#2148 - Fear of dying too slowly

Inside the Lota Merchant House branch's inner hall.

A person hurried in to report the news.

The steward who had sent people to watch Jun Wu Xie's every move looked increasingly grim.

"So, this person is definitely not from around here, and there are only three of them, with no one secretly protecting them?"

"Yes, Steward-sama.

They should have come from out of town, perhaps wanting to participate in the Twilight Secret Realm test.

From the information we've gathered, we can guarantee that there are no strong individuals secretly following to protect them, meaning they don't have any significant power backing them.

They must have obtained some fortuitous encounter, and they might even have higher-grade divine herbs on them; otherwise, they wouldn't have sold a second-grade divine herb so easily."

"Tonight, take some men and bring back everything they have.

Be swift and clean, leaving no traces, and dispose of the bodies cleanly."

"Yes!"

"Wait!"

The steward called out to the person who was about to leave and said, "The two women beside him are wearing veils, so their appearances are unclear.

However, their eyes are extremely beautiful.

Kill the man, but first remove the women's veils to see their faces.

If they are of superior beauty, it would be a pity to kill them; bring them back, and this steward will offer them to the young master first, and perhaps we can even get some rewards."

"Yes!"

That person hurriedly retreated.

… …

The night breeze rustled, and the night was hazy.

Jun Wu Xie sat alone in the small courtyard of the inn, drinking wine.

The aroma of the wine was intoxicating, fragrant and overflowing, with a faint peach blossom scent spreading in the wind, filling the entire courtyard.

The taste of the Peach Blossom Brew intoxicated him.

Yao'er personally brewed it back then.

A hundred years had passed, and there was still a lot of Peach Blossom Brew left.

In these years, he rarely drank it, afraid that once it was finished, he wouldn't be able to drink it for a long time.

He also didn't know where Yao'er was now.

When they separated in the Ultimate Secret Realm back then, she returned to the Divine Ancient Region; did she return to the Divine Moon City?

With Yao'er's strength, he wasn't worried about anything.

"Committing evil is inviting death; you came to your own demise, so don't blame me."

He muttered softly; his powerful divine sense had already sensed that many people were approaching the inn and sneaking in.

He poured himself a cup of Peach Blossom Brew, calm and composed, as if he didn't know anyone was approaching, showing no reaction.

"It's here."

The people from the Lota Merchant House were dressed in black, their faces covered, and they arrived at this small courtyard.

They separated, maintaining a certain distance, quietly climbed onto the surrounding walls, and crouched down to observe the scene inside.

"Those two women should be resting inside the house; this man is actually drinking wine in the courtyard in the middle of the night."

The leader's lips curled up, and a cold light flashed in his eyes as he made a gesture to the people beside him.

That person nodded, and his prostrate body leaped from the wall, like a ghost, instantly rushing behind Jun Wu Xie, his five fingers forming a claw, attacking the back of his head, trying to kill him with one blow.

He originally thought that his target wouldn't be able to react to his sudden attack and would surely die instantly.

Unexpectedly, the target, who was within reach, slightly tilted his body and dodged his attack.

Almost at the same time, a palm came to the back of his head like lightning.

He only felt an irresistible force coming.

With a bang.

His entire face slammed into the stone table.

The stone table lit up with a faint chaotic golden light, undamaged, while the black-clothed man's face, his entire facial features were flattened, a bloody mess, and he let out a scream.

Jun Wu Xie didn't even look at the black-clothed man; he threw him away casually, and the black-clothed man fell out, convulsing on the ground, his face a bloody mess, and his skull was cracked.

This scene shocked everyone lurking on the surrounding walls.

Coming back to their senses, six black-clothed men leaped up and rushed into the courtyard, launching attacks on Jun Wu Xie from different directions.

"Seeking death."

Jun Wu Xie put the wine cup in his hand on the table.

The moment the wine cup landed on the table, chaotic golden light bloomed, spreading out like sword energy.

Amidst the sound of flesh tearing, accompanied by screams, all six black-clothed men fell from the air, their heads all chopped off from the neck, blood spurting like a fountain.

Mu Ciyin and Linglong walked out of the house, and they couldn't help but be stunned when they saw the scene in the courtyard.

"Are these people from the Lota branch?

They are really unscrupulous, actually running to the inn to make a move in the middle of the night!"

Mu Ciyin and Linglong thought they would wait until they left the inn tomorrow before making a move.

They didn't expect them to be so impatient, truly afraid that they would die too slowly.

"The Lota family dominates Lota Ancient Town; I don't know how many of these kinds of shady dealings they've done.

A family, instead of thinking about developing properly and obtaining resources through legitimate channels, actually engages in the act of killing and robbing goods."

Jun Wu Xie put away the wine jar and stood up, saying, "Wait for me at the inn; I'll be right back."

After speaking, he waved his hand, and the seven heads disappeared into his palm, "You guys take care of these headless corpses."

He disappeared from the small courtyard.

Soon, he arrived at the Lota branch, the place where he sold the second-grade divine herb during the day.

At this time, inside the Lota branch's inner hall, the steward and several main management members of the merchant house were leisurely drinking tea, their faces full of contentment.

"They should be coming back soon.

Killing a few people with no background is just a snap of the fingers.

I'm looking forward to whether that kid has any third-grade divine herbs on him.

Third-grade divine herbs, even for our Lota family, this grade of divine medicine is a high-level resource.

Well, we intercept so many people every year, but we don't encounter third-grade divine herbs very often."

The steward muttered leisurely.

"Wanting third-grade divine herbs is not easy, I personally brought them to you."

A voice suddenly entered the inner hall.

The few people who were leisurely drinking tea in the inner hall were immediately shocked, and they stood up from their seats with a whoosh, their eyes instantly fixed on the outside.

"It's you!

How could it be you?"

The steward's pupils contracted violently, his face full of disbelief, and the muscles on his face twitched twice.

"Could it be that our people failed?"

The steward's expression was uncertain, and then his eyes shone with cold light, and he said coldly, "You should have run away, but you actually came to our door yourself!

Since that's the case, this steward will personally kill you!"

As the steward spoke, the true energy of the laws of the heavens permeated his body, and the aura of the Heavenly God Realm swept out, taking a step out of the inner hall, his body like a stream of light, instantly arriving more than ten meters away from Jun Wu Xie, runes swirling between his palms, raising his hand to unleash a law diagram, suppressing him.

"Kneel down."

Jun Wu Xie's voice was not loud, his tone was very calm, his hands behind his back, and he didn't even move a finger.

However, the moment the word 'kneel down' was spoken, in an instant, the law diagram collapsed on the spot.

The Lota branch's steward's body shook violently, only feeling that his internal organs were as if they had been hit hard and were about to explode.

He was horrified, and a mouthful of blood spurted out, his body softened, and he knelt on the ground with a bang.

"You… you you…"

The Lota branch's steward trembled all over, terrified, and large amounts of blood kept gushing out of his mouth.

He couldn't imagine what kind of existence he had provoked!

This person, actually just with two light words, without any action, made his meridians shattered, his internal organs ruptured, his heart full of cracks, and his head seemed like it was about to explode.

The few managers in the inner hall were already so frightened that they collapsed on the ground, their bodies shaking like sieves.

"Do you still want the resources on me now?"

Jun Wu Xie walked in front of the steward, stretched out his hand and sucked, and several managers in the inner hall dozens of meters away screamed and flew out, neatly kneeling in a row.

"Your Excellency, spare us, we were blind!

For the sake of the Lota family, spare us once, and we will definitely turn over a new leaf and start a new life!"

The steward and several managers begged for mercy together.

"If I were no match for you today, would you spare me?

Over the years, you haven't done less of the act of killing people and robbing goods, have you?

Spare you, so that you can continue to kill people and rob goods in the future?"

When the steward heard this, he knew that this person didn't intend to let him go.

A fierce look appeared in his eyes, and he said, "Although you are strong, you are new here, you must know how to assess the situation!

Tonight, you have no losses, but we have suffered a loss, and all the people we sent out were killed by you!

Let this matter end here, and both sides will be safe and sound!

If you kill us, the Lota family will never let you go!

Tomorrow, you will surely be annihilated under the wrath of our Lota family!"

Jun Wu Xie's face was expressionless when he heard this.

He pointed his fingers together and swiped, and in the horrified eyes of the steward and others, he chopped off all of their heads.

The kneeling headless corpses, the blood with heat rising from their necks, gushed out like a fountain.

He collected the few heads and disappeared from the Lota branch.

Half an hour later.

The night watchman passed by the Lota branch and saw that there seemed to be something hanging on the door of the Lota branch, and liquid was still dripping down.

Because the night was too dark, he couldn't see clearly, so he couldn't help but get closer.

This look caused the night watchman's pupils to dilate sharply, and he was so frightened that he stumbled back, sitting on the ground, and the gong in his hand fell to the ground with a clang.

"Dead people, dead people at the Lota branch!"

The night watchman was so frightened that he screamed.

The sound woke people up, and they came out to watch.

For a time, the entrance of the Lota branch was surrounded by people.

People pointed and talked, discussing.

The others inside the Lota branch were awakened and rushed out, only to find that the stewards were all dead!

Their faces were pale, and they sat on the ground with a thud.

"Quick! Quickly report this matter to the patriarch!"

… …

Lota Ancient Town, the most luxurious and magnificent mansion, the Lota Family.

In the middle of the night, the Lota family was very quiet, except for the family's night patrol guards, everyone else was resting.

Suddenly hearing this news, the high-level members of the Lota family were furious.

"This is outrageous! Who ate a bear's heart and a leopard's gall, daring to kill someone from the Lota Family in Lota Ancient Town!"

The patriarch of the Lota Family was a middle-aged man who looked to be around fifty years old, with a face full of brownish-yellow beard and eyes as sharp as an eagle's.

At this moment, he exuded a strong aura of violence, and with a slap of his large, hairy hand, he shattered the table.

"What exactly happened? How did they die?!

So many people, their heads cut off and hung at the branch entrance, and you actually don't know? What are you good for?

Several stewards, all with cultivations at the Lesser Heavenly God Realm, killed in such a way!

The murderer is provoking my Lota Family, slapping my Lota Family's face!"

"Reporting to the patriarch, a man and two women came during the day to sell Rank Two Divine Medicine…"

That person explained the information he knew in detail.

"So, it was that young man with no background who did it?

A person with no background can actually kill my Lota Family's stewards and dare to hang their heads at the branch entrance, provoking my entire Lota Family?

What's that person's name?

They're staying at the inn, they must have registered!"

"Reporting to the patriarch, the inn registration only has the young man's name, called Shi!"

Shi?

The Lota patriarch darkened his face and said, "I've never heard of the name Shi!

You quickly go find the people from the Mad Sand Sect and ask them if there is anyone named Shi among the forces coming to participate in the Twilight Mystic Realm!"

"Yes, my great patriarch!"

In the Lota Family's main hall, an elder immediately left in a hurry.

The Lota patriarch slowly clenched his hand on his leg.

For so many years, no one has dared to be so bold as to kill people from his Lota Family!

Their people would investigate before killing and robbing goods, and have never provoked someone they couldn't afford to offend.

But today, that man and two women actually killed their people!

According to the information currently available.

That man and two women should not be from any famous force.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for them to not have any Divine Ancient Coins and still need to sell Divine Medicine to exchange for them.

However, it's always wise to be cautious, he still wants to confirm!

…

The night gradually faded, and the east already had a ray of dawn.

Jun Wuxie, Mu Ciyin, Linglong, and the Little World Tree were sitting in the courtyard of the inn, leisurely chatting.

Jun Wuxie had brought the Little World Tree out from his body.

Now that she has recovered for the most part, there is no need to stay in his body all the time.

Until the morning sun broke through the clouds, many powerful auras were rapidly approaching the inn.

The Lota Family has obtained accurate information that there is no one named Shi among the famous forces that will participate in the Twilight Mystic Realm.

This means that Shi has no powerful backing!

The elders of the Lota Family personally led the team, their killing intent soaring!

If they cannot make that man and two women die without a burial place in public today, where will the family's prestige be?!