At night, Lu Xiaoyue was woken up from her cultivation state by her growling stomach.
She touched her empty belly and muttered: "Why are you hungry again... I remember that I was quite full from lunch?"
Lu Xiaoyue's mumbling woke Jian Zhen up as well.
He looked at the sky outside and saw that it was completely dark. Looking out the window, it was pitch black outside.
"Xiaoyue, if you are hungry, go and eat."
"Okay! Let's go together." Lu Xiaoyue responded and then walked out of the room.
Since she didn't know if Qin Xiao and the others were free, Lu Xiaoyue simply didn't bother them.
Going all the way downstairs and reaching the lobby at the bottom, Lu Xiaoyue found that many people were eating here.
She was not polite and directly ordered a few side dishes and started eating.
At this moment, the guests at the next table started to argue.
"The Dragon Tiger Martial Arts School is so arrogant! Yesterday, everyone was acting like a dead father, but this afternoon they actually sent people to our martial arts school and asked us to let go of the oil and water on Linshui Street!"
"Linshui Street? The oil and water there is not so rich!"
"Yes, who is willing to give up a land that is rich in oil and water? But the Longhu Martial Arts School said that the land used to be theirs... Tsk!"
"Haha, this Dragon and Tiger Martial Arts School is too funny, isn't it? It used to be theirs...my ancestors were richer than before! I don't have to run errands for the big men now."
"So...the owner of the gym didn't intend to pay attention to them. Unexpectedly, the people from the Longhu Martial Arts Hall immediately threw down a letter of challenge, saying that if they didn't return it within three days, they would bring people to kick the gym!"
"Hey... kicking the gym? Are they serious?"
"Of course! The challenge was thrown in the face of the museum owner... If our museum owner hadn't been so good-tempered, their people would have been beaten to death on the spot!"
"But... isn't it said that the owner of the Longhu Martial Arts School is about to die? A few days ago, his servants were acting like their dead father. I thought the owner was already dead!"
"I don't know about this..."
The two talked for a while, but then it turned into all kinds of gossip and nonsense, and Jian Zhen didn't bother to listen anymore.
However, Jianzhen still heard a lot of meaning from what the two of them just said.
That Dragon Tiger Martial Arts School, that Madam Mu... are so impatient!
Mu Yang had just recovered from his serious illness, but he actually wanted to get back what he had before, and even issued a challenge... Obviously, he was showing off his strength to others, and destroying the bad rumors about the martial arts school in the past.
But... do they really think Mu Yang is fine?
Lu Xiaoyue didn't think much about it, but she was quite critical of the actions of Longhu Martial Arts School. She couldn't help but complain to Jianzhen: "Isn't this martial arts school too arrogant?"
"Let it go..." Jianzhen said nonchalantly: "They don't plan to pay for the mission anyway, so let's just ignore them in the future..."
"Yeah!" Lu Xiaoyue nodded heavily.
But when it came to the mission, Lu Xiaoyue suddenly remembered something very important.
"Mu Guan, let's go to Baixiao Tower in the capital and meet the owner, shall we?"
"Owner? Oh, that's right!"
Jian Zhen scratched his head in embarrassment. There were too many things going on recently and he was so urgent that he almost forgot about this matter.
"Then let's go after dinner!"
"good!"
Lu Xiaoyue ate all the rice in the bowl in a few mouthfuls, then got up and left the inn.
Baixiao Tower seemed to be very famous in the capital. Lu Xiaoyue asked a random passerby on the roadside and learned the way to Baixiao Tower.
However, the passerby looked at her with a strange look, as if he had some ill intentions... In response, Lu Xiaoyue gave the other person a fierce look, and then walked away on her own.
After she walked away, she vaguely heard the passerby mutter: "How can a little girl ask about a place like that? Is she looking for her father? Hehehe..."
Lu Yuantu, who was far away in Qingyue City, sneezed inexplicably.
Following the path he asked, Lu Xiaoyue soon saw a brightly lit tall building with a gilt-gold plaque on it with the three characters "Baixiao Tower" written on it!
Such a conspicuous sign can be seen clearly by anyone who is not blind.
However, when Lu Xiaoyue slowly approached, she suddenly smelled a sweet and greasy fragrance.
She was very familiar with this scent. It was said to be the scent of a very popular makeup powder in the capital.
Lu Xiaoyue's mother owns this makeup powder, but the smell is not so strong on her own... How many people would it take to have such a strong smell?
While Lu Xiaoyue was wondering, she heard Jian Zhen say anxiously: "Xiaoyue, forget it tonight... It doesn't seem very safe for us to go to Baixiao Tower alone. Qin Xiao and the others will come with us tomorrow morning!
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"Why is it unsafe? Don't we have this?" Lu Xiaoyue said, taking out the bronze medal given by the shopkeeper Fatty from her arms.
The format of the bronze medal is very simple. On the front are the three characters "Bai Xiaolou" and on the back is a dog's head - which seems to mean a dog-headed military advisor.
"Ahem!" Jianzhen coughed repeatedly and advised: "It's not that we are unsafe, I mean that this building is a bit unsafe. Look at the bright lights... is it easy to catch a fire?"
Most of the tall buildings in the capital are made of wood, and fires are common, but the people who built the buildings must have known about it and would have taken precautions.
Jian Zhen just said it casually.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, a commotion suddenly broke out in the building opposite, followed by a shrill shout.
"The water has escaped! Run quickly, the water has escaped!"
Jian Zhen: "..."
Damn it, is it really on fire?
Lu Xiaoyue: "!!!"
You can see this on the wooden stick, it’s really amazing!
Before they could react, the people around them started to stir up and looked towards Baixiao Tower.
Starting from the first shout, people in Baixiao Tower began to run away one after another, and at the same time, more people were shouting the words "Water is running out", and the sounds pierced the night sky.
Not long after, a huge flame finally appeared in front of everyone's eyes.
The flames were raging and quickly spread, starting from the middle to the upper and lower floors.
More and more people began to run out, men and women, with all kinds of panicked voices. If you had good eyesight, you could even see the disheveled appearance of some people.
Seeing this, Jian Zhen couldn't help but cough a few times: "Ahem, Xiaoyue, let's go back. There's nothing interesting about this kind of thing. If it breaks out, big problems will arise."
The fire has only now spread, and the people around it have nothing to do with themselves and are watching with interest.
If it spreads here later, they won't even have time to escape, and a stampede accident is certain!
Lu Xiaoyue is not tall and small, so she can easily be the one trampled in a stampede accident...
Go early and be safe!
"Yeah!" Lu Xiaoyue looked at the huge flame and realized the seriousness of the problem.