Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
âI donât know either.â Lu Bu shook his head. âI think Ji Xiong found out only recently. He didnât tell what Chen Xiaobeiâs other name is!â
Outside the courtyard, Chen Xiaobei felt the tension in his body float away.
He was lucky that Lu Bu did not know. Otherwise, Chen Xiaobeiâs identity would have been exposed and might even be connected to the Atlantis incident!
It was not strange at all when you think about it. Even if Ji Xiong had discovered Chen Xiaobeiâs alias, it was not something of importance before today; thus it was only normal that he did not find it necessary to share this information with Lu Bu.
But as of present day, the knowledge of knowing Chen Xiaobeiâs second name was finally useful, but unfortunately Ji Xiong was killed with the secret. He would probably be turning in his grave.
âAlright! Even though itâs not completely clear, Iâm willing to believe you. Weâll treat this as a misunderstanding!â Lu Mingjun said. âIf you donât mind, you can stay in our house! Iâll hire a sketch artist, and heâll draw Chen Xiaobeiâs portrait based on your description! Weâll comb through the city and catch him. Weâll see if the people we are looking for are the same person!â
âIâ¦â Lu Bu hesitated.
The most convenient way to find Chen Xiaobei was through Shen Gongpaoâs calculation. But Shen Gongpao was a contemptible crook who kept Diao Chan hostage. Lu Bu really did not want to contact him directly.
On top of that, Lu Mingjunâs idea sounded pretty good.
âAlright! Iâm willing to stay!â Lu Bu furrowed his brows. âBut Iâve only met Chen Xiaobei once. Iâm afraid that my description and the hand-drawn portrait might be very different!â
âIt doesnât matter. Weâll just apprehend anyone who looks like him. Then Mr. Lu can take your time to identify him!â
âAlright! Thatâs settled then!â Lu Bu nodded. âBut what about the 10 people I killed? How should we settle that?â
âHeh, those were just watchdogs. Donât worry about it, Mr. Lu!â Lu Mingjun smiled. He really did not give a ratâs ass about the death of his guards.
Lu Bu thought to himself, âThis guy is ruthless! Cold-blooded!â
âCome!â Lu Mingjun ordered. âBring Mr. Lu to the VIP guest room, and give him the VIP treatment! After that, send someone to get the sketch artist to come by today! I donât want any delays!â
âWhen the artist gets here, call me immediately! I wonât be sleeping tonight!â Lu Bu said, and then followed a servant to the guest room.
âFather! Do you really believe that guy?â Lu Changwei asked. âWhat if he is the assassin?â
âUse your brain to think! If he is the assassin, would you still be breathing?â Lu Mingjun spayed. âAlso, his friend had just died in the most unusual manner. I want to know what the hell is going on as well!â
âI⦠I understand!â Lu Changwei nodded. âI hope that the person heâs looking for is the person weâre looking for, weâll just have to get the keys, and everything will be alright!â
âIf I were you, I wouldnât be hoping here!â Lu Changjun spat.
âOh, father, you meanâ¦â Lu Changwei looked at his father, puzzled.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
Lu Mingjun said scornfully, âSend for the Silver Plume soldiers now! Once the portrait is complete, make copies and then put them up all over the city! Then search the entire city!â
âFather, didnât you just say that the assassin wonât be staying in the city to wait for us to catch him?â Lu Changwei asked, almost in a whisper.
âHow did I end up having such a fool as my son? One instruction short and youâre all confused!â Lu Mingjun said sternly, âWe put up the portraits just to inform the people in the city! Anyone who can provide us with any leads will be rewarded with 100 medium-grade Spiritual Stones! If they catch the assassin alive, the reward will be 1,000 medium-grade Spiritual Stones!â
âOh! I understand now! By offering rewards, weâll be able to look for the answers that we are searching for!â Lu Changwei finally figured it out. âIâll go now!â
Outside the courtyard.
Chen Xiaobei had already put away the puppet and the Head Piercing Seven Arrows and returned to invisible mode.
âF*ck! Even though Ji Xiong is dead, Lu Bu is now working with the Lu family. And now theyâre going to draw my portrait. What should I do?â
Chen Xiaobeiâs forehead was creased. âLu Mingjun is putting in so much to find me! 100 medium-grade Spiritual Stones is equivalent to 10,000 low-grade Spiritual Stones! 1,000 medium-grade Spiritual Stones is equivalent to 1,000,000 low-grade Spiritual Stones!â
âIf this bounty is put up, there will be an uproar in the whole Silver Plume city! Those who have seen me will be more than keen to provide information! I canât let it happen! I have to go in and see how the portrait turns out. If my identity is exposed, I will have to live the rest of my life with a mask on! On top of that, everything I have done will be wasted!â
Chen Xiaobei re-entered the Lu mansion, overwrought.
The Lu familyâs servants had gone out to hire a sketch artist. It would probably take a while for them to return.
The lights were on in the large hall and in the guest room where Lu Bu was staying. All of them obviously wanted this sketch done tonight. They could not wait to capture Chen Xiaobei alive tomorrow.
âNo! No! I have to figure something out! I cannot just sit here and wait for death to come.â
There was still time left. If Chen Xiaobei wanted to turn the situation around, he would have use his secret weapon!
He found a hiding place, whipped his phone out and clicked into the Brotherhood chat group.
Chen Xiaobei: Brothers! Iâm in trouble! Please help! (Urgent! Urgent! Urgent!)
Xiao Tianquan: What happened?
Chen Xiaobei: Lu Bu descended to the earthly realm and allied with my enemy! They are going to hire a sketch artist to draw a portrait of me, and then catch me!
Monkey King: Just kill the artist! Problem solved.
Chen Xiaobei: I can kill one artist, and then they can keep replacing him with hundreds of other artists! It wonât solve the problem! Also, the sketch artist is innocent!
Yanwang: If you want to tackle the problem, then mess with the sketch so that it doesnât look like you!
Chen Xiaobei: Er, Lu Bu has seen me before. The sketch wonât look too different from my actual self! If itâs too different, Lu Bu wonât put the portrait up!
Yanwang: What I meant was make Lu Bu think that the sketch which doesnât look like you, look like you!
Chen Xiaobei: Er, what are you saying? Iâm having a headache trying to understand what you mean. (sweating)
Yanwang: Have you heard of mirages?
Chen Xiaobei: I have! Because of light refraction, illusions appear on the desert!
Yanwang: Thatâs right! I know a treasure that could create mirage effects! Think of your sketch as the desert, and what Lu Bu sees is the mirage!
Chen Xiaobei: I still donât quite get it.
Yanwang: Youâll understand once you get the item!
Chen Xiaobei: Alright! What is it called? Where is it now?
Yanwang: Mirage Mystifying Fan! Itâs with Grand Deity Zhen Yuan!