Chapter 44
“Neither Song Jiang nor Lin Chong ever visited Twin Dragon Mount. This shrine seems to be a temple for monks that was repurposed into something else. The decorations are fine, which means this place is still in the middle of development. Considering this, I’d say that the ‘hero’ who lives here might be Lu Zhishen the Flowery Monk, Wu Song the Pilgrim, or Yang Zhi the Blue-Faced Beast. It could be either one of them.”
“Geez. The young generation has completely forgotten about the country’s literary jewels already? We should teach more of them in textbooks…”
The speaker was another white haired old man who was shorter compared to the other one. He didn’t speak until then because he had been busy reading the archaic signs and tablets scattered around the shrine.
Xu Xue felt her face burning in embarrassment after hearing his sarcastic words. But she was not going to protest yet because this old man was clearly more educated.
“Precisely, my friend.” The taller elder smiled. “However, those three are top-level heroes as far as the story is concerned. According to the forum, we will need a legendary offering medium or something better to summon them. This sounds… difficult to handle. Perhaps we’ll get someone not as brilliant? Say, Sun Erniang the Female Yaksha, Zhang Qing the Gardener, or Cao Zheng the Knife Wielding Demon. They all seem to be good companions.”
“Or maybe it’s Deng Long, the original owner of Twin Dragon Mount who was later killed by Lu Zhishen?” the fat office man chipped in. “The players did say that the hero we’ll get wouldn’t necessarily align with the timeline of the story. As long as someone’s related to this place, they could show up at some point. Oh… don’t look at me like that, please. My company previously made a game that uses Water Margin as the main theme. Of course I read the book.”
“Why don’t we just ask around?” Xu Xue recovered from her awkwardness and wanted to talk to the guards again.
However, someone beat her to it. It was another middle-aged man in his thirties who did not say anything during the whole process. Just like the shorter old man, he spent his time checking the environment as soon as he arrived. But compared to the old man, he was more focused on the people outside.
“Our leader?” the first guard answered him, more relaxed this time. “You mean Lu Da the Chief?”
“There you have it. That’s Lu Zhishen, right?” The man returned inside and said to the older members.