Witch Wind

Chapter 139: Widespread Misery (Part )
Xing Tianli fled eastward for five hundred miles, made a big turn in the air, retracted the sword light, set off a cold wind, and released a faint gray mist from the Tongtian Yuling Banner to wrap his whole body. After retracting all his energy, he returned to Nanxun Town.

It was very lively in the Xingtian family's ancestral home.

Xing Tianqingshu was dazed like a duck struck by lightning, Princess Yihe had an expressionless face as if she had been a thousand-year-old female corpse, and a group of wealthy businessmen who had cooperated with Xing Tianqingshu for many years were crying and shouting at the top of their lungs.

These unlucky guys, many of them had their assets emptied by Xing Tianli before. It was not easy for Xing Tianqingshu to meet Maso this time, contact the source of goods, and bring back so much bliss incense.

I originally thought that if I could complete this deal, even if I didn't make much profit, at least I could fill the hole in my family!

The results of it?
Even their ancestral home and almost all the real estate were mortgaged in exchange for the blissful incense. The golden gold and white silver that they had just distributed were not even warm in their hands, and they were gone!

This time, the old hole could not be filled and a new hole appeared!
My own ancestral home!
My own fields!
So much real estate of my own!

Those mines, tea mountains, mulberry fields, pastures, etc. that have been accumulated bit by bit by our ancestors... those can be passed on to future generations. As long as the descendants are not prodigals, they are truly a golden rice bowl that can be enjoyed for generations!
No!

If this kind of news were known to the elders of the family, even if they were the head of the family, they would be thrown into a pig cage! If they encountered a family with strict family rules, they might even resort to lynching and directly torture them to death!
The shadow of death hangs over the heads of these wealthy businessmen.

If not handled properly, they will really die.

They were executed by their clansmen using family rules, and even their own children were implicated. The probability of implicating the entire family was approaching 99%!

"Uncle Pingbo!" A round, fair-skinned old man frantically tore at Xing Tianqingshu's sleeves with his hands: "You must give us an explanation!"

"Uncle Pingbo!" A plump, fair-skinned middle-aged man held Xing Tianqingshu's calves tightly with both hands and refused to let go: "What about our lives and property?"

"Uncle Pingbo!" Several other middle-aged and elderly people, who were generally plump and round, with fair and plump complexion and no wrinkles on their faces and palms, also tore at Xing Tianqingshu and cried out to the sky, asking him to come up with a solution quickly, otherwise they would die on the spot in front of Xing Tianqingshu!

This is the person who can get close to Xing Tianqingshu and tear his clothes.

The other two or three hundred wealthy businessmen either surrounded Xing Tianqingshu and cried, or gathered around Princess Yihe - they did not dare to tear Princess Yihe apart, but they surrounded Princess Yihe and knelt on the ground, crying and sobbing as if their entire clan had been exterminated.

Murima, Yang Tianji, and several old monsters from the Jade Clan’s ancestral land looked at each other, unable to speak.

Even though they were old monsters who had lived for thousands or hundreds of years, they were still confused by the current situation and had no idea how to deal with it.

Suddenly, the tiger spirit that Xing Tianli had seen in the International Concession came up and said in a muffled voice: "Two ancestors, these rascals are so noisy, crying and disturbing people... Kill them all, okay?"

Murima's eyes spun, and he was eager to try.

Yang Tianji coughed lightly and glanced into the distance. Dozens of fat and strong black dogs and dozens of blue wolves as strong as bulls surrounded him quietly.

These old guys suddenly came to their senses - how dare they negotiate with these merchants and landlords?

In the state system of the Great Yu Dynasty, their Yu clan, and the group of old monsters born in the Yu clan’s ancestral land, are the high and mighty masters, and these merchants and landlords are nothing more than fat pigs raised by the master class.

Pingbo Bo, Xing Tianqingshu, and other foreign nobles were mostly slaves working for their Jade Clan, helping them take care of their chive fields and raising fat pigs!
Slaves have status and respect. If they are favored by their masters, they can take advantage of the favor and become a little arrogant.

How dare these merchants and landlords, who are like animals, yell and make trouble for them in front of them? Isn't it just a loss of a little money? Bah, is this worth you animals showing off to your masters?

Murima and Yang Tianji gradually gathered murderous intent in their hearts.

They hadn't yet blamed these guys for the trouble they had caused with their money, which had embarrassed them in public. That terrifying guy who dared to act recklessly in the Dharma Ending Age was a truly powerful enemy.

Just now they had a head-on fight with the twelve ghost generals. Although they defeated the ghost generals' attacks, they were also shaken so much that their joints ached and their magic power became a little sluggish. Such a powerful enemy was caused by these beasts, and they still dared to shout here?

The two seriously injured and dying priests of the Forbidden Palace stood up tremblingly, with bloodshot eyes, staring straight at these wealthy businessmen.

Their foundation of faith was destroyed and they were not far from death.

Without them in charge, their family power is bound to plummet.

If they want to maintain the status of their descendants, they must raise enough silver before they die, and give it to the current empress dowager who holds the power of recommendation, so that their grandchildren can enter the ancestral land to practice!
But now, I am watching the money that I have already earned fly away!

Their bodies are almost unable to support them. If they cannot raise enough silver to pay the Queen Mother while they are still alive, they must also use their remaining life to intimidate the family's competitors with their "tiger's might still linger" to ensure that their grandsons can enter the ancestral land safely!
At this moment, all kinds of vicious thoughts were churning in their hearts.

If they want to raise money, the easiest way is to kill all the wealthy businessmen present and plunder their last bit of property. I think that should be enough to raise what they need?

"Pingbo Bo!" a priest shouted sternly, "We two brothers don't have time to quarrel with you."

The two also felt the increasingly fierce murderous intent of Murima and Yang Tianji, and they could not wait to order the massacre and directly confiscate the property of everyone present. Although their ancestral homes, fields and so on were mortgaged, there were still countless goods and some floating wealth in their shops, which was enough to satisfy the current queen mother, right?

They didn't ask for much, just the two places in the Queen Mother's hand, to recommend their descendants to practice in the ancestral land!

Xing Tianqingshu shuddered with fear, and suddenly he screamed at the top of his voice: "Everyone, everyone, don't panic, don't panic. It's just a small loss of money, what's the value of it?"

"A mere sum of money, is it a big deal for us?"

Xing Tianqingshu waved his hands and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Here, we have four princes, one princess, and several ancestors who all have the title of duke."

"A little bit of silver, is that a big deal?"

"Don't forget where we are standing. This is the ancestral home of the Xingtian clan's Pingyuan Hall. My surname is Xingtian!"

Murima and Yang Tianji touched their noses at the same time, and the evil spirit in their hearts dissipated little by little.

They sealed themselves off again, gathered their energy, and returned to their inconspicuous old appearance. A young eunuch brought in the armchair and waited for them to sit down comfortably.

They suddenly woke up. This was Nanxun Town, Xingtian clan, and Pingyuan Hall.

This is the ancestral home of the Xingtian clan’s Pingyuan Hall.

Behind Xing Tian stands Da Xia, one of the three ancient families. They are a group of complete lunatics!

Back then, the founding emperor of the Dayu Dynasty, Yu Lynxun, suffered heavy losses in Nanxun Town. Now that it’s the Dharma Ending Age, shouldn’t we, a few old guys, not cause any trouble here?
Peace is the most precious thing!

That's right!

Is it worth their precious bodies working so hard for these beast-like things?
Yang Tianji muttered in a low voice: "Look at this bunch of lowly slaves. They acted like their whole family was going to die for a little bit of silver. It almost made me lose my composure. Hey, isn't it just a little silver that was lost?"

Murima had a gloomy face. He waved his right hand and snapped his fingers. With a "snap" sound, a gust of wind swept across. Those crying, wailing, twitching, kneeling, and ugly wealthy businessmen all rolled their eyes and fainted.

Murima said coldly, "It makes me upset! I am just annoyed. Where did that daring fellow come from? In this Dharma-ending age, he dares to act so recklessly. Who is behind this?"

Several old monsters frowned and began to wonder who was this person who used tricks in front of them to directly plunder the huge amount of gold and silver.

Logically speaking, people who possess such means are the top ancestors of each family.

Shouldn't a person like this be so greedy for gold and silver?

Even if there are people who really love gold, silver and jewelry, just let the Jiazi sent out go and tell Dayu Dynasty how much gold and silver they want, and we can negotiate!

Why be so shameless as to rob people by force?

There must be a reason behind this. There must be something mysterious here.

Princess Yihe coughed lightly, and came to Murima and Yang Tianji in a coquettish manner. She was very well-behaved and filial. She helped Murima to massage his shoulders, and helped Yang Tianji to tap his neck. She smiled crisply and said, "My two ancestors, we still have to get to the bottom of this matter. This money, well, can be of great use."

Princess Yihe pointed in the direction of the International Concession in the north, then drew a circle above her head and said with a wry smile: "To be honest, the reconstruction of the International Concession has taken up a large amount of money. It also happens to be a critical moment for the three ancient families to come into the world, and we have to prepare a sum of money for them. We dare not move at all."

"Here at Yihe, things are a bit stretched."

"Originally, I wanted to borrow a few from you fellow villagers, but this incident happened... If I don't investigate it thoroughly, I'm afraid it will be a bit..."

Xing Tianqingshu came closer cautiously.

Murima glanced at the two seriously injured priests and said, "Their affairs are also very important. They are related to the livelihood of future generations. Can you raise the money to give to the current queen mother?"

The two looked at Murima with fear and gratitude.

Although they are always addressed as "old ancestor" outside, these two worshippers who are over a hundred years old and have reached the Yuanshen realm know very well that an old monster like Murima is the real ancestor.

The ancestor was able to speak up for their family's affairs and for some small things. This was a great reward from heaven!

Princess Yihe sighed and said softly, "The Queen Mother will definitely ask for cash. After all, her expenses are high. How many years will it take for her to get two places to practice in the ancestral land? Therefore, there must be a clear price. It is impossible for her to give it without the money."

"However, about the matter of silver." Princess Yihe glanced at Xing Tianqingshu, her eyes somewhat fierce.

This piece of trash, why didn’t I realize before that he could be such a waste?

He brought the priests from the Forbidden Palace and a large group of elite soldiers from the Weaving Department to hunt down "a mere Xing Tianli", an orphan with no parents, no background and no backing, but he still suffered heavy casualties and ended up in such an embarrassing state.

She is the master.

He is a slave.

Naturally, he has to bear the blame for the trouble caused by the servant, and there is no way she can fill the hole for him!

"Borrow." Xing Tianqingshu gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "Send letters to the distributors who just left with the Bliss Incense, telling them how much silver they brought with them when they picked up the goods today, and ask them to prepare twice as much and lend it to us."

"Their 5% interest will be deducted from their share of the Bliss Incense in the next two years."

Xing Tianqingshu said viciously: "Anyone who is unwilling to lend money will be kicked out of our cooperation list...How many wealthy merchants are crying and begging to join our business with money in hand?"

"This time, let them prepare twice as much silver and send it all to Nanxun Town!"

Xing Tianqingshu glanced at Murima and Yang Tianji.

Yang Tianji touched his nose and coughed dryly: "This time, we were careless. We didn't expect that guy to use the magical power of the Five Ghosts Moving. Next time, next time, if he dares to show up again, we will definitely capture him alive."

With a gleam in his eyes, Yang Tianji looked at Murima: "Maybe, I can even explain the truth to the three ancient families behind him. No matter who is behind him, this kind of behavior will always break the contract signed by the ancestors of each family."

A group of people gathered together and began to discuss intensively what to do.

In the high sky, a breeze blew, and streaks of clouds wrapped in a ball of gray air slowly drifted away towards the west.

Among Xing Tianqingshu's partners, there were more than a dozen wealthy merchants, the local tigers of Jiangdong Province. Their cargo ships sailed upstream along the Yangtze River, working day and night, and in just one day and one night, they sailed out of Jieshi County and returned to their own county seat.

There were already small steamers waiting at the mouths of several large rivers.

The people arranged by these tycoons moved the mountain-like Ji Le incense off the big cargo ship, quickly loaded it onto small steamers, and rushed back to their homes along the river with a rumbling sound.

Xing Tianli had already stored ghosts in each of the wooden boxes containing the Ji Le incense.

The Tongtian Yuling Banner and these soldiers and evil spirits have extremely sensitive connections.

Xing Tianli easily caught up with these tycoons and followed them all the way back to their city, where he watched them move the Ji Le Xiang into their own cellars.

This is not something that can be sold out in one or two months. This is the sales volume for the next year or even two years.

This bliss incense, in the market, the same volume of bliss incense may be exchanged for several times the amount of silver - such precious goods must naturally be hidden in the most secret and safest place in the house. And where else can such a place be except the cellar where the gold and silver are hidden?

Xing Tianli saved them the trouble of opening the cellar and moving the Ji Le Xiang in.

When he locked onto the homes of these tycoons, and when they brought the Ji Le Incense to the vicinity of their own cellars, Xing Tianli blasted out his soul, knocking all of them unconscious to the ground. Then he waved his sleeves, and all the Ji Le Incense and the gold, silver and copper coins in the cellar were taken away with his sleeves.

He even followed the blood lines of these tycoons and found their ancestral homes.

With the same blow, he knocked out everyone in the ancestral home. In such a huge home, Xing Tianli truly achieved the goal of "peeling gold off the skin of a Buddha statue", and took away everything with a little value in the home.

Even the valuable items such as jade pendants, gold hairpins, rings, necklaces worn by the young men and women, as well as the jade bracelets on the hands of the wives of wealthy families, the jade Buddhas they worship, and the glazed screens they stand in front of.

Anything valuable was sold out.

Now Xing Tianli can also use some of his celestial power, act like a proper celestial being, put aside his pride, learn the ways of the bandits and robbers, and start to scrape the land, like using a sieve to sift through the leather, leaving not a drop behind.

I can scrape off yours to the last penny!

For the next half month, Xing Tianli was very busy. More than a thousand second-level distributors took boats back to their own counties. Xing Tianli tried his best to control the sword light, tracking, monitoring and plundering them all the way.

There are thousands of second-level distributors, and they have already notified a large number of lower-level distributors, who are waiting in their own territories.

These lower-level distributors also brought large amounts of cash waiting to trade for the Bliss Incense.

Xing Tianli naturally accepted the gold and silver these people brought.

In short, after this wave of running around, not a single box of Ji Le Xiang was able to flow into the market, and thousands of distributors, big and small, were completely plundered by Xing Tianli.

There must be many wealthy families among them, and their cellars are like "a cunning rabbit has three burrows", and Xing Tianli was unable to search them all.

But at least, most of their belongings were actually taken away, openly or secretly.

More than half a month later, Xing Tianli rode the sword light and returned to the front battlefield of Yunxiang Island.

He returned the mountain of bliss incense to Sophie and Marceau.

Such a good fast-moving product can be sold again - if Xing Tianqingshu and the others can raise money, then sell it to them again. If they can't raise money, then sell it to the generals of various countries in the coalition, which is also a good way.

Of course, after selling it to the generals of the hundreds of countries in the far west, Xing Tianli would no longer have to work so hard to recover these Bliss Incense.

On the day Xing Tianli returned to Yunxiang Island, Xing Tianqingshu received the last telegram from the distributor. He looked at the telegram with a pale face and fell to the ground with a thud.

Over the years, he had worked so hard, with the help of the power of the Weaving Department, to build a business network and the Jilexiang Empire with great difficulty. But they were all taken away by someone and were in danger of almost falling apart!
"Who is he?" Xing Tianqingshu spat out a mouthful of blood and howled hysterically towards the sky: "Uncle Ben, I will fight him to the death!"

(End of this chapter)