No Martial Virtue! (Thanks to reader 2024...1631 for the 35 recommendation votes~)

After all, possessing a martial soul took time.

Though it would not take very long.

As long as the distance between him and his target was short enough, he was fast enough, and he had no martial virtue, he had a chance to interrupt the other party's martial soul possession!

As Zhu Meng's martial soul possession was interrupted, his momentum suddenly deflated!

The pig-like features on his face reverted to human ones.

"Ow! You, how can you have no martial virtue?! My martial soul hasn't even possessed me yet!"

Zhuge Ming sneered.

"Who would speak of martial virtue to a piece of trash with no morals?"

As he spoke, Zhuge Ming swung his small but powerful fist and smashed it toward Zhu Meng's cheek again!

But just then, the shop door was suddenly pushed open.

A slender yet voluptuous figure instantly stepped in front of Zhu Meng.

Her delicate palm directly blocked the punch. A domineering surge of soul power even erupted from her palm, knocking Zhuge Ming back several steps.

"Where did this lowly commoner come from? How dare you hit my guard?"

Zhuge Ming looked at the woman.

She appeared to be around the same age as his mother.

A crimson cheongsam wrapped around her lush, curvaceous body.

Through the slit in her skirt, her snowy-white, smooth thigh was faintly visible.

Her exquisitely made-up face was beautiful, her eyes slightly narrowed, her gaze carrying a touch of anger and sharpness!

She was the owner of this high-end clothing store.

Zhuge Ming raised a brow.

"The proprietress is quite pretty, but the dog you keep likes biting people at random.

"Since you haven't disciplined it properly, I can only teach it a lesson for you!"

The woman named Yvonne immediately shot Zhu Meng a sidelong glance.

Ever shrewd, she could naturally guess what had caused this conflict.

But she quickly turned her gaze back to the boy and sneered repeatedly.

"Even when beating a dog, you have to consider its owner. You bullied my people right outside my shop, and I don't care what your reason was!

"You disciplined my dog for me, so I'll discipline you in place of your uncultured parents!

"Let's see what kind of stray cats and dogs could give birth to a little beast like you!"

As she spoke, Yvonne raised her right hand, and a pair of scissors glowing dark red appeared in her palm—a scissors martial soul.

At the same time, three soul rings—yellow, yellow, and purple—floated around the scissors martial soul!

She was actually a three-ringed Soul Elder!

Zhuge Ming knew that a Soul Elder was an opponent he could not deal with at present.

Moreover, she had insulted his parents without any regard for right or wrong, making him feel that she had already earned herself a death sentence!

He immediately took a step back and turned to look at Zhao Yun.

Zhao Yun understood. He suddenly flashed before Yvonne and clamped a hand around her throat!

In an instant, the martial soul Yvonne had just released was forcibly torn apart by a terrifying force!

Yvonne's face instantly turned deathly pale!

A mouthful of blood sprayed from her lips, only to be evaporated by Zhao Yun's protective soul power!

Zhao Yun fiercely shoved the woman forward.

Yvonne smashed through the shop door and flew backward like a kite with its string cut, knocking over a row of clothing racks!

Ignoring the intense pain coursing through her body, Yvonne raised her right hand in terror, trying to release her martial soul.

Yet the martial soul she had once been able to summon at any moment now gave no response at all!

Even the soul power within her body was rapidly draining away until it vanished completely!

She finally realized that, as a three-ringed Soul Elder, her martial soul had actually been forcibly crippled!

Looking at the tall, handsome man at the doorway, his eyes cold and indifferent, an overwhelming terror crept through her heart!

To directly cripple a Soul Elder's martial soul... just how terrifying was his strength?!

Not even a six-ringed Soul Emperor could do something like this, could they?!

At this moment, her heart was completely filled with fear and regret!

Had she known this would happen, she never would have attacked that boy for the sake of a mere guard!

Indeed, one could not judge people by their appearance...

She would never forget those words for the rest of her life!

However, there was no medicine for regret in this world.

For the rest of her life, she would live as an ordinary person, steeped in profound remorse...

Zhuge Ming watched the despair in the woman's eyes, the corners of his lips lifting slightly.

He had not expected Zhao Yun to have such a mischievous streak as well.

Crippling her martial soul truly made her suffer more than simply killing her.

Still, at least she had been spared her life.

That counted as the last trace of kindness Zhao Yun had left her...

Zhuge Ming directly took his mother and sister by the hand and turned to leave, no longer continuing to shop for clothes in this store.

On the way, Zhuge Ming noticed that his mother and sister did not look very happy, so he smiled and comforted them.

"This is why I wanted to bring you two to change clothes.

"As the saying goes, clothes make the man, and a saddle makes the horse. There has never been any shortage of people in this world who judge others by their appearance.

"We may not care about how we dress, but as long as we interact with others, we'll inevitably encounter situations like this.

"You're both so beautiful. Once you change into pretty clothes, people might even mistake you for a noblewoman and a young lady from an aristocratic family.

"So don't belittle yourselves.

"If this happens again, argue with them based on reason. Don't be afraid of them anymore. General Zilong will protect you from the shadows.

"Besides, this city is no longer what it used to be.

"Ordinary people can already stand up and speak!"

After hearing the boy's words, Zhou Xuan and Zhuge Tong nodded with bitter smiles.

Yet Zhuge Ming felt inexplicably pleased.

This was the benefit of possessing great power!

It allowed him to do whatever he wanted in this city.

Of course, if he had not had a powerful expert like Zhao Yun backing him up, he would not have directly attacked that guard as he had just done.

Only with sufficiently powerful trump cards could one act without worrying about the consequences.

Zhuge Ming suddenly understood why some powerful and influential people in his past life had dared to do all kinds of outrageous evil things that ordinary people found unbelievable.

It was precisely because they possessed enough power and confidence in certain respects.

Still, Zhuge Ming knew he was not a purely good person either.

After gaining great power, he would also strike back at those who showed him hostility.

Of course, he had never intended to be a good person.

As long as no one provoked him, he could not be bothered to interfere even if they were bad people.

But if someone dared provoke him, then even if they were considered good people by others, he would kill them all the same!

Next, Zhuge Ming brought the two women to a slightly less upscale clothing store.

This shop had no guards, but the maids inside did not treat them kindly either.

However, when Zhao Yun casually tossed a gold soul coin to one of the maids, her expression immediately underwent a complete reversal!

She instantly put on a fawning expression and eagerly began introducing clothes to them.

Before long, the two women had changed into new outfits.

The moment they emerged from the changing room, they looked completely different!

Zhou Xuan had changed into a light lotus-purple cross-collared gown, with a dark purple sash tied around her waist and two lustrous pearls hanging from it.

She now carried a hint of a noblewoman's bearing.

Meanwhile, Zhuge Tong had chosen an ice-blue short jacket.

She wore a moon-white floral skirt below, with a ring of tiny rice pearls decorating her waist.

The already lovely girl now looked even more delicately charming and utterly delectable!

Even Zhao Yun, standing nearby, had his eyes light up slightly.