Chapter 94
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Chapter 94: The Guidance of Lou Xing
In the stone house,
Yi Chen focused intently on his training.
His spirit power surged rapidly through his veins, while spirit energy from a radius of over twenty meters was mysteriously drawn to him, continuously gathering towards him.
The spirit stone placed before him also released a rich aura of spirit energy, seeping into his veins through his skin.
Nearby, the Little Gold Ball, feeling bored, plucked a handful of golden fur.
It spread them out and arranged them neatly.
Counting one by one.
Fifteen, sixteen, eighteen, nineteen…
Without needing to train, the spirit energy in the world flowed into its body.
Outside, the green grass thrived, full of life.
Inside a wooden house, the high priest sat on a wooden chair. After judging various conflicts and issues within the tribe, he began to think about the afternoon and evening schedules and the tasks that needed to be completed.
With the addition of over five thousand people from the Yunxia Tribe, the population of the Flame Mountain Tribe had now reached nine thousand.
All sorts of chaotic matters kept him exhausted, working late into the night.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
A series of loud noises startled him.
Turning his head,
the high priest felt a headache coming on.
It was Lou Xing, angrily swinging a wooden sword at a pillar.
From the looks of it, he seemed determined not to stop until he chopped it in half.
“Xing’er, what’s wrong with you this time?”
There was no choice; the clan leader had instructed him to treat Lou Xing like his own son, so the high priest had to keep his patience and force a bit of a loving smile.
Although it wasn’t the first time he was called Xing’er, Lou Xing nearly vomited.
Unfortunately, protesting was pointless.
“Good son, precious son, little star…”
The high priest used the most affectionate nicknames to annoy him in order to strengthen their father-son bond.
In Lou Xing’s mind, a scene flashed where he held a sharp sword and madly stabbed the high priest repeatedly.
One stab, two stabs, three stabs…
He stabbed him over a hundred times in one breath.
Finally, Lou Xing felt a bit better.
He sighed softly in his heart.
This way of relieving stress was something he created himself during his childhood while undergoing harsh mercenary training to cope with pressure and release negative emotions.
After surviving successfully and officially debuting, he had not used it again.
Because fine wine, delicious food, beautiful women, and luxury cars became his new ways of relieving stress and negative feelings.
He truly never expected that one day, after becoming the top mercenary king in the mercenary world, he would still resort to his old method of stress relief.
He adjusted his mindset slightly.
Lou Xing feigned anger, and his youthful voice rang out:
“It’s all Little Tiger’s fault! He clearly promised to go rock climbing with me today, but when I found him, he broke his word. He said his dad needed to transport spirit stones, and he had to sneak out of the valley with him to trade for spirit stones, or else their family would run low on spirit stones.”
“Damn it! How dare he violate the ban and sneak out of the valley! I want to chop off his fingers!”
The high priest immediately became furious.
“…”
Lou Xing was speechless.
Sure enough, he was an old fool corrupted by power; couldn’t he grasp the main point of what I was saying?
Rock climbing!
Their family was running low on spirit stones!
In his mind, a scene appeared of him wielding a long sword and chopping down at the high priest’s head.
Chop off one head, another one grows back.
Swish, swish, swish…
“By the way, Xing’er, what did you just say? You want to go rock climbing? You are only at the sixth level of Spirit Release; you haven’t reached the Spirit Law stage yet and haven’t learned the flying ability. That’s too dangerous.”
Just as he had chopped off twenty or more heads, the high priest suddenly exclaimed.
“I don’t want to go rock climbing; it’s too boring. Besides, many people are climbing, not just me.”
Lou Xing had a thousand complaints in his heart and didn’t know whether to say them to this old fool.
Fortunately, the old fool finally found a main point.
“If others climb, I can’t stop them, but you are not allowed to climb. If you want anything, just tell your father; as long as you don’t go rock climbing, anything is fine.”
The high priest pondered and said, “If not, I can ask the guard team leader to take you hunting tomorrow. He is the only one in the tribe at the Spirit Law stage, so with him along, it will be safe.”
Lou Xing rolled his eyes.
The old fool still couldn’t grasp the main point.
He could only pretend to think of something and excitedly said, “How about you gather all the kids and find someone to teach us to read and practice?”
“Anyone who wants to learn to read and practice can ask their parents. There are also people in the tribe who specialize in teaching reading and training. There’s no restriction preventing you kids from listening in.”
The high priest said proudly, “The people who teach reading in the tribe were all trained by me personally. If you want to learn, I can teach you, but I can only spare a little time in the evenings; your father has been too busy lately.”
“As for training, I’ll have the guard team leader find some time to teach you; he is at the Spirit Law stage.”
…
“Let us mourn for Lou Xing for three seconds!”
“Congratulations to Lou Xing for receiving three pounds and two ounces of love from his old father!”
“It’s better if he just says it directly. This old fool, although he recently slapped all of humanity in the face and realized Yi Chen’s thoughts on punishing Spirit Law stage practitioners, has no concept of education and lacks forward-thinking vision. How can he understand this?”
The audience in the live room all shook their heads.
Yi Chen had been busy training and improving his level during this time, but the female viewers found it quite enjoyable to watch.
The male viewers, however, mostly chose to go elsewhere.
Thus, Lou Xing and the high priest still had quite a few viewers.
…
“I want to gather all the kids to learn reading and practice together. I need you to build a large courtyard as a school, specifically for teaching the kids to read and practice!”
Lou Xing had to get straight to the point.
There was no way around it; this old fool couldn’t be guided.
He stopped pretending.
He laid it all on the table!
“No way, this is a bit too big. I need to consult the clan leader.”
The high priest shivered and shook his head repeatedly.
“Being close to the king is like being close to a tiger; unless it’s a huge matter, he wouldn’t dare go see Yi Chen, even if it means death.”
Not to mention, he wouldn’t take the initiative to seek out Yi Chen just for the fun of it.
“I want it, I want it!”
What Lou Xing needed was for the high priest to talk to Yi Chen about building the school.
Without hesitation, he sat down on the ground.
His legs spread open.
His arms raised.
He fixed his gaze on the high priest.
He looked like someone ready to roll on the ground in a tantrum if things didn’t go his way.
“This, this really won’t do…”
The high priest’s eyes held a pleading look.
But Lou Xing remained resolute.
“Fine! I’ll give it a try!”
The high priest wanted to cry but had no tears.
“And you have to be the principal. You call the shots in this school; that way, I get to call the shots too.”
Lou Xing raised the stakes again.
“I’m the high priest of the tribe; I’m the highest besides the clan leader. What’s the big deal about being a principal… Fine, I’ll be the principal!”
Seeing Lou Xing spread his arms and legs again, the high priest once more compromised.
He had no way to deal with this troublesome child.
Even though Yi Chen had instructed him to be strict when necessary, as a first-time father, he couldn’t bring himself to do it.
“And you need to set aside a space where tribe members can exchange items for spirit stones. That way, even if they have nothing to do, they can make handmade crafts or sneak out to dig up some dirt fruit or hunt a few fierce beasts to trade for spirit stones.”
“This way, Little Tiger won’t have to go dig for dirt fruits with his father and can play with me instead.”
Lou Xing was already tired of leading and went straight to the point again.
“Hmm, that idea seems pretty good!”
The high priest’s eyes lit up.
When Yi Chen returned, he had asked him if he had considered the problem of many tribe members having nothing to do after the Yunxia Tribe merged into the valley.
This had been bothering him greatly.
Lou Xing’s words gave him a sense of sudden clarity.
Lou Xing leaped up from the ground, brushing the dust off his pants.
Time to go!
Originally, he had wanted to guide the high priest to share power while those fake heavy criminals hadn’t risen yet, training a few trusted ones to occupy key positions.
But on second thought, he decided against it.
Having too many trusted ones could lead to swift downfall as well.
In the vast world, the true ruler of the Flame Mountain Tribe was the clan leader, who spent all day cooped up in his stone house like a reclusive hermit.
Not understanding his thoughts or knowing where his limits lay, rashly guiding the high priest to cultivate followers could lead to major mistakes.
Plus, this old fool was busy every day, struggling to keep capable people from emerging, leaving him no time to foster a father-son bond.
Lou Xing longed for a father’s love. He had been an orphan since childhood, taken by a mercenary group for harsh training.
Watching his friends die one by one, he often imagined a powerful father descending from the heavens, holding him in one arm and wielding a laser gun in the other, vanquishing all the instructors.
He never expected that as an adult, he would actually have an old father drop down from the sky.
That deep paternal love caused ripples in his heart, which had become as hard and cold as steel.
Every time they met, it made him feel a bit nauseous.
