No One Can Stop the Working Emperor Na, Coming Home Late, Worried Brother Will Spank My Butt

Mang Tian took a fierce drag from his Soul Guidance Pipe and exhaled deeply.

"The Aolai Blacksmith Association is holding a junior forging competition the day after tomorrow."

"I'm going to have Wulin participate."

"Let him experience the atmosphere of a competition and see if it can spark his competitive spirit."

Tang Ziran spoke up, "That's all we can do."

"I hope everything goes smoothly," Lang Yue prayed.

The three discussed it for a while longer, and then Tang Ziran and Lang Yue left Mang Tian's workshop.

Just one street away from Mang Tian's workshop, there was another workshop with a name very similar to his.

That was the Mang Di Workshop.

The two workshops stood symmetrically across the street from each other.

It was clear how much Mang Di wanted to be close to his older brother, Mang Tian.

Mang Di watched Na'er, who was still hammering iron, and muttered to himself, "From childhood to adulthood, Mang Tian has always had the upper hand over me."

"The junior forging competition the day after tomorrow."

"It's limited to apprentices under the age of fifteen."

"Mang Tian will probably have that Tang Wulin participate, too."

If Mang Di were a member of the Blue Star Transmigrator Army, he would know that in the original plot of Douluo III, there was no such event as Tang Wulin participating in the Aolai junior forging competition.

Everything was a change caused by Li Luo, that butterfly from Blue Star, flapping its wings.

Mang Di's mind stirred, and he called for Na'er, who was still hammering, to stop.

"Na'er, are you interested in participating in the Aolai City junior forging competition?"

"What is a junior forging competition?"

Confusion flashed in Na'er's eyes, and then she looked at Mang Di with vigilance. "I'm not going."

"Whether it's a junior competition or a senior one, I'm not going to any of them."

"Nothing can stop me from working."

Na'er swung her hammer, bang, bang, bang, and started hammering again. She only had a few minutes left to complete her eight hours of hammering for the day.

Na'er was very honest.

If she hammered for eight full hours, she would receive eight hours' worth of Federation Coins.

Federation Coins were her heart and soul.

Na'er smiled happily.

However, she was hammering a bit late today, and she was worried that Li Luo would find out when she got back.

So, she was in a hurry to finish these last few minutes of work.

As for the junior competition Mang Di mentioned.

Sorry, nothing could stop her from making money.

As soon as Mang Di heard Na'er's tone, he knew where the problem lay.

When communicating with Na'er, you couldn't talk about anything else.

You had to talk directly about money.

Mang Di sighed. He didn't know why such a cute girl like Na'er loved money so much.

Mang Di said, "If you represent the workshop in the junior forging competition, your wages will be doubled."

"In addition, there is an extra 1,500 Federation Coin subsidy."

"Finally, the workshop won't take a single cent of any prize money won in the competition."

Na'er's eyes lit up. "Boss, are you telling the truth?"

"Pearls aren't as real as this," Mang Di replied.

Na'er's eyes shone even brighter. "This junior forging competition, is there prize money for winning?"

Mang Di knew exactly what Na'er's focus was, so he said directly, "The champion gets 30,000 Federation Coins."

"The runner-up gets 20,000."

"The third-place winner gets 10,000."

Na'er's eyes were practically sparkling with the image of money. "Boss, please help me sign up as soon as possible. I want to participate in this competition."

Mang Di touched his forehead; he knew this would be the result.

"I'll help you sign up."

"Come to the workshop before 2:00 PM the day after tomorrow, and I'll take you there then."

"You don't need to come in tomorrow."

"Save some energy."

"No!" Na'er's eyes were filled with determination. "I'll be back tomorrow."

"Boss, don't close the door yet!"

"Also, it's been eight hours today, please settle my wages."

Mang Di: "..."

Na'er still successfully collected her wages for the day. According to the previously agreed-upon rate of 30 Federation Coins per hour, eight hours totaled 240 Federation Coins.

She tucked the Federation Coins into her inner bodice.

Then, she pedaled the Soul Guidance Bicycle frantically.

It was late today.

It was very late today.

She didn't know if her brother would find out when she got back.

Passing the same street, the same shop that once displayed the pink dress, Na'er's Soul Guidance Bicycle whizzed by.

She was already pedaling as hard as she could.

But she was still late.

At home, the lights were already on. Na'er felt a bit apprehensive as she pushed the Soul Guidance Bicycle into the courtyard.

Her brother had once told her that she must tell him when she went out.

If she wanted to do something, or if she was going to be home late, she had to tell him.

But she hadn't.

That was why she was apprehensive.

Apprehensive that her brother would be angry.

"You're back." Li Luo stood in front of the door.

Na'er lowered her head. "Brother, I'm sorry, I'm home late."

"Silly girl."

Li Luo pulled Na'er over. "How could Brother blame you?"

"Brother is strict with you only because I hope you can protect yourself."

"Do you understand?"

Na'er darted forward and threw herself onto Li Luo.

Her arms hung around Li Luo's waist.

She buried her head in Li Luo's neck.

Her legs clung to him like an octopus.

She held onto Li Luo tightly.

She sobbed, "Brother, you're so kind."

Li Luo smiled and said, "Silly girl, dinner is ready. It's your favorite Seafood Braised Noodles."

"As punishment for you."

"You have to eat nine bowls today."

Na'er, buried in Li Luo's embrace, replied, "Eight bowls is enough for Na'er, Brother should eat one more."

"I heard that eating too much makes you fat."

"Na'er doesn't want to get fat."

A smile appeared on Li Luo's face. Na'er, oh Na'er, if you could get fat from eating, you would have been fat long ago.

However, Li Luo did not insist on Na'er eating an extra bowl.

After all, he had said that mainly to distract Na'er so she wouldn't blame herself too much.

Na'er stayed draped over him, showing no intention of getting down.

Li Luo didn't rush her either, letting her hang on him as they moved into the living room.

Na'er hopped down.

She obediently set the bowls and chopsticks and served the noodles.

At the dining table, "slurp, slurp, slurp."

The sound of the two of them slurping noodles filled the room.

After finishing the noodles, Li Luo slumped comfortably on the sofa, with Na'er slumped comfortably on top of him.

Ever since that day he absorbed the power of the rainbow and had an epiphany about maintaining the Red Mountain Meditation Method while exercising, Li Luo had kept the habit of running the Red Mountain Meditation Method at all times.

Of course, he couldn't manage to maintain it while sleeping.

Perhaps it was because Na'er was leaning so close.

Li Luo felt the Rainbow Dragon King martial soul absorbing the ambient energy even faster.

Suddenly, he felt a shift within himself.

He knew that his soul power level had completely stabilized at the tenth-rank stage.

He spoke up, "Na'er, my soul power level has reached rank ten."

"I can go to the Spirit Pagoda and see if there are any suitable soul spirits."

This time, upon hearing Li Luo say he had reached rank ten, Na'er did not show the worry she had displayed before.

Na'er had been worried last time because she knew their family did not have much money.

Even if her brother had broken through to rank ten, purchasing a soul spirit would still be a struggle.

But now, Na'er was not worried because her brother already had over a million Federation Coins.

There was no longer the trouble of lacking money.

However, Na'er hoped her brother would possess the best soul spirit.

Na'er climbed off Li Luo and ran to the room, rummaging under the bed to pull out a square box.

She ran back out, clutching the square box.

"Brother, here."