Tang San: You Have Chosen the Path to Death!

Watching Su Yuntao's hurried departure, Tang San wondered, "He's not really going to the City Lord's Mansion, is he?"

"Anyway, in the end, it will definitely be reduced to a small matter and then forgotten."

Based on Su Yuntao's current condition, there's a good chance he'll go to the City Lord's Mansion, but this kind of thing definitely won't escalate.

As the lord of a city, one must care about one's reputation. Such matters must never be brought into the open, otherwise one's reputation will suffer, and the entire Nuoding City will be filled with gossip, which the lord will be unable to stop or manage.

The law doesn't punish everyone!

Therefore, the lord of Nuoding City is definitely the one who least wants this matter to be exposed.

As for why this incident led to a complete break between Su Yuntao and Sisi...

Even the well-informed Ma Xiunuo felt that Sisi ambitious and not someone Su Yuntao could win over. In addition, Sisi was now really trying to climb the social ladder and had even taken action. Zhou Qing naturally shared the same opinion as Ma Xiunuo.

In this way, Su Yuntao was spared the "long-term pain." He probably won't hold a grudge against his younger self for this... When he emerges from the "short-term pain" in the future, focuses on cultivation, improves his skills, attracts a more devoted girl, and they fall in love, he might even be grateful to himself.

The hope is a bit slim.

"Grandmaster Su Yuntao is really pitiful," Xiao Wu said. "I hope he can meet a better girl in the future."

"I'm afraid that won't work," Zhou Qing shook his head.

"Why?"

"Because his Martial Soul is the Solitary Wolf, a solitary wild wolf," Zhou Qing gave the answer.

Tang San opened his mouth. "This must be a joke, right?"

Could it be that Martial Soul can affect whether or not a person can find a girlfriend?

That's ridiculous!

"Well, actually, it wasn't entirely a joke," Zhou Qing explained. "The day before I asked Professor Mo Hen for leave, I was looking through materials in the Library, and I discovered that many people with the Solitary Wolf Martial Soul remain single for most of their lives, only finding a partner in their thirties or forties..."

"A curse on Martial Soul?" Xiao Wu asked, puzzled.

"It should be that a person's Martial Soul will influence their personality to some extent. For example, Martial Soul is a rabbit, they like to eat vegetables; Martial Soul is a lion, they like to eat meat, and so on."

Zhou Qing explained, "I went through most of the information on Martial Soul and Soul Master in the Library and came to the conclusion that Martial Soul themselves can affect a person's lifestyle and even personality. Beast Martial Soul owners are more affected than Tool Martial Soul owners. The specific reasons are still unclear, but I am certain of one thing: in the future, when cultivating Martial Soul, one should often communicate with the Martial Soul in meditation. At the very least, one should never treat the Martial Soul as a tool."

These words were mainly intended to make Tang San listen to them, and also to subtly change him.

"I would never use my Martial Soul as a tool." Xiao Wu rolled her eyes at Zhou Qing. She was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form, and her Martial Soul was her predecessor. How could she possibly use it as a tool?

Tang San nodded slightly.

"Alright, time to get over the wall."

only.

Just as Zhou Qing's hand gripped the railing, he heard hurried footsteps behind him.

Romantina and Romanyac hurried over.

"Romantina, is something wrong?" Zhou Qing noticed the middle-aged man beside her, but naturally didn't consider him as Romantina's play object. Although Romantina often said surprising things and had unusually rich body language, she wouldn't actually do anything too outrageous, after all, she was still a virgin.

"Excuse me······"

Romantina looked guilty.

"Hello, I am Romanyac, the deputy city lord of Nuoding City." After introducing himself, Romanyac asked Zhou Qing to purchase the Head Soul Bone, and then told him about Dales's background, personality, and the possible turmoil that might occur in Nuoding City in the future.

"Therefore, I hope you can sell me the Head Soul Bone. I will then discuss with the city lord about Soul Bone Auction it off to divert attention from the trouble."

"Or, I could auction it off for you directly, and you could keep 70% of the proceeds... It's not that I want the remaining 30%, it's just that the city lord will definitely take a cut..."

Having understood the cause and effect, Zhou Qing truly grasped the preciousness of the Soul Bone.

Besides the inherent value of Soul Bone to Soul Master, ambitious figures at the higher levels also exploit Soul Master ' fascination with Soul Bone to create chaos and profit from it.

Those major sects and families might not care about a hundred-year-old Soul Bone, but ordinary Commoner Soul Master would probably flock to it if they heard about it.

No wonder that in the original story, Soul Master who obtained Soul Bone mostly kept them hidden, and Soul Hunting Team, after hunting Soul Beast and discovering Soul Bone, would immediately start killing each other. This is because once the news of their possession of Soul Bone is exposed, it will likely cause countless troubles. Apart from the Upper Three Sects, the Lower Four Sects, and the nobles between the Two Great Empires, other forces probably wouldn't dare to openly reveal the existence of Soul Bone.

After much deliberation, Zhou Qing finally took the Head Soul Bone out of his Storage Soul Tool.

"Storage Soul Tool!"

Romanyac was shocked. This was not something Commoner Soul Master could possess. In fact, in the entire Nuoding City, probably only that "Grandmaster Yu" had it.

"Deputy City Lord, you don't need to overthink it. I have no one backing me." Zhou Qing handed over the Head Soul Bone. "However, I don't want Gold Soul Coin. You know, I'm just a commoner. I can't keep too much money, so I want something else."

Romanyac dared not treat Zhou Qing as an ordinary Commoner Soul Master at this moment, and he only now noticed that the little guy in front of him was so calm.

The other two children beside him were also more composed than the average child.

Is she really six years old?

"What do you want?" Romanyac decided to listen to his thoughts.

"Compared to directly obtaining money, I would prefer to obtain Storage Soul Tool," Zhou Qing stated his request.

"You can't buy that kind of thing even if you have money."

Unlike other Soul Tool circulating in the market, the method of making Storage Soul Tool has been lost. They are antiques with great practical value. While not priceless, they are extremely rare.

"The Spirit Hall should have one, right?" Zhou Qing asked.

"You!"

Romanyac was shocked and couldn't understand how a child knew he was close to the Spirit Hall.

"It's very simple. I can tell from Romantina's behavior. Today, I went to register with the Spirit Hall with Na Yi. She has a close relationship with Grandmaster Ma Xiunuo, like the way a grandfather and granddaughter get along."

Based on details such as the way Romantina and Ma Xiunuo interact, Zhou Qing felt that it was obvious that her father must also have a connection with Ma Xiunuo.

"I believe you will become a powerful Soul Master in the future." Romanyac took the Head Soul Bone, but shook his head. "It's just that you are still young and don't understand. Although the branches and sub-branches of the Spirit Hall are spread throughout the cities of the Douluo Continent, the branch hall Hall Master and city lords and deputy city lords of each city are only in a cooperative relationship. They can be very close in private, but they must be clearly separated in public, because we represent the Spirit Hall, the Heaven Dou Empire, and the Star Luo Empire respectively."

"Now, Dales is certain that my daughter has obtained the Head Soul Bone, and the information he orders to spread will definitely be this, not the kind of claim that 'a child from the Nuoding Academy has obtained Soul Bone '."

People of low status have little influence.

Zhou Qing instantly understood this principle. Even if the Soul Bone was in his hands from the beginning, Dales would definitely spread the word that Romantina had obtained the Soul Bone in order to achieve his goal.

If the information that he possesses Soul Bone is exposed first, then seeking help from the Spirit Hall later is not a problem.

The problem is, Dales will definitely make his move tonight, and by the next day, news of Romantina obtaining the Soul Bone will be everywhere.

At that time, even if he stood up and admitted it, although it could divert some attention, the people and Soul Master of Nuoding City would probably think that the deputy city lord had found a scapegoat, and his reputation would inevitably decline.

Moreover, if we were to do that, there wouldn't be enough time.

"In any case, this matter will be exposed the next day, so this Soul Bone can only be auctioned off. Ma Xiunuo can participate in the auction, but neither you nor I can use it to directly exchange for what we want from the higher-ups of the Spirit Hall."

Romanyac sighed, "So, I'm sorry, Storage Soul Tool won't work. I can only exchange them with Gold Soul Coin. Otherwise, my excellent relationship with the Hall Master of the Spirit Hall Branch will be truly exposed, instead of being something everyone tacitly understands... Although it's not a crime, my career as the deputy city lord is almost over..."

"But don't worry, I guarantee that no one will try to steal your Gold Soul Coin, and you and your friends can always ask me for help if you encounter any trouble."

ε=(ο`*))) Sigh!

With a long sigh, Zhou Qing agreed to Romanyac's request and accepted the Soul Card he handed over, which contained a total of 500,000 Gold Soul Coin.

After Romanyac left, Romantina stayed behind, her mood slightly somber. "I'm sorry that you lost a Soul Bone, and it was Head Soul Bone, which is second only to the Torso Bone in value."

"It's alright, it's just a piece of Soul Bone that's been around for a hundred years."

Zhou Qing didn't blame Romantina. When he first obtained the Soul Bone, he said that if he couldn't figure it out, he would sell it to Romantina.

It's just been brought forward now.

"It's all that fat pig's fault!" Xiao Wu, who knew a thing or two, comforted Romantina, "Don't be sad. It's just a hundred-year-old Soul Bone. With Zhou Qing's luck, he might get a ten-thousand-year-old one in the future."

"That's right, there's no need to blame yourself." Tang San also offered a word of comfort, but beneath his calm exterior, he was burning with anger, blaming everything on that Dales.

Back in Nuoding Forest, I shouldn't have hesitated. When I met Dales and the others for the second time, I should have called Zhou Qing and Xiao Wu to pull the trigger of the Soul Conductor Godly Zhuge Crossbow and let the Soul Power arrows pierce through the chests of those Soul Grandmaster and Quasi Soul Master Dales, sending them to meet the King of Hell!

[Dales!]

You have already Path to Death!