bookrebus Chapter 58 Those Who Offend Me
Chapter 58 Those Who Offend Me
"Make way, make way! The Supervisory Heaven Pavilion is investigating a case!"
A group of disciples from the Dutian Pavilion, dressed in uniform and each wielding a long weapon, looked fierce and menacing. They carried testing stones and portraits and brazenly inspected everyone they saw on the street. The townspeople avoided them like the plague, their faces filled with fear.
Liu Xingxing, who was picking out some toys for Xiao Mo to take home from a small stall, was suddenly pushed and looked over with a puzzled expression.
A rather unfriendly-looking disciple of the Dutian Pavilion grabbed Liu Xingxing, brandished the portrait in his hand, and asked in a very unpleasant tone:
"The Heavenly Supervision Pavilion is looking for someone. Hey, have you seen this person? Tell the truth!"
Liu Xingxing looked at the portrait with a blank expression: "I don't recognize it, I've never seen it before."
She didn't even recognize the Dutian Pavilion he mentioned. It wasn't one of the three major sects or eight major schools, nor was it a large sect that controlled a region. She didn't know any of them.
The man didn't pay much attention. He took the portrait, brought out the stone, and said, "Alright, put your hand over here and let's see if it's been disguised."
"This kind of investigation doesn't seem right. Who exactly is this person in the portrait that requires such a large-scale investigation? Also, what right does the Supervisory Heaven Pavilion have to use the identity verification stone to check the identities of us ordinary people? What if we offend someone we shouldn't?"
People like her are truly fearless.
"Miss, you're from out of town and don't know our local customs. You should let them check."
The toy vendor kindly offered a reminder and stepped forward to let them inspect his toy: "Master, please check."
The man, unhurried, shoved the vendor aside and looked at Liu Xingxing, saying, "Oh~ someone from out of town, then we need to check even more. Enough talk, just hand over your money! Otherwise you'll be in trouble! Hiding like this is definitely a disguise!"
The man's extremely arrogant attitude instantly ruined Liu Xingxing's otherwise pleasant mood.
Liu Xingxing was slightly displeased: "I had no idea that such a tiny place would have a local tyrant. I was just asking out of routine because I didn't understand why they were doing this. What kind of attitude is this? Are all the people from the Dutian Pavilion like this?"
The vendors nearby were terrified upon hearing this. Why wouldn't this girl listen to advice? Of all people to offend, she had to offend the people from the Dutian Pavilion. She was going to be in big trouble.
The man gave a sinister chuckle: "Heh, so you're not planning to cooperate?"
"I was going to cooperate, but I can't stand your superior attitude, so I don't want to cooperate anymore."
If she wanted to, this broken stone would never be able to verify her true identity, but why should she obediently cooperate with this arrogant person while looking at his face?
Taking a step back will only make you angrier, not to mention that these small sects from who-knows-where are acting so arrogantly.
This is the world of cultivation! Don't they know that there are always people more powerful than themselves and heavens beyond heavens?
"Very well, you openly challenge the authority of the Heavenly Supervision Pavilion and refuse to cooperate with the Heavenly Supervision Pavilion in investigating people. I have reason to suspect that you are the person we are looking for in disguise. Guards!"
The man suddenly shouted, and several other disciples from the Dutian Pavilion nearby immediately gathered around.
"This person refused to cooperate with the stone examination to verify his identity, his identity is highly suspicious, arrest him!"
He seemed to wield considerable power, able to command others. The obedient disciples immediately surrounded him, while the vendor who had just spoken up for her had long since disappeared.
Liu Xingxing tilted her head slightly, her expression unreadable, and asked, "Are you sure you want to make a move?"
"what happens?"
A voice interrupted at an inopportune moment, and another group of people walked over from the opposite street. It seemed that they had captured several people and tied them up with spirit-binding ropes.
Liu Xingxing glanced over and, to her surprise, saw a familiar face.
Ah Zheng, who had been missing all day, was now found bound hand and foot among the other bound people, his face seemingly bruised and battered.
Liu Xingxing's lips twitched slightly. Had he offended these people too?
Looking again, she noticed a familiar-looking storage bag hanging from the person's waist, the same one she had given to Ah Zheng that day. She then understood why he had been beaten up.
Good heavens, they actually stole things in broad daylight! What kind of scum are these?
She thought that people from a reputable sect wouldn't do something like stealing, but it turns out they're just a third-rate little sect.
The man immediately adopted a fawning expression and scurried over: "Senior Brother Zhang, this little girl isn't cooperating with our examination. She must be hiding her identity. She's very suspicious. We're just thinking of taking her down."
Zhang Jin glanced at Liu Xingxing from head to toe, noticing that her robes appeared to be of mid-grade quality, and after a moment's consideration, said:
"Hey, Junior Brother Li, how can you be so reckless? This young lady seems like a good person. How about this, young lady, you cooperate with us to check your identity, and hand over fifty mid-grade spirit stones to clear up any misunderstandings and make friends, okay?"
"Judging from your appearance, you must be a rogue cultivator. If you're interested, you can come back to the Dutian Pavilion with us. I can help you introduce yourself to the elders there. What do you say?"
Liu Xingxing was truly amazed that they could make extortion sound so respectable. In just a short while, her impression of the Dutian Pavilion plummeted.
Should we go and rid the people of this scourge one more time before we go back?
Do I really look that stupid?
Liu Xingxing stated her thoughts directly and frankly.
Zhang Jin scoffed, "Oh, you don't want to? I've already been very accommodating to the girl, don't be ungrateful!"
Liu Xingxing stared straight at him with her eyes half-closed: "Ungrateful? I'll return those words to you verbatim. Also, you kidnapped my friend and stole his things. I'm going to settle the score with you for that."
"Oh? Your friend? You mean the kid with this storage bag is your friend?"
Zhang Jin untied the storage bag from his waist, tossed it around triumphantly a couple of times, and looked at her with amusement.
"No wonder a mere mortal boy has so many spirit stones. So it was you who gave them to him. You're quite wealthy. The fifty you mentioned earlier doesn't count. Now you need to give me one hundred spirit stones to settle this matter. If you want to release him, give me another one hundred. I'm very merciful."
"Tch, how kind you are. Should I be grateful to you?"
Liu Xingxing slowly walked towards him and announced her verdict: "I've made up my mind. Just because of you two pieces of trash and what you just said, I'll take all the lives of the people in the Dutian Pavilion, so that there won't be any left to continue causing trouble."
If the upper beam is crooked, the lower beam will surely be crooked as well. What kind of people could teach such a group of people who plunder the money of ordinary people and arbitrarily arrest them?
There are only worse people.
A pot of moldy porridge is so disgusting that you have to throw the whole pot away!
"Hmph, a mere Golden Core cultivator dares to spout such nonsense in front of so many of us! Anyone who is detrimental to the Heavenly Supervision Pavilion shall be killed on sight! Charge!"
Zhang Jin was extremely disdainful. With a single command, more than a dozen people rushed forward, unleashing all sorts of spells and magical artifacts, completely disregarding the lives of those with low spiritual power and ordinary mortals around them.
Liu Xingxing stood there motionless, even glancing with amusement at A-Zheng, who was still bound not far away, and said calmly, "..."
"The first lesson of the Yuanzhou Continent: If you are weak, flee; if you are strong, annihilate those who offend us!"
After saying that, he raised his right hand slightly, put two fingers to his lips, and silently uttered something. In an instant, the surroundings seemed to be scorching hot, as if the air itself was being burned and distorted. The dozen or so disciples of the Dutian Pavilion suddenly screamed in agony.
In just a few breaths, more than a dozen people inexplicably turned into a pile of charred ashes, which scattered with the wind. Even the colorful spells disappeared, as if those people had never existed. Only the bound people remained, while the innocent people around them were unharmed.
No one could tell what had happened to them, but anyone with eyes could tell that it was the woman who just stood there with a nonchalant expression who did it.
Although she looked extremely ordinary and wore the worst clothes, her aura was so imposing that no one dared to offend her.
What terrifying power! She didn't even have to lift a finger, and those people were wiped out.
When did such a powerful figure arrive in such a small town?
"Hey, don't lose it again."
Liu Xingxing tossed the retrieved storage bag to Azheng, who had been untied.
Ah Zheng subconsciously took the bag, looked down at it for a while, and asked blankly, "Liu... Immortal, what kind of existence are you in this world?"
Liu Xingxing glanced around at the people who were gradually gathering around her, her expression calm.
"Sigh... They'll tell you, but before that, I need to go out and clean up some trash. Judging by the time, I should be back before dinner. You should go back to the inn first, and don't wander around outside unless you have to."
After saying that, Ah Zheng didn't even blink before the person in front of him disappeared.
Ah Zheng paused for a moment, looked around, but couldn't find anyone.