Chapter 144 - 140: Arrogant Jin

"Lead the way," Tou Jie glanced coldly at Ding Huan, her tone icy. She had dealt with too many people trying to please her; she hardly needed to care. Ding Huan led Tou Jie and the others quickly out of the market, then down increasingly remote paths. "Boy, stop." Tou Jie stared coldly at Ding Huan. Ding Huan stopped by a dried-up pond, which was a good place to bury these five people. "This place leads to the Desolate Forest; are you leading us here to get killed?" Tou Jie's tone was murderous. Obviously, if Ding Huan's answer was unsatisfactory, she would kill him. Ding Huan raised his hand and removed his mask and sunglasses: "You're right, I'm going to bury you all here." He didn't need to change his appearance to come here; becoming invisible was enough. "It's you?" Tou Jie recognized Ding Huan as soon as she saw his face and immediately grew furious. Ding Huan didn't wait for her to command her four subordinates, and cast four Wind Blades instantly. The heads of the four subordinates rolled off before they even had a chance to draw their weapons. As anger took hold, Tou Jie stared blankly at Ding Huan. Was this the power of a Foundation Establishment expert? The boundless rage she had felt just moments ago vanished completely. "What do you want?" Tou Jie instinctively took a few steps back. Ding Huan looked at Tou Jie, his tone mocking: "Why mess with me when I didn't provoke you?" "I was blind, and I'm willing to compensate you." Tou Jie's usual arrogant demeanor seemed utterly fake now. "Do you know why I didn't kill you?" Suddenly, Ding Huan produced a long knife, sending a shiver down Tou Jie's spine. She hadn't seen Ding Huan carrying a long knife before, and it seemed to have appeared out of nowhere. "Aren't you listening, or are you deaf?" Ding Huan's voice was impatient. "No, no... you must be asking where I hid the money, right?" Regret wouldn't change the facts, and at that moment, Tou Jie just wanted to leave as soon as possible. "If you know, then hurry up and tell me." Ding Huan huffed, clearly dissatisfied. "Yes, all my money is in the bank at Hundred Merchants Square in Four-direction City," Tou Jie answered quickly. Four-direction City? This was the first time Ding Huan had heard of this place. Knowing that Ding Huan had just arrived in Four-direction Star Land, Tou Jie explained hurriedly, "Four-direction City is the largest city in Four-direction Star Land and gathers half the people of the star land. People coming from other stars always gather in Four-direction City." Ding Huan frowned, "Then why did you send me to Little Star Corner Market?" Instead of mocking, Tou Jie's tone was respectful: "Usually, most people are sent to different corners of Star Land outside Four-direction City, and this month it happened to be Little Star Corner." Ding Huan understood; as a newcomer, he was not considered worthy of Four-direction City. "How can I get your money?" As soon as Ding Huan asked this question, even a fool like Tou Jie knew that he intended to kill her. She quickly said, "I work for the Zuo Family, you can't kill me. If you kill me, the Zuo Family will definitely investigate thoroughly." Ding Huan had guessed that Tou Jie, so arrogant at the interstellar square, must have backup. Seeing Tou Jie reluctant to speak further, he simply cast another Wind Blade. Though Tou Jie was incredibly arrogant at the interstellar square, her ability was merely at the Mystic Level Martial Artists; she had no chance to counterattack against Ding Huan. Ding Huan found a total of thirteen thousand purple gold coins on them and a deposit card on Tou Jie. Additionally, he found twelve Crystal Stones. This deposit card, similar to an identity plate, was non-named. Reading the instructions on the back of the deposit card, Ding Huan understood. All deposit cards in Four-direction Star Land were non-named; the bank only needed to verify that the card was genuine to withdraw money, not even needing to choose a specific bank. The amount written on Ding Huan's deposit card was one hundred seventy thousand purple gold coins. This made Ding Huan somewhat despise Tou Jie. After so many years of swaggering around the interstellar square, she had amassed only this much money. He wasn't sure how expensive materials were here; if they were costly, he might need to find ways to earn more money. He examined the Crystal Stones, which contained Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi. The qi was more than that in Primordial Stones but less than in Blossom God Crystal Stones, probably a type of Crystal Stone between the two. These Crystal Stones were irregularly sized, definitely not coin Crystals. Taking the Crystal Element Stones, purple gold coins, and deposit card, Ding Huan decisively tossed a few Fireballs to annihilate the bodies and then punched the resultant ash and soil into the dried-up pond. ... In Four-direction Star Land, Tou Jie had some reputation. When she initially bought Ding Huan's spaceship and realized she had been duped, she flew into a rage at the interstellar square of Four-direction Star Land. Everyone at the interstellar square of Four-direction Star Land knew about it. Don't think that Sister Tou got so angry; everyone knew it wasn't really a big deal. The outcome was that Ding Huan got killed, Sister Tou came back with her 10,000 purple gold coins, and even earned a broken spaceship. But a few days later, everyone realized something was wrong, Sister Tou went to find Ding Huan and then completely disappeared, never to return. Sister Tou's disappearance was just that, aside from someone sending the news back to the Zuo Family, no one cared. Only a very few people who knew both Han Ni and Sister Tou had disappeared felt that Ding Huan seemed somewhat terrifying. Because it was too coincidental, Both Han Ni and Sister Tou had disappeared while looking for Ding Huan. Ding Huan had now purchased a pile of materials at the Little Star Corner Market, this time with just a slight disguise. He had cut his long hair and simply put on a beard. As for long hair, masks, and sunglasses, they were useless. As long as it wasn't someone like Sister Tou watching him, no one should notice this newcomer. The materials here were not cheap; after all, the Four-direction Star Land was too small, most materials were transported here by spaceship from the people of the surrounding Star Lands. Various ores, fierce beast skin, and bones, fresh fierce beast blood. Ding Huan could make first-level talismans on the Blue Star, but the materials on the Blue Star were too scarce. Apart from fierce beast skin, there was only some expired fierce beast blood. Fierce beast blood stored in the Sumeru Space could be preserved for a long time without spoiling, but it gradually lost its spiritual essence. Talismans, the essence of which relies on the clarity of the materials used, could produce higher quality items. The Little Star Corner was different, all the materials were the freshest. Initially, it took Ding Huan a year to create a first-level talisman, but at this place, he only needed half a month to produce a third-level talisman. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't create a fourth-level talisman. Ding Huan knew in his heart that the materials were somewhat inferior, and his talisman pen was not up to par. With his cultivation and understanding of talismanic, he should have been able to reach the level required to create fourth-level talismans. The talisman pen was what limited his achievements in talismanic. Little Star Corner didn't have many cultivators, basically all were martial artists and some merchants. The truly powerful people lived in Four-direction City; it looked like he had to go to Four-direction City to check. As Ding Huan planned his trip to Four-direction City, the Law Enforcement Team at the Little Star Corner Market was having a meeting. The meeting's topic was who killed Han Ni. Han Ni's disappearance had not caused much concern until one day his body was discovered. Here in Little Star Corner, the biggest force wasn't Sister Tou, who only showed off at the interstellar square. A local bigwig named Jin even owned a share of the Little Star Corner Market. However, over the years, Jin had gradually moved his influence to Four-direction City, leaving Han Ni in charge here at the market. Ding Huan had killed Han Ni, and the reason he had not been sought immediately was due to Jin shifting his power. Another reason was that Jin himself was also in Four-direction City. When he returned and saw Han Ni's body, his rage was ignited. Han Ni was a good lackey of his, daring to kill his lackey in the Little Star Corner Market was like slapping Jin's face with a resounding smack. Even though the Law Enforcement Team was in a meeting, Jin barged in and loudly demanded, "Captain Ting, blatant murder in the Little Star Corner Market is completely lawless. If this continues, who would dare to live here?" In his eyes, until Han Ni's body was discovered, the Law Enforcement Team didn't even know Han Ni was in trouble, which was also a dereliction of duty. The captain of the Law Enforcement Team was Li Deting, and Li was quite unhappy with Jin storming into the meeting. What? Is the Law Enforcement Team kept by your Jin family to watch over people for you? Regardless of his dissatisfaction, it never showed on his face. So instead of showing his displeasure, he stood up with an apologetic face, "Lord Jin, indeed, this was our negligence. After seeing Han Ni's body, we came up with a plan and were about to implement it." The reason why Jin was so domineering and loud, besides being the local tyrant, was his official status as a lord of a domain in Four-direction Star Land. The Four-direction Star Land had a Star Lord, but there wasn't any actual management. The entire Four-direction Star Land is divided into nearly ten thousand domains, each with a lord. Frankly speaking, Jin, being a lord, could only manage a tiny area. But this guy was fiercely cruel. Living off his fists, he actually flourished quite well. And it's this cruelty that got him a share in Little Star Corner. Hearing there was a plan, Jin simply sat down, "Captain Ting, let's hear your plan." Li Deting grew increasingly dissatisfied with Jin, as the Law Enforcement Team's plan had nothing to do with outsiders. Still smiling, he introduced, "Before Han Ni disappeared, he went to the workshop's property trading guard to transact a property with someone named Ding Huan." "Has Han Ni bought another house?" Jin was puzzled; the property in Little Star Corner was mostly fixed, the sellable ones didn't even look good. How could Han Ni possibly buy a house? He had just come back and wasn't very clear on the details. "It's not a purchase; Han Ni sold the small courtyard in Little Star Corner's Apricot Pond to a young man named Ding Huan, who seems to have just arrived in Four-direction Star Land." Li Deting clarified. "That's bold," Jin huffed coldly. It wasn't clear whether he was referring to the boldness of the person buying the house or Han Ni's. Li Deting knew that although the property was in Han Ni's name, it was actually Jin's asset. He didn't care about that detail and continued explaining, "After the two sides completed the transaction with 5,000 purple gold coins, they left separately, and Han Ni has not been seen since." Hearing about the transaction of 5,000 purple gold coins for the Apricot Pond property, Jin finally understood why Han Ni sold the house. He would have sold it too at that price and could reclaim it later. Hearing that Han Ni had not been seen after receiving the purple gold coins, he suddenly stood up, "So, the new guy dealt with Han Ni, that's seeking death." In his mind, it must have been Ding Huan who had given the purple gold coins to Han Ni, and after finalizing the transaction, Ding Huan killed Han Ni and took back the purple gold coins. (Please vote for the book this month.)