Chapter 297: President, help!

Fu Xing said timidly, "It can't really be considered a move, can it...?"

He thought of that person; it seemed they hadn't made a move either?

Yes, thinking about it, he still owed them a punch...

Fu Xing's head throbbed even more.

"Don't be afraid, young man. In my Elixir Pagoda, could anyone so brazen as to make a move possibly escape?" Shi Ti thought Fu Xing was afraid to speak, so he let out a cold laugh.

Even with a cold laugh, his face still held some kindness, but his tone remained very displeased.

"That fellow, what level of cultivation does he have to cause such damage?""Grandmaster?""Throne?"

Shi Ti watched Fu Xing's embarrassed, silent face, pondering. If a Throne had made a move, this young man would probably have exploded on the spot. Mainland regulations stipulated that Throne realm experts could only fight against other Throne realm experts, and were not allowed to personally attack Spirit Refiners of lower realms. He figured Fu Xing must have been taught a lesson by a Grandmaster? But Fu Xing's swordsmanship was extraordinary; an ordinary Sky-Image Realm practitioner couldn't do anything to him.

Thinking of this, Shi Ti firmly stated, "Yin-Yang Realm? Peak Yin-Yang?""Or even... Star-Sacrifice Realm!"

Fu Xing panicked. He didn't dare let President Shi Ti continue to speculate; he feared that by the time the President finished listing all possibilities, he would find it even harder to speak.

"It's not like that," the young master, blushing, tilted his head and looked at a crack in the floor, saying, "It was the Yuan-Court Realm, Yuan-Court Realm, mid-stage."

*Clang!*

After a moment of silence, the female assistant, who was holding a tray of spirit herbs – something that even explosions couldn't dislodge – dropped it directly to the ground in utter shock. The others were even more dumbfounded, staring blankly and unable to speak.

After a moment of shock, President Shi Ti's face turned a shade paler. "Yuan-Court Realm?""Are you joking with me, young man?"

He pointed at the large hole in the ground, looking at the crowd below peering upwards, and angrily said, "Such a huge hole, and you're telling me a Yuan-Court Realm practitioner made it?"

Fu Xing explained, "It's not exactly that he made it; it was mainly my 'Violet Dragon's Roar' being counter-shocked..." At the mention of counter-shock, he thought again of that person's counter-shocking power, and found himself unable to explain clearly for a moment. Perhaps he himself could make a hole in this wall?"Sigh, it's hard to explain."

Fu Xing didn't want to be embarrassed any further. At that moment, he just wanted to go home, wrap himself in a quilt, and sleep. To treat it as a dream...

Shi Ti looked at his expression, which went from wanting to speak but hesitating, to completely collapsing, and realized there was probably more to this matter than met the eye.

He waved a hand. "Come down with me to confront him. With the guards here, the culprit can't escape!"

Fu Xing pouted, weakly saying, "I don't want to go down."

That person, he already didn't want to face them... Escape? Then let him escape! In life, sometimes learning to avoid facing reality might make one more comfortable.

"You don't want to?" Shi Ti's voice rose a few decibels. "Is this a question of whether you want to or not? With such a big hole, if you don't want to confront him, do you want your father to come and confront him?"

"I..." Fu Xing's face went green. If his father came, where would his dignity go? But... to go down and face that kid...

"No!" Shi Ti rolled his eyes, directly picked up the young man, and carrying him, jumped straight into the hole. "How convenient, no need to take the stairs... Pfft! Damn that culprit! To dare blow up my Elixir Pagoda like this, you are destined to be unable to escape!"

*Thump, thump, thump!*

Footsteps kept coming; some ran from the stairwell, while others directly jumped down floor by floor. None of these people, whether curious onlookers or those enraged by the explosion and seeking justice, directly made a move. Clearly, everyone present was a high-ranking member of society, with excellent decorum.

"Received a curse, Passive Value: 67.""Received resentment, Passive Value: 199.""Received gazes, Passive Value: 233."Xu Xiaoshou felt a chill in his heart.

With the crowd below watching, anyone new just needed one glance to know whom to focus on. Seeing the startled, angry gazes of those around him, he felt like retreating.

In any case, finding President Shi Ti wasn't urgent, and obtaining the alchemist's badge wasn't that pressing either. "Junior Sister, let's go first..."

"You can't leave!" The guard immediately interrupted him. To be honest, if there was anyone more flustered than Xu Xiaoshou at the scene, it was him. However, as a guard, it was his duty; how could he let the person involved just run away like that?

"I didn't make a move!" Xu Xiaoshou said very seriously.

"I know you didn't make a move," the guard sighed, saying, "But you still need to stay and give an explanation..."

"Why don't *you* explain it? It wasn't my doing!" The damage at Tiansang Spirit Palace previously was indeed his doing, and Xu Xiaoshou could admit to that. But this time, he couldn't admit it. This was the Elixir Pagoda, not Tiansang Spirit Palace; if no one had his back, how could he recklessly admit to it? Besides, it genuinely wasn't his fault.

"Let Xu Xiaoshou go," Mu Zixi, standing to the side, finally couldn't help but speak. The guard looked at her and slowly shook his head.

The young girl's eyes held pity. "Are you sure you really want to keep him here?" The guard couldn't decipher the meaning in her eyes, but simply nodded. It was an unavoidable situation. Staying might mean things weren't as bad as they seemed.

Mu Zixi indicated understanding. She took a step back, and her large eyes once again became devoid of joy or sorrow. She believed they were mistaken. The best course of action right now, she thought, should be to send him away, not to find ways to keep him. However, she had done her best.

She looked at her senior brother, who appeared restless, constantly shifting his feet slightly, yet a thoughtful glint appeared in his eyes. Mu Zixi was startled by this and quickly retreated a few steps, to avoid collateral damage.

"The President!""President Shi Ti is here!"

Amidst exclamations, a white-haired old man dropped from above. Xu Xiaoshou looked up.

This was an exceedingly kind old man, perfectly fitting all of Xu Xiaoshou's imaginings of the noble profession of an alchemist. Judging purely by his appearance, he was a good-natured old man.

President Shi Ti walked over slowly, his eyes containing anger. He tried hard to look fiercer, but it was to no avail. Instead, it added a touch of a clueless old man's charm.

Shi Ti arrived at the center of the gathered crowd, followed closely by Fu Xing, who was hanging his head in shame. "You, are you the culprit?"

When this question was asked, everyone present fell silent. This was the moment they had been waiting for. This young man dared to make a move in the Elixir Pagoda; did he truly think President Shi Ti was so kind that he could be taken advantage of?

"You are the President?"Shi Ti nodded.

After getting an affirmative answer, Xu Xiaoshou took a deep breath. In an instant, his eyes turned red. Like a child who had suffered immense grievance, he had finally found someone who could deliver justice for him. Under everyone's stunned gazes, Xu Xiaoshou directly lunged forward, and with a tear-streaked face, hugged President Shi Ti's leg. The next second, tears streamed from the young man's red eyes, and he burst into a "Waaah!"

"President, please save me!"