Legend of Mir 2: Seeking the Truth in Marfa

"Do we really have to find him? Can't we just work together?" Xuanyuan Xingyu asked. She seemed unwilling to cooperate with Duanmu Ci.

"It's better not to fight a battle you're not sure of. Bringing in Duanmu Ci is a safer bet," Brook said. "You two are fighting each other just for the ranking order. Tell him you have a way to get him into the second tier of sponsorship. If he's willing, you can talk about it. Maybe it can solve your problem."

Xuanyuan Xingyu reluctantly agreed. She had a way to contact Duanmu Ci. Soon, Duanmu Ci arrived with his men. Seeing that the Xuanyuan and Wenren families were standing far away, he waved to his men and walked towards Xuanyuan Xingyu and Wen Renyu alone.

Duanmu Ci just glanced at Wen Renyu, then stared at Xuanyuan Xingyu: "Tell me, do you have a way to let me enter the second floor?"

"It's not me. It's them." Xuanyuan Xingyu said to Wen Renyu.

"They? The Wen family?"

"You should quit the group first and then join the team."

Duanmu Ci joined the team half-believing and half-doubting.

"He's here. Go ahead and talk." Xuanyuan Xingyu said in the team.

"My name is Brooke. I have long heard of Brother Duanmu's great name!"

"Oh, you're Brooke. Do you have a way for me to enter the second floor of the sponsored map?"

"Yes. I do have an idea. But..." Brooke kept it a secret again.

"As long as the method is feasible, just tell me how much it costs!" Duanmu Ci is also a smart man.

"To be honest with you, Brother Duanmu, we at Wenren entered the parkour map very early in order to win the top two spots in the Demon Sealing Parkour, but were still blocked by the people hired by the Tuoba family. In order to enter as quickly as possible, we had to pay a toll of 5000 Yuanbao! In addition, we fell into the trap of the Dark Dragon Lord set by the Tuoba family before, and the team lost 5 people, nearly half of the team. It was a heavy loss." Brook said miserably.

"You said that those people blocking the road were hired by the Tuoba family?" Duanmu Ci asked.

"Who else can hire so many people except them?" Brook asked.

Apart from the Tuoba family, there were only the Xuanyuan family and the Duanmu family. But Brooke seemed to have completely failed to anticipate this.

In addition, the three major families were involved in the Dark Dragon Master's trap, but Brook deliberately put all the blame on the Tuoba family.

"The people of the Tuoba family are really hateful. The Wenren family has suffered serious casualties, which is more or less related to my Xuanyuan family. I was fooled by Tuoba Li and was used by him. How about this, I am willing to pay 5000 yuan as compensation." Xuanyuan Xingyu was the first to express his opinion.

"Miss Xuanyuan is indeed righteous. Um, Brother Duanmu, you..." Brooke hesitated to speak.

"Ahem~ I deeply sympathize with the Wen family for being robbed. As long as Brother Brook can find a way to get me to the second level, my Duanmu family is willing to give me 5000 Yuanbao as compensation." Tuoba Ci said helplessly, then added: "But I don't have that much money on me right now. I can give it to you after I get out."

"No problem! But, words are not enough, can you write an IOU?"

"IOU?!" Duanmu Ci and Xuanyuan Xingyu were speechless.

"Well~ My method is definitely effective. However, it also requires timing, the sooner the better; if it's too late, it might not work." Brooke said.

Xuanyuan Xingyu was quite straightforward. He quickly found a pen and paper and finished the IOU in one go. After finishing, he handed it to Wen Renyu.

"During the Underground Palace Trial, the Xuanyuan family, mistakenly instigated by the Tuoba family, participated in the siege of the Wenren family, resulting in the loss of five members of the Wenren family. I feel deeply guilty and, as an apology, would like to pay 5 Yuanbao as compensation. This will be paid immediately after the Underground Palace Trial is over. This note serves as proof. Xuanyuan Xingyu, date of a certain year and month."

Duanmu Ci was helpless when he saw this. He had no choice but to grit his teeth and quickly write a few lines, which he also handed to Wen Renyu who was standing beside him.

"During the trial period in the underground palace, for some reason, I owe the Wenren family 5000 yuan. This is my proof. I will redeem it upon seeing this. Duanmu Ci, date of such and such year."

I'm too lazy to write the reasons. They're all just excuses anyway!

Wen Renyu read the contents of the IOUs written by the two people with some embarrassment. He read it to Brook and Wen Ren Muyue who were far away on the third floor of the sponsorship.

"Your writing is truly eloquent and concise. You two are both talented in literature and martial arts, worthy of being descendants of the family!" Brook praised. "However, I have a small request. As you know, Tuoba Li previously hunted us recklessly on the third floor, causing us great harm. If we clear out all the Tuoba family members later, I hope you two will promise to only enter the second floor of the sponsored map and not set foot on the third floor!"

Xuanyuan Xingyu and Duanmu Ci were both stunned, looked at each other, and understood the subtext of Brook's words: If you don't want to become the second Tuoba Li, don't enter the third level.

"Okay! I promise that no matter what, I will never enter the third level." Duanmu Ci said.

"I also promise not to enter the third level of sponsorship during the underground palace trial." Xuanyuan Xingyu said.

In reality, even if all the Tuoba family members were driven out of the underground palace, according to the order of precedence, only Duanmu Ci could enter the third floor. However, Xuanyuan Xingyu promised to do so as a show of sincerity.

"Okay! Then I'll tell you a secret: Wenren Muyue and I accidentally discovered that Tuoba Zhuiying and the others would return to the first floor of the sponsored map!" Brook finally said it. Of course, he didn't see it with his own eyes, but found it with the detection necklace.

"......" Xuanyuan Xingyu remained speechless.

“.....Are you serious?!” Duanmu Ci also reacted.

"Seriously! This is a secret that Mu Yue and I paid a huge price to obtain. If you two don't believe me, you can send someone to investigate at the entrance, but remember to stand far away so as not to be discovered by them. I speculate that after the Tuoba family has killed the leader of the second floor, they will go to the first floor to look for monsters. However, they will not go very far. They should just try their luck in the last north-south straight road." Brook said.

"You want us to ambush at the cave entrance?" Duanmu Ci asked.

"There aren't many hiding places along that road. It might be difficult to conceal your presence. I don't mean an ambush, but a blockade."

"Block? How can we block since we can't hide?" Duanmu Ci didn't understand.

"Perhaps Miss Xuanyuan has a solution," Brooke said. Others certainly couldn't do it, but Xuanyuan Xingyu, who possessed the teleportation ring, could.

"...I can't stop their whole group by myself." Xuanyuan Xingyu said.

"When you entered the underground palace, didn't you ask your elders for some team assembling orders?" Brooke asked back.

Xuanyuan Xingyu and Duanmu Ci looked at each other. This Brook really knew a lot.

"Well, I do have a team call-up order here. If Xuanyuan Xingyu is confident that he can stop them, I'll share it with you!" Duanmu Ci said, but then raised a question: "If they use the random stone to escape, we still can't enter the second floor. What else do you have?"