86: The contract was torn up?

"Hahaha, no matter how much he changes, he's still your brother!"

Shen Xi laughed and punched Pang Zi's chest.

Pang Zi heard this, chuckled honestly, and scratched his head.

That's right, no matter how much he changes, he's still his brother.

After laughing for a while, Pang Zi's expression suddenly became extremely solemn and he said, "Xi Zi, I can feel that you are completely different from before, very strong. I also want to become stronger!"

What happened today made Pang Zi realize his weakness.

If Shen Xi hadn't arrived in time, his parents, his younger siblings... Pang Zi didn't dare to imagine further.

If these things really happened, he would definitely be in immense pain.

Because of this, Pang Zi wanted to become stronger.

And now that Shen Xi's strength had skyrocketed, Pang Zi wanted to Cultivate with him.

"It's very tiring!"

Shen Xi put away his smile, his expression becoming serious.

"I know!"

Pang Zi was extremely serious.

"It's very hard!"

"I'm not afraid of hardship!"

"You might even die!"

"As long as I can become stronger!"

Sensing Pang Zi's determination, Shen Xi said nothing more.

"Tomorrow, after we enter the Inner City, I'll take you to buy some things."

The path of a Martial Artist is inherently like sailing against the current.

And to make this path a little smoother, external help is indispensable.

Potions that boost Cultivation speed, Martial Arts Secret Manuals that enhance combat power, and even Cultivation rooms that can strengthen Comprehension Ability—these are all essential.

Not everyone has a System like Shen Xi, where Cultivating is as simple as eating and drinking.

Moreover, Shen Xi understood his brother; Pang Zi's talent, while not bad, was certainly not exceptional. To become stronger, these external aids were even more crucial.

Not only that, this was just Shen Xi's first step.

Beyond this, there were even more brutal trials awaiting Pang Zi.

Taking a deep breath, Shen Xi's eyes gleamed: "I'll ask you one last time, do you want to become stronger?"

"Yes!" Pang Zi answered crisply and decisively.

"When the beast tide erupts, you will guard the Twenty-eighth City with me."

This was Shen Xi's second step.

Before the beast tide officially erupted, he would lay a solid foundation for Pang Zi.

When the beast tide broke out, he would take Pang Zi to experience life-and-death tempering.

Only in this way could he quickly become a strong person.

The path of a Martial Artist, like sailing against the current, is no joke.

A Martial Artist who has not experienced life-and-death trials simply cannot be called a strong person.

Even if one Cultivated to the Acquired or Xiantian Realm, what then?

They would merely be flowers in a greenhouse, easily shattered.

"No problem!"

Pang Zi agreed again, decisively.

He also understood Shen Xi's meaning.

The two brothers stopped talking nonsense, each went home, each went to their mother... The night quickly passed.

Shen Xi's family and Pang Zi's family met again, then headed towards the Inner City.

Bright smiles appeared on everyone's faces.

Being able to live in the Inner City and escape the disaster brought by the beast tide, everyone was in a great mood, even Shen Xi was no exception.

What was all the hard work for?

It was to make the people around him live better lives.

They arrived at the Inner City gate.

Before Shen Xi could speak, he heard a guard on the city wall shout loudly.

Then, a guard almost scrambled to the city gate, opening it for Shen Xi and his group.

This scene made everyone look peculiar.

Father Shen and Mother Shen were fine; they knew what had happened last night.

But Pang Zi's family was completely bewildered.

Normally, Inner City residents treated Outer City residents with disdain, looking down on them. When had they ever adopted such an attitude?

Moreover, guards could be considered a relatively high-status profession in the Inner City, while they came from the slum, the lowest-class residents of the Outer City—the difference was incredibly vast.

It was already lucky if the other party didn't make things difficult for them; why had they become so respectful?

"Big brother, you've arrived?"

"Big brother, you've worked hard."

"Big brother, take care!"

The guard's three consecutive "Big brother"s made Pang Zi's family even more stunned.

Good heavens, when did Shen Xi become the "Big brother" of these guards?

If Shen Xi knew what Pang Zi and the others were thinking, he would definitely reply, "A person in the Jianghu relies on his own two hands; it's all earned with my fists."

Oh!

Sometimes, he even used his feet.

Without further delay, the group headed towards the sales office.

And after seeing Shen Xi off, the guards also wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads, feeling lingering fear.

At this moment, a guard who hadn't experienced what happened last night looked at the captain who opened the door, confused, and asked, "Captain, why are you so polite to these Outer City people?"

Upon hearing this, the captain immediately glared: "Shut your mouth and speak less. Are they Outer City people? Believe it or not, they could beat you so badly your own mother wouldn't recognize you."

Chen Lei was still lying in bed, unconscious!

And most importantly, Councilor Zhao knew about this matter last night and rushed to find trouble with the other party.

But now, the other party was perfectly fine... The implications of this were obvious.

Of course, the captain didn't know that Zhao Delong hadn't even met Shen Xi, otherwise he wouldn't have been so scared...

"What? The contract was torn up? Without the contract, the relevant procedures cannot be applied for?"

At the sales office, Shen Xi's face darkened.

In front of him, Xiao Wen was at a loss, not daring to look Shen Xi in the eye.

He had entrusted her with handling this matter entirely, but not only did she fail to complete it, the contract was even torn up by someone. This made her ashamed to face Shen Xi.

"I-I'm sorry. After you left yesterday, someone rushed in and snatched the contract, then tore it up in front of me. I couldn't protect the contract..."

Xiao Wen's eyes were a little red.

She felt she had failed Shen Xi's trust.

"Don't cry, this isn't your fault. We'll just sign a new contract."

Shen Xi sighed, still comforting Xiao Wen.

Fortunately, he still had a copy of the contract. Otherwise, if all the contracts had been torn up and the sales office claimed he hadn't paid, he would truly have been unable to defend himself.

"Mm-hmm! I'm sorry!"

Xiao Wen apologized again.

At this moment, the female sales assistant reappeared: "Heh heh, wanting to buy a house? I don't think it's possible for you!"

"The person who tore up your contract last night said that even if you have a contract, you won't be able to buy a house."

"If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for being so arrogant normally and offending some big shot from who knows where. They're clearly not giving you a way to live."

During the special time of a beast tide eruption, not allowing Shen Xi to buy a house was no different from trying to kill him.

Anyone with eyes could see this logic.

The female sales assistant deliberately said this to get revenge on Shen Xi for not signing the contract with her last night.

After speaking, she laughed wildly, her voice echoing throughout the entire sales office.