nashuaworldcup Chapter 23 Xiao Ting and his son are utterly disgraced!
Chapter 23 Xiao Ting and his son are utterly disgraced!
A moment later, at the entrance of the city lord's mansion.
"Lord City Lord, why are you so heartless? Why do you stand by and watch my son die?"
"Lord of the City, please come forward immediately and give us an explanation!"
Thousands of civilians surrounded the city lord's mansion, their anger rising and their arguments incessant.
"What's going on outside? Why is it so noisy?" Inside the city lord's mansion, Xiao Ting was in a bad mood, his brows furrowed. Hearing the noise, he immediately became displeased and asked with a cold face.
The subordinate investigated and returned with a drastically changed expression: "Lord City Lord, something terrible has happened!"
"What is it?" Xiao Ting's face darkened, and he suddenly had a bad feeling.
"Several seriously injured people just entered the city..." The subordinate glanced at Xiao Tian beside him and said, "After verifying their identities, we know they are the people who went into the forest with the young city lord..."
"What? How could someone possibly come back alive?"
Upon hearing this, everyone present changed their expressions drastically.
"Where are they? What did they say?" Xiao Ting asked in a cold voice, his face ashen.
"They're at the city gate. They say the young city lord caused the beast tide, and you, City Lord..."
Sensing the killing intent in Xiao Ting's eyes, the subordinate swallowed hard and could only grit his teeth and say:
“I wanted to stop them, but they kept telling everyone they met that they had been talking the whole way... Besides, they died as soon as they reached the city gate.”
boom!
Xiao Ting and his family of three felt as if they had been struck by lightning, their minds buzzing.
We've been talking the whole way...
From the Black Wind Forest to Yan City, a distance of over a hundred kilometers, how many people have they told this story to?
"Now we're in trouble!"
With Xiao Ting's formidable strength, he could sense it with just a slight effort.
Outside the city lord's mansion, several thousand people had already gathered, all with bloodshot eyes, filled with grief and indignation...
After all, the five hundred people who just died tragically all had families.
If I can't give these people an explanation, it will be difficult to end this situation.
At this moment, even Xiao Ting felt a sense of powerlessness and slumped into a chair.
With his abilities, saving those people would be easy.
However, considering various factors, he did not offer assistance.
They watched helplessly as those people died tragically in despair.
At that moment, he finally felt a pang of regret.
It's not that I regret not helping.
Instead, he regretted not checking to make sure that all those people were dead!
Now, even if we wanted to cover it up, we wouldn't know where to begin.
Are we to kill everyone who knows about this to silence them?
How many people would that require killing? There are tens of thousands of people in the entire Yan City!
Upon seeing this, Xiao Tian's face instantly filled with tears. He knelt down with a thud, sobbing bitterly, "I'm sorry, Father! I've dragged you down with me! I'm useless!"
As he spoke, he slapped himself hard several times.
Seeing Xiao Tian's tears streaming down his face, he slapped himself hard.
This time, Xiao Ting and his wife didn't even try to stop them.
Because they really did their best!
She has really sacrificed so much for this youngest son, and even her eldest son was sacrificed.
But now, they are truly disappointed...
Liu Ruyan watched everything with a cold gaze, remaining silent, lost in thought.
"Alright, it's good that you admit your mistake... Get up now."
In the end, however, Xiao Ting softened. He waved for Xiao Tian to stand up, and then said in a deep voice, "Failure is the mother of success! Remember today's lesson!"
The matter seems very troublesome.
However, what these ordinary people care about is nothing more than water.
Once this problem is solved, everything else will be fine!
Xiao Ting's rapid rise to power over the years truly makes him a formidable figure!
After calming down, I quickly figured out the key points.
The words of those people had a great impact on the reputation of the father and son.
However, in this wasteland world, only strength and resources matter!
As long as Xiao Ting remains an eighth-level expert and the city lord of Yan City... nothing else matters!
So what if the father and son's reputations are ruined? These problems can be solved!
After all, those people were nothing but a bunch of lowly commoners! Utterly contemptible!
If we give them more treats in the future, they'll forget everything!
Immediately, Xiao Ting issued another announcement.
The content was that those people were all labeled as deserters, and that they conspired to frame the city lord in order to escape punishment... and a series of charges were listed...
At the same time, Xiao Ting also publicly promised to resolve the water source issue as soon as possible.
Under his coercion, bribery, and a combination of kindness and severity, the turmoil finally subsided once again...
However, Xiao Ting himself knew that these actions were completely self-deceptive!
This time, a sense of powerlessness welled up in his heart again.
Once again, she missed her eldest son, Xiao Yu.
When Xiao Yu was alive, he was always a god who was high above him.
All the common people felt nothing but awe and reverence for him!
But now? They actually dare to besiege his city lord's mansion!
Throughout the day, he repeatedly used his power to intimidate ordinary people, showing no signs of being a strongman.
In just one day, it almost completely fell from grace!
The mighty God of Thunder has become a treacherous, despicable, and shameless villain in the eyes of the common people!
Having lost all authority, how will they manage this city in the future?
Xiao Ting slumped back into the stone chair, rubbing his throbbing temples, and sighed deeply, "Alas... now, I can only hope that Yu'er returns to the city soon! As long as he returns, everything will be easily resolved!"
In that critical moment, the last person he could think of was his eldest son.
Feng Murong and her son Xiao Tian also realized what was happening and nodded.
At this moment, even Xiao Tian, who hated Xiao Yu to the core, hoped that he would come back.
We'll get rid of him after he solves the water problem in Yancheng!
"Bring Xiao Yu back? Ha!"
Hearing what Xiao Ting and his family said, Liu Ruyan suddenly found it somewhat amusing. She had personally gone to see Xiao Yu and knew very well... he was no longer the pushover, the pushover who could be summoned and dismissed at will...
He has completely changed!
Even she couldn't persuade that person to come back.
"Uncle Xiao, Aunt Xiao, I'll take my leave now!" For some reason, Liu Ruyan felt that the expectations her family had for her were somewhat absurd, and she no longer wanted to get involved in these matters.
She said hello and turned to leave.
Just then, a subordinate delivered a letter: "Lord City Lord, a letter has arrived from the Black Demon Tribe!"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Ting and his family of three were all delighted.
"It seems the Black Demon Tribe has already wiped out the Maple Leaf Tribe? At least there's some good news!"
Thinking of his eldest son, Xiao Ting's eyes lit up, and a triumphant smile appeared on his lips.
Isn't this the turning point?
Although the Black Demon tribe was extremely brutal, they also hid some secrets from him.
However, this troublemaker can indeed help him accomplish a lot.
Once the Maple Leaf Tribe is destroyed, Xiao Yu will surely return to Flame City very soon!
When Feng Murong and Xiao Tian saw the letter, they both thought of the same thing.
Liu Ruyan, who had just turned to leave, paused slightly and looked at Xiao Ting with a strange expression. For some reason, she had a feeling that things might not go as expected.
really.
Xiao Ting glanced at the letter and his eyes widened instantly. "What? How is this possible?"
What's causing your surprise?
Seeing her husband's expression, Feng Murong took the parchment scroll and began to read it.
The next second, her eyes widened instantly.
"The letter said that the 100-man squad sent by the Black Demon Tribe was completely wiped out?"
The couple stared at each other, both looking incredulous.
Wasn't Xiao Yu supposed to be crippled and unable to even kill a chicken? How did he manage to do it?
Xiao Tian took it and looked at it, then asked with a suspicious expression, "Could it be that we've encountered a beast tide?"
He had an ominous premonition.
Could it be that Xiao Yu has regained his strength?
This is definitely not good news for him!
"It can't be a beast tide!"
Xiao Ting shook his head and said with certainty, "Because the Black Demon Tribe sent people to search the battlefield carefully. The bodies of the hundred-man squad are still there, but their weapons have all disappeared!"
When a ferocious beast kills someone, it only takes away the corpse, not the weapon.
Because they don't need them at all!
The ones who wiped out this squad must be humans!
In the end, Liu Ruyan didn't know how she got there.
All she knew was that her mind was buzzing.
Xiao Tian kept calling her from behind, but she couldn't be bothered to respond anymore.
Despite having kicked her fiancé Xiao Yu to the curb, he remained incredibly brave and easily annihilated hundreds of bandits.
The new fiancé, however, suffered a complete defeat and was utterly humiliated.
From this day forward, she will become a complete joke, a person who is blind to talent!
"That rebellious son, has his strength been restored?"
Xiao Ting carefully scanned the contents of the letter, feeling both shocked and furious.
If this is true, Xiao Yu may have already recovered his strength.
Why didn't this unfilial son tell them? Was he deliberately trying to anger him?
After all, the reason I gave up on Xiao Yu was because I thought he was already useless and not worth my attention.
If we had known the other party could regain their strength, we wouldn't have given up on them. How could things have developed to this point?
"Reply to the Black Demon Tribe: The Maple Leaf Tribe must be annihilated! Leave no one alive!"
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