As soon as the Wu family’s thugs saw their master dead, they all tried to flee. The silver-haired young master simply swung his sword once more, and a dozen thugs instantly fell to the ground, leaving no survivors.
Xiao Zhuang stared at the figure, practically drooling. It was just too cool—this was exactly how a true male lead should make an entrance.
Bai Xiu was also full of envy. The Land Shrinking and Sword Qi that person had just used to kill were techniques only an Enlightenment Venerable could achieve.
He doesn’t look that old either—how are you so exceptional? This demon is dying of jealousy!
Unlike the admiration and excitement of these two, the mother and son hugged each other in fear as the person turned around.
The silver-haired young master waved his hand to put away his long sword and slowly walked up to Mo Qianqian. “Why are you here? Is this Yongjing City?”
Mo Qianqian shook her head awkwardly. “No, this is Qianyu City. What a coincidence, Young Clan Leader! Are you here to admire the moon too?”
Schnauzer, seeing the silver-haired young master frown, quickly tried to make conversation. “Big brother, why are you shirtless? Aren’t you cold?”
Mo Qianqian facepalmed. Silly son, you really know how to make conversation—bringing up the very subject we should avoid!
The silver-haired young master revealed a mocking sneer. “Guess why I appeared here just as I was about to bathe?”
Schnauzer then remembered—big brother had placed a Soul Seal on him out of concern for his safety, otherwise he would have been killed earlier.
The Husky was instantly moved to tears and lunged toward his big brother. “Big brother is the best! Rui Rui loves big brother most!”
Splat! Schnauzer missed completely and fell flat on his face!
The young master of the Snow Wolf Clan cursed “Idiot!” as Spirit Particles gathered around him, his body gradually fading until he completely disappeared from the spot.
Schnauzer pouted in grievance. “Big brother is so mean! He actually dislikes me!”
Mo Qianqian rolled her eyes. “Look at you—you’re like a stray dog right now. Never mind that he has cleanliness obsession, even I find you disgusting!”
Schnauzer became even more depressed. “How can you say that, Mother!”
Mo Qianqian immediately started poking his head while scolding him. “What sins did your father and I commit to deserve such a troublesome child like you?
With your level of cultivation, why did you even try to block anything?
Now look what happened—you broke the Soul Seal and summoned your big brother!
You’re really something—why couldn’t you have waited just a bit longer?
If he had been summoned while completely naked, our whole family would be done for!”
“It’s not that exaggerated! Big brother is really good to me.” Schnauzer rubbed his head and muttered. “It’s just you and Father who always speak ill of big brother.”
“Don’t spread rumors about me! When have I ever spoken ill of the Young Clan Leader?”
Mo Qianqian gave her son a hard slap on the head.
“We’re just afraid you’ll make him angry.”
Schnauzer rubbed his head and didn’t dare say another word. In their family, he was at the very bottom of the food chain.
Father beat him, Mother beat him, and big brother beat him too!
But Father and Mother only beat him, while big brother beat everyone equally.
So actually, big brother was still the best.
Bai Xiu and Xiao Zhuang also finished bandaging their wounds and came over. Looking at the corpses littering the ground, everyone felt somewhat troubled.
Schnauzer was genuinely foolish, but Mo Qianqian wasn’t.
As a dog demon who managed to win over the Snow Wolf Clan leader and bear his child, she wasn’t as naive as she appeared on the surface. After thinking briefly, she came up with a plan for everyone.
“Didn’t you already buy tickets for the He family’s Flying Boat?
Later, find a way to sneak onto that Flying Boat and hide. Once the ticket inspection begins tomorrow, you can come out openly.”
“I’ll take these corpses and dump them in the northern district to divert the Wu family’s attention first.”
After disposing of the bodies, I’ll head to Yongjing City overnight to meet with the clan leader. From now on, you three will have to rely on each other.”
After speaking, Mo Qianqian took out another storage pouch and stuffed it into Schnauzer’s hands. “I’ve retrieved your belongings for you. Be more careful from now on.”
“These two friends of yours are trustworthy. Listen more to those who know better in the future.”
“This is all your mother can do for you.”
She then took out two jade tokens and handed them to Xiao Zhuang and Bai Xiu. “I’m entrusting my foolish son to you two. When your Sect has a break, come visit North Cold Mountain!”
Bai Xiu and Xiao Zhuang agreed with this plan. As for Schnauzer’s opinion, it didn’t matter since no one would expect a husky to have any good ideas anyway.
Without delay, Mo Qianqian didn’t have time to say more to her son. She stored the corpses on the ground into her Cosmos pouch and hurried straight to the northern district.
Before Schnauzer could finish his farewell, his mother had already disappeared without a trace, making the little pup sulk again.
Bai Xiu looked at him with disgust. “I think that’s enough!”
“Shisan is so young and injured, yet he didn’t cry. If you dare shed tears, don’t blame me for slapping you!”
Schnauzer’s emotions came and went quickly. Hearing that Shisan was injured, he immediately forgot his grievances and hurriedly opened his Cosmos pouch to look for medicine.
Xiao Zhuang’s wound had been temporarily bandaged, and he waved his hand to stop Schnauzer from fussing.
Fortunately, they still had enough Spiritual Power. Xiao Zhuang quickly drew three Invisibility Talismans and applied them to everyone.
Taking advantage of the chaos that hadn’t attracted the He family’s attention yet, the three slipped into the He family’s Flying Boat dock.
There were Cultivators patrolling on the Flying Boat too, so they didn’t dare speak. They found the most remote spot to hide and slowly waited until dawn.
Before daybreak when the guards were most relaxed, they sneaked into an empty cabin to change clothes.
Bai Xiu always carried scented powder with her. After bandaging their wounds, they all applied some to cover the smell of blood, finally making themselves presentable.
Only when ticket inspection began on the Flying Boat and passengers started boarding did they quietly blend into the crowd.
Gossip isn’t just human nature – demons can be quite bored sometimes.
Some passengers came from the northern district and were discussing in small groups about the shocking case in Feiyu City.
The Head of the Wu family and over a dozen guards’ bodies had been discovered outside the Qi family’s walls in the northern district, and now the two families were about to start fighting.
The three listened for a while longer and, confirming there was no news of Lady Mo being captured, finally felt relieved and returned to their cabin.
Schnauzer finally relaxed and lay on the bed, feeling drowsy.
Bai Xiu was also exhausted. Xiao Zhuang said he wasn’t tired and let Bai Xiu rest first while he kept watch for them temporarily.
Xiao Zhuang appeared to be meditating in his chair but was actually arguing with his System.
This incident had been too dangerous. If not for the life-saving trump card Schnauzer’s brother left him, they would all have been done for last night.
A single Golden Core Stage cultivator had nearly killed him. Xiao Zhuang would never underestimate the Cultivation World again.
He somewhat regretted choosing the method of earning Wrath Points to level up. This wasn’t a society governed by law – angering powerful Cultivators could easily get you killed.
The System didn’t agree. “Host, your chosen direction isn’t wrong. The biggest advantage of this leveling mechanism is the opportunity to earn points passively.”
“For example, with the Wu family this time, you’ve already collected five thousand Wrath Points, and you’ll continue receiving a steady stream of Wrath Points from now on without having to do anything.”
At the very least, those brothers you’ve driven into chaos and ruined everything for will definitely hate you for life.
Other upgrade systems require active effort—you either work for it or get nothing. But yours is a single complaint that brings lifelong benefits.
Besides, don’t you have any self-awareness about your own personality? Even without needing to collect Wrath Points, would you really avoid offending people?”
Impossible!
Xiao Zhuang had some self-awareness after all!
He was an upright and kind person, noble and virtuous, compassionate and benevolent, always eager to help others. He would never stand by and watch the weak and innocent suffer without lifting a hand.
It’s hard to be human, but even harder to be a good person. To uphold justice in this world, he was destined to be a lone hero fighting against evil forces!
System: Would it kill you to stop showing off?