Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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The out-of-town underworld messenger quickly slipped away, leaving the local messengers with mixed feelings. Embezzlement had even extended to a neighboring unit! While their local colleagues had big appetites, the local messengers from the capital certainly didn’t have the guts—getting into a unit like the City God Temple these days wasn’t easy. Earning a little extra money on the side was one thing, but who would dare to go this far?
Not to mention that he was caught red-handed by two leaders.
Black Impermanence looked utterly ashamed: “Director Wei, don’t worry, I will definitely give you an explanation for what happened today. The despicable behavior of these low-level soul-reaping envoys cannot be tolerated! We will definitely investigate this matter to the end!”
See?
The underworld messengers thought to themselves, “What’s the point of sneaking away? Once they lose their secure jobs, they will probably be hiding somewhere, regretting their actions and crying their eyes out.”
They felt particularly angry. These were the unspoken rules of the industry, which everyone knew and could benefit from. But now, a group of people who didn’t understand the rules had exposed them!
They looked at the tall, thin man who was still in a daze inside the house with particularly unfriendly eyes.
….
The room was littered with scattered paper money and ingots, and the ashes were still floating, drifting aimlessly in the void.
The scene was awkwardly quiet. Wei Tianyi, who had just finished a fight with him, got up and kicked the tall, thin man: “Where’s the underworld messenger? Where’s the underworld messenger you asked for? Call him!”
The tall, thin man’s ritual had been quite loud, and he’d even been caught in the eerie wind that swept through the room. Seeing the man inexplicably speaking to the void with an air of absolute confidence, he momentarily believed it to be true, even thinking the man could communicate with spirits, and felt a slight fear. He thought to himself that underworld officials were different from wandering ghosts; this one sounded quite respectable. If you looked at it, weren’t they just civil servants of the underworld? Maybe they really did have some abilities?
After waiting for so long, this was it? Apart from a gust of wind, nothing else happened. Wei Tianyi felt ashamed when he thought about his mental state just now. What was even more shameful was that he had actually been shaken by these lunatics’ steadfast materialism! The tricks of scammers these days were really too sophisticated!
Wei Tianyi, with his fiery temper, resorted to violence when enraged. Regaining his composure, he grabbed the tall, thin man and started hitting him: “You damned liar! A messenger of the underworld? I’ll teach you to be a messenger of the underworld! You can’t even make up a lie, and you’ve turned my house into a complete mess! Let me tell you, this isn’t over!”
Xing Kai, who was also stunned, instinctively stepped forward to mediate, but was instead pointed at and yelled at: “You little brat, trying to fool me with outsiders. Just wait, I’m going to tell your dad about this and have him teach you a lesson!”
If this bast**d hadn’t made those solemn vows beforehand, he wouldn’t have so easily believed the nonsense these people spouted.
Xing Kai panicked after hearing what he said. The tall, thin man on the other side was in pain and frustrated from being beaten, and he didn’t have time to pay attention to what they were saying. He just held the Yin Talisman he got from his master and fell into endless emptiness.
Then his junior brother’s words slowly surfaced in his mind.
An uncontrollable sense of unease and doubt rose in his mind— am I really just too bad?
The chubby guy had tried to break up the fight but got punched a few times in the chaos. Now he was pitifully hiding to the side. Seeing Wei Tianyi getting stronger and stronger while his senior brother was being beaten up one-sidedly, he couldn’t help but suggest with a mournful face: “Senior brother, I told you we’re not good enough. We can’t beat him. Let’s run away quickly.”
The tall, thin guy wanted to run, but he needed to actually be able to! Wei Tianyi had practically twisted his arm into a pretzel!
Seeing his senior brother, who was young and strong, at a disadvantage, the chubby boy couldn’t help but praise Wei Tianyi: “I remember Boss Wei is over fifty years old, right? It’s good to be healthy. He’s really strong. My senior brother usually beats me pretty badly.”
The tall, thin guy who got punched in the face: “…”
Seeing the situation was turning bad, the pockmarked man stomped his foot, gritted his teeth, and, ignoring his fellow disciples, turned and fled towards the main gate. He was certainly lacking in team spirit.
Unfortunately, before he could run more than a few steps, he was suddenly kicked in the abdomen. The pain made his vision go black, and he was sent flying three or four meters backward before crashing heavily onto the coffee table in the Wei family’s living room.
He swept the cups and ornaments off the coffee table, and it took him several seconds to struggle to get up. He saw that several people had already appeared outside the door, and the one who kicked him back into the house was Wei Xi, the leader.
Wei Xi’s expression was not good. Not only did these competitors come to his home to steal his business, but they also beat up his disciples. They simply didn’t take him seriously. Although Taicang Sect was small, it was not a place that anyone could bully!
The tall, thin man was already having a lot of headaches with Wei Tianyi and seeing Wei Xi return only made him more apprehensive. To be honest, he was far more wary of Wei Xi than of Wei Tianyi. While Wei Tianyi was skilled in martial arts, he was clearly a complete novice when it came to Taoist philosophy. Wei Xi, on the other hand, had somehow managed to easily break through the Thousand-Mile Eye technique that the tall, thin man had been studying for years! If he could break through the Thousand-Mile Eye technique, who knew what other insidious methods he might have up his sleeve? Now that his efforts had failed and he was in Wei Xi’s hands, the tall, thin man was momentarily unsure how his opponent would retaliate.
Is it a tit-for-tat approach, locking away one’s own soul? Or an even more insidious and brutal method?
He met Wei Xi’s sinister eyes, thinking to himself that as long as he survived, he could always find a way to fight again, and said, “Fellow Daoist Wei, this is all a misunderstanding. I have long admired your reputation, and I had no choice but to summon the underworld messenger just now. I did not mean to offend you…”
The chubby boy sighed, “Senior brother, are you stupid? How could anyone possibly believe something like that?”
The tall, thin man remained silent for a moment, then saw Wei Xi indeed snort coldly, squat down and pick up a fruit knife. His eyes widened in fury, and he began to struggle frantically: “You dare kill me!!!”
Tuan Tuanyi was baffled: “Are you sick? Why would my master kill you? Are you guys in a cult mentally unstable? We’ve already called the police.”
The tall, thin man froze in his struggle. Sure enough, Wei Xi simply put the fruit knife back on the coffee table, then frowned and glanced at the messy room, saying, “Sister-in-law, have Steward Zhou tally up the sect’s economic losses and make them compensate accordingly.”
Tall and thin guy: “…”
Little Fatty whispered to him, “Senior brother, don’t be afraid, they seem to be quite reasonable.”
Wei Tianyi finally released the tall, thin man, but before getting up, he didn’t forget to glare at him again: “You’re crazy. What era are we living in? Why are you still fighting and killing? I was wondering why you were involved in a cult. No wonder you talk and act like you have delusions. You even summoned the underworld messengers.”
The tall, thin man trembled with humiliation, his hands shaking. He had never suffered such an injustice in his life: “I…”
“What do you mean, ‘you’?” Wei Tianyi sneered. “Shut up already. If you’re so capable, why don’t you summon one and see? Forget all that, just summon Black and White Impermanence!”
Black Impermanence: “…”
Tuan Tuanyi gave Wei Tianyi a strange look: “…I don’t think he can do that.”
Wei Tianyi: “Nonsense!”
Tuanyi: “But that’s not what I mean by that.”
Wei Tianyi: “?”
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