latelenovela Chapter 100 1nd Floor Underground
Chapter 100 1nd Floor Underground
The man wearing the bear mask seemed to want to take Lu Jinyan around a little longer, hoping to sell a few more demon slaves.
"Hmm, she's the only one on this floor. I want to go down to the next floor and take a look!" Lu Jinyan said as she walked, covering her nose.
"Alright, please follow me, guest!" Upon hearing that Lu Jinyan was going to the next floor, the bear-masked man said nothing more and immediately led the group in another direction.
The man wearing a bear mask led the group to a spacious room. Several masked guards with weapons stood at the door. The room was almost empty except for a table and a chair. An old man who looked exactly like the old man who had given them the wooden plaque sat at the table.
The same ragged clothes, the same gray hair, the same eyes closed and dozing off!
Lu Jinyan thought to herself, "Are they twins?"
The man wearing a bear mask led the group into the room, bowed to the old man, and said, "Grandpa, these gentlemen are going to take a look at the next floor!"
The old man didn't even look up, but simply extended his right hand. Lu Jinyan was taken aback, but Furong understood. She immediately took out her money pouch from her pocket to pay.
Lu Jinyan then realized that the old man wanted money to buy the pass, and she quickly stopped Furong, saying, "Sister-in-law, let me do it!"
Then she took out a bag from her bosom, took out one hundred demon crystals and handed them to the old man. The old man took the demon crystals but still didn't say anything. He just silently picked up the silver pass and handed it to Lu Jinyan.
"Thank you!" Lu Jinyan nodded her thanks and accepted the plaque.
After they paid and received their silver tokens, the man wearing the bear mask walked to a wall, casually pressed a button, and before Lu Jinyan could even see where he pressed, a passage appeared in the wall.
At the end of the passage stood a woman wearing a rabbit mask, who nodded to them and said, "Please follow me, guests!"
Although Lu Jinyan was somewhat surprised at how the passage appeared, she still pretended to be very calm and didn't want others to think that she was a country bumpkin who had never seen the world!
She took two steps forward, then suddenly stopped, turned to look at the man wearing the bear mask, and then glanced at the little girl who was staring at her expectantly, asking, "What about her? Is she coming down with us?"
"Don't worry, sir. She can't go down with you, but since you've decided to have her, she won't sell to you anymore. Take this tag. When you're done shopping, someone will take you to the checkout. Just give them this tag. When you come out, someone will take her to the front."
The man wearing the bear mask handed Lu Jinyan a delicate little chain with a small wooden plaque hanging from it. The plaque had some patterns she couldn't understand, probably their code.
Lu Jinyan took the chain in her hand and said to the little girl, "Wait for me here. I'm going downstairs for a walk and will come back to pick you up in a bit!"
The little girl seemed relieved and nodded obediently to Lu Jinyan. Lu Jinyan didn't say anything more and led the group into the secret passage in the wall.
Although it was called a secret passage, it was not dark at all. Every so often, the walls on both sides were inlaid with egg-sized luminous pearls, illuminating the passage brightly. Every short distance, there were guards dressed in black and wearing masks. As soon as the group entered, the wall behind them slammed shut with a loud bang. Liu Xu was startled and quickly reached out to grab Lu Jinyan's sleeve.
Lu Jinyan turned around and glanced at her, then reached out and patted Liu Xu's hand to comfort her. Furong was also a little scared, but as an elder, she couldn't show weakness in front of the younger generation, so she endured it.
Lu Jinyan reached out and took Liu Xu's hand in hers. Holding her hand, she walked forward, feeling a little regretful for bringing her along. She had bought Liu Xu from the demon slave market, and she figured it was a place Liu Xu never wanted to go back to in her life.
Ruohan and Lin Churan were visiting this kind of place for the first time. They weren't afraid; instead, they were full of curiosity. However, they were also constantly on guard, as they were the only two with high demonic power here. They had to be vigilant at all times to protect the safety of the others.
The group followed the woman in the rabbit mask for about the time it takes to brew a cup of tea before stopping. There was still an iron gate in front of them. The woman gently knocked on the iron gate twice, and it was opened. Then another woman wearing a rabbit mask appeared. However, she was different from the girl who had brought them. The girl who brought them had her entire face covered, but this one only had her upper half of her face covered, revealing a slightly upturned mouth.
Just by looking at that mouth, Lu Jinyan knew that the woman behind the mask must be quite beautiful. Lu Jinyan conscientiously handed over the silver pass.
The woman took the sign, glanced at it, and after confirming it was correct, smiled and said, "Please follow me, gentlemen!"
The woman wearing the rabbit mask who had just brought them bowed to them and then turned and went back into the secret passage.
Presumably, her job was to lead the guests out of the secret passage, and then return to the other side to wait for the next guest.
Lu Jinyan raised an eyebrow. The service was pretty good, but she wondered if staying in the secret passage for a long time would be boring.
Lu Jinyan shook her head, clearing her mind of the jumbled thoughts, and followed the woman wearing the rabbit mask through the iron gate.
Just like before, upon entering, there was a very large playground, filled with many iron cages, each containing about a dozen demon slaves. However, unlike before, the demon slaves here, although their clothes looked very worn, were quite clean.
Their hair was still a bit messy, but their faces were very clean. The people here were no longer skin and bones; although they didn't look very healthy, they seemed to have much better spirits than those above. And most importantly, they smelled much better than those above; although there was still a slight odor, it was much more bearable.
The woman in the rabbit mask led Lu Jinyan around to each cage: "Guests are welcome to look around. If you see someone you like, just tell me and I will bring them out for you to see in detail."
"Okay, thank you!" Lu Jinyan casually turned around and asked the system, "System, is the person we're looking for here?"
"Host, no!" the system replied honestly.