New Place

Whack!

Elder Sang smacked Xu Xiaoshou right then and there without so much as flinching.

"Five my a**! What nonsense is that!?

"Are you at Innate Level already? Have you been outside the spirit palace? Do you know what it's like out there? You sure know how to talk big!

"I just told you to devote yourself to your training and be serious about serving as a pawn, but you went on to talk big instead. You really think that just because you have something that others don't, you're already better than others, eh?"

The elder then twisted Xu Xiaoshou's ear so hard that tears almost rolled down Xu Xiaoshou's cheeks.

"L-Let go of me!"

Xu Xiaoshou was dumbfounded. The old man was definitely doing this to vent his frustrations from that attack before.

That had to be it!

"It's not every day I get to be in such high spirits," he thought. "Why did it end up like this?