Chapter Twenty-Five: Lok'yun

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  Seeing a crowd gathering in front, the young man's face showed a hint of curiosity, and he asked a middle-aged man beside him: "Kashu, what happened ahead?"

  "Mr. Lokoun, it seems that a few mercenaries have had some disagreements and are now dueling!" Although Kasshu was also with the young man, he, being quite experienced, could naturally pick up on something from the words of passersby.

  Seeing a hint of excitement on Lokoun's face, Kassh hurriedly continued: "Young master, the behavior of these local mercenaries is rough and uncivilized. We still have important matters to attend to, so..."

  "Alright, alright, I know my own strength! Geez!" Lokuen slapped his own head and let out a sigh. "I finally get to come out and have some fun, but instead something like this happens... Seriously, do you have to be so cruel to me?!"

  The young man's name was Roukun? Storatos? Roland, the second son of Duke Reo, the Minister of Military Affairs of the Kingdom of Xis and the Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Command.

  As a Lok'yun born into the Wujiang clan, Lok'yun had been training in martial arts since he was young and became a 5th rank White Silver Warrior at the age of 18. He was hailed as a genius within the royal city, with even his teacher, the 9th rank Sacred Warrior Haidon Sword Saint, praising his incredible talent.

  Originally, a noble like Lokoun would never appear in Kodo Town, but due to Lokoun's restless nature and desire to travel the continent, he ignored everyone's advice, even sneaking out alone twice to go on adventures.

  Duke Reo had no choice but to agree to his request, on condition that he would send a team of guards.

  Loco wouldn't agree to this condition naturally, in his view, what kind of training is it under the protection of hundreds of guards. In the end, Duke Leo had to send out two family guards to protect Loco's safety.

  In the minds of Duke Reo and others, they thought that Lokuen was just a temporary whim to go out and travel, and after going out for a few days, he would naturally return. But what everyone didn't expect was that Lokuen actually became interested and spent several months traveling outside without any intention of returning.

  As for this, Duke Reo didn't know how many people he had sent to persuade him, but Lokuren refused to listen. Fortunately, the Roland family held a high position in the Kingdom of Xis, and there were people taking care of them along the way. The two family guards were also extremely powerful, and they basically wouldn't encounter any danger.

  A few days ago, Lokuen, who had been traveling in the Western Kingdom for some time, insisted on going to the edge of the Demon Realm Mountains to hunt and kill some low-level demons. This was nothing unusual, but what Kasshu and the others did not expect was that after a period of fighting with the demons, Lokuen seemed to be on the verge of breaking through to become a 5th rank White Silver Warrior.

  Luokun could clearly feel that the White Silver Battle Qi stored within his body would reach its peak in two days.

  Normally this would be a good thing, but on the edge of the Godless Mountains where there was no divine fruit, it became a bad thing.

  The best time to take the Divine Fruit is when the internal Qi accumulation reaches its peak, at which point taking the fruit will have a huge benefit for future cultivation. If taken after this period, although it can still smoothly increase the rank, everyone knows that not taking the fruit in time will have a significant impact on future cultivation.

  The Demon Realm mountain range is located on the edge of the Western Kingdom, it's clear that rushing back to the big city to take the Divine Fruit is no longer possible, so after releasing the news that Lokuen was about to level up, Lokuen and Kasyu set out to find a sixth-tier Divine Fruit in some mercenary towns on the edge of the Demon Realm mountain range.

  Although they also understood that the probability of finding a sixth-order divine fruit in the mercenary town was no different from finding a needle in the ocean, with basically no hope, they had to try anyway. Meanwhile, the Roland family, who received the news, would transport the divine fruit to the city closest to Luokuen and then to Luokuen's location.

  When they found the Codo Town's Plant Store in Lokoun, they didn't have much hope in their hearts. Before this, the three of them had been to several mercenary towns, but as a mercenary town's plant store, it was impossible for there to be any stock of sixth-grade Dou Qi Divine Fruit.

  As expected, there was no sixth-grade Douqi Shenxiu fruit in the Plant Master's shop in Kodo Town. If they had come two days earlier, Baroque would have had one for Kiwan, but Lokuen and his group were late by two days because they were searching in other mercenary towns.

  Just as the three of them were about to leave, Baroque stopped them and told Roukuun that there was a Master Gardener living in Kodo Town now, who might have the Six-Stage Divine Fruit, or maybe not.

  They didn't think much of it in their hearts, what kind of master gardener would be in a mercenary town like this? Probably that Baroque shopkeeper hadn't seen the world and took some first or second-rate gardeners as master gardeners.

  Baroque saw the disdain in Lokuen's heart and swore that the man was absolutely a master of Planting, because even the fourth-level Planter, Sahar-sama, who had just left here not long ago, praised him highly, and on that day, Baroque also personally witnessed how he cured a purple lotus fruit that Sahar-sama could not treat.

  When they heard the news, Lokuen and others were slightly surprised. The Baron Sahah that the shopkeeper mentioned was someone they knew. After all, it was he who had personally delivered the five-tiered divine fruit to the Duke's mansion when Lokuen was promoted from a four-tiered copper warrior to a five-tiered silver warrior.

  As a fourth-grade gardener, Lord Saha is also in a key position in the Gardener's Temple in the royal city. If he praises a gardener, that gardener can be called a master gardener.

  Lokuen and his two companions hastily rushed to the hotel where Hua Yun lived after getting Hua Yun's address from the owner of the Baroque shop.

  As they spoke, the three of them squeezed through the crowd. Lokuen looked up and glanced at the shops by the street, pointing to the inn where Huayun and his group were staying: "Kasou, is this the inn that Baroque was talking about?"

  "Yes, Master Lokoun." Katsu nodded.

  Seeing only one person at the counter of the entire inn, Lokuen asked: "Are you the owner of this place?"

  "It's right below, what can I do for you?" The young owner of the inn had also been to some cities when he was younger and had seen many big shots, so naturally he could see that the boy in front of him was not simple and was not someone who could appear in a small town like Kodo.

  "Heh heh, that's good. So, do you have a person named Master Huayun here?" As soon as he said this, Lokuen and the two guards behind him couldn't help but reveal a hint of tension on their faces, fearing that the innkeeper would say "no".

  "If you're looking for Hua Yun, we do have one in our store, but whether he's a master or not, I wouldn't know!"

  "So where is he now?"

  The innkeeper shook his head and pointed outside with his hand, saying: "If you want to see him, please hurry up and go out. If you're late, you might not be able to see him."

  "What?" Lokyun's face showed some confusion.

  The innkeeper's face was heavy with a hint of solemnity: "Among the people that the mercenary group 'Crazy Wolves' is looking for, he is one of them!"