Thus, the enraged City Lord commenced a second, airtight search, vowing to turn Wumeng City upside down until Zhou Hong was found, and he swore he would not rest until he did.
Half a month passed in the blink of an eye.
During these past two weeks, Wumeng City was steeped in an atmosphere of discontent and widespread grievance.
Yet, the City Lord still could not find any trace of Zhou Hong.
On the contrary, the City Lord's commotion had made his affair with Zhou Hong known to everyone, turning him into a complete laughingstock. Although no one in Wumeng City dared to laugh openly, they all whispered about it behind his back.
"Ahhh!" In the City Lord's mansion, he roared in frustration as he repeatedly received reports from his subordinates that no clues about Zhou Hong had been found.
"City Lord, what do we do if we can't find him now? Originally, the people of Wumeng City didn't know about this. With our grand search, even a three-year-old child knows that Zhou Hong urinated on your bed. You've become a joke, and everyone in Wumeng City is pointing fingers and secretly laughing."
"Enough," the City Lord roared, clenching his fists tightly.
"We've been searching for a month and haven't found a single trace. What should we do next? Please, City Lord, instruct us. Should we continue searching or...?"
"Continue searching for me."
"Yes."
Helplessly, the City Lord's subordinates had to stir up trouble throughout the city once again.
At this moment, in the Black Orchid Manor.
Zhou Hong sat in the courtyard. He hadn't left for the entire month. Zhou Hong had originally planned to go on a trial with Hei Xiaolu, but because the City Lord was continuously searching for him, the entire city was sealed off, preventing Zhou Hong from leaving. He could only remain confined at home.
"Zhou Hong, let's wait a little longer. Perhaps Wumeng City will be unsealed soon," Hei Xiaolu said, trying to comfort him. She seemed to sense Zhou Hong's impatience. For the past month, under the City Lord's orders, everyone in every household was forbidden to leave their homes, and soldiers from the City Lord's mansion conducted door-to-door checks.
Therefore, the city had been under lockdown for a month, and everyone stayed indoors. Many people had started to complain.
"Damn it, how long is he going to keep the city sealed?" Zhou Hong said, fuming.
"It's been sealed for a month now, and the soldiers from the City Lord's mansion have searched the entire city. I think it should be unsealed soon."
However, just then, a maidservant walked in from outside and quickly said, "Miss, we can't go out. The city hasn't been unsealed yet. I heard that the soldiers from the City Lord's mansion have started another round of searches."
"What? Another round of searches?" Hei Xiaolu's face fell into a look of dismay. She had thought that after a month, it would soon be unsealed, allowing her and Zhou Hong to go on a trial to another place. They had even chosen their destination. But now, another round of searches was beginning, which meant at least another month of lockdown.
Zhou Hong was also completely enraged. He thought to himself, "You son of a bitch, City Lord, it seems I need to mess with you again."
Zhou Hong returned to his room. He quickly plunged the Demon Subduing Pestle into the ground, and then the pestle disguised itself as roots, crawling underground. Even if it appeared above ground, most people wouldn't notice, mistaking it for tree roots.
This was a method Zhou Hong had devised over the past month, disguising the Demon Subduing Pestle as tree roots. He had previously used this method to scout the city's situation.
Wherever the tree roots disguised as the Demon Subduing Pestle reached, Zhou Hong could see through the pestle.
At this moment, Zhou Hong, seething with anger, controlled the Demon Subduing Pestle and returned to the City Lord's mansion, where it emerged from the ground in a courtyard.
A large tree was planted in that courtyard, and Zhou Hong's Demon Subduing Pestle coiled upwards along the tree. Even if someone were standing at the base of the tree at that moment, they wouldn't pay it any mind. It was just a root, after all. Who would think of anything more?
Of course, the most crucial factor wasn't the pestle's disguise skills, but rather that when it was forged, it absorbed the essence of countless beings of all kinds. There were those that flew in the sky, those that ran on the ground, those that swam in the water, those that grew on mountains, and those that floated in the water, and so on. This caused the Demon Subduing Pestle to possess corresponding attributes when disguised as any object. For example, when disguised as a tree root, it was just like a real tree root because countless tree spirits had been absorbed among the countless beings it had consumed in the past.
Thus, Zhou Hong wrapped the Demon Subduing Pestle around the large tree in the City Lord's mansion and surveyed the situation within the mansion.
Just then, Zhou Hong saw a woman and a maidservant approaching the tree. The woman was elegant and noble, clearly not an ordinary person.
"Madam, has the City Lord not found that traitor yet?" the maidservant asked. It turned out that this noble woman was the City Lord's wife.
Zhou Hong, seeing the City Lord's wife through the Demon Subduing Pestle, couldn't help but chuckle. She was quite good-looking. Zhou Hong thought to himself, this City Lord has good fortune with women.
"Hmph, that damned Zhou Hong, who has so thoroughly toyed with the City Lord. If I catch him, I will surely skin him alive," the City Lord's wife said coldly.
The City Lord's wife's strength didn't seem weak either. Although she hadn't reached the realm of a Demon King, she was at least at the seventh or eighth stage of a Demon Master. Zhou Hong couldn't handle someone of this level.
"Let's go, let's help search and see if we can root out that Zhou Hong," the City Lord's wife said after resting for a moment.
"Yes, Madam."
The City Lord's wife, with her maidservant, quickly left the City Lord's mansion to help search for Zhou Hong.
Zhou Hong let out a slight哼. "City Lord's wife, is it? You want to help catch me? And skin me alive if you do?"
Zhou Hong didn't hold back anymore. Since he was confined at home and couldn't go anywhere, he might as well have some fun with the City Lord.
Therefore, the Demon Subduing Pestle quickly burrowed underground again, and after some probing, it located the City Lord's wife's room.
This time, Zhou Hong wasn't going to urinate on her bed again. Using the same trick twice was boring.
Zhou Hong thought for a moment. What should he do?
Suddenly, Zhou Hong had an idea. There was a public latrine in the City Lord's mansion. Why not take some feces and put them in the City Lord's wife's bed?
So, he acted immediately. Zhou Hong's Demon Subduing Pestle instantly went to the latrine, picked up a large pile, and delivered it directly into the City Lord's wife's bedding.
Then, Zhou Hong left another message on the wall: "Grandpa Zhou Hong, presents you with a pile of shit. Hope you enjoy it, City Lord's wife. No need to thank me."
After completing all this, Zhou Hong's Demon Subduing Pestle rapidly retreated.
However, Zhou Hong did not recall the Demon Subduing Pestle. Instead, it went somewhere else.
Zhou Hong's mind drifted to Lian Qingyi. Why not directly control the Demon Subduing Pestle to go to Lian Qingyi's residence and see what this beauty was up to?
He decided to do it.
The Demon Subduing Pestle swiftly sped through the underground towards Lian Qingyi's residence.
However, Lian Qingyi was no ordinary person, and she had many methods of concealment. Zhou Hong was quite wary of her, so he had to be extremely cautious.
Soon, the Demon Subduing Pestle emerged from the courtyard of Lian Qingyi's residence, also transforming into a vine and coiling around a sapling in the courtyard. Su Dan Novel Network.
Coincidentally, this sapling was positioned directly facing Lian Qingyi's room. Lian Qingyi usually lived alone, so she didn't have many defenses when she was at home. At this moment, the window of her room was not closed. Zhou Hong looked through the window and saw Lian Qingyi sitting in a wooden tub inside the room, seemingly bathing.
"My goodness!" Zhou Hong couldn't help but swallow his saliva as he saw Lian Qingyi bathing through the Demon Subduing Pestle. It was a shame that Lian Qingyi was sitting in the tub, with only her head and neck exposed, so he couldn't see anything.
"Hehe, I didn't expect my Demon Subduing Pestle could also be used for peeping," Zhou Hong chuckled inwardly.
(Lack of ideas, one update today)