Bai Lixin smiled softly and said nothing more.
The frost on the silver wizard’s eyelashes had melted, and as the temperature outside dropped, the water that had not yet evaporated instantly condensed into ice.
The silver eyelashes like pigeon feathers also froze into strands.
Perhaps because the body was a thousand-year-old ice, the silver wizard’s skin was very white. However, his white was not the bloodless ‘zombie white’, but a glowing milky white.
The silver-haired wizard, whose eyelashes trembled slightly because of the unfamiliar warm emotions, avoided Bai Lixin’s sight, and his expression, which was always serious, was a bit flustered at the moment, and his movements as they walked on the road were a bit incoherent.
‘He looks… strangely cute.
Shy, clueless men are the most deadly.
Huh, no, he isn’t clueless, though.’
Bai Lixin cupped his chin while looking the silver-haired wizard up and down.
Although the silver-haired wizard did not look at Bai Lixin directly, he kept looking at him from the corner of his eyes. The more he saw Bai Lixin’s thoughtful and scrutinizing gaze, the more nervous he felt.
Why was the atmosphere so strange?
Was the oppression between the two of them reversed?
Bai Lixin looked at the silver-haired wizard for a long time, and finally, the silver wizard couldn’t take it anymore. He coughed lightly and said, “Shouldn’t we go and find that curly-bearded man? He probably knows something.”
“If the mermaid was just a phantom, then the curly bearded man on that tape should be a phantom too. It must be his real body that brought us into the truck, so he must still be alive and is somewhere around here.”
The silver-haired wizard finally found his footing when it was time to get down to business.
Bai Lixin withdrew his gaze regretfully and said, “You’re right.”
The two turned towards the large tent, and halfway there, they saw a large crowd gathered ahead.
The two men looked at each other and strode over.
Both were quite tall and although they couldn’t squeeze in, they stood on tiptoe in the outer circle to see the scene ahead.
The curly-bearded man, who was arrogant a few hours ago, was laying in a pool of blood, life, and death unknown. There was a shiny dagger stuck in his chest, and several other wounds in his abdomen.
“How tragic! So much blood has been shed, and a knife has been stabbed into the heart, it’s a hopeless case.”
“He was stabbed awhile ago, and I saw the murderer.”
“Who is the murderer? It’s horrible! And why did you let the murderer get away? What if that murderous guy gets mad and comes back to kill us?”
“Shit, if he could kill such a big man, wouldn’t I get cut down like a vegetable? Would I be crazy to stop him from running away?”
“So who’s the murderer anyway? Tell us so we can avoid them.”
“You can’t avoid them. It was a clown with flyers. In that big clown toy costume, with that heavy makeup on his face, you won’t be able to recognize him when he changes out of his costume.”
“Yeah, I saw him too; the murderer was in a clown costume. He was really ruthless, he came straight at him with the dagger. The circus leader was still picking up customers, so he didn’t have time to react and was knocked down.”
“So many stabbings, what kind of grudge is this?”
“How ironic, the clown who makes people laugh has become a murderer who makes people cry.”
Bai Lixin and Dijia looked at each other.
The curly-bearded man was dead, and the clown had run away.
The clue that had just come to hand was lost again.
Silver-haired wizard: “Things happen and the man is dead; what are you going to do next?”
Bai Lixin: “We’re already here, let’s take a look around, maybe we’ll come across some other clues.”
The two left the gathering crowd and began to wander around the circus. The circus show, which was scheduled to start in half an hour, was cut short by the sudden death of the circus leader and the escape of the clown.
The circus performers In costume sat outside the shed with bewildered looks.
They didn’t even notice Bai Lixin and Dijia, who had come over…
Among these people were a pair of twins, men dressed as playing cards, and a dozen people with bald heads.
After sizing up these people one by one, Bai Lixin calmly walked past them and left in silence.
They went around the garden and found discarded clown clothes behind a hidden bush and nothing else.
When the two came back to the crime scene, they found that the body had been taken by the police and the spectators had left, leaving only a pool of blood on the ground.
Bai Lixin moved in front of the pool of blood and stared at it for a moment before suddenly bending down and picking something up from the ground.
The silver-haired wizard raised an eyebrow when he saw what it was. Bai Lixin winked at him and pulled him outside.
They exited the circus and didn’t choose the path back to the tavern, but a sparsely populated path instead.
“What are you going to do with the stuff?” The sun was setting, tinting the sky with a deep, cloudy haze.
They walked slowly, and Bai Lixin was playing with the object he picked up from beside the pool of blood. He casually said, “Give it to the police; it’s surprising that they didn’t find such an important clue, with this, they can immediately lock up the murderer.”
The wizard’s silvery pupils flashed with a smile, “Yeah, I know who the murderer is too.”
The two men veered further and further away from the populated areas until they were the only ones left.
There was a corner up ahead, and just as they were about to make a turn, a man suddenly came out from around the corner. The path was uneven, and he bumped straight into Bai Lixin.
The man hurriedly bowed his head in apology and turned to leave after the two of them ran into each other.
At that moment, the silver-haired wizard stood directly in front of him, blocking the man’s way.
“Why are you apologizing?” Bai Lixin’s lazy voice came from behind the Dijia. “First, look at what you have stolen.”
The man was dressed in a trench coat, his face was thin, and he looked thirty.
He looked down in a panic and saw that there was nothing in his hand, just a perfectly ordinary stone.
Bai Lixin: “The murderer appears to have committed a crime of passion, and I suspected that, if it was a crime of passion, the murderer would probably linger for a while after realizing that he would not be identified and also because he wouldn’t be sure about what the police could find. It’s something that many murderers have in mind: The enemy is in the light, he is in the dark, and he carefully hides away and keeps track of things to make sure he can get away with it. “
“Of course, that’s just speculation on my part. So I picked up a small stone from the ground to see if I could catch the fish.”
“I didn’t expect it to be quite easy, you really took the bait.”
Bai Lixin pondered for a few seconds, saying, “If you look at it that way, my sixth is pretty strong.”
There was a flash of panic under the man’s eyes, but he quickly calmed down. He looked at Bai Lixin with a pleading face and cried for mercy, “This young master, I was wrong. I am poor, so I thought of stealing from you. I don’t understand what you were saying, I really just saw that you were well dressed and thought you were holding some gold or silver treasure I could steal.”
“Look, I ended up failing to steal anything, so please be generous and don’t take me to the police, okay?”
“You’re a good man, spare me this time, won’t you?”
Bai Lixin was unmoved, “If you think you could conceal yourself, you must have forgotten that the other members of the same circus have seen you after removing your make-up. Clown, I can take you to the circus for confirmation. Your lie is so easy to dismantle that it can’t stand up to scrutiny. Stop being a hardass; I just want to ask a few questions.”
The look of resigned pleading quickly faded from the man’s face and was replaced by a smiling one.
He leaned against the wall behind him, clutching the stone in his hand, as he looked at Bai Lixin vigilantly and asked, “What do you want to know?”
Bai Lixin: “Miss Xihai is a mermaid with a blue tail, right?”
At the mention of Miss Xihai, the man’s face immediately showed a look of fascination, “That’s right, she’s a blue-tailed mermaid full of charm.”
Bai Lixin: “Have you ever seen her tail turn to gold?”
“How is that possible?” The man looked at Bai Lixin contemptuously and said, “She’s not a chameleon, how could she have such a boring color like gold? Blue is so beautiful, as mysterious and noble as the sea.”
Bai Lixin was silent for two seconds and continued, “Does Miss Xihai have children? Any lovers?”
The man’s eyes immediately went wide, “Don’t insult Miss Xihai, she is the purest of mermaids, she is only eighteen years old, pure and beautiful is her label.”
Bai Lixin: “So she doesn’t have children or lovers?”
Clown: “Definitely not! What else do you want to ask? I refuse to answer if they are all such meaningless questions.”
Bai Lixin: “There are two or three more questions left, so please bear with me. How did Miss Xihai come to the circus?”
The clown paused a little longer this time, he thought for a moment before answering, “It was Miss Xihai’s stepmother who brought her here. I don’t know how the conversation went at the time, but I saw the circus leader give Mrs. Xihai a large sum of money.”
“After that, Miss Xihai stayed with us at the circus for months.”
“I thought she was so beautiful at the time, a classical kind of beauty, not at all like the vulgar ones. She was so stunning that she quickly became a hit and became the ace of our circus.”
Bai Lixin: “Do you remember the look on her face when she arrived? Was it very sad, or was it calm?”
The clown frowned slightly and said, “It’s been so long, and if I remember correctly, Miss Xihai was calm. She even went to see Mrs Xihai off when she was leaving. Do you want to ask if she was forced? We have done this sort of thing in the circus, but it is usually voluntary on the part of the members of the circus.”
“Mrs. Xihai wasn’t as vicious as the rumors made her out to be, and the two seemed to have a pretty good relationship, so I didn’t see how Miss Xihai was being forced.”
“So that’s how it is,” Bai Lixin’s eyes were fixed on the clown’s hand playing with the stone, “so when did she leave? Why did she leave?”
Clown: “That I know, I was on great terms with Miss Xihai. She told me that she was homesick and wanted to go back to where she belonged. I thought she was just lamenting, but she actually left the next day.”
Bai Lixin: “You said a little earlier that Miss Xihai is not dead, why are you so sure?”
“Because Miss Xihai is so good,” the clown got excited, “how could anyone be willing to kill her? I don’t even believe anyone could bear to.”
“Not even our violent circus leader laid a finger on Miss Xihai; don’t look at the version that wants to eat of Miss Xihai’s flesh or not, he would be the first to fold if Miss Xihai stood up to him.”
Bai Lixin and the silver-haired wizard looked at each other, and the wizard continued to ask, “Have you ever heard Miss Xihai sing?”
Clown: “Of course I have, how could there be such a moving song? It’s obvious that she just stands there and could live off her face, but she has to live off her talent.”
Bai Lixin: [System, check the clown’s san value.]
Escape System: [Yes, Master Bai Lixin.]
[Ding! Scan completed. Target’s san value is 45 (slowly recovering).]
[He must have been under mental attack for a long time before.]
Bai Lixin: [I know, thanks.]
He looked at the clown’s obsessed eyes, and Bai Lixin asked the last question, “If Miss Xihai didn’t die, where do you think she went?”
Clown: “Home, of course.”
“Miss Xihai is a mermaid, and her home is the sea, is there any need to ask? The mermaid legend tells us that there is a mermaid palace in the deep sea, and since Miss Xihai is so beautiful and noble, she must be the mermaid princess of the mermaid palace. Although I am very sad to have parted with Miss Xihai, it is the best place for her to live.”
Bai Lixin: “Okay, I understand, thank you, I’ve asked all the questions I wanted to ask.”
The infatuation in the clown’s eyes faded, and he looked at Bai Lixin with a wary expression, “Then, we’re done?”
Bai Lixin: “Yes, go on your way.”
The clown was a little incredulous, “Are you really willing to let me go?”
Bai Lixin: “If you wish to hear the truth, yes, for even if I let you go now, you will soon be caught.”
“It may appear that you have managed to escape, but your colleagues at the circus know it was you. Your portrait will soon be posted in every corner of this city, and with the “fog” that appears late at night, you will need to go back to your room at night to hide from it.”
“With such multiple pressures, you have nowhere to run.”
“Then I’ll try too!” The clown straightened up and said, “I’ve tolerated that trash circus leader for a long time, beating this and that every day, not leaving me with any dignity, he deserves to die.”
The clown casually threw away the stone in his hand and ran into the darkness.
At this time, the fog had gradually enveloped the seaside city. The clown ran for a short time and soon disappeared into the billowing fog.
Silver-haired wizard: “Shall we go back too?”
Bai Lixin glanced towards the sea: “Yes.”
The road was already deserted by the time they got back, and when they returned to the tavern, Bai Lixin and the silver-haired wizard immediately noticed the tense atmosphere inside, as if that were something unusual.
The small tavern was full, and the one-eyed, bearded man with the hook in his hand sat in the middle.
The men at his side all looked up at the sound of the door opening.
The silver-haired wizard quietly and unobtrusively shielded Bai Lixin behind him and asked, “Something wrong?”
The bearded man had changed into more ornate clothes than the previous ones, and the hook in his hand had changed from a silver hook to a gold one.
His one eye glanced at Bai Lixin, and he smiled sarcastically, “Yo, not bad looking, two good-looking men make a natural pair.”
The silver-haired wizard grimaced, not even wanting to engage the bearded man.
Although he was willing to hear that they were “a natural pair”, the dismissive tone from the bearded man’s mouth made him disgusted.
The bearded man burst out laughing, and the sailors around him laughed along with him.
Silver-haired wizard: “……”
How is that funny?
After a few seconds, the bearded man finally stopped his awkward laugh and said, “Wizard, the last time we worked together was quite pleasant, I would like to continue a deal with you.”
Bai Lixin gave the silver-haired wizard a curious look.
“You helped us dispel the ice and snow, and I helped you find the sea monster’s lair. I wanted to share the joy of finding the treasure with you, but I didn’t expect you to suddenly disappear.”
“Just like when you suddenly appeared then, how mysterious.”
Bai Lixin gave the silver-haired wizard a sidelong glance. He seemed to know what was going on.
The bearded man: “Based on the pleasant cooperation last time, I would like to invite you again for a new journey, what do you think?”
“No……” The silver-haired wizard was about to refuse when Bai Lixin pinched his waist, and the words took a quick turn, and the exit became, “Why don’t you tell me more and I think about it.”
The bearded man: “We came here to find the mermaid palace and mermaid treasure, and I believe a wizard would be interested in the mermaid legend as well, right?”
The silver-haired wizard frowned slightly.
Would you believe that I’m not interested?
Bai Lixin pinched again.
“……” the silver-haired wizard grimaced, “Well, a little interested.”
Bai Lixin smiled softly and said nothing more.
The frost on the silver wizard’s eyelashes had melted, and as the temperature outside dropped, the water that had not yet evaporated instantly condensed into ice.
The silver eyelashes like pigeon feathers also froze into strands.
Perhaps because the body was a thousand-year-old ice, the silver wizard’s skin was very white. However, his white was not the bloodless ‘zombie white’, but a glowing milky white.
The silver-haired wizard, whose eyelashes trembled slightly because of the unfamiliar warm emotions, avoided Bai Lixin’s sight, and his expression, which was always serious, was a bit flustered at the moment, and his movements as they walked on the road were a bit incoherent.
‘He looks… strangely cute.
Shy, clueless men are the most deadly.
Huh, no, he isn’t clueless, though.’
Bai Lixin cupped his chin while looking the silver-haired wizard up and down.
Although the silver-haired wizard did not look at Bai Lixin directly, he kept looking at him from the corner of his eyes. The more he saw Bai Lixin’s thoughtful and scrutinizing gaze, the more nervous he felt.
Why was the atmosphere so strange?
Was the oppression between the two of them reversed?
Bai Lixin looked at the silver-haired wizard for a long time, and finally, the silver wizard couldn’t take it anymore. He coughed lightly and said, “Shouldn’t we go and find that curly-bearded man? He probably knows something.”
“If the mermaid was just a phantom, then the curly bearded man on that tape should be a phantom too. It must be his real body that brought us into the truck, so he must still be alive and is somewhere around here.”
The silver-haired wizard finally found his footing when it was time to get down to business.
Bai Lixin withdrew his gaze regretfully and said, “You’re right.”
The two turned towards the large tent, and halfway there, they saw a large crowd gathered ahead.
The two men looked at each other and strode over.
Both were quite tall and although they couldn’t squeeze in, they stood on tiptoe in the outer circle to see the scene ahead.
The curly-bearded man, who was arrogant a few hours ago, was laying in a pool of blood, life, and death unknown. There was a shiny dagger stuck in his chest, and several other wounds in his abdomen.
“How tragic! So much blood has been shed, and a knife has been stabbed into the heart, it’s a hopeless case.”
“He was stabbed awhile ago, and I saw the murderer.”
“Who is the murderer? It’s horrible! And why did you let the murderer get away? What if that murderous guy gets mad and comes back to kill us?”
“Shit, if he could kill such a big man, wouldn’t I get cut down like a vegetable? Would I be crazy to stop him from running away?”
“So who’s the murderer anyway? Tell us so we can avoid them.”
“You can’t avoid them. It was a clown with flyers. In that big clown toy costume, with that heavy makeup on his face, you won’t be able to recognize him when he changes out of his costume.”
“Yeah, I saw him too; the murderer was in a clown costume. He was really ruthless, he came straight at him with the dagger. The circus leader was still picking up customers, so he didn’t have time to react and was knocked down.”
“So many stabbings, what kind of grudge is this?”
“How ironic, the clown who makes people laugh has become a murderer who makes people cry.”
Bai Lixin and Dijia looked at each other.
The curly-bearded man was dead, and the clown had run away.
The clue that had just come to hand was lost again.
Silver-haired wizard: “Things happen and the man is dead; what are you going to do next?”
Bai Lixin: “We’re already here, let’s take a look around, maybe we’ll come across some other clues.”
The two left the gathering crowd and began to wander around the circus. The circus show, which was scheduled to start in half an hour, was cut short by the sudden death of the circus leader and the escape of the clown.
The circus performers In costume sat outside the shed with bewildered looks.
They didn’t even notice Bai Lixin and Dijia, who had come over…
Among these people were a pair of twins, men dressed as playing cards, and a dozen people with bald heads.
After sizing up these people one by one, Bai Lixin calmly walked past them and left in silence.
They went around the garden and found discarded clown clothes behind a hidden bush and nothing else.
When the two came back to the crime scene, they found that the body had been taken by the police and the spectators had left, leaving only a pool of blood on the ground.
Bai Lixin moved in front of the pool of blood and stared at it for a moment before suddenly bending down and picking something up from the ground.
The silver-haired wizard raised an eyebrow when he saw what it was. Bai Lixin winked at him and pulled him outside.
They exited the circus and didn’t choose the path back to the tavern, but a sparsely populated path instead.
“What are you going to do with the stuff?” The sun was setting, tinting the sky with a deep, cloudy haze.
They walked slowly, and Bai Lixin was playing with the object he picked up from beside the pool of blood. He casually said, “Give it to the police; it’s surprising that they didn’t find such an important clue, with this, they can immediately lock up the murderer.”
The wizard’s silvery pupils flashed with a smile, “Yeah, I know who the murderer is too.”
The two men veered further and further away from the populated areas until they were the only ones left.
There was a corner up ahead, and just as they were about to make a turn, a man suddenly came out from around the corner. The path was uneven, and he bumped straight into Bai Lixin.
The man hurriedly bowed his head in apology and turned to leave after the two of them ran into each other.
At that moment, the silver-haired wizard stood directly in front of him, blocking the man’s way.
“Why are you apologizing?” Bai Lixin’s lazy voice came from behind the Dijia. “First, look at what you have stolen.”
The man was dressed in a trench coat, his face was thin, and he looked thirty.
He looked down in a panic and saw that there was nothing in his hand, just a perfectly ordinary stone.
Bai Lixin: “The murderer appears to have committed a crime of passion, and I suspected that, if it was a crime of passion, the murderer would probably linger for a while after realizing that he would not be identified and also because he wouldn’t be sure about what the police could find. It’s something that many murderers have in mind: The enemy is in the light, he is in the dark, and he carefully hides away and keeps track of things to make sure he can get away with it. “
“Of course, that’s just speculation on my part. So I picked up a small stone from the ground to see if I could catch the fish.”
“I didn’t expect it to be quite easy, you really took the bait.”
Bai Lixin pondered for a few seconds, saying, “If you look at it that way, my sixth is pretty strong.”
There was a flash of panic under the man’s eyes, but he quickly calmed down. He looked at Bai Lixin with a pleading face and cried for mercy, “This young master, I was wrong. I am poor, so I thought of stealing from you. I don’t understand what you were saying, I really just saw that you were well dressed and thought you were holding some gold or silver treasure I could steal.”
“Look, I ended up failing to steal anything, so please be generous and don’t take me to the police, okay?”
“You’re a good man, spare me this time, won’t you?”
Bai Lixin was unmoved, “If you think you could conceal yourself, you must have forgotten that the other members of the same circus have seen you after removing your make-up. Clown, I can take you to the circus for confirmation. Your lie is so easy to dismantle that it can’t stand up to scrutiny. Stop being a hardass; I just want to ask a few questions.”
The look of resigned pleading quickly faded from the man’s face and was replaced by a smiling one.
He leaned against the wall behind him, clutching the stone in his hand, as he looked at Bai Lixin vigilantly and asked, “What do you want to know?”
Bai Lixin: “Miss Xihai is a mermaid with a blue tail, right?”
At the mention of Miss Xihai, the man’s face immediately showed a look of fascination, “That’s right, she’s a blue-tailed mermaid full of charm.”
Bai Lixin: “Have you ever seen her tail turn to gold?”
“How is that possible?” The man looked at Bai Lixin contemptuously and said, “She’s not a chameleon, how could she have such a boring color like gold? Blue is so beautiful, as mysterious and noble as the sea.”
Bai Lixin was silent for two seconds and continued, “Does Miss Xihai have children? Any lovers?”
The man’s eyes immediately went wide, “Don’t insult Miss Xihai, she is the purest of mermaids, she is only eighteen years old, pure and beautiful is her label.”
Bai Lixin: “So she doesn’t have children or lovers?”
Clown: “Definitely not! What else do you want to ask? I refuse to answer if they are all such meaningless questions.”
Bai Lixin: “There are two or three more questions left, so please bear with me. How did Miss Xihai come to the circus?”
The clown paused a little longer this time, he thought for a moment before answering, “It was Miss Xihai’s stepmother who brought her here. I don’t know how the conversation went at the time, but I saw the circus leader give Mrs. Xihai a large sum of money.”
“After that, Miss Xihai stayed with us at the circus for months.”
“I thought she was so beautiful at the time, a classical kind of beauty, not at all like the vulgar ones. She was so stunning that she quickly became a hit and became the ace of our circus.”
Bai Lixin: “Do you remember the look on her face when she arrived? Was it very sad, or was it calm?”
The clown frowned slightly and said, “It’s been so long, and if I remember correctly, Miss Xihai was calm. She even went to see Mrs Xihai off when she was leaving. Do you want to ask if she was forced? We have done this sort of thing in the circus, but it is usually voluntary on the part of the members of the circus.”
“Mrs. Xihai wasn’t as vicious as the rumors made her out to be, and the two seemed to have a pretty good relationship, so I didn’t see how Miss Xihai was being forced.”
“So that’s how it is,” Bai Lixin’s eyes were fixed on the clown’s hand playing with the stone, “so when did she leave? Why did she leave?”
Clown: “That I know, I was on great terms with Miss Xihai. She told me that she was homesick and wanted to go back to where she belonged. I thought she was just lamenting, but she actually left the next day.”
Bai Lixin: “You said a little earlier that Miss Xihai is not dead, why are you so sure?”
“Because Miss Xihai is so good,” the clown got excited, “how could anyone be willing to kill her? I don’t even believe anyone could bear to.”
“Not even our violent circus leader laid a finger on Miss Xihai; don’t look at the version that wants to eat of Miss Xihai’s flesh or not, he would be the first to fold if Miss Xihai stood up to him.”
Bai Lixin and the silver-haired wizard looked at each other, and the wizard continued to ask, “Have you ever heard Miss Xihai sing?”
Clown: “Of course I have, how could there be such a moving song? It’s obvious that she just stands there and could live off her face, but she has to live off her talent.”
Bai Lixin: [System, check the clown’s san value.]
Escape System: [Yes, Master Bai Lixin.]
[Ding! Scan completed. Target’s san value is 45 (slowly recovering).]
[He must have been under mental attack for a long time before.]
Bai Lixin: [I know, thanks.]
He looked at the clown’s obsessed eyes, and Bai Lixin asked the last question, “If Miss Xihai didn’t die, where do you think she went?”
Clown: “Home, of course.”
“Miss Xihai is a mermaid, and her home is the sea, is there any need to ask? The mermaid legend tells us that there is a mermaid palace in the deep sea, and since Miss Xihai is so beautiful and noble, she must be the mermaid princess of the mermaid palace. Although I am very sad to have parted with Miss Xihai, it is the best place for her to live.”
Bai Lixin: “Okay, I understand, thank you, I’ve asked all the questions I wanted to ask.”
The infatuation in the clown’s eyes faded, and he looked at Bai Lixin with a wary expression, “Then, we’re done?”
Bai Lixin: “Yes, go on your way.”
The clown was a little incredulous, “Are you really willing to let me go?”
Bai Lixin: “If you wish to hear the truth, yes, for even if I let you go now, you will soon be caught.”
“It may appear that you have managed to escape, but your colleagues at the circus know it was you. Your portrait will soon be posted in every corner of this city, and with the “fog” that appears late at night, you will need to go back to your room at night to hide from it.”
“With such multiple pressures, you have nowhere to run.”
“Then I’ll try too!” The clown straightened up and said, “I’ve tolerated that trash circus leader for a long time, beating this and that every day, not leaving me with any dignity, he deserves to die.”
The clown casually threw away the stone in his hand and ran into the darkness.
At this time, the fog had gradually enveloped the seaside city. The clown ran for a short time and soon disappeared into the billowing fog.
Silver-haired wizard: “Shall we go back too?”
Bai Lixin glanced towards the sea: “Yes.”
The road was already deserted by the time they got back, and when they returned to the tavern, Bai Lixin and the silver-haired wizard immediately noticed the tense atmosphere inside, as if that were something unusual.
The small tavern was full, and the one-eyed, bearded man with the hook in his hand sat in the middle.
The men at his side all looked up at the sound of the door opening.
The silver-haired wizard quietly and unobtrusively shielded Bai Lixin behind him and asked, “Something wrong?”
The bearded man had changed into more ornate clothes than the previous ones, and the hook in his hand had changed from a silver hook to a gold one.
His one eye glanced at Bai Lixin, and he smiled sarcastically, “Yo, not bad looking, two good-looking men make a natural pair.”
The silver-haired wizard grimaced, not even wanting to engage the bearded man.
Although he was willing to hear that they were “a natural pair”, the dismissive tone from the bearded man’s mouth made him disgusted.
The bearded man burst out laughing, and the sailors around him laughed along with him.
Silver-haired wizard: “……”
How is that funny?
After a few seconds, the bearded man finally stopped his awkward laugh and said, “Wizard, the last time we worked together was quite pleasant, I would like to continue a deal with you.”
Bai Lixin gave the silver-haired wizard a curious look.
“You helped us dispel the ice and snow, and I helped you find the sea monster’s lair. I wanted to share the joy of finding the treasure with you, but I didn’t expect you to suddenly disappear.”
“Just like when you suddenly appeared then, how mysterious.”
Bai Lixin gave the silver-haired wizard a sidelong glance. He seemed to know what was going on.
The bearded man: “Based on the pleasant cooperation last time, I would like to invite you again for a new journey, what do you think?”
“No……” The silver-haired wizard was about to refuse when Bai Lixin pinched his waist, and the words took a quick turn, and the exit became, “Why don’t you tell me more and I think about it.”
The bearded man: “We came here to find the mermaid palace and mermaid treasure, and I believe a wizard would be interested in the mermaid legend as well, right?”
The silver-haired wizard frowned slightly.
Would you believe that I’m not interested?
Bai Lixin pinched again.
“……” the silver-haired wizard grimaced, “Well, a little interested.”
