two golems

Chapter 272 The Secret of the Xu Family

"In this case, the problem is indeed serious." Zhu Youchen nodded thoughtfully and asked Mei Jiansong again: "Then do you know why the Xu family wants to smuggle the Holy Spirit Fruit?"

"I'm not sure." Mei Jiansong shook his head and said, "But the matter has reached this point. Even if we know the reasons, we can't change the results. Speaking of which, the Xu family's contribution to Lanxin City is still very great. It's a pity..."

Melolo said with complicated eyes: "Brother, why don't we go over and ask about the specific situation? Although Senior Xu is a bit annoying, she is still a teammate competing together."

"That's fine." Zhu Youchen nodded and said, "By the way, Uncle Mei, did the Xu family accept many people for the expulsion mission?"

"Quite a few." Mei Jiansong said: "Because the entire clan is being expelled, the rewards are relatively generous and have attracted many puppet masters. Several groups of people have already passed by before you came back."

"Then the Xu family is in danger now?" Melolo asked worriedly.

"Indeed." Mei Jiansong nodded and said: "Although the goal of the purge mission is only to expel, some conflicts will inevitably break out. This is what I am more worried about. After you go there, try to ensure the safety of the Xu family~!"

Zhu Youchen and Melolo nodded seriously, already aware of the current situation of the Xu family. After bidding farewell to Mei Jiansong, they hurried to the Xu family manor.

Although Situ Feixing didn't know anyone from the Xu family, he followed him. After all, they were teammates now.

"You have a good relationship with this Xu family?" Situ Feixing asked curiously on the way to the Xu family.

"We have nothing to do with the Xu family. The main thing is that we have a friend who is from the Xu family." Melolo replied.

"That's right." Situ Feixing suddenly nodded, then reminded with deep meaning: "But to be honest, smuggling Holy Spirit Fruit is not a trivial matter. Are you sure you want to get involved? And in this matter, my identity I’ll be more sensitive, so I’m afraid I won’t be able to help much.”

Zhu Youchen nodded clearly, expressing his understanding.

After all, Situ Feixing represents the Shadow and Puppet Palace. If he comes forward to help the Xu family, it will easily cause suspicion and damage the relationship between the Holy and Puppet Palace and the Shadow and Puppet Palace.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youchen couldn't help looking at Melolo who was beside him: "Luoluo, don't meddle in this matter."

"Why?" Melolo asked blankly.

"If you get involved, it will easily make people think that Uncle Mei is colluding with the Xu family." Zhu Youchen calmly analyzed: "In short, this matter is only easy for me, an unrelated person, to take action."

Hearing this, Merolo suddenly reacted and realized how impulsive he had just been.

"By the way, what is the specific origin of this Xu family?" Situ Feixing asked with interest.

"I don't know. I just know that they are a family that immigrated from other states and have been in our Lanxin City for more than 100 years." Melolo said.

"More than 100 years?" Situ Feixing frowned in confusion and said, "It's strange. You have been immigrating for so long. You should have been naturalized long ago, right? Why do you still need to take such a big risk?"

"Isn't that right~!" Merolo couldn't help but complain: "The Xu family's business has always been very good, there is absolutely no need to do such outrageous things."

"It seems there are other reasons." Situ Feixing said meaningfully.

While they were talking, a group of three people had already arrived at the Xu family manor. As one of the largest families in Lanxin City, the Xu family had always kept a low profile, and the location of the manor was also relatively remote.

They originally thought that the Xu family manor was in chaos at this time, but when they arrived, they discovered that the Xu family was not as chaotic as they imagined. The entire family seemed to have no intention of resisting, and everyone's face was calm. As if he had expected such a day, he packed his things silently.

On the contrary, the puppeteers who came to clear the puppet masters kept conflicting with each other, all wanting to win the reward for clearing the Xu family.After Zhu Youchen and the others saw this scene, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. At least judging from the current situation, what they were most worried about did not happen.

"Huh~ Fortunately we didn't start a fight~!" Merolo secretly rejoiced: "Senior Xu is over there, let's go over and ask."

Zhu Youchen nodded slightly and followed Melolo's footsteps towards the direction of the Xu family.

Like other Xu family members, Xu Lingyue was also helping to pack things. She seemed a little lonely at the moment, looking at the familiar scenes in the manor with a faint look, her eyes full of bitterness and helplessness.

Although the Xu family immigrated from another state, to Xu Lingyue, she was born and raised here. Compared to her ancestral home in another state, Lanxin City is her hometown.

In a daze, Xu Lingyue was a little surprised when she saw Zhu Youchen and Melolo: "Why are you here? Are you here to expel us?"

"Of course not." Merolo rolled his eyes and said, "Is this lady the kind of person who forgets all the benefits?"

"I just learned from the city lord that you were expelled. Come here to understand the situation and see if there is anything I can do to help you." Zhu Youchen said expressionlessly.

Hearing this, Xu Lingyue's eyes showed some gratitude and touch, "I don't need help. I'm very happy that you can come to see me."

"Senior sister, is there something wrong with your family? If you don't do good business, why are you smuggling Holy Spirit Fruit?" Melolo complained angrily.

Xu Lingyue smiled bitterly, her eyes full of helplessness: "We have no control over this matter."

"What do you mean?" Merolo asked seriously: "Are you being coerced?"

"That's not true." Xu Lingyue shook her head and smiled bitterly: "The reason why we smuggled the Holy Spirit Fruit is because the Holy Spirit Fruit has special significance to our clan."

"Uh, what's the special meaning?" Melolo asked confused.

Xu Lingyue hesitated before speaking: "Our tribe is quite special. We are born with a dark attribute body and have unique advantages in shadow puppet training. However, due to the erosion of the dark attribute, the lifespan of our tribe is only half of that of normal humans. .”

"Born with a dark attribute constitution?" Zhu Youchen and the others were stunned.

Recalling Xu Lingyue's dark attribute magic transformation before, Zhu Youchen suddenly realized. The only thing that made him more curious was that there were special groups with such a natural dark attribute constitution in the world.

"But what does this have to do with the Holy Spirit Fruit?" Melolo asked in confusion.

Xu Lingyue smiled melancholy and continued to explain: "As I said just now, because of the influence of the dark attribute, the life span of our people is only half of that of normal humans, and the Holy Spirit Fruit can help us suppress the erosion of the dark attribute and greatly improve our lifespan."

"I see." Merolo nodded clearly, "That's not right. Your Xu family has immigrated to the Holy State, so there shouldn't be any shortage of Holy Spirit Fruit, right?"

"Our Xu family is just a small part of our ethnic group." Xu Lingyue sighed.

"Oh, I understand, you are smuggling the Holy Spirit Fruit for the sake of those tribesmen who are still living in other states." Melolo said suddenly.

Xu Lingyue nodded with a wry smile, looked around, her beautiful eyes turned red and said: "Actually, our family had expected that such a day would come, but we didn't expect that this day would come so suddenly. To be honest, I really can't bear to leave here. Here~!”

(End of this chapter)