Chapter Seventeen: Bullying Ordinary People

  Outside the prosperous Yangzhou city, the bloodstains on the city wall bear witness to the scars of history. Even in times of peace, a stern and murderous aura still seeps out. It is said that during wartime, the 40-zhang-high city wall was so densely packed with corpses that one could climb from the foot of the wall all the way up to the top, amidst countless tragic stories of heroes who fought for dominance but never returned home, forever buried in the desolate mountains and wild ridges outside the city.

  Perhaps it is only at this time that the identity of a cultivator would have a slightly ridiculous sense of superiority.

  Xiao Dou led this small group of simple-minded fellow disciples, who grew up in the beautiful and serene Jiuhua Mountain, into the bustling city of Yangzhou. As they looked around at the vendors' stalls, the hawkers' cries, and the people walking along the streets, all these sights were so familiar yet so distant to Xiao Dou!

  Xiao Dou suddenly discovered that the younger disciples seemed to be losing control, looking around in pairs, and were about to disperse on the spot, releasing their pent-up thoughts, it was truly exciting!

  "Hmm~" Xiaodou's face turned gloomy, and his fellow disciples immediately looked silly and ran back to their team like lightning, standing neatly in a row. The surrounding villagers looked at the group of adults, fearing a little kid so much, it was strange. They also made various guesses about Xiaodou's identity!

  "Let's find an inn first!" Xiaodou calmed down and said in a light tone, "Walking together is too eye-catching, we still have things to do afterwards!"

  Then, Xiaodou led a group of people and booked a room in a wine house. After arranging the accommodation for everyone, Dada was greatly surprised!

  No need to say anything, these seemingly simple-minded younger brothers and sisters are all cunning and clever. They immediately went to gather intelligence like they had discussed it beforehand, some collecting money, others recruiting talent... It's as if I was suddenly left empty-handed by these younger brothers and sisters with their sly smiles.

  Smiling wryly and shaking his head, with a full stomach and plenty of wine, seeing that the sky was still early, he held his treasured sword and strolled around the city at will!

  What others didn't know was that until then, Xiao Dou wasn't so afraid of the mortal world. In fact, in his heart, the mortal world was even more terrifying than the cultivation world, because in his memory, he was always being sold and resold in the mortal world, without any power to resist.

  But now, Xiao Dou is standing on the street, and no one dares to catch him to sell him, even those rough men see him and walk around, some sentimental girls even cast affectionate glances at him...

  "Hmm, it seems to be over there. I've been wandering around for a while and wasted a lot of time. Ha! Finally found it, this wine house is the last place he stayed before going to Hei She Yao's place back then!"

  "Hmph! You guys treated me like that back then, either beating or scolding me. In the end, you even sold me because I wasn't pleasing to your eyes. The most unforgivable thing is that I was only worth five taels of silver, and you sold me to a man-eating demon! Ah ha! Today, I've mastered martial arts and returned, just wait and see!"

  "Wah~ hahaha......" A cruel and cold smile spread across Xiaodou's face, causing everyone on the street to immediately keep a hundred meters away from him!

  He strode into the wine shop, where a young waiter of eighteen or nineteen years old was trembling with fear as he looked at his sword, and forced himself to smile obsequiously.

  "Big brother, are you here for accommodation or food? Please come in quickly, our small shop has everything and they're all the best!"

  Xiao Dou walked and walked until he reached the center of the hall, where the most dazzling table was located. Facing more than a dozen Jianghu figures at this table, he spoke in a cold and disdainful tone:

  "Had enough? If you have, then scram!"

  "Halt!" More than a dozen people suddenly jumped up, pulling out their various weapons. Some of them even had several flying daggers in hand, and they shouted angrily:

  "Hey, you little punk, do you know who we are? We're from the Wan Ma Gang, and my boss is Li Yuhu, the big shot of Xiangcheng. You'd better apologize quickly or you'll lose your dog life!"

  These guys, one by one, speak with grandiose words, but their eyes are shifty and constantly sizing up the surroundings, completely inconsistent with what they show on the surface!

  This side of the small bean thought: Small master takes care of the ball, you are who, master has been subjected to the repair of the immortal for so many years, if still can be scared by you a few mortals, then might as well find a piece of tofu to crash to death. At that time, without saying another word, his right hand waved, and a battle god's aura of holy war swept out, directly knocking over a dozen people who were shouting and scolding.

  Cheers! This kind of power, in the immortal world, no one would look at it, but in the mortal world, that's a great hero emerging!

  Xiao Dou sat down in the most eye-catching main seat with a swaggering face and said to the shopkeeper who was hiding under the table:

  "Little master didn't even hit you, what are you afraid of? Get out, you're really a good-for-nothing! Call your boss over!"

  The shopkeeper, looking disheveled, ran out from under the table, his face pale with fear as he stared at Xiaodou. When he heard that they were looking for the boss, he was overjoyed and didn't have to face this terrifying god of death anymore. He immediately supported an old man who was trembling all over and walked him over, then ran away himself!

  The little bean squinted his eyes and took a look, scaring him to the point of turning pale, as if he was an old man in his seventies, almost like one foot had already stepped into the coffin!

  "Hmm... when I left back then, the boss was already in his thirties, thirty years have passed... haha, it's really 'thirty years on the east side of the river, thirty years on the west side'!"

  "Little hero..." The old man pressed his trembling thigh and said: "Are you here to eat? Free...free, and I still have some coffin money left, so you..."

  "Alas..." Xiaodou let out a long sigh, reminiscing about the past, muttering to herself: "In those days, when I was working for you, it was so hard to even get leftovers from guests, and I'd often get beaten several times. Later, you sold me off to a demon, and I suffered for many years!"

  "Ah~" The old man's face turned ashen, and he wailed in a mournful voice: "Yes, yes, it's true, young master. I was indeed confused back then. Forgive me, forgive me... Oh~ I only beg of you not to kill my whole family, please spare us~"

  "Whatever!" Xiaodou stood up and smiled, saying: "If it weren't for your abandonment, I wouldn't have had such an opportunity. You're already old and grey, how can you still seek revenge? Let it go!"

  Xiao Dou turned around and left, the old man followed with his family, hastily redeeming the wine tower that had been operated for a lifetime, and dragging his family away. He was considered clever, otherwise, when these surrounding Jianghu rumors and Baishi Tong's spread opened up, Xiao Dou would not have avenged this grudge. Later, his fellow disciples would not be easy to provoke, especially the eldest brother's grudge, they had never let it go!

  Quietly regaining her confidence, Xiaodou returned to the inn that night and silently listened to the intelligence gathered by her junior brothers. For several days, she used some precious medicinal materials to accumulate wealth during the day, and at night, she investigated the situation of various major forces in the city. Everything didn't require Xiaodou to worry, these junior brothers and sisters who were once considered to have the worst aptitude, had brains that were more useful than one another!

  In just a few days, all the forces in the city had calculated everything clearly, even who had how many rooms of women, and who was secretly dating whom were all investigated clearly. Looking at their faces with evil smiles, they are really rotten to the core!

  It seems that many junior brothers and sisters like to gossip about these things and are happy to pass them on to each other, it's really boring!

  After more than twenty days, on a rainy day, Xiaodou led 222 fellow disciples and dozens of new recruits to the Qingyi Alliance in the western commercial district of the city. With a loud crash, he kicked open two iron doors and rushed inside with an arrogant face, shouting loudly:

  "A few of them came out panting"

  Before long, several agile men rushed out in the rain, shouting loudly:

  "Damn it! That little rabbit doesn't care about his life, daring to intrude on the Alliance of Emotions, he's really asking for trouble!"

  Fourth Young Master Zhao Kai laughed loudly with a happy face: "Sentimental nonsense, hurry up and get your prawns cooked, haha ~ the debt collector is here ~"

  A man in a purple robe, holding a nine-ring broadsword, led several hundred men, slowly gathering into over a thousand troops, and shouted with a stern face:

  "Hmph! I knew you bunch had arrived in Yangzhou City a few days ago, and I'm sure your intentions aren't good. I didn't expect you to be so bold as to find the Emotional Alliance. Well, today I'll see what kind of tricks you have up your sleeves!"

  Yun Rui Yao's face was mischievous, with a hint of playful teasing in his eyes as he lightly smiled and said:

  "Head of the Dà Mén, I've heard that your son has been taking advantage of your reputation to bully and rob women in the city, doing all sorts of evil things. Originally, our Righteousness Gang follows the principle of 'don't provoke us, we won't provoke you', so we wouldn't take action against you. However, your son actually dared to bully one of our subordinates! Today, hand over your son and let us deal with him, and this will be the end of it. If not, then let's fight, and if things get out of hand, don't blame us for annihilating you!"

  "Leader!" An old man exclaimed loudly with wide eyes: "Something is wrong, you see they only have about 200 people, but this heavy rain hasn't gotten any of them wet. The rainwater is dispersing around their bodies on its own, their internal energy has clearly reached a high level. It's strange! When did the martial arts world produce so many masters, and how did they all gather together to attack us at once? It's really too strange, if it can't be helped, just agree to their demands!"

  "Hahaha......" The purple-robed man laughed loudly, looking up at the sky: "If you want to add a crime, what's the worry? Today they're just here to cause us trouble. Hmph, if we can save everyone, handing over my son is no big deal. But I'm afraid in the end they'll still have plenty of excuses to destroy us! Why not fight them instead? Who's afraid of who?"

  Yun Xiaoqiao giggled and said, "This isn't our fault either. Who told you to do so many bad things? This is something that needs to be said, and even if it's said after the rain stops, it won't be too late!"

  "Hahaha......" The majestic purple-robed man laughed loudly, "You see, they're taking advantage of the rainy day when there are fewer people to come and kill us. What else is there to say? Brothers, follow me..."

  "Just as 'Slow' was at the peak of boosting the morale of the giant in purple robes, Xiao Dou let out a loud shout, using his inner power to shock the heavens and earth:"

  "This time, we don't want to kill anyone, just take back the power of Yangzhou City's Hesi commercial district from the righteous Qi Bang, and you all can return to your respective positions. As for you, do well as the deputy leader, demote one level, move out of the residence, hand over financial authority and that's it!"

  "Fart!" The purple-robed big man angrily roared: "You, the smallest of rabbits, want to take away the heart and blood of our family's several generations with just a few words? Your tone is too arrogant! Today, I, Li Lao San, will teach you a lesson in martial arts!"

  Xiao Dou took a step forward, dodging the astonishingly large knife swung down by the purple-robed giant. With a lithe and elegant movement, he countered with three sword energies from his fingertips, exchanging blows that were evenly matched!

  He came with his fists, and Xiao Dou dodged elegantly. He came with his knife, and Xiao Dou still managed to dodge with ease, her sword energy sharp and fierce, leaving the big man in a sorry state. They fought for a long time, and the big man had used up all his ultimate moves, his internal energy almost depleted, while Xiao Dou hadn't even drawn her sword. This wouldn't do, so the big man let out a loud roar:

  "What are you all staring at? Kill him!"

  "Kill~kill ah~" Just as the thousands of subordinates behind him were about to charge over, more than 200 people on the opposite side drew their swords in unison. With a single step, they flew into the air, ten meters high, creating a breathtaking scene of flying swordsmen. As the swords moved, the sword energy from the 200 swords simultaneously blasted out a huge and deep trench at the entrance, instantly stunning everyone - it was all over!

  One or two masters are nothing, but when 200 of them gather together and remain so united, even the strongest martial arts master can't withstand this blow! Each of their movements is incredibly skilled, and they possess a sword aura that few in the martial world have mastered - it's as if it comes naturally to them like eating and drinking, truly deadly!