# Chapter 2268: Too Late, Huh?
No. 666 Mine, Haitang Star's main city hall was hosting a grand failure celebration banquet!
The extra-long dining table was covered with all sorts of delicacies, and there was even a spicy fire-breathing dragon roasted on it, emitting waves of meaty aroma!
The Bully Gang members were letting loose, eating with abandon. Chong Feiyu was sprawled on top of the fire dragon, crawling back and forth like a caterpillar, gnawing nonstop!
Jiangnan had completely stopped pretending. He wasn't eating black garlic anymore and had resumed his original appearance!
Aside from being a bit irritated and a little yellow, everything was normal!
At the moment, he was sitting in the main seat, his mouth greasy from eating. He had finished his meal and was leisurely trimming his fingernails!
Pang Badi chugged a bucket of beer, letting out a loud burp!
($⁼̴ꇴ⁼̴) "Boss Nan? With such a big commotion, how'd it go? You got the immortal spirit cocoon shell and stuff, right?"
"The rich mine area is ours too, right?"
Jiangnan curled his lips: (ꈍ⇀ꈍ*) "Hey~ Do I even need to say it? Who am I? I'm Boss Nan! I just messed up occasionally, that's all!"
"Immortal spirit cocoon shell? Of course I didn't get it?"
Pang Badi roared with laughter:
(•́ᗜ•̀٥) "As expected of Boss Nan! I knew this time would... huh..."
Before he could finish his sentence, Pang Badi's expression froze completely!
What the hell do you mean "of course I didn't get it"? You messed up?
∑(°口°$) "Wait... you didn't get it, and we're still here eating and drinking? Shouldn't the atmosphere be a bit less enthusiastic?"
Jiangnan shrugged, looking perfectly reasonable:
ʅ(･´‸･｀)ʃ "Who says you can't hold a failure celebration banquet if you fail? At least I still gained something, didn't I? I gained a lesson!"
Pang Badi: (ﾉ)´-﹏-`)
What's there to celebrate about that? Talking with Boss Nan would piss anyone to death!
"But your real identity has also been exposed because of this, right? Forget getting the immortal spirit cocoon shell, now the entire starry sky knows you escaped from prison and you're in the Northern Crown!"
"You're a fugitive of the starry sky, number one on the wanted list. The Sacred Law Council is probably figuring out how to take you down, and we're still leisurely eating and drinking here? Is that really okay?"
"Speaking of which, shouldn't we go back to Lan Xing to hide out first?"
Jiangnan finished trimming his big toe and blew on it:
(￢⇀￢) "Hide? If I'm going back to Lan Xing, it'll be returning in glory. Going back to hide from disaster—what kind of skill is that?"
"They want to take me down? Let them come. We'll face it sooner or later anyway. No panic, no panic. Small matter~"
Just then, Bo Den suddenly let out a cry of surprise:
(*ﾟﾛﾟ) "Holy crap! Look! Boss Nan's topped the starry sky roster's wanted list, first place!"
"Bounty is infinite! This is utterly unbeatable!"
The Bully Gang members looked at the wanted list and exclaimed in shock, gazing at Jiangnan with admiration!
(ʃƪ✧ﾛ✧)
For hardened criminals, making it onto the wanted list was a symbol of honor!
And topping the list—this was supreme glory, the god of criminals!
Jiangnan looked smug: (︶.̮︶〃)ﾉ "Low key! Low key! It's just a mere infinite bounty, nothing to show off about!"
Alpha and Omega's faces turned white. I feel like Boss Nan is quite proud of such an achievement?
For anyone else, they'd be terrified out of their wits, right?
Little did they know, Jiangnan was quite satisfied with his ranking. He'd finally surpassed Jiang Fan. His efforts hadn't been in vain!
Surpassing the ancestor started right now!
Samo grinned, picking his teeth:
(°᷄皿ก°᷅๑) "Brothers, follow Boss Nan and work hard. Strive to all make it onto the list, yeah!"
The crowd burst into cheers, giving Pang Badi a headache. Are they this enthusiastic about making the wanted list?
Bo Den was stunned: (๑•̌.•̑)ˀ̣ˀ̣ "Samo? Where'd you find a toothpick? I've got something stuck in my teeth too. Give me one to pick with!"
Samo curled his lip: (￢皿ก￢) "What the hell toothpick? Just use a fishbone to pick, alright? I used a fishbone!"
Bo Den: ???
(꒪_꒪‧̣̥̇) "There's no fish in this spread of dishes we ordered? Where did the fishbone come from?"
Samo was taken aback and glanced around. Indeed, there was no fish!
Just then, with a crisp "crack," a piece of white toenail that Jiangnan had trimmed traced a graceful arc through the air!
It landed perfectly in the dish in front of Samo!
The entire banquet hall fell silent!
Samo twitched at the corners of his eyes, looked down at the crescent-shaped toenail clipping in his hand, and froze completely!
(இ皿இ|||) "Holy crap! Too late!"
I've already used it to pick all my teeth!
[From Samo's Resentment Value +666!]
Jiangnan: (•́ω•̀٥)
"Eheh? It bounced pretty far! I was afraid your taste was too strong, so I thought I'd add some seasoning to your dish!"
"Don't you thank your boss?"
Bo Den: (´థжథ)σ "Pfft~ Fishbone!"
Samo: (̿▀̿̿Ĺ̯̿̿▀̿̿)̄!!!
My taste is just strong, not perverted, damn it!
He covered his face, saying:
(ﾉ)皿(ヾ) "Thank you for the concern, boss!"
At that, the brothers in the banquet hall burst into laughter!
Samo said darkly: (̿▀̿皿▀̿̿)̄ "You guys can still laugh? Are you sure the boss's toenail clipping only landed in my dish?"
Hearing this, everyone's expressions froze, and they suddenly felt the food in their mouths wasn't as tasty!
Another wave of resentment refreshed!
Boss Nan definitely did that on purpose, right? Why would you trim your toenails while eating, you know?
Wang Youzhi said excitedly:
(ʃƪಡωಡ) "Hey hey! Little Nan! Online news says the citizens of Beimian Star Capital heard you were here and have started evacuating! It's almost deserted!"
"The conditions are perfect. We have to tear it down, don't we?"
As he spoke, he bumped Jiangnan's shoulder!
Jiangnan was shocked: (*ﾟ～ﾟ) "Evacuated? They cleared out for me? Are all the races this considerate now?"
Shengyi and Shengcai covered their faces. With the Thousand Stars great disaster looming, who dares not evacuate?
Sure enough! Beimian Star Capital's days are numbered!
Jiangnan propped his chin, looking troubled. The atmosphere was set; the citizens had voluntarily evacuated?
If I don't tear it down, I'd feel like I'm losing face!
But under these circumstances, tearing down Beimian Star Capital seemed useless, didn't it? I don't do things without benefits!
Just as Jiangnan was hesitating, Chong Feiyu sat on the table's plate, rubbed her little belly, let out a huge burp, and coughed up half a skeleton!
(*¯ㅿ¯*;) "So, what exactly is this Plan B? Don't keep it secret. Give us the scoop, alright?"
Jiangnan grinned: (๑¯ิ⇀¯ิ๑) "The key to Plan B is still Xuanse. It mainly depends on whether he has the intention!"
"Now that the situation has fermented enough, my identity is exposed. I can't move easily; I'll step into a trap if I go out. Who will go contact Xuanse for me?"
Before anyone else could speak, Jiu Lan suddenly stood up!
(〃ﾟ～ﾟ)ﾂ "Me! I'll go! I can definitely handle this! I heard the Netherworld race has also sent a pursuit team!"
"It'll be good for me to go out and liaise with them, give them a heads-up so they don't act recklessly and ruin things!"
Everyone: ???
Wait! You're a hostage! Why are you so eager about this?
Little did they know, Jiu Lan felt guilty for not contributing much during the scolding of Chong Bishi!
So this time, she wanted to perform well!
Jiangnan smiled: "OKK! Come here, let me whisper in your ear~"
(ﾉ)ಡ3ಡ)･ˇﾛˇ･｡:)
So Jiangnan whispered in Jiu Lan's ear, mumbling and squirming, and even handed her a colorful snail shell!
Jiu Lan nodded continuously, her eyes sparkling, looking enlightened and radiant!
After receiving the mission, she hurriedly set off to contact Xuanse!
Shengyi watched Jiu Lan's departing figure and used her Heaven's Favor Eye. Sure enough!
It was still a great misfortune omen, even darker than before!
She was absolutely going to have bad luck. Can sending such an unlucky person to handle things really work?
But it seemed fine. Ever since meeting Jiu Lan, she'd always had a great misfortune omen, yet she'd lived well until now?
Could her Heaven's Favor Eye be broken?
(˚≥3≤) "Ah cha cha cha cha cha..."
Just after seeing Jiu Lan off, Jiangnan let out a thirty-odd sneeze, his spit completely covering the dining table. Not a single dish was spared!
The brothers looked at Jiangnan speechlessly!
(≖_≖)(￢_￢)(⇀‸↼‶)...
He just finished eating himself and doesn't want the rest of us to eat, right?
Such a jerk move!
Jiangnan wiped his nose, looking innocent:
(͡°ก͡°) "Hmm~ Who's thinking of me so much, so many times?"
...
In Beimian Star Capital, due to the news of Jiangnan's prison break, chaos reigned everywhere, with people preparing to evacuate!
No one paid any attention to the yellowish Jiu Lan. Through a Chaos race shop, using the script Jiangnan taught her, she easily arranged a meeting with Xuanse!
They agreed to meet at a raccoon meat pie shop on the north side of the terminal street!
Jiu Lan sat at her seat and waited not long before an Abyss race member brought a Bug race over!
The Abyss race member was naturally Xuanse's possessed body, and the Bug race was Wufeng!
But this time, Xuanse had learned his lesson. The split soul in this possessed body had so little power it was negligible!
Clearly, he'd been burned too many times!
Xuanse squinted: (￢益￢◕) "You? Tsk. Well, I suppose. That guy's identity is exposed now; he can't manage himself. I don't know how many pairs of eyes are watching his movements!"
"It would be strange if he dared to come himself. What you mentioned before—about helping me retrieve that 40% split soul and escape Chong Bishi's control—how does that work?"
Wufeng was anxious: (ง͡ຈ皿ຈ͡)ง "Boss! Calm down! You have to think thrice! Haven't we been tricked enough? Don't fall for it again!"
"This must be another trap! Don't you remember? You swore before that if you contacted that person again, you'd be a dog!"
Xuanse glared: (ꐦ･ˇ口ˇ･)☛ "Shut up! How dare you talk to your boss like that? Are you asking for death?"
Wufeng was frantic: (͡ຈ口ຈ͡‧̣̥̇) "Boss! I'm doing this for your own good! You can't be a dog!"
Xuanse said darkly: I said before that if I cooperate with Jiangnan again, I'd take his surname!
"Tsk. Why are you so blind? Am I contacting him directly? Did I say I definitely want to cooperate?"
"I'm just checking things out first! What are you panicking about?"