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Chapter 232 - 230 Si Xue: Take Off Your Clothes

Chapter 232: Chapter 230 Si Xue: Take Off Your Clothes

"..."

Although Niu Ma felt something was amiss, he still extended his tentacle into the tree hollow.

The tentacle groped downward, then imprinted the "Ctrl" and "V" keys onto the annual rings.

A faint "Belief" symbol appeared on the rings, as if it weren’t pressed hard enough on the carbon paper.

"Ahhh~"

The French Plane Tree emitted a sound of satisfaction.

Although it didn’t substantially increase its strength, having the key to ascend to a higher level of life made it excited beyond measure.

"As long as you’re happy. I’m off then."

Niu Ma greeted and prepared to leave.

"Idiotic human, you’d best stay away from that woman. She’ll devour you sooner or later."

In a great mood, the French Plane Tree offered a piece of advice.

"Oh."

He responded indifferently.

"You seem not to care at all?"

The French Plane Tree asked, puzzled.

"Indeed not too concerned, I’m leaving."

Niu Ma retracted his tentacle and turned to leave.

The entire Metropolis wanted to swallow him whole, skin and bones; what difference would another novelist make?

"Tsk, there’s a saying amongst you humans, ’Ignore the wise, suffer the consequences’. You’ll understand when the time comes."

The French Plane Tree muttered disdainfully.

"Aren’t you only eighteen years old?"

Niu Ma looked at it skeptically.

"...None of your business! Scram."

A root coiled around him and flung him out like a stone, landing him right in front of the novelist.

"Hiss~"

He stood up, rubbing his behind.

The novelist had just signed for a takeaway on the road, and now, without the attribute enhancement from his Legendary Armor, the fall actually hurt a bit.

"Senior, do you want me to teach that tree some manners?"

The novelist said with a cold glint in her eyes.

"No need. Both of you would end up hurt, and I’d be the one troubled in the end."

Niu Ma shook his head.

Besides, the novelist spoke as if indignantly on his behalf, so why didn’t she catch him when he fell just now?

He cast a disdainful glance at the novelist, who smiled awkwardly in response.

The novelist didn’t know why she hadn’t reacted; perhaps it was because the senior looked rather cute when he was tossed out.

"Let’s go."

Niu Ma patted his bottom and headed towards the Bloody Restaurant.

And the novelist followed suit, step by step, then suddenly turned around and made a chopping gesture towards the French Plane Tree.

"Cut it out!"

The French Plane Tree responded with two raised middle fingers.

Once it turned into a Phoenix, it could swallow a hundred of these insects in one bite.

Niu Ma kept walking forward, seemingly oblivious to everything happening behind him.

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"You seem to have had a lot of fun, kid."

Niu Ma looked at Niu Ma, who entered with a refreshed expression, and remarked.

"It was okay, just danced a bit and had some special drinks."

He shrugged.

"Coming back this early, your stamina isn’t that great, huh?"

Niu Ma glanced at the time and spoke with a somewhat smug tone.

Seems like it’s not just him, Niu Ma, who’s impotent.

"Boss, isn’t there a chance I went to a ball, not an ’impart’?"

Niu Ma said with an empty stare.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible. I know all about high society’s nonsense. A ball is an ’impart’, an ’impart’ is a ball!"

Niu Ma stated with conviction.

"Whatever you say."

He was too lazy to explain and sat down at his own seat.

Just as he was sitting down, the phone rang.

Though it was for Niu Ma.

"Boss, what can I do for you?"

Niu Ma’s lustful grin turned serious instantly.

"Yes, okay, I’ll send him over immediately."

Niu Ma hung up the phone.

"The boss wants you to stop by her office."

He told Niu Ma.

"Alright."

Niu Ma nodded and prepared to stand up to leave.

"Wait, take out your employee meal first."

Niu Ma called out to him.

"Boss, didn’t you already eat your fill?"

Niu Ma commented on his belly that looked like it housed a nest of calves.

"Mind your own business. I could eat ten more servings. And how many times have I told you, it’s a test of obedience, a test of obedience, do you get it?"

Niu Ma emphasized.

"I think this is not a test of obedience but a test of gastric endurance."

While complaining, he took out his employee meal from the cabinet.

Thankfully, it was just an ordinary meal without any special attributes, so it wasn’t a big loss.

After offering the employee meal to Niu Ma, Niu Ma left the break room and headed straight for the crossroads.

Taking the elevator, he arrived at Si Xue’s office, where the backdrop had once again changed to the default Lava Sea.

"If I didn’t call for you, would you have kept the Five Virtues Text to yourself indefinitely?"

By the time he approached the platinum throne, Si Xue looked at him with a skewed eye and spoke.

"How could that be? I was hurrying to return the Five Virtues Text as soon as I was on my way back, just waiting for your summons,"

Liu Zheng said.

What he said was still basically the truth.

After all, the "faith" character had already been copied to the French Plane Tree, and the gala had ended; the effect of the Five Virtues Text had been fully realized, and keeping it on him would only be a burden.

"You’re quite conscientious. Don’t you want to try bearing the ’rite’ character? If you could combine all Five Virtues, I could also take the opportunity to eat that bird."

Si Xue licked her lips with her tongue.

The color was rosy, and the coating was a thin white; it looked very healthy.

"Boss, please spare me. If you really make me bear the ’rite’ character, not only will you not be able to eat the Phoenix, but you will also lose a loyal employee,"

Liu Zheng said with a wry smile.

"You? Loyal?"

Si Xue let out a derisive laugh.

"You have made more connections outside the restaurant than within, and you’ve even latched onto a bunch of big shots that even I don’t dare to provoke. Talking about loyalty is a bit laughable, isn’t it?"

"Building connections is to better carry out work, and meeting big shots is for delivering meals more efficiently. Just now, the Vice President-elect of the Writer’s Association invited me personally to join, promising to help me resolve work transfer issues, and I rejected without hesitation. My loyalty to you is clear as day,"

He said earnestly.

"Hmph, they even think about transferring people from the Bloody Restaurant; those pen-pushers from the Writer’s Association must be writing themselves loopy,"

Si Xue scoffed.

However, she also knew that the Writer’s Association indeed had that capability.

Ever since modernization began, the influence of the Writer’s Association on City Hall had grown increasingly significant.

Although the status of the Bloody Restaurant had not been lowered, it no longer had the absolute advantage it once did.

Mainly, Liu Zheng wasn’t that important to the restaurant.

If the Writer’s Association formally submitted a letter to City Hall requesting to transfer him, Si Xue really would have a hard time blocking it.

But she could not accept Liu Zheng’s resignation.

Although this human had been causing trouble since he started, he had indeed provided her with quite a bit of entertainment and benefits.

Whether it was for enjoyment or to use him for her personal errands, Si Xue had no intention of letting Liu Zheng leave.

"Indeed, our restaurant’s benefits and work atmosphere are so superior, and your leadership as the boss is so wise and correct, how could I ever bear to leave?"

Liu Zheng followed up, riding the momentum.

"You know your place. Did the President of the Writer’s Association arrive?"

Si Xue suddenly asked.

"I don’t think so, at least I haven’t seen him,"

He said cautiously.

After all, a being of that level definitely had ways to conceal their presence.

"Could it really be suffering from an inauspicious old age, covered in red fur?"

Si Xue muttered to herself

"If that’s the case, then it’s time to prepare early,"

She pondered.

Liu Zheng held his breath, trying hard to play the role of an invisible man.

He actually did not want to hear these big-wigs’ secret messages, as a single word from them could crush him to dust.

Fortunately, Si Xue did not continue on that subject.

She raised her hand, and the Obsidian Pillar imprisoning the Five-Colored Phoenix rose again from the sea of lava.

"Come closer,"

She commanded.

Liu Zheng immediately moved closer to Si Xue.

"Take off your clothes,"

She ordered again.

Liu Zheng promptly stripped off his clothes, including the Legendary Armor.

"Ottawa’s craftsmanship hasn’t fallen behind,"

Si Xue commented, looking at his body, which didn’t contain a trace of natural muscle, her expression a mix of a smile and not a smile.

He wasn’t sure if he should bring up his big brother, so he responded with an embarrassed smile.

But Si Xue didn’t dwell on this matter; she reached out a hand and tore off the "virtue" character from the top of his head, skin and flesh included.

"Mmph!"

A pain as if his soul was being torn apart made Liu Zheng shiver, but with his strong will, he didn’t cry out.

Si Xue took no notice of his pain, raising her hand to rip off the "benevolence," "righteousness," and "faith" characters from his body as well.

Finally unable to withstand the soul-deep agony, Liu Zheng fell to one knee, his forehead and back drenched in cold sweat.

Si Xue flicked the scraps of human skin in her hand towards the Obsidian Pillar; the skin immediately flew towards it and merged into the wounds on the Five-Colored Phoenix’s body, blending in incrementally.

The area covered by the human skin did not grow feathers, appearing somewhat comical.

Suddenly, the Five-Colored Phoenix opened its eyes.

Its sharp and clear phoenix gaze was fixed on Liu Zheng; a white beam shot through the Obsidian Pillar, directly aiming for his bosom.

"Still causing trouble despite being locked up,"

Si Xue lazily waved a hand, and a flash of a huge scaled claw appeared and vanished in an instant.

Next, the white beam was caught in her hand.

Si Xue opened her palm to see that it was a tear wrapped in flames.

"You’re not a Merfolk, so why the tears?"

She mocked.

"If you weren’t still of use, I would have eaten you by now. You better behave, it might spare you some agony."

Si Xue extended a finger, and a Stone Spear immediately grew from within the Obsidian Pillar.

With another flick of her finger, the spear rapidly ascended, piercing upwards from under the Phoenix at the cloacal site.

"Screech!!!"

A piercing scream echoed within the cavern, shaking the stalactites so much that several fell into the sea of lava below.

Liu Zheng winced as if his own rear had been pierced; to suffer such torture would truly be a fate worse than death.

Suddenly, he thought of the French Plane Tree.

If it were to become a Phoenix and get caught by the restaurant, it probably wouldn’t end up being prepared as a meal, but rather it might replace this Five-Colored Phoenix.

Still, looking at the Five-Colored Phoenix’s plight, it seemed a more merciful fate might be to become a dish.

"There’s something I need to tell you in advance. Tomorrow you need to deliver a meal to Emperor’s Garden, the orderer is Peacock,"

Si Xue lowered the Obsidian Pillar, then turned back to drop the news on Liu Zheng like a thunderclap from a clear sky.

"Ah, me?"

He responded with an expression as shockingly surprised as that of a sharp-nosed fish.

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