Chapter 942 - 717: Return Nest_3
Xiao, the person she pursued for so long, knew better than anyone else.
He wasn’t exactly cold to people, but rather extremely gentle and courteous. Even when dealing with subordinates, he didn’t have the typical behavior of bureaucratic offspring. But anyone who had gotten close to him knew that he was outwardly warm but inwardly cold. He was very polite and gentle to everyone, yet maintained a precise distance, with an intrinsic aloofness and difficulty in approaching.
No matter how long she pursued him, she couldn’t melt that glacier.
But how could he, for an unknown foreign female, kill Sok?
She certainly knew that Xiao and Sok had never been on good terms, but if Xiao truly wanted to kill him, he would never use such a concealed reason, nor resort to such unclear behavior.
Wu Wei was no fool; the more she thought about it, the uglier her expression became.
Yet she was also afraid of her father’s ways, afraid he would kill Xiao.
Suppressing her turbulent emotions, her voice was tense, "What about Xiao? You didn’t do anything to him, did you?"
"Rest assured, he won’t die," Mo Yan said flatly, "Since you’ve taken a liking to him, I won’t easily kill him."
Everyone in Sky City knew that the Big Boss had a prized daughter, cherished beyond measure.
Wu Wei was born wealthy and powerful, noble in status, with naturally high standards. Almost no male captured her interest.
Until recently, she fell in love at first sight with Xiao whom she met by chance, determined to marry no one else.
At that time, Mo Yan had actually already noticed Xiao. This young man was strong and talented, becoming his most capable assistant in just a month.
But because of this, Mo Yan was painfully aware that such a strong and outstanding young man was destined to be difficult to control and inherently threatening.
Moreover, he could see clearly that Xiao had come with a purpose.
He could not be at ease.
Nor would he easily relinquish power.
So even though Wu Wei pleaded endlessly, he initially refused to agree, eventually unable to endure her soft persistence, he finally used that method, making Xiao take "Return Nest."
This was the foundation upon which his clan stood firm in Sky City.
In this gathering place of darkness and evil, strong ones were as common as clouds. Mo Yan’s strength and talent were formidable, but not necessarily the topmost. It was through "Return Nest" that he controlled so many strong individuals, making them bow to him with unwavering loyalty.
Once a Beastman ingests "Return Nest," they can never think of leaving it for the rest of their lives.
The addictive nature of it on a Beastman’s body is lethal.
It isn’t a poison, just a hallucinogenic drug, and precisely because of this, there is nearly no cure.
If stopped, the Beastman suffers immensely, the longer the use, the deeper the dependency.
If abstaining during an outbreak, they live in agony, wishing desperately to die instead.
So those addicts, no matter how strong, talented, they can only rely on Return Nest for life; they can never betray Mo Yan.
It was only for this reason, after Xiao took "Return Nest" that Mo Yan felt secure enough to grant him power, making him occupy the position of Third Boss, controlling and observing simultaneously.
And Xiao was indeed a promising prospect. His performance in these recent days gained Mo Yan’s increasing admiration for him.
Originally, Mo Yan had planned to agree with Wu Wei, ordering the two to marry on a chosen day, but unexpectedly, this Xiao dared to act on his own, seemingly with a bone not yet completely tamed.
He must be punished.
——Let him understand that only obedience and submission will earn rewards.
——Otherwise, all that awaits him is the torment of living in agony worse than death.
Mo Yan liked the submission of the strong.
He would slowly break this Eagle Beast’s arrogant spirit.
Turning Xiao into the strongest and most obedient tamed eagle in his hand!
And when Wu Wei heard that Mo Yan would not provide Xiao with "Return Nest" this month, her expression immediately changed.
As Mo Yan’s daughter and the next City Lord, she naturally knew well the effects of Return Nest, having witnessed numerous strong individuals suffering excruciatingly under its torment having taken "Return Nest," thus likely Xiao was in intense pain now.
Mo Yan repeatedly ordered Wu Wei not to seek Xiao anymore, but after she left, she sneaked off to find him anyway.
Upon arriving, she found all the Beastmen in Xiao’s palace had been dispersed, unable to find his presence even in the bedroom.
Wu Wei suddenly remembered there was a secret chamber here. Could he be there?
Sure enough, when she went to the secret chamber, even before she could push the door open, she heard suppressed, painful growls coming from inside.
Her heart violently quivered.