Reborn as a Hatrack in the Mystical Land-Chapter 929 - 47: Missed

Huasha City, the most important strategic boundary city south of the Boundary River. Due to the recent appearance of Sea Demon Clan remnants around the Boundary River, the checks entering and exiting the city have become much stricter.

Most of the people entering and leaving Huasha City are either Beast Clan crossing the river or powerful practitioners who have earned the right to enter the Moon Plane after achieving merits on the Dimensional Battlefield. They are often filled with a killing aura, their cultivation exceedingly strong.

Lie Rou presented a frail appearance, lingering by the city gate for quite a while, which instead drew the sidelong glances of the city guards.

"Halt, where is your Hua Sha Order?" A burly man standing over six feet tall blocked Lie Rou’s path.

The Hua Sha Order is a type of token issued by the City Lord of Huasha City, Ye Hua Cheng. Everyone entering or leaving the city must carry a Hua Sha Order.

Lie Rou had ridden a Golden Dragon to get here, where could she have obtained a Hua Sha Order.

She hesitated, not knowing how to respond.

Seeing she could not produce a Hua Sha Order, the city guards grew more suspicious. Just as they were about to detain her for questioning, someone shouted toward Lie Rou in surprise.

"Finally found you, you troublesome girl, made us search for you everywhere." Behind Lie Rou, a plump middle-aged lady yelled dramatically, pulling Lie Rou over.

Upon seeing the middle-aged woman, the city guards displayed peculiar expressions.

The lady was extravagantly dressed, covered in floral-patterned clothes, adorned with various glamorous jewelry from head to toe, and who knew what kind of powder she had applied on herself, emitting a pungent smell.

On ordinary days, upon seeing such a person, Lie Rou would ignore them completely.

But the lady, with a few words, managed to settle the matter with the city guards. Judging from her appearance, she seemed to be from the Human Race, and since Lie Rou left Mazaro Mountain without bringing anything with her, she wasn’t sure if the Dan Xuan Card Yue Jinghua gave her could be circulated here.

With these thoughts in mind, Lie Rou could only remain silent as the lady led her into Huasha City.

Once out of the city guards’ sight, the lady started asking Lie Rou all sorts of questions.

"I say, little sister, you, a Human with no skills, what are you doing in Huasha City?" The middle-aged lady eyed Lie Rou sharply.

Though Lie Rou had been a mother for years, her natural beauty, bolstered by consuming the Chaos Green Liquid Yue Jinghua provided in recent years, made her appearance even more striking than before. Her figure was more graceful than a maiden’s, and her behavior carried a mature charm that young girls lacked.

Walking along earlier, she drew many passersby’s attention.

Mindful of all this, Lie Rou kept her head down, which only spurred more imaginations.

The middle-aged lady observed the reactions of passersby, feeling secretly pleased. Her name was Yin Niang, and she had some Human blood in her.

Her mother was a Human warrior, whose beauty caught the eye of a noble from the Sun Dragon Clan, who took her as a concubine.

Although Yin Niang could not secure a place within the Sun Dragon Clan due to her bloodline, she used her father’s influence to dominate Huasha City, engaging mainly in the business of trafficking individuals.

Huasha City is located in the Moon Plane, with few other races around besides the Holy Beast Clan, making them very rare.

In recent years, the Holy Beast Nobles of the Moon Plane have developed a taste for collecting exotic beauties and handsome youths, using them to compare against each other, spending vast sums indifferently.

Yin Niang recognized this business opportunity and secretly abducted and trafficked many beautiful Alien Race women and members of the Demon Clan from the Star Plane and Chen Plane, bringing them back to Huasha City. There, utilizing certain methods, she converted them into slaves, enrolling them in the Moonlight Pavilion she operated in the city.

On the surface, the Moonlight Pavilion is a tavern, but secretly it engages in some sordid dealings, known to all city residents, which explains the city guards’ earlier expressions.

Ye Hua Cheng of Huasha City and Yin Niang were old acquaintances, never questioning her, making Yin Niang even more audacious.

Lie Rou recounted her journey to find her husband to Yin Niang, though she didn’t mention her husband was Yue Nian.

After listening, Yin Niang inwardly scorned her, "What a foolish woman, the Sun Dragon Clan is infamous among the Holy Beasts for their debauchery. Regardless of gender, they always accrue romantic debts while traveling across planes; abandoning a wife is nothing."

Yin Niang concluded that Lie Rou was a poor soul who had been toyed with, consoling her while also asking if Lie Rou had a place to stay in the city.

Lie Rou shook her head.

"Little sister, don’t be sad. Let me tell you, I’ll first find a place for you to stay in the city. I run a tavern, where people of all kinds gather. You can rest there a few days, and once I find out where your husband is, I’ll think of a way to send you over," Yin Niang said sweetly, coaxing Lie Rou into the Moonlight Pavilion. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

Finding her kind-faced and having no other support in the city, Lie Rou decided to temporarily stay at the Moonlight Pavilion.

A few days after Lie Rou moved into the Moonlight Pavilion, Yue Jinghua, Long Rui, and a disguised Jue Xin arrived outside Huasha City.

"Huasha City is the boundary city closest to the Boundary River on the Moon Plane. Its City Lord, Ye Hua Cheng, is a direct descendant of the Ye Family, one of the four major noble families of the Sun Dragon Clan, with an illustrious family background. Yet, Ye Hua Cheng is a libertine, unwilling to inherit the family business, and instead chose to be the Carefree City Lord here. However, his laissez-faire governance has its benefits, facilitating the integration of several planes to some extent. Huasha City is the most diverse and well-informed boundary city in the whole plane," Jue Xin, indeed the current Clan Leader of the Sea Demon Clan, spoke smoothly, handing over three Hua Sha Orders to Yue Jinghua and the others.

Before the Jue Shang incident at the Boundary River, the Sea Demon Clan always used Huasha City as an intermediary for trading Nan Zhu. Even though the Flower Demon Clan has significantly declined, Jue Xin still possesses a small number of Hua Sha Orders.

The group adopted disguises, resembling ordinary Dark Practitioners of the Human Race. As they passed through the city gate, the guards only glanced at them briefly and let them through without much questioning.

One city guard smirked, "The salary for this month just arrived, how about a visit to the Moonlight Pavilion tonight? A few days ago, Yin Niang brought a stunning Alien Race woman into the city, a rare treasure indeed. If we hurry, we might get to delight in her company."

"Aren’t you afraid of your wife causing a fuss?" Several other city guards teased him.

"Afraid of what? My wife works at the City Lord’s Mansion, and there are important guests these days. The entire Mansion is brightly lit, and she’s busy, with no time to bother me. So, how about all of us going there tonight for some fun?" Unintentional the speaker may be, but the listener (Yue Jinghua) paid close attention upon overhearing this.

The brightly lit City Lord’s Mansion must be for hosting distinguished guests; it seems the news of the Cang Dai Goddess visiting the Moon Plane is true, and Huasha City is likely her resting place. Coming to Huasha City indeed was the right choice.