Star Martial Era: The Way of Star Light Cultivation

Chapter 25: Chapter 22: The True and False Evil Demon (Seeking Follow-up Reads)

Jinshan County city lies just beyond the East Pier Warehouse Lane.

Having overseen a dayʼs labor at the pier and whipped quite a few laborers, Qian Qi was somewhat weary as he entered their den at the East Pier and then began to count the money inside a case.

Most of it was Copper Coin, some stained with a mix of sweat and dirt, others still tinged with blood.

There were also pieces of broken Silver.

Yet Qian Qi counted with relish.

The feeling of counting silver was the best, the day he could count until his hand cramped was the most beautiful dream.

It wasnʼt long before Qian Qiʼs five brothers arrived one by one, with the last two bringing a large package of food and drink that they laid out on the table.

With both meat and vegetables, wine and dishes, it indeed seemed a splendid spread.

But after only a sip of wine, Qian Qi spat it out and cursed, ”Goddamn it, roasted by the sun all day for barely one tael and six maces of Silver, when will these miserably hard days end.”

The few rough-looking enforcers glanced at one another but said nothing.

One tael and six maces not enough?

The dockside laborers, after toiling for a whole month, couldnʼt even earn that much.

”Seventh Master, why not see incense master Deng, try to switch up the work?”

Smack!

The talkative ruffian was immediately struck on the head, ”The other places offer good jobs, more Silver too, but do you think I, your Seventh Master, could hold onto them? Without any supernatural skill, I can only rely on my toughness to do their dirty and tough work.”

At those words, another ruffian suddenly laughed, ”Seventh Master, surely youʼre not considering pulling that stunt again?”

One-eyed Qian Qi glared threateningly, revealing a chilling sensation,”Then have you found the right target? Opportunities like this are rare.

Without that evil demon showing up and pulling away the county guard, government officials, even the Taoist Institute Disciples, we wouldnʼt have had the nerve.

Such a chance, if not once in a hundred years, once in ten years would still be good.

Tell me, how many decades does one life have?” Amidst his speech, Qian Qi even began to wax philosophical.

”Indeed... How many decades does a life have...”

Smack!

Another strike on the head, ”Did I ask you that? The target? Got a good lead?”

”All set, itʼs already scoped out; we have two potential targets, just waiting on Seventh Masterʼs choice...”

At these words, Qian Qi began to smile, but his smile abruptly stopped.

Because suddenly, he noticed that at some point, a green-clothed man leaning against the door with arms folded had appeared.

Even eerier was that this green-clothed man seemed blurry, almost invisible, only by tilting their heads and looking hard in the lamplight could one manage to see him.

”Why not include me in your plans tonight?” The green-clothed man spoke up, his voice deep and ominous.

”Who... who are you?”

Qian Qi suddenly stood up, signaling with his hand, his five underlings drew their knives and whips from their waists, and surrounded the green-clothed man who had appeared unexpectedly.

The green-clothed man merely glanced at them coldly. When his five fingers spread apart, five beams of Starlight immediately shot out from the tips of his fingers, exactingly striking the foreheads of the five ruffians.

Bang bang bang bang bang!

Five consecutive sounds erupted as the ruffiansʼ heads burst open like firecrackers.

White and red splattered everywhere, covering Qian Qi completely but not even reaching within a foot of the green-clothed man.

Qian Qi was dumbfounded!

In an instant, his knees gave way, and he fell to the ground with a thud.

”Spare my life!”

”Merciful hero, spare my life!”

Just from that move, Qian Qi realized that this person was a master, several times stronger than the incense master Deng he knew.

So he knelt down promptly.

”Iʼll ask, you answer!”

”Ask whatever you want, hero, Iʼll answer!” As he spoke, Qian Qi felt the wetness spread in his trousers, clearly terrified by the ruthless methods of the green-clothed man.

”Those matters at Heʼs Manor outside North City and Luʼs Resting Inn ten miles outside the East City, were those your doing?” the green-clothed man interrogated.

Qian Qi almost shook his head in denial, but he immediately realized that since the man had come to him, he must have known it was his doing; to deny it would bring death that much quicker.