Young City Lord

"Xi'er, are you hungry?"

Walking along the streets of Linyang City with the young woman, Su Mo turned and asked, "I'll take you to taste the delicacies at Rongxuan Pavilion. Many of Rongxuan Pavilion's specialty dishes are made from demon beast meat, and eating them will greatly benefit your cultivation!"

"Mm! I'll leave everything to Brother Su Mo."

Xi'er nodded. Her heart was somewhat moved. Su Mo treated her very well, and through their time together these past days, she had gradually come to understand what kind of person Su Mo was.

Gentle in temperament, easygoing, unconstrained by trivialities, and sincere toward others.

She could not help but sigh. Her decision back then had been the right one.

Rongxuan Restaurant was the finest restaurant in Linyang City.

The restaurant stood five stories high, lavishly decorated within. Diners came and went without end, and it was the preferred place for many well-to-do martial artists to dine and entertain guests.

Su Mo held Gu Lanxi's hand as the two arrived at the entrance of Rongxuan Restaurant.

"Brother Su Mo, it must be very expensive to eat a meal at this restaurant, right?"

Looking at the luxurious restaurant before her, Xi'er could not help asking. She had been born into poverty, so she naturally felt somewhat timid in such a high-end place.

"Haha! Xi'er, we're rich now. We don't care about this little bit of money!"

Su Mo laughed. The young woman immediately fell silent. Just now, she had seen Su Mo spend over ten thousand taels of gold in the blink of an eye.

The two entered Rongxuan Restaurant, immediately drawing many glances from the people inside. Of course, most of those gazes fell upon the young woman.

Most of the onlookers had looks of amazement in their eyes.

As for Su Mo, they felt somewhat jealous, secretly thinking, The Su family's useless young master actually has such a beauty by his side?

"Su Mo, over here!"

Just then, a voice suddenly rang out from the restaurant hall.

"Hmm?"

Su Mo turned to look and discovered that it was Su Heng calling him.

At this moment, Su Heng and another young man sat at a window-side table in the restaurant hall.

That young man wore splendid robes and was rather handsome. At this moment, he was staring fixedly in their direction.

More precisely, his gaze had settled on Xi'er beside Su Mo.

Su Mo frowned as he looked at the two. He knew this richly dressed young man as well. He was none other than Lin Xiao, the city lord's son of Linyang City.

He wondered how the two had ended up dining together.

Still, since Su Heng had invited him despite their past grievances, Su Mo would not put on airs.

Holding Xi'er's hand, Su Mo walked over.

When Lin Xiao caught sight of Su Mo holding Xi'er's hand, a trace of barely perceptible coldness flashed through his eyes.

"We're sitting here?"

Su Mo walked up to the two and asked Lin Xiao and Su Heng.

Yet neither Su Heng nor Lin Xiao answered Su Mo's words, and Lin Xiao had not looked at Su Mo even once from beginning to end.

Lin Xiao rose to his feet and looked at Xi'er. With a gentle smile on his face, he said, "Miss, I am Lin Xiao, the Young City Lord of Linyang City. Please, have a seat!"

Xi'er glanced at him, then turned to look at Su Mo.

If Su Mo did not speak, she would not accept anyone else's invitation.

Su Mo sneered inwardly. He had already understood this man's intentions, but he still said to Xi'er, "Xi'er, let's sit here."

With that, Su Mo was about to sit down.

"Trash, what right do you have to sit here?"

At that moment, Lin Xiao's face darkened as he harshly rebuked Su Mo without the slightest courtesy.

"What do you mean?"

Su Mo narrowed his eyes and asked indifferently.

"Wasn't I clear enough? A piece of trash with a Human Grade First Tier Martial Soul like you is qualified to sit with me?"

Lin Xiao looked sideways at Su Mo. This fellow truly had no self-awareness.

Then he turned to Xi'er, and a kind smile immediately replaced the expression on his face. "Miss, please sit. I would like to invite you to taste Rongxuan Pavilion's finest aged brew. I hope you will honor me with your presence."

With a face full of sincerity, Lin Xiao once again extended an invitation to Xi'er.

Xi'er did not sit down. A trace of disgust flashed through her autumn-water eyes. This man had humiliated Su Mo so openly, and she found him deeply unpleasant.

"So, the two of you were playing me?"

Su Mo asked indifferently, without becoming angry.

"So what if we are?"

Su Heng's face was full of disdain as he said arrogantly, "Su Mo, if you know what's good for you, hurry up and offer this beauty to the Young City Lord. Otherwise, you'll be unable to eat it and forced to carry it away."

"Su Heng, a dignified member of the Su family, yet you are willing to be someone else's running dog?"

A contemptuous smile curled Su Mo's lips. "Was the lesson last time not enough? Is your skin itching again?"

"You...!"

Su Heng flew into a rage. Last time, Su Mo had injured him, and he had needed half a month of rest before his injuries fully recovered.

Now that Su Mo had brought it up, he had torn open the scar in Su Heng's heart. If he had not feared Su Mo's strength, he would have attacked on the spot.

"You're Su Mo, right? I'll say this one last time. She stays. You, get lost!"

The smile on Lin Xiao's face vanished as he barked the words out, utterly merciless.

Get lost?

Su Mo raised a brow. Then a cold smile tugged at the corner of his mouth. He extended his hand and gave it a light flick.

Slap!

A crisp slap rang through the restaurant, exceptionally loud and clear.

A distinct palm print immediately appeared on Lin Xiao's face.

The surrounding crowd instantly fell silent. Everyone was stunned by the scene before them. They clearly had not expected the Su family's useless young master to actually slap the Young City Lord across the face!

"This guy is doomed. Even if he doesn't die, he'll have a layer of skin peeled off today!"

The surrounding people watched with great interest. They could already guess what was about to happen next.

Among them, Su Heng was the happiest of all. He harbored considerable resentment toward Su Mo, so how could he not be delighted to see him about to be taught a lesson by the Young City Lord?

"Haha! Su Mo, you truly are not ordinarily stupid!"

"The Young City Lord is at the fifth level of Qi Refinement. He is simply not someone you can afford to provoke. Today, you'll suffer miserably!"

Su Heng laughed wildly in his heart.

Lin Xiao had been even less prepared for this. Su Mo's slap had directly stunned him, leaving him rooted to the spot.

Only after a moment did Lin Xiao come back to himself. Feeling the burning pain on his face, he looked at the gazes converging on him from all around.

The fury in his heart boiled madly, nearly burning his entire being to ashes.

He, Lin Xiao, was the Young City Lord of Linyang City, cherished by countless people since childhood.

Who in all of Linyang City had ever dared strike him? Not even his father, the city lord of Linyang City, had ever laid a finger on him.

Yet now, he had been slapped in public by a piece of trash.

"You... slapped me?"

Lin Xiao's voice was low, as though a wild beast were roaring in his throat. His eyes gleamed with the venomous light of a poisonous snake.

"Are you an idiot? You don't even know whether you were slapped?"

Su Mo did not care in the slightest, as though he had merely done something utterly insignificant.

The surrounding people were immediately speechless, their gazes toward Su Mo filled with sympathy.

Was this guy an idiot?

His Martial Soul was useless, and now his brain had gone stupid too!