Ye Jiaquan gave a wry smile and said, "Don't I still have a bit of value? At least, I managed to succeed at approaching Shi Xiaobai. If Lord Duke requires me, I can kill him now."
"If Lord Duke wants to kill Shi Xiaobai, there is no need to borrow the hand of others. Furthermore, you have already been exposed. Be it Gaia or Zeus, they have all guessed your role in this matter. Currently, you are facing the pursuit of three factions."
"Fuck!"
Ye Jiaquan's face turned livid when he heard this and furiously punched the steel wall beside him. After a moment as he gasped for breath, he said, "Is there no other way?"
The person on the other end of the line fell into silence.
Ye Jiaquan coldly said, "Your grandson is about to die!"
The voice on the other side of the connection sighed. Suddenly, it said in a rapid tone, "Sell your soul to another devil, get him to protect you. There are seven Regal Dukes, aren't there?"
Ye Jiaquan was momentarily startled as his expression changed drastically. Finally, he let out a long sigh and said, "Thank you."
On the other side of the phone connection, the voice fell silent for a moment before suddenly saying, "Ye Youtian, from today onwards, you have to abandon this identity of yours. The Ye family will no longer acknowledge your existence."
Ye Jiaquan gave a self-mocking laugh and said, "Since I have chosen this path, I have never thought of returning to the Ye family. However, if the Ye family dares to let down Little Sun and Little Heart in any way, you should know what I will do."
"Don't worry, those two children will have the most perfect of futures. I'm very happy that they have a…great elder brother."
Once the other end of the line said this, it hung up.
"Doo...Doo..."
Ye Jiaquan placed the phone down and looked up into the sky. The sky was vast and infinite, but his freedom was not there.
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Chapter203 Set off with This King!
Riko's apartment.
Riko was beaming with her eyes squinted as she looked at the threads that were constantly appearing on the discussion forums.
Not long before, she had switched on her computer out of curiosity over the developments of the battle exchange.
She had browsed through the forums, and it nearly made her blow her top. Heartless's declaration of "feeding a hundred Psionic Condensing Pills to the pigs" nearly made her throw her laptop. Following that, news of one Gaia rookie after another being thrashed made her feel sad and close to tears.
And what frustrated her the most were the Internet flamers being "keyboard warriors". They condemned the rookie delegation team and criticized Gaia unfairly.
As a result, she angrily replied to the threads. Although she knew it was useless, that was the only thing she could do to vent the depressive feelings in her heart.
Soon, news of Heartless's declaration of the end of the battle exchange proliferated on the Internet. It gave Riko a shock. This matter was extremely infuriating upon careful thought. Her heart felt a chill because, by the actions of Zeus, this was just the prelude to an impending storm.
Shortly after, new threads suddenly began appearing.
The stories of Tu Dahei smashing down the steel wall with one punch and his one-shotting Heartless were reported in various versions on the discussion forums.
Riko was alarmed as she hurriedly rushed to Shi Xiaobai's room and discovered that Shi Xiaobai was truly no longer there.
She returned to the living room again. The discussion forums were teeming with discussions about Shi Xiaobai's "Gaia is filled with hidden talents".
Riko could not stop sniggering. The dark clouds in her mind were swept clean.
The discussions on the forums immediately switched gears. The threads that rebuked the rookie delegation team and Gaia received face-smacking replies. After the elderly God of Swords and Heartless’ acknowledgment of Gaia, the flamers shut their mouths. The users who endured the flamers managed to strike back as they rejoiced in venting their anger.
Riko joined the ranks of becoming a flamer. She would respond on every former flamer's thread with a single sentence, "But Tu Dahei one-shot Heartless!".
Later on, the discussion forums suddenly gave rise to an interesting phenomenon. Nearly every minute, several new threads that had to do with "The unspeakable secrets of Tu Dahei and I" appeared.
These threads were filled with extremely humorous content. Every user on the discussion forum seemed to transform into a meme expert.
Riko was amused reading all of this. After opening a thread and reading it till the end, she would often find them so humorous that her belly hurt.
Riko began to hum happily and thought to herself that she had to be nicer to Shi Xiaobai in the future.
If not for Shi Xiaobai, today's battle exchange would have a different ending. It was an ending Riko did not wish to see.
Shi Xiaobai had not only completed his promise to her by smacking the flamers in the face thoroughly, he had even said a wise and farsighted lie.
Riko understood Shi Xiaobai's character very well, so how could she not know that this was not Shi Xiaobai's usual style? Therefore, she was rather moved by Shi Xiaobai's willingness to make such a sacrifice and change for Gaia.
With a thought, Riko called Yama Minamiya. The four rookies were to head for Shanghai tomorrow, so someone definitely had to lead them. However, it was a tiring and unrewarding job. With Riko's temper, she would not have done it, but she had now changed her mind.
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That night was an eventful but short night.
Mozzie tossed and turned, while Kevin suffered from insomnia. Mu Yuesheng was constantly distressed about the massaging, while Shi Xiaobai only managed to have a chance to return to his room to sleep only after being tortured by Riko's crazy "celebrations" late into the night.
However, this night was not cold.
The next day at eight in the morning. Steel City Airport.
There was a packed crowd waiting at the airport. Today was the day the four rookie representatives from Gaia would head to Shanghai to report. They would then participate in the mass selection tomorrow.
This was an extremely important event for a second-tier organization like Gaia. There was no chance for them to enter the top ten to begin with. The citizens of Steel City had scoffed at the selection, but after what happened yesterday, everyone's viewpoint had a sudden change.
Tu Dahei, who was from Gaia, would be participating in the mass selection. He had one-shot super rookie Heartless. If that was the case, it was possible that he could become one of the ten organizational representatives for the collective training!
The glory for the ten organizational representatives was nothing for famous organizations like Zeus, but it was a major boost for rookies.
However, for the constantly desolate and dejected Gaia, this would definitely be a highly effective morale-booster.
If Tu Dahei could become one of the members of the collective training between the two factions, and perform exceptionally well in this collective training of national concern, it would definitely allow the national assessment of Gaia to rise up to a new level.
As a result, the upper echelons of Gaia and the Steel City residents paid a great deal of attention to this matter.
Early in the morning, many citizens were waiting at the airport, preparing to see them off.
Yama Minamiya, who put down his work to lead the delegation, was the first person to arrive at the airport. Following that, Mu Yuesheng, Mozzie, and Kevin arrived one after another. They did not board the plane immediately, but instead stood in front of the plane and waited alongside the citizens.
Everyone was waiting for the arrival of that youth.
Finally, the gates to the airport opened, as two figures slowly walked over.
A girl with a single ponytail wore t-shirt and jeans. Her delicate and
beautiful face made her resemble an angel, but her ample chest, thin waist, and long legs proudly accentuated her figure.
As for the black-haired youth beside the girl, he had delicate looks. He did not look particularly handsome, but it was not mediocre as well. His black eyes shimmered like stars.
When the duo walked over, the crowd immediately erupted into deafening cheers.
"Tu Dahei! Tu Dahei! Tu Dahei!"
Yesterday, Shi Xiaobai had left in a hurry. They did not have a chance to cheer for his punch, slash, and words. Now, with the opportunity finally here, they gave their all.
Mozzie immediately joined the shouting ranks. After giving it some thought, Mu Yuesheng also shouted softly. Kevin's face stiffened for a few moments, but when no one noticed, he would sneak in a few shouts of "God DogLeading"...
Shi Xiaobai was somewhat stunned, but the corners of his mouth slowly widened into a grin.
Riko patted Shi Xiaobai lightly on the shoulder and said with a light smile, "Say something?"
Shi Xiaobai nodded and walked forward, as he waved to the crowd.
Everyone slowly settled down upon seeing this as their eyes were focused on Shi Xiaobai.
Shi Xiaobai took a deep breath and raised his right hand high. Looking at everyone, he said loudly, "For this upcoming mass selection, we only have one goal—all four will enter the top ten! And This King only has one goal as well—winning first place!"
When he said this, everyone was dumbfounded.
This goal was too much a boast, wasn't it?
Yama Minamiya shook his head helplessly. If the four could even enter the top hundred, it would definitely be worth its bragging rights, but top ten? If the four could enter the top ten, Gaia would have bragging rights that lasted for years.
Mozzie stuck her tongue out and thought, Lord Shi Xiaobai truly is ambitious, but...This Mozzie isn't that impressive.
A dark cloud hung over Kevin's face. He felt that it was very unlikely he could even enter the top hundred.
Mu Yuesheng's eyes shimmered slightly. She wanted to enter the top ten.
Everyone had disparate thoughts, as Shi Xiaobai grinned. He took the first step forward towards the airplane.
With a wave of his hand, Shi Xiaobai said in high-spirits, "Let's go, set off with This King!"
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Chapter204 These legs of hers could go around the block for a year
Steel City was located along the south-eastern coast of China. It was not very far from Shanghai, so a private jet took about one and a half hours to traverse the distance.
At this moment, other than the pilots on the plane, there were the four rookie representatives, as well as the guides, Yama Minamiya and Riko.
From the moment Mozzie entered the plane, she clung onto Riko. To her, Miss Riko was a goddess at Gaia's "school belle" level. Riko was someone she had always adored. Having managed to see her, Mozzie obviously grasped the opportunity to chat with her.
Riko had a good first impression of the lovely and lively girl. Especially after reading on the discussion boards about the stories of how Mozzie had clashed head on with the whopper yesterday, she immediately felt affectionate towards her. The duo chatted and laughed as they sat at a double seat.
Kevin glanced at Shi Xiaobai with a look of repulsiveness after boarding the plane. He chose to silently sit beside Yama Minamiya.
The other five evenly found a seat. By a curious coincidence, Mu Yuesheng forgot to find an independent open seat, and ended up sitting beside Shi Xiaobai.
Mozzie and Riko began to chat idly, but slowly the duo's topic shifted to Shi Xiaobai.
Mozzie wanted to know trivia about Lord Shi Xiaobai's life from Riko since Lord Shi Xiaobai lived with her.
As for Riko, she wanted to inquire about Shi Xiaobai's performance on the first day at the mini-collective training.
When they began talking about Shi Xiaobai, the duo immediately could not stop laughing. There were too many points of amusement for them in the stories of Shi Xiaobai.
Slowly, Mozzie brought up the topic of Shi Xiaobai's Massage Technique of God.
"Ss...Are you saying that you were very fat before, and after Shi Xiaobai massaged you, you became so lovely?"
Riko was amazed and found it incredulous.
Mozzie knew Riko was skeptical, she immediately found a picture from her cellphone. It was a picture from a long time ago and also the only remaining old picture that she had yet to delete from her cellphone. It was used to flaunt Lord Shi Xiaobai's godlike massage techniques.
"Look, this is my picture from before."
Mozzie held out the picture of her obese self, but her face was beaming delightfully.
After Riko saw the fat girl in the photo who was as rotund as a ball, she looked down at Mozzie's petite figure. She drew a gasp and gaped.
"Shi Xiaobai, is this true? Your massage techniques can help lose weight!?"
Riko immediately turned to ask Shi Xiaobai.
Upon hearing this, Shi Xiaobai's eyes lit up. This was an opportunity for him to promote the Massage Technique of God. Obviously, he could not let it go. Shi Xiaobai immediately said loudly, "Of course! This King's Massage Technique of God can do anything! There is no problem in this world that the Massage Technique of God cannot solve!"
Riko rolled her eyes. She obviously did not believe the bullshit that the "Massage Technique of God" could do anything.
Mu Yuesheng, who was sitting beside him with her eyes closed, suddenly said, "What Mozzie said is true. Shi Xiaobai's massaging can indeed help lose weight. Kevin and I can attest to the fact."
Riko was stunned. She finally began to believe that Shi Xiaobai's massage techniques had the amazing effects of helping one lose weight.
This caught Riko's interest as she said to Shi Xiaobai, "My thighs have recently grown fatter. Come to my room tonight and massage them."
Shi Xiaobai immediately nodded and said, "Sure!"
Mozzie, who was beside Riko, stared blankly at Riko's thighs. Her thighs looked rounded and filled with bounce under the contours of her jeans. The ratios were nearly perfect, and it was like a beautiful dream.
Those legs of hers were enough to go around for a year!
Mozzie immediately felt extremely envious. Although after slimming down her figure was petite, her thighs were overly slender. It did not have the curvaceous beauty Riko had.
But the crux of the issue was that Riko actually found her thighs fat!
Mozzie sighed. It was really exasperating comparing.
When Riko's sentence landed in Yama Minamiya and Kevin's ears, it took on another form. They automatically translated Riko's words into—Come into my room tonight and massage (touch) my thighs.
Yama Minamiya shook his head and gave a bitter smile, as he sighed how a grown daughter could not be kept at home.
Kevin's fear for Shi Xiaobai's flirting skills went to the next higher level. Was this bastard trying to build a harem like Lord God?
However, Riko did not put too much thought into it, or it could be said that she had subconsciously ignored the fact that massaging her thighs needed her thighs to be touched. If it were any other male, Riko would obviously realize this and would not have suggested such a thing that would only 'harm' herself.
However, this person was Shi Xiaobai. It was a whole different matter. Ever since her breasts were touched by Shi Xiaobai numerous times that night, Riko subconsciously no longer had her guard up against Shi Xiaobai.
The main reason was because Shi Xiaobai was too harmless. Riko also subconsciously believed that Shi Xiaobai would not do anything overboard.
Hence, under her subconscious lack of awareness of her thighs being touched, she sat down delighted. The more she thought, the more excited she became. Clenching her fist, she said, "Haha, in the future, I will be able to enjoy all sorts of delicacies. Shi Xiaobai's massage services would be sufficient once I grow fat!"
/> Riko had the mentality that "with Shi Xiaobai in hand, obesity shall all go away".
Mozzie gaped and wanted to tell Riko that Lord Shi Xiaobai's massage was not that simple. Every squeeze made one feel as though they were in fairyland. One could not help but moan.
When you are massaged by Lord Shi Xiaobai, you will lose your self-control!
But Mozzie hesitated for a few moments before choosing to hide the truth. Firstly, she did not want to mention what had happened the previous night, and secondly...she couldn't be the only one stuck in the hole!
Mozzie chose to be malicious this time.
Mu Yuesheng sighed in her heart. She envied Riko for her open-minded attitude and also secretly encouraged herself.
Mu Yuesheng secretly opened her eyes and glanced sideways at Shi Xiaobai. At this moment, Shi Xiaobai was looking out the window beside him, beaming, with a smile on his lips.
That side profile, that refined look, sunshine, and full of vitality.
Just looking at him and thinking of the things he had previously said and done, no matter how scarred one's heart was or how sad one was, it would slowly fade away.
He was like the winter sun. Gentle and not dazzling, warm but not cold. When needed, he would burst forth with his blazing light, melting the snow around the world, bringing the scenes of spring.
She had not known him for long, but she was certain that he was such a person.
"Shi Xiaobai."
Mu Yuesheng called out gently and was about to request Shi Xiaobai to massage her to help increase her cultivation speed.
At this moment, Yama Minamiya suddenly stood up and said loudly to everyone, "The official forecast is out!"
Everyone was startled as they turned to look at Yama Minamiya.
Official forecast? What was that?
Yama Minamiya waved the cellphone in his hand and said, "The organization's senate has done a calculation of the thousand rookies participating in the mass selection and has forecast the ten people most likely to be eventually chosen! Everyone can take a good look at it!"
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