Chapter 103: Chapter 102: Amusing Anecdotes, Elder Qing’s Past, The Prince’s Crisis

The next morning.

Su Bai slung an arm around Zhang Wei’s shoulder and suggested, "Hey! Want to go out and get something to eat?"

"I... I don’t know if that’s a good idea!"

Zhang Wei said hesitantly, a troubled look on his face.

After all, he was still a little worried about slacking off so openly.

If they were discovered, they would definitely get a lecture!

GROWL~

In the end, driven by that loud, instinctual call!

Zhang Wei gave in to Su Bai’s proposal.

Taking advantage of the sparse crowds, the two of them snuck out of the prison, ate a hearty breakfast, and then secretly slipped back in.

After changing into his Prison Suppression Bureau uniform, Su Bai put on a solemn expression and began his patrol of the prison.

He hadn’t walked far down the corridor before he heard voices coming from around a corner.

He moved closer to take a look!

One person wore the red robes of the Prison Suppression Bureau. He had a solemn, square jaw, a black beard, slightly dark skin, and thick hair and whiskers!

The other was a tall, fair-skinned woman with flowing black hair, a faint smile, elegant dark eyebrows, and dressed in practical, close-fitting attire!

It was Commander Mu Feng, whom he hadn’t seen in a long time, talking with Ning Fengyun’s younger sister, Ning Ye Xue.

Mu Feng was one of the senior officials from the Prison Suppression Bureau who had previously led Su Bai into the Red District to supervise his assessment.

Ever since being struck by the Tian Mu Saint Son’s Celestial Eye Divine Techniques, Mu Feng’s condition had been poor. His body was weak, and his Divine Spirit had been severely damaged!

Now, his condition seemed to have improved considerably!

So what do you do when you run into your boss at work?

Naturally, you go right up and greet them!

’On second thought, never mind!’

Su Bai had a change of heart and decided to just stay put, obediently waiting for their conversation to end.

As masters of the Martial Dao, the two of them had naturally noticed Su Bai as well.

"Alright, let’s leave it at that..."

After a moment, Ning Ye Xue nodded and spoke softly, bringing the conversation to a close.

She glanced casually at Su Bai, her expression shifting slightly.

After that first glance, she seemed to take a second, more careful look.

Then, a look of surprise on her face, she said, "I remember you. You’re Su Bai, aren’t you?"

Su Bai was instantly "overwhelmed by the favor," and replied respectfully, "This subordinate is indeed named Su Bai. I’m surprised that Lady Ye Xue would still remember me."

"Mm."

Ning Ye Xue nodded lightly. Her green eyes blinked once as her gaze swept casually over Su Bai, and then she strode away.

After Ning Ye Xue left, Commander Mu walked over to Su Bai and stared at him intently!

Then, he suddenly asked.

"Su Bai! Are you married?"

Su Bai: "???"

Mu Feng’s question completely threw Su Bai for a loop!

’What’s this about?’

’We haven’t seen each other in ages, and the first thing he asks is about my marital status?’

"Commander Mu, could it be you’re trying to play matchmaker for this subordinate?"

Su Bai joked, having snapped out of his confusion.

"If it’s you, then it’s not entirely out of the question..."

Mu Feng stroked his chin, studying Su Bai’s face carefully as he spoke in earnest.

Su Bai’s eyelid twitched.

’Commander Mu! You can’t just say things like that!’

Then, Mu Feng lowered his head slightly and said in a low voice.

"I’m serious!"

"I have a young daughter at home, about the same age as you. She’s as beautiful as a flower, with an innocent and pure personality, and she takes after me in looks..."

"How about this, I’ll give you some time off so you two can get to know each other..."

As he was speaking.

Mu Feng suddenly sensed something was wrong!

Where was Su Bai? There was no sign of him!

’That little brat!’

He was about to curse him out, but then...

...looking at Su Bai’s retreating figure, he couldn’t help but sigh with admiration.

"He really is handsome!"

...

The moment Mu Feng said his daughter "takes after me in looks,"

Su Bai had immediately bolted!

As for the rest of his words...

It was better not to hear them!

Ever since obtaining the Demon Bone Heaven-Asking Scripture, not even Su Bai himself had realized that this Seventh Grade Cultivation Technique actually had the peculiar side effect of increasing one’s good looks!

That was why both Ning Ye Xue and Commander Mu were so surprised when they saw Su Bai today.

After that little interlude.

Su Bai resumed his patrol within Zone B Prison.

He chatted with Elder Qing while simultaneously using his Hearing and Seeing Divine Techniques to monitor all activity within the Imperial City.

During their conversation, Su Bai also learned about Elder Qing’s past.

Elder Qing’s real name was Lin Yeqing!

His family was shattered when he was young, leaving him displaced and wandering as a refugee.

Later, he was taken in by a kind couple. At the age of ten, the Imperial Inspectorate discovered he possessed remarkable talent for the Martial Dao, and from then on, he embarked on the path of a Martial Artist.

He reached the Tongxuan Realm at thirteen and the Qi Sea Realm at sixteen.

At seventeen, he joined the army and fought foreign enemies on the border.

Eventually, through great difficulty, he achieved illustrious military honors by the age of twenty.

But when he returned to his hometown in glory, he discovered that the kind adoptive parents who had taken him in had long been brutally murdered by bandits, cut down by their Blood Sabers!

There was no one to even collect their bodies.

No one had even arranged for their funerals.

Only an empty house remained, with not even their bones left behind!

After that!

The young man, who had already cultivated to the Qi Sea Realm Ninth Layer, was filled with a burning rage!

He personally slew over a hundred bandits, avenging the deep-seated hatred he felt for his adoptive parents’ deaths!

Afterward, he began working for the Prison Suppression Bureau. He worked diligently, and it wasn’t until he was nearly fifty that he took a wife. Due to various trivial matters, they tried for three years before finally having a healthy baby boy.

But fate always cuts the thinnest thread!

A sudden illness took his wife and also took the child who was just learning to speak!

Inside the prison, Elder Qing, who was in the middle of escorting a serious criminal, learned the news!

He stood silently before a window, gazing in the direction of his home.

Tears streamed down his face, and his hair turned white overnight!

"Sigh! I’m getting old!"

Snapping back to the present, Elder Qing clasped his hands behind his back, his body stooped, and chuckled.

"When a man gets old, he likes to ramble!"

As he finished speaking, the scene before his eyes grew blurry.

"It’s okay, I like listening."

Su Bai said with a smile, then deftly changed the heavy subject.

He then continued to chat and laugh with Elder Qing, talking about amusing anecdotes from daily life!

For example, that time the meticulously dressed Zhang Wei went on a date with a young lady from a wealthy family, only to be the one who got dumped!

Amidst their idle chatter...

Time always passed quickly.

「At dusk.」

Su Bai split off a wisp of his Divine Sense to form an incarnation, which then slapped unconscious the various serious criminals he had been monitoring during the day and tossed them at the prison gate.

"Fresh meat’s here!"

Several Prison Suppression Bureau Martial Artists, who had been waiting for a long time with their eyes covered, heard the commotion and immediately swarmed forward!

The scene of them scrambling over each other and cursing was rather amusing.

After finishing the arrests, Su Bai had his Divine Thought Incarnation slip deep into the prison, planning to check on Jiang Guanshui.

As soon as he saw Su Bai approaching, Jiang Guanshui—who had no idea what great trouble he had caused—had his eyes light up instantly!

He hurriedly beckoned for Su Bai to sit down and began chatting with him about interesting stories from his books.

Meanwhile, in a secret chamber to the side of the main hall.

a Military General clad in Black Armor was reporting to Longbo Hai with a solemn expression.

"Lord Bohai, I’ve just received news!"

"The Fox Emperor of the Fox Race has already named the Ninth Prince as the Emperor’s Son!"

"Furthermore, he has gathered a group of powerful Fox Race experts and plans to forcibly take the Ninth Prince away tonight!"

Upon hearing this, Longbo Hai, who had been in secluded cultivation!

Slowly opened his eyes.