Adventure Team

"What? They wanted me to visit the Chen family?"

Xu Mingxi had only rested for one night at Qingyin Inn. After sitting in a carriage for more than ten days, he was exhausted.

Yet just after dawn, a servant knocked on his door and said the Chen Family Head had invited him over.

Xu Mingxi wanted to go. This was a great opportunity to build ties with the Chen family. But when he thought of the troublesome woman he had saved yesterday, his head began to ache.

"Young Master, the Family Head has prepared a banquet at the residence. He instructed this humble servant to make sure you came."

"Alright. Wait for me a moment."

While Xu Mingxi went inside to get ready, the Chen Residence was already in an uproar.

"Yun'er, how could you invite that boy over in my name?"

"What? Am I not allowed to use your name?"

Chen Rudong almost wanted to roar that she was being utterly unreasonable. Was that what he meant? Their daughter had obviously fallen for the boy, and she was still inviting him into their home.

"Yun'er, I still haven't investigated that boy's background. We don't even know his cultivation. How can we let our daughter interact with him so casually?"

Chen Rudong recalled asking his daughter about Xu Mingxi yesterday.

In the end, aside from saying that he was handsome and gentle, Chen Qinghuang did not even know his Soul Power Level.

His head hurt terribly. If he had known, he would have let his daughter travel and gain experience more often.

"No matter which family he comes from, he saved our Qinghuang. That makes him an honored guest of the Chen family. Chen Rudong, do you have a problem with that?"

"Yun'er, I was thinking of having Qingting and Qingfeng personally invite him."

"You have the nerve to say that? Qinghuang went missing, and your two precious sons were still busy cultivating."

Thinking of the two troublemakers at home gave Xue Yun a headache. They were already thirty, yet every day they only wanted to explore hidden realms. Not a single man in this family gave her any peace of mind.

While the couple continued arguing, Chen Qinghuang was already waiting at the entrance for her Brother Mingxi.

The moment Xu Mingxi stepped down from the carriage, she rushed out, grabbed his hand, and dragged him inside.

Unable to break free, Xu Mingxi could only let her pull him along while secretly observing the entire Chen Residence.

"Brother Mingxi, I've been waiting for you forever. Why did you take so long?"

"Yeah, yeah. It's been quite a while."

So long indeed. We only parted yesterday, and it's barely breakfast time now, right?

Xu Mingxi was dragged into the main hall, where he saw a burly, broad-shouldered man conversing with a gentle, graceful woman.

When they saw the two enter, they stopped talking. Madam Chen warmly invited Xu Mingxi to sit, while the man sized him up from head to toe, seeming quite dissatisfied.

"You must be Mingxi. What an outstanding young man. How old are you? What is your cultivation? Where do you live?"

Wow, they're practically checking my household registration. Xu Mingxi finally understood why so many men and women in his previous life complained about blind dates.

"Um, Auntie, I have no plans to get married."

Oh no, wrong thing to say. Why did I blurt out what I was thinking?

Xu Mingxi felt indescribably awkward, while Xue Yun was left stunned by his blunt response.

A young girl's heart quietly shattered, while a father's eyes immediately lit up.

The four people in the hall all wore different expressions, their feelings impossible to describe. Just as the atmosphere froze in embarrassment, someone came to rescue the situation.

Two burly men shoved open the doors and barged in. Xu Mingxi could tell at a glance that they were Chen Rudong's sons.

Those looks, those builds—there could be no other possibility. As for whether they were Madam Chen's sons, Xu Mingxi felt that was open to question. They had not inherited a single good trait from her.

"Little sister, I heard you were attacked. Which bastard did it?"

"That's right, little sister. Tell us, and the two of us will avenge you."

Chen Rudong's already poor expression darkened further. Even now, he had not discovered where that Soul Emperor had come from.

He had sent people overnight to investigate the surrounding cities, but the reports that came back were almost uniformly the same: no such person could be found.

That left only one likely possibility. That Soul Emperor was a Death Warrior personally raised by one of the families, someone who had never appeared in public.

"Qingting, Qingfeng, don't disturb your sister. She's upset right now."

Seeing that her daughter was on the verge of tears, Xue Yun's heart ached for her. Still, this was probably for the best. Xu Mingxi clearly was no ordinary person; he certainly would not agree to marry into the family.

Qinghuang had the best talent of her generation in the Chen family and would undoubtedly become the future Chen Family Head. It would be better to find her a weaker husband willing to marry into the family.

"You must be Brother Xu. Thank you for saving our sister. From now on, your business is our business."

"Big Brother is right."

Fine, I want to wipe out Spirit Hall. You two go do it for me, then.

Naturally, Xu Mingxi would not say that. The two men before him looked rather foolish; how could he bear to send them to their deaths?

"You're too kind, both of you. I merely happened to come across it. I believe no one would have stood by and done nothing."

Even if it had not been for the chance to build ties with the Chen family, Xu Mingxi would not have stood by.

He was not an exceptionally kind-hearted person, but he had still received nine years of compulsory education. His values were quite sound.

"Hey, Brother Chen, you're traveling around, right? Want to join our Adventure Team?"

Here it came again. Xue Yun rubbed her forehead in frustration. Her two sons were good in every way, except their minds were set solely on cultivation and adventure.

They had even formed some Adventure Team with a few close friends from the city and ran all over the place, rarely coming home all year round.

An Adventure Team? Xu Mingxi was interested. What if they stumbled upon some lucky encounter? Wouldn't that be hitting the jackpot?

"Two brothers, why don't you tell me more?"

Chen Qinghuang watched as her Brother Mingxi walked out with her two biological brothers, their arms slung around one another's shoulders.

She was overwhelmed with grief and burst into tears. Xue Yun stepped forward, patting her daughter's shoulder as she softly consoled her.

She truly couldn't understand it either. Were all men like this? Chen Rudong hadn't been like this when he was young.

Meanwhile, Xu Mingxi, who had gone outside with them, listened as Chen Qingting and Chen Qingfeng introduced the Adventure Team they had formed.

When he heard that the group also included children of prominent families from Easternmost City and several neighboring cities, Xu Mingxi became even more interested.

"Two brothers, where does your Adventure Team usually go?"

"Brother Xu, you've come to the right people. We go to plenty of places.

"The ruins of ancient sects, all kinds of dangerous lands, and places rumored to hide treasures—all of them are our targets."

"Oh? Then, have you two brothers found any treasures?"

"Brother Xu, come here. Let me show you a big treasure."

Xu Mingxi didn't suspect a thing and leaned closer.

To his surprise, Chen Qingting pulled out something resembling a cannon barrel.

"Brother Xu, don't be fooled by how ordinary it looks. If you pour Soul Power into it, it can unleash an attack with power no weaker than a Soul Grandmaster's full-force strike."

T-This... wasn't this a Soul Tool?