With the town guardian's appearance, Yang Yidao no longer regarded Chen Lin with hostility.
Lu Xiaoxing had suffered his injuries for nothing, too.
But aside from the reward, Chen Lin had obtained no other treasures. He had indeed found quite a few of the items once sold in the shop, including several lengths of Thousand-Silk Softness. Unfortunately, they were all ordinary objects.
He suspected.
Only items tourists bought with Wanderer Coins possessed special abilities. Those the local functionaries bought with ordinary money were merely everyday supplies.
"This is a descendant of the Liu Family."
Yang Yidao brought Chen Lin to an old courtyard and introduced the white-haired elderly woman who came out.
Chen Lin probed her with his senses.
She was simply an old woman nearing the end of her lifespan, without any energy fluctuations or special qualities.
"Aunt Liu."
"This is Young Master Chen of the Chen Residence. He has a few things to ask you."
Constable Yang introduced him, nodded to Chen Lin, then left the courtyard.
"What do you want to ask?"
The old woman trembled as she moved. Rather than invite Chen Lin inside, she sat on a stone stool in the courtyard.
Chen Lin did not mind.
He came straight to the point. "Nothing else, really. I just challenged the Heavenly Martial Arena and earned the title of Fighter King. I heard Miss Liu Nanzhi also received this honor, so I came to ask whether she left anything behind."
"Oh, that."
A flicker passed through the old woman's cloudy eyes.
Then she shook her head. "No."
"Even if she had, it couldn't have been left to me. I may belong to the Liu Family, but I'm not from the same branch..."
As she spoke.
Her voice grew mechanical.
Then she changed tack. "But there was