Facing an Ancient God for a Year

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“What have you prepared for?”

Fu Qian took a seat with ease, speaking as if catching up with an old friend.

“I’ve applied for a leave of absence and can join you on Ye Island at any time.”

Still in his unchanging attire, Su Gao nodded gently, his tone a matter-of-course.

So it was for this reason.

“You seem to be somewhat troubled?”

Before Fu Qian could say anything, Su Gao scrutinized his eyes and blinked.

Can he really tell?

Although Fu Qian hadn’t tried to conceal it, it was evident that this demigod was in good shape.

And after stabilizing, his first choice was to take a leave to become an enforcer.

“It’s just a few strands of disturbance.”

Not minding that it was noticed, Fu Qian spoke calmly, his coolness maxed out.

“Although there is indeed a plan to go there, the timing is not yet certain.”

“No problem, I applied for a very long vacation.”

Quietly waiting for Fu Qian to finish, Su Gao shook his head with a smile.

“Good.”

Fu Qian was also very forthright, no longer being polite.

“Have you been here long?”

“I arrived last night.”

So he had been sitting here all night.

And judging by his demeanor, he didn’t seem to mind sitting indefinitely if Fu Qian hadn’t arrived.

Standing up, Fu Qian made a welcoming gesture.

“Come in, the shop is open for business as usual.”

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“You’ve finally deigned to open shop—”

When Yuan Shan walked into the bookstore, she was clearly startled by the scene before her, and her exclamation came to an abrupt halt.

After all, it was quite a stretch of the imagination to see two demigods reading across a counter in a small street-side store.

Moreover, wasn’t this newly-promoted demigod just reporting for duty? How come she’s back so soon?

Yuan Shan, for a moment, didn’t know what to say.

After inviting Su Gao into the store and in a grand gesture of welcome, Fu Qian especially went upstairs to get an armchair and placed it outside the counter for Su Gao to use as she pleased.

The bookstore was already small, and with the chair taking up space, it became instantly tighter, with one section even requiring a sideways step to get through.

Fu Qian, who advocated making guests feel at home, naturally didn’t see anything improper about this.

As for the arrangements, Su Gao didn’t have any objections either.

Even drawing inspiration from Fu Qian, she, too, picked out a book to browse after sitting down and ignored the customers together with her host.

Amid their contentment, Yuan Shan entered, and Su Gao merely nodded slightly without paying much attention.

“Hard work pays off.”

As the host behind the counter, Fu Qian finally looked up and greeted Yuan Shan, rescuing the Chief of the Night Watchman from her awkwardness.

Chief Yuan seemed even more elegant than before in her light green dress, creating a stark contrast next to Su Gao.

“Is Chief Yuan here to take care of my little shop’s business?”

“Forget it, I’m not fond of studying…”

Facing Fu Qian’s question, Yuan Shan decisively refused while looking at his face with a slight frown.

She clearly sensed something off about Fu Qian but couldn’t quite put her finger on what it was.

“Just a few days ago, I received a message that might be from Ariel.”

To prevent Fu Qian from leading the conversation astray with jests, she quickly shifted the topic and brought out the Night Watchman’s top-secret information.

After all, with the three of them present, Su Gao not only was one of their own but had even stopped by to help last time; there was no need for secrecy.

“Oh, where?”

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Fu Qian nodded slightly, his curiosity piqued as he asked,

“Dunis? I hadn’t expected him to have gone so far!”

Yuan Shan said this with a sense of wonder.

“The Carnival?”

Fu Qian asked thoughtfully.

“You know about this?”

Yuan Shan was surprised this time.

In her imagination, Fu Qian shouldn’t have much interest in such worldly festivals.

“Here, it’s mentioned in this book.”

Fu Qian spread the book open on the counter and flipped through it.

Considering this mission, he had taken an interest in the various mythical stories that were being told from Veil’s side.

Noticing there was a book related to this in the shop, he had picked it up to browse through. Right now, it just so happened to be useful for a bit of a scare.

…Wasn’t that a bit too coincidental?

Forced to glance at the book’s content, Chief Yuan looked up and stared at Fu Qian, speechless once again.

Something about the way the world was running didn’t seem quite right!

Unfortunately, she could never decipher anything from Fu Qian’s expression and quickly gave up observing.

“It is indeed the Carnival; I haven’t received the detailed investigation report yet, but it’s clear the Native Council is making a major move this time.”

Yuan Shan shook her head as she spoke quickly.

“Given that Ariel had previously appeared in Shangjing, the person in charge over there contacted me first to help confirm the identity.”

“So, what exactly did that Divine Envoy do?”

“The specifics are still unknown, but it clearly has to do with the revelry. Reportedly, over a hundred thousand people nearly became fools.”

Yuan Shan sighed.

“However, what’s strange is that there seems to be an unknown individual secretly disrupting their actions, resulting in the Night Watchman hardly needing to lift a finger before the matter was already settled.”

“The person in charge over there, Chelphus, suspects that this force might belong to another organization—Rebirth Club.”

“It is rumored that one of their leaders, Lu Ming, not only survived the out-of-control incident at the Ring Islands but even ascended to a Demigod and has been active in several regions since.”

“That makes sense. Native Council, Rebirth Club, direct rivals always harbor bare hatred, don’t they!”

Fu Qian caressed his chin as he commented.

Chief Yuan was still a person of principles.

The words of Miss Wen just now actually revealed a critical point—that aside from herself, no one within the Night Watchman knew that he occasionally transformed into Lu Ming.

Otherwise, for such a significant event, the investigation might have already reached him.

This was an unspoken agreement. Once he had transformed into Old Master Lu to help her, she wanted to convey that she had never revealed this to anyone else and had always been keeping his secret.

Dealing with polite people was indeed easier and less effortful.

In fact, in a way, this incident even cleared him of suspicion.

He had already confirmed that only a few short days had passed since the Carnival.

Over this period, he had been highly active in Shangjing, and even yesterday, Miss Wen was still here, organizing the bookstore for him.

A genuine alibi of temporal-spatial caliber.

Chief Yuan would undoubtedly find this out, so she would have to accept a fact—aside from himself, the real Old Master Lu was still alive.

This was undoubtedly a splendid thing, providing ample room for future maneuvering.

“Perhaps…”

Yuan Shan evidently didn’t want to dwell on such complex matters any longer.

“So, was there a reaction from Gulad’s side?”

Seeing her reaction, Fu Qian closed the book and leaned back to ask.

This person couldn’t possibly have come specifically to report back to him.

“Yes.”

Seemingly not expecting Fu Qian to take the initiative to ask, Yuan Shan was taken aback for a moment, but then nodded decisively.