Tavern of the Spear: Desire for Pleasure

Chapter 111 I knew it! There's something wrong with this egg!

Soon, the elders and their entourage arrived outside the leader's tent. The White Dragon leader, who had been waiting for some time, had sent an elder's son to deliver the order to cancel the operation before rushing back to his own tent. At that moment, the leader's face was plastered with a fawning smile, resembling a lapdog wagging its tail in submission.

However, Cheng Yu and Bai Yu's eyes remained as cold as ice as they stared at the White Dragon leader before them. They needed an explanation, a reasonable explanation. Otherwise, they wouldn't hesitate to let this high and mighty leader experience the taste of assassination.

Although the chief wore a smile, his forehead and back were already soaked with cold sweat. He kept explaining to Cheng Yu that it was just a misunderstanding; the elders had misjudged the situation, believing Cheng Yu and his group posed a threat to the tribe, which was why they had acted without authorization and sent assassins. The chief expressed his deepest apologies and promised to give Cheng Yu a satisfactory answer, vowing to make that ignorant elder pay dearly.

"Misunderstanding?" Cheng Yu sneered. "You think you can just dismiss this with a 'misunderstanding'? Chief, your plan is a bit too shrewd."

"No, no, no, Lord Chengyu, you've misunderstood," the leader hurriedly waved his hands. "This was absolutely not my intention! I... I swear in the name of the Dragon God that I have absolutely no ill will towards any of you!"

"Dragon God?" Bai Yu scoffed. "The god you worship is nothing more than a slightly larger reptile in our eyes."

"This..." The leader was speechless, choked by Bai Yu's words. He never expected that these people in front of him were beings who didn't even put the Dragon God in their eyes! Perhaps what they said was right. After all, how much power could a fallen Dream God race possibly have?

“Chief,” Cheng Yu said slowly, “we came here to seek cooperation, not to make enemies. However, your actions have truly disappointed us.”

"Yes, yes, Lord Chengyu is right," the leader nodded repeatedly. "I promise that such a thing will never happen again!"

“I hope so,” Cheng Yu said. “So, how does the leader intend to handle this 'misunderstanding'?”

"This..." The leader wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, "I... I will order the elders to imprison all the assassins involved in this operation and await your judgment!"

"Oh?" Cheng Yu raised an eyebrow. "And what about the elder himself?"

"The elder... he..." The leader hesitated for a moment, but finally gritted his teeth and said, "The elder... is at your disposal!"

"Father!" The young white dragon beastman who had just arrived here couldn't help but exclaim in surprise upon hearing this.

"Shut up!" The elder glared at his son. "You have no right to speak here!"

“But…” The young white dragon beastman wanted to say something, but was stopped by the elder’s stern gaze.

"Lord Chengyu, are you satisfied with this solution?" the leader asked cautiously.

Cheng Yu did not answer immediately, but exchanged a glance with Bai Yu, as if they were exchanging opinions.

“Okay,” Cheng Yu nodded after a moment, “but I have one more condition.”

“Please speak,” the chieftain said hastily, “I will do my best to fulfill your request, as long as it is within my power!”

"I need your White Dragon Tribe to fully assist us in completing our mission and to ensure our safety," Cheng Yu said.

"A mission?" The leader was taken aback. "What mission? You need us, the little White Dragon Clan, to protect you? Isn't that giving us too much credit?"

"No, we're going to see Black Dragon Obsidian," Cheng Yu said casually, as if he were talking about something trivial.

"You...who did you say? You mean Black Dragon Black Obsidian? Isn't he already dead?" The leader and elders were all shocked upon hearing this.

"How could you think that? How could he possibly be dead?" Cheng Yu looked at the two dragons in front of him with disdain. "Oh, right, in that story, you two also dared to rebel because Hei Yao suddenly disappeared from the Black Dragon Tribe."

"This..." The leader didn't know what to say for a moment.

“Chief, you need not doubt us,” Bai Yu said. “With our strength, there is no need for us to deceive you. Besides, you wouldn’t be lying to yourselves, would you? Don’t you know that Hei Yao has been alive all along?”

“That…that’s true…How could such a powerful being just fall like that? Who else in this world could kill him besides a god?!” The leader nodded with a wry smile.

"So, Chief, are you willing to assist us?" Cheng Yu asked.

"I..." the leader hesitated.

"Leader!" Elder White Dragon suddenly spoke up, "Agree to their terms! I believe in them!"

“You…” The leader looked at the elder, a complex emotion flashing in his eyes.

"Chief," Elder Bailong looked at the chief with certainty, "I believe in Lord Chengyu and the others! They can definitely save the world!"

"You bastard, you're the one who caused all this trouble. I haven't even settled accounts with you yet, and you..." The leader looked at Elder Bailong's affirmative eyes and sighed, "Alright, I agree!"

"Thank you, Chief!" Cheng Yu smiled slightly.

“However, I have a question,” the leader said. “How do you plan to find Obsidian? It shouldn’t be that easy to find him, right?”

“This… I can’t tell you yet,” Cheng Yu said. “The time isn’t right.”

"The time isn't right yet?" The leader frowned. "Then... when will we know?"

“Soon,” Cheng Yu said, “you’ll find out soon.”

“Alright,” the leader nodded, “In that case, I’ll wait and see.”

“Well then, we’ll take our leave now,” Cheng Yu said. “We’ll come back to you when we need your help again.”

"Respectfully seeing off our esteemed lords!" the leader said hastily.

Cheng Yu, Bai Yu, and Xing Luo slowly left the tent under the watchful eyes of the Bailong tribe.

Meanwhile, Elder Bailong was also driven out of the tent by the leader.

"Father, do you really believe them?" the young white dragon beastman asked.

“Whether you believe it or not is no longer important,” the elder said. “What is important is that we have no other choice.”

“But…” The young white dragon beastman wanted to say something, but was interrupted by the elder.

“Alright, that’s enough,” the elder said. “What we need to do now is to do our own thing. As for the rest, let fate decide.”

“Fate…” the young white dragon beastman murmured to himself.

“That’s right,” the elder said, “Fate… is always so unpredictable…”

"Then... what should we do now?" the young white dragon beastman asked.

"What else can we do?" the elder sighed. "Of course, we go to the prison to check on those assassins. Then we'll see how that blond wolf deals with me. As for the leader, don't worry about him; he won't do anything to me. Sigh, this time I've really lost face..."

“Father, please don’t say that,” the young white dragon beastman said. “I believe we can overcome this difficulty!”

“Let’s hope so…” the elder said. “Let’s go and see those guys.”

So the father and son headed toward the cell where the assassin was being held.

Meanwhile, Cheng Yu, Bai Yu, and Xing Luo, who had already left the White Dragon Tribe, were heading towards their next destination.

"Cheng Yu, do you really believe that the White Dragon leader will help us?" Bai Yu asked.

“I don’t know,” Cheng Yu shook his head, “but it seems we don’t have any other choice at the moment.”

"Sigh," Bai Yu sighed, "I really hope everything goes smoothly..."

“Yes,” Cheng Yu said. “Everything will go smoothly.”

“Yes,” Bai Yu nodded, “I believe you.”

"Xingluo, what about you?" Cheng Yu turned to look at Xingluo. "What are you thinking about?"

“I…I was just wondering, can we really trust that Obsidian? I have this feeling that I was deceived from the moment I was born?” Xingluo said.

“How could that be?” Cheng Yu said. “There’s no way you’re thinking about something so outrageous.”

“Yes,” Xingluo nodded, “I believe in you!”

“Alright,” Cheng Yu said, “let’s continue on our way.”

"Okay!" Bai Yu and Xing Luo responded, and the three continued to head into the distance.

The night lights cast long shadows of the three men, with the noisy chieftain's tent behind them.

The group walked a short distance further when Cheng Yu suddenly stopped, awkwardly covering his face. He seemed to remember something, turned around, and went back to the chief's tent. The guards, seeing these three suddenly return, reacted as if they'd seen a plague, quickly taking a step back and asking in extremely tense and fearful tones why they'd come back. They were terrified that these three men would order them to commit suicide right then and there. They knew that if the other side really wanted to, they had to do it, otherwise the chief would kill them too.

Cheng Yu chuckled awkwardly. He happened to see that one of the guards was the same one who had previously prevented them from seeing the leader, and he'd even taken a bottle of slime excrement from him. He wondered if the guy had actually drunk it as a potion. Cheng Yu pulled the guy in front of him, leaning on him like a close friend, and asked if the house was spacious enough for the three of them to stay.

The guard was terrified, sweating profusely. He feared that the creature on his back would tear his throat out with a claw because he had previously blocked the other's path. He only relaxed after hearing Cheng Yu's words, but he quickly became confused again, asking tremblingly, "Why...why are you staying at my house? Weren't you staying in the chief's tent before?"

Cheng Yu smiled and said he wasn't used to sleeping in a big tent, and it was quite noisy now; he couldn't possibly sleep in such a noisy place. The little guard's house must be farther from the village center, so it certainly wouldn't be as noisy, right? The guard first nodded, then shook his head, but under Cheng Yu's fierce glare, he nodded firmly again.

Cheng Yu smiled with satisfaction, released the white dragon guard in front of him, then went into the tent, took out a giant egg, looked at the guard, and asked him to lead the way to his home.

"This...this..." The guard looked at the giant egg, which was much taller than himself, and didn't know what to say for a moment.

"What's wrong? Is there a problem?" Cheng Yu asked.

"No...no..." the guard hurriedly shook his head, "It's just...this egg...is too big..."

“Oh, you mean this?” Cheng Yu smiled. “This is a sacred object from your tribe, but now it belongs to us.”

"Ah? I see!" The guard's eyes widened. "What...what's inside? Is it important?"

"Well... I can't tell you for now," Cheng Yu said. "You'll know when the time is right."

"The time is right?" The guard looked bewildered. "Then...when will that be?"

“Soon,” Cheng Yu said, “you’ll find out soon.”