Chapter 62: Begging for Mercy and Returning the Spirit Stones

Under the starry night, amidst the firelight.

In a corner of the shanty area, the people living along a narrow path were filled with astonishment and shock at this moment.

Holy crap! This kid is really at the middle stage of Qi Refining!

How is that possible?! How could this be possible!?

I don't know! I really don't know, how could such a thing even happen?

Could that foreman actually be his missing father?

Having been unable to confirm the situation earlier in the morning because they had quickly brushed past each other, these neighbors, who had been restless all day, finally received confirmation at this moment that Du En had indeed broken through.

Given the wretched circumstances of a lowly corpse-burying laborer, to be able to break through at such a speed is even more exaggerated and prominent than that renowned Shi Lei of the Stone Digging Gang!

Facing these shocked gazes, Du En did not feel stage fright at all; his expression did not change in the slightest, and he simply continued walking calmly toward his dwelling at the end of his line of sight.

Du En nodded slightly, seemingly satisfied, and resumed walking without saying a word.

"And besides, we didn't actually hand over our spirit stones earlier."

"..."

Because if others hadn't called out to him, he really would have almost stayed there overnight.

He spoke as if it were a matter of course, incomparably calm, yet it left the others completely stunned.

Reciting silently in his heart, he turned his head back again to look at the others who had gathered; not yet sensing the crisis, they wore expressions of reflected glory.

The headless, massive corpse, with residual middle-stage Rank 1 demonic power, radiated invisibly, making them tremble with fear; their legs went weak, and they collapsed in patches, just like wheat falling over.

Trembling with fear and covered in cold sweat, they dared to steal a glance and, seeing Du En standing before that person, they couldn't help but start gloating over the misfortune.

It was mainly because the key point he had grasped today was truly very useful; he felt that he was now only a hair's breadth away from achieving the goal of his trip!

As he approached, the pitch-black corpse of the Forest Shadow Leopard he was carrying on his shoulder was finally barely illuminated by the ordinary firelight, captured by the people's line of sight.

However, now, paired with that slaughtered demonic beast corpse, it was a completely different matter.

The four of them appeared quite excited; only Ning Caize vaguely felt that something was not quite right.

Regardless of how Du En broke through, his strength had already been revealed, so at this moment, it was enough to make them all beg for mercy in unison.

Because that person was Liu Qixiang!

"This is just a cub, probably not even two months old yet."

However, as he walked, he still chose to stop his footsteps.

Seeing such smooth movements from him, even though they had been together for a long time and knew his character, the others couldn't help but wonder if this might have been an intentional test by Du En?

"I am truly, deeply sorry; I shouldn't have always been badmouthing you behind your back. Please, as a great person, don't hold a grudge against a small person like me, and kindly let me go!"

"We can't take this, this is what Liu Qixiang offered to you!"

Their opinions were unanimous.

"A bunch of sour people, serves them right! So satisfying!"

"Exactly! Whenever they run into us, they either roll their eyes or pinch their noses. Honestly, I really want to give them a good beating!"

Liu Qixiang was also panicked and chose a path, fleeing into the gap between houses and leaving quickly.

Du En silently withdrew his gaze from the direction he had left.

He stood trembling with his hands hanging down, back hunched, fawning with a smile, stuttering, and very self-aware; without much nonsense, he respectfully handed over the bag of spirit stones he had prepared just in case when he left the house.

You think you've turned things around?

Actually, you haven't!

Just a middle-stage Qi Refining, see if I don't stomp you back into the mud!

Hahaha!

Thinking that he would be the one to trigger this, Liu Qixiang felt wonderful just thinking about it.

"What's wrong?"

This time, he walked directly back to the corpse-burying laborer's courtyard.

These spirit stones are yours!

Seeing this, Du En did not waste any more breath and just silently took them back.

As the member of the Green Clothes Gang responsible for this area and collecting protection fees here, he was certainly the most concerned about Du En's cultivation level, so as soon as he finished work today and heard some rumors, he bit the bullet and came over.

"Cough! How could that be? Don't talk nonsense."

Because past eye-rolls, back-stabbing remarks, and open scolding... all such situations could now become a pretext for Du En to easily beat them to death as well!

The hearts of the others immediately jumped into their throats, and the pleas for mercy in their mouths vanished abruptly.

Before he could even figure it out, Du En handed the spirit stones he had just taken back to them: "The spirit stones are back, everyone take your own share."

"You should just keep them yourself!"

"On the way back, I was still wondering if you would really get obsessed and stay out in the wasteland."

People immediately let out a long sigh of relief, and then, having no mood to linger, those who were supposed to turn back home turned around one after another, fearing that Du En might suddenly change his mind.

It was quite a bit more than the protection fees the corpse-burying laborer used to give this guy.

Now, upon stepping into the courtyard, his gaze was captured by the Forest Shadow Leopard.

This matter, of course, would not end so simply!

"Uh, sir, this, isn't appropriate, is it?"

This mood was naturally quite good; he had originally been walking back to the city, wanting to have a good review and strive to make a one-time success in the next few days!

It was just that when he reached the city gate, he remembered Du En going to retrieve the treasure, and he couldn't help but feel curious and concerned, so he hesitated and chose to turn back here.

Ren Li, who was walking over, felt a bit awkward upon hearing this.

Du En accepted these pleas for mercy but had no intention of wasting time on these guys; he only thought about going back to cook the leopard to eat.

It was forty low-grade spirit stones.

Frowning, Ren Li walked over quickly and crouched down, carefully pressing and feeling the mostly intact corpse for a while.

Guessing the superior's intentions, complying and fitting in...

"I'm the same."

Waiting for Du En, and waiting for the bad news!

Right now, seeing this bad news stop in front of him, his cold sweat poured like water, completely unstoppable.

As well as anticipation!

"Ha, ha... Foreman Du, Lord Du, I really, truly had eyes but failed to recognize Mount Tai; before this, I actually offended you many times and bumped into you. Forgive me, please forgive me!"

Although his heart was bleeding, at this moment he could only offer it up first!

Regarding this, Du En took it directly, gave the bag opening a shake, and opened it.

If Du En had merely broken through to the middle stage of Qi Refining, they might have had some other little thoughts, especially thinking he was just lucky.

A cub less than two months old?

He was just a low-level lackey, so naturally he would choose to retreat and save his life just now, but over at the Green Clothes Gang, they would not fear Du En's middle-stage Qi Refining cultivation!

Hmph!

Once I go report to the Hall Master immediately, in the end, I will still make you spit out the spirit stones!

In Liu Qixiang's heart, there was only gnashing of teeth.

"I was wrong! I was wrong!"

"Exactly, exactly."

"Eh? This leopard..."

"Lord Du! It was I who had eyes but no pupils!"

And then.

"Green Clothes Gang..."

Du En ignored these people who were overthinking, threw the corpse of the Forest Shadow Leopard into the courtyard, and then turned his body back.

"Haha! This bunch of ingrates, didn't expect them to be so cowardly!"

Such a big size, and you say it's still a cub?!

This matter truly shocked everyone, and even on Du En's side, there was a slight raising of the eyebrows.

(End of this chapter)