"Lord Laralade, are you sure you haven't made a mistake? Lord Yan Huan is busy day and night protecting the Holy City. When would he have time to poison your Dazhuang?"
"Uh...?" When Laralade realized the man before him was the legendary Lord Yan Huan, cold sweat broke out all over him.
He'd picked a fight with the wrong person.
"Ahem... Perhaps there really has been a misunderstanding."
Laralade wiped the sweat from his forehead and broke into an ingratiating smile.
"Mr. Yan Huan, I failed to recognize you and gave offense. Please don't hold it against a lowly man like me!"
"..."
Yan Huan was at a loss for words.
"All right. That creature behind you is sick, right? Let me take a look."
"Oh? Lord Yan Huan, you're a veterinarian too? Your talents truly know no bounds!"
The man with the handlebar mustache followed Yan Huan, grinning as he piled on the flattery.
"I've heard of your heroic deeds for ages. It's just a shame I never got to meet you in person."
"And now, what a coincidence! I've run into you here at the Earth Beast Workshop!"
"It all happened so quickly that I didn't even have time to prepare a gift."
Under everyone's disdainful gaze, the mustached man rummaged through his clothes and finally produced a gemstone polished to a shine.
"Here! This gem is worth a fortune. Please, you must accept it!"
"Hm?" Yan Huan glanced at the gem and froze.
"Good grief. You think it's an ordinary stone too?!"
"Wh-what...?" The mustached man didn't quite understand.
Everyone else nearby pricked up their ears as well.
"It's actually..." Yan Huan began, then abruptly stopped.
If he remembered correctly, the mission to remove the corrupted bodies from the city was being carried out in secret.
"Forget