I Was Once a King

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Xiao Lang's mouth twitched upon hearing that. Was that something that could be casually taken out for a look?

"Hahaha! That's right, Third Young Master, quickly take out your big sword and let us have a look." Hearing Xiao Xun'er's words, the women couldn't help but burst into laughter, their gazes fixed with burning intensity on a certain spot on Xiao Lang's body.

Seeing this, Xiao Xun'er also sensed something strange. Following the gazes of the young women and married ladies, she immediately understood. Her fair, smiling face instantly turned flushed and hot.

After calling him a "stinking pervert," she ran off, too embarrassed to stay there any longer.

"Alright, stop messing around, you lot. You're never serious," Xiao Lang waved his hand, saying with a look of resentment, "Every time you say you'll come to my room tonight, I wait from sunset until midnight, but you never come. A woman's mouth is a deceptive ghost!"

"Hahaha!"

Xiao Lang's words once again drew much laughter from the women.

"Third Young Master, these are the second-tier water-elemental magic crystal bracelets and second-tier wood-elemental magic crystal necklaces you ordered."

At this moment, a burly man around thirty years old walked over respectfully, holding two exquisite pieces of jewelry in his hands.

The man wore a badge on his chest, adorned with six golden stars. Clearly, he was a Six-star Dou Practitioner.

"Thanks, Uncle Payne. Here's five thousand gold coins."

Xiao Lang smiled as he looked at the burly man, Payne, and then his Storage Ring on his right middle finger flashed with light. A green card worth five thousand gold coins appeared in his hand, which he handed to Payne.

"Young Master, this…"

"Consider the extra money for the lads to have a scrub when the weather gets cold."

Seeing Payne hesitate, Xiao Lang said without room for argument.

He knew that the jewelry made from second-tier magic crystals would cost just over two thousand, and the two pieces wouldn't exceed five thousand gold coins.

"Aren't you going to thank the Third Young Master?!"

Payne knew Xiao Lang's personality and no longer refused. He immediately said to the brothers behind him.

"Thank you, Third Young Master!"

Instantly, the guards behind Payne shouted excitedly, their voices deafening.

After Xiao Lang came of age, he was put in charge of the market area, so he had already become close with the guards here over the past three years.

He had also become close with the young women and married ladies here.

These two pieces of jewelry were something he had asked Payne to collect not long ago, all for the purpose of winning over Xiao Xun'er!

Looking at Xiao Xun'er in the distance, Xiao Lang immediately walked over. However, he stopped at a roadside stall he passed, a smile on his lips as he bought another item.

"Oh, isn't this Miss Xun'er? Heh heh, I didn't expect to meet you here. What a coincidence."

Just as Xiao Lang was about to call out to Xiao Xun'er, an untimely voice rang out. Immediately, a crowd surged forward, surrounding a luxuriously dressed young man like stars around the moon.

The young man was around twenty years old, quite handsome, but his complexion was a little pale. His eyes were currently fixed on the graceful, youthful maiden not far away with a burning gaze, an undisguised admiration mixed in.

If it wasn't Galeo, who else could it be?

Seeing this, Xiao Lang was a bit taken aback. He hadn't expected the plot involving Xiao Yan to happen to him.

But the same beginning did not mean the same ending would happen to him. He wouldn't just leave dejectedly like Xiao Yan.

Looking at the handsome youth with a face full of joy, Xun'er's slender eyebrows furrowed slightly. She ignored his calls and turned to leave.

"Miss Xun'er!"

Seeing Xun'er turn away, the handsome youth's pale face immediately panicked. He quickened his steps and finally blocked Xun'er's path.

Blocked by the youth, Xun'er had no choice but to stop. Her narrow, autumn-water-like eyes narrowed slightly with a hint of laziness, and she looked at him indifferently, saying nothing.

"Miss Xun'er…" Stared at by the maiden's autumn-water-like eyes, the youth, who had always been surrounded by beauties, found his breathing becoming rapid. His usual eloquence seemed to have failed him at this moment.

"Young Master Galeo, if there's nothing else, please step aside. I have matters to attend to."

Looking at the youth whose face was turning red, Xun'er finally spoke. The maiden's delicate and soft voice caused a somewhat sickly blush to appear on the youth's pale face.

"Heh heh, Miss Xun'er, what are you looking to buy in the market? I happen to be free, why don't we stroll around together?"

Taking a deep breath, Galeo's smile was bright and gentle. This kind of smile, combined with his identity and appearance, had helped him win over beauties several times.

"Well said, Galeo. Why don't you call your mother out to stroll with us?" Xiao Lang walked out, a playful smile on his lips as he looked at Galeo and said, "I'm bored to death too."

"Xiao Lang!"

Upon seeing Xiao Lang appear, Galeo's eyes narrowed, revealing fear. He clearly remembered the fear of being dominated by Xiao Lang from a few years ago.

Because he used to be a king, until Xiao Lang beat him up for several years…

Didn't they say he was training in the Magical Beast Forest? Why is he back again?

"Oh. I thought you wouldn't remember my name after I was away for a few years. It seems those years of beating you weren't in vain; you still have some memory."

Xiao Lang laughed arrogantly, making Galeo unsure who the villain was for a moment.

However, he remembered that Xiao Lang, relying on his status as a Dou Practitioner, would beat him up lightly every three days and severely every seven days. He had developed a phobia.

For a time, he was so scared that he would hide whenever he heard Xiao Lang's name. The shadow of being dominated was simply too terrifying.

"I heard your cousin is returning from Jia Nan Academy. Remember to tell her she still owes me one hundred and three foot washes."

Seeing Galeo fall silent, Xiao Lang walked over. Now eighteen, he was three years younger than Galeo but stood at one meter eighty-nine, towering over the other man by two heads.

While his physique lacked explosive muscles, three years of training in the Magical Beast Forest had imbued him with a potent killing intent. This aura exerted a powerful pressure on Galeo, a young master indulging in wine and women.

As for Galeo's cousin, it all started a few years ago after Xiao Lang had beaten Galeo, and she came forward to defend him. She would be introduced later.

"Xiao Lang, what do you think you're doing? In broad daylight, are you going to bully the weak!?" Galeo swallowed, regretting his words the moment they left his mouth.

He had brought three guards with him, most of whom were Five-star Dou Practitioners or higher. Even if Xiao Lang was a Three-star Dou Practitioner, he wouldn't dare act recklessly in front of his guards, right?

"Are you kidding me? How could I only bully the weak?" Xiao Lang stepped forward and slapped Galeo twice, saying, "I also prey on the innocent and commit arson, among other things. Don't forget, I'm the most dissolute young master in Wutan City."