At dusk, the Count of Aux is in the house.

The whole storage room is full of clutter, and the smell of mildew is everywhere.

Under the direction of the steward, the servants soon lit the candlestick here and raised a charcoal brazier in the corner of the room, because it was customary for all slaves to be branded after they had been purchased, bathed, and eaten, and the coat of arms of the Siliet family was burned red in the charcoal fire and then branded on the slave's shoulder.

This is also the tradition of the Cold Moon Empire, in order to be able to know at a glance which family the slaves belong to, and prevent them from escaping.

As for the coat of arms of the Xilie family, it is a goshawk looking down, symbolizing the power and status of the Xilie family in the Cold Moon Empire.

After a while, Hua Yun, who had finished taking care of it, brought the female slave he had chosen, and immediately frowned when he smelled the unpleasant smell inside, obviously he didn't like such a place.

Therefore, as soon as he pulled the female slave behind him, he threw her to the butler who was already waiting at the door, "I'll leave it to you!"

"Yes, Young Master Huayun!" the butler Dude waved his hand casually, and two servants came out of the storage room, and the female slave returned with her.

Seeing the red marks that had already burned beside the charcoal fire, the female slave fainted in fright before she could even scream.

Hua Yun immediately glanced inside, and found that he didn't see the figures of Hua Long and the slave he chose, and immediately asked, "What about the others?"

"Young Master Hualong?" the butler whispered: "The young master just went out with the slave, saying that he was going to walk outside, you see......"

"It doesn't matter, the slave is not important, the important thing is that if he loses the 'Arowana Jade Pendant' given by His Majesty the Emperor when he goes out in the evening, how do you think his father will punish him?" Hua Yun said with a sinister smile, sinister than any other time.

Everyone knows that the "Arowana Jade Pendant" was given by the old emperor Daru Parus personally when Hualong was born, after all, Hualong's biological mother is the old emperor's own sister, and it is precisely because of this relationship that their Xilie family was promoted to the emperor's relatives, but now with the death of Hualong's biological mother and the old emperor, this relationship has gradually faded a lot.

But in any case, Hua Long is also the cousin of His Majesty the Emperor today, which is also the real reason why Hua Yun's mother and son have been targeting Hua Long for so many years, but they dare not kill him.

"Have you arranged all the people I asked you to arrange?" While sneering, Hua Yun was obviously ready to make a move, although he couldn't risk killing him directly, but it was disgusting and disgusting to him, and it was not bad for him to be unable to raise his head in the Earl's Palace.

The housekeeper Du De immediately said respectfully: "I was ready a few days ago!"

"Very good, let them do it, tell them to pay attention to proportion, don't go overboard, and keep your hands and feet clean!" After speaking, Hua Yun turned around and left, not caring about the life or death of the female slave at all.

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On the quiet path outside the Count's Palace, because it is a noble district, there are hardly any pedestrians on the bluestone paved road in the twilight, except for the occasional few noble carriages speeding by. For Hualong, who is accustomed to quiet, this place seems to be more peaceful and lonely than his secluded courtyard.

Along the way, Hua Long did not speak, and the slave did not speak, and the two walked slowly one after the other, and soon, they came to a river embankment, which was the emperor river that flowed under the cliff of the back mountain.

Looking at the green grass on both sides of the embankment, Hua Long couldn't help but think of his happy childhood, at that time, he had a gentle mother and a kind father by his side, what a happy moment it was!

After a while, Hua Long turned his mind and said with a slightly heavy heart: "I haven't asked you, what is your name?"

"Ares, nameless now!" the slave behind him spoke succinctly, his expression surprisingly calm, and he didn't seem to want to say more.

Ares?That's the name of the god of war in ancient mythology!Hua Long was slightly startled, and turned to look at him, and the slave also looked at Hua Long.

"You're being rude!" said Hua Long chuckled.

You must know that in the laws of the empire, slaves are the lowest status existences, even civilians are inferior, they are not qualified to look directly at their masters, otherwise they will be gouged out, but Hua Long doesn't care about this, he just thinks that this slave is very different.

And the slave also bent slightly at this time and performed a standard aristocratic etiquette, and then replied tepidly: "Master, you don't seem to pay much attention to the nobility." ”

Hua Long was stunned for a moment and then laughed, laughing happily, because he already felt that this guy was no longer a slave, but would be his best friend or confidant.

But at this time, there was another burst of laughter from the side, which was full of greed and evil, which made people extremely uncomfortable to hear.

I don't know when four young people came to the river embankment, looking at their posture, it seemed that they wanted to make a move on Hua Long, but unlike before, this time Hua Long did not feel the slightest fear, because now he is also a genuine Spirit Realm cultivator, how can a few ordinary hooligans be his opponents? Not to mention that Hua Long knows better than anyone else in his heart that these people are found by Hua Yun, and they are not too much of a threat to him.

"Boy, this piece of jade on your waist is good!" The guy who took the lead walked straight over and rudely touched Hua Long's hair.

Seeing that Hua Long was not afraid, he snorted coldly again: "Don't be stingy, anyway, it's useless to keep the head of a little ghost of your age, why don't you give a few of our brothers to exchange for some money to spend?"

Hua Long still didn't speak.

However, he didn't speak, it didn't mean that others didn't speak, and before the hooligans could make a move, Ares on the side had already stepped forward, grabbed the dirty hand that the leader put on Hua Long's head, and said coldly: "Get out, otherwise, die!"

Several hooligans were stunned for a moment, and a look of disbelief appeared on their faces.

"Hehe, where did this come from that I don't know whether to live or die, looking for death?" The hooligan leader who came back to his senses suddenly laughed angrily, they haven't seen a guy who is even crazier than them, and he said in his heart, where did this come from?

But in the next moment, he couldn't laugh, because the seemingly thin guy in front of him actually broke off the dirty hand he put on Hualong's head with one hand, and then kicked out, his huge body was like a kite with a broken string, and was directly kicked more than ten meters away, and then fell into the imperial river next to the river embankment with a "poof", and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead.

And the rest of the gangsters suddenly shuddered when they saw this scene, knowing that they had met a real fierce man, so they didn't dare to stay any longer, and instantly scattered like birds and beasts, and they didn't even have the courage to turn back.

"You're very good, you're a cultivator?" After the scene quieted down again, Hua Long's eyes were also full of brilliance, from Ares's shot just now, he could clearly feel the existence of "qi", and this also meant that the slave he chose in front of him turned out to be a real cultivator, and his cultivation might be only higher than him, after all, even if Hua Long personally took action, he might not be able to have this effect.

"Yes, Middle-grade Spirit Realm!" Ares said without concealment, extremely simply.

"Then how did you become a slave?" said Hua Long in surprise.

You must know that the status of cultivators in this Heavenly Spirit Continent is extremely high, after all, not everyone can become a cultivator, only a very small number of extremely talented people can sense the existence of heaven and earth aura and become a cultivator, therefore, almost every cultivator is a wealth for the empire, and there is a clear provision in the law of the Cold Moon Empire that as long as you become a cultivator, then you will be automatically promoted to a nobleman, although there is no title, but there is also a privilege that ordinary people do not have.

Ares apparently didn't want to answer the question, and was silent.

Hua Long did not continue to ask.

It wasn't until a half-hour later that Ares diverted the topic and said, "Master, do you have a goal?"

"Target?" Hua Long picked up a small pebble and threw it at the water in the distance, "Yes, I have a goal!" As he said this, Hua Long thought of Jing Yi, the cute girl who made him feel relaxed and willing to take off his disguise.

"I would venture to ask, can I know?"

Under the moonlight, with his back to the river, with a big confident smile, Hua Long raised his hands as if he was swearing and shouted: "I don't want to lose anything again, so I want strength, the strongest power!"

Perhaps in the eyes of others, this Earl's Court gentleman who only knows how to fiddle with flowers and plants all day long, his declaration is as funny as a circus clown, but at this moment, this slave, this slave who was bought by Hua Long, felt the light emanating from Hua Long's body, and even the oncoming wind was mixed with indescribable momentum.

At the same time, the slave who vowed to change Hualong's fate also realized that Hualong's fate may no longer be able to change, because his wheel of fate has turned towards the established future.

Ares smiled, a smile that seemed to indicate that he had found what he was looking for. It was the first time he smiled in his life, and it was also the last.

"Please let me be your strength!" Ares, a slave, knelt down on one knee with his left hand palmed across his chest.

This is the etiquette of swearing allegiance, and it is also the highest etiquette!

"Then I will appoint you as my first knight, not a slave!" Hua Long picked up a branch from the side and placed it on his shoulder: "Now I officially give you a name, from this day on, you will keep your surname, and your name will be Ares!"

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