounced towards drake.
"To hell with it.. "Drake shouted and jumped down but one of the two guards reached him quickly and caught his leg.
"I got you bastard " the guard shouted.
As the guard was about to pull him back up, He was caught off guard as the leg slipped through his hand. As he looked at his hand which held the leg a moment ago all he got in it is a sticky gel-like substance. Seeing that the guard's mind immediately went blank.
Drake fell into a large trash container. He immediately stood up and jumped out of it. Just at that moment burly Huang came down and looked at his appearance that was completely covered with smelly substances. He immediately gave a thumbs up and praised him that he had never seen someone so brave.
When drake heard that he didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Suddenly they felt something as the both of them looked up. They saw the three foundation building experts who were looking coldly at them. Suddenly the two early-stage experts jumped and slowly glided downwards in the air.
"Come to meet me in the bright lady inn to celebrate tomorrow in the evening. The drinks are on me if you are still alive but for now, let's split" Burly Huang whispered lightly and ran like a lightning bolt towards the side gate of the mansion.
Drake stood there blankly as he looked at the Huang Changpu's figure which at that moment looked like a small dot in the distance.
"Brother, are you placing a bet about whether I would live or die?" Drake sighed helplessly as he thought.
The two experts who were at the early stage of foundation establishment realm immediately turned towards Huang Changpu's direction and gave chase. While the city lord didn't move an inch and kept looking at him coldly.
As he was feeling hopeless about his situation suddenly a blue-colored dialogue box appeared before his eyes.
"Ding! Completed the mission
Reward: Heavenly Grade Magical Clothes
Abilities: Can block the attacks of the opponents and ability to turn the wearer invisible
(Note: The performance of the clothes depends on the wearer's cultivation level. Right now the host is only able to block one full force attack from a peak Foundation realm expert and the invisibility effect would only last for ten minutes.)
Seeing the clothes lying in the systems storage space drake immediately became overjoyed and tried to bring them out.
Suddenly all the smelly substance on drake's body vanished and his clothes were replaced by the Heaven-grade clothes given by the system. Though he was surprised for a moment about being able to directly replace the clothes he didn't waste any time and shouted immediately.
" INVISIBLE "
" Huh ?" The city lord suddenly narrowed his eyes and looked around.
"Where the hell did he disappear ?"
The city lord became enraged as his cultivation base erupted furiously and alarmed the people in the nearby houses. Drake on the other hand is already outside the gate and kept running with all his energy. After running without stopping for about ten minutes he stopped as he noticed that the invisibility effect was lost.
Drake looked at the new Heaven Grade Magical Clothes and chuckled as he thought " Isn't this the Santa Claus costume from Earth "