Chapter 61: 59. Being Targeted (1/5)

59. Being Targeted (1/5)

Light Sword!

A Master-level Golden Finger, it can actually condense Gold Light into a Light Sword!

Looking at the golden light pillar condensing from his own finger, Chen An was incredibly excited inside.

Just a short while ago, he had even thought about saving money to buy a Wuji for self-defense.

Now it's fine, there's no need.

A Master-level Golden Finger is his own portable Wuji!

Chen An calmed his mood as much as possible and tried to reach out to touch the light pillar; it felt a bit warm.

He pressed hard, wanting to see what the material was like, but it went straight through.

Hm?

It went through?

It's just a light pillar, not a Light Sword?

Can it only be used as a flashlight?

Chen An was stunned.

After recovering his senses for a moment, he felt it shouldn't be like this.

So he walked to a stone and swung the light pillar in his hand across it.

He didn't feel any resistance from cutting.

However, after the light pillar swept across, the stone on the ground was split in two!

Cutting through iron as if it were mud!

No!

It is cutting through iron as if it were air!

Looking at the stone on the ground that had been neatly split in two, Chen An couldn't help but get excited again.

This Master-level Golden Finger is too strong!

As long as he can get close to an enemy, he will surely kill them in one strike!

In the time that followed.

Chen An paced back and forth between the front and back yards, looking for various hard objects to test the power of the light pillar.

Whether it was stone or iron, the light pillar split them in two as easily as if it were passing through air.

"Residents of Green Willow Alley, pay attention!"

"Next, I will read out the list of residents who are behind on their rent this month!"

"Those whose names are called, consciously come out and follow me to the Logistics Department to register!"

"Otherwise, you will be executed on the spot!"

In the alley outside the courtyard, a loud, resonant shout suddenly rang out.

The voice sounded very familiar.

It was a Deacon from the Law Enforcement Hall of the Bamboo Leaf Gang.

His surname was Tang.

His cultivation was at the Qi Refining Ninth Layer.

As soon as Chen An heard this shout, he immediately retracted the Light Sword from his fingertip and lifted his legs to walk outside.

Although he was not behind on rent, in order to keep abreast of the current situation in Green Willow Alley, he still had to go out and take a look.

See who owed rent and was going to be pressed into the battlefield.

In case these fellow Daoists died on the battlefield, and they had young, beautiful daughters left behind with no one to care for them, Chen An felt he had an obligation to look after them.

Arriving outside the courtyard.

Chen An saw many residents who owed rent coming out in twos and threes to assemble.

There were more than he had imagined.

A glance over, and there were at least twenty people to start with.

Almost all of them were male cultivators.

Among them, there was only one female cultivator with an incredibly ugly appearance.

Female cultivators who were good-looking and couldn't pay their rent had basically already found someone to rely on; they wouldn't end up owing rent and being pressed into the battlefield.

The ones left were all so ugly that no one wanted them.

Hm?

Chen An suddenly saw an unexpected scene.

He saw Mo Lifang, who had been pestering him not long ago, wanting to be his beast of burden, now being held in the arms of that Deacon Tang from the Bamboo Leaf Gang, being groped and taken advantage of in every way.

She has latched onto a wealthy patron.

Seeing this, Chen An couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief, thinking that he finally wouldn't have to be pestered by this femme fatale anymore, and could finally have some peace and quiet.

"Deacon Tang, please have mercy, grant me two more days, just two days, and I will be able to scrape together this month's rent!"

A male cultivator at the Qi Refining Seventh Layer, not wanting to go to this battlefield of nine deaths and one life, could only disregard his dignity and kneel before Deacon Tang, begging humbly.

However, Deacon Tang was unmoved, looking down at the male cultivator from a high position and saying coldly:

"Begging me is useless. Since you cannot pay the rent within the stipulated time, then go to the battlefield yourself to earn a rent exemption certificate."

"Deacon Tang, you must have a way, you must have a way!"

The male cultivator would not give up and continued to plead: "I have a wife who I just married less than half a year ago, she hasn't even had children yet. If Deacon Tang doesn't mind, I can gift her to Deacon Tang!"

This Deacon Tang was a notorious lecher in the Bamboo Leaf Forest.

He has no interest in money, only in women.

Furthermore, he only likes married women.

Indeed!

Upon hearing the male cultivator say this, Deacon Tang immediately became interested and asked:

"I wonder what your wife looks like?"

"Beautiful as a flower!"

"Absolutely beautiful as a flower!"

Seeing an opportunity, the male cultivator immediately scrambled up, ran back to his home in front, and dragged a woman out from the house.

She was in her early twenties, with superior looks and a superior figure; she was a low-level female cultivator with quite a bit of charm.

Deacon Tang looked her up and down, felt very satisfied with this low-level female cultivator, and said to the male cultivator:

"Not bad. I will grant you three more days this month. If you still cannot pay the rent after three days, don't blame me for being impolite."

"Thank you, Deacon Tang! Thank you, Deacon Tang!"

"Husband, I, I don't want to..."

"... Smack!"

A loud slapping sound rang out.

The male cultivator slapped the female cultivator across the face and cursed, "Damn it, you bitch, what right do you have to say you don't want to? You're just a refugee I fished out of the Cheap Area; it's not your place to decide what you want!"

The female cultivator was stunned by the slap, trembling and not daring to speak.

With a cultivation base of only Qi Refining First Layer, in the eyes of these Qi Refining Late Stage powerhouses around her, she did not count as a person at all.

"Get over there, now!"

Seeing the female cultivator still standing there motionless, the male cultivator, as her husband, immediately shoved her toward Deacon Tang.

Deacon Tang laughed heartily, reached out and pulled this young and beautiful married woman into his arms, and then, in front of everyone, began kissing her pretty face wildly.

The female cultivator did not dare to move, only able to close her eyes and be molested by Deacon Tang.

Meanwhile, Mo Lifang, who was in Deacon Tang's other arm, saw this scene and a flash of fleeting disgust crossed her eyes; she felt a bit nauseated by this person, Deacon Tang.

If it were not for survival, she would never have latched onto a man who treats women like objects.

Whether it was the female cultivator closing her eyes to endure it or the disgust in Mo Lifang's eyes, Chen An, who was standing in front of his courtyard gate, saw it all.

He did not find the reactions of these two women strange.

Because he had long heard about the character of this Deacon Tang.

One: He likes married women.

During the war between the Bamboo Leaf Gang and the Black Iron Villa, he often coerced and lured residents in the Core Area who could not pay their rent into handing over their wives and concubines.

If he really took a fancy to the wife or concubine of a resident who could afford the rent, he would often try every possible way to set a trap to frame that resident, forcing them to give up their wife or concubine.

Two: He frequently abuses his wives and concubines.

Although it is only physical pain and does not endanger their lives, he tramples people's dignity into the dirt and crushes it.

Three: He treats his wives and concubines like objects.

Whenever friends come to visit, he will generously arrange for his wives and concubines to go to the guest room to entertain them well.

Because of these three points, this Deacon Tang is notorious throughout the entire Core Area.

No matter which alley the residents are in, as soon as they see Deacon Tang coming, they will hide their wives and concubines immediately to avoid being targeted by him.

Chen An is the same.

Every time he sees Deacon Tang coming over, he makes his wives and concubines go inside the house to stay, not even allowing them to come out into the courtyard.

Soon, all the residents who could not pay the rent had arrived.

Deacon Tang began to call the roll.

After confirming the number of people was correct, he did not linger any longer and left directly with this group of ashen-faced residents, intending to take them to the Logistics Department to register.

Mo Lifang, who was in his arms, and the female cultivator who had just been abandoned by her husband, also followed along.

While passing by Chen An's house, Mo Lifang saw Chen An standing in front of the courtyard gate and discovered that Chen An was looking in her direction.

In the moment their eyes met, her heart was filled with humiliation; she felt that Chen An must be mocking her in his heart and looking down on her.

So, she stood slightly on tiptoe, leaned into Deacon Tang's ear, and whispered something to him.

Upon hearing this, Deacon Tang's eyes lit up, and he immediately turned his head to look toward Chen An.

However, by this time, Chen An had already turned and returned to his house, and did not see this scene.

PS: Setting out my bowl, begging for monthly tickets and recommendation tickets!