Using a Peach to Fish for Underworld

"Underworld went out to call you back for dinner. You're back? Where is she?"

Raiden Mei tilted her head and asked.

"Oh no! Underworld has no sense of direction! She definitely has no idea where she's wandered off to now!"

Underworld was incredibly powerful. Who could possibly track her whereabouts?

Starry Sky hurried outside.

He had not been gone for long, so Underworld should still be somewhere in Notting City.

After reaching the entrance and asking the guards, he learned that Underworld had also left only a short while ago.

So, Starry Sky asked around as he went, never losing the trail of Underworld's movements.

"Pant, pant... I'm exhausted... She's not here either..."

In the end, Starry Sky climbed onto a tall rooftop. Someone had said they had seen a purple-haired older sister standing up there.

Yet now that Starry Sky had climbed up, the rooftop was completely empty. There was nothing at all.

Where could Underworld have gone?

Starry Sky was starting to panic, though it was not because he was worried that Underworld might be in danger.

If Underworld left, he would only be able to sleep with two wives in his arms tonight.

Naturally, that left a huge gap in his heart.

After searching the city for a long time, Starry Sky still could not find Underworld. He asked the soldiers at the city gates, but no one had seen Underworld leave Notting City either.

If she had not gone through the gates, then with the outside world being so vast, finding her would be like looking for a needle in the ocean.

He should have kept Underworld with him all along.

Then this would not have happened.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Before he knew it, evening had arrived, and Starry Sky passed by a blacksmith's shop.

A blacksmith's shop?

Starry Sky was no longer very interested in the original plot, but Tang San should have come here to forge iron around this time, right?

When he looked over, he indeed saw Tang San.

Tang San was holding a hammer and showing the adults his strength.

After a round of hammering, everyone present cheered in excitement and no longer dared to underestimate Tang San.

It was just that Tang San had not used the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer like he had in the original story.

That was because Tang San had not told his father about his second martial soul.

Tang Hao did not think highly of Tang San either.

Not only did he not want Tang San to attend school and become a soul master, he had not even taught Tang San any hammer techniques.

Still, Tang San's experiences from his previous life were enough for him to easily outclass these blacksmiths.

Then Tang San began forging hidden weapons for himself, a smile on his face.

Once he truly made his hidden weapons, who in this world could still be his opponent?

Meanwhile, Starry Sky watched Tang San forge hidden weapons like a dog seeing shit.

Suddenly, Starry Sky's eyes widened as he thought of something!

Why did he need to search for Underworld?

Underworld was so powerful that finding her was harder than ascending to the heavens.

Wouldn't it be enough to make Underworld come out on her own?

What did Underworld like?

Starry Sky knew very well that she liked peaches the most.

If he made a gigantic peach and hung it in the sky, he could fish Underworld out from inside Notting City.

He acted as soon as he thought of it.

Besides, weren't there ready-made blacksmiths right here?

So Starry Sky stepped forward and said to the bearded uncle:

"Uncle, I need a gigantic frame made! I need it right now, it's urgent!"

The bearded uncle carried a hammer over his shoulder. Seeing how tiny Starry Sky was, he chuckled and said:

"Little kid? You should go to a toy store for children's toys."

"That's right, Little Kong. This isn't a place for children."

Tang San saw Starry Sky. He was now a blacksmith who could do an adult's work, and that gave him the superiority of someone in a higher position.

Starry Sky ignored him and tossed five Gold Soul Coins to the blacksmiths, saying grandly:

"This is half the deposit. If you finish it before midnight, I'll pay double the reward!"

"Double the reward! That's twenty Gold Soul Coins!"

All the blacksmiths' eyes widened. They only earned one Silver Soul Coin a month.

Once twenty Gold Soul Coins were divided among them, each of them could receive at least one Gold Soul Coin. That was equivalent to a year's wages!

The blacksmiths accepted the deposit and eagerly asked:

"Boss! What do you want made?"

"A frame for a gigantic peach. I'll find fabric afterward to wrap around it."

Starry Sky cared greatly about this matter. Once he confirmed the dimensions, he left.

"Little San, it seems you know our big client?"

The bearded uncle asked Tang San, who was hammering iron wire.

Tang San nodded, feeling deeply unsettled.

This Starry Sky overshadowed him everywhere: the number of martial souls, the age of his Soul Rings, the family around him, and now even his money.

He had even started working for Starry Sky now.

Still, earning one Gold Soul Coin in a single day made him feel delighted.

He thought Starry Sky was too foolish, spending twenty Gold Soul Coins just to make a peach frame. Was he some idiot rich kid?

"Uncle, Brother Kong is my roommate. One of his older sisters really likes peaches, so he's probably making it as a gift for her." Tang San's way of addressing Starry Sky had changed as well.

"Oh, looks like we have you to thank, Little San! Once we finish tonight, don't leave, Little San. We'll go to the most expensive restaurant in town and celebrate properly!"

"That's right, Little San. If your roommate wants anything else made in the future, bring him here. Tell him we'll give him half off!"

The blacksmiths desperately worked on the metal frame while trying to get close to Tang San.

Tang San's sense of superiority rose as well.

He felt that he would hold more authority in this blacksmith's shop from now on.

Then it would be more convenient for him to make hidden weapons.

All of this was thanks to Starry Sky's connections.

Starry Sky could not be bothered with Tang San's affairs. He only cared about how his peach frame was coming along.

Then, he went to the tailor's shop.

He had them use fluffy, somewhat elastic fabric and stitch it together into the peach's outer skin.

The elasticity was useful. Even if the dimensions were slightly off, it could still fit over the frame properly.

The long fuzz could also hide the seams left by sewing.

Before ten at night, under everyone's desperate efforts, a peach as large as a house had been made.

Lights were installed inside it, and it gave off a soft glow in the night. Just looking at it made one want to drool.

"Brother Kong, we didn't let you down!" Tang San wiped the sweat from his forehead. He had given it his all as well.

To make the peach more symmetrical, he had even used his martial soul to shape the metal into a peach first before having the blacksmiths weld it together.

Because of that, Tang San received two Gold Soul Coins at once.

For Starry Sky, his big benefactor, he at least became more respectful on the surface.

Tang San nodded at them. After paying, Raiden Mei lifted the peach into the sky.

The peach emitted a faint glow, like a silver moon in the dark night.

Shadow also brought Starry Sky into the sky. He looked around anxiously and waited.

He hoped Underworld was still in Notting City. Otherwise, they would have to carry this huge thing around everywhere.

Fortunately, less than five minutes later, a purple figure flew over from the distance. With a satisfied expression, she hugged the peach and even rubbed her face against it.

"Wife Underworld, I finally found you."

Starry Sky grabbed Underworld's wrist and refused to let go.

Underworld stared blankly at Starry Sky. After a while, she looked as though she had remembered something and said:

"Starry Sky, why are you here? Raiden Mei asked me to call you home for dinner."

"Dinner? It's already night. What dinner is there? I think you, Wife Underworld, are a purple cake, born to be eaten by me!"

With that, Starry Sky hugged Underworld and took a bite out of her peach!