Lotie may have affected my mind.
Although Lu Cang had received Ansu's warning, he felt no sense of crisis about it. At worst, he could take his time figuring things out. Lotie probably wasn't planning to hurt him.
Besides, Ansu was always going on about other people having schemes and thinking everyone was out to get him.
Heh...
If I listened to him, wouldn't that mean I couldn't trust anyone?
The thought came perfectly naturally.
So Lu Cang still trusted Lotie a fair amount.
After leaving the harbor, Lu Cang and the others headed straight for a nearby large city called the City of Dark Silence.
As usual, they checked into the most expensive hotel in town.
The most expensive was usually the best.
And money was the one thing Lu Cang had no shortage of now.
Luluwei and the others got along quite well with Xiu Mi's adventuring party.
They'd already started discussing going on an adventure together.
That was good...
It would keep them from feeling left out if he went adventuring without them, which might otherwise lead to a few arguments.
Now that Luluwei was going adventuring with Xiu Mi and the others, at least someone would be there to look after her.
The passage leading to the Abyss from the Valley of Emptiness was one-way. People could travel from the Valley of Emptiness into the Abyss, but Abyss Creatures had a hard time coming out...
Across the world, people could find fragments capable of opening Abyss Rifts.
These fragments could temporarily open rifts resembling dungeons. Once a rift opened, Abyss Creatures would pour out in droves...
At that point, the adventurers who had prepared in advance would hunt them.
Abyss Creatures were extremely valuable.
So adventurers continued to flock to the Valley of Emptiness after finding