One person: Starting with the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, his grandmaster uncle emerges from seclusion.

"These two items aren't our local specialties."

"What is that?" Zhang Chulan asked, puzzled.

Zhang Tianyi rolled her eyes, picked a grape from the fruit plate, and popped it into her mouth.

"How would I know? We'll only find out what it is when we go to the capital and retrieve it."

Zhang Chulan: "..."

"Oh my god..."

Wang Ye, who was carrying the sedan chair at the front, suddenly slipped and stepped on a piece of rotten wood covered with moss.

He quickly shifted his weight downwards, managing to stabilize the sedan chair pole on his shoulder.

"Old Wang! Can't you put your mind to this?"

Zhuge Qing, who was walking behind, felt his shoulders ache from the sudden jolt and immediately protested:

"This is a clean shirt I just changed into; you almost made me fall into a mud puddle!"

"Stop complaining!"

Wang Ye was panting heavily, and his dark circles looked even more pronounced than usual.

"This lousy road doesn't even have a flat spot to stand on! If you're so capable, you go ahead and clear the way!"

"Two Taoist priests, please calm down, please calm down!"

Just as these two free laborers were bickering, the one hanging upside down at the front turned around.

"The roads on this island are indeed difficult to travel; you two must be exhausted. How about I carry a portion for you?"

Looking at the way he was hanging upside down, so eager to please and attentive.

Zhang Chulan was immediately displeased.

He shoved aside the bushes blocking his way, rushed over to the upside-down man in a few steps, and elbowed the foreigner hard.

"Hey! What are you doing?!"

Zhang Chulan lowered his voice and warned through gritted teeth:

"Don't you understand the concept of first come, first served? Serving tea and water, paving the way, and flattering me—these are my exclusive services! Do you, a foreigner, even know the rules?!"

Instead of getting angry, the upside-down creature winked at Zhang Chulan.

"Brother Chu Lan. It is our shared blessing to be able to serve True Person Tian Shu."

"you……"

Zhang Chulan was speechless at this remark that was even more shameless than his own.

He glanced at Zhang Tianyi, who was sitting on a sedan chair watching the show, and inwardly groaned:

Oh no, the composition of this team is too complicated, and there are more and more "scroll kings" (players who are prone to cheating)!

……

We walked for another half hour or so.

The surrounding trees gradually thinned out.

Suddenly, the light ahead brightened, and the view opened up dramatically.

"arrive."

He stopped, threw down the branch in his hand, and his expression became more serious.

Everyone looked up.

In the very center of this primeval forest, a vast clearing suddenly appeared.

On the open ground stands an ancient and massive stone fortress complex.

It looks magnificent and grand, full of the style of ancient Athens.

"This is the royal city?"

Wang Ye put down the sedan chair, rubbed his sore shoulders, and looked up at the towering stone walls.

"The energy here... is very strange."

"Let's go in and take a look."

Zhang Tianyi jumped down from the sedan chair and clapped his hands.

The group marched in a grand procession toward the royal city.

However, before they could even get close...

"Shh! Shh!"

Several incredibly fast figures leaped down from the shadows and landed directly in front of the group.

Leading the group was Elijah, who always looked like he hadn't slept yet.

Beside him stood the blond, blue-eyed Alfonso and the Valkyrie Guna, clad in full armor.

Nathan Guard, all personnel on high alert.

"stop."

Elijah raised one hand and made a blocking gesture.

Although he tried to remain polite in his tone, his eyes revealed a bottom line that could not be crossed.

"Master Tian Shu, we meet again."

Elijah bowed slightly. "The king has been waiting for you under the sacred tree for a long time. You may enter."

At this point, Elijah's gaze swept past Zhang Tianyi and landed on Zhang Chulan, Wang Ye, and the others behind him.

"But as I said before, Nasen Royal City is a sacred and inviolable forbidden area."

"Apart from you who have been invited, everyone else must remain outside."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Chulan's reckless and unruly spirit resurfaced.

"Hey, why are you still getting stuck on this hurdle?"

He strode forward, pointed at his group, and said, "We've brought all these bags and haven't even had a sip of water, and you're just leaving us to eat dirt at the door?"

Alfonso frowned, a hint of annoyance in his eyes.

The light in his hand began to flicker faintly as he stared at Zhang Chulan:

"This is a rule that has been in place on Nathan Island for thousands of years! Even if you are guests from China, you cannot..."

He hadn't finished speaking.

Guna, who had been standing like a statue to the side, suddenly moved.

Her wild eyes were fixed on the person at the very back of the group.

"If others insist on coming in, we might be able to make exceptions. But—"

Gu Na's spearhead was aimed directly at the upside-down figure who was trying to hide behind Zhuge Qing!

"This park leader is covered in bloody trash! Absolutely not!"

Guna's voice revealed undisguised disgust.

As a rune paladin of Norse descent, she despises nothing more than the kind of crazy person who creates chaos for fun and has no bottom line!

"Upside down! You scum, despised by the entire island, how dare you set foot on the territory of the royal city today?!"

"As long as I, Guna, am standing here, I will never let you take a single step forward!"

This sudden turn of events caused the atmosphere to freeze.

All of Nathan's gazes were fixed on the upside-down figure with utter hostility.

After all, Nathan Wei had to clean up the messes this guy made on the island a lot!

Should we let him into the capital?

That's an insult to the sacred tree!

Chapter 276 focuses on profiting from both sides!

He was met with Gu Na's fierce gaze, which seemed to want to devour him whole.

Not only did she not feel embarrassed by being upside down, she smoothly took a half step back.

He scurried away and hid behind Zhang Chulan.

"Hey, hey, hey, Valkyrie, don't get so angry."

Half of its head peeked out from behind Zhang Chulan's shoulder, hanging upside down, and began to wave its banner with righteous indignation:

"The upside-down guy who used to cause trouble in the amusement park is dead! Standing before you now is the most loyal guide under the command of Master Tian Shu!"

"I've truly reformed and turned over a new leaf, abandoning darkness for light!"

"You fart!"

Guna was so angry that she pointed at him and cursed:

"Even seagulls wouldn't believe your words, you scum! No matter how much you plead today, the royal city will never let a filthy thing like you in!"

"Alright, stop arguing, my head hurts."

Zhang Tianyi picked at his ear, interrupting this pointless war of words.

Just then, the sound of footsteps was heard.

King Nathan walked out slowly, surrounded by his attendants.

She first nodded slightly to Zhang Tianyi.

His gaze then swept over the group of people squeezed behind Zhang Tianyi, finally settling on the upside-down figure.

“Master, since these are all your companions, the royal city should welcome them with open arms.”

King Nathan's voice was as calm as a still lake: