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Chapter 1246 - 551: Name Your Price (2)

All those gentlemanly morals, full of ethics, were instilled into this naïve young man’s heart.

Originally, Humblebane Plague intended to let Zhao Wutian grow strongly as a great hero, ensuring his disciple inherited his skills while embarking on a different path, thus fulfilling a kind of self-redemption.

But unexpectedly, this educational method has now turned into a problem.

"Shut up!"

Humblebane Plague sternly reprimanded Zhao Wutian, pulling him behind himself.

Then he smiled apologetically at Fang Yu.

"Sir, we failed to recognize Mount Tai, disturbing you here as you rested. Here are 300 taels of silver; I humbly request Your Honor to let us, old and young, leave this place."

As he spoke, three silver notes were gently placed on the table.

When the silver notes landed, regarding Fang Yu’s reaction, Brother Tian’s guys were all immediately wide-eyed.

"Th-three hundred taels!!!"

"Brother Tian, that old man is really wealthy!"

The underlings were still exclaiming about Humblebane Plague’s wealth, while Brother Tian was contemplating Fang Yu’s remark, ’Are you keen to dance too?’.

Those words were distinctly player-like.

Could it be... this guy is actually a player??

Brother Tian discreetly observed Fang Yu’s silhouette, recalling Fang Yu’s terrifyingly skilled display, and abruptly suppressed the thought.

Ridiculous; such an overlord-level expert, if this guy is a player, he might as well eat this table on the spot!

Even the entire game probably wouldn’t have players of such caliber.

That Poison Marrow Sword, Bone Piercing Whip, he’d heard of their names; each is a top-notch expert, yet in front of this person, they’re taken down effortlessly, they’re not on the same level, how could they possibly be players!

Moreover, as players descended upon Thunder City, the local NPCs treated it as Blue Blood Disease, adopting some of the players’ speaking tones or specific lexicons, sometimes throwing out odd lines out of the blue, like fishing blue blood disease players into exposure.

If one were to probe just by relying on these words, others could easily sell you to the Foolish Underworld for money.

Hence, Brother Tian’s thought quickly flashed past, then was suppressed.

The urgent matter was to quickly escape this deadly inn.

Originally, they were just there to muddy the waters, witness experts battling, and slyly learn martial arts; never imagining the experts would turn into supreme experts, causing the situation to suddenly fall apart, if they didn’t flee, he and some underlings would likely all perish here.

Months of effort wasted, they couldn’t accept this.

"Retreat, retreat, retreat! Forget about anything else!"

Brother Tian gave the command, and naturally, the other underlings nodded in agreement.

Apart from them, the people who Fang Yu had just sent flying mostly suffered severe injuries but not fatal ones, climbed up from the ground, and upon seeing the battle situation undergo such an earth-shattering change, they had no fighting spirit left.

Their group’s prowess, though somewhat competent, was not on par with the renowned experts.

Even the Poison Scorpion Sisters were taken down on the spot; how could they have the confidence to face such a monstrous opponent, each inwardly cursing, questioning the forces behind those issuing the task.

To hell with it, this was beyond their capacity; why assign the task to them! Is there a functioning intelligence department?

Clambering up awkwardly, individuals retreated discreetly, cautiously bypassing Fang Yu from behind, moving toward the inn’s entrance.

When they were about to step over the inn’s threshold, both Brother Tian and everyone else felt their nerves tighten.

But thankfully, that mass killer amidst chaos did not spare them a glance from start to finish.

This sense of being disregarded, ignored, might stir in someone with a bit of pride, prompting them to turn back and square up.

But in Brother Tian’s case, such a scenario would never occur.

He was merely a shady character sneaking martial arts learning; what pride could he have; fleeing was the prime directive.

However, just as he and his underlings had fled the inn, intending to dash outside, they abruptly noticed the ones running ahead of them—who had just escaped alongside—started slowly retreating.

Brother Tian:?

Following their gaze forward, his face visibly paled.

Under the nocturnal veil, within the shadows ahead, a row of people stepped closer, their numbers nearly encircling the inn entirely!

They, the escapees, seemed like trapped turtles, simply transferring from a smaller cage to a slightly larger one.

"Brother Tian!"

"Who are those guys up there...?"

"Retreat... everyone retreat..."

Brother Tian and the underlings, along with others, were slowly pressured by the group hidden in shadows, step by step retreating again to the inn’s entrance.

Under the moonlight, Brother Tian subtly distinguished their attire, his eyes widened soon.

"So it’s... "

...

Inside the inn.

Fang Yu withdrew his gaze from those retreating figures.

Those three-digit blood count folks were simply uninspiring, merely increasing the Evil Qi values unjustly.

His gaze reverted again to focus on Humblebane Plague and the others.

"He can leave. You, however, must stay."

Fang Yu pointed directly at Humblebane Plague.

Humblebane Plague instantly trembled.

The 300 taels couldn’t even secure the two of them?

The reward for this task wasn’t even a hundred taels of silver!

"I’m not leaving! Demon, others may fear you, but I won’t! I’ll stand with Master to eradicate you!"

Zhao Wutian, naive and innocent, was completely oblivious to the situation.

Meanwhile, Humblebane Plague slowly clenched his fists.

"Is it... not enough money?"

The amount already was significant.

At least based on Humblebane Plague’s experience, it’s absolutely a reasonable price.

Demanding more would be somewhat excessive.

But now the opposite party holds the advantage, thus even if he asks for more, Humblebane Plague gritted his teeth and prepared to agree.

Hence, he planned to let the other state the price.

"Sir, name an amount; we’re just acting for money, so please, grant us an opportunity."

One could say Humblebane Plague displayed considerable restraint and even politeness.

This made Fang Yu hesitate about whether to take down the Blood Bag.

After checking the system prompt again, the Evil Qi accumulated today had already exceeded limits requiring some days to settle for peace to return.

Reflecting, Fang Yu extended five fingers.

"Five hundred taels, then both of you can leave. But..."

Humblebane Plague’s face visibly brightened hearing the first half of the sentence.

Spending money to avoid disaster for safe departure indeed was the best outcome.

But Fang Yu’s latter words clearly caused Humblebane Plague to tense up once more.

"But?"

"But you must tell me who your mastermind is and where I can find them."

Upon hearing this, Humblebane Plague’s face changed.

A ruthless one indeed!

This was to take down the mastermind entirely?

Others like it had existed, but Thunder City wasn’t any small town engaging in petty skirmishes.

The forces deeply rooted here, weren’t they all overlord-level entities?

Everything intertwined, precisely connected; offending one might mean directly offending the Ten Major Families, which could ripple forth until, no matter how capable one is, they’d be crushed by unseen hands.

Frankly, Humblebane Plague didn’t favor Fang Yu’s odds, even felt a bit regretful for him.

Even witnessing Fang Yu defeat the Poison Scorpion Sisters et al., Humblebane Plague still perceived Fang Yu lacked strength against the grand forces behind him.

Nonetheless, such concerns weren’t his to bother.

Whatever the other desired, he’d provide, as long as he and Zhao Wutian could survive.

"Master!"

Zhao Wutian obviously wasn’t ready to compromise.

But this time, Humblebane Plague wouldn’t indulge him.

"Shut up! From now, if you speak another word, we’ll sever our master-disciple bonds!"