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Chapter 29 The Immortal Mink

call……

The cold night wind blew into the palace windows.

Wu Jun and the others stood on the periphery, neatly arranged, with nothing to do and nothing to say, just standing there.

Liu Ye, Liu Mian, and the others had already gone to the palace gate, waiting for the dream to end.

They waited while whispering among themselves.

"...The position of celestial official is just given away like that?"

"Heh, to be honest, my younger brother has been longing for this position for a long time. Now that it has been given to an outsider, I'll have to appease him when I get back."

“My nephew asked about it last night.”

Liu Ye sighed amidst the crowd.

"Born into this world, one is not in control of one's own destiny."

"Although a position is precious, it cannot compare to the future of the family."

"Our Liu family will only have six positions left for this generation and the next."

……

"嘤嘤嘤?"

The sable white-haired dog shook its head, looking smug, and raised its paw to touch its celestial official hat.

Once appointed, this official hat can change size according to the shape of the user's head!

The boss wrote its name on the register of immortals, and the hat automatically shrank, even growing two small pointed horns on top to accommodate its ears!

"Ouch!"

Diao Heihei grinned foolishly, touching the dozen or so copper flower buttons on his official hat.

Holding more than a dozen celestial official positions, it must have had a tough time.

Looking at his brothers, each with a dozen or so copper flower knots on their heads and guarding a pile of magical artifacts, he thought to himself that he really had to follow the right boss.

With a good boss, even a sable can become a celestial official!
"嘤嘤嘤!"

The sable triangular figure, wearing a celestial official's hat, was waving its front paws and directing the celestial rat to dance!
The boss said he's officially assigning this celestial rat to it as its underling.

At this moment, as its sable claws spun and flew up and down, the Sky Rat would sometimes jump, sometimes flick its tail, and sometimes spin in circles. It was incredibly useful!
Wu Yun stood to the side, watching the group of excited country bumpkins, and grinned.

His official hat was covered with countless copper flower buttons, like a sky full of stars... There was no other way; there were too many officials and too few people, so he had to carry more loads.

A vast amount of knowledge had entered his mind, the vast majority of which pertained to the duties of the guardian, such as testing spiritual energy, troubleshooting array malfunctions, and maintaining arrays. There were also a small amount of information on the rules of the immortal official world, the military command system, the principles of spiritual energy circulation and refining, and so on.

He gradually learned more from the vast and complex knowledge.

"It turns out that in the former Immortal Realm, there was no such thing as a 'pathway'..."

The celestial realm consists of thirty-three palaces, each with its own responsibilities and officials ranging from the first to the ninth rank.

Judging from the dilapidated state of the floating island, the immortal realm must have experienced a major upheaval, with almost all the immortal officials dying out, less than one in ten remaining.

The so-called "Soaring Clouds," "Yin Mountain," and "Ghost Messenger"... back then, no one knew which realm or immortal abode these were, but rather, the paths to promotion for celestial officials.

"...The Zhou Tian Star Dipper Mechanism Formation?"
"So this floating island was just a small node in the grand formation?"
"In the past, the main function of the floating islands was to collect the spiritual energy of this sky, refine and transform it, and then transfer it to the higher-level celestial pivot."

"It really is an industrial park!"

call……

A cold wind blew, and Wu Yun sat down on a rock, where he saw the stars appear in the sky.

He picked up the spirit-testing stick next to him and tried to use it to draw out the spiritual energy... He discovered that the spiritual energy on the island was actually very thin.

Then I picked up the spirit-testing pot next to me, grabbed a handful of soil and threw it in... I saw that the dial on the spirit-testing pot barely moved, which meant that the spiritual energy in this place was almost exhausted.

After rummaging through a pile of immortal artifacts, Wu Yun felt a little frustrated.

"Why isn't there anything for fighting?"

"They are all industrial machines and industrial instruments?"
"Where have all the swords, spears, and clubs gone?"

There aren't many military officers on the floating island, with only a handful such as street patrol guards and wind patrol captains... but Wu Yun has yet to find the corresponding immortal artifact.

He glanced in the direction of the fruit shop.

"I don't want to fall in love with the Liu family..."

That's disgusting.

"We still need to find a way to pick up some martial arts artifacts like knives, spears, and clubs."

He looked at his mink employees. He saw that the little guys were all wearing celestial official hats and turning to look at him.

It was time to wake up from his dream, and the little ones were all quietly watching him go.

"Okay, everyone, get some rest tonight."

"Tomorrow we'll pack up and head to the next island to continue the search!"

……

On the second-floor terrace, a large umbrella was spread open, blocking the pouring rain and making a dense pattering sound.

Under the umbrella, a pot of mushroom soup with tofu was bubbling away, releasing fragrant steam.

Wu Yun sat next to him, having just finished mixing the dipping sauce in the bowl, and then stirred the pot.

"It hasn't developed any steam holes yet, let's wait a little longer."

Ever since the torrential rains started, he's grown to crave hot food.

Someone called; it was He Lanqi, his tone light and joyful.

"...I just attended an expanded meeting convened by the Bureau of Non-Natural Affairs."

"The forty off-road vehicles we donated actually came in handy, hehe, they invited us to attend!"

"Something particularly interesting was mentioned at the meeting: a celestial official who had committed murder and was on the run was shot dead!"

Wu Yun nodded.

"A sniper rifle?"

A sniper expert, one shot, one kill?
After all, celestial officials are too mysterious and difficult to fight in close combat.

No, it's not.

"It's a drone, a drone equipped with a machine gun..."

Oh, how modern!
"...At the meeting, it was said that the celestial official could fly, but not as fast as a drone."

"The drone chased the celestial official and fired over a hundred bullets, killing him."

Wu Yun remained silent for a long time, feeling that it was difficult to comment on the scene.

Is drone gunner really that bad?

I wonder how that celestial official felt when he was being chased.

"This is a good thing; drones are protecting the lives of ordinary people like us."

"Should I invest the money in drones?"

Wu Yun was stunned for a moment.

"Did Wang Yaozu vote?"

On the other end of the phone, He Lanqi immediately calmed down, seemingly still shaken.

"He...he voted. I...I feel something's not right. Let's just forget about it."

We chatted for a few minutes and then hung up.

I received another message inspired by Wudong.

[Breaking News!]

[Come and see! I have a video of a drone battling a celestial official!]

【video】

Wu Yun opened it and saw that it really was a drone's perspective, with guns spitting sparks as it chased down the celestial official who was fleeing on the clouds!

The pursuer, wearing a celestial official's hat, was being riddled with bullets, his head bobbing and swaying like a rattle-drum...

"What kind of bizarre video is this? It looks so fake!"
"and many more……"

Wu Yun suddenly understood.

It's not that the drone's marksmanship is bad, but rather that the drone is specifically designed to aim at the head, yet it can't break the immortal's hat.
Where did Wu Dongqi get this kind of video?
That's way too unconventional!
He continued watching, only to see the drone chasing the celestial official for quite some time before the final shot missed, hitting him in the neck, causing blood to spurt out, and the video finally ended.

Wu Yun felt a surge of emotion.

He reached up and brushed his hair, revealing the starry fairy hat on his head.

"So, this thing also has bulletproof capabilities?"
"It was an unexpected surprise."

(End of this chapter)