10 Visiting the City Lord (1/2)

”Welcome back, young master,” the guards said to Shen Mu the moment they saw him. Yet none of them even so much as looked at Xue Wei. He was the trash of town, someone who was not even worth a greeting.

If they had looked at him, they would have noticed the unmistakable air of an expert around him. Although it was still weak, it was there, and it was clear that he was no longer an ordinary mortal who could not cultivate.

Shen Mu pursed his lips in displeasure. He wished that the guards were more polite, but just as he was about to speak, he saw that Xue Wei just smiled and shook his head almost unnoticeably.

Shen Mu's lips turned into a tight line, but he said nothing. Instead, he just dragged Xue Wei with him past the many servants, maids, and guards that had all completely ignored Xue Wei but politely greeted Shen Mu.

The further into the mansion they went, the more upset Shen Mu became, but Xue Wei found it amusing how Shen Mu suddenly realized how everyone had treated him for the past five years and was agitated by it.

Since Shen Mu was in a bad mood, the two of them rushed through the mansion towards Shen Bingwen's office.

As they reached the office, Shen Mu finally let go of Xue Wei's wrist and straightened his clothes before he knocked on the door. Although he was the most outstanding genius in Tiankong City, Shen Mu was always nervous whenever he was in front of his father.

”Enter.” A stoic and penetrating voice sounded out. Shen Mu took a deep breath before he opened the door and let himself and Xue Wei inside.

”Little Mu, little Wei, what can I do for you?” Shen Bingwen asked with a sigh as he raised his head from the papers he had been reading, and he looked at the two of them. ”Have you been bullied again?” Shen Bingwen asked as this was the only reason that came to mind for their sudden appearance. Now that Xiao Lei was no longer here to look after Xue Wei, it was obvious that they'd go to the grown-up they trusted the most, and that was Shen Bingwen.

He internally sighed as he did not wish to be the one in charge of this, but when his eyes landed on Xue Wei, a peculiar light shone within, and he instantly stood up, his chair knocked away, and his mouth was wide open, his eyes almost popping out from their sockets.

”Ordinary Warrior, peak fourth layer!” he exclaimed with a trembling finger that pointed at Xue Wei.

He was even more shocked than Shen Mu when he noticed the change in Xue Wei.

The reason he was even more shocked than his son was because that he knew that becoming a fourth layer Ordinary Warrior in four months was simply impossible.

Many of the experts in Tiankong city had started cultivating before the age of ten, but those who had started around the age of nine had managed to reach the ranks of the seventh, eighth and ninth layer.

To see a child who was regarded as trash suddenly reach this stage that should have taken years of time in four months, how could he not be shocked?

Seeing the expression on Shen Mu's face, Xue Wei wracked his brain for an excuse as to why he suddenly became as strong as he was.

Xue Wei was not dumb; he knew that his advance was simply too fast to be considered humanly possible, and even he had a hard time understanding how he had managed to get as far as he had in such a short amount of time.

”My uncle said that all the training I had done when I was trash had gathered in my body and was like a waterfall waiting to overflow. When I finally broke a hole in the barrier, allowing me to cultivate, my advance would be many times faster than others because the Qi has been hiding within my body.”

Xue Wei was just saying whatever he thought made sense, but the face of Shen Mu and Shen Bingwen turned better after hearing what he had to say.

”Xiao Lei said that?” Shen Bingwen asked, but before Xue Wei had the time to answer, the man was nodding his head. ”That makes sense,” he repeated to himself twice.

”But does that not mean that you will catch up with the other geniuses fairly soon?” Shen Bingwen asked after a bit of consideration, and Xue Wei nodded his head, ”I should,” he said with a bit of uncertainty. Although he had managed to cultivate incredibly fast up until now, it was not certain that he could continue cultivating faster than humanly possible.

Seeing the uncertainty on Xue Wei's face, Shen Bingwen sighed again. ”Your uncle should have told us. If we knew it was only a matter of time before you shed your title as a good-for-nothing, then I am sure that others would have treated you better. I cannot understand why your uncle would let you go through this pain if it could be avoided.”

Xue Wei shrugged his shoulders. He could not very well say that this was just some excuse he had come up with, and thus he looked apologetic and answered, ”I apologize for our selfishness, but now that it is revealed, there is no reason to keep it a secret anymore.” Seeing that the two others were not willing to let the subject go, Xue Wei smiled and changed the subject away from his own sudden rise in strength.