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    Chapter 184: Can Be Killed

    Chapter 184: Can Be Killed

    Su Qingshan urged again, “Alright, we can talk about anything else later. Let’s go deal with that zombie first. Strange, why did it stop running?”

    Xie YunChuan reached out and stopped him from moving forward, “I’m afraid we can’t.”

    “What?” Su Qingshan’s expression changed slightly, his smile disappearing. Xie YunChuan had repeatedly stopped him from advancing, was he perhaps protecting that zombie? Or perhaps… he wanted to take the Level 5 crystal core for himself? Although a Level 5 zombie crystal core had some value, it wasn’t anything precious or rare. Had this child fallen on such hard times?

    His younger sister really wasn’t a responsible mother, spending years in the lab, neglecting her family and children. After divorcing Xie YunChuan’s father, she simply abandoned Xie YunChuan to his father and became a hands-off parent. After his father passed away, she casually mentioned bringing Xie YunChuan over to the Su family. Xie YunChuan came, but later, for some reason, he insisted on going back, and she didn’t ask why or care, letting him go as he pleased. And that departure lasted for many years. Until the end of the world broke out, she only made a perfunctory attempt to have Xiao Ye pick him up, and if he wasn’t found, she just dropped it. Sigh!

    To tell the truth, Xie YunChuan had only seen his mother a handful of times in his life. The last time they met was six years ago, right? No one really knew what kind of person this child had become. But his strength should be considerable, that aura around him didn’t belong to a weakling.

    Xie YunChuan, as if not noticing Su Qingshan’s sour expression, said in an unchanged tone: “Ahead of you is not only the zombie you’re chasing, but also… the Wu family.”

    “The Wu family, from Changbai’s family?”

    Hearing this, Xie YunChuan understood that the Su family and the Wu family were on decent terms, at least on the surface. “Yes.”

    Su Qingshan’s expression became solemn. “How many people? Is Wu Zixiao there?”

    “The three siblings.”

    “No one else?”

    “No.”

    “Strange, that shouldn’t be the case?” Su Qingshan stopped rushing forward and paced back and forth, deep in thought.

    Xie YunChuan cut straight to the chase, “You’re here for the wind spirit Jīngpò- Crystal Soul or Core.?”

    Su Qingshan suddenly looked up at Xie YunChuan. Xie YunChuan saw the shock in his eyes that he couldn’t hide in time. Xie YunChuan smiled slightly, “Surprised?”

    Speaking of which, Xie YunChuan and Luo Shuyou were the first to come into contact with the Jīngpò- Crystal Soul or Core., and now both of them had one inside their bodies.

    Su Qingshan realized his lapse in composure and quickly masked his surprise with a smile, “It’s a bit unexpected.” It wasn’t strange for him to know some news about the Jīngpò- Crystal Soul or Core., what was strange was that he not only knew, but also knew that this mountain held one, and not only knew that this mountain held one, but also knew it was the wind spirit Jīngpò- Crystal Soul or Core.. Good heavens, what was the difference between that and the news they had painstakingly searched for, inquired about everywhere, and obtained with great difficulty?

    “No need to be surprised, I just happened to run into the three members of the Wu family and guessed a few things.”

    “……”

    The corners of Su Qingshan’s mouth twitched slightly, “Heh, heh, you guessed pretty accurately.” What a talent, just like his abnormal mother.

    “I’m not sure if the wind spirit Jīngpò- Crystal Soul or Core. is in their hands right now.”

    “So?” Hehe, it was rare for you to not know something, you finally seemed normal for once.

    “So I wanted to ask, if I kill those three people and steal the treasure, can you protect me? Perhaps you have some rules for this competition, and I’m thinking of abiding by them so as not to make things difficult for you.” Compared to the favor of saving people, this Jīngpò- Crystal Soul or Core. was more useful.

    Luo Shuyou’s eyes lit up when he heard this, hmph, so Xie YunChuan also couldn’t stand that black-hearted fellow.

    Su Qingshan raised his tone, unconvinced, “Hey, why are you so sure that we want to protect you? Being able to protect and wanting to protect are two different things, okay? Besides, what kind of easy to provoke family do you think the Wu family is, and what kind of easily killed low-level ability users do you think those three Wu siblings are? You probably don’t know, but Wu Zixiao is a Level 7 elite ability user, kid. Before talking big, first weigh yourself, can you even kill them before asking if you should kill them?”

    “I can kill them, it just depends on whether or not I should,” Xie YunChuan said calmly, as if he was talking about killing a small fry. “As for whether or not you protect me, it doesn’t matter. If you can stay out of it if I kill the Wu family, that’s what I want to see. Ultimately, what I want you to protect is yourselves, don’t be implicated by me.” Big families valued bloodline inheritance and naturally valued kinship. Xie YunChuan could simply kill people and leave, and maybe the people who came after him could provide him with a few more crystal cores, but he was afraid that the Su family, who also belonged to Li City, would have some difficulties.

    Su Qingya, that woman, Xie YunChuan ultimately had too many complex feelings towards her. What was certain was that he wanted her to get her wish. The thing she had abandoned her husband and children to pursue all her life, Xie YunChuan couldn’t imagine what would happen if he ruined her plans… then he wouldn’t be a son, but an enemy.

    “You…!” Su Qingshan was speechless with anger, and waved his hand, “Alright, alright, alright. Kill them if you want, kill them however you want, what could possibly happen? The only possible thing is that you get killed after killing someone. But that’s what you deserve, hmph!”

    Xie YunChuan threw out a red crystal block, turned around and walked into the cave. His calm voice came from inside, “Don’t bother with just a Level 5 zombie, it’s not worth it.”

    Su Nanle frantically caught it, looked down and saw that it was a Level 6 crystal core. Su Nanle’s eyes widened, his surprise written all over his face, he stuttered: “Ol… Old man, are we really being too stingy?”

    As members of a large family, a group of high-level ability users were chasing a Level 5 zombie all over the mountain, while Xie YunChuan, alone and adrift, casually threw out a Level 6 crystal core! The contrast was too stark, making them seem very… very poor!

    Su Qingshan slapped Su Nanle on the head a few times, “What do you mean stingy? Huh? We’re being diligent, do you understand diligent? Even a mosquito is still meat, why wouldn’t we want it if we found it? Do you think it’s easy to run to the City of Corpses and kill a Level 5 zombie?”

    “Dad… Dad, Dad, Dad, don’t hit me, I was wrong, I was just saying, I didn’t mean anything.” Su Nanle begged while covering his head.

    Su Qingshan retracted his hand and coughed awkwardly, snatched the still-warm crystal core from Su Nanle’s hand, “That, you don’t need it yet, I’ll keep it for you first.”

    Su Nanle chased after him, wailing, “Dad! How can you do this? That was Brother YunChuan’s greeting gift to me! Mine!”

    Su Qingshan ignored him and continued to walk, Su Nanle didn’t dare to go forward and snatch it, and could only feel dejected. That old geezer was really shameless.

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