A Wild Scarface Appeared, and Gangzi Was in for a Miserable Time

"I know. Don't alert her yet. Exposing her identity won't do us any good."

Lu Yuan had known Tang Wutong's true identity without her reminder.

Exposing her identity and ruining all her plans over the years would be nothing but asking for trouble for no reason. It was sheer stupidity born of having too much time on his hands.

He was not on the Heaven Dou Empire's side.

It was enough for them to know. It could also serve as leverage over Qian Renxue.

"I understand." Tang Wutong nodded slightly.

Just then, a scar-faced man approached with five or six lackeys, his lecherous gaze settling on Tang Wutong.

"Beauty, how about we make friends? My name is Scarface. I'm a level thirty-two Soul Elder and the boss of the Scar Gang on this street."

Tang Wutong's delicate brows furrowed slightly as a trace of her aura spread outward.

Scarface and his lackeys were instantly crushed to the ground.

They immediately realized they had provoked someone formidable, and their expressions changed drastically.

"Please spare us, my lord! We won't do it again."

"My lord, I have elderly parents and young children to support. Please spare this lowly dog's life!"

"Scarface was the one who brought us here! I'm innocent, senior!"

The men wailed and begged for mercy.

One of the lackeys even sold Scarface out without hesitation.

"Get lost!"

Tang Wutong's face was icy as she waved her jade-like hand, sending them flying away like trash.

"Ah—!"

They screamed in agony, feeling as though their bones had fallen apart.

"Scarface..."

Lu Yuan raised a brow and said calmly, "Wutong, bring Scarface over here."

"Yes, Master."

Though Tang Wutong could not guess what Lu Yuan intended to do, she followed his instructions and used Crane Control, Dragon Lift to pull back the Scarface she had just sent flying.

"My lord, no, heroine, I failed to recognize greatness and offended you. Please be magnanimous and spare my life. Boohoo... I really don't want to die."

Seeing that Tang Wutong did not seem prepared to let him go, Scarface thought the two were going to kill him and burst into tears from fright.

He had only recently been released from Spirit Hall's prison. After returning to Heaven Dou City and gathering his old lackeys, he had barely enjoyed a few days of swaggering about. He did not want to go meet his ancestors already.

Rather than die, he would rather be thrown back into prison by Spirit Hall.

Lu Yuan said calmly, "If you don't want to die, I'll give you a task. Do it properly, and I can spare your life."

"May I ask what task you have for me, my lord?" Scarface asked cautiously.

Though the one speaking was only a child, the beautiful woman beside him possessed unfathomable strength. He did not dare underestimate him in the slightest.

Lu Yuan asked, "Do you know Suotuo City?"

"Suotuo City... the one in the Balak Kingdom?"

Scarface thought for a moment, unsure, and asked tentatively.

"Since you know Suotuo City, that makes things easier."

A curve lifted at Lu Yuan's lips. "I want you to go there and find someone named Yu Xiaogang."

"He lives at Shrek Academy south of Suotuo City. Don't force your way into Shrek Academy. Just keep watch outside, and once he comes out..."

The more Scarface listened, the wider his eyes became, as though the door to a new world had opened before him.

Lu Yuan casually took out a sheet of paper, quickly sketched a portrait, and tossed it to Scarface.

"Yu Xiaogang roughly looks like this. His distinctive features are a short flat-top and a full beard."

"Of course, you'll still need to identify him yourself. He can't possibly look like this forever."

"This lowly one guarantees that I'll complete the task you've given me. I'll give Yu Xiaogang a good pounding and make him gasp nonstop!" Scarface nodded vigorously.

Lu Yuan said coldly, "Remember your promise. Don't even think about running. If we want to kill you, it won't matter where you flee!"

As he spoke, he signaled Tang Wutong with his eyes.

Tang Wutong understood at once. Six black and three red Soul Rings rose beneath her feet, and a suffocatingly powerful aura spread out.

Cold sweat streamed down Scarface's entire body as he stammered, "T-this lowly one understands."

"You may get lost. If you have nothing to pack, leave for Suotuo City now." Lu Yuan waved a hand.

"Yes, this lowly one will set out immediately."

Scarface felt as though he had been granted a reprieve. How could he dare delay? Without bothering to gather any belongings, he sprinted toward the city gates in a flash.

Lu Yuan watched his bedraggled retreating figure, a faint smile curling on his lips.

Though he himself was in Heaven Dou City, he did not want Gangzi to have too comfortable a life either.

This Scarface was his gift to Gangzi.

He wondered whether Luo Sanpao, after its mutation, could defeat a level thirty-two Scarface.

Gangzi and Scarface truly were a pair of ill-fated lovers.

Lu Yuan sighed inwardly and returned to the academy with Tang Wutong.

"Master, you have returned." Dugu Bo came forward to greet them.

Lu Yuan said, "Dugu Bo, hire a group of people to investigate the area of the Chillwind Plains near the Far North."

"If you find a place where the cold is abnormally terrifying, return immediately and report to me."

The place he meant was actually the Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow Cavern from the second Douluo era.

However, Dragon City had not even been established yet, and the Earth Dragon Sect had not settled there either, so there were no exact coordinates.

Lu Yuan could only provide a general direction and describe its characteristics, then have Dugu Bo search for it.

The Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Cave's features were so obvious that if they deliberately searched for it, they would find it sooner or later.

And there was no need to worry about anyone entering it, because even an ordinary Ultimate Ice wielder would freeze to death in the extreme cold approaching Absolute Zero.

That treasured place was extremely valuable to Lu Yuan, who possessed an ice attribute. He would have to visit it sooner or later.

Dugu Bo froze briefly before saying, "As you command, Master."

Elsewhere.

The night was dark.

Yu Xiaogang was having a miserable time.

He had just launched a nighttime raid on a village near Shrek Village, but after devouring them, his Soul Power had not increased in the slightest. He was still level twenty-one, and that old sexy face of his had turned even darker.

It was nearly as black as a lump of coal.

Even his body odor had grown stronger.

If you were wondering why his Soul Power had instead fallen to level twenty-one—

That went back to the time he had survived by sacrificing his anus. After that incident, his Soul Power had fallen directly from level twenty-eight to level twenty-one.

Since then, he had discovered that no matter how much he devoured, his Soul Power could no longer increase.

It only made him darker and smellier.

Being dark was one thing.

The key was that his body odor did not smell like that of some humans. Instead, it smelled like a thunderous foul fart, and not even perfume could cover it up.

"Sigh." Yu Xiaogang shook his head.

Devouring did not work, but not devouring did not work either.

He had long since become addicted to devouring other people's flesh and blood, yet he had lost the ability to level up through devouring and become an Evil Soul Master.

Perhaps there was no one more useless than him in this world.

He could not even manage to be an Evil Soul Master!

If you were going to be an Evil Soul Master, then do it properly!

"If only I could get my anus back. Maybe then I could cultivate again."

Yu Xiaogang suddenly remembered the organ he had been forced to lose back then. Filled with regret, two streams of tears rolled down his blackened cheeks.