Immortal Refiner

As the winter snow melts, life bursts out in Shengtian City, and dead branches gradually sprout new shoots, showing the tension of life.

A long time has passed since the city was searched for the Star-catching Thief, but no useful clues were found. For this, the Prince's Palace spent thousands of taels of silver in vain.

During this period, a large number of martial arts people gathered in the imperial capital, which can be said to be a mixture of three religions and nine schools.

In various taverns, people from all walks of life often get into fights over disagreements, causing a lot of chaos.

In addition, due to the defeat of Jiulian Sect to Shengtian, a large area of ​​​​land that was vacated has also become the target of competition for many people in the martial arts world.

By occupying a street, you can legitimately collect protection fees. This is a real benefit!

Who doesn’t want to be able to collect money while sitting?

Therefore, even if there is little hope of finding the Star-catching Thief, these rough guys from the martial arts world are willing to stay and try to occupy a piece of territory in this prosperous imperial capital. If they succeed, they will not have to worry about the rest of their lives. M..

Because of these things, even the three major martial arts schools with certain official backgrounds have also encountered considerable challenges.

I thought I could successfully eat the piece of fat left by the Jiulian Sect, but now I have been seriously disturbed by these mixed martial arts people.

For this reason, the small martial arts schools under the orders of the three major martial arts schools have all suffered a big impact.

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Chi Ming Street.

A group of rough guys in coarse linen clothes gathered in a wonton shop. Seven or eight people only ordered three bowls of wontons, but they asked the boss for a few more bowls and gave each wonton a share. Everyone can enjoy a small portion.

"Hey, the food in this imperial capital is different. This spicy food is really delicious!"

"Huh! It's a pity that it's too expensive, otherwise I would have eaten seven or eight bowls of it."

"Hahaha, brother Yang, stop causing trouble to my boss's hothead!"

Among the few rough guys, a young man with a plain face smiled shyly, then took a sip of the bright red wonton soup, and didn't forget to purse his lips afterwards.

It's hard to imagine why such a shy young man would hang out with such a group of rough guys and stand out from the crowd.

However, the people around him just smiled jokingly, and there was no malice in them.

At this time, the boss came over and replaced them with a new jar of spicy oil and vinegar.

"Please use it with caution, sir, it's just some spicy food, not worth much money." The boss said with a smile.

He knew how to watch what was happening, and although this group of people seemed to be in dire straits, they were obviously not something he could afford to offend.

Judging from the fact that they only ordered three bowls of wontons, it didn't look like these people were here to eat the Overlord meal.

Just when the owner of the wonton shop was about to leave, the leading man held a toothpick in his mouth, crossed his legs, and asked boldly: "Boss, please stay here."

When Boss Zhang of the wonton shop heard this, he couldn't help but tremble. Then he turned around and continued to ask with an apologetic smile: "What's wrong, guest? Is there anything else?"

The leading man chuckled lightly and waved his hand, indicating that there was no need to be nervous.

"Don't be afraid, let me ask you, who do you usually pay protection money to?"

Boss Zhang was sweating slightly on his forehead, and he said in a trembling voice: "There is a martial arts gym on our street called Qingshan Martial Arts School. Normally, all the neighborhood money is handed over to the Qingshan Martial Arts School."

"That's it...it's a martial arts school again...how much do you pay per month?"

"It used to be two taels of silver, but recently it has been increased to three taels. It was said that it was out of sympathy for Feiyun Martial Arts Hall's hard work in catching the star thief. After the thief was caught, he would take back the two taels of silver." The boss said bitterly.

The man sneered and said disdainfully: "With a small business like yours, you don't earn much every month, but you actually have to pay three taels of silver to the martial arts gym. How much can you lose every month?" money?!"

As soon as these words came out, the boss's face became even more bitter. He, whose edges had been smoothed by life, did not dare to complain much at this moment.

Having less money in his pocket was better than nothing. Now he just hoped that the Star Raider incident would be over as soon as possible.

When the other rough guys saw the boss's cowardly look, they became furious. Some even slapped the table in anger.

boom!

"What does arresting the star-picking thief have to do with the owners of small shops like them?"

"That's right, it's just the people from those martial arts schools who randomly found an excuse and said they wanted to charge you more money. This is what you call borrowing money to show off..."

"Use the topic to your advantage!"

"You're right, I'm using the topic to my advantage! These martial arts masters are nothing."

"..."

Several people shouted angrily at each other without any concealment. Their rough voices spread far and were heard by several surrounding shops.

The owner of the Wonton Shop turned green with fright. He said nervously: "You guys, it's better not to say this. The old owner of the Qingshan Martial Arts School is a martial arts master, and he also has Feiyun behind him. Martial Arts School, if these words fall into their ears, they may get into trouble..."

The leading man smiled and assumed a posture that I knew well.

"Hahaha, from now on, you don't have to pay three taels of silver to that Qingshan Martial Arts School. From now on, you only need to pay one tael of silver to us!"

"Boss, remember, we are heroes from Liangzhou!"

After saying that, the good man from Liangzhou placed the money for three bowls of wontons side by side on the table, and then stood up.

"Brothers, let's go to the gym!"

Uh-huh!

The remaining seven people also stood up neatly and took out objects from their waists or behind their backs. These objects were wrapped with hemp ropes.

As they walked, they untied the hemp rope, revealing the appearance of these objects. They were actually weapons that exuded a cold edge!

Lao Zhang from the wonton shop was so frightened when he saw this scene that he was covered in cold sweat.

He shakily put away the wonton money, and then ran quickly towards the store, apparently wanting to close it immediately.

Chiming Street, something big may happen today!

At this time, a lazy voice came over.

"Hey, Lao Zhang, why are you closing now? It's broad daylight. Hurry up and serve me two bowls of wontons!"

I saw Li Qing walking over while yawning.

"Hey, Master Xiao Li, didn't you hear just now? Why are you still in the mood to eat wontons at this time? There is a dragon crossing the river to cause trouble. Be careful of us being affected!" Lao Zhang said eagerly.

However, Li Qing was too lazy to respond. He waved his hand and said, "No matter how much trouble there is, it won't affect us. Things like playing in the gym are done behind closed doors. If there is a fight in the street, the government will not sit idly by and ignore it." of."

"Okay, hurry up and bring me the wontons. I haven't been exhausted from blacksmithing these days." Li Qing urged.

"You...Oh, okay, okay, wait a moment, I'll be fine soon." Lao Zhang then continued to put the rag on his shoulders and continued to work.

Among the Liangzhou heroes who had not left far at this time, the young man named Yang suddenly stopped and looked back with narrowed eyes.

"What's wrong, Brother Yang?" The leading man immediately noticed this scene.

The young man surnamed Yang shook his head and said: "No big brother Fang, I just felt that the person who walked into the wonton shop just now was a little different. He might also be a martial arts practitioner."

Fang Long laughed and said: "Hahaha, don't worry about them. We are playing in the Qingshan Martial Arts Hall. As long as it doesn't hinder us, don't worry about them."

"Too."

Yang Xing withdrew his gaze and followed the crowd towards Qingshan Martial Arts Hall.

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