Chaos begins when one joins a martial arts school

Chapter 23 Gangs
In front of an ordinary black courtyard gate in Datongfang.

Yang Jing paused, his eyes darkening.

He sized up the two shady-looking men in front of him. One had short hair and a crooked neck, while the other had torn cuffs. Both of them were playing with daggers in their hands, and their eyes were full of scrutiny as they looked at Yang Jing.

"Yang Jing, the six-month period is up, it's time to pay back the money." The short-haired man twisted his neck, making a cracking sound.

“You borrowed eight taels from our Dayun Gang back then. According to the contract we signed, you were supposed to repay two taels every six months. You should repay us sixteen taels of silver now,” another tall, thin man with frayed cuffs said with a cold snort.

Upon hearing the other party's words, Yang Jing first frowned, thinking that the other party was trying to extort him, but the next moment, he suddenly remembered.

It seems he did indeed borrow money from loan sharks.
Or to be more precise, the original owner of this body had borrowed money from loan sharks, and now I am simply bearing the consequences of that debt.

A series of memories surfaced in Yang Jing's mind.

Although he received all of the original owner's memories, they were too numerous and complex, so Yang Jing didn't sort them out; he just piled them all up.

Just like many people feel that they have forgotten their memories from before the age of three, they have not actually forgotten them, but rather they are stored somewhere in their brains, and may be able to recall them again under certain circumstances.

Yang Jing, on the other hand, had a much easier time, as he could access those memories whenever he needed them.

Soon, Yang Jing sorted out his memories of the original owner borrowing money from loan sharks.

After understanding the whole story, Yang Jing's expression gradually darkened.

In order to get into the circle of Lü Yang, Zhou Lin, and Zhang Kehan, the original owner inevitably had to treat others to meals. On two occasions when he ate with Qi Yun, he went out of his way to pay the bill in order to get on her good side and get close to her.

Even so, Qi Yun still never took him seriously.

In the eyes of Qi Yun and others, the original owner was nothing more than a poor country bumpkin.

Most importantly, Qi Yun, Lü Yang, Zhou Lin and others come from prominent or wealthy families in the city and have ample resources, but what does Yang Jing have?
The monthly allowance they receive from their families isn't even enough to cover the cost of meals when they go out drinking and partying.

The original owner was a penniless wretch with hardly any money. How could he afford to treat Qi Yun and Lü Yang to a meal and drinks? He only learned by chance that the Dayun Gang was lending money.

The original owner of this body was truly brainless; she didn't even consider the interest issue and directly borrowed eight taels of silver.

Yang Jing shook his head inwardly. The poorest of them all was the most pretentious, and now the debt collectors had all come to him.

"I don't have any money right now. I'll give it to you when I have it," Yang Jing said calmly.

He simply became a tough nut to crack.

Firstly, he didn't have much money on hand, far from enough to raise sixteen taels of silver.

Secondly, he never intended to give out the money in the first place.

Six-month term, borrow one and repay two.

Such a high interest rate is simply outrageous. The government has explicitly prohibited it, and it is only circulated in private. It cannot be seen in the light of day, so Yang Jing is not afraid of making a big fuss.

Moreover, based on the memories he obtained from the original owner, Yang Jing learned that in addition to lending money at exorbitant interest rates, the Dayun Gang also engaged in heinous acts such as human trafficking and mutilation.

Although Yang Jing is not a good or kind person, he still has a bottom line when it comes to being a decent human being.

I naturally despise this kind of gang from the bottom of my heart.

"you wanna die!"

"Kid, you dare to play us for fools?"

Upon hearing Yang Jing's words, the short-haired man and the tall, thin man's expressions darkened, and their voices turned icy. They each took a step forward, subtly forming a pincer movement around Yang Jing, clearly intending to draw blood at the slightest provocation.

Seeing the two gangsters wielding daggers about to close in, Yang Jing's expression remained unchanged, and he was not afraid at all.

These two gangsters were just ordinary people. Even in terms of muscle and blood circulation, they were only average among ordinary people. They probably didn't exercise regularly.

As for the Dayun Gang behind the two, Yang Jing didn't know much about it, mainly because he had received too little information from the original owner of the body.

It has to be said that the original owner of this body was really stupid and foolish.

Without knowing enough about the Dayun Gang, they dared to borrow money to eat, drink, and have fun, without even understanding the loan interest rates.

However, upon closer reflection, such people are actually quite common.

Even on Earth in Yang Jing's previous life, many high school and college students were involved in various online loans, and at one point even Guodai (a loan platform) had a market. This shows that once people get carried away or lack thinking, they will definitely suffer a big fall.

The word 'gang' came to Yang Jing's mind.

Although he knew little about the Dayun Gang, he did have some understanding of the gangs in Yuhe County as a whole.

As far as Yang Jing knew, Yuhe County was teeming with gangs, especially in the various neighborhoods within the county seat and in the suburbs near the county seat, where gangs of all kinds of names were numerous.

These gangs vary in strength.

The leaders of powerful gangs are usually those with internal strength.

Secondly, there are ordinary gangs, whose leaders are generally of Ming Jin strength.

At the very least, there are the lowest-level gangs, where competition is fiercest, and the entire gang is often composed of ordinary people.

In Yuhe County, ordinary gangs and grassroots gangs are the most numerous.

With Yang Jing's current strength at the Ming Jin level, he has no worries as long as he doesn't offend any gangs with An Jin experts in charge.

If we really offend such a powerful gang, we can simply hide inside the martial arts school.

Master Sun Yong is a master of the Transformation Realm, already among the strongest group of people in Yuhe County.

Yang Jing is no longer just a nominal disciple, but Sun Yong's official disciple. If he really offends a master of internal strength, his nominal master Sun Yong can't just stand by and do nothing.

At least for the short term, they will still protect him and take care of him.

As for the future, Yang Jing is still confident that as long as he has time, all enemies are paper tigers!

"You two," Yang Jing said, raising an eyebrow as he watched the two approaching figures, as if he had thought of something.

"What?" the short-haired man said coldly.

"Can I borrow another sum? I promise I'll pay it back!" Yang Jing said.

Since Yang Jing had already decided to break ties with the Dayun Gang, he wanted to try to borrow another sum of money, since he didn't intend to pay it back.

"Damn it! You're just messing with us!"

The two gang thugs were stunned by Yang Jing's words, but quickly realized what he meant and shouted, "You don't even have money to pay back now, and you still want to take money from us? Do you think our Dayun Gang's money grows on trees?"

"I think you want to die!" the tall, thin man cursed, throwing a punch with brute force but without any technique.

(End of this chapter)