"Lord Valley Master, please save our Sheng Kingdom! We'll give you anything you ask for! I'll even give you my life!"
The woman was no longer the poised and arrogant woman she once was. Now, she cried with heartbreak and despair, as if her mask had finally shattered, revealing her most vulnerable side.
The young man beside the woman, Meng Shu, wiped away her tears while keeping his head down, biting his lip until it was almost bleeding, but he didn't let go.
"So, you're not here to compete for the position of Valley Master of Peak Wave Valley?" These were the words spoken by Ao Qian.
His tone remained unchanged from before, as if he regarded the mother and son as a thorn in his side, but refrained from doing so out of consideration for Song Xiwei.
The mother and son could naturally sense Aoqian's aversion to them.
But they have no other choice but to shamelessly stay here.
“This is a letter my senior brother gave me years ago. He said that if I ever came back in trouble, he would help me. Now that my senior brother is gone, you are the person he trusted most. You will help, right?” The woman took out an old letter.
Before Song Xiwei could take it, Aoqian opened the letter, glanced at it, and then handed it to Song Xiwei.
The woman and Meng Shu exchanged glances again, then looked at Song Xiwei and Ao Qian with suspicion, their gazes shifting back and forth between the two.
The way Song Xiwei and Aoqian interact is very strange.
She said she was Aoqian's subordinate and Aoqian was her master, but it felt like Aoqian was more like her bodyguard.
For example, there are subordinates who sit there contentedly, while their superiors stand beside them, always on guard against anyone who might harm them.
The woman simply handed over a letter, but Aoqian seemed afraid that the letter might be fraudulent and worried that its contents might be inappropriate, so he first checked it to make sure there were no problems before handing it over to Song Xiwei.
Song Xi could feel the mother and son's gazes constantly sweeping over her and Aoqian.
She had no intention of answering their questions; she simply finished reading the letter and then looked up at the two of them.
"Tell me in detail what kind of trouble you've encountered first." Song Xiwei wasn't the kind of person who would hastily agree without knowing anything.
If she makes a promise, she will definitely keep it, instead of just making empty promises and then forgetting about them afterwards.
“A few months ago, a sorcerer came to Sheng Kingdom. He bewitched people, making His Majesty the King completely obedient to him, even to the point of sacrificing his only son to the sorcerer. The entire kingdom is now in a state of panic. From three-year-old children to eighteen-year-old young men, everyone is to be sacrificed to the sorcerer… My son, as the Crown Prince of the country, never expected that he would not be able to escape this calamity either…”
Hearing the woman's words, Song Xi frowned slightly. Before she could speak, Ao Qian's voice rang out, "Can't your son, as the crown prince of a country, be treated the same as the common people?"
The woman was taken aback by the question.
Aoqian sneered: "If that evil Taoist hadn't set his sights on your son, I'm afraid you wouldn't have stood up even if countless innocent people had suffered. Am I right?"
"No, we did try to stop it, but that evil Taoist was too powerful, and we couldn't do anything about it..." Meng Shu hurriedly explained.
This time, Song Xiwei raised her hand to interrupt Meng Shu, "Now you can tell me your specific purpose in seeking me out. Do you want me to help you kill the evil Taoist? Or something else?"
Song Xiwei was decisive and straightforward, without any hesitation or fuss.
The mother and son looked at each other again and exchanged a glance.
Meng Shu said to Song Xiwei, "We would like to invite you to come with us to Sheng Kingdom, because many things cannot be explained in just a few words."
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