Free Web NovelThat night, Hua City Sunshine Avenue, the wide road under the streetlights was empty.
A moment later, the roar of an engine came from the end of the line of sight, and before long, a matte black Yamaha R6 sports motorcycle sped over.
Driving the motorcycle was a young girl. Her tight black motorcycle suit outlined her perfect figure. Her long hair, tied back in a single strand, hung down from the gap in her pink, white fanged cat-ear helmet, waving like a golden flag behind her as the sports car moved forward.
That murderous look, combined with her beautiful appearance, freely exuded an aura of violent aesthetics.
Suddenly, the signal light on the cat-ear helmet flashed twice, and the next moment, the built-in Bluetooth headset in the helmet played a call connection success tone.
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“Hello? A Hua? Go ahead, I’m listening.”
Jiang Li said softly. After a burst of static, A Hua’s voice sounded in her ear.
“Miss, are you on your way to support that guy Lu Yibei?”
“...”
Jiang Li pondered for two seconds and said, “Well, although Hongshan Villa District has always been one of Bai Kai’s key targets for defense, Lu Yibei suddenly appeared there, and I suspect...”
“Miss.” A Hua couldn’t help but interrupt halfway through, “Actually, You don’t need to explain. I didn’t say You went because You were worried about Lu Yibei!”
Jiang Li, “...”
“I just wanted to tell You, she’s causing trouble again!”
“Huh? What did she do?” Using A Hua’s opening, Jiang Li seized the opportunity to change the subject.
“Didn’t You ask me to monitor her calls before? I just monitored three anonymous tip-off calls she made. The signal source was near Hongshan Villa District No. 16, and I intercepted them.”
“Tip-off calls?” Under the helmet, Jiang Li’s brow furrowed slightly, “What was the reason?”
Being in a urban legend form, she actually dared to make anonymous tip-off calls to the Night Watch? Lu Yibei, You really are bold! Jiang Li thought to herself.
“The reason...” A Hua hesitated.
“Why are You being so hesitant? Is there something You can’t say?” Jiang Li asked.
“Ah, alright!” A Hua sighed lightly and continued, “She reported illegal and disorderly conduct such as mass lewdness, large-amount gambling, drug dealing, noise disturbance, etc., somewhere within Hongshan Villa District.”
Listening to A Hua speak, deliberately emphasizing the words “somewhere” and “etc.,” Jiang Li’s mouth couldn’t help but twitch slightly.
“So, she didn’t call the Night Watch’s tip-off line?”
“Yes, she called the police.”
Jiang Li, “...”
This is indeed something Lu Yibei would do.
However, normally, she would usually run away, right? Begging shamelessly and running when she can’t win is supposed to be her style.
What exactly is inside Hongshan Villa District that makes her have to stay there? Jiang Li wondered.
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As the old saying goes, if You have trouble, find the police.
Lu Yibei wasn’t sure if Uncle Police would definitely handle the shady dealings Li Tanghan was doing behind the scenes, but she was certain that those things were definitely illegal and disorderly, uh, at least against public order and good morals.
So, this shouldn’t count as making a false police report, right?
Honestly, if it weren’t for such a life-threatening situation, I wouldn’t want to bother Uncle Police. Their work is already hard enough! Lu Yibei thought.
When she called the police, she deliberately didn’t clarify the address in order to gain about an hour for the police station to dispatch officers, visit and investigate house by house, discover and confirm that the case is related to urban legend, transfer it to the Night Watch for handling, and for Night Watch agents and the Special Operations Team to arrive.
With this time, she could feel a little more at ease contacting Li Tanghan. Usually, within this period, even if negotiations break down, it wouldn’t break down to a fatal point.
After an hour, when the Night Watch arrives, Li Tanghan will definitely be busy dealing with them, and won’t have time to pay attention to Lu Yibei. She can then slip away in the chaos.
Lu Yibei thought as she walked, and unknowingly returned to the solid wood door of the reception room. She stood at the door and eavesdropped for a few seconds, and only pushed the door open after confirming there were no dangerous movements inside.
After entering, she discovered that there was a strange woman in the reception room. The woman was holding a leather case painted with strange patterns. She opened the lid and pushed the case in front of Peeling Skin and Burlap Sack Face, saying something to them.
“This is what the boss promised You. Check the goods?”
Seeing the two crystal-clear, high-quality urban legend core entities, Peeling Skin and Burlap Sack Face were extremely excited. Their two pairs of strange eyes couldn’t help but flash with chilling light.
Their appearance was like a fully buffed and year-long starved Cowherd meeting the Weaving Maiden, wishing they could immediately have a shameless bridge shake, wishing they could immediately devour the urban legend core entities.
Until, Lu Yibei suddenly walked into the reception room at this moment.
Seeing her walk in, Peeling Skin and Burlap Sack Face immediately became timid, as if afraid she would snatch the urban legend core entities. They quickly put them away and silently retreated to the side.
The strange woman also seemed to sense a subtle shift in the atmosphere. She turned around, looked at Lu Yibei, and walked towards her with a smile.
“This distinguished guest is a bit unfamiliar. You don’t seem to be among those invited for this commission?”
“...”
What should come has come. Whether I can bluff my way through depends on this next wave... Lu Yibei thought to herself, putting her hands behind her back, raising her chin slightly, and coldly snorting, “Hmph, it’s right that I’m unfamiliar. This Empress hasn’t been out and about for many years.”
Although Lu Yibei was acting like a big shot on the surface at this moment, it couldn’t hide the fact that there was a timid person sitting in her heart.
After speaking, she subtly glanced at the woman’s expression out of the corner of her eye.
A little nervous, let me see if she was bluffed.
“...”
As I suspected, is she indeed a urban legend whose strength is comparable to Adult Heavenly God? The woman thought to herself, surprised and uncertain. Her gaze shifted several times, and then the smile on her face deepened.
“So that’s how it is. I didn’t expect a powerful being like You to condescend to visit my humble abode. I am extremely flattered. Please forgive any neglect.”
When Lu Yibei left the reception room, the woman had already asked Peeling Skin and Burlap Sack Face about her.
High-quality Spiritual Energy, the skill of catching calamity water with bare hands, urban legend Power capable of resisting Heavenly God, plus those deep eyes that seemed to disregard everything and always had no emotional fluctuations...
These were enough for her to judge that the young girl standing in front of her was at least an A-Level urban legend.
Furthermore, she called herself ‘This Empress,’ which is intriguing. Behind her, ✧ NоvеIight ✧ (Original source) there might be a massive urban legend organization named after some 'Palace,' and she is one of the Palace Masters. The woman thought.
Lu Yibei savored the woman’s words just now and couldn’t help but interject, “Wait a minute, what did You just say?”
“Uh...” The woman was taken aback and said, “I said, if there is any neglect...”
“Not that sentence, the one before it.”
The woman tilted her head and tentatively asked, “Was it... I didn’t expect a powerful being like You to condescend to visit my humble abode?”
“Mm!” Lu Yibei nodded with a straight face, “That’s the one!”
Hehe—! I didn’t expect that one day I would be associated with the word ‘powerful’?
It seems that apart from Peeling Skin and Burlap Sack Face, there are no other urban legend here for now. In that case...
Today, I, Lu Yibei, am definitely putting on this act!
While thinking, she saw the woman’s mouth twitch uncontrollably and immediately reined in her just-about-to-swell mindset.
Calm down, don’t get carried away. This is on their territory, and there’s that huge eerie statue standing outside! If I’m exposed, who knows what could go wrong!
“Ahem, this Empress has lived for so many years and has no other hobbies, I just like hearing pleasant words! Little girl, You’re good!”
“You flatter me.” The woman bowed slightly and said, “It is my honor to be able to interact with a being like You.”
“However, I still dare to ask You, what exactly brings You to my humble abode?”
Lu Yibei glanced sideways at the woman, walked over to the sofa, sat down, crossed her legs, picked up a teacup, took a sip, and said unhurriedly, “What do You think?”
I’m not afraid to tell You, I just haven’t thought it through... Lu Yibei added in her heart.
I can’t just say right away that I’m here for Your family’s ancient sword, can I?
Directly asking about the origin of that eerie statue would be even more abrupt.
“This...”
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Looking at Lu Yibei, who seemed to be subtly preparing to question and wanting her to confess, the woman felt an inexplicable tension in her heart. Her mind quickly recalled recent business dealings that might have caused conflicts of interest with other urban legend.
"You came for that batch of source spirits from the beginning of last month? But that was all the Eclipse Society's idea, we were just intermediaries at most."
The woman said with a somewhat helpless and wronged expression, as if eager to push the blame onto the Eclipse Society.
source spirits? Eclipse Society? You do business with those guys, aren't you afraid of being double-crossed? Lu Yibei thought, shaking her head gently.
"That was... the matter of kidnapping young fox spirit urban legend?"
Lu Yibei, "..." What the heck? You bastards, what the heck have you all been doing!?
"Or perhaps, it's the relic belonging to a tianzai level strange story that was traded last week? But that was ownerless! If You want to know its whereabouts, we can reveal it to You."
"..."
"It couldn't possibly be that we secretly wrote an anonymous letter to the Si Ye Hui Headquarters to report that the Hua City Si Ye Hui has an insider, right?"
"Alright, stop talking, none of what you said is it." Lu Yibei finally couldn't help but interrupt.
I say, Sister, isn't your criminal record a bit too colorful?
Lu Yibei originally thought she had just stumbled into a smuggling gang's hideout, but she didn't expect to hear so many shocking things all at once, her heart couldn't quite take it.
What's more, the fact that the woman dared to say these things openly means they are things they don't care too much about others knowing; the things hidden in the dark corners of their hearts are probably even more terrifying.
And in fact, that was indeed the case.
"Actually, the reason I came here isn't as complicated as you think..." Lu Yibei put down the teacup in her hand and looked at the woman, saying.
Hmm, after pondering for so long, she had already figured out how to lie.
"I came here just for a small matter."
"..."
A small matter? A small matter in the mouth of a urban legend of this level is probably not that simple, right? The woman didn't want to interrupt and offend Lu Yibei at this moment, so she could only secretly complain to herself.
"Speaking of which, I suppose I have some connection with you. Some time ago, one of my juniors accidentally received a favor from that little bastard named Li Tanghan."
"I was originally a protective person. Seeing that she kept thinking about it and always nagging about it in my ear, after a long time, I got a bit annoyed listening to it, so I had a thought and just came to take a look."
"After taking a look, I discovered..." Speaking up to this point, Lu Yibei paused, then said with a disdainful tone, "He doesn't even have the courage to face me directly, hmph, it seems he's nothing special after all."
Junior? Favor? The woman was stunned for a moment, then quickly suppressed the doubt in her heart and said with a fawning smile, "Devil Woman, You might have misunderstood. Our boss doesn't not want to see You, it's just that he's currently tied up with important matters and can't get away for the moment, that's why..."
Although Lu Yibei's words had quite a few questionable points, for a urban legend like her who could resist the suppression of the statue on the lake island, not offending her, or even winning her over, was the best way to interact.
Those urban legend gathered around Li Tanghan, including Peeling Skin and Burlap Sack Face, which one of them didn't have ulterior motives?
As long as what she seeks is within acceptable limits, it's fine to satisfy her.
Seeing that Lu Yibei had not spoken for a long time, the woman's eyes rolled around, and she asked, "May I ask what Your junior's name is?"
"Why are you asking this?" Lu Yibei frowned.
Does this mean it's not enough for me to just make up a junior, I also have to give her a good name, create her personality, and set up her background?
Are you trying to force someone with naming difficulty to death?
The woman smiled and explained, "It's like this, I just want to know her name and address. When our boss returns, he will definitely present a generous gift to properly compensate for this oversight."
"..." Lu Yibei pondered for two seconds, then raised her head forty-five degrees to look at the sky, sighing melancholically.
"Ah--! Her name is Sixian, I watched her grow up and always treated her as my own, but alas, a girl grows up and can't stay!"
Sorry, Du Sixian! Just let me be a male mother this once! Anyway, you live on Peony Street long-term, I doubt they'd dare cause trouble there.
Besides, I didn't say her full name. Lu Yibei thought.
The woman, "..." Female? Or a female urban legend? That makes sense, the boss has been quite the philanderer outside over the years.
"However, you don't need to hand the things over to her, I can take them back for her. Before I finish investigating that little bastard surnamed Li, it's better if they don't meet."
The junior bears the risk, and I take the things, that's reasonable, right? Lu Yibei thought.
Upon hearing Lu Yibei speak to this point, a look of relief and ease appeared in the woman's eyes.
She wasn't afraid of Lu Yibei wanting things, she was afraid of her not wanting anything. From her experience dealing with urban legend over the years, those who don't want anything are the most troublesome.
It's like how free games are often the ones that cost the most money.
"In that case, please come with me? Although the collection at our boss's mansion isn't complete in terms of variety, with most things elsewhere, but everything here is exquisite."
"Please follow me to the collection room to take a look. If You see anything You like, You can choose freely."
After speaking, the woman led the way out of the reception room. When she reached the door, she paused slightly and bowed slightly towards Lu Yibei, as if gesturing for her to follow.
Collection room? Maybe the ancient sword is there. I'll just pick it and leave. Then the sky's the limit, who would ever come back to this godforsaken place!
While thinking, Lu Yibei slung her guitar case over her back, got up, and was about to follow the woman, when at that moment, Peeling Skin, who had been trembling at the side, silent for a long time, and whose skin flakes were floating like a snow effect, finally couldn't hold back and gathered the courage to approach.
"Devil Woman, please wait a moment!"
Seeing Lu Yibei treat the junior named Sixian so well, it was moved and just wanted to ask her if she was still accepting dependents on her side.
Lu Yibei glanced at Peeling Skin and said indifferently, "Something the matter?"
"Actually, the reason I became a urban legend is because my whole family was killed. I've never been able to forget them, so I can only carry their skin and flesh with me."
"But they are just dead things after all. For so many years, only I have been wandering alone in this world, so I've always had a wish..."
"I understand!" Lu Yibei nodded and interrupted, and Peeling Skin's eyes immediately lit up.
"You mean, you want me to send you down so you can reunite with your whole family, right?"
Peeling Skin, "???"
You're not right!
Under normal circumstances, shouldn't you comfort me first, then ask what my wish is, and then I can naturally say, 'I want to become your dependent'?
While Peeling Skin was in a daze, Lu Yibei had already walked out of the reception room and disappeared.
Looking at the reception room door that hadn't fully closed yet, Peeling Skin felt lost and sighed silently. Just as it was about to completely give up, Lu Yibei suddenly came back.
She poked half of her body out from behind the door, patting her head, and said, "Oh, right, I forgot to say something just now!"
A turn for the better? Seeing this, Peeling Skin's heart rejoiced.
"Wait here! I'll come back and fulfill your wish after I get the treasure!" Lu Yibei said expressionlessly with a certain tone, as if she would really come back in a while.
Peeling Skin, "!!!"
The great ups and downs of a urban legend's life are precisely this unpredictability, thrilling and exciting.
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The surface part of Hongshan Villa No. 16, like other buildings in the Hongshan Villa District, is a unified three-story Western-style building, complete with a garden, swimming pool, and parking lot.
Although such an area is somewhat luxurious compared to ordinary residences, underground, it has secret spaces several times larger than the surface.
This was secretly prepared by Li Shunnian when he was developing this villa area.
Lu Yibei followed behind the woman, walking down a long corridor decorated like a secret passage in an ancient castle, as complex as a maze. After walking for three to five minutes, she stopped in front of a stone wall carved with strange patterns.
Lu Yibei carefully examined the patterns on the stone wall and found that from certain angles, those patterns bore some resemblance to the statue on the lake island.
Just as she was watching the woman, who seemed to be performing some kind of ritual, lightly tapping the cloud-like patterns on the stone wall left and right, she suddenly felt the carving knife hidden in her cuff twitch.
The tip of the carving knife pointed in a certain direction, stinging the Coat, and Lu Yibei's sleeve also lifted slightly in that direction for a moment.
She noticed the anomaly and looked in the direction where her sleeve had lifted, and she saw that dimly lit, narrow, and cramped dead end.
"..."
Is there something over there that interests the ancestral vegetable knife? Lu Yibei thought.
