Free Web NovelChapter 1066: Chapter 735: Mute Mountain_2
"Are they all damned ghosts?" Yang Xiao asked.
"Damn it, don’t worry, two human traffickers, one perverted sex maniac, who knows how many people these three guys have harmed." Ling Yanyu also looked down on these kinds of people.
Yang Xiao nodded, then asked, "How strong are they?"
"Two Resentment Level Apostles, well above average among their level, and a Fierce Level Apostle, I’ve heard he’s got some skills."
"Very well, let’s go with these three. Go arrange for them, let them set the terms, but don’t use our name," Yang Xiao instructed. "Get them in a car, bring full outdoor gear. We’ll be staying in the deep mountains for a few days. I’ll inform you of the meeting point later."
Under Ling Yanyu’s arrangements, everything proceeded systematically. After nightfall, Yang Xiao hired a black cab and quietly left Rongcheng, heading straight for the rendezvous point.
It was at a remote gas station on the road from Rongcheng to Xiang Ma Town. But when Yang Xiao saw the people there, he was stunned because instead of three people, there were four.
Two men and two women, and one familiar face caught Yang Xiao’s eye—it was Tong Han, she was here too!
Tong Han was dressed in black outdoor gear, her medium-length hair tied up at the back of her head, and she looked at him calmly from beneath her lowered hat brim.
"Oh my, this must be the sponsor daddy, hello there, handsome guy." Another blonde woman greeted Yang Xiao flamboyantly, her lazy body stretched out and leaning against the car door like a boneless snake.
"Cao Qi, you slut, you call everyone daddy. Wait till tonight when we’re in the same tent, I’ll make you call it enough!" said a rugged, scarred man wearing a fisherman’s hat as he pushed open the car door and stepped out with a creepy smile.
The remaining person was a young man with a gloomy face, his skin even fairer than Tong Han’s, and he was the first to notice Yang Xiao besides Tong Han, "Are you the client this time? What’s your name?" The young man arrogantly raised his chin at Yang Xiao.
"Yang." Yang Xiao didn’t mind telling them his real surname, as he didn’t plan to let them leave alive afterward anyway.
"Boss Yang, to be honest, the price you’re offering this time isn’t low. We can work with you, but if you don’t give us the corresponding reward afterward, don’t blame us for not recognizing you." The young man threatened.
"Whether it succeeds or not, you have to pay, handsome." The blonde woman tilted her head, pulling out a smile with a hint of aggression, "My time is very precious, you know."
"I asked you here to work, cut the crap." Yang Xiao didn’t bother with them and opened the car door to sit in the passenger seat.
On the road, they each briefly introduced themselves. The blonde beauty was called Lina, a mixed-blood, the gloomy-faced young man was Cen Fengyang, the scarred man was Chai Yong. Yang Xiao knew that these were just fake names.
"Tong Han, I’ve just arrived in Xiang Ma Town, this is my first business deal." Tong Han introduced herself.
"Oh dear, sister, let me tell you, Xiang Ma Town is not as simple as you think. If you want to survive well here, you need backers." Chai Yong grinned maliciously, placing his hand naturally on Tong Han’s shoulder.
Yang Xiao saw this scene clearly from the rearview mirror and frowned, "Miss Tong, what brings you to Xiang Ma Town?"
Tong Han looked out the window instead of at Yang Xiao, "I originally came to see a friend, but it turned out to be the wrong person. I treated him as a friend, but he didn’t treat me as one, keeping everything from me."
Yang Xiao: "..."
"Oh dear, good sister, let me tell you, that pretty boy is up to no good. After we return this time, I’ll help you deal with that shameless ex-boyfriend of yours who doesn’t know how to cherish beautiful women, unlike me who knows how to care." Chai Yong raised a fist the size of a sandbag in front of Tong Han to assert his presence. Having failed to charm Lina, he turned his attention to the seemingly quiet Tong Han.
Seeing no resistance, he became increasingly bold, and his words were filled with insinuation, his eyes almost popping out, unaware that a pair of eyes were coldly staring at him in the mirror.
"Why does it feel a bit cold?" Chai Yong looked at the driver, Cen Fengyang, and complained, "Damn, are you crazy with the air conditioning on in this weather?"
"Screw you, are you blind? Can’t you see for yourself?" Cen Fengyang didn’t bother holding back, cursing immediately.
He had the right to do so; besides Yang Xiao and Tong Han, he was the strongest one here, a genuine Fierce Level Apostle, with Venerable Level strength among Evil Cultivators. freёwebnoѵel.com
Seeing that both of them were not to be messed with, Chai Yong swallowed his pride and continued to harass the honest and straightforward Tong Han.
"That’s enough." Yang Xiao couldn’t bear it any longer and gave a light remark through the rearview mirror.
"Who do you think you are? Pretty boy." Chai Yong vented his frustration from being restrained by his Apostle companions onto Yang Xiao. The latter may be the boss, but he lacked any sense of menace, just an ordinary person, so Chai Yong didn’t hold back.
"Stop the car." Yang Xiao looked at the driver, Cen Fengyang.
"We’re in a hurry." Cen Fengyang didn’t take Yang Xiao seriously either; he just wanted to get the job done and leave.
But in the next second, a palm quietly landed on his right shoulder, and although it didn’t exert force, Cen Fengyang broke into a cold sweat, an instinctive sense of danger.
A sudden brake, Cen Fengyang pulled the car to the roadside, and Yang Xiao, who had let him go, opened the door, stepped out, and pulled open the back door. Under everyone’s astonished gaze, he grabbed Chai Yong’s collar and punched him hard in the face.
Chai Yong had not expected the scholarly-looking Yang Xiao to be so fierce, being punched and having blood gush from his nose.
The next moment, as he was about to leap out of the car in fury, he was struck again by two fists, forcing back the profanities he was about to shout about Yang Xiao’s family.
In his rage, Chai Yong was about to use his spiritual power to kill Yang Xiao, but Yang Xiao, wielding the Human Bone Staff, struck him down in one blow.
Throughout, Cen Fengyang, sitting in the driver’s seat, didn’t dare turn his head and only dared to observe through the rearview mirror.
Unlike Chai Yong and Lina, who were low-level Apostles, he was more knowledgeable and roughly guessed Yang Xiao’s identity.
He was the newly appointed Pingxi Marquis. freewebnovel.cσ๓
A young man whose spiritual power far surpassed his own, at least half a step into the Ghost Level. Combined with the fact that the person who contacted him for this task had close ties to the Pingxi Marquis Mansion, he was half confident in his guess.
"I brought you here to do a job, not to cause trouble. If you take my money and don’t do the job properly, you’ll die. Understand?" Yang Xiao did not directly take a life; he intended to teach these folks a lesson.
Their harassment of Tong Han was not the problem. If someone else were harassed, Yang Xiao would also intervene, though perhaps using lighter measures.
"So awesome! Are you a Fierce Level Apostle, brother?" Lina admired strength, her eyes filled with adoration as Yang Xiao’s burst of anger exuded masculine charm.
To her surprise, a second later, she also got hit on the head.
"Awesome, my ass. Was he talking to you?!" Yang Xiao gave a backward whack with his staff on Lina’s head, leaving her no room for dignity. This woman had been annoying him the whole drive.
But after subduing the two, Yang Xiao had fully taken control of the situation, leaving no one daring to act out any longer.
Lina, already cowed by Yang Xiao, shakily unscrewed a bottle of freezing cold mineral water and poured it over the unconscious Chai Yong’s face, bringing him back to consciousness.
Because Yang Xiao controlled his strength, Chai Yong hadn’t been beaten back to childhood, and after regaining consciousness, he became much more obedient, sitting like a primary school student in the backseat, hands resting on knees obediently. He dared not harass Tong Han, or even glance directly at her.
With Chai Yong quieted down, Lina losing her sass, and Cen Fengyang dropping the charade, Yang Xiao returned to the passenger seat, shutting the car door with a slam.
"Drive," he ordered coldly.
The group resumed their journey under the cover of night, only Tong Han leaning against the left car door in the back, absent-mindedly gazing out the window, her lips curling unconsciously.
