Socially anxious people transmigrate to another world; living in seclusion is too difficult.

Su Yang and his group hid in the city for a long time and finally waited until dawn. Seeing that there were more and more pedestrians on the streets, Su Yang and his group came out from the alley where they were hiding. Looking at the still prosperous scene in the city, it seemed that the battle had not affected the ordinary people of Bailu City. It was also possible that the four sides in the war had agreed not to harm the people.

The group walked along the road, planning to find an inn for Lin Anlan to rest and recover. Su Yang returned to the inn where he had first stayed upon arriving in Bailu City. He initially intended to book two standard single rooms, but considering the uncertainty of when the war would end and the possibility of leaving the island soon, and the fact that he still had about 30 Mora left (which he figured he might as well use), and considering Lin Anlan's injuries, he decided to book two deluxe single rooms instead. He then said:

"Boss, do you have any deluxe single rooms left? I'd like two."

The innkeeper, seeing that people were still staying at his inn during wartime, assumed they were refugees fleeing from outside the city. With a beaming smile, he said, "Two deluxe single rooms are available, each costing 8 gold coins per night. How many nights would you like to stay?"

Su Yang immediately noticed the price was off. The deluxe single room, which used to cost only 4 gold coins a night, was now doubled. It seemed there were quite a few people trying to profit from the war. Die'er, standing nearby, was displeased and shouted, "Hey, I'm telling you, you can't make money like this! 8 gold coins a night, isn't that double? What, you think we're easy to bully? Let me tell you..."

Su Yang quickly covered Die'er's mouth and said apologetically, "Boss, I'm sorry, 8 gold coins is fine. Give me two rooms first, and I'll book for 3 nights."

The shopkeeper was a little embarrassed after being scolded by Die'er, and Su Yang was a regular customer who had stayed there for a while before. He replied, "We're so familiar with each other, so how about 6 gold coins a night? Two rooms for three nights, that'll cost you 3 Mora and 6 gold coins."

Upon hearing this, Su Yang immediately took out 4 Mora from his pocket and handed it to the shopkeeper: "Thank you, this is for the room."

"Okay, here's your 4 gold coins back. Please take them. The rooms are on the third floor, two adjacent rooms." The shopkeeper quickly gave him the change, handed the room key to Su Yang, and then watched Su Yang and the others go upstairs.

Su Yang first went to Lin Anlan's room and settled her on the bed to rest. Die'er said impatiently, "Why did you stop me just now? You didn't let me give him a good scolding."

"Don't worry, Die'er. Think about it, it's wartime now. Who in the city would stay at an inn at this time? We look like we're from outside the city. What if you scold him too much and he reports us? Wouldn't that just cause more trouble? We probably won't be staying long anyway, so let's just settle in peacefully and not cause any trouble. Then we'll see what to do next." Su Yang patiently explained his purpose.

"Well, alright then." Die'er wanted to argue, but in the end she gave in.

Su Yang walked to the window, opened it, and let fresh air into the room with the breeze. It was early autumn, and the temperature rose after dawn, so the breeze didn't feel so cold. Su Yang returned to the bedside and touched Lin Anlan's forehead. Her temperature seemed normal, so he asked Die'er and Linglong to stay and take care of her while he went to the room to put his luggage away before coming back.

The group stayed with Lin Anlan. It was almost noon, so Su Yang and Die'er prepared to go to the street to buy some food, leaving the more attentive Linglong to take care of and protect Lin Anlan.

As soon as they stepped out of the hotel, they saw a lively scene not far away. People were gathered in a circle, seemingly watching something exciting. When Die'er saw that there was something to watch, she pulled Su Yang to go and see what was going on. No matter how Su Yang tried to dissuade her, she wouldn't listen. He could only complain to himself, "I should have brought Linglong with me."

Su Yang followed Die'er, pushing and shoving until he finally squeezed into the first three laps, where he could see what was happening. He saw several well-dressed young men punching and kicking an old man in tattered clothes. The old man was covered in blood. While beating him, the group tried to pull the child in the old man's arms. The child was very strong and not afraid of the chaotic scene. The old man remained silent, as if it were all to be expected.

Listening to the surrounding discussions, Su Yang roughly understood the situation. It turned out that the old man came from outside the city and had been wandering around the city for a few days. The child was a homeless child in the city. When the old man saw the child today, he suddenly grabbed the child and walked towards the city gate. Several kind-hearted stall owners saw that something was wrong and rushed forward to stop him, fearing that the old man would abduct the child. The noise attracted some young adventurers who were passing by, some of whom were at the Azure Cloud level and others at the Dark Blue level. When they heard the stall owners say that the old man had abducted the child, they rushed forward to help without saying a word. When they saw that the old man would not let go, they started beating him.

Su Yang looked closely and felt something was off. Die'er had already seen the excitement and found it boring, so she tried to pull Su Yang away, but Su Yang pulled her back and whispered something in her ear. After listening, Die'er looked unwilling and said, "Why are you meddling in this?"

“It’s not that I’m meddling, but I find it a bit strange. The old man and the child are complete strangers, so why is he taking him away? And the old man wasn’t hit back, even though he was. A normal person would fight back, so I wanted to find out what happened. Go quickly, my dear Die’er.”

"Fine." Die'er reluctantly squeezed out of the crowd, conjured a greatsword, and threw it hard. It hit several adventurers, who were beating an old man. The adventurers were startled by the sudden turn of events, stopped what they were doing, and turned around to see that it was a woman.

An adventurer approached and politely asked, "Young lady, why are you stopping us?"

"Ahem, um." Die'er coughed dramatically, then shouted without batting an eye, "How dare you! Since when has violence been permitted in Bailu City?"

The man hesitated for a moment, then asked somewhat nervously, "May I ask who you are, young lady...?"

Before he could finish speaking, Die'er interrupted, "I am a close attendant of the City Lord's Mansion. Moreover, now that my Tianyun Empire has taken over Bailu City, we must uphold the rules of Bailu City. Now hand the people over to me, and you can leave. Our City Lord's Mansion will handle the matter itself." Without giving him a chance, she stepped forward, pulled up the old man and the child, and prepared to leave, not forgetting to disperse the crowd of onlookers.

Su Yang followed behind Die'er until there were no people around. Then, he seized the opportunity to lead the old man and the child into an alley. Die'er went to the alley entrance to keep watch, while Su Yang asked around.

Su Yang stepped forward, and the old man was still holding the child tightly in his arms, protecting him. Su Yang said softly, "Grandpa, don't be afraid. No one is trying to take the child anymore. Can you tell me why?"

The old man looked at Su Yang, then at Die'er, who was keeping watch not far away, shook his head, and remained silent. Su Yang waited a while, then said, "Are you hungry? Should I buy you some food?"

The old man shook his head again, but this time he spoke, saying, "Please, please let my son and me go." Su Yang realized that he couldn't communicate with them, but his intuition told him that the old man wouldn't hurt the child, so he had no choice but to give up and said, "Alright then, old man, you can go wherever you want."

The old man nodded gratefully after hearing this and was about to leave the alley when Die'er whispered urgently, "Quickly hide, Su Yang, soldiers are coming."

No sooner had the words left his mouth than several orders rang out from the alley entrance: "Search immediately!" It turned out that some busybodies in the crowd had already reported the matter to the garrison. With the continuous relay of messages, the garrison squad leader who came to handle the incident finally realized that someone dared to impersonate a close attendant of the city lord's mansion. It should be noted that the close attendants of the city lord's mansion were mostly male, with only a few female servants. It was impossible for them to be wandering around on the street at this time. The squad leader was immediately furious and led his men to search the area. Following the directions of passersby, they found their way to the vicinity of this alley.

Su Yang panicked upon hearing the sound, but quickly calmed down and devised a plan. He first used his disguise technique to change his and Die'er's appearances. He intended to change the appearances of the old man and the child as well, but the old man refused. Just as the two were locked in a stalemate, the garrison squad entered the alley and discovered the four of them. Upon seeing them, the squad leader immediately gave the order to attack, and the garrison squad charged forward.

Seeing this, Su Yang knew he couldn't delay any longer, so he activated his fog element, filling the entire alley with thick fog. Under the cover of the fog, he led the father and son out of the alley and to a safe place. Su Yang then told the father and son to leave Bailu City as soon as possible before the city gates were under martial law.

As the two were leaving, the old man took out a round bead that looked like glass from his tattered clothes, tossed it to Su Yang, and said, "Thank you. This thing is useless to me, but it might be helpful to you."

Su Yang took the bead and watched the two walk away before looking down to examine it closely. He saw that although the bead was made of glass, it seemed to be exceptionally hard. It emitted a pale orange light inside, and he couldn't tell what the source of the light was. He just felt that the whole bead was glowing.

Butterfly came closer to take a look and said with surprise, "Wow, this old man is quite wealthy. He just gave away the materials for making an S-grade light element bracelet. Su Yang, you've really struck gold!"

"Is this the material for crafting an S-grade elemental bracelet? Is there anyone in Bailu City who can craft it?" Su Yang was also pleasantly surprised. He was in need of light and air elemental bracelets, and he didn't expect to get them from an old man he had never met before.

“The craftsmanship of Bailu City is probably not enough to make an S-grade bracelet. We can only find a true master craftsman on the mainland,” Die’er said.

"Oh, we'll talk about it another time. Hurry up and buy some food for Lin Anlan and the others; we've been delayed for too long."