Let's Be Civilized

She was the dignified Silver Dragon King, Lord of Soul Beasts, and had always looked down upon all living things...

How could anyone dare to touch her head?

But for some reason, strangely enough, she didn't dislike it.

In fact...

There was even a faint, indescribable feeling slowly rising from the bottom of her heart.

"Let's go. We'll sort out the rooms in a bit." Xu Yanli smiled. "Tomorrow night, we'll have to pay that sect master a proper visit."

The sun slowly sank, and the lights of Heaven Dou City gradually went out.

At that moment, the Xuanming Sect stood in the eastern part of Heaven Dou City. Its grounds were vast, and the sect's buildings were quite impressive.

The entire sect was brightly lit, inside and out, and there were plenty of disciples on patrol. Its security could be called stringent.

Huo Yuhao's spiritual power wasn't enough to probe the Xuanming Sect. The one doing most of the probing was Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

No, he wasn't really the main person. The main animal...

With Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Huo Yuhao working together, they finished in about one night.

Xu Yanli was sitting in the courtyard at that moment, cultivating his Martial Soul beneath the moonlight.

But he hadn't cultivated for long before entering the Sea of Consciousness to study the knowledge of Necromancy.

"Good, good, good! I never expected that you'd be a Child of Light. Your affinity for light elements is actually over ninety-nine percent." The moment Electrolux saw him use light magic, he couldn't believe his eyes.

"This..." Xu Yanli had just watched Electrolux use the magic, and then instinctively cast it himself.

"Since you're a Child of Light, I can rest easy. Next, I'll teach you some Necromancy. I won't start by teaching you ordinary magic." Electrolux smiled. Judging by his expression, he seemed very pleased.

"If I'm not mistaken, what you need most is Soul Enslavement." Electrolux fell silent for a long while before speaking. "Then starting today, I'll teach you this skill."

Xu Yanli's eyes lit up at once. This was exactly what he wanted. With this, he believed no one would be able to betray him.

Especially when it came to dealing with uncertain factors.

The sky gradually brightened.

Huo Yuhao came to the courtyard with a sheet of paper. After bowing to Xu Yanli, he handed it over.

Xu Yanli slowly took the paper and carefully studied the lines on it. "Tell me about it," he said softly.

"Teacher, the Xuanming Sect has four lines of defense. Ordinary disciples patrol the outer perimeter, changing shifts every half an hour. The inner perimeter is guarded by eight Soul King-level experts, each stationed in one of the eight directions. The core area is the residence of Sect Master Xu Feng, with three Soul Douluo taking turns guarding it." Huo Yuhao looked at the paper and clearly described everything he'd discovered.

Xu Yanli looked at the map, rubbed his forehead, and sighed softly. "Your reconnaissance was pretty good. Starting today—not tomorrow—you're going to practice your handwriting. Your characters are uglier than ones scratched out with a stick of grass..."

Xu Yanli rose and walked to the pavilion in the courtyard. He sat in its center and waited for Kong Deming and Long Xiaoyao to arrive.

"Come, sit." Xu Yanli gestured for Huo Yuhao to sit nearby, then quietly traced a rune in his hand and sent it into Huo Yuhao's soul.

This wasn't Soul Enslavement, but a kind of Steel Seal. Ah, this Steel Seal would make Huo Yuhao never betray Xu Yanli.

It was a clever little idea he'd discovered in the Soul Enslavement rune yesterday, and he'd applied the same principle to create it.

Of course, Electrolux had helped him. Otherwise, he definitely wouldn't have finished it in a single night.

Kong Deming and Long Xiaoyao walked over and, at Xu Yanli's gesture, sat down at the stone table in the pavilion.

Kong Deming glanced at the map Huo Yuhao had drawn. "The defenses are quite tight, but they're a bit too orderly."

"That does make it well suited to a frontal assault," Xu Yanli said with a chuckle.

"You're planning a frontal assault?" Kong Deming looked at Xu Yanli with some concern.

"Not at all." Xu Yanli smiled and shook his head. "Teacher, we're civilized people, people of the righteous path. How could we do something so crude?"

Kong Deming: ...

As if those words had just come from someone else. And that plan to wipe out the evil soul master sect—wasn't that your idea, too...

Xu Yanli glanced at Kong Deming, his eyes seeming to say that everything he'd heard and seen before had been a dream, and none of it was real.

Xu Yanli slowly stood up, clasped his hands behind his back, and sighed.

"Your Excellency, Dragon Emperor," Xu Yanli said suddenly.

"Your Highness, what are your orders?" Long Xiaoyao replied in his usual hoarse voice.

"Sorry to trouble you, but please go to the Xuanming Sect and invite Sect Master Xu out." Xu Yanli turned around, a warm smile on his face. "Just tell him that the Pavilion Master of Xiaoyao Pavilion would like to invite him for a cup of tea and a chat."

Long Xiaoyao frowned slightly. "That's all?"

"That's all." Xu Yanli nodded. "You just need to let him know that a Limit Douluo is inviting him. Whether he comes or not is his choice."

Long Xiaoyao fell silent for a moment, then suddenly laughed.

His laughter was hoarse and aged, yet carried a note of appreciation.

"Very well," he said. "This old man will go invite him now."

Before the words had even left his mouth, he disappeared from Xu Yanli's sight.

Huo Yuhao was a little nervous. "Teacher, what if Sect Master Xu doesn't come?"

Xu Yanli sat back down, picked up his teacup, and took a light sip.

"Do you think Sect Master Xu would dare refuse an invitation from a Limit Douluo?" Xu Yanli said with a smile as he toyed with the cup in his hand. "Or, to put it another way, he doesn't want to die yet."

Xu Yanli rubbed his chin. Besides, he didn't think Long Xiaoyao was particularly inclined to follow the rules.

"Teacher, go somewhere out of sight. You too, Yuhao." Xu Yanli spoke softly, gesturing for the two of them to go inside first.

Less than fifteen minutes later, a figure hurried over from the direction of the Xuanming Sect.

It was clearly the sect master, Xu Feng.

Xu Yanli watched from the side and saw that Xu Feng's face was an unusually livid shade. Soul Power surged throughout his body. Clearly, he'd been forced to come out.

"Which senior has graced us with your presence? Please show yourself." Xu Feng spoke in a low voice, his tone full of suppressed anger and an indescribable fear.

"Sect Master Xu, over here." Xu Yanli smiled behind him.

Xu Feng froze for a moment, and his expression grew even uglier.

He'd assumed the one who summoned him would at least be a reclusive Limit Douluo. He never expected the person who showed up to be a twelve-year-old boy.

"Who are you?" Xu Feng asked coldly.

"Oh, I'm the profiteering merchant you mentioned earlier." Xu Yanli toyed with his cup, smiling warmly.