In Revered Light City.
At the Meng family estate.
As a family with a Profound Level expert, they owned a sprawling estate.
In a small house in one corner of the estate.
"You're the one looking to cause trouble for me?" A burly man narrowed his eyes at the man before him.
He was Meng Luo, the man in charge of the Meng family's property rental business.
Although he was only at Spirit Level and did not have a light affinity, the patriarch favored him, making him someone of standing in the city.
"I'm not here to cause trouble. I was staying in the house I rented from you, but some terrifying fellow suddenly came barging in, saying you'd already rented it to him. I couldn't beat him, so I could only come ask you to settle this fairly."
This was the man Dongguan had found in his rented courtyard.
When facing Dongguan, he had said he would go make trouble for Meng Luo, but here, he changed his story.
"Which place did you rent?" Meng Luo frowned.
"It's..." The man described its location.
"Oh, that one." Meng Luo understood, then turned to another man beside him. "Didn't you say that fellow was dead?"
"We searched all over the city and couldn't find that fellow called Guan! There was only a record of him entering the Underground Cavern, and that was a year ago. Who rents a courtyard and doesn't come back for an entire year? He might as well stay at an inn. Surely he was dead?"
The man was small and scrawny. Had Dongguan been there, he would have recognized Aier, the guide who had shown him around.
Aier was becoming incoherent.
"Wait." Meng Luo rubbed his forehead. "I clearly still had plenty of houses. Why did that