Shadow 380,000 Level 17 Suspended Spirit Hurricane Arrives

Chapter 26

"It is a bit troublesome. Trouble has come to me, and there's nothing I can do. Um... cough cough... there is indeed something I need your help with." As I said this, I couldn't help but feel that I always try to avoid Lu Yun whenever possible, and the only time I can't avoid him is when I need his help. This situation is really not the way friends should act, and it's really a bit unreasonable.

"Hehe, feeling guilty, huh?"

I could almost hear Lu Yun chuckling softly over the phone. Even though we weren't face to face, the slight change in my tone was enough for this master of psychology to grasp what I was thinking.

"Then I'll give you a chance to repent. Treat me to dinner, and tell me how you got into trouble. Your story is quite interesting."

"What do you like to eat?" I asked, a little nervously, wondering what kind of meal Lu Yun planned to make at me. I was a poor person with no income right now.

"Hmm..."

"I know a secret cold noodle restaurant that makes really good cold noodles, definitely unique." My heart was pounding as I launched a food program that featured the distinctive characteristics of the Jiangnan region of China.

"Go away." Lu Yun rejected my suggestion without even thinking: "I want to eat steak, or Japanese food would be nice too. As for the specific place, it depends on your sincerity."

She sighed again and said, "But it seems your sincerity isn't quite enough."

"I'll crush you with all my might," I promised immediately.

"Brother, where are we going?" Kou Yun asked me with wide eyes.

"Go treat a beautiful woman to dinner, don't you know that?" I replied.

“But this...this…” Kou Yun’s eyes widened even more.

"So this is what brother's utmost sincerity looks like," she chuckled.

We were just walking on a cool-looking little street. This section of Yuyao Road wasn't paved with asphalt, but with stone slabs, making it feel like a pedestrian street.

However, by this time I had already led Kou Yun into a construction site.

Yes, it's a construction site. There's a pile of gravel here and a pile of yellow sand there. As the sun sets, there are no workers left, but you can still see a few shirtless men, either squatting and resting or doing some light finishing work.

This area was originally a factory, and it will be called the Tonglefang Bar District in the future. It is currently in the middle of the renovation phase, which is the construction phase.

Old factories are now highly sought after, and the concept of "Xintiandi" (a shopping district in Shanghai) using Shanghai's Shikumen (stone gate) style is no longer novel. Following the conversion of old factories into galleries and art studios, this Tonglefang factory area will be transformed into a new upscale bar and entertainment district in Shanghai's Jing'an District in two or three months. Therefore, many bars and restaurants will definitely open here in the future.

"Brother, wait a minute, wait a minute, is this the place?" Kou Yun grabbed my clothes and pointed to a restaurant along the road at the outermost edge of the construction site. For some reason, while other places were still bustling with earth and stone work, this restaurant was already open for business, and its door faced the construction site, not the road.

"No, no, follow me." I straightened my chest and walked deep into the construction site.

11. Abnormal Events in Koujia Village (5)

"Ah..." Kou Yun groaned, "Brother, didn't you ask for help? You'll mess this up."

"Let's give it our all!" I said.

“What… what are you trying to do…” Kou Yun was about to go crazy, muttering something under his breath. Then, as if he had realized something, he stopped talking and silently followed me, walking among the construction site and the shirtless men.

I walked up to a multi-story building with no sign, but a pile of dismantled junk in front of it. I looked up at it and then went inside.

"Is this it, brother?" Kou Yun asked me, pointing to a simple sign hanging on the wall near the entrance.

"Kobe beef restaurant is open, please go up to floor X."

Yes, this is the place.

Kou Yun looked at the sign with suspicion, then turned to look at the construction site outside, and when he turned back to look at me, I slapped him on the forehead.

"What are you looking at? Let's go."

Take the elevator to the top floor, and after a short walk, you'll arrive at the entrance of the Kobe beef restaurant.

As we pushed open the door, the uniformed manager greeted us with a bow, without asking any of the usual questions about reservations, because the luxuriously decorated restaurant was completely empty, with only the two of us as guests.

"Would you like to have a meal? Please come in."

Speaking of which, during the days Kou Yun was sick, I rode my bike out to find a pharmacy to buy a thermometer and throat lozenges. Passing by this construction area with several advertisements for bars featuring beautiful models, I suddenly became interested and went in for a look, curious to see what this future new bar district would be like. When I saw the simple sign for the Kobe beef restaurant, I wondered why they had opened a shop at this time. My curiosity got the better of me, so I went upstairs to investigate. I looked at the menu for a short while, then very gentlemanly returned it to the manager and calmly left.

This place offers both Western dishes like beef and Japanese cuisine, perfectly meeting Lu Yun's requirements. As for the taste, located in a future gourmet bar area, the beef used is the world's finest Kobe beef, priced at over 500 yen per piece per person—how bad could it be?

Lu Yun saved my life and asked me to treat him to a meal. After thinking it over, I realized I couldn't be stingy, even though I did think the Mysterious Cold Noodles Restaurant was quite good...

Just imagining such a bewitching enchantress walking through the construction site and among shirtless men with gleaming eyes makes me chuckle. Please forgive my sudden morbid curiosity, but when I think of this Kobe beef restaurant, I feel there's no better place to treat someone to a meal.

Time passed as they waited, and finally the door to the Kobe beef restaurant was pushed open once again.

The foreman quickly stepped forward, but instead of bowing, he stared blankly at the man.

Who else but Lu Yun could make someone of the same sex fall for him at first sight?

The supervisor quickly recovered, found out what happened, and brought Lu Yun to my table.

"Brother, she's just too, too, too..." Kou Yun couldn't find a single adjective to describe her after a long time.

The word "pretty" paled in comparison to Lu Yun, and "beautiful" was somewhat different from her captivating radiance.

If you ask me, it's a demon.

It's the kind of beauty that's so alluring that it actually diminishes its bewitching quality.

"You really picked a good spot," Lu Yun said as he sat down opposite me.

"Hehe, no need for praise." The sense of accomplishment from managing to mess with Lu Yun freed me from her demonic power, allowing me to speak more freely.

"Whose pretty little tail is this?" Lu Yun asked me, glancing at Kou Yun.

I hadn't told her about Kou Yun, but just one glance from her and she so vividly described our relationship. Her insight was simply... well, I knew she was a demon.

"Who's the little tail? I'm my brother's assistant!" Kou Yun immediately retorted.

"Oh, you're both a brother and an assistant, which one are you?" Lu Yun asked with a smile.

"Alright, alright, let's order something first, I'm starving," I said, trying to smooth things over.

Lu Yun flipped through the menu and chuckled, "Heh, looks like you're planning to bleed this time?"

I smiled and said, "Whatever you like."

My heart is bleeding. This meal for three people must have cost at least two or three thousand. That's what I really meant when I said "go all out" earlier.

Cutting Kobe beef into tiny pieces, the tender flavor wafted to the back of my head as I put it in my mouth—it was truly delicious.

Every move Lu Yun made, even the action of putting a small piece of meat into her mouth, had a strong gravitational pull. What's more, she was wearing a low-cut, sleeveless top, and her ivory-white skin emitted a hazy halo under the light. Oh no, it was an eerie glow, an eerie glow, I told myself.

Lu Yun's beauty, and what she shows you, is completely unpredictable—whether it's real or not. Her lineage of illusion techniques has reached an unprecedented peak; all of people's senses, upon which they rely to perceive the world, can be misled and interfered with by her. In this sense, whether it's real or an illusion is no longer important.

I resisted the temptation and told Lu Yun about all my troubles. Kou Yun pinched me every now and then. Although I managed to control myself from acting too lecherous, I couldn't help but feel a little admiration and intoxication. Lu Yun didn't specifically try to charm Kou Yun, so the little girl quickly broke free with a sense of resentment towards beauty, using her fingernails to remind me that the person sitting next to me was also a living person and shouldn't be ignored.

"So this pretty little girl isn't human either."

Kou Yun couldn't help but smile. What a shallow girl, so easily flattered.

"There are some things I already know without even asking D."

"Oh, tell me already, don't keep me in suspense." Lu Yun's words surprised me. It seems I thought of this lead too late; I should have contacted her much sooner.

"Zheng Yu sent out an invitation through some underworld channels, inviting all non-humans with the ability to move objects to visit his island and complete a task for him. The reward is one million US dollars per month, plus one request he can make in the future. He also wanted to invite me, but I refused."

Who is Zheng Yu?

11. Abnormal Events in Koujia Village (6)

“Zheng Yu is Zheng Hai’s seventh son, and Zheng Hai is a…” Lu Yun tilted his long neck and said the name of a Japanese anime: “One Piece”.

"The Pirate King? A pirate captain?"

“That’s no ordinary pirate leader. The X organization should have detailed information on him. Go ask Liang Yingwu.”

"He invited all non-humans with this ability, which does sound very likely related to the mass exodus of the Koujia Village people."

I thought for a moment, then suddenly clapped my hands and said, "That's right, it must be. Zheng Yu, Black Flag Group, and Lin Wen, they're all one entity."

"Brother, what have you thought of?" Kou Yun asked hurriedly.

"Remember the figurehead we saw on the New Hope, and the one on the door too? I was wondering why they would carve the image of Bi'an on it."

“Bi’an?” Lu Yun raised an eyebrow slightly: “The seventh son of the dragon.”

“That’s right, and the dragon is a divine beast that roams the four seas, and Bi’an is the symbol of Zheng Yu, the seventh son of Zheng Hai. But why would he ask you for help? Do you also have this ability?” I asked Lu Yun curiously.

"Of course not. He wouldn't reveal his intentions until I agreed to be his guest."

"So you refused?"

"I get seasick," Lu Yun said with a smile.

This was just her excuse for refusing; Lu Yun was a very proud person.

"Then, if I'd like to accept the invitation, could you please introduce me?"

"You? You can move objects with your own hands?"

“Of course.” I smiled mysteriously. “I’m going to move that spoon into my hands right now.”

I opened my palm and glanced sideways at Kou Yun.

Kou Yun understood, and with a sudden sinking in my palm, the soup spoon was in my hand.

Lu Yun laughed: "You go, but what about her?"

"I have an assistant who accompanies me, is this request too much?"

"If you want me to introduce you to someone..." Lu Yun looked me up and down a few times: "You're not going to do something bad, are you?"

"Uh..." I was speechless. That's hard to say.

"No, no, helping you will only get me into trouble." Lu Yunming's eyes flickered slightly as he said, "Go find Liang Yingwu. They have many connections in the X organization, they're sure to have a way. If all else fails, I'll try to persuade Sir D."

12. Proceed to the Dragon's Nest (1)

In the hearts of traditional Chinese people, the dragon is a mythical beast that swallows clouds and spits out mist, controls wind and rain, is a hegemon that dominates the four seas, and is also a symbol of the supreme monarch.

Zheng Hai is the Dragon King of the sea.

Zheng Hai is not a single person; his origins can be traced back six hundred years.