Upon entering the office, Prajna was startled to see Lionel, "Mr. Yeager, you’re back!"
Then, she looked at Lily, "Who is he?"
Lionel said, "This is my newly recognized brother, Lily Tisdale."
"Hello, Brother Tanner. My name is Prajna Bates."
Prajna flashed a sweet smile at Lily and greeted him.
Lily nodded at Prajna.
Lionel joked, "Prajna, Lily has already reached the realm of Grandmaster Perfection in his cultivation. You need to catch up."
Prajna’s face was full of surprise, "Grandmaster Perfection?!"
Lionel laughed, "That’s right, Grandmaster Perfection."
Prajna twitched her mouth, "No wonder, those who you regard as your brothers are all freaks."
Lionel joked, "Prajna, you’ll have a chance to compete with Lily in the future."
Prajna shook her head like a rattle, "I’d better not. I’ll consider it after I improve my cultivation."
Just as Lionel was about to continue teasing the young girl, suddenly, a phone call came to his mobile phone.
He took out his phone and saw that it was from Koch Klapow and answered it.
"Mr. Yeager, Leslie and I were beaten up by someone. You have to help us!"
Koch’s wail came through the phone.
"What? You guys got beaten?"
Lionel was puzzled, "Who dares to beat you in River City?
"Mr. Yeager, it’s not convenient to talk on the phone, you’d better come here."
"Alright, I’m coming right now, where are you guys?"
"We’re at Maple Pedestrian Street."
After hanging up, Lionel informed Julia, and then left the company with Lily.
On the way to Maple Pedestrian Street.
Lionel asked, "Lily, do you have a place to stay in River City? If not, would you like to stay at my place?"
Lily shook his head, "Mr. Yeager, no need to bother. I’ll find a place."
Lionel nodded, "If you need help, just let me know."
Lily nodded in agreement.
After a twenty plus minutes’ drive, they arrived at Maple Pedestrian Street.
After parking the car, Lionel and Lily headed towards Maple Pedestrian Street together.
As they approached, they realized that Maple Pedestrian Street was actually a Sakura Country National Street.
Shops with Sakura Country’s style were built on both sides of the street.
At the moment, the street was hosting a "Midsummer Festival" event.
Many young people dressed in kimonos were shopping, praying and dancing on the street, making it lively.
Seeing this scene, Lily frowned and said, "If I didn’t know better, I would’ve thought I came to Sakura Country."
Lionel sighed, "Nowadays, many young people have good lives and have forgotten the old hatred.
They begin to learn and imitate Sakura Country’s culture and living habits, not feeling ashamed but honored instead."
Lily said coldly, "What a spineless bunch!"
"Mr. Yeager, you’re finally here!"
At this moment, a voice came over.
Lionel Yeager and Lily Tisdale looked over, just in time to see a group of people running towards them.
Running in the front were Koch Klapow, Leslie Tolkien, Jimmy Forbes, and Freya Zac.
Behind them were about a dozen black-clothed men.
However, Klapow and the others all had bruised faces, clearly having been beaten up by someone.
Koch Klapow lamented, "Mr. Yeager, you must avenge us!"
Lionel Yeager asked, "What happened?"
Koch Klapow replied, "Mr. Yeager, here’s what happened.
Not long ago, I was passing by here with Leslie and the others, and we saw that they were holding a ’Midsummer Festival’ event, which was pretty annoying.
I mean, we’re all from East Nation, why do we have to hold this Sakura Country’s crappy event?
So, we figured we’d go in and stir things up, hoping to ruin their event.
But when we started causing trouble, a group of people suddenly appeared to drive us away.
Naturally, we weren’t having it, so we fought them.
However, there were a few masters among them, and we were no match, so they beat us up."
Lionel Yeager laughed, "I didn’t expect you guys to be so patriotic. I thought you only knew how to have fun, pick up girls, and step on people."
Leslie Tolkien grumbled, "Mr. Yeager, we may be useless, but we do know patriotism, okay?"
Jimmy Forbes pointed to people on the street and said, "Seeing these guys walking around in kimonos just pisses me off."
Freya Zac suggested, "Mr. Yeager, why don’t we just smash this place up, like we did with the Foundation Building yesterday?"
Koch Klapow excitedly added, "Yeah, yeah, let’s just smash this place and see if they dare to hold this kind of event again!"
"I agree with smashing this place."
Lily Tisdale unexpectedly chimed in.
Koch Klapow curiously asked, "Mr. Yeager, who’s this brother?"
Lionel Yeager introduced, "He’s my brother, and his name is Lily Tisdale."
Koch Klapow cheerfully said, "Nice to meet you, Brother Tisdale! Since you’re Mr. Yeager’s brother, you’re our Big Brother too!
If there’s anything in River City that you can’t handle, feel free to contact us anytime!"
Leslie Tolkien, Jimmy Forbes, and Freya Zac also nodded and looked kindly at Lily Tisdale.
Lionel Yeager suddenly thought of something and asked, "By the way, Klapow, don’t those guys know who you are? Why would they dare to beat you up?"
Koch Klapow replied, "Of course they know who we are, but they are from the Blood Soul Chamber of Commerce, which is said to be affiliated with the Sakura Country’s top chamber of commerce, the Yamada Chamber of Commerce Affiliate Chamber.
That’s why they don’t usually put our East Union in their eyes and never listen to the management of our Four Top Chambers of Commerce."
"So that’s how it is."
Lionel Yeager nodded in realization, "Let’s go, take me to see those guys.
These bastards can’t act so recklessly on our East Nation’s territory."
"Long live Mr. Yeager!"
Koch Klapow excitedly raised his fist and then led Lionel Yeager and Lily Tisdale into Maple Pedestrian Street.
However, as soon as they stepped into the Maple Pedestrian Street, Lionel Yeager frowned slightly and said solemnly, "There’s something wrong with this street."
Koch Klapow agreed, "It is indeed weird. Look at how these people dress so bizarrely, it would be strange if it weren’t weird!"
Lionel Yeager shook his head, "I’m not talking about that."
"Mr. Yeager, then what are you saying is wrong?"
Leslie Tolkien asked.
Lionel Yeager didn’t answer but looked around instead.
Soon, he noticed a ten-meter-tall Goddess statue placed in the center of the street.
This Goddess statue was precisely the "Sun Goddess" of the Sakura Country, also known as the "Great God of Amaterasu."
If it was just a divine statue, that wouldn’t be a problem.
The key point was that Lionel Yeager found that this street seemed to be set up with a mysterious Geomancy Array, and this Goddess statue was the Array Eye of this Geomancy Array.
As he walked and pondered, he quickly had a realization.
Could it be that the street was set up with a "Nine-Curve Transport Formation"?!