After maxing out my affinity, my signature weapon kept evolving.

After the minor incident that day, Xie Wenyuan decided to visit Sun Miaoran at the clinic.

As soon as she entered, the girl rushed into Xie Wenyuan's arms like a fledgling swallow returning to its nest.

"Brother Xie, you've finally come to see Xiaoran! If you hadn't come, Grandpa would have kept Xiaoran locked up at home for the rest of her life!"

Xie Wenyuan was first stunned when he looked at the girl in his arms, then looked up at the old man Sun who followed closely behind, and exclaimed that something was wrong.

"You little brat, Xie, you actually dare to come here!"

"Uh, shouldn't I have come?"

Xie Wenyuan first put Sun Miaoran aside, and then took out a very small porcelain bottle.

"Well, Grandpa Sun, besides visiting Xiao Ran, I also came to give you a gift. What is it?"

Sun Huazeng stared at the porcelain bottle for a while, finding it very familiar. Then he snatched it away, opened the cork, and smelled it.

"You spendthrift brat, you actually managed to buy Lake Fairy Wine. You spend money so extravagantly. If Xiao Miaoran were to follow you, I don't know how much suffering she would endure."

Despite his obvious disdain, Sun Huazeng showed no intention of returning the porcelain vase.

Without refusal, Xie Wenyuan knew he had passed this hurdle.

"I really don't know what's so great about you that you can be so infatuated with my granddaughter."

Xie Wenyuan understood somewhat. In the past, he had been quite unreliable in Sun Huazeng's eyes. In his previous life, he was like a blond-haired scoundrel who ran off with a rich young lady.

"Brother Xie, when are you going to marry me?"

Sun Miaoran truly never misses a beat; she shattered the atmosphere that had just begun to stabilize.

"You silly girl, don't even think about it! You're so young and you're already thinking about love and romance all the time. What kind of behavior is this? You're driving this old man crazy!"

"Hey, Grandpa Sun, don't talk about Xiaoran like that. Isn't it normal for a girl her age to like beautiful things?"

"Get out of the way, who gave you the right to speak?"

Although he complained, Sun Huazeng knew Xie Wenyuan's character very well, and he was still quite at ease entrusting his granddaughter to Xie Wenyuan.

After a period of joking and arguing, Sun Huazeng accepted the fact and turned to talk about serious matters.

"Xie, kid, the lumber mill where you used to work is completely gone. Now the city lord is using it to build some kind of church."

Xie Wenyuan knew that the lumber mill had been taken over by the city lord, but he really didn't know that it would be used for this purpose.

"What religion? The one that worships saints?"

"That's right. Ever since those two mysterious experts made their move that day, the entire city's residents have believed that they are messengers sent by heaven to save the world, so now everyone wants to join the Holy Worship Cult."

Although Xie Wenyuan attracted a lot of attention that day, after the news spread, the Baisheng Sect became the real protagonist that spread throughout the city.

After all, Xie Wenyuan's matter was at most just idle gossip, while the matter of the Holy Church repelling the beast tide was the real big deal that concerned everyone.

Although Xie Wenyuan always felt that the Holy Cult was somewhat strange, they had indeed saved everyone that day and demonstrated extraordinary strength, so he couldn't say much.

"Grandpa Sun, what do you think?"

"Just call me Old Man Sun, it doesn't sound right. I can't really explain this, I can only say let's wait and see, and then we'll go take a look after the church is finished."

Sun Miaoran rested her delicate chin on her hand, watching the two discussing serious matters with boredom, and yawned.

"Grandpa, really! Brother Xie came to see me, but you ended up talking to him so much."

Sun Huazeng was helpless. Xie Wenyuan was a young man he thought highly of, and he had his own opinions. When it came to discussing serious matters, he might be more useful than some older people.

After enjoying decades of peaceful life, he has recently experienced a series of major events, and he really wants a young person to step forward and take the lead.

Xie Wenyuan touched Sun Miaoran's smooth little face and said with a smile:

"Since Sister Yue has finally let me out, how about we go out for a stroll?"

"Great! I haven't been out for days, I'm so annoyed!"

After obtaining Sun Huazeng's consent, Sun Miaoran took Xie Wenyuan's hand and excitedly ran out the door.

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Once on the street, Sun Miaoran chewed on the candied hawthorn she had just bought while looking around.

"Brother Xie, what day do you think we should get married? I can't wait!"

"Don't be in such a hurry. You're still young. I'll ask your grandfather for your hand in marriage in a while, and then we can discuss it further."

"I'm not young anymore. I heard from my aunts that they were all engaged and married when they were thirteen or fourteen."

Xie Wenyuan shook his head helplessly. As a modern young man who grew up in the modern society in his previous life, he did not think that getting married too early was a good thing.

Besides, how can a naive little girl be as alluring as a voluptuous mature woman?

"Ah, Brother Xie, look ahead, why are there so many people?"

Xie Wenyuan looked closely and found that a shop was indeed surrounded by people, as if some kind of dispute had occurred.

"This shop of yours was opened with funds from our Ren family. Now that our Ren family no longer plans to stay in Renqiu City, you should close this shop."

"No, please, gentlemen, have mercy! How will we support our family without this shop?"

A middle-aged man pleaded desperately, while a dozen or so young men in front of him began to smash and loot.

"If you can't feed them, then they shouldn't live. What does it have to do with the Ren family?"

Xie Wenyuan wanted to step forward to stop him, but a familiar voice rang out, that hoarse voice was still so disgusting.

"Xie Wenyuan, what a small world!"

Xie Wenyuan looked in the direction of the voice and saw that it was Ren Xingyuan, whom he had crippled.

"Ren Xingyuan, what are you doing here? Now that you've lost your cultivation, aren't you afraid of being beaten up?"

When Ren Xingyuan heard Xie Wenyuan's sarcasm, he surprisingly did not show the slightest anger, but rather endless indifference.

"Ha, a mere mortal like you would never understand. Get out of my way and don't obstruct the Ren family's business!"

Beside him, two burly men stepped forward, seemingly intending to forcibly drag Xie Wenyuan and his companion away.

But Xie Wenyuan wouldn't let them run rampant. Without even summoning his spirit weapon, he knocked the two to the ground with two powerful punches.

"Your Ren family is no longer the Ren family of Renqiu City, how dare you act so recklessly?"

Ren Xingyuan didn't speak, but instead summoned the turtle shield again.

"It's precisely because we've broken away from Renqiu City that we dare to act freely! I'll kill you!"

Ren Xingyuan finally couldn't suppress his true nature and rushed towards Xie Wenyuan.

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Meanwhile, similar scenes were playing out throughout Renqiu City, and for a time, the city lord Wang Changqing found himself short of manpower.

"You son of a bitch, Ren Xudong, what the hell are you trying to do?!"

Just as he finished cursing, a dark figure brazenly barged into the city lord's mansion and stood in front of him.

"Long time no see, Lord City Lord. I, Ren Xudong, have come to seek revenge!"

The dark figure removed his disguise, revealing himself to be Ren Xudong, who had already fled Renqiu City with his family.