Flender turned back, saw Mo Lin waving at him, and nearly dropped to his knees in fright.
It wasn't that he had no backbone. Who wouldn't be scared in a situation like this?
The man had just killed a Titled Douluo, after all, and no ordinary Titled Douluo at that.
Now he had strolled over as though nothing had happened. How was this any different from running into a ghost?
He might even have been a little scarier than a ghost.
"Um... Your... Your Eminence, y-y-you... wanted..."
Flender was so frightened that he started stammering.
Seeing this, Mo Lin raised a hand to signal him to stop talking.
"Don't be scared. I'm not here to kill you."
The moment those words fell, Flender dropped straight to his knees.
He knelt with remarkable decisiveness, even more readily than Ao Debiao had earlier.
A Soul Saint was a Soul Saint, all right. Even his kneeling was faster than an ordinary person's.
"Another one kneeling? What did Boss do this time? Some new trick for messing with people?"
First that fatty, and now this one.
After spending so long at Mo Lin's side, Xiao Hei had seen plenty of strange things.
She had thought she was more or less immune by now, but he always managed to come up with something new.
Boss really put effort into toying with people.
"Enough. Kneeling won't help. If I wanted to kill you, you probably wouldn't even get a chance to beg."
What was with everyone just now? Did he look that scary? One look at him and they knelt.
"You're a Soul Saint, right?"
"Yes, yes. My strength is meager, and in..."
"Stop. I'm not here to listen to your bullshit."
Mo Lin was speechless. What the hell did this man's meager strength have to do with him?
He had only come over to press him into service because he seemed to know which way the wind blew. That was all.
Stop making him out to be some murderous berserk demon. Would they believe him if he started hacking at everyone he saw?
He might not care about his reputation, but they couldn't just deny him one.
"Do something for me... no, two things."
He had been about to tell him to act as Ye Lingling's bodyguard and escort her back to Heaven Dou City.
But then he suddenly remembered that this man seemed to have some connection to Qin Ming. He still hadn't settled accounts with Qin Ming for offending him earlier.
After all, what did Xiao Hei scratching Qin Ming have to do with him? He hadn't told Xiao Hei to scratch him.
"Your Eminence, just give the word. I'll see it done."
Flender let out an inward sigh of relief. So he wanted him to run errands. He had thought his life was going to end here.
"First, safely escort a girl named Ye Lingling from Heaven Dou Royal Academy back to Heaven Dou City. Remember, don't upset her."
That part was important. Flender was rather slick, and Ye Lingling didn't seem to like people like that, so he needed a special reminder.
"Yes, yes, yes. I guarantee I won't upset Miss Ye."
Flender committed the name Ye Lingling to memory. He just didn't know what relationship this girl had with the man before him.
"Second, that Qin Ming is your student, right? Go break one of his legs. Remember, don't say I told you to do it."
He certainly couldn't do something like this himself, but Flender was the perfect man for the job.
After all, beating was affection and scolding was love. This would perfectly demonstrate just how close their teacher-student relationship was.
"Huh?"
"What do you mean, 'huh'? Didn't understand? Then let me demonstrate."
As he spoke, Mo Lin prepared to give an on-the-spot demonstration, frightening Flender into hastily waving his hands.
"No, no, no, I understood! It's just, Your Eminence, which leg did you mean?"
This time, it was Mo Lin's turn to freeze.
Well, damn. This man had talent. He had thought Flender was reluctant to do it, but it turned out he was considering which leg to break.
Sure enough, he was still too kind.
"Whichever you like. Remember not to let anyone else see when you do it."
At those words, Flender instantly understood.
"Yes, yes, yes. Absolutely."
"All right, that's it. You..."
"Boss, the rabbit."
Just as Mo Lin was about to leave, Xiao Hei tugged on his trouser leg.
He looked down to find her gazing at him eagerly.
"What rabbit?"
"Oh~"
Without that reminder, he would have forgotten. Wasn't there a wild hundred-thousand-year-old Soft Bone Rabbit right here?
But what was with that drooling expression?
"How many times have I told you? Show some restraint when we're out. Restraint, understand?"
"And no eating people. Not even ones that have taken human form."
Hearing that, Xiao Hei lowered her head, her face full of grievance.
She had been hoping for a feast. Now the duck at her lips had flown away.
"Stop pulling that long face. That rabbit's a lot more useful alive than as a snack for you to gnaw on."
Xiao Hei looked up, utterly bewildered.
"Ever heard of holding the emperor hostage to command the lords?"
"Huh?"
More words she couldn't understand. And what was an emperor? What were lords? Did either of those things have anything to do with rabbits?
"Forget it. You wouldn't understand even if I explained. Simply put, it can help you get revenge."
"Remember those two in Star Dou Great Forest? Catch this rabbit, and you can..."
Mo Lin crouched and whispered a few words into Xiao Hei's ear.
After hearing him out, Xiao Hei's eyes immediately lit up.
"You can do that?! Boss, you're fucking awesome."
Wow. Boss really was Boss, coming up with a trick like that.
"Hey, keep it low-key. It's nothing, not worth mentioning."
Despite his words, Mo Lin looked thoroughly pleased.
All that time he had spent grinding entries hadn't gone to waste.
Meanwhile, Flender, still kneeling on the ground beside them, looked utterly bewildered.
"What are these two talking about? I can't understand a thing."
Rabbits, emperors, lords...
He knew every word, but why did they sound so wrong when strung together?
Forget it. It had nothing to do with him. Staying alive was what mattered right now.
"Um... Flender, bring me that rab... no, the one named Xiao Wu. I'm taking her."
He had nothing against Tang San. He simply wanted to borrow his future wife.
As for whether he would give her back, of course he wouldn't.
Once she was in his hands, she was his. Why would he ever give her back?
"Huh? Oh, please wait a moment, Your Eminence. I'll bring her right over."
Tang Hao was dead, and Tang San had been beaten half-crippled by this man.
Flender had originally thought he would pull up the weeds by the roots. Instead, he hadn't taken Tang San seriously at all and had gone straight for the girl named Xiao Wu.
Then again, could he be planning to do that?
After all, that Xiao Wu girl really was quite pretty and fresh-faced.
Judging by his manner, she would probably be ravaged.
Well, if she was ravaged, so be it. He couldn't stop it anyway.
Still, he couldn't help sympathizing with Tang San inwardly. His father had been slaughtered by this man, his little sister was now going to be ravaged, and his teacher had been beaten half to death by the man's Martial Soul. Who knew whether he could bear learning all this when he woke up?
At any rate, if this had happened to him, he definitely wouldn't have been able to accept it.
It was too humiliating. He might as well find a block of tofu and bash himself to death against it.
As for revenge? That was pure wishful thinking. He didn't believe Tang San could ever rival the man before him.
A few minutes later, Flender hauled Xiao Wu before Mo Lin.
He had even thoughtfully tied her up, though his binding technique was a little unusual.
"Fuck, this guy definitely has a side business."
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