Chapter 815 - Stirling up troubles
GDK 815: Stirling up troubles
Han Shuo learned of the full story from McKinley.
Back then, the City Lord of Ethereal City was someone else. After reaching a certain realm, cultivators of the edict of space need to constantly wander all around the universe to sense the energy of space. The City Lord of Ethereal City at that time also possessed late-stage highgod strength. As to pursue greater strength, he had no choice but to leave Elysium and travel to various material planes to increase his divine energy.
But before he left the Ethereal City, he must elect his successor. McKinley and Baum were one of those candidates. But of all the candidates, McKinley was the closest to the original City Lord and therefore, he had the highest chance of becoming the next City Lord of Ethereal City.
However, it was at that time that McKinley became enemies with one of the three Keepers of the Light, Gyál. McKinley had no choice but to hide for some time. He told Baum, his former best friend, where he was hiding. And somehow, soon after he went into hiding, Gyál managed to find him.
Although Gyál’s strength was greater than McKinley’s, as a cultivator of the edict of space, McKinley should have been able to tear apart spacetime and easily escape in one piece. However, while escaping, the spacetime tunnel McKinley constructed was destroyed. Otherwise, he wouldn’t had been captured by Gyál and had his divine soul separated from his divine body.
The person who had destroyed his spacetime tunnel must have also cultivated in the edict of space and possessed similar strengths. As McKinley had told just one person where he was hiding, it didn’t take McKinley much thinking to figure out who had betrayed him.
It was only with him gone that Baum could become the new City Lord of Ethereal City!
“Then why are you still looking for him?” Han Shuo was puzzled after hearing the whole story from McKinley.
“I have no way of finding my body without him! Back then it was him who sold me out, so he must know where Gyál is hiding my body. I don’t have much of a choice, you see,” replied McKinley.
Although Han Shuo learned of the conflict between McKinley and Baum, it doesn’t affect the current cooperation he had with Baum. Han Shuo was a man who knows when to take freebies and when not to. At the same time, Han Shuo started weighing the risk of locating McKinley’s body and helping him overthrow Baum, against the potential rewards.
With one thought, a high-level demon general flew out from his body. Han Shuo decided to keep Baum under his surveillance for some time before doing anything. Han Shuo had become vigilant of Baum after hearing McKinley’s story and thought of Baum to be a treacherous wolf in sheep’s clothing. He also started suspecting that Baum must be having some other intentions behind helping him establish his business in this city and offering him such great treatment.
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Five days went by like the blink of an eye. The demon general that had been constantly surveilling Baum from a safe distance did not discover any unusual activity. For all five days, Baum had been busy helping Han Shuo with his new Celestial Pearl branch. Not only that he had ordered men to clean the shop thoroughly, he published an announcement stating that Celestial Pearl Pharmacy will set up a branch in Ethereal City and that those who were interested to work as shop assistants and pharmacists may look for Han Shuo at the City Lord’s manor house.
Although it appeared as though Baum was sincerely helping Han Shuo, Han Shuo remained wary of Baum. In fact, the more helpful and charitable Baum was, the more that Han Shuo felt something was fishy. He made sure that Baum was always under the surveillance of his demon general.
The spirit demon made using highgod soul was extraordinary in their stealth capabilities. Having had a spar with Baum, Han Shuo knew just how formidable his strength was. The demon general would always be at a safe distance of more than several hundred meters away. And when Baum steps into regions with space edict boundaries, the demon general would stay even further away, lest Baum discover it.
Ethereal City was indeed filled with talents. Soon after Baum sent out the announcement, a large crowd showed up at the City Lord’s manor house. It surprised Han Shuo just how many people turned up and that many of them were true masters of their field.
Han Shuo personally selected the workers for his new branch and he interviewed them in the manor house. Han Shuo’s consciousness and observation skills were so mighty and outstanding that average lowgods and midgods cannot lie to him. He could immediately tell if someone was lying just by sensing their mind with his consciousness. Only those with no ulterior motives and has real talent could get through the interview.
One day, while Han Shuo was in the middle of one of those interviews, an Ethereal City divine guard hastily went to Han Shuo and said, “Mister Bryan, someone who claimed to be your son is having a serious quarrel in the west of the city. He called himself Han Huo. Would you like to go there and have a look?”
Han Shuo stared blankly for a moment before he immediately came to his senses. He laughed and replied, “What’s the matter with these kids, just can’t stop stirling up troubles wherever they go! Alright, I’ll go take a look!”