Chapter 59: Getting Information About The Gu Worm... Crazy Plan...
Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, hours had gone by. While cultivating, Kranos also studied Amira. He noticed that throughout the day, she tried her best to gain valuable information while making it seem casual so that the others wouldn't suspect anything.
Kranos turned to look at the sky. He realized that the purple sun was slowly hiding away under the approach of the dark purple moon. It was almost midnight! Kranos stopped his cultivation and decided to wait. This time, he didn't need to change his clothes again since they were still the same from the previous night.
Kranos noticed that lights had gone out from the surrounding tents. He immediately executed the spatial movement technique; his figure flickered, and he appeared outside Amira's tent. He paused for a bit, studying everything. He had to be cautious; he didn't want to fall into his death due to overconfidence.
After seeing that nothing was wrong, Kranos stepped into the tent. He saw Amira sitting on her bed, waiting for him, her mask already off. Seeing this, Kranos shook his head, "What if someone else walked in on you? How careless!" Kranos felt that girl wasn't fit for a secret infiltration mission at all. If it wasn't for him, given a few more months, she would probably have been caught.
Amira immediately shrank her neck like a frightened rabbit. Kranos ignored her expression and asked, "What's the update?"
"I received information on the rough whereabouts of the demon. From what I heard, Ko frequently visits there for no reason; it is probably to check on the Worm Demon," she said with a smile.
Kranos nodded at the information. This was truly valuable. "Anything else? What about the condition of the creature?"
Hearing this, Amira hesitated for a moment before saying, "Although the information is vague, it seems the demon is seriously injured and can't muster even ten percent of its strength, though I can't confirm if this information is false."
Upon hearing her words, Kranos's eyes lit up. He knew that all rumors had some truth to them, so either it was most likely true or something similar had happened. Kranos immediately had a plan in his mind. Glancing at the poison pills included in his spatial ring, an evil thought formed in Kranos's mind.
"I want you to reveal some flaws in your behavior over the next week. After that, you will head somewhere," Kranos suddenly said.
Amira was stunned. She stared at Kranos with her lips parted slightly, "What are you planning?" However, Kranos didn't answer. He had already given her the command. He changed the topic and began advising her on how to let out flaws that seemed unconscious even though they were consciously executed.
Although Amira didn't know what Kranos was planning, she had no choice, as her life was practically in the hands of this terrifying cultivator. After he was done advising her, he and she discussed some more before Kranos disappeared. Amira sat on her bed, exhausted. Every time Kranos was in her tent, she could feel a faint sense of oppression. Now that he was finally gone, she felt relieved.
Her face couldn't help but change repeatedly, thinking of the new mission Kranos assigned to her. She felt that this mission would undoubtedly be very difficult. Sigh, Master, please watch over your poor disciple… she silently prayed in her heart before drifting to sleep.
Kranos appeared outside the tent, what he had expected to be a smooth impersonation turned out to be something else. At least he got a helper. Although Kranos didn't like the idea of trusting people and preferred to do things himself, he knew that he had no choice in this case.
Kranos rushed back to the tree where he was hiding before and decided to continue cultivating. While he was cultivating, he soon realized that it was morning. He stood up for a bit and stretched his body. At this moment, Kranos could faintly feel that sooner or later he would grasp the third strand of time essence. He just needed to be patient and meditate more.
With this, he glanced towards the mountain range. He could see Amira had already gotten out of her tent and was associating with a couple more black-clothed figures. This was exactly what Kranos asked her to do; through associating, she could gain valuable information from seemingly small gossips.
Kranos noticed that her voice had returned to that of a man. He immediately realized that it was probably the work of the mask from the previous night. He stared at Amira for a while, and after noticing that there was nothing wrong, Kranos returned to cultivating.
At this moment, Kranos glanced faintly into the distance and muttered, "It's time." Saying so, he stood up and began walking to a cave he discovered a distance away. Within the past week, he had already carved certain words onto the cave: 'Immortal's Abode, opens only once in a year, you can get anything you wish for.'
Kranos appeared in front of the cave. He let out a faint smile and then sat down under the glaring purple moonlight. Beside him were lit lanterns, making Kranos seem quite peculiar.
Soon he heard footsteps approaching. Kranos chuckled inwardly because he could already guess the figure; after all, he asked her to come.
Soon the footsteps reached him. The deep voice of a young man immediately called out, "O immortal, you are actual! I heard from my parents that you only appear once a year, but I didn't believe it. Now seeing you with my eyes, I now comprehend the magnanimity of the heavens and earth!" Amira exaggerated her acting with a bow. For a better reading experience, visit M(VLEMPYR).
Kranos tried his best to stifle his laughter inwardly but spoke in a solemn tone, "You should know why I descend to the lower plane to grant these requests…"
"Yes, Immortal, this young one has heard of the story…"
"In that case, what is your wish?"
Amira's face underneath the mask seemed to curl into a smirk as she uttered in a low voice, "A Beast and Demon Controlling Manual."