After the battle with the Threnodian ended, the Tacet Discord Hunter Lianfeng sent him a message, asking to meet him at this teahouse.
With nothing else to do, Ling An headed to the teahouse first.
As it happened, a storyteller was performing.
He figured he might as well listen.
That would have been fine-until he actually heard it!
A Threnodian with four eyes, five claws, and a gaping, bloodthirsty maw...
How had he never heard of that?
It even spoke human language. The story had crossed straight over into Journey to the West.
Where had this wild unofficial history come from?
It was so wild that "history" was the only thing left.
Sure enough, you couldn't trust a storyteller's mouth.
At this rate, the next tale would be Wu Song's nighttime raid on the Grand View Garden, followed by Pan Jinlian beating the White Bone Demon three times.
Still, the part about him was fairly accurate.
There was room for further improvement next time.
A stifled laugh came from beside him.
Ling An looked helplessly at Tide Sis, who was sitting next to him.
He didn't know whether she was deliberately keeping an eye on him, but Tide Sis had insisted on coming along.
As a result, they had listened to a wildly embellished rendition of "Ling An Battles the Threnodian" together.
Tide Sis covered her mouth, her body trembling slightly.
After a long while, she gave Ling An a thumbs-up. "Truly impressive, Sir Patroller."
"Not bad, not bad."
"I wonder just how powerful our esteemed Patroller Ling An is now?" Tide Sis asked in an affected voice.
Ling An looked at her helplessly.
How had he never noticed what a little menace she was?
Ling An gritted his teeth in irritation, but there was nothing he could do about