522: Chapter 522 JK Lu Yang

With the sudden end of everything, the Gaia Hot Spring Hotel also faced a suspension of operations for rectification.

Many travelers left while cursing in dissatisfaction, while many others departed in pairs, feeling a sense of loss.

Agu Ru had intended to find Lv Yang to thank him properly, but Lv Yang had disappeared at some unknown point.

Jason's face was still a bit pale, but after resting for a while, he recovered somewhat and asked Agu Ru:

"Manager, are you alright?"

Agu Ru shook his head and said,

"I'm fine, it's all over now. It's just a pity I couldn't ask about our benefactor's background; I only know his surname is Lv. I truly feel bad about it."

When Jason heard it concerned that monk, his expression also turned a bit sour.

After all, the man had just saved him, and he had abandoned him immediately after. Furthermore, hearing the manager's tone, it seemed that the monk was the one who resolved everything, which made him feel even more guilty.

"Manager, I'm truly sorry."

Agu Ru didn't know what Jason was referring to. Moreover, two other staff members had just come to apologize to him, leaving him completely bewildered.

However, thinking they might be feeling regretful for being powerless, he thought these employees were truly simple and honest.

So, Agu Ru forgave him just as he had forgiven the previous employees. However, Jason still submitted his resignation.

"I'm sorry, Manager, I'm also planning to leave. It's been a long, long time since I've been back to my hometown, and I don't know if my family has been grieving for me. I think I'm not very suited to continue this job."

Agu Ru seemed to have guessed this long ago and waved his hand.

"Go ahead. No one wanted to experience something like this. You aren't the first to speak to me, and I'm also finding it a bit hard to hold onto my ideals."

"Perhaps I should also return to my hometown and find a place to live a stable life."

Jason looked at Agu Ru, fidgeted with the hem of his shirt, and finally handed him a silk pouch from his pocket.

"I saw Great Master Lv earlier. Before he left, he gave me this and told me to give it to you. You must pull yourself together."

After saying that, Jason turned and left, leaving Agu Ru staring blankly at the silk pouch in his hand.

In the desert outside the hotel, a group of five was saying their goodbyes.

They were the now benevolent-looking Zhou Yan, Li Hua and his two subordinates, and a young girl wearing a JK uniform.

At this moment, Shu Xue was a bit dazed as he watched Li Hua chatting happily with a monk and a stranger.

If he remembered correctly, Young Master Li was still very angry yesterday. How was it that today, not only was he not angry, but he had also made two friends?

And wasn't this hotel a bit too lively? Were there really this many people yesterday?

"Yingyu, what's going on?"

Shu Xue walked up to Yuwen Yingyu and asked in a low voice.

Yuwen Yingyu's look toward him had changed.

"No way, such a big thing happened last night, and you don't know anything at all?"

Hearing this, Shu Xue was even more confused.

"What happened?"

Because Shu Xue was exhausted from the long journey, he had activated the hotel's built-in soundproofing Formation and gone straight to sleep. He slept until dawn without even checking the rules, so he wasn't contaminated at all.

So, other than his sleeping posture being a bit improper and having a slightly stiff neck, nothing was wrong with him.

On the other hand, Yuwen Yingyu had checked the entire place as soon as he checked in and quickly discovered the paper recording the rules.

Precisely because he realized something was wrong, he soon faced the first wave of attacks from the staff knocking on the door.

As a professional, he relied on his verbal skills and his own cultivation to withstand the first wave of room service and the subsequent contamination from the corridor inspectors. He then went upstairs as quickly as possible to check on Li Hua's safety and inform him of the danger.

But the more he experienced and the more he tried to do, the higher his level of contamination became.

After his contamination level became too high, he was attacked by that female ghost while trying to save Li Hua. He then sank into a dream, only vaguely remembering being taken to some water tank and turning into a fish or something; he knew nothing else.

It was only after meeting Li Hua again in the hot spring that he understood what had happened.

Shu Xue finally realized just what a terrifying place he had been lying in and sleeping all night.

And he had actually shamefully given the hotel a five-star review upon waking up, even carrying the small cake given for the five-star review and eating it while meeting up with them.

That small cake was actually shamefully delicious.

As for why Shu Xue felt it was shameful, it was naturally because after he shared his experience, he was reported by Yuwen Yingyu and 'promoted' under Li Hua's instructions.

"Brother Ai, and this Young Miss Lv, although I, Li Hua, am a member of the Wrath Prison and my main sphere of influence is in the Underworld, our Li family still has some say within the Desire Realm."

"I was able to survive this time all thanks to Brother Ai's help."

"So Brother Ai, and Young Miss Lv, here is my contact information. In the future, whether in the Domain Realm or the Underworld, if there is ever a place where you need me, feel free to find me. I, Li, will not have a single word of complaint."

At this moment, Lv Yang, who was being addressed as "Young Miss Lv," stood behind Zhou Yan with a somewhat gloomy face, saying nothing.

Zhou Yan, with a face full of smiles, exchanged pleasantries with Li Hua and incidentally declined his invitation to go to the Desire Realm together.

After bidding farewell to Li Hua, Zhou Yan finally breathed a sigh of relief. Looking at the resentful Lv Yang, he said somewhat sheepishly,

"It's no use staring at me like that. Who told you to be so famous? If I didn't help you change your appearance, it would be a disaster if you were recognized."

Lv Yang tugged at the JK uniform he was wearing and pointed at Zhou Yan, cursing loudly.

"Then why did you have to turn me into a girl? Wouldn't a guy work? And where does a big man like you get so many women's clothes?"

Zhou Yan tucked away a large pile of clothes like bunny girl outfits and nurse uniforms in his backpack and stated with a resolute face,

"Don't worry about that; as long as it hides your identity, it's fine. Besides, you're just a Mortal and don't have any good ways to hide your identity. By turning into a girl, it's not convenient for most people to investigate you."

"Plus, we had some small conflicts with them at the time. If you were a man, it would be very likely to reveal that we were the two people who were wrapped up tightly back then."

"Now, a man and a woman—look how reasonable it is."

Zhou Yan was definitely not acting out of a misery-loves-company mentality, thinking that since he had already been feminized before, he had to drag someone else down with him once.

Although Lv Yang was very indignant about this, he didn't say much more. After all, he knew it was Zhou Yan's intervention that saved everyone, which was far better than what he could have done.

Even this calculation error—if Zhou Yan hadn't been there, it might have led to an even greater tragedy.

"Forget it. Although I really don't want to say it, thanks to you this time. I really didn't expect the mastermind behind this hotel to be so troublesome, and it just so happened that something went wrong at this time. I almost implicated you because of me."

Zhou Yan looked at Lv Yang, who had instantly changed his tune, and couldn't help but feel a bit awkward, but he still patted his shoulder with a serious expression.

"It's not your fault. After all, life is unpredictable, like a large intestine wrapping a small one. People always have times when they miscalculate. Otherwise, you wouldn't have had that mishap with Long Tianxing back then."

Hearing Zhou Yan's words, Lv Yang wanted to retort, but then felt that it was indeed the case.

Ever since the incident with Long Tianxing, he seemed to have rarely been able to calculate things accurately.

Originally, his words just now were just being humble; he didn't actually think it was his fault, just that some part of the plan had gone wrong.

But hearing Zhou Yan say it like that, maybe he really was overthinking it.

"Could it be that I really was overthinking, and this time was truly just a calculation error, rather than someone tampering with things?"

Realizing the topic had been diverted, Zhou Yan struck while the iron was hot and led the conversation even further away.

"By the way, what was in that silk pouch you gave Jason?"

Lv Yang shrugged.

"It's nothing important, just a fairly decent amount of Spirit Stones."

"Are you very close to that person?" Zhou Yan was somewhat puzzled.

"Not close," Lv Yang replied casually.

"Then why did you give him Spirit Stones?"

Before Zhou Yan could finish his sentence, Lv Yang had already walked ahead of him and interrupted.

"It's nothing. That amount of Spirit Stones isn't much; it's just enough to allow this hotel to start operating again."

"Consider it settling a child's guilt and giving an owner, who is willing to build a small shop in the desert for people to rest, a chance to start over."

"Alright, let's not talk about that for now. Can you tell me what happened to that Dragon God and what you did?"

Lv Yang frowned and looked at Zhou Yan seriously again.

Zhou Yan said with a look of disdain,

"The Dragon God? Super weak. He couldn't even last a few seconds in front of me before being turned to ashes."

"If you ask me, your original strategy was a huge failure. If you had let me just step in and wipe Him out, all this would have been over long ago."

Lv Yang stared intently at Zhou Yan's face, as if trying to see something, but whether it was what he saw or what he deduced, Zhou Yan wasn't lying.

But all of this was even more unbelievable.

Was Zhou Yan actually this strong? Could he really easily destroy the remains of a Dragon Clan powerhouse? Was I really wrong back then, and should have just pushed through with full force?

"Alright, don't think so much. We still have many things to do."

After saying that, Zhou Yan once again walked ahead of Lv Yang and waved at him, signaling him to hurry up and follow.

[Desert Hotel Arc · End]