Chapter 3542: () The Western Depot Pays a Visit
Afternoon sunlight streamed through the carved windows of the Drunken Immortal Inn's front hall, spilling across the flagstone floor.
A group of uninvited guests sat or stood quietly in the hall. The inn's front doors had been shut, too, and two people stood guard outside, seemingly determined not to let anyone else in.
Soon!
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Annie appeared first, skipping along with half a candied hawthorn still in her mouth.
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Yue Lingshan and Lu Dayou followed close behind.
However...
The moment they stepped into the hall, Yue Lingshan and Lu Dayou both froze.
They saw more than a dozen guards in embroidered flying-fish uniforms standing in two rows, sabers at their waists. They surrounded a man seated brazenly in the middle of the hall.
The man wore a green python robe. His face was pale and hairless, and he was leisurely sipping tea.
"Hm?"
Only when he saw the three of them enter did he set down his teacup. He delicately raised a finger and pointed at the empty seats at his table, then spoke in a somewhat gloomy, pinched voice:
"You must be the Huashan Sect's outstanding disciples, 'Fairy of the Startling Swan' Yue Lingshan and 'White Cloud Swordsman' Lu Dayou. Please, sit!"
"Don't worry!"
"I mean you no harm."
As he spoke, he pointed again at the three vacant seats at the square table, inviting them to sit.
"??"
His voice was shrill, yet carried a hint of authority. Still, it made Yue Lingshan feel distinctly uncomfortable.
"Junior Sister..."
Lu Dayou seemed to have noticed something. He nudged her arm and whispered:
"He seems to be a eunuch."
Before they could say anything more, Annie had already trotted right up to the table and climbed onto a