Nonsense! How could my adopted son be a villain?

Xu Lingguang went to pay the bill first, only to find out that Dongyang Li had already paid. He was taken aback, not expecting Dongyang Li, who seemed so careless, to be so meticulous.

He ignored the various stares from the diners present, had Youyu hold the cubs, and then helped Dongyang Li leave.

There were many diners that evening, and the area around the campfire was packed with people. Xu Lingguang was helping a drunkard through the crowd when he accidentally bumped into someone and quickly turned around to apologize.

The person who was bumped was facing sideways, wearing a silver mask on half of their face, and their voice sounded strangely familiar: "It's nothing."

That sense of familiarity flashed by, and Xu Lingguang couldn't recall it. Distracted by Dongyang Li, he helped him turn around and leave.

Once everyone had gone far away, Long Su took off his mask, touched the burns on his face that hadn't fully healed, took a swig of wine in anger, and stared at Xu Lingguang with a sinister look in his eyes.

Although Xu Lingguang was disguised, he had a system. Although the system still couldn't fully display Xu Lingguang's information, as long as he saw a string of question marks in the character panel, he knew it must be Xu Lingguang.

Xu Lingguang.

Long Su chewed on the name viciously, gritting his teeth in hatred, but he had no choice but to suppress his anger for the time being.

"He actually auctioned off my Sky-Piercing Crossbow."

Enraged, he downed two more glasses of wine. The pungent taste of the liquor barely suppressed the raging fire burning in his chest. This Sky-Piercing Crossbow was a weapon he had finally obtained after much effort and completing numerous troublesome tasks.

It is the most lethal weapon he has obtained from the system so far.

However, things took an unexpected turn for the worse. Not only did he almost lose his life, but he also had his mission rewards stolen.

"What exactly is the deal with this Xu Lingguang?"

Xu Lingguang's mission information was vague and full of question marks, which made him feel threatened. He originally wanted to eliminate this threat in advance, but he didn't expect that Xu Lingguang had a trump card to save his life. Even if he failed to kill someone and was killed instead, he wouldn't die because of the system.

However, the golden light emanating from Xu Lingguang's body proved to be a problem. His body had been charred black by the light, and he had initially thought that he could repair it with spirit dew, but one bottle of spirit dew was far from enough. During this time, he didn't even have time to focus on the system's main quests; all his energy and accumulated spirit stones were used to complete side quests to obtain spirit dew and repair his injuries.

He was even forced to sell several reward items he received from the system because he didn't have enough spirit stones.

Even so, the scars on his face have not completely disappeared.

His participation in the Hundred Refinements Competition was naturally part of the system's reward side quest. First, if he made it into the top ten, he would receive competition rewards, which would make him much more financially secure. Second, the system would also give him additional Spirit Dew rewards, so he wouldn't have to wear a mask all day anymore.

But he never expected to meet Xu Lingguang again.

Just seeing this person made the hatred inside him surge and roar. He had just been pinching his thigh hard to suppress it and prevent it from showing any abnormality.

The system mechanically replied, "Unable to detect character information."

Long Su had anticipated this outcome. He cursed inwardly, and after calming his anger, he said, "Give me the list of participants for the Hundred Refinements Competition."

Most of those who come to Wenling Slope are here for the Hundred Refinement Competition. Although Xu Lingguang's cultivation level does not meet the requirements of the Hundred Refinement Competition, his appearance here and his changed appearance suggest he may have ulterior motives.

The system quickly retrieved the list of participants in the Hundred Refinements Competition.

Long Su looked through them one by one, but did not see the name Xu Lingguang.

But he quickly realized that since Xu Lingguang was disguised, he definitely wouldn't be using his real name. He thought of the person Xu Lingguang had been helping earlier, who was wearing the disciple's robes of Nine Turns Manor, so he went to check the list of participants from Nine Turns Manor.

Looking at them one by one, when he saw "Guan Linxu" following "Dongyang Li", Long Su smiled coldly: "Looks like it's you."

He pondered for a moment and said to the system, "Add my name to the competition list tomorrow."

*

Xu Lingguang escorted Dongyang Li back to the campsite of Jiuzhuan Mountain Villa. Just as he was wondering who to hand him over to, he saw an exceptionally tall figure emerge from the night – it was Chai Feng.

Chai Feng was taken aback when he saw Dong Yangli, then narrowed his eyes and looked at Xu Lingguang: "He's been drinking?"

Xu Lingguang nodded slowly: "I drank some."

Chai Feng reached out to help him up: "He's not a good drinker, leave him to me."

Xu Lingguang was a little worried, after all, the two seemed to be at odds and their relationship was not very harmonious: "Why don't you tell me where he lives, and I will send him there, so you don't have to trouble yourself."

It's unclear what exactly triggered Chai Feng's anger, but he suddenly gave a cold laugh: "When he was chasing me around naked, calling me 'brother,' you were probably nowhere to be found."

Xu Lingguang: Huh? ???

He stared blankly at the burly young man whose face suddenly turned hostile. How could this man change his expression so suddenly?

Seeing that he didn't respond, Chai Feng reached out and pulled Dongyang Li over, curling his lips in a sarcastic tone: "Outsiders are not allowed to enter or leave the inner area of ​​Nine Turns Manor at will, please go back."

After saying that, he pulled Dongyang Li forward.

Dongyang Li was drunk and didn't react for a moment, so he was pulled away obediently.

Seeing this, Xu Lingguang could no longer stop him and could only stay where he was, wanting to make sure that Chai Feng had sent the person back before leaving.

But after a moment, Dongyang, who was being pulled along, seemed to realize what was happening and suddenly started to struggle, muttering something under his breath.

Chai Feng just stood there and let him curse. When he got tired of cursing, he asked, "Have you cursed enough?"

Dongyang Li took a breath and continued cursing.

Xu Lingguang thought to himself that it was fortunate that Youyu was waiting in the carriage with the cubs, otherwise these words would have been really inappropriate for the cubs.

He figured that since Chai Feng wasn't arguing back, the two of them, despite their constant bickering like fighting cocks, probably didn't have a bad relationship. Just as he was about to leave, he saw Chai Feng suddenly bend down and hoist Dongyang Li onto his shoulder.

With Dongyang Li being carried upside down, blood gushing from his head, he was immediately unable to curse and could only struggle desperately.

But he was drunk and obviously no match for Chai Feng. Chai Feng held him on his shoulder and he couldn't struggle at all. Instead, he annoyed Chai Feng, who slapped him on the butt and said in a deep voice, "Behave yourself."

Dongyang paused, and after a moment, suddenly burst into tears.

Then she started crying and cursing Chai Feng again.

Xu Lingguang: ? ? ? ?

Xu Lingguang: ...

No.

So that's what your relationship is like.

Why didn't you say so sooner?

Having inadvertently discovered a huge secret, Xu Lingguang nervously slipped away, praying that Dongyang Li would have forgotten about it by tomorrow.

He returned to the carriage and saw four well-fed cubs lounging lazily on the soft couch, their tails swaying. Youyu, on the other hand, sat to the side, engrossed in reading a book.

When they saw him return, all five pairs of eyes—one big, one small, and one large—turned to look at him.

Xu Lingguang casually scooped Mu Yun and Zhao Ling into his arms and patted Yun Feng and Yu Rong's heads: "I'm going to participate in the Hundred Refinements Competition the day after tomorrow, so I can play with you all day tomorrow. After that, you two stay with You Yu and I'll take you to play again after the competition."

Previously, the cubs only knew about the Hundred Refinements Competition and didn't realize they couldn't go. Now, upon hearing this, they were all unhappy: "Can't we go?"

Xu Lingguang shook his head helplessly: "No."

He gently stroked the cubs to soothe them, and it took him a while to calm them down. Then, remembering something, he took out the bronze stove he had bought during the day from his storage bag and said, "There's another treasure I almost forgot."

He examined the bronze censer closely, but couldn't discern anything special about it. He then asked Mu Yun, "What kind of treasure is this?"

Mu Yun held the bronze stove and poked at it for a while, stammering and unable to speak. He could only vaguely say, "Anyway, it's a treasure, that's fine."

Xu Lingguang understood: "You can't recognize it and you want me to buy it?"

Fortunately, it wasn't anything valuable.

Mu Yun grumbled unhappily, "It's definitely a treasure, I just don't recognize it." He huffed and puffed, looking unconvinced, "I can find treasures, but I don't need to know them. That's your job!"

Xu Lingguang: "..."

The little one seems to have a point.

He had no choice but to put the bronze stove away, saying, "Let Chief Lan take a look when we get back to the mountains; he might recognize it."