Free Web NovelChapter 2028: Chapter 2028: Everyone Is Here! Thanks to Friend Mu! Has the City Lord Changed His Ways?
Along with the staff of the Zhenhai Chamber of Commerce, they notified every customer who bought a ticket for a ship heading to the Central Domain in recent years that the fleet was setting sail.
In less than an hour.
Nearly a hundred people gathered outside Zhenhai City.
Each of them wore expressions of surprise.
After all, they had just recently been notified that two more passengers planned to head to the Central Domain, and only three spots were left before the fleet would set sail.
According to their estimates, at least one or two months of waiting was expected with some luck.
Unexpectedly, they were informed today that the fleet was ready to depart.
Was it just great luck that three more passengers were suddenly ready to depart to the Central Domain?
Or was there something else...
Such speculation was quite normal for them.
After all, not long ago, the Zhenhai City Lord had just engaged in a fierce battle with someone.
Subsequently, the two returned to Zhenhai City, one after the other.
Judging by the situation, it seemed the Zhenhai City Lord suffered a significant loss.
Could it be that this battle led to the fleet, which was supposed to wait a few more months, suddenly setting sail in advance?
This possibility was quite large!
After all, they saw Mu Jinyu standing beside the Zhenhai City Lord, evidently preparing to depart as well.
"It’s him!"
At this time, amidst the crowd, there was a woman who was merely pleasant-looking, not exceptionally beautiful, but her demeanor was quite cold. She saw Mu Jinyu standing by the Zhenhai City Lord and was taken aback.
This woman was the same one who, along with Mu Jinyu, took the ultra-long-range teleportation array of the Red Garment Tower, arriving in West Sea State together.
When Mu Jinyu purchased a ticket with a deposit ten days ago and left, he also had a brief encounter with her.
Back then, neither spoke, and neither was curious where the other was headed.
Unexpectedly, as the fleet prepares to head to the Central Domain, the woman saw Mu Jinyu again, finally realizing.
Both intended to leave the Eastern Region and head to the Central Domain!
Strangely enough, it’s quite a coincidence!
However, though the woman saw Mu Jinyu at the Chamber entrance back then, she did not follow up on him afterward and was unaware that it was him who had just fought with the Zhenhai City Lord.
Now seeing Mu Jinyu standing next to the Zhenhai City Lord, she suddenly realized Mu Jinyu must be the one who fought the Zhenhai City Lord!
’That’s impossible...’
The woman exclaimed incredulously to herself.
After all, she could also observe that Mu Jinyu’s cultivation was merely decent, likely at the early stage of the Life-and-Death Realm.
But the Zhenhai City Lord’s cultivation was in the Chrono Light Realm!
How could he fight the Zhenhai City Lord?
She couldn’t fathom it no matter how hard she tried.
Her only guess was that Mu Jinyu’s background was quite powerful; perhaps his biological father or mother was truly a mighty foreign race.
They left him some exotic treasure, which protected him with their full-power attack, leaving the Zhenhai City Lord unable to bear it!
If that’s the case, it might just barely make sense!
The cold woman stared blankly at Mu Jinyu, her heart filled with constant speculation.
Similarly, Mu Jinyu also noticed her and was quite surprised that she too was heading to the Central Domain.
Also, he found it rather odd.
She didn’t seem like someone strapped for cash, right?
Back then, for some reason, she urgently came to the West Sea State and directly used five hundred jin of Source Stones to share the teleportation array with him.
While the cost for the teleportation array was only three hundred and eighty jin.
So, she should have plenty of money.
Was it not urgent for her to head to the Central Domain?
If it wasn’t urgent, why was she in such a hurry to come to the West Sea State then?
If it was urgent, and she was also preparing to head to the Central Domain, why didn’t she just spend more Source Stones and cover the cost for three more, thereby directly setting the fleet off?
This was quite baffling to him!
Could it be that she’s used to spending lavishly?
And upon arriving here and realizing it would take nine thousand jin of Source Stones to cover three more ship tickets, she couldn’t afford it?
That was a possibility.
Mu Jinyu, like the cold woman, speculated quietly to himself and had no intention to communicate with her.
Meanwhile, seeing that everyone had arrived, the Zhenhai City Lord announced;
"Alright, now that everyone is here, our fleet heading to the Central Domain is prepared to depart!"
"First of all, let me make it clear; originally, our fleet was short of three people before setting sail, but Friend Mu himself covered the shortfall, so the fleet embarked earlier than scheduled. You ought to thank this Mu!"
The Zhenhai City Lord said solemnly.
The reason he said this was that he had just discussed this with Mu Jinyu, as a way to save face.
Otherwise, if the Zhenhai City Lord were to announce he was beaten up by Mu Jinyu and had to compromise, it would be quite embarrassing. Plus, he also ensured that there wouldn’t be any refund issues like that again.
Thus, Mu Jinyu agreed to maintain his dignity, explaining he paid an additional nine thousand jin of Source Stones to expedite the fleet’s departure!
"Thank you!"
"Thank you, thank you..."
After hearing the Zhenhai City Lord’s words, these people thanked Mu Jinyu in unison.
They indeed owed thanks to Mu Jinyu.
Otherwise, they’d have been delayed several more months.
Most gave their thanks to Mu Jinyu.
Except for the cold woman.
Firstly, she believed it wasn’t that simple.
Mu Jinyu didn’t seem like someone so generous to spend extra money and accelerate the fleet’s departure.
After all, when she asked to borrow the teleportation array, he righteously had her pay and share the costs.
Secondly, Mu Jinyu had just fought with the Zhenhai City Lord.
Judging from what she’d heard about the Zhenhai City Lord, it was impossible for Mu Jinyu to have been defeated by him, then conceded and paid the difference to hasten the fleet’s departure.
If indeed Mu Jinyu lost to the Zhenhai City Lord, he would surely end up dead.
Given it was a Life-and-Death Realm cultivator challenging a Chrono Light Realm power, killing the former wouldn’t draw any criticism.
And typically, no Chrono Light Realm power would spare an ant challenging them!
Lastly, and most importantly, when she handed over more than five hundred jin of Source Stones to Mu Jinyu for the teleportation array, it wasn’t that she borrowed his array, but rather he rode on hers.
Therefore, even if Mu Jinyu really did pay extra for three more people to expedite the fleet’s departure, she didn’t need to thank Mu Jinyu!
The two were even, in a sense, all square.
She didn’t owe Mu Jinyu anything and naturally saw no reason to thank him!
After the Zhenhai City Lord received thanks from the crowd to Mu Jinyu, he waved his hand and said, "Therefore, since he paid extra, the grand suite on the ship goes to him, you have no objections, right?"
"No objections!"
"No objections!"
Actually, the grand suite on the ship required additional fees.
Among these were some that weren’t short of money, intending to pay for the grand suite after the ship set sail.
However, since it was now assigned to Mu Jinyu, they naturally said nothing.
Though they were quite curious, wasn’t the additional Source Stone for the remaining three ship tickets?
Why would the Zhenhai City Lord just give him the grand suite?
The Zhenhai City Lord wasn’t known for being so generous, was he?
Had he had a change of heart?
