Unwaveringly Going Astray!

Is Sisi dead?

Zhou Qing was slightly taken aback, but after thinking about it carefully, he wasn't too surprised.

With the eyes of that old fox, City Lord Xiao, how could he not see through Sisi of personality?

Normal women wouldn't even look at someone with such a fat, big-eared appearance.

Money!

That power!

Status!

These are the things that Sisi values, and they are also the fundamental reason why Ma Xiunuo commented that Sisi "too ambitious"!

If she truly possessed cultivation abilities, why would she remain in Nuoding City in her twenties?

They moved to bigger cities to develop their careers long ago!

Compared to Su Yuntao, who has a high probability of becoming the next Hall Master of the Nuoding City Spirit Hall Branch, the City Lord of Nuoding City naturally has a higher status, greater power, and more money.

It's a pity—

His abilities did not match his ambitions, so much so that he became someone else's shield.

"... That's how it is," Xiao Chenyu said. "So, she can only wait until my father dies before she can marry him."

"I'm leaving."

Although Sisi's misfortune was self-inflicted, Zhou Qing once again realized the cruelty of this world. Ordinary people, even Commoner Soul Master, are as worthless as grass and have no control over their own lives.

No matter what you want to accomplish, the corresponding strength is indispensable.

"Wait! Zhou Qing! Qing Ge! Can you help me persuade my dad?" Xiao Chenyu finally revealed his true purpose, "I... really don't want my dad to take that risk!"

Zhou Qing turned her head and gave Xiao Chenyu a deep look.

Unlike Xiao Chenyu's father, who wanted to achieve great things with limited resources, Xiao Chenyu himself did not have such great ambitions. He only wanted to be a local tyrant in a small place like Nuoding City.

"I don't have that much influence. My advice is to steal that Soul Bone and throw it outside the city, and make sure many people see it." Zhou Qing thought Xiao Chenyu was being unrealistic. How could City Lord Xiao possibly listen to the advice of a six-year-old child?

But to truly solve the problem—

The key to calming things down is to get rid of the Soul Bone Soul Bone the rumors get too outrageous.

However, this would also confirm that the Soul Bone Auction was indeed orchestrated by City Lord Xiao, and might even implicate Romanyac.

But!

You can't have your cake and eat it too...

After a moment of contemplation, Xiao Chenyu gritted his teeth and left Nuoding Academy.

As soon as he came out, he noticed that the gazes of the Non- Nuoding City Soul Master loitering nearby were all fixed on him.

Fear! Horror!

But Xiao Chenyu still gritted his teeth and walked out onto the main street, hurrying along the bustling street towards the Xiao Manor.

Only when he saw the gate of the Xiao Manor did Xiao Chenyu dare to run and rush inside, ordering the guards at the gate to lock it.

"Call--"

Once he relaxed, Xiao Chenyu realized that he was drenched in sweat and his whole body was soaked.

"Young Master, why are you back?" After receiving the servant's report, Steward Xiao rushed over and said to Xiao Chenyu, "During this time, Nuoding Academy is much safer than the Xiao Manor."

"I need to talk to my father." Xiao Chenyu wiped his sweat, and without letting the Steward Xiao follow him, went to find the City Lord Xiao was recuperating from his injuries.

After losing an arm, City Lord Xiao Primordial Energy, and his strength as Soul Grandmaster was reduced to less than one-tenth. Recently, he has stopped going to his office and is instead recuperating at home.

Moreover, it was precisely because he lost an arm that he was determined to quell the storm before the "rumors" spread further and caused greater turmoil, so that those in power could see his abilities!

Only in this way could he be promoted and avoid sacrificing his arm in vain.

now.

City Lord Xiao was fast asleep in bed.

Xiao Chenyu tiptoed open the door and saw that his father was fast asleep. He walked to the nearby wardrobe, gently opened the wardrobe door, and began to rummage through it.

But there was no trace of the Soul Bone.

The drawer under the wardrobe —

No.

Bedside table —

No.

Under the bed—

Still no.

So, Xiao Chenyu quietly lifted the blanket covering City Lord Xiao, wanting to confirm whether he was holding the Soul Bone in his hands.

But still nothing.

"Where did it go?" Xiao Chenyu asked, pulling the blanket back over himself, pondering the possible locations where the Soul Bone might be hidden.

He followed Zhou Qing's advice and prepared to discard the Soul Bone!

Although the Soul Bone was extremely precious, compared to the trouble caused by its Soul Bone and the possibility that it might prevent him from becoming the city lord of Nuoding City in the future, Xiao Chenyu felt that the slight increase in strength brought by the Soul Bone was not so important.

For Soul Master who may never be able to break through to the Soul Elder realm in their lifetime, it's better to be a local tyrant in such a small place than to constantly pursue breakthroughs in realm.

What are you looking for?

As soon as Xiao Chenyu turned around, he heard the voice of City Lord Xiao behind him.

"Dad... Dad!?" Xiao Chenyu trembled, turned around blankly, felt a chill on the back of his neck, and his lips trembled. "When... when did you wake up?"

"You were awake when you first came in," City Lord Xiao with a gloomy look in his eyes. "You were looking for the Soul Bone."

The heavy tone made Xiao Chenyu hesitant to look up, but the thought of his missing arm gave him a strange sense of confidence, and he spoke a little louder, "Yes, Father. People in the city are saying that you orchestrated this auction yourself. You just wanted to take the Soul Bone from the deputy city lord and never intended to Soul Bone Auction off."

"So what do you want to do? You're so excited about those ignorant people's words that you want to steal the Soul Bone?"

City Lord Xiao's icy tone was like the Nine Nether Ice in the underworld, making Xiao Chenyu afraid to even look up. "Have you forgotten what I told you? Don't worry about what those fools are thinking. Just don't cause trouble for those who are suspected of having powerful families behind them!"

Lord City Lord Xiao didn't even consider Commoner Soul Master a threat.

Even though he lost an arm because of it, he felt it was because those three guys caught him off guard while he was exercising.

Only the scions of those major sects and families are truly people we can't afford to offend!

That's not the reason!

Although Xiao Chenyu didn't dare to look up, he still spoke in a hoarse voice, almost shouting, "I just, I'm just worried about your safety. Now people dare to break into our house and even caused you to lose a leg... I can't imagine what will happen after this news spreads for a while."

Hearing this, City Lord Xiao's eyes softened considerably. "So, you stole the Soul Bone because you wanted to throw it out of Nuoding City?"

"Yes." Xiao Chenyu gritted his teeth and admitted it, but did not say that it was Zhou Qing's suggestion. "Dad, if the Soul Bone is exposed, Nuoding City will be even more chaotic. Let's throw it out and let other Soul Master fight over it. That way, Nuoding City will return to its original peace."

City Lord Xiao was actually quite pleased that Xiao Chenyu was able to come up with such a solution, because it meant that his son was starting to think.

However, City Lord Xiao rejected the proposal.

Throw it out?

This was something he bought from Romanyac for one million Gold Soul Coin (although he ultimately only paid Romanyac six hundred thousand Gold Soul Coin in private), and he couldn't bear to lose it.

The Xiao Manor is not so extravagant as to waste 600,000 yuan!

But more importantly, in order to make up his mind, City Lord Xiao had already absorbed the Head Soul Bone of the Moo Spring Ox.

Having lost an arm, and now burdened with this 600,000, City Lord Xiao's determination can be described as "burning his boats and breaking his cauldrons."

Without madness, there is no life.

This is a desperate gamble!

"Dad, you've already absorbed the Soul Bone?!" Xiao Chenyu's mouth dropped open, which meant there was no other way out.

unless--

But you can't even think about something like that!

Because he is the son of the city lord! If his father were dead, he would at most be the son of a minor nobleman in Nuoding City, not the son of the city lord!

"Don't worry, my son, you have to trust your father."

City Lord Xiao said, "I have already taken care of the city lords of the nearby cities. As long as this matter is resolved within six months, my abilities will be noticed by the people in the Heaven Dou Empire's administrative agency. In another two or three years, we can move to a larger city!"

"Your grandfather was able to rise from a small town to Nuoding City Nuoding City and become its lord through a high-stakes gamble similar to today's. I was able to succeed him as lord only after your grandfather constantly contacted other lords and officials in higher-level cities and smoothed things over."

"Back then, I was just like you, timid and afraid of failure, which led to a complete loss. But in the end, it proved that your grandfather was right. I am just showing you what your grandfather did back then."

"In the future, if you find the opportunity, you should also take a big gamble to fight for more rights and status for your descendants! However, once you move to a bigger city, it will probably take three or even four generations before you can find the opportunity to start the next big gamble!"

"The larger the city, the more problems it needs to deal with..."

Xiao Chenyu dropped open, his head was buzzing, and he was at a loss for what to do.

My grandfather was originally just the Town Chief of a small town?

So, after moving to a bigger city, how much time would one have to spend accumulating wealth for future generations so that their descendants three generations from now could plan to move to a bigger city?

When Xiao Chenyu returned to the Nuoding Academy with the steward and guards of the Xiao Manor, he had regained the "confidence" he once had as a nobleman.

Then--

Xiao Wu, who had just returned from the Nuoding Guild, saw him and beat him up again.

"Ah! Sister Xiao Wu, I was wrong! I will never dare to show a smug expression in front of you again. Please forgive me!" Xiao Chenyu, who was thrown into the flower bed, was in tears. He didn't dare to complain at all and kept apologizing, hoping that Xiao Wu would not punish him alone.

And that sliver of confidence, too, vanished under the onslaught of pain.

"Hmph, you used to bully the work-study students all the time. I'm just avenging them!" Xiao Wu was in a bad mood. She snorted coldly, standing on the moral high ground, and shouted to Wang Sheng and the others who were watching the scene not far away, "Tell me, is what Sister Xiao Wu did right or wrong?"

"Right!"

"Sister Xiao Wu is amazing!"

"Give Xiao Chenyu a good lesson. That guy will graduate next year, and then we won't be able to teach him a lesson anymore!"

The work-study students applauded and cheered, but Wang Sheng, and two or three other work-study students who were on good terms with Wang Sheng, did not react as dramatically as the others; they simply echoed each other.

Because they understand one thing better than others: Xiao Wu can't help them forever. As work-study students and ordinary people, they still have to rely on themselves.

But because he was tongue-tied and his strength was inferior to Xiao Wu's, he didn't say much, and besides—

Seeing Xiao Chenyu get beaten, Wang Sheng and the others actually felt quite satisfied.

Hearing these sounds, Xiao Chenyu gritted his teeth, but dared not utter a single word, because he knew that if he said another word, he would be beaten even more severely.

This Xiao Wu is completely unreasonable!

Moreover, for some reason, Xiao Wu's strength has recently become incredibly great; she can easily crush him with one hand without using her Martial Soul or Soul Skill...

Is the difference really that big if Soul Power Level is two or three levels higher than yours?

"Look, everyone is complaining about you, so it's only natural and just that Sister Xiao Wu hit you." Xiao Wu smiled smugly. "Besides, I advise you not to bully people just because you're the city lord's son. Otherwise, as long as you stay in Nuoding City, Sister Xiao Wu will have plenty of ways to teach you a lesson."

But aren't you the one bullying people all the time?

Xiao Chenyu was full of resentment.

But this melancholy quickly turned into fear.

Xiao Wu clenched her fist and sneered, "Don't give me that weird look, or Sister Xiao Wu won't mind helping you change your expression to something more suitable."

Xiao Chenyu trembled, a look of fear appearing in his eyes: Was he going to live in the shadow of this devil for the rest of his life?

Absolutely not!

Dad!

Your plan must succeed!

The scene of Xiao Wu teaching Xiao Chenyu a lesson was witnessed by Zhou Qing and Tang San, who had just returned from blacksmithing.

"I feel like Xiao Wu went a bit too far. Xiao Chenyu did bully people a lot in the past, but he hasn't been bothering ordinary students or work-study students lately. There's no need for him to go out of his way to cause trouble, is there?"

Tang San frowned slightly.

You can help someone temporarily, but not forever.

He remembered it in his heart, how could Xiao Wu forget it?

"I guess she got a little cocky after completing the Secondary Soul Ring Refinement, which enhanced her physique and strength." Zhou Qing sighed inwardly, feeling that among the four, only Xiao Wu, the oldest "old lady," was truly a child in temperament, lively, impulsive, and always on a whim.

However, Zhou Qing also noticed the change in Xiao Chenyu—

[It seems Xiao Chenyu has been persuaded by his father... Oh well, in the end, he's not one of these pampered aristocratic young masters. Those who haven't truly experienced the hardships of ordinary life can't possibly empathize with me!]

And I can't get too involved with these people!

So, besides cultivating and reaching the Titled Douluo, or even breaking through to Level 100, what else do I want to do in the future?

Zhou Qing didn't notice the hint of confusion in her own eyes.

But Tang San, who was constantly watching Zhou Qing, once again clearly sensed it...