#167 - Come out when you've seen enough.

Leaving Qingyang Prefecture's city.

Xu Ming led Shen Sheng towards the direction of the Heavenly Mystery Gate.

Because the time was still ample, and it had been less than half a year since he left the Imperial Capital, with over a year remaining before he needed to return to Wudu to participate in the selection for the Rootless Mystic Realm, Xu Ming was not in such a hurry.

After going to the Heavenly Mystery Gate, he needed to figure out what impact Qing Wan losing that Dao Lotus would have, and whether there was a way to remedy it.

"Have you heard?"

This book is first published on 𝕥 𝕨 𝕜 𝕒 𝕟 . 𝕔 𝕠 𝕞 network wide.

"Heard what?"

"It's about that border city of Qingyang Prefecture—White Wallow City."

"White Wallow City? What happened to White Wallow City?"

"The current White Wallow City is now a vacant lot. The entire city, along with the surrounding mountains for dozens of miles, has all disappeared, becoming a vast plain. It's as if that city never existed."

"Huh? What's going on?"

"I know, I heard that White Wallow City itself became a mystic realm, integrated into a painting. Immortals from various sects and factions are all fighting over it."

"Who ended up winning it?"

"Our Xu Country's驸马爷—Xu Ming."

"驸马爷? Is 驸马爷 that powerful?"

"Yes, yes, yes, I also heard that our 驸马爷 snatched White Wallow City, but it seems like the methods were a bit unsavory?"

"Unsavory? What kind of unsavory methods?"

"It's said that the son of the Heavenly Mystery Gate's Sect Master organized an alliance and fought a great demon from White Wallow City to the point of darkness and chaos. In the end, our 驸马爷 reaped the benefits."

"I seem to have heard it that way too. 驸马爷 seems to have cooperated with several people, set up a formation, and then collected the painting."

"Is that how it is? I heard that those people besieged our 驸马爷, and it was after our 驸马爷 obtained the White Wallow Mystic Realm that he released them."

"I also heard that 驸马爷哄骗仙子秦, it was originally that 仙子秦 obtained the White Wallow Painting, but it was tricked away by our 驸马爷."

"仙子秦? Which 仙子秦 is it?"

"Who else could it be? Naturally, it's Qin Qingwan of the Qin State Mansion, the one who is currently cultivating at the Heavenly Mystery Gate."

"驸马爷 isn't that kind of person, right?"

"Not sure."

In a tavern, diners were chatting away.

And in the corner of this tavern, a young man and a little girl were sitting on chairs.

The little girl was wearing a straw hat, covering up the pair of horns on her head.

Looking at the delicacies on the table, the little girl was about to reach out her hand to grab a big chicken leg.

But just as the little girl's hand was about to touch the big chicken leg, the young man took out chopsticks and gently tapped the little girl's palm.

"Awoo..." The little girl retracted her hand and raised her eyes.

The young man pointed to the chopsticks on the little girl's bowl.

"Ooh..." The little girl picked up the chopsticks aggrievedly, trying very hard but very clumsily to pick up the chicken.

But the little girl failed to pick it up several times, and was so anxious that she was about to smash the table.

In the end, the little girl came up with a solution, stabbing the chopsticks into the chicken leg and then putting it in her bowl, eating with a '嘎嘎' sound.

Xu Ming looked at Shen Sheng's appearance and just sighed softly, but he didn't stop her.

Compared to before, Shen Sheng had at least made some progress.

During these days, Xu Ming taught Shen Sheng to speak, taught her to read, and taught her to use chopsticks.

Many things needed Xu Ming to teach slowly.

Although Shen Sheng learned very slowly, she was always making a little progress.

Xu Ming wanted to let Shen Sheng know that she was not a demonic beast, but a living person.

The habits and life of the human race might slowly erode the beastliness in her bloodline.

Xu Ming picked up his chopsticks and began to eat.

As for the discussions next to him, they naturally reached Xu Ming's ears as well.

The matter of the White Wallow Mystic Realm had gradually spread.

Because Xu Ming had offended too many people in the White Wallow Mystic Realm.

Xu Ming released them and then made them face the Black God Sect.

They didn't know if Xu Ming did it on purpose, but many people were definitely unhappy.

Those cultivators, both for the sake of face and to make things difficult for Xu Ming, retaliating against Xu Ming, so they portrayed Xu Ming as a "villain."

However, not all of the cultivators in the White Wallow Mystic Realm were shameless people.

Some people would truthfully tell everything that happened in the mystic realm.

Moreover, Wu Country would not allow its 驸马爷's reputation to be too bad, so it naturally had to control public opinion.

Therefore, the events that happened in White Wallow City now formed different opinions, and the evaluation of Xu Ming could only be said to be mixed.

However, Xu Ming didn't care.

After eating and drinking his fill, Xu Ming led Shen Sheng away from this small city.

Walking another five hundred miles forward, they would reach the territory of the Heavenly Mystery Gate.

Just as Xu Ming had just walked out of the city, Shen Sheng gently tugged at Xu Ming's clothes, raised her eyes, and looked at Xu Ming with a blink.

"I know, it's okay, don't worry." Xu Ming nodded, as if he hadn't noticed anything, and continued to walk forward.

When Xu Ming walked into the wilderness, he suddenly disappeared.

"Where's the person?"

"How did we lose him?"

At the spot where Xu Ming disappeared, several cultivators were looking around, looking very regretful.

"I wonder what matters you all have in finding me?" Xu Ming suddenly stood behind them and said.

Everyone was startled and quickly turned around.

"Since you've been discovered, then so be it. Hand over the White Wallow Painting, and I'll spare you a death," the leading cultivator said.

"Think carefully, I still advise you not to seek death, cultivation is not easy," Xu Ming kindly advised.

"Heh heh." The leading cultivator waved his hand, "Go! Kill him!"

"Alas," Xu Ming shook his head, "Including you, during this time, I've killed a hundred people."

While speaking, Xu Ming walked forward.

In less than three breaths of time, these five cultivators were basically killed with one punch, all exploding into blood mist, their bodies and souls destroyed.

After a cultivator dies, the mark on their storage bag will disappear. Xu Ming put all the silver and spirit stones from these guys' storage bags into his small Qiankun bag.

However, this kind of thing was usually done by Shen Sheng.

Every time when looting corpses, Shen Sheng would be very active.

Shen Sheng would take Xu Ming's small Qiankun bag and keep picking up things on the ground, not letting go of even a penny.

Because Shen Sheng knew that a penny could buy a bun!

"You've been watching for so long, have you seen enough? If you've seen enough, then come out." Just as Shen Sheng was happily looting corpses, Xu Ming said.

"Heh heh heh..."

A light and cheerful laughter sounded in the forest, and a woman in a black dress walked out barefoot.