Chapter 428 – Cultivating the Purpleback Bluewing Ants (Teaser)
Steward Xu Sheng hadn’t been himself recently. He rarely went out on patrol and delegated duties of interrogating prisoners. He would lock himself in his room for entire days, and when he occasionally came out he would seem to be in a trance. Many faintly guessed that perhaps this person who was normally cold, indifferent, and didn’t care about women had suddenly started to have a revival of his springtime. Could the lord steward be lovesick? But no one had heard of him coming into contact with any girls these past days. Just who was the young lady?
His bewildered subordinates were full of random guesses. Of course, none of them imagined that their guesses weren’t even close to the truth. He wasn’t lovesick. Rather, he was thinking about something even more important. For instance, his future. For instance, his heart that had already accepted its fate.
During the gambling fight of Heavenwait Temple, if one earnestly calculated things, Xu Sheng should have been the most nervous person. Besides Qin Yu, he was the one who had profited the most from the Black Demon Sect cultivators who joined in the betting ring.
At first, when he learned that Jiang Taishou had mentioned the gambling fight, Xu Sheng had been frightened into a cold sweat. He thought that this surname Ning was finished and he would be buried along with him. Jiang Taishou might not have stirred many waves within the sect, but he was known for his cruelty and mercilessness. This was something that all veterans of the Black Demon Sect acknowledged.
After a bout of despair, after a spell of hate, Xu Sheng fired himself up and threw his entire fortune into the betting ring, gambling that this surname Ning would win.
This was his only choice. Otherwise if this surname Ning was eliminated, he would be buried with him. What would be the point of leaving behind so many spirit stones? But the result was…he had won!
Standing in the great square outside Heavenwait Temple, Xu Sheng could...
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