Light Cultivation
Eps. 210 — United Adventurers
"It's delicious, even a cook is outdone by your cooking? Are you really a hunter?" Yue Lian did not stop eating until the meat was gone in her grasp.
"I love to cook, as a hunter I have to be able to cook so that my food is not too bland..."
"Why don't you just be a chef, isn't your income bigger?"
Jian Chen shook his head, "Not really, when I find a certain animal, my hunting income can be greater than the income of being a chef."
Yue Lian did not speak any further, she thanked Jian Chen before choosing to sleep. Due to the fatigue from the previous fight the girl fell asleep faster.
Jian Chen shook his head, he still remembered his lover's habit after eating, Yue Lian would be sleepy when her stomach was full.
Jian Chen tried to hold back his emotions as best he could when talking to Yue Lian back, even if honestly he wanted to hug the girl and say his longing.
After his painful loss Jian Chen did not expect to be given the chance to look again even to the point of talking to him.
"Isn't he the one you love, why are you acting so ordinary?" Lily asked from inside, the girl looked astonished.
Jian Chen shook his head slowly. "He and I have different statuses now, lying that I'm not happy to meet him..."
"Oh, I get it..."
Lily did not discuss it any further, she realized Jian Chen was unwilling to discuss it any deeper even Lily felt there was sadness from Jian Chen's tone of speech.
After the sun started to rise, Yue Lian rose from her sleep feeling refreshed. The girl seemed to have rested enough.
"You're not sleeping?" Yue Lian realized Jian Chen had already woken up.
"I was asleep just now," Jian Chen nodded slowly. "Where are you going?"
"I'm going to the city to report about the robber's base in the middle of that forest. They must be settled by the government..."
"Hm, said the swordsman who brought you the headquarters of the robber has been destroyed, all killed by the swordsman who saved you..."
"Huh? What's?" Yue Lian was surprised, she began to wonder who the swordsman was helping her. "Then I will go to the city and report this news to the adventurer guild. How's yours?"
Jian Chen scratched his head, "I'm going to the city as well."
"Then you can come with me, will you be able to stand up?"
"Little, at least my ability can be to protect myself."
"I'm not sure what kind of army hunters are, but you better not be here too long. There are a lot of bad guys now roaming the woods, the robber barracks I talked about earlier are examples."
"I understand, therefore I must hurry to the city now."
Yue Lian who wanted to say something again undoed her intentions, should she not talk much to a stranger like Jian Chen.
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To get to the city in question, it turned out that Yue Lian and Jian Chen took six hours until they arrived.
The intended city is a small town called Daguo City, both of which entered the city without any further inspection, looks very low security of this city.
"We're going to split up here, I have to go to the adventurer guild first."
Jian Chen scratched his head. "Actually I also want to go there, there's a catch of my hunt that might be a mission in the adventurer guild. Maybe I can get some money..."
Yue Lian just boozed by without asking any further, she did not force Jian Chen not to come with her there.
In his first life, Jian Chen and Yue Lian met in the Earth Dragon Province but since it was now eight months ahead of his destiny, he was not sure of meeting in the same place.
Daguo City is a lush city that still looks green by the many trees and various plants along the buildings and houses.
Around the city there is a wall that separates the city and the forest because the city of Daguo is built in the middle of the forest.
Jian Chen found something strange in the city of Daguo that was so lonely people there. Along the way Jian Chen found only a few people passing by.
On the other hand looking at the greenness of this city and the surrounding environment Jian Chen came to a conclusion about his current existence which was in the Land Dragon Province, one of the provinces is famous for its greenish soil and is often referred to as the lungs of the Empire.
"Finally we arrived..." Yue Lian wiped her sweatless forehead. He then invited Jian Chen in.
The first thing Jian Chen discovered when inside was some gazes of people fixed on him, or precisely towards Yue Lian.
The adventurer guild itself was not much different from the tavern, there were several tables around it filled with warriors who were gathering and chatting, the arrival of Yue Lian stopped their conversation and immediately looked at her.
It seemed like a woman to the adventurer guild looked unfamiliar in their sight, let alone that girl as sweet as Yue Lian.
Yue Lian looked unconcerned by the sight, she walked up to the administration desk and reported what had happened to her while Jian Chen followed behind her. After he told me the administration then gave a large leather bag containing gold coins.
"But I didn't kill them, there was someone who destroyed the base.." Yue Lian felt reluctant because her mission had been partially completed by someone else.
"It doesn't matter, since you took the mission then you're the one who got it."
Yue Lian looked doubtful but in the end she took the pouch, when the pouch was slightly opened she could see a golden light shining from there.
"Is this not too much?" Yue Lian asked awkwardly.
The administration manager shook slowly. "The robbers have done a lot of crime on the villagers a few months ago made some villagers become furious so they make the price offered so higher."
The administration said that the mission to kill these robbers had been around for a long time but no swordsman dared to take the mission because the risk was too high.
Yue Lian looked happy to hear this but she also hesitated a little because some of this money was not hers.
Without Yue Lian noticing, the conversation was overheard by some swordsman who was having a drink, they seemed to be attracted by the gold coins the girl was holding.
Jian Chen looked at it but did not react anything, after Yue Lian finished her affairs only Jian Chen followed her turn.
"I didn't actually take any missions but I'm sure this animal I killed is one of your guild's missions." Jian Chen took out a silver-haired gorilla tail, indicating that he had killed the hundred-year-old demon.
"Ah, you can kill him..." The administrative manager looked surprised, including Yue Lian and the warriors around.
'What is a gorilla including a hunter from a hunter?' inner Yue Lian for not understanding what hunters usually hunt.
Jian Chen was then given a golden pouch, it turned out that he had accidentally completed a mission that was in the adventurer guild. Although it was nothing from Jian Chen's sight yet he did not refuse to accept it.
"How can you kill that gorilla, you should at least be in the Realm of Life if you kill him? Are you really a hunter?" Yue Lian asked as the two walked away from the adventurer guild.
Jian Chen smiled awkwardly, "I accidentally killed him while he was in a severely injured state, for thinking the gorilla was valuable so I brought him here."
Jian Chen had actually already killed that silver gorilla while still lost in the forest, with his ability not difficult to kill the leader of even their group.
Yue Lian on the other hand looked at Jian Chen with a million questions but Jian Chen pretended not to see it. Simply put there was something that caught Jian Chen's attention that the other adventurer guild members seemed interested in the money that he and Yue Lian were carrying.
"Hm, we'll see what they do with my money..."Jian Chen chuckled softly, he was sure the intentions of the adventurers had no good intentions on him.