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"It's actually the Ink Spirit Sword!"

"What a great gift!"

Hearing the three words of ?Ink Spirit Sword?, many elders of Du Family in the hall immediately brightened their eyes, and many gazes that showed burning admiration and envy fell on Du Shaofu.

Du Shaofu was stunned. From the crowd?s reaction, it was not hard to tell that the Ink Spirit Sword was definitely an extraordinary treasure, and he was not sure whether he should accept it or not.

"Take it. Thank you for saving me and the disciples of my Ye Family. A small Ink Spirit Sword is not enough to express my gratitude." Ye Zijin said and smiled at Du Shaofu, which made young disciples of Du Family infatuated.

"You are so kind. It was really not worth mentioning." Du Shaofu nodded slightly towards Ye Zijin. In fact, this was the first time he spoke formally with Ye Zijin. Then, he looked at his first uncle and second uncle.

"Shaofu, please accept City Lord Ye's kindness." Du Zhenwu smiled at Du Shaofu.

"Then, thank you, City Lord Ye." Without further politeness, Du Shaofu gently received the embroidered box from the armored soldier.

"Remember, call me Uncle Ye. City Lord sounds strange." Ye Baolin laughed with satisfaction.

"Yes, Uncle Ye." Du Shaofu nodded.

Ye Zijin stood up, looked at Du Shaofu, and said with a smile: "I wonder if you are free today, how about you accompany me to the city for a walk?"

"What?!"

As soon as Ye Zijin's words came out, all of the outstanding youths of Du Family in the hall were all dumbstruck and jealous.

Within the entire Stone City, it was unknown how many outstanding people were chasing after the City Lord's daughter, but until now, there had never been a single person who had a chance. All the pursuers could only raise their heads and look up at her.

Now, the City Lord's daughter who made all the pursuers in the city look up to her, was actually taking the initiative to ask Du Shaofu out. The profound meaning of this was enough to cause people to fancy it, and even Du Zhenwu and Du Zhixiong were shocked.

Du Shaofu raised his head and looked at Ye Zijin, and all eyes were on him. He had a look of regret and said, ?Thank you very much, Miss Ye. But I am truly sorry, I have some important matters to take care of today, why not another day??

"Of course, then let?s go another day." Ye Zijin's exquisite pretty face continued to carry a smile, and her smile was extremely beautiful. Many youths in Du Family were unwilling to shift their gaze away from her.

"No way, Du Shaofu actually rejected Miss Ye Zijin, I thought he were not stupid, why is he so stupid now!"

"This brat beat up Du Hao and the others again yesterday, and he can't possibly still be a fool. Many elders of the Du Family discussed how to punish him last night.?

"I'm afraid punishment is impossible. The City Lord has come today to thank him, who can do anything to him? It can only be considered bad luck for Du Hao and the others."

In the hall, the last group of Du Family?s younger generations had been discussing in a low voice. Each one of them were resentful. If Miss Ye Zijin asked them out, they would have let go of everything. Unexpectedly, Du Shaofu refused her just like that.

"Ha ha, I?m here mainly to thank you, nephew Shaofu. There are many things to do in the city, so I have to leave first. I will pay a visit again another day." Ye Baolin laughed, then stood up and left.

"I won't keep you any longer. I know that there are a lot of things going on in the city."

Du Zhenwu didn?t say too many polite words, and his tone was also not over-courteous. This proved that the relationship between the two seemed not bad.

When Ye Baolin left, everyone naturally followed him to the main gate of the Du Family. Du Shaofu followed as well, until the people from Ye Family were far away.

Looking at the Ye family far away, Du Zhenwu?s face suddenly hardened. The he walked back to the Du family with his hands behind his back. He spoke to Du Shaofu, "Shaofu, come to the hall for a while. I have something to ask you."

As Du Zhenwu's voice fell, many elders of the Du Family looked at Du Shaofu with eyes that surged with anger, as if Du Shaofu owed them tens of millions of cultivation coins.

"Let's go to the main hall."

Du Zhixiong had appeared behind Du Shaofu. He patted Du Shaofu's shoulder lightly with a smile on his face.

"Yes." Du Shaofu nodded and smiled.

"It seems that Du Shaofu won't be able to escape this calamity."

"Of course. Last time, Du Shaofu robbed Du Hao's Wild Stone Demon Wolf Blood Essence and the Foundation Establishment Pills. Yesterday, Du Hao and the others were beaten up so badly by Du Shaofu again, so the Great Clan Elder and the others would not let go of this matter."

"I heard that the Great Clan Elder personally went to find the Patriarch last night."

"No wonder even the City Lord came today, he was unable to help Du Shaofu escape this calamity."

"There's going to be a show to watch. Let's go and take a look."

"..."

"City Lord."

"Look, City Lord Ye has come out."

Along the way, the horses of Ye Family attracted countless gazes as they passed by. All the citizens of the city saluted, which was something incomparable to the other four great families. As the City Lord of the Stone City, he was the true owner of the Stone City.

"Little girl, did you see him clearly?"

Ye Baolin asked the young girl beside him while occasionally waving his hand to greet the city residents who saluted him. His tone was calm and no emotions could be discerned.

"The more I approach, the more I can't see clearly." Ye Zijin said softly. From the moment she came out of Du Family, she slightly frowned.

"He's neither humble nor arrogant, and his behaviors are orderly. He is worthy of being a kid who can endure for ten years. What a Young Master Fool. It seems that an extraordinary young man has stood out in the Du Family."

Ye Baolin laughed, with a smile on his face, and he looked at the young girl beside him. His eyes were filled with love, and said, "I just didn?t expect that he would actually reject my precious daughter, could it be that he doesn't like my precious daughter?"

"Father, why are you making fun of your daughter? If it wasn't for Ye Family, I wouldn't be like this."

Ye Zijin stared at Ye Baolin. She was quite annoyed, and then muttered, "But no matter what, there's still a month. I'm afraid the Stone City is a little busy."

"The real excitement is in a month, when the time come?."

Ye Baolin seemed to have heard Ye Zijin's words. He wanted to say something, but in the end, he did not say but seemed to fall in thought.

In the Du Family?s hall, everyone sat upright once again. A few elders from the Du Family were still amongst them, but many of them had gazes filled with hatred towards Du Shaofu.

Du Shaofu stood in the middle of the hall, holding the embroidered box that Ye Baolin had just given him in his arms. He did not have the time to look at the Ink Spirit Sword inside, but it was neither light nor heavy. Looking at all the elders of the Du Family in the hall, Du Shaofu found that many of them were familiar to him. They were the parents, uncles or aunts of Du Hao, Du Yan and the others that he had beaten up yesterday.

"Shaofu, I heard that you hurt Du Hao, Du Yan and the others yesterday. Do you know that you have violated the family rules?" At the honored seats of the hall, Du Zhenwu looked at Du Shaofu. He didn?t impose an aura of anger, but rather powerful. As he was the patriarch of the Du Family, he had his own might.

"Uncle, I did not."

Du Shaofu raised his head calmly.

"Du Shaofu, you still dare to say that you haven?t? You have injured Yan'er badly, and now, he is still lying on the bed, unable to move. Is this all fake??

"My Qi'er is also severely injured and is currently in bed. I'm afraid she won't be able to get out of bed even after a year or so. How could this be fake?"

"Hao'er and his cousin were both heavily injured by you, and their cultivation were almost crippled by you. You attacked your siblings tremendously. What a ruthless heart!"

"..."

As Du Shaofu's voice fell, sharp voices of these aunts echoed in the hall. The angry and fierce gazes fell on Du Shaofu, as if they wished that they could swallow Du Shaofu alive. But those men, though they showed displeasure and anger, they were not eager to express anything at this time.

"Quiet!"

Du Zhenwu said and looked at those aunts with dignified gazes, and said, "As seniors, how could you be so noisy."

After those women heard this, they did not dare speak any longer, but they kept on staring straight at Du Shaofu without any kindness.

Du Zhenwu then looked at Du Shaofu, and asked, "Shaofu, you have heard what the elders say, and do you have anything to say?"

"Yes."

Du Shaofu answered straightforwardly and shortly. Then, he looked at Du Zhenwu and asked, "Uncle, they said that I hit their sons or daughters, may I ask who saw it with their own eyes?"

"..."

When everyone heard this, they were stunned, and even Du Zhenwu and Du Zhixiong were startled.

"Damn you, Du Shaofu. You're already lying at such a young age. You've already injured more than a dozen people. What kind of excuses do you have?"

The aunts were shocked for a while, and then they began to stir again. Indeed, no one saw it with their own eyes. In fact, they were aware of the situation yesterday. Naturally, it would not be so easy for Du Hao and the others to find trouble with Du Shaofu, but what they did not expect in the end was the dozen people were actually injured by Du Shaofu.

"Uncle, have I beaten them or not? If you don't believe me, you can just call them out to confront me." Du Shaofu did not pay any attention to the aunts and was extremely calm.

"Right, we can know the truth through confrontation."

Listening to Du Shaofu's words, the aunts immediately became happy as if they had found his weakness. With more than ten people confronting him, they were not afraid that this brat would not admit the truth. At that time, even the Patriarch would not be able to protect him. Du Hao and the others were all beaten up. If they were to confront each other, that brat would not be able to refuse to acknowledge his fault.