As the coffin was opened, a foul stench filled the air.
"vomit!"
Everyone around covered their mouths and noses, looking like they were about to vomit.
Matt and his sister stared wide-eyed at the sight and froze on the spot.
As an outsider, Xiao Chenyu did notice...
Li Xiaolan's expression seemed one of relief, while Wang Sangui's eyes were filled with deep fear.
His own mother's corpse had been defiled in this way, and the fear that followed its exposure... Xiao Chenyu raised an eyebrow, finding it extremely amusing.
He had no intention of playing the hero; if even his blood relatives didn't see anything wrong with it, why should he meddle?
"Wang Sangui! Why!"
Once he recovered, Matt walked menacingly up to Wang Sangui, completely abandoning his previous respect for his elder. He grabbed Wang by the collar and stared intently at him.
"I don't know... I didn't know it would turn out like this..."
Wang Sangui turned his head away, his voice trembling.
While the conflict was raging on one side, Li Xiaolan also stepped forward and started yelling to drive people away.
"Get out of here! Stop looking and get lost."
Li Xiaolan's words had some effect; the group of people around didn't dare to look any longer and wanted to leave.
But Xiao Chenyu naturally wouldn't let them leave so easily, and suddenly spoke calmly:
"Uncle Ghost, it's your turn to make a move."
"clear!"
Ghost Douluo's cold voice came from his hood, and spirit rings rose from beneath his feet.
As his fifth spirit ring lit up, a black aura spread outwards.
In an instant, all the onlookers were stunned and disappeared into the black mist, leaving only Xiao Chenyu and his group in the central area, as well as Matt and his sister, and Wang Sangui and his wife.
After doing all this, Ghost Douluo vanished into the black mist in a flash.
Seeing this, Xiao Chenyu simply nodded in satisfaction.
Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo are in charge of the Spirit Hall's punishments. To convict someone, they must first confess. Ghost Douluo is usually the one who conducts the interrogation.
Even Contra-level players can't withstand Elder Ghost's interrogation, so these ordinary people are even less likely to, and they probably don't even know what Elder Ghost asked them.
"Young master, what are your orders?"
Li Xiaolan bent down with a forced smile. She was actually the first one in the room to react. Matt was still holding Wang Sangui by the collar, staring blankly at his surroundings. Ma Mengmei still looked frightened.
"Tell me, what exactly happened? It's hard not to have my doubts after this happened."
Xiao Chenyu's tone was indifferent, which made Li Xiaolan feel a chill run down her spine.
He didn't mean anything by targeting Elaine Li; he just found it a bit funny.
All I wanted to do was send him an invitation to the lower city, why make it all so disgusting?
So, he really does dislike cautious opponents.
"This...Young Master, I don't know where to begin," Li Xiaolan said with a mournful face.
This is a long story, and she really didn't know where to begin. She truly had no idea that the coffin would be so gruesome.
“Then let’s start from the beginning,” Xiao Chenyu said.
"Okay, I'll explain!"
"Xiao Lan, don't tell anyone, the Snake God will make us wish we were dead!"
Seeing that Li Xiaolan was about to speak, Wang Sangui shoved Matt aside, his face filled with fear as he tried to stop her.
"Get out of the way. It's better to be dead than to die now."
Li Xiaolan, possessed by her martial spirit, had arms that were now thicker than before. She used her strength to suppress Wang Sangui and pin him to the ground.
Xiao Chenyu was also somewhat taken aback when he saw Li Xiaolan, who had suddenly become so big and burly.
If he wasn't mistaken, this beast spirit must be awesome...
That Wang Sangui...
When Xiao Chenyu looked down and saw the orchids that had appeared in Wang Sangui's path, he clicked his tongue twice and shook his head.
The orchid martial soul paired with the bull martial soul is a perfect match.
Compared to the orchid martial soul, the ox martial soul belongs to the beast martial soul category, giving it an absolute advantage in strength in the early stages.
Less than a minute later, Wang Sangui was completely suppressed.
Wang Sangui collapsed to the ground, utterly distraught, muttering the name of the 'Snake God' over and over, which made Xiao Chenyu frown.
Clearly, in Wang Sangui's mind, even if he now displays a lineup of two Soul Douluos, he is still completely unable to contend with that Snake God.
He was now quite curious whether this City of Condon was truly a den of snakes and dragons, or if Wang Sangui's understanding was just that limited.
"Young Master, let me start from the beginning. This story begins four years ago."
After dealing with Wang Sangui, Li Xiaolan began to recount what happened back then.
She was the one who saw things most clearly. Li Xiaolan knew what Wang Sangui was afraid of, and she was also afraid of that person. But with this young master holding a knife to their necks, they had no right to think so much.
"Four years ago...that was quite an interesting point in time."
Xiao Chenyu murmured to himself, his expression strange.
If I remember correctly, that was the year Nottingham began to develop and the new policies were implemented.
"Back then, Condon City had its residents start raising snakes. They offered a subsidy of one copper soul coin per month for every ten snakes they raised. We'd never heard of such a good deal before, and everyone immediately started asking how to raise them," Li Xiaolan said.
"The subsidy of one copper soul coin is half that of Notting City."
Xiao Chenyu clicked his tongue but didn't say it aloud; he just thought it to himself.
Li Xiaolan continued, "There were already many snakes in Condon City, and everyone was quite familiar with them. Later, the city lord's mansion sent people out to teach those of us with ideas how to raise snakes."
"It's strange, but it was only then that I discovered there were so many Soul Masters in the former City Lord's Mansion, and quite a few Soul Kings too. Oh right, Lord Cheng Wei also revealed his Martial Soul back then, I never expected him to be a Soul Saint!" Li Xiaolan said as she recalled.
“There are quite a few Soul Kings... and there’s also a City Captain who is a Soul Saint. That’s really strange.”
Xiao Chenyu's lips curled up, realizing that Li Xiaolan was explaining the doubts to him.
The title of City Commandant is as its name suggests; he is the garrison commander of a city.
And because the city lordship is hereditary, the city captains are usually the city lord's confidants.
The city captain of Notting City is nominally Dean Xiao. Although his relationship with Lord Xiao is just so-so, they are both members of the Xiao family after all, so he can be trusted.
This city captain, as a confidant of the city lord of Kangdun, had a soul power level 20 levels higher than Dean Xiao, which was quite an exaggerated difference.
High soul power is not scary; what is scary is that the Lord of Condon City is completely unafraid of the city captain usurping his position.
"What is the relationship between the city captain and Lord Condon?" Xiao Chenyu asked.
“They all share the surname Hui, and are said to be cousins,” Li Xiaolan quickly said.
"The Condon Viper family... I remember their martial spirit is related to snakes." Xiao Chenyu narrowed his eyes slightly.
Just as the Nottingham family is known for its wolf spirit, the Condon family is known for its snake spirit.
However, compared to the Xiao family's ordinary wolf spirit, the Hui family's snake spirit is different. Not only are they diverse, but even the worst quality snake spirit is of intermediate level.
To put it in the same category as wolf spirits, even the worst one is at the level of the Gale Wolf.
It's quite normal for a family of this caliber to produce several Soul Emperors.
Even if the city captain is a Soul Saint, Xiao Chenyu can understand.
But I'm afraid it's not just that...
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