85: Mutual restraint

Because of Xiao Sheng's appearance, Su Ze finally crossed this hurdle without further mishap and brought out the other Great Xia Spirit Guards as well.

They arrived at the site of the previously destroyed camp. Because they had found clearing it troublesome before, they had chosen to build a camp elsewhere.

Thinking about it now, the original place was better; at least it held many memories.

Most importantly, there were now people to help them clear these ruins.

"What are you standing there for? Hurry up and move these stones! If you don't finish clearing this area today, no dinner for you!" Sun Hao threatened, cracking a whip in the air with his single arm.

In front of him, seven or eight people were clearing the bricks and stones from the ruins with miserable expressions, and Shouhou was among them.

With Xiao Sheng backing him up, Su Ze unreservedly demanded all the most arrogant individuals from before, and Jiang Liu and Jiang Sheng did not dare to refuse.

They had now been completely reduced to laborers, helping the Great Xia Spirit Guards of the Thirteenth Squad vent their frustrations.

But even though they were satisfied, it did not mean Su Ze was satisfied with this outcome.

He approached Xiao Sheng, who had not yet left.

Since the camp was still just a pile of ruins, he was currently resting on the branch of a giant tree nearby.

The Biyun Flood Dragon was not by his side. Instead, there was a beautiful young girl in a green dress with a pair of short dragon horns on her head.

Su Ze knew that was the Biyun Flood Dragon's human form. He hadn't expected the fearsome creature to be female, just like Feng Qingyi.

"Little Junior Brother, do you need something from me?" Xiao Sheng asked with a smile as he watched Su Ze approach.

He was exceptionally handsome, and his preference for white clothing added a touch of elegance.

It was hard to imagine that such a person was an indelible shadow in the hearts of the Fuso people.

Su Ze voiced the first confusion in his heart: "Senior Brother... Xiao Sheng, I know you are also a student of Teacher Lin Xi, which is why you call me Junior Brother."

"But what did you mean by that earlier? Have you seen me when I was a child?"

Xiao Sheng nodded. "Not only have I seen you, but I even changed your diapers. They were quite stinky."

He made a gesture of waving his hand in front of his nose, then looked at Su Ze mischievously. "I wonder what the size of that little birdie I saw back then is now."

Su Ze gave an awkward smile, afraid that telling him would scare him.

Then he heard Xiao Sheng continue, "Back then, your parents and I were all students of Old Lin. They were my Junior Brother and Junior Sister."

He frowned and said, "So when I heard Old Lin took you as a student, I was confused for a long time. I didn't know whether to call you Junior Brother or Martial Nephew when I met you. Thinking about it now, let's keep things separate. Since the Teacher considers you a student, then you are my Junior Brother."

"You were all Old Lin's students?" Su Ze was surprised. Their styles were completely different.

Xiao Sheng explained, "That's right. Back then, I was responsible for learning Old Lin's combat techniques, while they studied his research knowledge."

"My talent actually wasn't great. The Teacher once wanted to give up on me. In comparison, your parents were truly brilliant in the field of research."

"In the end, it was with their help that Azure Cloud successfully absorbed dragon blood and evolved into a flood dragon."

Then he let out a light chuckle. "Hehe, if it weren't for your parents' help, that old man would never have succeeded before. He wasted so much Divine Beast Essence Blood for nothing."

Then he realized he seemed to have been disrespectful to his teacher, which somewhat ruined his persona, so he coughed twice.

As the Great Xia War God who appeared in public the most, he was the face of Great Xia.

Su Ze understandingly pretended not to hear.

The girl transformed from the Biyun Flood Dragon stepped forward, sized Su Ze up, and then gently touched his forehead with her dragon horns.

"Azure Cloud is expressing her gratitude in the dragon race's way," Xiao Sheng explained from the side.

"If it weren't for your parents' help, she would have died long ago."

Xiao Sheng sighed again. "Actually, we feel very guilty toward you. After Azure Cloud evolved into a Diamond-rank monster, the Teacher had to interrupt all his research at the university to protect my safety personally."

"Because of that, he failed to discover the research your parents were doing..."

"By the time everything happened, it was already too late..."

Su Ze was slightly stunned and didn't speak.

Decisions already made couldn't be changed. Even if Lin Xi had told them of the dangers and tried to stop them, Su Ze believed his parents would have still made the same choice.

"Looking at you, Old Lin must have already told you about what happened back then. Do you have anything else to ask me?" Xiao Sheng inquired.

Su Ze nodded. "I do. Senior Brother, why did you let those people off just now? Shouldn't we pull them up by the roots?"

Su Ze made a throat-slitting gesture as he spoke.

This made Xiao Sheng clap repeatedly. "Good kid, fierce enough. I like it!"

In Su Ze's view, Xiao Sheng, who could make blood rain over all of Fuso and become a psychological shadow for its people, shouldn't be an indecisive or soft-hearted person.

He should also know that as long as Jiang Liu and Jiang Sheng were alive, they would always be a hidden threat to Su Ze.

Unless he could protect Su Ze forever.

But clearly, as one of the only two Level 100 War Gods of Great Xia, he had many things to do and couldn't manage that.

Facing Su Ze's question, Xiao Sheng sighed. "I did indeed intend to finish them all off, but unfortunately, someone was watching me from a distance."

"That fellow is temperamental. If I dared to lay a hand on the Jiang family members in front of him, he would definitely fight me to the death."

"Even if I could kill Jiang Liu and the others in an instant before he could act, he could also kill all of you before I could act. So, I couldn't move."

Su Ze was shocked.

There was likely only one person in all of Great Xia whom Xiao Sheng would treat with such caution: the other, less famous Level 100 War God.

Unlike Xiao Sheng, he rarely appeared in public. Even his leveling up to 100 was done in obscurity.

Because of this, by the time he made a name for himself, it was already too late for Fuso to do anything.

This War God left only two impressions: one was his patriotism; before Xiao Sheng, he alone bore all the pressure of Great Xia and faced powerful enemies.

The second was his close relationship with the Jiang Family, which allowed them to change the original three-great-family structure into the current four-great-family structure.

With him around, it was indeed difficult to move against the Jiang Family.

Azure Cloud also nodded in agreement, pouting. "Exactly. That guy usually looks normal, but once he starts fighting, he's a maniac. I don't want to face that thick, long staff of his..."

Clearly, she had suffered under that staff before.

Xiao Sheng continued, "You don't need to worry. When I can't spare a hand, he won't be able to spare a hand to deal with you either."

"Besides, in addition to seeing the Teacher and bringing you a message after completing my mission, I also need to replenish the power of the Statue Clone in the Beishan City Beast Tamer Association that was depleted earlier."

"I will plant a mark on you. Whenever you encounter danger, the clone will be activated to protect you."

Su Ze breathed a sigh of relief. He hadn't personally seen the strength of the activated statue, but he had heard about it from others.

The power to casually crush a Pseudo-Divine Artifact meant it had at least the strength of the eightieth level, which was enough to deal with Jiang Liu.

Unless the Jiang Family was so dishonorable as to even mobilize their ancestor.

Su Ze was about to say something when he felt a slight tremor beneath his feet.

The vibration was very faint and disappeared quickly.

Su Ze thought it was an illusion until he saw Xiao Sheng's serious expression.

Azure Cloud, beside him, became even more restless, as if affected by something.

"Senior Brother Xiao Sheng, what happened?" Su Ze asked upon seeing this.

"If my intuition is correct, something big is about to happen! Stay here, I'll go check it out!"

He then flew up, and Azure Cloud dove into his arms. Together, they turned into a streak of pale green light and sped away.

Leaving Su Ze bewildered on the spot, he could only look in the direction they left and say, "That... is the direction of the Beast Taming University?"