Hide in the world of gods and demons

Chapter 76 A Terrifying Reputation (Part 5)
Without a manager, the market town became visibly dilapidated.

Even murder and robbery have begun to occur in broad daylight.

A wandering cultivator who had set up a stall lay in a pool of blood, his body gradually growing cold. His stall was empty, having been looted. Soon, countless flies and insects gathered, and several filthy, skinny rats boldly began drinking the blood nearby.

Pedestrians come and go in a hurry.

Everyone's eyes were filled with wariness.

Chen Li placed a huge cloth bag on the ground, raising clouds of dust, and muttered, "Seeing a corpse on the way out, what a damn bad luck!"

"You and you, drag the body away and bury it somewhere."

Chen Li called out to the two down-on-their-luck rogue cultivators who were selling fish and shrimp at a stall nearby.

The two men looked grim, wanting to refuse but not daring to, and hesitantly stood up.

Chen Li took out two spirit stones and threw them onto the two men's stalls:

"What are you dawdling for? Hurry up, don't interfere with my business. With this corpse sitting there, even people who wanted to buy meat have lost their appetite."

The two were overjoyed upon seeing this.

He quickly picked up the spirit stone.

This single low-grade spirit stone was more than enough to sell all the fish and shrimp at the stall, even equivalent to more than ten days' worth of income.

"Fellow Daoist, you are so kind! We'll move it right away!" A rogue cultivator said, bowing in gratitude.

"To hell with lofty ideals! I think spirit stones are the most practical thing. Hurry up and go move them!" Chen Li glanced at the two of them and said irritably.

Every time he appears as a butcher, he feels like he's letting loose.

Feeling relaxed and carefree!

If you want to curse, then curse.

I never bottle things up.

Etiquette and morality are all bullshit.

The two rogue cultivators chuckled awkwardly.

They dared not utter another word and hurried over to move the body.

Chen Li set up his stall and began hawking monster meat with exceptional skill.

It was still incredibly popular; in just over ten minutes, all the more than 1,000 kilograms of monsters they brought were sold out.

……

Selling meat is always hard work. In the following days, Chen Li got up early every morning before dawn to sell meat, making two or three trips back and forth each day.

Fortunately, it was only a hardship for a while, and the income of two or three mid-grade spirit stones a day greatly comforted my mind.

On the third day of the sale, just as Chen Li was about to pack up, Zhao Lin walked over quickly with a nervous expression.

"Brother, the magic artifact sold. This is the money I've made recently, but I'm being watched!" Zhao Lin handed over a money pouch, swallowing hard.
"It's getting harder and harder to do business these days. Many people are ruthless and specifically target wealthy people."

I usually only sell talismans at my stall, a few at a time, which is relatively safe. For more valuable magical artifacts, I usually rely on my eye to find people and sell them to them individually. But this time, when I was collecting the money, it seemed like I slipped up; I felt something was wrong as soon as I finished.

Chen Li took the money bag.

After weighing it in his hand, he put it into his sleeve.

He glanced around and sure enough, spotted several furtive figures.

"Follow me later!" Chen Li said calmly.

"Okay!" Zhao Lin nodded excitedly.

Chen Li tidied up the stall and stuffed the folded cloth bag into Zhao Lin's arms:
"Take it, let's go."

Chen Li led the way, followed by seven or eight others, their eyes gleaming with menace, making no attempt to conceal it, and their faces clearly showing signs of disguise. The surrounding crowd, sensing the danger, quickly moved away.

"Are they being this blatant now?" Chen Li stopped and turned around, his face expressionless.

“Butcher, hehe, I know you. We’ve got our eyes on these spirit stones. You want to protect them? You can’t. The fact that we haven’t touched you doesn’t mean we’re afraid of you. Leave the spirit stones behind, and you two can go.” One of them said in a deep voice.

A person's name, the shadow of a tree.

Faced with such a master, all you need to do is hand over the spirit stones.

He can still be lenient.

"You really think you can take me down with spirit stones? There were four who tried to rob me last time, and they're still dead with their eyes wide open. We're all just trying to make a living in this market, so why don't we give each other some face and become friends?" Chen Li said with a smile, his fierce face making him look particularly menacing.

"This..." The group exchanged hesitant glances. "Too much nonsense. Boss, don't talk to him anymore. What are we afraid of? It's either pay up or die. So many people are watching. If we back down today, where will we put our face later?" A rogue cultivator with a fierce look on his face said irritably, his magical artifact in his hand faintly activating, emitting waves of magical power.

Zhao Lin looked nervous, beads of sweat sliding down his cheeks.

Just as the atmosphere suddenly became heavy.

Chen Li felt a chill run down his spine and a murderous intent arose within him, but he smiled and said, "Wait, why are you in such a hurry? I... will hand over the spirit stones."

When “I” is mentioned, the incantation of the rebuke spell is recited silently.

He reached into his sleeve and pinched a talisman.

When the word "交" is pronounced.

The rebuke was activated by the syllables, along with the amulet and the figure that leaped out.

Zhao Lin, who was immersed in inexplicable fear, only vaguely felt a strong wind rushing past his ears. A blurry figure flashed out, and when his vision returned, Chen Li had already pierced the head of one of the robbers with a sword.

He unleashed his spiritual power, and the sword's sharp energy swept across the area, slicing off half of his head with an invisible force.

Before the body could even fall down.

"Sizzle!" "Sizzle!" "Sizzle!" "Pfft!"

Four soft thuds of flesh being pierced occurred in quick succession.

Chen Li brushed past the four people and then pounced on another person like lightning.

The four people stood frozen in place, motionless.

The next moment, a hissing sound of water suddenly shot out from his neck, and his head swayed slightly before rolling to the ground.

At this moment, the remaining robbers finally broke free from the intimidation of the shouting technique. The fear on their faces had not yet dissipated, but it was quickly replaced by an even greater fear.

One of the robbers had just activated his amulet.

A terrifying sword light flashed, slicing the person and their protective shield in two. The protective shield was completely vulnerable to the second-tier magic sword at full power, and could not even provide much resistance.

A magical artifact came hurtling towards them.

Chen Li didn't even bother to dodge, and rushed straight at another figure.

The magical artifact struck the protective shield, creating a ripple.

The robber reacted quickly, retreating in shock. However, before he could even move, a blurry figure was already close by, its mouth slightly open as if it wanted to say something.

The next moment, his expression froze.

A flash of sword light streaked across the sky, instantly slicing off half of the opponent's head.

Chen Li shook his sword.

Look at the last person.

The man was so frightened that he turned and fled, forgetting to even control the magical artifacts in the air.

Chen Li caught up with him in a few steps and ended his life with a single sword strike.

……

The whole battle, though it sounds like a long story, actually lasted only a few seconds.

Everything happened in the blink of an eye, faster than lightning.

The entire market was quiet, with only heavy breathing clearly audible. Many people were unaware of what had happened before the battle was over, leaving behind only blood and corpses.

Chen Li's gaze swept across the crowd.

Wherever his gaze fell, everyone avoided him, their expressions filled with fear.

Many people forced out stiff smiles, which looked worse than crying.

"Zhao Lin, go and search them, and take all the valuables," Chen Li said to Zhao Lin, turning his gaze away from him.

"Oh! Oh!" Zhao Lin shuddered, as if waking from a dream. He quickly shuffled along with his weak legs, as if walking on cotton, and under the watchful eyes of everyone, walked to the corpse and began to search it one by one.

A minute later, the two strode away, and wherever they went, the crowds quickly made way for them.

Until the two were far away.

The market, which had been quiet for a long time, suddenly became noisy.

(End of this chapter)