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Chapter 372 - 22 A Hundred Kinds of Martial Arts, This is a Dump Truck! (2/3)

Chapter 372: Chapter 22 A Hundred Kinds of Martial Arts, This is a Dump Truck! (2/3)

"Is this the Escort Leader who lost our goods?"

The ’young master’ presented a good appearance, handsome with a white robe edged in gold, and strands of his hair were bound with a crimson-purple ribbon that shimmered with spiritual light, immediately marking him as a scion of a noble family.

He was currently lounging in a large chair, with beauties on either side tending to him, massaging his shoulders and pressing his feet: "You have a big reputation, but little strength."

To be honest, even though Xu Tai had been mentally prepared, such words nearly made him turn around and slam the door as he left.

But drawing upon his extensive martial arts training and the observational skills honed from escorting goods and seeing all manner of people, Xu Tai quickly noticed that the youth, projecting the classic wastrel noble image, had legs that were slightly splayed, indicative of someone accustomed to riding horses. Moreover, his facial skin wasn’t that delicate and smooth; although pale, it wasn’t the pallor of a pampered life but the stony white of one who has weathered the elements.

Connecting this to the young master’s military background, Xu Tai had an epiphany: Pretending to be a prodigal son? Interesting, let’s play along.

"First of all, this isn’t your purchased goods."

Therefore, Xu Tai said with a face full of suppressed anger, "These are tokens of support gathered by various families for their hometown. I lost the goods and naturally will compensate for them—but more importantly, there’s the True Demon Sect, and the presence of demons!"

"I know."

The young master said impatiently, "Although I think you are making up some ridiculous excuses to let yourself off the hook, let’s just suppose it’s true... Tsk, the famous ’A Promise Worth Thousand Gold’, I thought you were a man of your word, but to see you in person is utterly ordinary."

"Name your price. Wen, go ahead and reward him."

"I don’t want money, I am here for the people of this city."

Xu Tai didn’t need to feign anger as it naturally surged within him, and he sneered, "With that spare money, you’d be better off treating the townspeople better—your type of operation that bleeds people dry simply can’t last long, and will drive people to their deaths!"

"Hmph."

The young master snorted with a disdainful look in his eyes, "These lowly commoners come from all corners, and protecting them has already cost a lot of money. Now that they’re settled within the city without the threat of the Beast Tide, Frost Calamity, or Northern Barbarians, but refuse to pay for their grain, what use are they?"

"In the end, these lowly commoners just need to figure out how to scrape together some money for food, unlike us who must manage the livelihood of the entire city. If they’re unwilling to live here and leave early, it would actually be a service to the city."

Bang!

Xu Tai didn’t waste a word, he simply turned around, swept his sleeves, and slammed the door as he left, startling the two beauties so much that they trembled, and the young master sent them away to rest on the side.

When only the two of them were left in the hall, the young master mused, "A Promise Worth Thousand Gold... indeed lives up to his reputation. He truly can endure."

And the one called ’Wen’ by the young master, the manager, said helplessly, "Why the trouble, young master? One shouldn’t worry over these things. If you’re concerned that this person knows about our cooperation with the True Demon Sect, there’s no need to lure him into striking at you by putting on this act. With just one command from you, I and the other managers together can take him down right here in this hall."

"He is definitely going to die, but not in the main hall over there. It would be best to handle it right in front of me."

The young master shook his head, "The Array Plate from Shenjing is still outside; we can’t risk it getting damaged by residual effects. It wouldn’t just be us to blame— even my grandfather would not be able to bear that responsibility."

"When I provoked him just now, I merely wanted to see if there were others behind him. It’s rather strange to think of a Great Martial Master with strength nearing the pinnacle of Inner Strength, coming alone to question us," he said.

"If there were people behind him, some clues would have been revealed just now... From the look of things, there indeed are. But he doesn’t even know my identity, and I have no idea who’s behind him, whether they’re using him as cannon fodder or what."

The manager nodded slightly upon hearing this: "That’s right; we can’t trouble the General."

"But what he said is also true; if we continue to exploit the residents of the city, there will likely be unrest. Do we need to call off the operations below?"

"How could that be possible," the young master said disdainfully: "Uncle Wen, you’ve been in the military too long. You’re used to manipulating obedient soldiers and don’t understand these tactics... We indeed don’t need to make this small change, but if we don’t give the people below something sweet, how will they work hard for us?"

"I won’t take a single coin of this money. Whatever they can take is earned by themselves. Similarly, if I entrust them with something, they must also carry it out wholeheartedly and not expect to get any benefits from me."

"Moreover..."

As he spoke, the young master showed a look of disgust that came from deep within. He shook his head and said: "That grain is all fertilized with manure; it’s just filthy. I wouldn’t sully my hands with such dirty money."

"It’s good that these country folk are willing to spend money on this trash. It dirties my family’s warehouse... If it weren’t for the task entrusted by my grandfather, I wouldn’t want to stay a moment longer in a rural place like this where even the Earth Pulse Qi is not used, and there’s no refined rice, I would have returned to Shenjing long ago!"

However, they did not notice that at the same moment Xu Tai angrily left, an inconspicuous communicator with no traces of Art of Magic fluctuations was cleverly left in the shadow of a potted plant nearby, perfectly recording their conversation and transmitting it to the other end of the signal.

Click.

Having reached the vicinity of the city center, An Jing crushed the communicator, and he couldn’t help but laugh in anger: "I thought he was just pretending to be a wastrel, but who would’ve thought he was a real Shenjing Noble Official, worse than a wastrel."

Although there were still some doubts in his heart, such as which Noble Official’s son that young master was, who was that General, and what task he had arranged that was so important, it was not only Linlang Commerce Chamber and True Demon Sect working together but also this Noble Official from Shenjing was afraid to take the fall...

But these were all minor details; An Jing was never one to wait until everything was clear before taking action.

Now, An Jing only wanted to do one thing.

— You don’t want to stay in this rural place, right? Don’t worry, you won’t have to stay much longer. Your time in the living world is up.

Standing in the center of the street, he took a deep breath and then leaped up, kicking a Martial Artist driving a grain cart not far away to the side, leaving a hole in the wall after colliding with it, and cutting off the reins that let the draught snow horses neigh and scatter.

Standing on the roof of the cart, An Jing stepped down, and with the method of "Coalescing Qi into Soldiers" the Taibai Fiend Qi blessed the cart beneath him, causing a hazy pale white shadow to emerge around the cart, arming the ordinary grain cart into a heavily-armored dump truck.

Then, without the need for anyone to push or any oxen or horses to pull, the cart, originally heavy but now even more so due to the enhancement from Taibai Fiend Qi, began to move at a pace that was slow at first but then gained speed rapidly, tearing down the frost-covered Great Dao...

It charged straight towards the heart of the city, where Linlang Commerce Chamber was located!

— To the Underworld with all of you!