"What a thief!"
Wei Quji's expression was so gloomy that water could almost drip from it.
Almost right under his nose, that unknown enemy used the living beings of Xiaolin Town as sacrifices and consumed the souls that should have rested in peace in the entire Maplewood City to condense the phantom of the Gates of Hell in one fell swoop. In the end, he easily escaped in front of him.
And he, Wei Quji, a dignified Rank-5 great expert, had rushed over with all his might, but he did not even get a fart!
As the City Lord, he had failed in his duty. As a powerhouse, he had been slapped in the face.
When had he ever suffered such humiliation?
So …
"Trash!"
With a backhand slap, Wei Quji sent Wei Yan flying several meters away!
None of the dozens of people present dared to make a sound. Even though almost every one of them was indignant.
Even Wei Yan himself only silently got up and did not say a word.
Of course, he had enough reasons to justify and be angry. In front of the fog, he bravely moved forward. In the face of the Nine Palaces Formation, he broke it first. When he saw the Gates of Hell, he was willing to take the risk and burn the only red letter on him.
It could be said that from any perspective, he had already done the best at this stage and was beyond reproach.
But success was success, and failure was failure. The army did not care about such trivial things.
Wei Quji gave him the authority to go to the Dao Academy to organize people to investigate Xiaolin Town, but he failed to stop the incident from happening. This was a dereliction of duty.
Wei Quji could even kill him on the spot.
But what was the point?
Wei Quji had come in an aggressive manner, but he had also left in a huff.
Some of the young people carried the wounded on their backs, some supported each other, and some carried the corpses. They dispersed just like that.
These young disciples of the Dao Academy had just experienced a difficult battle with heavy casualties.
A very difficult battle that proved to be useless in the end.
From beginning to end, they did not even know who their opponents were, but their opponents had already completed their goal and left.
They were called — trash.
…
"Damn it … I can't accept it."
Du Yehu lay sprawled on the dormitory bed like a collapsed iron tower.
He did not have any serious injuries on his body, and the damaged foundation had been repaired by the Foundation Fortifying Pill that Zhao Rucheng had sent over. He just needed a period of rest.
The Foundation Fortifying Pill was indeed a precious thing, but there was nothing unacceptable about it. It just so happened that Du Yehu needed it and Zhao Rucheng had it. They were existences who could even entrust their lives to each other, let alone other things.
However, the battle of Little Forest Town was, to be honest, a blow to every Dao Academy disciple who participated. To anyone who aspired to be extraordinary and desired to become powerful, being powerless was probably the worst thing that could happen to them.
Perhaps Zhao Rucheng was the only exception. He had already gone to the Fragrance of Three Fragrances to "recuperate". It was said that he wanted to win the heart of the beauty in one fell swoop in the form of a brave warrior who had narrowly escaped death.
Du Yehu was not a person who could lie down, but at this moment, he could only lie down. Even if he wanted to drink, no one would indulge him. As a result, he was a little depressed, which was rare.
Ling He didn't say anything. He closed his eyes and cultivated.
As for Jiang Wang, he was having dinner with Jiang Anan.
Caoji Lamb Shop, a century-old shop.
There were two bowls of fragrant mutton soup and ten catties of sliced white mutton.
Jiang Anan held a bun in her left hand and a pair of chopsticks in her right hand … The chopsticks were holding mutton. The word "grab" was used because the way she held the chopsticks was indeed different — probably because no one had corrected her in the past. She wrapped her fingers around the chopsticks and held them tightly.
After living with Jiang Wang for a long time, she was no longer as shy and introverted as she was in the beginning.
She took a bite from the left and a bite from the right. As she ate, she lowered her head from time to time and took a sip of the broth. Two faint dimples appeared on her face. She was extremely satisfied.
Caoji Mutton Shop was not cheap. If it were Jiang Wang himself, he might not be willing to eat here.
During the Little Forest Town mission, although Wei Yan suffered a setback, he still fulfilled his promise and obtained 20 Dao Merit Points for each of them. Of course, there were also some silver taels as subsidies. For cultivators, this was the least important. However, for Jiang Anan, being able to eat delicious food was very important.
"Do you like it?" Jiang Wang asked with a smile.
"Oh … Yes!" Jiang Anan nodded vigorously.
"In the future, every month …" Jiang Wang silently calculated his savings. "No, we can eat here once every ten days, okay?"
Jiang Anan continued to nod.
She chatted with her brother intermittently. Most of the time, she only nodded or shook her head as an answer. Her small hands were not idle. While nodding, she grabbed a piece of mutton and carefully rolled it in the dipping sauce. Then, she stuffed it into her mouth.
"Anan, how's your homework these days?" Probably when chatting with children, all the adults would end up talking about this point. Jiang Wang felt that he was an adult, so he spoke naturally. Although he was only a seventeen-year-old boy.
Jiang Anan's action of eating meat paused for a moment. Her small mouth was full, and it took her a lot of effort to squeeze out a sentence. "It's, it's okay."
Jiang Wang nodded with satisfaction.
He looked at his sister, and there was a kind of slowly flowing, happy peace in his heart. The hardships of the battle, the sadness of seeing his brothers die, the powerlessness of not being able to stop things from happening … all seemed to fade away.
Some things were certainly very sad, but the life in front of him was so happy.
It made him want to keep it forever.
…
Walking in the Wang clan's land, from time to time, he greeted the clansmen who greeted him. Wang Zhangxiang was calm and peaceful, as usual. Even the most picky clansmen couldn't say anything bad about him.
In Maplewood City, the three major clans of the Zhang, Fang, and Wang clans were about the same in all aspects. It was hard to tell who was better, but because Zhang Linchuan was now ranked third on the Dao Merit List, the Zhang clan faintly surpassed the others. The Wang clan's Wang Zhangxiang was ranked seventh on the Dao Merit List, so he wasn't too far behind.
The Fang clan was the only one left. The genius of the previous year died in a trial, and the most outstanding Fang Pengju was killed. Now, only Fang Heling was left, and he barely managed to enter the inner sect with the Meridian-Opening Pill he obtained at a high price. But in the hearts of discerning people, the Fang clan had been left behind by the other two clans.
Not to mention these things, Wang Zhangxiang had always been unwilling to get involved in worldly affairs. Although with his wisdom, he could see through the filthy greed behind the enthusiasm, but he was always calm and collected.
The road was getting more and more remote.
He finally stopped in front of a semi-old courtyard. This was a remote corner of the Wang clan's land. There were almost no people living nearby, and the owner of the courtyard was like a lone bird living in seclusion.
Wang Zhangxiang reached out to push the door. The wooden door made an ear-piercing squeak, disturbing the tranquility of the courtyard.
Unlike the mottled and semi-old outer walls, the courtyard was unexpectedly clean and exquisite. On the left was a rack of grapevines, raised high. On the rack was a chair that had been smoothed out. There was no one on the chair, but there was a fat orange cat lying on it.
It wasn't surprised when someone came. It only half-opened its sleepy eyes and glanced weakly at him.
"Xiaoju." Wang Zhangxiang heard it and greeted it.
The fat orange cat turned its head and narrowed its eyes again. It was actually disdainful.
Wang Zhangxiang wasn't annoyed. He continued to walk forward. There was a large water tank in front of him on the right. Lotus leaves floated in the water tank. Bubbles could be seen from time to time. It should be raising fish.
At this moment, he stopped in his tracks because he smelled the aroma of food.
Almost at the same time, Xiaoju, who was on the chair, quickly got up and looked back. Its movements were smooth.
In front of the main entrance of the hall, under the eaves, there was a short square table. At this moment, a young man walked out from behind the door. The aroma came from the food plate in his hand.
His face couldn't be considered handsome, let alone ugly. It was just that he gave people an inexplicable feeling of being "distant". It was probably because of his pair of eyes that were too dull.
The young man with the aura of alienation squatted down and placed the food on the short table one by one. There were two bowls of white and plump rice, two plates of green vegetables, and two plates of soft stewed pork trotters.
The man sat down on the threshold, took out his chopsticks, and tapped the table with the end of his chopsticks. "Eat."
Wang Zhangxiang didn't move because he knew that he wasn't being called. Even though he really wanted to walk over and eat this meal together.
With a whoosh, the orange cat rushed to the short table at a speed that didn't match its size. It lowered its head and sniffed the plate of pork trotters. Then, it seemed satisfied. It put its front paws on the short table and began to eat.
Wang Zhangxiang opened his mouth. "Brother."
Probably only a few people remembered. The pride of the Wang family, Wang Zhangxiang, had an older brother.
Actually, he was the eldest son of the Wang family's main bloodline. According to the clan's laws, he was the most logical successor to the family head.
However, he was also a cripple who wasted a precious Meridian Unlocking Pill for no reason and couldn't manifest his Dao meridians. This caused the Wang family to be ridiculed and lower than the other two families.
The shame of the Wang family, Wang Zhangji.
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