Chapter 1869

"Not for now. Where is the person?"

Su Xiao opened his eyes. He had just taken a short nap. After all, he was about to enter the Dead Silence City, and whether he would have a chance to rest after arriving there was unknown.

"Bring them in."

Wu Fu looked toward the door and coughed lightly. The smile on his face vanished; he already had some of the majesty of someone in power.

Two personal guards dragged a cloth bag into the room.

"Mmph! Mmph!"

The person inside the bag was struggling. Seeing this, Wu Fu leaned over and whispered in Su Xiao's ear: "My lord, this extraordinary individual is the most outstanding one we could find. She can shield sound, perception, vibration, light sensitivity, and even most energy within 300 meters. If she doesn't obey, I have four other candidates, but their abilities are far inferior; the best of them can only shield sound and a small portion of vibration."

"Hmm, understood."

"Open it."

Under Wu Fu's order, the bag was opened, revealing a woman tied up like a dumpling with a cloth gag in her mouth. Clearly, this wild extraordinary individual was not very cooperative, so Wu Fu had dispatched 1,000 Border Army soldiers to "invite" her over.

"My lord, this is 'Nodding Crow'."

Wu Fu took a glass bottle from his bosom containing a pale yellow medicinal liquid.

"Mmph! Mmph!"

Seeing the "Nodding Crow" potion, the female extraordinary individual struggled even more violently, and three long swords were held against her neck.

After the female extraordinary individual stopped struggling, the personal guards untied the ropes on her body and retreated to the door. Although the door was closed, they would immediately rush into the room if there was any movement.

"Huff, huff... who are you people?"

The female extraordinary individual gasped for air. She had short flaxen hair, wore fitted leather armor on her upper body, and her thick cloth coat had many small pockets. On her waist was a loose leather belt that made one feel her pants might fall off at any moment.

"I am Wu Fu, the current Right Imperial of the Empire."

Wu Fu looked coldly at the female extraordinary individual. Facts proved that being able to work under Su Xiao meant there were basically no good people. Wu Fu was a military rogue in his youth, and although he luckily climbed to the position of commander in middle age, he also had a checkered history, belonging to the type of person who would be thrown by those in power wherever there was dirty or tiring work.

"Right... Right Imperial?"

The female extraordinary individual looked at Wu Fu in astonishment. Although she was a wild extraordinary individual, she knew who the Right Imperial was—a big shot whose stomp could shake the entire Holy City, or even the entire Empire.

The female extraordinary individual was named Veroni. Judging from her record of 12 imprisonments, she was not a heinous person. These 12 imprisonment experiences were extremely bizarre: fighting in a bar, accidentally injuring the uncle next door who was buying vegetables, "kidnapping" a noble's maid and subsequently being blackmailed by that maid, leading to both being imprisoned, and stealing the guardrail of the Holy City wall, later claiming it was caused by sleepwalking.

Judging from the fact that the total time of her 12 imprisonments did not exceed two years, the worst thing she had ever done was that kidnapping case.

Veroni looked at Wu Fu in astonishment and swallowed hard. Soon, she turned her gaze to Su Xiao, because both Wu Fu and the Old God-stick were standing, while only Su Xiao was sitting there, holding a plate of steaming seafood noodles in his hand.

She glanced at Wu Fu, then looked at Su Xiao, and her heart skipped a beat. She thought to herself, could this be the new King who was recently crowned? Wasn't the new King a woman?

"Your name is..."

Wu Fu tapped his head with his finger. He had to deal with too many people every day and couldn't remember Veroni's name at all.

"I am Veroni, 21 years old, living in Iron Fang outside the Holy City, single, my hometown is in..."

"Stop, stop, stop."

Wu Fu waved his hand and looked at Su Xiao.

"My lord, is this one okay?"

Su Xiao didn't speak, just slurped his seafood noodles, looking Veroni up and down. Finally, he looked at the Old God-stick.

"How about this one? If it doesn't work, let Wu Fu dispose of it."

Su Xiao's seemingly casual words made Veroni feel a chill in her heart. She could be certain that this was definitely a super big shot. The Right Imperial was subservient in front of the other party like a lackey. As a wild extraordinary individual, she would be crushed to death in minutes.

"This person..."

The Old God-stick immediately understood Su Xiao's meaning and also began to look Veroni up and down. Wu Fu on the side also understood. He didn't know how many times he had cooperated with Su Xiao in such matters, so he stepped forward.

"I, I am very strong—no, wait, I am very useful. I can..."

"Dispose of it."

Su Xiao suddenly spoke. The Old God-stick sighed, pressed his hand to his chest, and said, "Poor child, God will accept you."

"Wait, wait, at least let me know what you want me to do. Dying like this is too unwilling."

Veroni had actually wanted to pounce on Su Xiao many times, capture this super big shot, use the other party as a hostage to escape the manor, and then fly far away. At worst, she would just go abroad to "eat grass."

"Wu Fu, hand this over to you. You from the subsequent candidates..."

Just as Su Xiao opened his mouth, Veroni suddenly erupted. Without any movement, she had already circled behind Su Xiao, holding Su Xiao's throat with one hand.

"Don't come over!"

Veroni roared. Although her arms were slender, her strength was not small.

"You, and you—I'm talking about you, Imperial Right Imperial, step back! Otherwise, I'll break his neck."

Veroni gasped for air, her heart pounding. She held Su Xiao's neck with one arm, while Su Xiao continued to chew the noodles in his mouth.

"Calm down. If anything happens to him, 370,000 soldiers in the Holy City will chop you into pieces to feed the dogs. I won't let you go, and the Left Imperial Walkley won't either."

Wu Fu's cheeks were twitching; after all, acting was also very tiring.

"I don't care. You forced me. I was sleeping, and suddenly a bag was put over me. Even if I die today, you won't have a good time either. Seeing you, the Imperial Right Imperial, so nervous, is really great."

Veroni turned her head to look at Su Xiao, who was close at hand. To her astonishment, after Su Xiao swallowed the noodles in his mouth, he naturally picked up the white napkin on the side and wiped the soup from the corner of his mouth.

"You, don't move!"

"Not bad, at least the crisis reaction is good, not enough to lose judgment in the Dead Silence City."

As Su Xiao spoke, he raised his hand and grabbed Veroni's arm. Veroni retracted her arm as if she had been electrocuted and retreated several steps in succession.

"My lord, as long as you are satisfied, I still have to deal with the turmoil in the South Border, so..."

"Go."

"Yes."

Wu Fu pushed the door and walked out of the room, leaving Veroni behind, doubting her life.

"Finding you isn't any important matter. I'm going to enter the Dead Silence City tomorrow morning and need your ability. You have the right to refuse."

Su Xiao sat back in his chair. The Old God-stick on the side looked at Veroni with gentle eyes, almost saying, "Child, the God of Light is sheltering you."

"Dead Silence City? Isn't that a legend?"

Veroni didn't dare to mention refusal because she knew that after learning Su Xiao was going to enter the Dead Silence City, refusing was equivalent to death.

"You don't need to worry about that. As long as you are willing to enter the Dead Silence City, feel free to make any demands."

"I want 3 million Black Stones!"

Veroni hesitated several times before making this offer. At least in her view, this was an impossible sky-high price.

"Okay."

"Huh?"

Veroni retreated a few more steps. She had originally wanted to name a high price and then bargain with Su Xiao, letting Su Xiao help her do something.

The Old God-stick walked out of the room and returned in less than half a minute.

With a clatter, a large cloth bag was thrown in front of Veroni. Currency carved from crystals spilled out with a clatter, reflecting a black, shiny luster in the sunlight, very tempting.

"This is 5 million Black Stones. It belongs to you now."

Su Xiao was not worried about Veroni playing any tricks after arriving at the Dead Silence City, because once there, unless Veroni wanted to die, she could only cooperate. Moreover, Su Xiao had subsequent means.

"I, I..."

Veroni, who had been turned into a repeater by money, leaned against the window. She swore to heaven that she really had just been opening her mouth like a lion.

Poverty limited Veroni's imagination. Even if she had asked for 10 million Black Stones just now, it would only have resulted in two large cloth bags being thrown in front of her; nothing else would have changed. These funds were obtained by Su Xiao during the power struggle, and they had no use for him anyway.