Chapter Seventy-One: The Man-Eating Fish

  The next day, the troops continued to advance. After several days of recuperation in this small town, the wounds of these royal knights had healed a lot, and their marching speed also accelerated.

  But there were still many people who couldn't lift that thing up, and they didn't know when it would be cured, so they all looked at Xiao Yu with extremely resentful eyes.

  Xiao Yu, however, was completely oblivious to these gazes, leisurely drinking wine in the spacious carriage and playing with Little Dragon Baby, feeling extremely comfortable.

  Little dragon baby seems to have grown up a bit in the past few days, becoming more and more mischievous. He wants to play with everything he sees, and needs someone to watch him at all times, or else he'll make a mess.

  Moreover, the little dragon baby can now simply spit out a small flame breath magic spell, although its power is not great, it already has some effect, such as usually helping Xiao Yu roast a wild rabbit and so on.

  It was because Xiaolong suddenly spat out that flame last time, which led to the exposure of Ossilia's stealth, and she was caught by Xiao Yu and others, and then teased ruthlessly.

  Recalling the last time he flirted with Ophelia, Xiao Yu's lower abdomen was still burning with excitement. Training beautiful women, especially those wild and beautiful ones, is indeed the most exciting thing for men.

  Ou Xilia didn't like horseback riding either, so she sat in the carriage with Xiao Yu, drinking wine, admiring the scenery, playing with Little Dragon Baby, and unceremoniously shared all of Xiao Yu's belongings, using them as she pleased.

  Xiao Yu stroked his wrist, pondering how to use this thing. Such an awesome magical item couldn't possibly be useless, but so far, he still had no idea how to use this slave circle.

  Although he promised Theodore that old man not to be rude to Ophelia, but Theodore that old fellow also did not give the order to kill, can't use this slave circle at all.

  Xiao De's words also revealed that if necessary, Xiao Yu could use this slave circle to restrain Ossilia, as long as it wasn't used to treat Ossilia as a plaything for men.

  So if Xiao Yu occasionally teases Ophelia a little bit, it shouldn't be considered as going back on her promise to Theodora.

  Xiao Yu also went to find Anthony Das last night and asked if this thing could be lifted, and the result was that Anthony Das's answer was a firm no.

  Now Anthony Das has so many skills, and none of the other spells will work. Xiao Yu thought to himself: "The creator of the slave circle magic back then couldn't dispel it, and now Anthony Das definitely can't either. If one day Old An really recovers his full strength and becomes the greatest magician in this world again, maybe he'll be able to help dispel it then. The Anthony Das that Theodore spoke of must have been from that time period as well, not the current Old An. But that Theodore is indeed very formidable, a 6th rank great magician! He still owes me one condition, what should I get him to do for me?"

  Along the way, the team passed through some towns, some of which were small and others were larger and more prosperous cities. Compared to these big cities, Xiao Yu's Lion King City was simply a rural landlord's mansion.

  This gave Xiao Yu a feeling of Chen Huan's rise to fame, in this big city, not only were there endless streams of people and rows upon rows of shops, but also various places for entertainment, noble amusement halls, grand auctions, as well as some specialized fighter academies or magician academies.

  Seeing this prosperous city, on the one hand, Xiao Yu's heart felt a little itchy, wanting to go around and play wildly, but on the other hand, it also made Xiao Yu vigilant, his own Lion King territory was still unknown how many times inferior compared to such a large territory.

  Xiao Yu's largest city he had been to before was Hui City of the Wei Gong State, where there were many fun things to do, and Xiao Yu used to spend money lavishly every day.

  But compared with these big cities, Huicheng is at least ten times smaller in scale.

  "My god, it's so big here, I wonder how large the capital of Tian Shi Dynasty is? If there's a chance, I'd like to go and take a look."

  Xiao Yu originally wanted to stay in the big city for a few more days, but Wang Zimo was anxious to hurry back, so he firmly disagreed and told Xiao Yu that the first main castle of the Wang family was also very large, and when the time came, Xiao Yu could play there to his heart's content.

  Xiao Yu pouted, knowing that there was still something important to attend to this time. After finishing the important matter, he had to hurry back to the Lion King's territory as soon as possible, after all, there were still a lot of things waiting for him there.

  "One day, my Lion King territory will expand across the entire continent." At this moment, Xiao Yu suddenly had a soaring heroic spirit.

  "I may be a vagabond, but I am a cultured vagabond, an idealistic and ambitious new vagabond. How can I be confined to just one place like the Lion King's territory?"

  After more than a dozen days, finally, on the castle in front, the Wang family's flag had been raised.

  After several months of long-distance travel, finally arrived at the territory of the Wang family.

  Xiao Yu narrowed her eyes, the real show was about to begin. Let's see how the Wang family would play this out.

  Arriving at the Wang family's territory, no one came to welcome this fourth miss who had returned home for a visit. Apparently, Xiwen's status in the Wang family was self-evident.

  Xiao Yu was worried that Xiwen would be disappointed, so she specially asked Ophelia to take the little dragon to accompany Xiwen and lift her spirits.

  Upon arriving at their own territory, Prince Mo and the soldiers who followed him all became arrogant, looking at Xiao Yu and these beastman infantry as if they were looking at fish on a chopping board.

  "Damn it, you're treating me like a piece of meat. I'm a fish that eats people." Xiao Yu glared back with a fierce and unapologetic gaze.

  The Wang family's territory has built several cities, and this is just a pass of the outpost. After entering this pass, it takes a long way to walk inside before reaching the first main city of the Wang family's territory.

  All the way, Xiao Yu looked at the neat farmland inside Wang's territory, the working people, and couldn't help but feel a little envious. His own broken territory now has very few people, let alone land, and the soil is extremely barren. The natural conditions of Wang's territory are much better than those of his Lion King Territory, with fertile soil, plains everywhere, and surrounded by some principalities and territories, without worrying about bandits or a powerful Yunmeng person.

  However, Xiao Yu believed that under his brand new incentive policy, it wouldn't take long for his territory to develop and eventually surpass all other territories.

  After walking for almost a whole day, they finally arrived at the first main city of the Wang family's territory, Fengyan City.

  Xiao Yu looked at the scale of Fengyan City, which was indeed much larger than his own Lion King City, and about the same as the capital city of Weiguo, Huicheng.

  At the entrance of Fengyan City, still no one came to greet Xiao Yu and Xiwen. It seemed that Xiwen was just an ordinary slave who had left home and returned after completing her task in a normal manner.

  Oscillia sneered at Xiao Yu on the side and said, "Aren't you a grand duke? How come there isn't even one person to welcome you?"

  Xiao Yu pouted and said, "This time, the Duke is traveling incognito. If they knew I was coming, they would definitely all come out to welcome me with a grand ceremony. The Duke sympathizes with the people's feelings and doesn't like such extravagance."

  Oscillia let out a snort and cast a disdainful glance.

  Very quietly, they entered the city. After entering the city, Wang Zimo arranged Xiao Yu in a separate courtyard and then took Xiwen to report back.

  Xiao Yu saw this and immediately stopped Wang Zimeng, smiling and saying: "Since it's to see the king's uncle, I haven't seen him in a long time either, let's go together."

  The prince's face turned cold, his chin raised high, and he said, "When the time comes, Lord will come to invite Duke Xiao, but it's not now."

  Xiao Yu smiled and said, "No need to be so polite, you came all the way to visit me. Our two families are relatives, and Uncle Wang was one of my father's closest friends back in the day. How can we be so formal? I'll just go over directly. Let's go, let's go together."

  The prince's tone suddenly became even colder, saying: "Xiao Lingzhu, this is the royal family's territory. Whoever you want to see, the royal family will arrange for you. When it's time to meet, we'll meet; when it's not time to meet, please stay here and be more restrained."

  Xiao Yu heard Wang Zimeng say this, and suddenly the flames of anger rose up, grabbing Wang Zimeng's collar and scolding: "You think you're so great, don't you? You think I'm a slave you hired? Do whatever you want with me? Now, right now, take me to see your stupid leader. Dare to say one more useless word, believe it or not, I'll make you useless."

  Wang Zimo arrived at the Wang family, full of confidence, so he didn't need to be polite to Xiao Yu either. However, he didn't expect that Xiao Yu would dare to be so reckless in the Wang family, not only continuing to grab his collar, but also daring to scold the master of the Wang family as a "dogshit leader", which was really too presumptuous.

  Even if the Emperor of the Tian Shi Dynasty came, in the territory of the Wang family, he would not dare to scold the lord of the Wang family as a dog farting lord. This guy is absolutely a hooligan.

  Wang Zimo was actually already intimidated by Xiao Yu's tactics, and at this moment, being tightly grasped by the other's collar, his voice trembled as he said: "You... you dare to be so presumptuous in the Wang family's territory? Come... come people..."

  "Who dares to take another step, believe it or not, I'll chop him off." Xiao Yu saw Wang Zimeng being arrogant and immediately drew out the Tang knife, placing it on Wang Zimeng's neck, looking sideways at the surrounding guards who were about to close in.

  The beastman infantry also surrounded them at this time, tearing off their cloaks and holding up the cold light flashing large axes, looking around. Seeing the ten beastman infantrymen, the royal local guards around them all shouted loudly.

  "You... you dare to be so presumptuous in the Wang family, just wait and see how I report this to Master Wang." Prince Mo looked at the Tang knife gleaming with cold light on his neck, feeling both shocked and afraid. He wanted to say a few harsh words, but ultimately didn't dare. He knew that this ruffian leader was capable of doing anything.

  "Xiao Yu, don't be like this, after all, this is my home. I'll go see Father and Mother first, and then you can pay your respects later." Xi Wen looked at Xiao Yu, who dared to draw his sword in the Wang household, clearly not putting the Wang family in his heart. This made her feelings very complicated, making her feel that as a daughter of the Wang family, her younger uncle coming here with swords drawn was clearly a loss of face for the Wang family, and she would definitely be in trouble with her father. At the same time, she was also somewhat happy, because Xiao Yu was so tough, clearly determined to take her back this time.

  The words Xiao Yu said to her last time, about grasping her own destiny, still deeply shocked her soul. From young to old, she always felt like a rootless water lily, with no one to rely on. But Xiao Yu's actions over the past period of time made her truly feel that there was a man protecting her, fighting for her with his lifeblood. A man using his own blood to give her control over her own destiny. This feeling was very strange, making her feel safe, warm, like she had found a haven, making her want to rely on him, making her feel important to some people in this world, making her feel that her life still had hope.

  "Sister-in-law, don't worry, I was just joking with Wang the butler. It's been too long since I've seen Uncle Wang, so I miss him terribly and want to see him as soon as possible. How could I possibly do anything to Wang the butler?" Xiao Yu narrowed his eyes, looking completely harmless.

  "Are you taking me with you?" But as soon as he turned his face back, Xiao Yu suddenly seemed to have transformed into a demon from hell, staring at Wang Zimo with eyes that were even more ferocious than those of the Asura, and shouted loudly.

  "Alright, alright, I'll take you there. Hmph, let the lord see what kind of descendants the Xiao family has." Wang Zimeng could only submit, he didn't dare to gamble with his own life. Along the way, Wang Zimeng had already fully experienced the style of this ruffian lord and knew that this guy was capable of doing anything.

  "This is just right, look at how I've been treated, as a noble duke, I've never liked to use this method. My father taught me that I must be a gentleman, and I have always done so." Having received the other party's affirmative response, Xiao Yu immediately put away his knife, with a smiling face, helping to smooth out Wang Zimiao's collar, as if the person who had just drawn his sword against him was not him at all. Then Xiao Yu shouted to the beastmen behind him: "Come on, bring over the gift I prepared for Uncle Wang."

  The beast immediately ran towards the carriage with its big buttocks, to rummage through the gift that Xiao Yu had mentioned.

  The prince's chest was still thumping, and in his heart he cursed: "You're such a rascal, yet you're a gentleman? A duke? You're just a rascal, a scoundrel."

  Prince Mo, who had always thought of himself as elegant and refined, was now cursing out loud in his heart, wishing he could scold all eighteen generations of Xiao Yu's ancestors.

  Xiao Yu took the gift, and Xi Wen also brought her own gift for Father. Then, under Wang Zimo's leadership, Xiao Yu led Ophelia, Grom and Tyrant to the Lord's mansion together.

  Antonidas and the Beastmen infantry remained behind in their entirety.

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