A World Worth Protecting

Wang Baole was about to land his 200th kick, but he paused after hearing the youth’s words and lowered his head to look at him.

Seeing Wang Baole retract his foot, the youth heaved a sigh of relief in his heart and quickly raised his head to look at Wang Baole. He kept cursing him in his heart but didn’t dare to show even a tinge of displeasure on his face. Instead, he squeezed out quite a bit of flattery towards Wang Baole.

“Are you tired, Daddy? I’m very skilled at massage. Why don’t you lay down there? I’ll give you a massage and ease your fatigue. You can teach me a lesson once you’re done resting.”

Wang Baole raised his eyebrows and looked at the youth’s flattering face. It was obvious that he was skilled at doing this and that he did it regularly. This caused Wang Baole’s suspicion about his identity to rise in his heart again.

He felt that other than this guy’s weird body, there was nothing else about him that seemed princely. That was especially so because of his skilled flattery. It pleased Wang Baole a great deal, and his expression became softer. After sizing up the youth a few more times, he spoke coldly.

“If you were so well-behaved earlier, you wouldn’t have had to suffer my beatings. Well, Daddy didn’t really want to beat you. Behave yourself. Tell me, how were you teleported here?” Wang Baole coughed, raising his hand to touch the youth’s head.

Hearing Wang Baole’s words, the youth instantly felt like crying. On the one hand, he was beaten up previously. On the other hand, he knew why it happened. The person in front of him just beat him up viciously, and he should hate him. But… as Wang Baole touched his head, alongside his words that could be considered somewhat warm, the youth strangely felt moved.

So he quickly nodded, tried his best to maintain his look of flattery, and responded.

“Daddy, I really am from the Black Earth Empire, I’m a pri…” Speaking to this point, the youth saw a flash in Wang Baole’s eyes, so he immediately roused himself and quickly changed his words.

“Daddy, I was wrong. I’m not a prince, I’m just a peasant from the Black Earth Empire. I rely on acting to support myself. When I was performing for the prince in the palace, I was suddenly teleported here…” the youth said while crying. Fearing that Wang Baole wouldn’t believe him, he even took out his identity token.

“Look, Daddy, this is my identity record from my empire. I was wrong, I shouldn’t have lied. Please forgive me, Daddy.”

Wang Baole’s gaze flashed, and he took the token to take a look. Sweeping across it with his consciousness, he indeed saw the youth’s identity on the token. But other than that, there was no other information.

Wang Baole didn’t really believe him when he said he was a prince. But now, when the youth said he wasn’t a prince, Wang Baole was still suspicious.

Could it be that he was actually some prince that I beat to submission? Wang Baole narrowed his eyes. He suddenly raised his right hand and pressed onto the youth’s Tianling acupoint. Not waiting for the youth to react, he unleashed the Dark Art’s soul-searching technique.

This wasn’t Wang Baole’s first time using the soul-searching technique. But the moment he searched, his expression changed slightly. This was because… the youth’s memories were completely blank. There was nothing there!

This kind of situation was impossible even if he soul-searched a fool unless the person’s memories were completely wiped out by someone, and no new memories were added. But from the youth’s performance, this was impossible.

Interesting… He’s not obstructing my soul-search, but his memories are completely blank. Wang Baole narrowed his eyes and thought secretly in his heart about the possibility of this youth actually being a prince…

As Wang Baole thought, the youth’s body trembled, and fear appeared in his eyes. Seemingly afraid of getting beaten up again, he paused for a while before speaking with a shaky voice.

“Don’t be mistaken, Daddy. Since I was young, my body has been different from everyone else. Other people have searched my soul before and similarly didn’t get any results. I also don’t know what’s going on… Please don’t beat me up.” As the youth spoke, tears trickled down his face again, falling on the caligae that he claimed one hundred thousand concubines weaved for him using hair.

Looking at the youth’s cowardly behavior and considering that he was only at the Core Formation realm, looked ordinary, and didn’t have an aura like himself, Wang Baole thought again and did a body search on the youth. This included his storage bags. He didn’t even neglect the small mirrors on his clothes.

After finally confirming that they were trash, Wang Baole furrowed his brows. He secretly thought that this guy didn’t own any Dharmic treasures, and he could tell that he was poor just by looking. Even if he was some prince, the civilization he belonged to must have been extremely weak.

After coming to this conclusion, Wang Baole instantly lost interest in the youth and was too lazy to even ask for his name. He spoke coldly.

“Alright, no matter your identity and background, it’s none of my business. Look out for yourself.” As he spoke, Wang Baole turned around and prepared to leave.

He only came here to clear his mind and didn’t expect to receive anything. At this moment, he decided to go elsewhere to look around before returning to the Ice Phoenix Legion to continue researching the Heaven Shaking Divine Justice Shield.

After hearing Wang Baole’s words, the youth paused and took a quick look at the surroundings, confusion appearing in his eyes. He saw that Wang Baole had already turned around and was staring at his back. Struggling for a while, the youth quickly shouted, “Daddy, where are we…”

Wang Baole stopped. Since the youth had already called him daddy, he had to take care of him somewhat. So he threw out a jade scroll containing a map of the Divine Eye civilization.

The youth quickly caught it, and his face turned white after he quickly checked it. This star map was completely foreign to him, and the confusion brought about by the foreignness quickly turned into a feeling of danger and unease.

“Be careful when you go out, don’t get caught and turned into a pet by other people.” Wang Baole noticed the youth’s unease, but he felt that he had done all that he could to help. As for how the youth was going to leave, Wang Baole didn’t care. With a flick of his body, he left the area, entered the path, and decided to head out.

But as he stepped onto the path, the sound of the youth nearing, as well as his anxious shouts, sounded from behind him.

“Wait for me, Daddy…” The youth had no choice. Looking at the star map, he felt a strong sense of unease. At the same time, it seemed like only the guy in front of him could help him in this foreign place. After all, although the guy had quirks and beat him up, he didn’t kill him in the end. This made the youth instinctively want to follow him.

He could see Wang Baole’s annoyance, but the unease in his heart left him with no other choice. So after he caught up with Wang Baole, he started sucking up to him continuously and could be said to have gone all out to do so.

Walking in front, Wang Baole took a look at the youth that was following him like a dog skin plaster. The more he listened to the youth’s skilled bootlicking, the more he felt that the youth couldn’t possibly be a prince. So he put on a face as he walked out of the cave. Standing on the meteorite and about to enter his battleship parked in the cosmos, he turned back and stared at the youth.

“Stop following me!”

“Daddy, don’t leave me here… I have a sister, she’s a famous beauty in the Black Earth Empire. I can introduce her to you. Don’t worry, with my help, you’ll definitely succeed!” The youth slapped his chest. After trying all methods of bootlicking and realizing they had little to no effect, he started playing the badger game.

Hearing this, although Wang Baole had no feelings for the lady who was sold before even meeting him, the youth’s words tickled his fancy. He thought that the youth’s personality was similar to that of the donkey. They were both the type that wouldn’t listen unless one beat them. So he rolled his eyes and took a few looks at the youth.

“If you were to introduce your sister to me, your daddy, how would you address your sister after that?”

The youth froze, then took a deep breath and said hastily, “Daddy, I have an aunt that’s not bad. My father also just accepted another concubine. She’s drop-dead gorgeous. I’ll introduce her to you! At that time, the three women will serve you together and become a much-told tale in the star domain!”

Wang Baole was somewhat helpless, and he was about to wave his hand to dismiss the youth’s thought. The youth was very intelligent and quickly became anxious. He rapidly swept his gaze over Wang Baole’s body and kept analyzing his needs, trying to figure out how to increase his value in his heart. When he looked at the battleship parked in the cosmos, his eyes lit up, and he shouted, “Daddy, I have a recipe for a Divine Armament in my memories. I’ll give it to you! Please protect me for a period of time, Daddy!”

The youth didn’t show any signs of coercing. Instead, he decisively took out a jade scroll and immediately imprinted the recipe, which was considered high level even in the Black Earth Empire, onto it. He then passed the scroll to Wang Baole respectfully.

Seeing the youth’s actions and his decisiveness, Wang Baole couldn’t help but stop in his tracks. He took the jade scroll and swept across it with his consciousness. Immediately, his eyes narrowed. After a moment, he raised his head, took a deep look at the youth, and started pondering.

The recipe did indeed contain the refinement method for a type of Divine Armament. It was extremely weird. At the same time, it was more of a refinement technique. Using this technique, he could disassemble a Divine Armament, then attach it onto an enemy’s Divine Armament like a parasite. This would then achieve the effect of stealing and absorption!

It was of extremely high level, and it far exceeded all artifact refinement techniques that Wang Baole had come across. Even Wang Baole could understand at most ten percent of the recipe after taking a quick look at it.

Wang Baole had a feeling that once he completely mastered this recipe, his artifact refinement skills would improve by leaps and bounds and reach a higher level. While this moved him, it also made him interested in the youth. So after pondering, Wang Baole slowly asked, “What’s your name?”

“The national crest of the Black Earth Empire is a parrot, so my father named me Ji Wuzi. You can call me Little Wu, Daddy!”