Chapter 755 - Does Not Work (1/2)

Liang Xinghua quickly caught up to Xiao Luo. Then he made a formal bow to Xiao Luo with both hands folded in front of him.

“What do you want?” asked Xiao Luo rather coldly.

Liang Xinghua shivered when his eyes met Xiao Luo’s. Plucking up his courage, he smiled and said, “Young Brother, I have prepared some food and wine, and I would be honored if you would accept my invitation to visit my house and take a rest. What do you say?”

If he could attain the friendship of such a powerful young man, it would bring the Liang family many benefits in the next one hundred years. Besides, he had a daughter. If those two could get married, that would even be better.

“I’m not interested!”

Xiao Luo rejected his invitation curtly. He did not belong to this world and was merely passing through Stan City. There was no reason for him to befriend the Liang family. Besides, Xiao Luo had his reservations about the middle-aged man standing before him.

After declining the invite, Xiao Luo pushed the cart forward and continued on his way.

Liang Xinghua refrained from insisting further after he had witnessed Xiao Luo killing Song Tianba and the elders so cruelly, and thought it wiser not to irritate Xiao Luo.

The deputy walked up to Liang Xinghua when he saw Xiao Luo leaving, and said, “My Lord, this guy suddenly showed up in the Stan City, and we know nothing about him. I do not think it is possible to cozy up to him.”

“Let us get to know him, then.”

Liang Xinghua said, “I’ll hand this arduous task over to you.”

“Me?” asked the deputy. He opened his eyes wide, pointing to himself.

Liang Xinghua patted him on his shoulder and said, “That’s right. You are my right-hand man and I trust you. From now on, follow him secretly to figure out what he wants in Stan City. Find out what he likes to do, and things like that. All humans have weaknesses. As long as we can find out what his weaknesses are, it will be possible for us to win him over to our side.”

The deputy shivered and started sweating profusely. Was there any difference between secretly trailing that fearsome man and courting death? Lord, you overestimate my abilities, he thought anxiously.

“My Lord, I…”

“Do not be afraid. That man saved a little girl that he had met just by chance. I am sure he does not kill innocent people unless they piss him off. Just follow him. If he warns you, you stop. However, please realize that you are my right-hand man, so do not disappoint me,” said Liang Xinghua sternly.

The deputy was close to tears upon hearing that. Did the Lord mean he must succeed? If he failed at his mission, he would be demoted down the ranks. It was the same as telling him to finish the task, even at the risk of death.

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Xiao Luo pushed the cart carrying the two bodies to a forest out of the city. He stopped when he found a place that overlooked the rolling landscape beyond. Looking at the little girl’s pale face, he felt a deep sense of regret. He thought he had saved her, but she still died in the end.

“God damned jerk, cheer up. It is just one of those things. It is the fate of this little girl,” said the Duck Emperor as he tried to comfort Xiao Luo. He had flown out of the pocket and landed on his shoulder.

“Fate?”

Xiao Luo snorted and replied, “I have never believed in such a thing as fate. And I will not let fate beat me.”

“You are just stubborn. I studied the Taiji and Yin Yang of the Hua Nation and found them very profound and mysterious. I agree with the belief that a person is born with the path of his life already determined. That is your lifeline. When you have reached the end of the lifeline, even the Great Heavens cannot save you,” said the Duck Emperor.

Xiao Luo did not speak.