When Yue Wen and the other two returned to Demon-Suppressing City, they discovered that Liu Yuanjun was not at home this time. Instead, he had left a note saying he had moved into the Many Dharma Inn for an extended stay.
They went to the inn to find him, only to see Liu Yuanjun sneaking out.
"Brother Liu, what happened to you?" Qi Dian asked curiously. "Why are you skulking around even inside the city?"
Liu Yuanjun looked at the three of them, somewhat speechless. "I was about to ask what you've been doing outside the city! These past two days, whenever I go out, I see people pointing at me and saying, 'He's on the River City Team too.' Then they glare at me, grinding their teeth. I was genuinely worried someone would take me down with them, so I hid here at the inn. Staying here costs money every day, but at least I can safeguard our assets."
Although all illegal acts were strictly prohibited within the city, that only meant crimes would be punished, not that they could not be committed.
In other words, if someone rushed out and killed Liu Yuanjun with a single blow inside the city, the killer would certainly be punished and eliminated once the authorities arrived, but Liu Yuanjun could not come back to life either.
Under normal circumstances, of course, no one would risk their life to trade one for one... unless they hated someone desperately enough.
If a team happened to have only one member left with no hope of advancing, that person might just take someone down with them inside the city if they bore a deep enough grudge.
Liu Yuanjun had no idea what his teammates had been doing outside these past two days to make so many