331: Boss Xie actually pushed a garbage truck for a D-level lord?

Looking at Xie Yufeng's sincere eyes, Wu Rongkang could no longer utter the words of refusal.

Huge surprise and emotion washed over his Heart-Nature; he nodded vigorously, his voice choked: "Alright! Then... then please follow me!"

The surrounding Lords were collectively dumbfounded.

"Did I hear that right? Xie Yufeng is going to that D-rank Lord's broken place?"

"He must be crazy! Can you even set foot in that place? What is he after?"

The S-rank Genius who had just said that the Cangming Alliance would never accept a D-rank Lord, now felt his face burning.

His companion beside him looked at this scene in disbelief, muttering: "Crazy... this world is crazy... A D-rank, and Boss Xie is personally going to his territory as a guest?"

He had initiated conversations with Xie Yufeng a few times, but the other party had only politely nodded; now, he was actually taking the initiative to invite a D-rank Lord!

This stark contrast made him so jealous he was almost going mad!

He couldn't understand why his S-rank talent, sought after by countless people, was still inferior to a D-rank pushing a garbage cart in front of the Cangming Alliance?

Suddenly, a flash of lightning streaked through his mind, connecting Wu Rongkang's order of item exchanges with Xie Yufeng's words, 'You wanted to step forward and help.'

"Could it be... the Cangming Alliance truly doesn't look at talent when recruiting?"

"Look at Wu Rongkang; although his talent is low, the first item he exchanged was medicine for his grandfather, and the second was milk powder for his child."

"And last time, he was clearly scared to death, yet he still wanted to help Boss Xie and his companions..."

"His character is impeccable!"

"I understand! What the Holy Lord values is character! It's Heart-Nature!"

In an instant, everyone suddenly understood.

Under countless complex gazes, Xie Yufeng actually helped Wu Rongkang, pushing that reeking cart together, walking side by side towards the D-rank area.

This scene was deeply etched into the minds of every Genius Lord present.

They finally understood that in this Holy Land, strength and talent might allow you to move quickly.

But to go far and stand tall, you rely on something else.

Xie Yufeng pushed the cart that emitted a fishy stench.

Wu Rongkang pulled from the other side, and the two walked side by side.

One was an Elder of the Cangming Alliance, a former illegitimate son of the Family Xie, and now a favored person in front of the Holy Lord Mo Yan.

The other was a lucky fellow who had just climbed out of a D-rank slum, exchanging a cart of what others considered trash for immense wealth.

These two people, whose status and position were worlds apart, were now pushing the same cart like old brothers of many years.

The Lords on the road almost had their eyes fall out.

"Am I seeing things? Isn't that Boss Xie? He... he's helping that D-rank Lord push a cart?"

"That cart is full of corpses, stinking to high heaven; how can Boss Xie stand it?"

"This world is too crazy; I don't quite understand it anymore."

An A-rank Lord who had a decent relationship with Xie Yufeng bravely stepped forward, smiling and greeting him:

"Boss Xie, what... what's this all about?"

He glanced at Wu Rongkang, his eyes filled with a mix of inquiry and confusion.

Xie Yufeng also smiled and stopped.

"Nothing, just going to visit my brother's territory."

"Brother?"

The smile on that A-rank Lord's face became unnatural.

He looked at Wu Rongkang as if he were looking at a mud-stained piece of cargo.

A D-rank Lord, worthy of calling himself a brother to a dignified Elder of the Cangming Alliance?

"Yes, my brother."

Xie Yufeng's answer was straightforward.

He didn't spare another glance for the A-rank Lord, only smiling at Wu Rongkang and saying: "Let's go, we're going home."

The two words "going home" made Wu Rongkang's heart, numbed by the heavy pressures of life, suddenly tremble.

He nodded vigorously, his eyes a little red, and silently pulled the other end of the cart.

The two of them continued to push that reeking cart.

Under countless gazes of surprise, confusion, and jealousy, they walked towards the D-rank area.

That A-rank Lord stood frozen in place, his face filled with disbelief.

The murmurs around them grew louder.

"Crazy, Xie Yufeng is definitely crazy! What is he after?"

"What benefits can a D-rank Lord bring him? Is it just because he was lucky and completed a bounty?"

"I don't understand, I really don't understand. When did the threshold of the Cangming Alliance become so low?"

The road from the Holy Land's center to the D-rank settlement area seemed like a dividing line from heaven to the mortal world.

The buildings on both sides of the road also transformed from the technologically advanced and artistic Lords Manor into low, crude, dilapidated wooden and stone houses.

Xie Yufeng pushed the cart, silently observing everything.

Before his eyes, another scene seemed to appear.

That was the Ice Source Region; before he met Mo Yan, he too struggled at the very bottom.

Fighting for his life against exotic beasts for a few crystals;

Bowing and scraping to those great Lords for self-preservation.

If not for those few fate-changing transactions, if he hadn't seized the opportunity to join the Cangming Alliance... today, he might be even more wretched than Wu Rongkang before him.

He glanced at the silent burly man beside him.

From his calloused hands, Xie Yufeng saw his former self.

The hint of sympathy in his heart had long since vanished.

In its place was a genuine sense of identification and respect.

For Wu Rongkang, this road was a path home, but also a path full of humiliation.

Every time he returned from outside, he would always hear gossip from his neighbors.

"Oh, Big Wu is dragging back another pile of junk?"

"Look at his foolish face, how much money can these things sell for?"

"He might as well go be a guard for the adults in Area B; he could earn a lot in a day."

"Shh, keep your voice down, his wife is a shrew; be careful if she hears you."

Today, these voices were gone.

Those neighbors who used to point and gossip about him.

Upon seeing him, and the extraordinary Xie Yufeng beside him, they all scattered as if they had seen a ghost, hiding far away.

Some people who had a bad relationship with him and had bullied him in the past were now even more terrified, their faces pale, wishing they could bury their heads in the ground.

They couldn't understand how Wu Rongkang, the recognized good-for-nothing and stubborn fool, could be walking with the top figures in the Holy Land?

And... that important person was even helping him push that stinking, broken cart!

Wu Rongkang also felt the changes around him.

His steps as he pushed the cart also became more forceful.

Finally, a small territory enclosed by wood appeared before his eyes.

At the entrance of the territory, a haggard woman was anxiously pacing back and forth, constantly peering towards the intersection.

When she saw the familiar cart, her eyes first lit up, but then immediately dimmed.

But when she clearly saw that a strange man was accompanying her husband, she froze.

She saw an expression on her husband's face that she had never seen before, a mix of excitement and joy.

"Xiuer!"

Wu Rongkang shouted, his steps suddenly quickening, almost jogging towards his territory.

He wanted to tell his wife immediately.

We are saved!