Chapter 380: Chapter 221: The Mansion of Da Tang, Black Heavenly Dog_3
[Based on their armor, swords and the aura they emit while patrolling, you can tell that these samurai are far more formidable than those you saw at the entrance of the residence. They are the elite force of the Otani family’s eldest son.]
[You come to the entrance of the vast sleeping quarters where the unconscious old family master lies.]
[A group of armored samurai stops your way and doesn’t allow you to get closer.]
[You yell at them, but they remain as they are. Although you haven’t turned your back around, you sense many samurai rushing towards this location.]
[Would you force your way into the sleeping quarters, or would you retreat for now?]
"Tsk... Seems like Master Fan’s access pass isn’t working anymore."
After pondering for a while, Lin Xun chooses the latter.
If the second son can have such a powerful aid ’Master Fan’, the eldest son of the Otani family can’t be without one.
This is not a good place to storm. The best strategy is to win through smart means.
It’s not too late to get ready for a fight after exploring the seal in the underground abyss.
[With a gloomy look on your face, you silently turn around and leave...]
[The samurais’ gazes follow you until you turn a corner and enter an unoccupied courtyard...]
"How am I going to get into the sleeping quarters?"
The first thing Lin Xun thought of was using the Medium Ninja Shell to sneak in invisibly.
But the Otani family’s eldest son, who has been the target of ninja assassinations, remained unscathed. He must have some sort of anti-invisibility device.
Invisibility and sneaking in has a high chance of failure.
Lin Xun, who hasn’t encountered a blockage in a long time, is struggling to find clues for a moment.
He opens his item inventory and looks for a while.
Suddenly his eyes brighten and lock onto an item.
[’Otani Family Samurai Order’ (Item): A silver order token with the three-tier scale family emblem of the ’Otani Family’ carved on it. This is a symbol of a noble samurai’s identity. With this item, you can enter certain specific places.]
"I guess it’s this thing, more often than not!"
Lin Xun ponders for a moment and doesn’t immediately rush out with the order.
Instead, he first chooses to switch bodies.
[You have possessed the body of the ’Fire Worshiping Warrior’!]
The Warrior is a samurai directly affiliated with the eldest son of the Otani family, considered a guard and also a leader among the samurai. This identity, combined with the samurai order, can be regarded as double insurance.
[You leave the unoccupied courtyard in large strides, heading to the sleeping quarters again...]
[The samurais at the entrance of the sleeping quarters bow their heads to you, and a warrior who looks like the team leader seems to want to ask you something.]
[You flash the ’Otani Family Samurai Order’ in front of him, and said in a deep voice, the master has ordered, who dares to stop?!]
[The warrior team leader quickly bows down and retreats...]
[You enter the sleeping quarters without obstruction, and casually shut the door behind you.]
[The sleeping quarters are spacious, yet the decorations are unusually plain, a consistent style of the old family master.]
[In the whole sleeping quarters, there’s only one person, that’s the unconscious old family master of the Otani family, lying on the bed.]
[You walk slowly to the bed, the old man with white hair is breathing weakly, seems that he can pass away at any moment.]
[You search around the sleeping quarters for a mechanism to enter the underground...]
[Searching...]
[You find a booklet in the bookshelf of the sleeping quarters.]
[You have obtained ’Ancient Book·Pillows’ (Junk)]
[Searching...]
[You find a delicate wine glass on the table.]
[You have obtained ’Celadon Snake Eye Cup’ (Junk)]
[Searching...]
[You searched everywhere, but found nothing that looked like a mechanism.]
Lin Xun slaps his forehead.
He quickly switches back to Master Fan’s body and continues to search.
[You go straight to the bedside and turn the vase on the headboard...]
[A mechanical sound comes from below, it is faint and requires calmness to detect the movement.]
[Soon, a square stone slab opens in front of the bed, revealing a dark tunnel leading underground.]
[Just as you are about to step in, you hear the old man on the bed mutter weakly...]
[’Masayuki, is it really too late to change anything?’]
Lin Xun raises an eyebrow, Hirakawa Masayuki is Master Fan’s real name.
He was thinking of going straight underground, but the old family master suddenly woke up.
[You stop your steps, approach the bed...]
[The dying old man’s eyes still hold a glimmer of hope, you tell the old family master about the purge of the second son’s servants and bodyguards.]
[You bluntly state that now the second son being held captive by the eldest son and no longer has the possibility to vie for the position of family master.]
[He is silent for a long time, and then takes out an item from under his pillow, handing it to you shakily.]
[’The Fire Worshiping Otani Family Old Master’ delivers the final words to you, whatever being suppressed in the abyss is extremely dangerous, you must protect the second son’s life...]
[After that, the old family master stops breathing, and his eyes lose focus.]
[’The Fire Worshiping Otani Family Old Master’ has died, you did not gain any experience.]
[You have obtained ’Demon-Suppressing Crow Feather Charm’ (Special Item)]
[’Crow Feather Charm’ (Special Item): A jet-black feather as long as a common person’s forearm, with dense blood-red curse texts written on it.]
[Carrying this item, the hostility of the ’Black Heavenly Dog’ towards you will decrease to its lowest. If you use this item, it will weaken some of the ’Black Heavenly Dog’s’ power.]
"Black Heavenly Dog... This is the big boss that’s being suppressed in the abyss, isn’t it?"
Lin Xun looks at the item description, pensively.
