"Fireworks Alley? Looking for women? " Zhou Wen looked at the boy with an odd expression. Then, he used Truth Listener to scan the entire Holy City and quickly found Fireworks Alley.
However, after figuring out where Fireworks Alley was, Zhou Wen's expression turned even odder.
He originally imagined that the place only had a name that was easily misunderstood. It should be a normal place where the boy wanted to find his family and friends.
But now, Zhou Wen realized that Fireworks Alley was really Fireworks Alley. It was a place of debauchery and there were strange men coming and going. The rest were strange women.
"Don't tell me you don't even know where Fireworks Alley is? I heard from Ah Quan that all the men in Holy City know where Fireworks Alley is, "the boy said with a frown.
"I know, but who are you looking for in such a place?" Zhou Wen asked.
"That's my business. Just lead the way. Take me there and the Mythical Liquid will be yours." The boy clearly wasn't willing to say too much to a stranger.
"Alright." Zhou Wen didn't ask further. He wanted to follow him to see what he was up to.
"What's your name? I have to know how to address you, right? "Zhou Wen asked the boy.
"Hui Play." The boy hesitated for a moment before reporting his name.
"You know how to play? Is that your name? "Zhou Wen looked at the boy with an odd expression.
"Let's go now. I don't have much time. In two hours, I have to return to practice the piano. Following that, there's still the violin, zither, erhu …" The boy raised his wrist and looked at his watch.
"Why are you learning those?" Zhou Wen was even more curious. In this era, he had heard of people forcing children to cultivate Primordial Energy Arts, but he had never heard of anyone making a child practice so many musical instruments.
"Why do you have so many whys? If you aren't leaving, I'll leave by myself, "Hui Play said as he walked towards the alley.
"I'm leaving now," Zhou Wen said as he walked. "Fireworks Alley is very long. Do you have an exact address?"
Hui Play shook his head. "No."
"Then do you know the name of the woman you're looking for?" Zhou Wen asked again.
"I only know that others call her Ah Cai," Hui Play said after some thought.
"It's much easier if you have a name. You can ask when you get there. Why are you looking for Ah Cai?" Zhou Wen continued probing.
But this time, Hui Play didn't answer him. She just walked on.
Seeing that Hui Play was ignoring him, Zhou Wen didn't ask further. After all, he already knew that Hui Play was going to find Ah Cai. All he needed to do was follow him and prevent anything from happening to him.
This was the central area of the Sacred City, while Fireworks Alley was in a relatively remote area. It was not an exaggeration to say that it was a slum area.
In order to save time, Zhou Wen summoned an inconspicuous mount Companion Beast and brought Hui Play over.
To his surprise, Hui Play didn't sit on Zhou Wen's Companion Beast. He took out a blanket from his backpack. It was unknown what method he had used to seal a Companion Beast on it.
Although Companion Beasts weren't Hui's to play with, she could control the blanket to fly by pressing a few buttons on the blanket. Hui could easily control a five-year-old child.
"What's this?" Zhou Wen looked curiously at Hui's flying carpet.
"This is a pet flying carpet that our family has just developed. It hasn't been mass-produced yet, and it's not sold on the market. If you want it, you'll have to wait at least three months. However, there will only be some trial products when that time comes. It won't be sold on a large scale," Hui Play explained.
"The Hui family really knows how to cause trouble. This thing is quite interesting." Zhou Wen sized up the flying carpet and after looking at it for a while, he roughly knew how it was done.
Although the method wasn't difficult, the person who could do it was undoubtedly a genius.
Soon, the two of them arrived at Fireworks Alley. The combination of them, one big and one small, and the flying carpet, was very eye-catching.
Many girls standing at the shop's entrance were staring at them. The bolder girls even wanted to come over and pull them.
Hui Play wasn't shy at all. He didn't look like a five-year-old child at all.
"Little friend, you're so cute. Why don't you come to my shop to play?" A girl came over to pull Hui Play over.
"Hello, Sister. I'm looking for Ah Cai. Do you know where she is?" Hui Play asked.
The girl who had reached out to pinch Hui Play's cheeks suddenly had a drastic change in expression. As though she had been electrocuted, she retracted her hand and turned to leave. She even whispered, "I don't know … I don't know …"
"Sister, do you know where Ah Cai is?" Hui Play sat on the flying carpet and asked each shop.
However, everyone he asked, regardless of gender, turned around and left as though they had been bitten by a snake or scorpion. Some shops even pulled down the shutter doors as though they were the plague.
"Interesting!" Zhou Wen originally only wanted to ensure that Hui Play could return safely, but now, he realized that this matter was much more interesting than he had imagined.
Be it the girls or the guests who entered the tavern, all of them wished they could escape immediately when Hui Play asked for Ah Cai's name.
A person's name actually had such magical power. Now, even Zhou Wen was somewhat interested in Ah Cai.
As the two of them walked, the originally bustling Fireworks Alley suddenly became deserted. The taverns and dance halls were almost closed.
The reason why it was almost closed was because there was still one tavern that hadn't closed.
The sign of the tavern was still lit, and the door wasn't closed. Zhou Wen saw that the sign said "No Tavern."
Hui Play was still a child after all. Although he found it odd, he still wanted to find Ah Cai.
Seeing that the tavern was still open, he decided to enter and ask if the people inside knew where Ah Cai was.
However, before Hui Play could enter, someone pulled open the curtains and came out.
It was a middle-aged man with a fierce face. He looked somewhat ferocious.
"Go back. The person you are looking for isn't here," the middle-aged man said.
"Do you know where Ah Cai is?" Although Hui Play was young, he was very smart. He immediately realized that there was something wrong with the middle-aged man's words.
"It's still not too late to leave now," the middle-aged man ignored Hui Play and said to Zhou Wen.
He thought that Zhou Wen was someone sent by Hui Play's family to protect him, but he was wrong.
"I'm afraid it's already too late." As Zhou Wen spoke, he turned his head and saw a large number of people with weapons on both sides of the long street. They blocked both ends of the long street.
They didn't say a word as they surrounded Zhou Wen and Hui Play. It looked like they wanted to block them.
"Come in." The middle-aged man frowned slightly as he dodged the door and said to Zhou Wen and Hui Play.
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