Swagger

After Niu Yuanshan arrived at the dungeon, he completely took control of the pace.

Liu Tianfeng was already so old. How could he fail to understand what Niu Yuanshan meant?

The old man immediately caught on.

This Old Niu really has thought everything through, he thought.

I injured someone under the Sixth Elder. No matter what, I have to show some sincerity, right?

If the blame comes down on me, the consequences will be unthinkable!

Actually, even if Old Niu had not reminded him, Liu Tianfeng would have realized it after a while and then brought gifts to apologize in person.

Since Old Niu had used a Secret telepathic message just now, only Liu Tianfeng could hear it. His good-for-nothing son and nephew were completely baffled.

"Father's letting him go just like that?"

"Why does Uncle look so awful?"

Niu Yuanshan was the least senior among the Nine Great Stewards. It shouldn't have come to this, right?

As a result, they soon heard Liu Tianfeng speak. "It was all a misunderstanding, nephew. All a misunderstanding!"

Even the way he addressed him had changed.

"All the fault lies with us."

"But what happened today was too sudden. I wasn't prepared."

"How about this? Tomorrow, I'll prepare generous gifts and personally visit your residence to apologize."

" Nephew, what do you think?"

At this moment, where was the old man's previous imposing air?

Liu Chengqi and Liu Chenggong were utterly stunned by this.

Chu Huai Xu accepted it calmly.

I'm taking the identity of a World Protagonist, you know!

Niu Yuanshan listened from the side and felt that it was time for him to step in.

More precisely, everything he had done earlier had merely been groundwork for this.

This thick-browed, big-eyed man was quite shrewd!

"I do have a suggestion." A conciliatory smile appeared on his face.

"Please, Steward Niu!" Liu Tianfeng cooperated wholeheartedly, his tone quite forthright, as though he would agree to any condition.

"Steward Liu, why not give them one Jade Token Fragment each from the ones you obtained earlier?" Niu Yuanshan finally revealed his true aim.

The moment he said this, the smile on the old man's face instantly froze.

The atmosphere inside the dungeon changed in an instant.

"This..." Liu Tianfeng was clearly unwilling.

The moment Liu Chengqi heard this, he panicked as well. "Father!"

This is my opportunity!

Whether my damaged Blazing Fire Spiritual Embryo can recover depends on it!

Liu Tianfeng had received his only son in his old age and had always doted on him. Even so, he could not help glaring at him now.

"Shut your mouth!" he barked.

This whole mess started because of you. Of all the people you could provoke, you had to provoke someone under the Sixth Elder!

At first, Liu Tianfeng had felt humiliated that he, a Third Realm cultivator, had been unable to defeat someone who had only opened two apertures.

Now, he only felt fortunate.

Thank goodness I couldn't beat him.

At this moment, faced with Niu Yuanshan's outrageous demand, he struggled for several seconds.

Chu Huai Xu had been silently watching him the entire time. He simply felt that the old man gave off the impression of being both deeply calculating and unable to calculate things properly.

In the end, Liu Tianfeng waved his hand grandly and took two jade fragments out of the storage space in his Steward Token.

They looked like white mutton-fat jade, with patterns carved upon them, and radiated a faint spiritual aura.

The Liu father and son could only console themselves. "There are ten Jade Token Fragments in total. Giving them two is still acceptable."

The important thing is not to anger the Sixth Elder!

Ultimately, it was because Niu Yuanshan's established image had become too deeply rooted in everyone's hearts.

With Old Niu's honest and sincere personality, the more outrageous his demand, the more he's hinting to me that this brat has an incredible background!

Among all the stewards of the Outer Sect, this Willing Ox had the strongest ability. He had always handled matters thoroughly, and everyone considered him reliable.

Liu Tianfeng waved his hand, and the two Jade Token Fragments floated before Chu Huai Xu and Han Shuangjiang.

"Keep them safe," Niu Yuanshan said gently.

The two of them immediately stored the Jade Token Fragments inside their Storage Tokens.

In an instant, a voice that only Chu Huai Xu could hear rang beside his ears.

Ding! You have successfully completed the quest—Liu Chengqi's Revenge.

You have successfully obtained 1,000 Experience Points.

Congratulations! You have successfully unlocked the Hidden Dungeon—Pill King Token!

Inside the dungeon, Chu Huai Xu was delighted.

Everything had gone far too smoothly.

The Class A quest had been completed without a hitch, and with the help of Niu Yuanshan, who knew the truth, he had successfully unlocked the Hidden Dungeon.

But for an ordinary player in the early stages of the game, this was basically an impossible quest to complete. Class A was perfectly reasonable.

These three scoundrels from the Liu family could practically be considered the evil final boss of the starter village.

If Chu Huai Xu had not been blessed with Xu Ziqing's protagonist halo, relying on Niu Yuanshan alone, he could at most have completed the quest. There might even have been a string of problems afterward!

Is this what it feels like to be a World Protagonist? Chu Huai Xu wondered inwardly.

He interpreted the Jade Token Fragment he had just obtained as the key to unlocking the dungeon.

Pill King Token? I've never seen this Hidden Dungeon mentioned on the game forums.

Then it must have happened before the game's Public Test.

Still, he had heard of the Pill King.

In the path of alchemy, the person who had achieved the most was definitely the Dao Ancestor.

The Dao Ancestor had created the Aperture Opening Pill and ushered in an age of cultivation!

The Pill King came next!

Chu Huai Xu still remembered the sensation when the Pill King Secret Realm had appeared while he was playing "Borrowed Sword."

With the Pill King's inheritance at stake, the entire Xuanhuang Realm had erupted in excitement. The major player guilds had also been rubbing their hands together, eager to get a share.

But could this Pill King Token have something to do with the Pill King Secret Realm? he wondered.

For now, he could not determine the answer.

The Hidden Dungeon in the starter village should not be of such a high level.

Today's trip could be said to have yielded an abundant harvest.

Niu Yuanshan turned toward Chu Huai Xu and Han Shuangjiang and asked, "Are you two satisfied with this outcome?"

Liu Tianfeng felt even more that Old Niu understood how to conduct himself. This was equivalent to asking whether they would report the matter to the Sixth Elder and whether this misunderstanding could come to an end.

The old man was in unbearable pain over the loss, but he could not ask them those things himself. Niu Yuanshan, however, was the perfect person to do so.

There was no helping it. After all, they had wanted to kill Chu Huai Xu just moments ago!

If this matter was not handled properly, they would form a grudge with the Sixth Elder.

Hearing this, Han Shuangjiang said nothing and merely looked at Chu Huai Xu.

It's as though his opinion is my opinion.

Chu Huai Xu took a few steps forward and stopped before the three members of the Liu family.

"Steward, this junior still has something to ask." He remained polite and proper as he cupped his hands in salute.

From beginning to end, his manners had been impeccable.

How could Liu Tianfeng dare put on airs now? Seeing Chu Huai Xu like this, he secretly let out a sigh of relief. He now had a way out as well, so he hurriedly extended a hand, intending to help the bowing Chu Huai Xu up.

However, just as he reached out, Chu Huai Xu moved.

Everything happened with astonishing suddenness—so suddenly that Liu Tianfeng had no time to react.

A Third Realm cultivator had spiritual energy circulating throughout his body, along with keen senses. It was difficult to successfully ambush one, as he would instinctively react.

The problem was that Chu Huai Xu was not attacking him.

When Liu Tianfeng reacted midway, a rock-solid surge of spiritual power blocked him.

It was Niu Yuanshan!

Chu Huai Xu struck Liu Chengqi in the chest with one palm, just as he had in the courtyard earlier that day.

Because he possessed perfect control over his body, the palm strike landed precisely on the exact same spot.

The ribs that had only just been reattached with the help of spiritual medicine instantly snapped with a crack!

Who said you could reattach them?

Eight Wastelands Roaming Dragon!

Liu Chengqi immediately let out a heart-wrenching scream. The familiar scene had happened twice in one day, and the excruciating pain from the same spot nearly made him faint!

After doing all this, Chu Huai Xu slowly straightened and withdrew his palm.

The tall, straight young man was half a head taller than Liu Tianfeng.

He stared straight into the other man's eyes and said loudly,

"Disciple just asked the Steward which rule I had broken."

"Please, Steward Liu, explain it again!"

"Disciple is all ears!"

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