Sang Luo looked at the plump woman in front of her, with her narrow, shrewd, and cunning eyes. It was clear she was no kind-hearted saint.
She casually took out a high-grade magic crystal and handed it over, "I'd like to trouble Auntie Tun to tell me about the rules of this Lost City."
"Hehe, you have a good eye, girl. You've come to the right person. I'm an old resident of this city. Is there anything that's happened in this city over the years that could escape my eyes!" Auntie Tun accepted the magic crystal, her smile even more ingratiating, but she still asked in advance, "By the way, girl, are you here to hunt for treasure?"
"Yes."
Sang Luo didn't want to make herself too unique for the time being, so she casually accepted this reason.
She had previously learned from Quan Jin that the Lost City was essentially a large, chaotic black market. Now it seemed that was indeed the case… Most of the passersby on the street were foreign buyers, from all sorts of places.
"Then, girl, your outfit is too plain. To be honest, this city is a mixed bag. There are people here to do big business, but there are also desperate criminals who kill and rob. If a beautiful female like you buys a treasure that attracts attention, it's easy to be targeted by those who don't value their lives. There are no laws or morals in this place, and no one will save you from trouble," Auntie Tun said earnestly.
Sang Luo nodded, "Thank you for the information."
Her outfit was indeed out of place with the surroundings. Many people had glanced at her along the way, with curiosity and indifference mixed with undisguised malicious scrutiny. "I wonder if there are any good clothing shops in the city?"
"To be honest, the shops in the city love to swindle newcomers like you. If you go there dressed like that, you'll definitely be ripped off. If you trust me, girl, why don't you come to my inn for a while? I'll help you arrange things. It's just that…" Auntie Tun rubbed her fingers together.
Sang Luo tactfully handed her a few more magic crystals. Auntie Tun's face was about to break into wrinkles from smiling. "Tongbei Inn is just a few hundred meters ahead, turn left. Please come with me."
Sang Luo followed her.
The inn had four floors. The first floor was a restaurant, and the three floors above were rooms.
The top floor had several premium rooms.
The Lost City hadn't had any large auctions recently, so the flow of customers wasn't too high. Nearly half of the rooms were empty. Sang Luo thought that she might be staying in the city for a few days, so she paid a deposit and asked Auntie Tun to reserve a premium room for her.
Auntie Tun had someone bring up a pot of freshly heated fragrant tea and personally poured her a cup.
Sang Luo picked up the teacup, just about to drink, when she paused.
Auntie Tun asked, "What's wrong? Is the tea not to your liking, girl?"
Sang Luo put the cup on the table, hesitant, "I, I have something I want to ask you, Auntie."
"If you have anything you want to ask, girl, you can say it frankly. I will definitely tell you everything I know."
Auntie Tun took the opportunity to get closer. Sang Luo grabbed her collar and forced the tea in her hand into her mouth.
How could an ordinary female with no cultivation be Sang Luo's opponent? Her eyes widened in horror, desperately trying to spit out the tea, but to no avail. Most of the tea was swallowed into her stomach.
The inn's thugs rushed up, wanting to rescue Auntie Tun from Sang Luo's hands, but they were far from Sang Luo's match and were quickly beaten to the ground.
Auntie Tun, who had been drugged, quickly fainted on the ground.
Sang Luo regretted her few magic crystals. People's hearts were truly not what they used to be. She had encountered a trafficker as soon as she arrived. This Lost City truly lived up to its name.
…
"Girl, I was wrong, I was wrong, please let me go, I won't dare to do it again!"
Auntie Tun woke up tied to a chair.
The thugs she had hired were also tied up.
Sang Luo pulled up a chair, slowly nibbling on a fruit in her hand, leisurely watching them panic and beg for mercy.
"I originally thought you were an honest person, Auntie, so I asked you for directions and information. I didn't expect you to get ideas about me. This is a small punishment."
Auntie Tun regretted it to death, "If I had known you were a trained expert, girl, I would never have dared to have ideas about you!"
"After you drugged me, where did you plan to sell me to?"
"Girl, you're really making me feel terrible. I'm not a trafficker, and I didn't want to sell you. I wanted to send you to live a good life, and by the way, earn a little commission…"
Sang Luo twisted her wrist, "Still not telling the truth?"
"It's the truth, I was entrusted by someone to take money and do things, to choose concubines for the City Lord. I happened to see you on the road, girl, with your stunning beauty and unparalleled appearance, and that's why I had thoughts I shouldn't have had. But if you were chosen to enter the palace, girl, that would be endless glory and wealth. Although I had ulterior motives, I, I was doing it for your own good…" Auntie Tun said somewhat weakly.
That trafficker was quite good at gilding her own face.
Sang Luo sneered inwardly, "If being a concubine in the palace was really that good, people would be breaking their heads to flock there. Would it be my turn as an outsider? Would someone need to forcibly kidnap people and send them to the palace? Do you really think everyone else is stupid?"
Auntie Tun was speechless.
A whip appeared in Sang Luo's hand, completely black, slender, and covered with curved barbs. If you were whipped with this, half of your body would be torn apart and it would be worse than death.
Auntie Tun's face changed drastically, and she panicked, "Girl! Don't! I… I'll tell the truth, I'll tell the truth, okay!"
Sang Luo raised her chin, "Confess everything in detail. If there's any concealment, this whip will come down."
Auntie Tun swallowed, "It's true that the City Lord is choosing concubines. People from above are searching the entire city for young and beautiful females, for the sake of breeding offspring. If you're chosen, there will definitely be countless glory and wealth, but…"
She lowered her voice, extremely uneasy, "The City Lord is a Fallen Angel. Rumor has it that he is moody, cruel, and kills people like grass. Therefore, any female with any status doesn't dare to go. I'm also taking money to do things for others, searching the city for young and easily deceived foreign females, that's why, that's why I targeted you."
Sang Luo's attention was completely focused on the words "Fallen Angel."
Her breathing tightened slightly.
She forced herself to remain calm, "Who is the City Lord?"
"The City Lord has a big background. I heard that he is a Fallen God Angel. No one has ever seen the City Lord's true face. He only recently returned from outside."
"…"
Sang Luo's heart sank to the bottom. A Fallen God Angel, she currently knew one.
No matter how you looked at it, it matched Minos.
He had just returned to the Lost City and was in a hurry to choose concubines for himself with great fanfare!?
She brought the children here wanting to see him again, but he was thinking about his second spring. That was really good!
