Chapter 497: I have a way

In the end, the tea was finished, and Shang Wu was taken back to the mansion by Shang Ling.

Xu Que saw the expression on Shang Ling's face before he left—eager and ready to try—and knew that upon returning, Shang Wu would definitely receive a brutal beating.

For this reason, he enthusiastically proposed several brutal beating plans to Shang Ling.

For example, "hanging him up and whipping him," abbreviated as "hanging beating"! Or calling his wife over to form a husband-and-wife team for a mixed-gender double beating—more volume without increasing the price, giving Shang Wu double the love!

Shang Ling listened, dumbstruck, knowing that Xu Que must have experienced it himself to understand so many methods, so he nodded repeatedly, declaring that he must use these methods on Shang Wu several times over.

After all, with the excellent Xu Que as a role model, Shang Ling also hoped to train Shang Wu into an elite talent like Xu Que; he couldn't spoil Shang Wu anymore!

Thus, after seeing them off, only Situ Haitang and Xu Que remained in the teahouse.

Xu Que had a smile on his face, feeling very gratified.

Situ Haitang stared at Xu Que for a long time before shaking her head: "You are really bad, playing tricks on people like this! Even Uncle Shang and the others were deceived by you!"

"I'm doing this for their own good. You tell me yourself, does Shang Wu deserve a beating? This time, it's out of respect for you that I didn't do anything to him! If he offends someone else one day, I'm afraid it'll be a dead end for him!" Xu Que said meaningfully.

Situ Haitang said indifferently: "Whether he lives or dies has nothing to do with me! But what you said is indeed reasonable. I also don't want to see Uncle Shang bury his own son, so I didn't expose you just now!"

"Eh, you're wrong there. After all, we're in the same boat, so how could we expose each other so easily?" Xu Que said unhappily.

Situ Haitang was stunned: "When was I in the same boat as you?"

"A long time ago! When we were in the Snow Mountain Sacred Land, you promised to join our Exploding Heaven Gang and train a powerful team!" Xu Que said grandly.

Situ Haitang immediately had black lines on her head, speechless: "I didn't promise you at that time!"

"I don't care, just pretend you promised. Besides, in a while, I'm going overseas with the Water Emperor, and I don't know how long it will take, so you can continue to be your City Lord while training a powerful Exploding Heaven Gang army!" Xu Que directly acted like a rascal, forcing Situ Haitang to join the Exploding Heaven Gang.

He valued Situ Haitang's ability to train troops; it was indeed very strong!

And Situ Haitang, hearing that Xu Que was going overseas, couldn't help but be shocked: "You're leaving?"

"Yeah! But it's not like I'm not coming back, don't be afraid! Just help me train the army first. Have you heard a saying? The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility! Since you have such strong ability, you must shoulder this responsibility and help me strengthen the Exploding Heaven Gang to realize my wish of saving the world!" Xu Que said sonorously, his face full of lofty ambition!

Situ Haitang rolled her eyes in annoyance, completely speechless.

You, saving the world? Who are you kidding? You want to bring disaster to the world, right?

However, since Xu Que had said it to this point, Situ Haitang couldn't refuse, and after becoming City Lord, she was quite bored, so she was somewhat moved.

After pondering for a while, she finally nodded: "Training the army for you is no problem, but where is your army?"

"In the Imperial City, it's those three thousand Snow City troops!" Xu Que blinked and said.

Situ Haitang immediately widened her eyes and shook her head: "Xu Que, you seem to be getting more and more shameless. Since when did our Snow City army become the Exploding Heaven Gang's?"

"Oh, don't worry about these details. Isn't what's yours mine? Besides, I'm assuming you've agreed to join the Exploding Heaven Gang; from now on, we're a family.

Come, come, come, it's happily decided then. Follow me back to the Imperial City in a few days, bring them back, and during this time they've been operating the Exploding Heaven Gang Wanda Plaza in the Imperial City, they must have earned a lot of spirit stones. When the time comes, take them all back as military funds; buy whatever needs to be bought." Xu Que continued to carry forward his shameless spirit, smiling.

Situ Haitang was helpless; she couldn't out-talk Xu Que at all.

But considering what Xu Que had done for Snow City, Situ Haitang felt that giving him three thousand troops was no big deal, so she simply nodded and agreed.

In the end, the two returned to the City Lord's Mansion and went to rest separately.

Xu Que rarely didn't take advantage of the night to flirt with Situ Haitang, because he knew the success rate was definitely zero!

A tomboy like Situ Haitang was very difficult to flirt with; it required time to flirt slowly. If he flirted too fast, it would instead cause disgust. Shang Wu was a typical example!

So that night, after kicking Er Gouzi out of the room, Xu Que slept honestly.

Early the next morning, just as the sky brightened, Xu Que rarely didn't sleep in; he hurriedly kicked Er Gouzi awake and called it to go watch a show!

Er Gouzi was full of unwillingness, shouting: "Watch what show? This Divine Venerable never watches shows!"

"You silly dog, Shang Wu was beaten by his father last night. If we don't go congratulate him, wouldn't that be embarrassing?"

"Shang Wu was beaten? Haha, this show, this Divine Venerable loves to watch!" Er Gouzi immediately became spirited, scrambled up, and rushed out quickly.

The man and the dog rushed outside Shang Wu's mansion, only to find the gate wide open and the courtyard completely quiet.

An old man was sitting cross-legged there, closing his eyes to rest and breathing in spiritual energy—it was Shang Ling!

Seeming to sense that guests had arrived, Shang Ling suddenly opened his eyes and said in surprise: "Young Friend Zhuge, why are you here? Is there something important?"

"No, no, just passing by, so I came to visit Sect Master Shang!" Xu Que said with a full face of smiles, stepping inside.

Er Gouzi followed sneakily behind, its eyes darting around everywhere.

Shang Ling quickly stood up to welcome them, smiling: "Young Friend Zhuge is truly thoughtful! Sigh, if only my son could be half as good as Young Friend Zhuge, I could die in peace in the future!"

"Oh? Could it be that the method I taught Sect Master Shang didn't work?" Hearing Shang Ling mention Shang Wu, Xu Que's eyes immediately lit up, full of interest.

Shang Ling shook his head and sighed: "Sigh, after all, he is my own child; I could never bring myself to be truly ruthless. Last night I intended to scold him, but he cried and said he would repent and reform, and would definitely cultivate diligently in the future. I softened my heart for a moment and let him go. I didn't expect that early this morning, he went out to indulge in debauchery with others again. It truly angers me!"

"Ah, that won't do! Sect Master Shang, you must be ruthless. Although it hurts the child, it pains the father's heart. But there is a good old saying: 'If a child is not taught, it is the father's fault!'" Xu Que hurriedly advised.

He had originally wanted to come and watch Shang Wu make a fool of himself, but as it turned out, that guy hadn't been beaten at all and had even gone off to indulge in debauchery. His life was too comfortable, right?

"Sigh!" Shang Ling was helpless and sighed again.

"Sect Master Shang, I have a way. I wonder if you'd be willing to try it!" At this moment, Xu Que suddenly thought of an idea and asked with a smile. ===== CHAPTER 498 =====