The City’s Strongest Son-in-law

On the way back to the Shen Family, Su Changfeng couldn’t help but ask, ”What exactly do you mean?”

”Since we are already married, you are my husband. Is there any need to hide?” Shen Rushuang said expressionlessly.

”The Shen Family and City Lord Mansion don’t get along well. Wang Junyi will surely hate me to the core. You caused such a scene today, are you trying to use Wang Junyi to get rid of me?” Su Changfeng asked.

”He doesn’t have the guts. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have married smoothly.” Shen Rushuang said.

Su Changfeng frowned. Shen Rushuang’s words also made sense. If Wang Junyi wanted to kill him, he would have done it long ago.

However, Su Changfeng did not believe that Shen Rushuang would do this without reason. Publicly acknowledging his identity is definitely not simple.

”Even if Wang Junyi doesn’t have the guts, you probably do want me dead, right?” Su Changfeng asked again.

”You’re overthinking. Since you’re my husband, why would I want you dead?” Shen Rushuang said lightly.

For some reason, Su Changfeng always felt that the woman in front of him was not simple. Although she stood before him, he couldn’t see through her thoughts. She was a woman with deep thoughts and ruthless means.

”What plans do you have for the hunting competition?” Su Changfeng continued to ask, knowing that something would definitely happen then, otherwise, why would Shen Rushuang have him participate?

”No plans. Everyone wants to tame Exotic Beasts to gain the royal favor. No one doesn’t want such luck. Tianshui City might be nice, but it’s just a small town in the Tianyuan Continent. Anyone with ambition wouldn’t want to spend their life in such a small place.” Shen Rushuang seemed not to intend to hide from him, answering all of Su Changfeng’s questions.

With just a few words, Shen Rushuang’s ambition was exposed. Her words did not conceal her discontent, as if spending a lifetime in a small place like Tianshui City couldn’t satisfy her.

This means that Shen Rushuang is probably interested in the position of City Lord, but her goal is definitely not just the small City Lord Mansion.

It seems Shen Rushuang is completely different from Shen Hanxue. Shen Hanxue is of the nature that doesn’t fight with the world. In the Shen Family, she simply went about her business, not caring about fame or fortune, and if there wasn’t no other way in the end, she surely wouldn’t have turned against the Shen Family.

Back at the Shen Family, Shen Rushuang gave Su Changfeng a book.

”What is this?” Su Changfeng asked with a puzzled look.

”You said you forgot the past, right? By reading this book, you will roughly understand the matters of the Tianyuan Continent.” After putting down the book, Shen Rushuang left, not caring at all about her newlywed husband.

Su Changfeng naturally didn’t mind. After returning, he started flipping through the book. What he most wanted to do now was to quickly familiarize himself with this world, and since Shen Rushuang was willing to give him the opportunity, he certainly wouldn’t miss it.

”Miss, you actually don’t need to waste time on him.” The maid said. Knowing that Shen Rushuang planned to kill Su Changfeng, in her eyes, Miss didn’t need to bother with this guy.

”Consider it my benevolence then.” Shen Rushuang said expressionlessly.

Hearing this, the maid said no more, but she didn’t believe it. She had been with Shen Rushuang since she was young, so she understood Miss’ personality very well. She wasn’t the kind to waste her time for mere benevolence. This was definitely part of her plan.

But since Miss hadn’t told her, the maid naturally wouldn’t speak up. After all, she was just a servant and had no right to inquire about her master’s business; her duty was to serve Miss well.

In the following days, Su Changfeng stayed in his room, studying the book Shen Rushuang gave him. It detailed matters of the Tianyuan Continent.

The Tianyuan Continent had a cultivation system, but the book didn’t elaborate much, likely because the author didn’t understand the mysteries. The system had nine realms, from First Rank to Ninth Grade, with Ninth Grade being the highest. Above Ninth Grade is an existence known as Primordial Essence.

But Primordial Essence was numerous, less than ten in the Tianyuan Continent. Nonetheless, Primordial Essence was extremely powerful, possessing the might to hold off countless enemies single-handedly.

Besides these, there was a revered status on the Tianyuan Continent, pursued by nations: Beast Tamer, the skill to tame Exotic Beasts, as Shen Rushuang had mentioned.

Those with such talent received the highest of treatments, comparable to Primordial Essence.

Thus, should a Beast Tamer emerge, nations would undoubtedly scramble to win them over.

Thinking of something, Su Changfeng instinctively glanced at the small snake coiled on his arm. Does he count as a Beast Tamer mentioned in the book? Might he be pursued by nations?

He chuckled and shook his head, dismissing these random thoughts, and continued reading the book which also detailed information about the three countries of the Tianyuan Continent. Su Changfeng’s Tianshui City belonged to Xingluo Country. Aside from Xingluo, there was Dongling and Beizhou.

The situation in Dongling was described with the simple term ”magical” by the author. As for what was magical about it, the book didn’t say. Su Changfeng was quite curious.

The situation in Beizhou was straightforward. The people there were described as crude, eating raw meat, their actions extremely rough.

Reading through the book didn’t take Su Changfeng much time, but at least he wasn’t completely clueless about this world now.

At this point, the maid came in, still wearing an expressionless face, and said indifferently, ”In the coming days, you had better stay quietly in your room.”

”What do you mean?” Su Changfeng asked, looking at the other party curiously. Clearly, Shen Rushuang said he could go out and have a look, but he had only gone out once and was grounded again?

”Your identity has been exposed. There are many of Wang Junyi’s people outside now. If you go out, they will surely target you.” The maid said coldly.

Su Changfeng understood and said, ”Alright, I have nothing to do in the meantime, staying in the room is fine.”

Upon hearing this, a flash of contempt passed quickly through the maid’s eyes, though she quickly concealed it, but Su Changfeng saw it.

Yet he didn’t care. After all, he was a City Lord’s House son, so it’s better for him to keep a low profile. Otherwise, if he got into trouble, he would be completely doomed.

”What you’re doing might as well mean sleeping forever,” the maid said coldly, then left.

Su Changfeng stood up and stretched, muttering to himself, ”Little girl, what do you understand? I’m just worried if I impulsively kill Wang Junyi, I can’t handle the consequences.”

Although Su Changfeng wasn’t sure which realm his power corresponded to, in such a small town, it likely didn’t have many powerful masters. Perhaps with his current strength, he could crush everyone in Tianshui City.

However, he was an outsider. How could he casually expose his strength?

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