Calamity Messenger

Chapter 201 - 158: Meeting

Pharmacist’s Wish and Rabbit Heroine passed through the Demon Slaying Hall from the edge. At that moment, an unknown figure threw a wine glass aiming to hit Rabbit Heroine’s head from afar, but Pharmacist’s Wish swung her hand swiftly, shattering the glass into pieces, oak shards flying everywhere.

The sound attracted everyone’s attention in the hall, suddenly someone shouted ’Great Guardian’, and then the hall quickly quieted down, turning their heads to look at Pharmacist’s Wish and Rabbit Heroine who were about to go upstairs, no one dared to make a drunken scene.

Pharmacist’s Wish still wore her hood and mask, a mysterious style uncommon to Shu Dao Mountain. If she appeared alone, others might not recognize her, but unfortunately, the little girl beside her was too conspicuous.

"Wolf Demon master and Star Rain master." Someone unknown began to lower their head in greeting, dozens of Demonic Messengers bowed to show goodwill, regardless of their reluctance, they had to follow suit. After all, at this time they may not remember who was the most respectful, but they certainly remember who gave no face.

Not only to Rabbit Heroine, they also had a deep respect for Pharmacist’s Wish.

Of the more than twenty Demonic Messengers Zhong Ji brought to block the mountain, around four were slain by Pharmacist’s Wish. Although this number might not seem high, Demonic Messengers are not fools—they tend to flee.

To be able to assassinate four amidst an attack by more than twenty Demonic Messengers shows Pharmacist’s Wish can kill anyone in this hall—even without the dominance of the other three Great Guardians, she’s not someone they can offend.

As for Rabbit Heroine, it’s worth mentioning she can instantly kill even Zhong Ji, the Heavy Rain Messenger. Apart from the three Great Guardians, no one in the stronghold can stand before her without trembling legs.

Yet some people’s eyes were filled with eagerness and flattery, suddenly someone shouted loudly, "Wolf Demon master, our four brothers are adept at dealing with Wine Pool Wolves, if you’re attacking the Wolf Cave Secret Realm, consider taking us along!"

"We Black Wolf Association are also capable, Wolf Demon master, we once broke through the Wolf’s Den!"

"You guys merely sniffed around behind Blood Phase’s heels and you call that breaking through?"

"Red-haired Ghost, screw your mother!"

Upon reaching the second floor, Pharmacist’s Wish explained, "Great Guardians have many privileges, but the most precious are only two, one of which is conquering the Wolf Cave Secret Realm, all harvests are tax-free, regardless of being monsters or treasure chests."

"No wonder everyone wants to win your favor." Rabbit Heroine giggled, "You’ve truly become prominent, big sister."

"Stop teasing me." Pharmacist’s Wish smiled wryly, "Besides, there’s one more benefit, which is that Great Guardians share in many profits of the stronghold, including Secret Realm yields, jerky sales, and tax from Changle City."

"This heroine doesn’t lack money." Rabbit Heroine said.

"What’s yours is yours, this Great Guardian position has half of yours." Pharmacist’s Wish attempted to pat Rabbit Heroine’s head but evaded, she hummed and laughed, "Didn’t your brother say that unsolicited favors signal ulterior motives? Why give me your money, do you have unsavory plans for me? Want me to be your adopted sister?"

"My brother said—"

"I know, you can’t organize an alliance without your sister-in-law’s consent, but didn’t you say your brother was deceived by a wicked woman? Maybe soon you’ll have a sister-in-law."

"But my brother is such a peculiar person, perhaps even wicked women would be driven away by him." Rabbit Heroine sighed.

"Indeed." Pharmacist’s Wish agreed.

Hmm?

Yan Qing looked at Rabbit Heroine’s remarks, wondering if this was what he meant?

He clearly intended to reply ’absolutely impossible,’ yet Rabbit Heroine defamed him instead? And Pharmacist’s Wish, your agreement is rubbish, drawing conclusions without ever meeting the person is shallow.

"Speaking of which, why do they call me Star Rain but you Wolf Demon? I clearly registered my full name."

"Maybe they think you don’t quite match your name, so they helped you choose a more fitting nickname, sword light like stars, heavy rain pear blossoms. After all, claiming defeat by Star Rain Heroine is far superior to claiming defeat by Rabbit Heroine, the latter sounds too humiliating."

They walked to the hallway at the end of the second floor, the servants nodding and leaving.

The two pushed open the doors revealing a spacious conference room with a long rectangular stone table in the center, piled with scrolls, the floor covered in wolfhide, walls adorned with processed white wolf heads, and wolf bone products scattered throughout, indicating the local aesthetic is closely tied to the local Secret Realm.

"Quite a grand setup." Blood Phase said coldly by the window: "Making us wait for an hour."

This meeting was supposed to start in the afternoon, but Yan Qing was occupied with cutting Mouse Monk’s account to challenge the Second-Turn Secret Realm, lasting three hours naturally leaving no time for them, notifying before going offline. This was Yan Qing’s most crucial income source, not stopping even for a kidney stone attack.

"After deploying heavy rain, one needs time for bodily recuperation, especially after consecutive deployments." Prajna spoke smoothly: "Is Star Rain benefactor’s health alright?"

"It’s Rabbit Heroine...never mind." Rabbit Heroine pointed to Beiyou and asked: "Is he painting?"

Although Beiyou was in the conference room, he had no regard for Rabbit Heroine and Pharmacist’s Wish entering, fully focused on the paper on the long table, holding pens in each hand, another in his mouth, his clothes stained with various colors, his long hair multicolored.

"Almost done." Prajna glanced at the paper and said, "Since this is his painting studio, he usually stays here, hence we also come here to discuss matters—only need to wait until he’s done painting."

As Prajna said, Beiyou painted five or six strokes then paused, stamping his seal heavily onto the red clay. Rabbit Heroine and Pharmacist’s Wish went over to see, depicting a giant wolf gleefully feasting on a corpse after carving into its belly.

Shadow Wolf, even without entering the Wolf’s Den to witness this demon, Yan Qing and Pharmacist’s Wish could recognize the wolf depicted in the painting instantly. Deeply ferocious and mysteriously shadowy, Beiyou’s painting vividly showcased the traits of Shadow Wolf, full of ferocity, especially its pose while devouring the corpse, teeth, blood, organs all vividly detailed, as if the artist had closely witnessed the wolf eating humans.

The bottom right of the painting was stamped with the seal ’Know Beiyou South’.

"Do you want it?" Beiyou suddenly asked: "No charge."

Rabbit Heroine and Pharmacist’s Wish instantly shook their heads, Beiyou regretfully rolled up the painting and set it aside.

"I requested you come to naturally discuss the opportunity we mentioned before." Prajna said, "But you probably guessed, the most renowned opportunity of Shu Dao Mountain is none other than the Foundation Establishment legacy left by the great demon power Si Wuxie."

"This legacy is hidden in the Fourth-Turn Secret Realm Corpse Bone Forest, according to Shu Dao Mountain’s rules, only Great Guardians are eligible to lead exploration into Corpse Bone Forest."

The so-called rules were merely an excuse, after all, the three Great Guardians are the heavens of Shu Dao Mountain, are the rules not set by them? Prajna spoke this as a promise: Great Guardians can enter Corpse Bone Forest, so Pharmacist’s Wish and Rabbit Heroine have the right to share and even compete for the Foundation Establishment legacy.

What a big pie, Yan Qing mused.

He was also curious, how could the three Great Guardians value Rabbit Heroine so highly, even willing to share the Foundation Establishment legacy.

"Enough idle talk." Pharmacist’s Wish asked bluntly: "You said you need our assistance, what exactly for?"

"According to predecessors’ handnotes, Corpse Bone Forest is divided into the front hall, central courtyard, and rear forest, but currently we are unable to break through the monster blockade in the front hall." Prajna said, "The Si Wuxie legacy has existed for over a hundred years, during which countless messengers attempted raids, but none passed the front hall."

"Until Prajna arrived at Shu Dao Mountain, we only saw a glimmer of hope." Beiyou continued: "Since he is the Heavy Rain Messenger, Heavy Rain Messengers are the key to breaking through the front hall, but having only Prajna is insufficient, we have been bitterly awaiting all these years—for the arrival of the second Heavy Rain Messenger."

"Now, you have arrived." Beiyou extended his hand to Pharmacist’s Wish and Rabbit Heroine: "Two powerful individuals able to freely wield heavy rain gathered concurrently at Shu Dao Mountain, perhaps this is destiny."

"The Foundation Establishment legacy of Si Wuxie shall be unlocked by the five of us!"