CHAPTER 432: CHAPTER 195 THE COURTYARD OF GOOD LUCK SLOPE_2

"Do you suspect that the set of Demon Armor was made by White Night City?" Bai Ying quickly followed.

"Maybe." Li Qingyi wasn’t sure, but she always felt there was some connection.

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Accompanied by Chu Jun, Li Xiu was on his way to White Night City. After entering the area of White Night City, Chu Jun continually introduced the local customs to Li Xiu.

The power scope of White Night City is no smaller than that of Space City. Even the entire Southern Cross Federation combined might not have as large a power scope as White Night City.

Unfortunately, despite White Night City’s vast power scope, there aren’t many gem-producing mines, especially the five major colored gem mines which are extremely rare.

Within White Night City, there are also very few things related to Trial Takers to be seen; everywhere is industries related to Demon Armor.

The toys held by children on the roadside are mostly star-level Demon Armor dolls.

Demon Armor experience shops and Magic Armor Master talent testing centers are ubiquitous. Although the Demon Spirit competition is so popular, within White Night City, there is little word about it, and no one hosts the Demon Spirit competition here.

The closer to the main city of White Night City, the more severe this situation becomes. In the Southern Cross Federation, you might occasionally see a Trial Taker, but having walked so long here, not even one Trial Taker has been seen.

"Stop looking, the situation here is similar to over at Space City. It’s almost impossible to see a store related to Trial Takers, except for gemstone stores—there’s virtually nothing related to Trial Takers here." Chu Ying sighed.

"Isn’t that great? Such a huge market is just waiting for us to develop." Li Xiu said with a smile.

"You want to promote the Demon Spirit competition here? Then you’d better kill me first. If you really did that, the old man would kill me first." Chu Jun quickly said.

"Not necessarily, maybe the old man also wants to host a Demon Spirit competition?" Li Xiu said with a grin.

"Absolutely impossible." Chu Jun said firmly.

"Let’s talk about this later. Do you want to go home first or go with me to have a look at Good Luck Slope?" Almost reaching the main city of White Night City, Li Xiu checked the location, and Good Luck Slope was just dozens of miles south of the main city.

"I’d better go to Good Luck Slope with you first to avoid you causing any trouble." Chu Jun paused, then said gloomily, "Honestly, I’m a bit afraid to go home. After we finished handling the Demon Spirit competition together, the old man was almost driven mad with anger; he berated me over the phone like never before. I’ve never seen him so angry with me since I was a child."

"Don’t worry, when we return from Good Luck Slope, I’ll go with you to see the old man." Li Xiu said.

"We’ll see then." Chu Jun thought, "If you go, and the old man doesn’t break your legs, it’d be your ancestors’ blessing."

When the two of them arrived at Good Luck Slope, Li Xiu was a bit surprised.

Originally, Li Xiu thought Good Luck Slope should be a hill, at least a ridge, but what he saw was indeed a large slope.

The slope was covered with grass and various wildflowers. Although there were no tall trees, a few short trees were sparsely scattered, giving it a unique charm.

In the midst of the flowers and grass, a large courtyard encircled by a wooden wall could be seen from afar. The courtyard walls were made by staking logs; the natural bark was the decoration, and the climbing good luck vines on the wooden wall made Li Xiu think this was a tourist resort if he hadn’t known how terrifying the resident here was.

The two walked along a small path paved with cobblestones across the grass slope, arriving at the gates of the courtyard.

Fortunately, the owner of this place wasn’t a real antique. Although the courtyard was built naturally and simply, with a harmonious blend with nature, a doorbell was installed on the gate, thus nature wasn’t taken to the extreme.

After Li Xiu pressed the doorbell, the two waited outside the gate.

After a long time passed without hearing any movement from inside the courtyard, Li Xiu pressed the doorbell a second time.

There was still no response, and Chu Jun said, "Could it be that the owner isn’t home?"

"Try again, if not, we’ll head back." Li Xiu pressed the doorbell again.

If no one answered after ringing the bell three times, it would imply the owner doesn’t wish to meet them, and further waiting would be pointless.

Li Xiu wasn’t expecting much, but after the third ring, surprisingly, the gate creaked open.

Eerily, they didn’t see anyone inside the gate, nor had they heard footsteps before; the gate seemed to have opened by itself.

"In broad daylight, there can’t be ghosts, right?" Chu Jun said, gazing suspiciously inside the courtyard.

"Have you read too many supernatural novels? There are no ghosts in broad daylight; this should be an intelligent electric gate." Li Xiu noted that inside the courtyard, there were no complex structures like pavilions or towers, nor elegant things like fish ponds or rockery; the large courtyard was mostly grassland, with a few short trees.

Because a row of bamboo was planted directly opposite the gate, the bamboo grew lush green, like a jade screen, obscuring the view of the wooden houses deeper within the bamboo.

"I apologize for the intrusion; may I ask if the owner is home?" Li Xiu stood at the gate but didn’t enter, raising his voice toward the courtyard.

"The owner isn’t here, but there is a guest. I have tea here, and if you don’t mind, you’re welcome to have a cup." A man’s voice came from the wooden house behind the bamboo.