Zuo Lin'an did not argue upon hearing this.
Although it was a bit of an exaggeration, it still made sense.
“Also, I think you've noticed that my little brat of a grandson has boundless energy all day long. If there are chores around here, you can let him do them first.”
“If nothing else, when it comes to cooking, his skills are...”
At this point, he lowered his voice.
“It tastes much better than what Brother Feng cooks.”
Zuo Lin'an was somewhat surprised. “Is that so?”
“Then we'll leave the cooking to him from now on.”
Feng Xingyun, who was practicing Tai Chi in the distance, quietly glanced in their direction but didn't say anything.
He was more than happy to be relieved of cooking duties.
Meanwhile, Lin Xiaolei, who was playing wildly with Xu Youyou elsewhere in the dungeon, had no idea that his own grandfather had just found him a great job.
After a while, Zuo Lin'an suddenly sensed something and slowly stood up.
Noticing this, the old Daoist also turned his head to look.
“Hmm?”
The first thing to appear in his field of vision was a pitch-black road, wide and flat, stretching all the way toward them.
On the road, a brand-new bus was slowly approaching.
“This is...”
Zuo Lin'an explained briefly.
“This is a specter bus. Our place is too far from the cities where ordinary people live, and since we're in such a remote area, there is no public transportation.”
“So whenever we go out and come back, we take this. It's very fast.”
The old Daoist suddenly stood up.
“Then...”
Zuo Lin'an immediately shut down his train of thought.
“A single ticket costs one hundred thousand, so a round trip is two hundred thousand. On top of that, you don't have official identity certificates to go out, so I would need to accompany you.”
“That means at least two people have to travel together every time, which adds up to four hundred thousand in bus tickets.”
The old Daoist's eyes instantly cleared up.
“Such expensive tickets? I thought it was free.”
He shook his head with a sigh and sat back down.
Zuo Lin'an immediately sent a message to Xu Youyou. Upon seeing it, Xu Youyou grabbed Lin Xiaolei and dashed back at top speed, flashing across the distance.
“My god, it's been almost two weeks. It's finally here!”
Just then, the specter bus stopped right in front of them. The person stepping off the bus this time was not Bai Mo, but Fanxing, whom they had met once before.
The former owner of the Starry Chat Group.
Zuo Lin'an noticed the exhaustion in the other man's eyes and cut straight to the chase.
“Thank you for your hard work.”
“I have two unsolvable specters on my side, and he has six on his.”
He remembered Bai Yuan mentioning in the group chat before that there were a massive number of unsolvable specters that needed to be collected recently, and the staff in charge of retrieval were busy to death.
If he wasted time with idle chatter, the other party might get annoyed.
Sure enough, hearing him speak so directly and concisely, Fanxing's expression softened slightly.
The dungeon bosses who knew his identity always liked to ramble about this and that when he was in a hurry to work. It was annoying as hell, and not only did it waste time, but it also delayed his schedule.
“I'll go collect them myself. You don't need to follow.”
It would be faster if he went alone.
Zuo Lin'an nodded slowly, granting him permission to enter his dungeon.
Even for a direct superior, entering another dungeon boss's dungeon required permission. This was a basic safeguard for people like them.
The specter collection was completed quickly, and Fanxing immediately boarded the bus and left without wasting a single second.
And their Contribution points were quickly credited to their accounts.
Xu Youyou seeing his Contribution points, was instantly overjoyed.
“Great, great! It's finally credited!”
“Brother An, I'm buying a ticket to the training base right now. Wait for my good news!”
“I must get myself an incredibly powerful Domain Rule!”
Seeing how excited he was, Zuo Lin'an could only nod.
“Alright, I'll be waiting.”
Xu Youyou purchased a bus ticket and then bought a Sin Hunter City entry application from the system's mall.
With one hundred Contribution points deducted, his total points shrank by more than half, but he didn't care in the slightest.
“Bought it.”
But shortly after making the purchase, he asked with some uncertainty, “Since someone is currently using the specter bus, how long do you think I'll have to wait?”
Zuo Lin'an wasn't sure either.
“There should be... more than one specter bus.”
After all, there were many dungeon bosses, and many people needed to use them.
If there were only one, they definitely wouldn't be able to manage.
Xu Youyou nodded to himself. Just as he was about to say something, he saw a specter bus driving over, with a few passengers visible inside from a distance.
“It looks like work duties and passenger transport are handled separately.”
Xu Youyou cheered and boarded the bus immediately.
“Awesome!”
Having picked up its passenger, the bus soon started up. Before long, it drove into the distant white mist and vanished without a trace.
Zuo Lin'an let out a sigh of relief.
Once Xu Youyou returned this time, he would also be a Two-Star dungeon boss.
But calculating the time...
“It seems the dungeon can be opened again tonight.”
Xu Youyou would miss this run, but it was fine; he didn't really need it this time.
Just then, Lin Xiaolei's disbelieving voice drifted over from not far behind.
“Grandpa, what did you say?!”
The old Daoist dug his ear with a finger, his tone flat and nonchalant.
“Why are you shouting so loudly?”
“Isn't it just having you do some cooking and cleaning?”
“You're young and have plenty of energy anyway. Doing more chores will keep you from running around all day.”
Lin Xiaolei protested loudly.
“I object!”
“My cooking is good? I learned all of that from you! If you're making me cook, then you have to join me!”
The old Daoist turned his head away, refusing to look at him.
“I'm already at such an advanced age, yet you little brat don't even know how to show some filial piety. Do you really expect to drag me into the kitchen to cook for you?”
Lin Xiaolei was not buying this act at all.
“Old man, stop playing the victim! Don't think I don't know you stay up late playing on your phone in the middle of the night...”
The grandfather and grandson bickered back and forth, which was actually quite amusing to watch.
In the end, however, Lin Xiaolei lost the argument.
After all, he was the grandson.
But truth be told, the kid's culinary skills were indeed quite good, and he was very efficient with his work.
The night grew deep.
Zuo Lin'an brought Feng Xingyun to the old residence inside the dungeon half an hour early.
“Go rest in your room first. I won't be staying outside this time.”
“Alright.”
Feng Xingyun closed the door and left.
Meanwhile, Zuo Lin'an sat on his bed, holding his phone to apply to open the dungeon.
Of course, this time, the main quest had been modified.
【Survive for Three Days, Find the Path of Survival.】
As for the number of players, it was still five.
He submitted the application.
【Congratulations, your application has passed the review. When Monday midnight arrives, five players will descend into your dungeon. Please be prepared, and we wish you success in wiping out all the players!】
At this moment, there were still twenty minutes left until midnight.
Zuo Lin'an positioned his specter body in the withered forest outside the old residence. Once the players appeared, he would definitely kill one first!
As for the specter item, the Withered Leaf, it was still placed in the “brother's” room.
The gold hairpin was also still hidden inside his specter body.
Furthermore, just moments ago, he had used his God's-eye view to check every corner of the entire dungeon area.
Confirming that there were no issues, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
“I'll lie down and sleep first...”
This time, he didn't want to stand on the cliff in the middle of the night, feeling the cold wind blow.
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