Who Your Dad Is? Ask Your Mom!

The reward Soul Tool was real? The owner really had one?

Xu Yuan was completely dumbfounded as well.

No way.

Even many powerful Soul Masters with seven or eight rings did not own ring-type Storage Soul Tools, yet this guy was just a street-stall vendor.

And he was saying the man really had one?

What the hell had he done to deserve that?

Although the truth was bizarre, Hu Liena did not look like she was trying to joke with him. Xu Yuan immediately realized the seriousness of the situation.

"Is that true?"

"Why would I lie to you? I'm shocked too!" Hu Liena grabbed Xu Yuan and hurried downstairs.

A few minutes later.

They were back on the same street as yesterday.

By then, a large crowd had gathered around the scene. More than a dozen Spirit Hall Protection Knights stood in the middle, separating the crowd from the people at the center.

When Xu Yuan and Hu Liena arrived, the two sides were still arguing.

"Everyone, judge this fairly! He set up a stall to do business. I paid him, and now I've smashed out the grand prize, but he refuses to give it to me. What kind of sense does that make?"

"What do you mean, yours? That reward belongs to the young master and young lady from yesterday. I already said I wasn't doing business today."

"If you aren't doing business, why set up a stall? Besides, I paid you!"

"You threw the money onto the stall and started smashing things. I never accepted your money!"

"You filthy peddler, do you know who I am? Do you know who my father is? Offend me, and I'll make sure you suffer!"

"Who your father is? Ask your mother! Either way, you're not getting this reward..."

The two of them stuck to their own claims and argued fiercely.

As for the surrounding spectators, they all criticized the stall owner, saying that if he had set up a stall, then he was doing business. Since the customer had smashed out a prize, why should he refuse to hand it over?

The people saying this mostly had Heaven Dou Empire accents.

That alone showed that the troublemaker's status was anything but simple.

Seeing this, the Protection Knights did not dare interfere. They merely held back the spectators and maintained order at the scene.

Then Hu Liena and Xu Yuan arrived.

The two showed their identity tokens, and the Protection Knights immediately dropped to one knee in salute.

The previously noisy scene instantly fell silent.

Everyone knew that important figures from Spirit Hall had arrived.

But when they clearly saw Xu Yuan and Hu Liena's appearances, they began whispering among themselves again.

They were far too young. Were they even just children?

Ignoring the surrounding discussion, Xu Yuan swept his gaze over the Protection Knights. "Is there anyone in charge? What exactly is going on here?"

A Protection Knight who looked like a squad captain immediately stepped forward and gave a crisp salute.

He briefly explained the cause and course of events to Xu Yuan, then solemnly introduced one side's identity.

He was a sixteen- or seventeen-year-old youth dressed in fine brocade robes, with several personal attendants beside him. All of them emitted respectable Soul Power fluctuations.

Xue Celou, beloved son of Prince Xue Xing of the Heaven Dou Empire.

Xu Yuan: "..."

Were people from the Heaven Dou Empire all so talented at naming their children?

Xue Celou... if he remembered correctly, they also had a Fourth Prince named Xue Beng, didn't they?

At the side, upon seeing Xu Yuan and Hu Liena again, the stall owner was overjoyed and hurriedly raised his arm to shout.

"Young master! Young master!"

Xu Yuan smiled and nodded at him, then turned his gaze toward the young man beside him.

"Someone from Prince Xue Xing's household in the Heaven Dou Empire?"

Holding a cup of Immortal Happy Water, Xue Celou arrogantly raised his chin. "The genuine article."

"I already know what happened. How do you want to settle this?" Xu Yuan could not be bothered with pleasantries and went straight to the point.

"I only have two demands."

Holding up two fingers, Xue Celou said, "First, the reward I smashed out must be given to me. Second, he must apologize to me."

When the stall owner saw Xu Yuan arrive and witnessed how respectfully the Spirit Hall people treated him, he had already calmed down.

But after hearing Xue Celou's words, he immediately flared up again.

"I said from the beginning that I wasn't doing business. Why should I give you the reward? Why the hell should I apologize to you?"

Xue Celou's face instantly darkened. He pointed at the stall owner, his eyes sinister.

"Say that again if you dare."

Xu Yuan raised a hand and pressed down his pointing finger, staring expressionlessly into his eyes.

"This is Tianxing City, not the Heaven Dou Empire. I suggest you show some respect."

At those words, the surrounding Protection Knights stepped forward in perfect unison. Their gazes toward Xue Celou were filled with eagerness.

The rift between Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire had existed for a long time. On Spirit Hall territory, they did not care who he was!

Xue Celou seemed to realize something as well. He snorted coldly and withdrew his hand.

Yet the flickering look in his eyes clearly meant he was thinking no good thoughts.

Xu Yuan looked at the stall owner. "Forget the apology, but you have to give him the reward. We can't let people think those of us from Tianxing City can't afford to lose."

The stall owner looked troubled.

"It's not that I don't want to give it to him, young master. Yesterday, you paid for thirty smashes, so this reward should have been yours.

I wanted to give it to you yesterday, but you two left too quickly. I did not even have time to call out and stop you.

I waited here until today, thinking that if I ran into you again, I would present the reward to you both. But I never got the chance.

I took out the ring to wipe it clean, and he happened to see it. Without another word, he threw down money and started smashing. I said I wasn't doing business, but he refused to listen.

The balls you smashed yesterday had not even been replenished or replaced yet. After only a few smashes, he hit the best reward. How could I possibly give it to him?"

So there was more to the matter after all.

But the final prize had indeed been smashed out by Xue Celou. That was a fact, and so many people were watching.

Xu Yuan pondered for several seconds. "Give it to him!"

"Huh?"

The stall owner was utterly stunned. He had said so much, yet it seemed this young master had not heard a single word.

"It's fine. Give it to him."

Xu Yuan smiled faintly and looked toward the surrounding crowd. "Disperse, disperse. Stop crowding around. Don't affect the business of the other people nearby."

Seeing that he had made up his mind, the stall owner let out a long sigh.

He brought out the left hand that had been hidden behind his back all along and opened it. Resting quietly in his palm was an antique-looking ring with a large crimson gemstone set into its face.

Given Xu Yuan's earlier attitude, Xue Celou had thought he would refuse to give it over. After all, if this had happened in the Heaven Dou Empire with their positions reversed, he would not have handed it over either.

The only reason he had made such a fuss was that he disliked the people of Spirit Hall and wanted to disgust them.

He had even planned the public opinion campaign afterward. Once the time came, he could spend some Gold Soul Coins and make a few arrangements, then splash more filth onto Spirit Hall.

He had not expected them to actually give it to him!

Taking the ring, Xue Celou put it on his thumb and rubbed the ring face a few times before letting out a disdainful laugh.

"At least you know what's good for you!"

The dozen or so Protection Knights raised their brows and stepped forward in unison again, only for Xu Yuan to raise a hand and stop them.

"My lord, this...?"

The Protection Knights looked at Xu Yuan in frustration. A noble from the Heaven Dou Empire was acting this arrogantly on Spirit Hall territory. Shouldn't they teach him a lesson?

"There's no need."

Xu Yuan waved his hand, then looked at the equally frustrated stall owner with a smile. "Could I trouble you to tell me where you got this ring?"

Compared to that information, a mere Soul Tool ring was utterly insignificant.

Besides.

The other party was currently in Tianxing City, Spirit Hall territory. Wouldn't taking the ring back be easy?

With so many people watching here, wouldn't that just give others something to criticize?