CFSMS -Chapter 198 Boss Lu Is From the Southern Province

[Mission Progress: 99/100]

After cleaning up her stall, Lu Wu glanced at the system interface.

As far as she was concerned, this number was nothing but the system deliberately suppressing her.

But she would never yield to the system’s tyrannical oppression.

System, why am I already bent over at such a young age?

Having worked hard all day, Lu Wu finally got a chance to rest. Holding the mother fox in her arms, she continuously stroked its fur while listening to the elder talk about the Ghost Gate.

“A bronze gate, huh?”

Lu Wu sighed, suddenly thinking of a certain young man surnamed Zhang.

“Rrrr…”

The mother fox’s fur had been completely smoothed out. Lu Wu’s hands were gentle, and the fox fully exposed its belly, melting into a fox-shaped pancake in her arms.

Mimi: Love doesn’t disappear—it just transfers to someone else.

As they chatted, Lu Wu’s gaze gradually drifted toward the elder’s head.

Her expression became increasingly strange. She looked like she wanted to say something but hesitated.

The elder, despite his profound cultivation, suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.

“Little Friend Lu, what are you looking at?”

His voice sounded somewhat weak.

“Elder, smoke is coming out of your head.”

Lu Wu spoke honestly.

Just moments ago, wisps of black smoke had begun drifting from above the elder’s head.

At first, there had only been a tiny amount. She had thought she was imagining things. But as time passed, the black smoke became increasingly obvious.

By now, ignoring it was impossible.

“Elder, why is there ghostly energy inside your body?”

The disciples cried out in alarm as well.

Soon, however, they no longer had time to worry about the elder, because black smoke had started emerging from their own heads too.

As the ghostly energy left their bodies, they all felt noticeably lighter.

They exchanged complicated looks with one another—emotions too complex for Lu Wu to decipher.

Nearby, the elder’s expression darkened.

The Divine Spear Sect was located outside the Ten Thousand Mountains, very close to the Ghost Gate. To avoid accidental contamination, everyone in the sect regularly consumed pills specifically designed to purge ghostly energy.

Logically speaking, their bodies should have been completely clean.

They had only entered this place recently; the ghostly energy here shouldn’t have had enough time to create such a phenomenon.

There was only one possible explanation.

The ghostly energy had already been lurking inside their bodies all along.

That made the situation extremely serious.

The sect conducted physical examinations every year.

So why hadn’t the ghostly energy been detected?

There’s a traitor!

That was the elder’s first thought.

Whether the problem originated from the alchemists producing the pills or from those responsible for the inspections, he couldn’t determine yet.

His mind was a complete mess.

Yet despite his confusion, he never once suspected that Lu Wu had done anything.

This was the trust a foodie placed in a top-tier chef.

After pondering for a while, the elder rose and bid farewell to Lu Wu.

Now that the rabbit clan had been dealt with, he needed to return and report the matter.

The issue was too important to delay.

“We’ll be back tomorrow.”

The elder signaled meaningfully with his eyes.

The opened Ghost Gate still hadn’t been located, and their mission wasn’t over. They would definitely return.

“See you tomorrow.”

Lu Wu waved goodbye.

It seemed tomorrow’s business would be thriving as well.

As the Divine Spear Sect members traveled back aboard their treasure ship, several disciples gathered together to discuss Lu Wu.

Each held an All-Realm Communicator and shared today’s experiences with others.

Messages flooded across the platform.

They had also been following interesting events happening in other provinces.

Then, a particular post caught their attention.

“Urgent! Offering 10,000 spirit stones for Boss Lu’s location!”

The comment section beneath it was filled with customers who had completely lost their minds after failing to find Lu Wu.

They crawled around in dark, twisted despair.

“Boss Lu, my Boss Lu… hehehe… chew chew chew… hehehe…”

Any innocent passerby entering the thread would immediately suffer psychic damage.

“Senior Sister, do you think the Boss Lu they’re talking about—the one who sells all kinds of delicious food—might be the person we met today?”

A junior sister cuddled up beside her senior sister while asking.

“But isn’t Boss Lu supposed to be in the Southern Province? We’re in the Western Province.”

A disciple casually refuted the idea.

What was this supposed to mean?

Did every good thing belong to the Southern Province?

Were they trying to claim Boss Lu too?

However, after carefully reading through the thread, they discovered photos of Lu Wu everywhere.

Comparing them side by side…

The resemblance was one hundred percent.

“It really is Boss Lu!”

The junior sister covered her mouth and exclaimed.

Looking at the massive bounty, her eyes practically glowed.

She wasn’t exactly wealthy and wanted to earn some extra spirit stones.

The disciples exchanged glances.

After a brief discussion, they decided to do it.

“I know where Boss Lu is.”

The junior sister quickly posted a reply.

Just thinking about the spirit stones she was about to earn filled her with happiness.

Unfortunately, reality was cruel.

Nobody believed her.

“Oh? Isn’t this one of those Western Province barbarians?”

“Boss Lu belongs to the Southern Province. Even we don’t know where she is. What are you trying to pull?”

The Western Province had originally been a wilderness frontier before it was developed into what it was today.

Although everyone belonged to the Qingyuan World, competition existed between provinces.

And “little barbarian” was a derogatory nickname used by people from other provinces to mock Western Province residents.

“Tsk, tsk. Probably just here to stir up trouble.”

“Bah, bah, bah. Wait, didn’t I just insult myself too?”

“Sure enough, Boss Lu’s absence has starved my brain into shriveling up.”

“Heavenly spirits above, earthly spirits below—please respawn Boss Lu!”

“Latest report: the bounty has risen to fifteen thousand spirit stones!”

In the blink of an eye, the reward increased again.

The junior sister’s cheeks puffed up in anger at the ridicule.

But seeing the growing bounty, she endured it.

“It’s true! Believe me! Boss Lu is inside the Ten Thousand Mountains!”

Originally, the Divine Spear Sect disciples had planned to negotiate and maybe raise the price a bit.

But the junior sister was too eager to prove herself and spilled everything immediately.

The moment she did, however, the laughter only grew louder.

“Hahaha! The Ten Thousand Mountains? Did Boss Lu become a wild hermit or something?”

“If she didn’t become a hermit, she certainly didn’t defect to the Western Province.”

“The guy above, shut up! Boss Lu belongs to the Southern Province!”

“Brothers, assemble the battle formation!”

“Holy crap, everyone! Look! That Sea Clan prince is offering thirty thousand spirit stones for Boss Lu’s location!”

“Even Hong’an City officials have joined in!”

“Yuanhai City followed right behind them!”

“Wait—that account belongs to Qin Zhan! And that’s Divine Physician Jiang from Divine Physician Valley! Even Zhang Yue from the Ghost Sect showed up!”

Seeing this, many people were stunned by the influence behind Lu Wu.

She had only disappeared for a day or two, yet it had already caused such an uproar.

Without anyone noticing, Lu Wu was no longer a lonely outsider with nobody backing her.

As the discussion drifted further and further away, nobody paid attention to the junior sister anymore.

The customers demanded proof.

But she didn’t have any.

At the time, she had been too busy devouring spicy rabbit heads to think about taking photos.

And now it was too late to go back.

“So annoying!”

The junior sister stomped her foot.

“Don’t worry.”

Her senior sister comforted her.

Having browsed numerous posts about Boss Lu, she had already learned Lu Wu’s stall-setting habits.

Her eyes rolled thoughtfully before she smiled.

“Maybe there’s an even better way.”

If they sold the information now, all those Southern Province people would rush over and compete with them for rabbit heads.

But what if they secretly enjoyed Boss Lu’s food first?

Then recorded everything.

And only after Boss Lu finished setting up her stall would they reveal the evidence and slap everyone in the face.

At that moment…

Imagining the regretful expressions of those Southern Province people, the senior sister couldn’t help revealing the smile of a proper villain.

She would show them that even “little barbarians” had tempers too.