CHAPTER 39: CHAPTER 39: COMPENSATION!

The intense commotion caused everyone in the tavern, who were about to make a move, to be slightly shocked, and they all looked over at Jiang Shi.

This kid...

He killed both the Poisonous Asura and the Double Blade Master?

How is that possible?

Many people immediately turned their heads to look at the Double Blade Master, slumped in the corner, their eyelids twitching. The Double Blade Master’s eyes were wide open, arms shattered, chest sunken, motionless, as if a giant boulder had crushed him.

"Which bastard is in charge here? Get out here!"

Jiang Shi angrily scolded, using the Wolf Fang Club to thump it directly on the ground, making a dull thud.

Seeing the bloodstained massive Wolf Fang Club, everyone’s hearts clenched, and they finally believed that the Double Blade Master and Poisonous Asura were indeed killed by his hand!

The Double Blade Master, at the strength of the Entering Strength Seventh Level, with his Wind-Chasing Saber Technique, was renowned in Jianghu as an outstanding hero, yet he was dispatched this quickly by this kid?

Fourth Young Master Lu was also showing surprise, immediately looking towards Jiang Shi.

"Fourth Young Master?"

A burly man beside him quickly whispered.

The young man suddenly understood and quickly stood up, walking towards Jiang Shi, cupping his hands, and said, "This brother, my name is Lu Chengtian. Did someone poison your horse? I am willing to pay ten times the price to compensate you, plus I can also give you my prized Han Jade Horse, hoping you can help me too!"

He was surrounded, with no hope of escape, yet suddenly found such a powerful figure appearing in Jiang Shi.

It was as if he saw hope again.

"You?"

Jiang Shi suddenly glanced at the young man, coldly saying, "Are you also with them?"

"No, no, please don’t misunderstand."

The young man quickly waved his hands.

"If you’re not with them, then get out of the way."

Jiang Shi shouted angrily, continuing to look at the people in the tavern, saying solemnly, "No one admitting it? Then don’t blame me!"

He walked out with big strides, heading towards the Double Blade Master who had just been killed, rudely pulling out his corpse to start searching it.

The faces of many Jianghu people fell, their eyes continually assessing Jiang Shi.

Suddenly, a black-bearded man revealed a half-smiling expression, his body leaping down lightly from the second floor, landing gently behind Jiang Shi, and said with a smile, "Brother, you want money, right? I could give you some, but, how about we talk somewhere else?"

He extended a large hand, attempting to seize Jiang Shi’s shoulder suddenly, trying to subdue him.

Jiang Shi frowned, turned and grabbed the black-bearded man’s wrist, coldly saying, "Are you his friend? Daring to poison my horse? Do you know how far that horse has carried me? Do you know how many nights it has accompanied me? Do you know I’ve already regarded it as a friend..."

Crunch...

The black-bearded man’s wrist instantly made a series of sounds under Jiang Shi’s grip, his bones about to crack, veins bulging, his face twisted with pain, fear seizing him, beads of sweat rolling down his forehead.

What kind of monster is this?

His Entering Strength Ninth Level cultivation was unable to move under this kid’s grip?

The other Jianghu people’s faces all changed, hardly believing it.

The black-bearded man couldn’t bear it any longer, shouting in pain, urgently swinging his other hand to strike towards Jiang Shi’s forehead.

"Still dare to make a move?"

Crack!

Jiang Shi was furious, slapping out, colliding directly with the black-bearded man, the air between them screeching with a violent sound, the fierce current flipping many tables and chairs.

Ah!

The next moment, the black-bearded man screamed, hoarse and exhausted, his wrist breaking on the spot, the large bone instantly bending, the pale bone directly piercing through the flesh, emerging from behind his shoulder.

"Spare me, hero!"

He shouted desperately, not caring about anything.

"You killed my friend, still want to kill me, and now you ask for mercy, do you think it’s that simple?"

Jiang Shi shouted sternly, grabbing the man with one hand, lifting him high, about to smash him to death.

The colors changed on the faces of many Jianghu people.

"Brother, please stop, let’s talk this over!"

The lead figure Ouyang Tian quickly shouted, swiftly leaping down.

"Stop, quickly stop!"

The other Jianghu people also quickly spoke, leaping in one after another, surrounding Jiang Shi.

"Want to attack all together?"

Jiang Shi’s eyes flashed coldly, swiftly putting down the man in his hand, immediately grabbing the massive Wolf Fang Club, fully alert, looking towards the crowd.

It seemed that only with the Wolf Fang Club in hand, did he have a sense of peace inside.

"Brother, there is a misunderstanding, Poisonous Asura killed your horse? He deserved to be killed by you, we don’t really know him, just crossed paths a few times, if you want compensation, we can gather some silver, how about we settle this?"

Ouyang Tian spoke.

His eyes fixed on the Wolf Fang Club in Jiang Shi’s hand, as well as the severely injured Tan Yue, with deep trepidation in his heart.

If he didn’t realize Jiang Shi’s strength by now, he didn’t deserve to continue mixing in Jianghu.

Having the Poisonous Asura and Double Blade Master, both Entering Strength Seventh Level, killed was one thing.

Even the Ninth Level Tan Yue was crippled with a single palm, this strength was unfathomable.

They came today to deal with Lu Chengtian, not to create more enemies.

If Jiang Shi’s strength were ordinary, they wouldn’t hesitate to kill him outright, but Jiang Shi happened to be so powerful, they had to speak kindly.

"Then how much silver can you gather?"

Jiang Shi snorted coldly.

"A hundred taels!"

Ouyang Tian said.

A hundred taels of silver was more than enough to buy a fine war horse.

"Damn it, a hundred taels for my friend’s life, is it that simple? I’ll smash him to death!"

Jiang Shi was furious, lifting the black-bearded man intending to smash him to death.

"Brother, calm down, three hundred taels, is that okay?"

Ouyang Tian quickly changed his tune, face changing.

"That was my dear brother, my beloved companion, I’m still going to smash him!"

Jiang Shi gritted his teeth, raising the black-bearded man again.

"Four hundred taels, no more..."

Ouyang Tian said helplessly.

"Bring the money!"

Jiang Shi coldly spoke, putting down the black-bearded man.

Ouyang Tian waved his hand, preparing for the crowd to gather money.

But the group of Jianghu people looked at each other, their lips twitching, speechless.

They came out to abduct Lu Chengtian, not for tourism, who carries that much silver? At most, they brought two or three taels as meal money.

"What? Didn’t bring any?"

Ouyang Tian’s eyelid twitched, then quickly said, "Take it from the tavern counter, quickly see how much is there?"

A girl in a pink dress at the counter quickly lowered her head to search.

Jiang Shi’s cold eyes swept over, only to realize several bodies had been hidden in the corner of the counter, seemingly the original shopkeeper and clerks.

They had killed the original shopkeeper and clerks, impersonating them!

"Found it, but it’s not much, only over a hundred taels."

The girl in pink lifted a cash box and said.

"Gather more, hurry up and gather!"

Ouyang Tian quickly looked towards the others, shouting.

The Jianghu people were helpless, quickly searching their bodies.

You contribute one tael, I contribute two, someone else three...

Yet even so, the group barely gathered less than a hundred taels in total.

This infuriated Jiang Shi, making him furious.

"Brother, calm down, please be calm, how about this, we’ll owe you first, and afterwards you come with us to the Green Forest Army base to get the money!"

Ouyang Tian quickly tried to appease him, saying.

"Yes, brother, we are all from the Green Forest Army, did you think you haven’t heard of us?"

Others also spoke up in quick succession.

"Green Forest Army?"

Jiang Shi let out a cold laugh, saying, "You think I’m an idiot? I go to your base, and the next moment, you might have me surrounded!"

"Wait, brother, I’ll offer you three hundred taels, please save me!"

Lu Chengtian quickly spoke up again, his tone urgent.

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