Another World: The Failed Magician

Jinyu County is an unremarkable small county located in the south of the Eastern Dragon Empire.

A man and a woman strolled through this small county town. The man's face and clothing were both very ordinary, while the woman beside him was dressed in white and wore a straw hat, looking like a fairy descended from heaven. This attracted the attention of passersby, but the woman refused to reveal her face, which added a touch of regret to the passersby.

But the woman seemed to emanate a chilling aura that made her unapproachable, so no one dared to come up and ask her anything.

Lu Xuan turned his head slightly and glanced at Li Mengyu, who looked like a fairy.

The two had been in several nearby counties under the guise of investigation for several days, but they had found nothing about Li Mingxu's Sword Forging Manor or the Demon Seed.

Apart from Huaisong County, the other counties were peaceful and uneventful, and the promised investigation results seemed to have turned into a trip for the two of them.

Li Mengyu, like a naive little girl, was having a great time. She wanted to see everything and try everything.

Lu Xuan didn't point it out, but just stood quietly to the side, saying nothing and doing nothing, letting things take their course.

Thanks to Li Mengyu's naturally cold and unapproachable aura, the two of them were spared a lot of trouble.

Over the past few days, Lu Xuan has gained some understanding of Li Mengyu. This cold aura is something she deliberately maintains. This girl is so socially anxious that she uses her inner energy to maintain this aura, unwilling to communicate with others. Even if she wants something or food, she asks Lu Xuan for help.

This made it hard for Lu Xuan to imagine how much courage Li Mengyu mustered to dare to communicate with him.

Thinking back, the reason she was able to communicate with me in the first place was because of her master, Li Mingxu's, request.

From the conversations over the past few days, Lu Xuan could tell that Li Mengyu had great respect for her master, Li Mingxu. It was also because of her master's orders that she went to Qingxin Sword Sect to study despite her severe social anxiety.

During his peaceful travels through these counties, Lu Xuan managed to gather a considerable amount of information. From the local people, he gained a general understanding of the situation in the Eastern Dragon Empire. For some unknown reason, the current emperor of the Eastern Dragon Empire, Zhao Huai, suddenly went into seclusion and handed over power to his eldest son, who was also the crown prince, Zhao Quan.

Not long after Zhao Quan took office, he supported the Right Chancellor, who was already a figurehead. This allowed the right wing, which had disappeared in the factional struggles, to gradually rise up and compete for power with the left wing led by the Left Chancellor and the Tai Xuan faction led by the Grand Preceptor.

Afterwards, Zhao Quan carried out a series of reforms, which aroused strong resistance from conservatives such as the left and the Tai Xuan faction.

Lu Xuan also heard that the leader of the left wing, the Left Chancellor, was forced to resign and retire.

During his wanderings through several counties, Lu Xuan also found Tianfa's branch there. According to Tianfa's intelligence, many people were already dissatisfied with the Crown Prince's rule, and it seemed a major move was imminent. However, this didn't concern Lu Xuan much. He couldn't contact the captain or the dean, and Tianfa knew nothing about it. Even the information regarding the Demon Seed and Li Mingxu was completely unknown to Tianfa, as if these matters simply didn't exist.

Could it be that Zhang Yu was deceiving him about the demon seed? But Lu Xuan still couldn't figure out why the elven girl and Zhang Yu attacked him that day.

To make matters worse, the town's customs office has now closed its coastal exits, and Lu Xuan is currently unable to find a way to leave the Eastern Dragon Empire.

There were too many things he couldn't understand. Lu Xuan simply stopped thinking about them. As he walked, he noticed that Li Mengyu had stopped beside him.

Lu Xuan turned his head and saw Li Mengyu looking at him with her pure and innocent eyes. After seeing him look over, her eyes moved to the side of the road, to a small stall selling sugar figurines.

Lu Xuan immediately understood and walked over to the stall at a leisurely pace.

A moment later, Lu Xuan returned with a small rabbit-shaped sugar figurine in his hand and handed it to Li Mengyu.

After thanking her softly, Li Mengyu accepted the sugar figurine, her beautiful eyes immediately revealing a look of joy.

The two continued walking through Jinyu County, as if everything was irrelevant to them.