The Legend of the Demon Hunter

After hearing about the experience of Le Tian Shangcheng's family, Xiao Zhu fell silent. He thought for a moment and said, "Old senior, Le Tianyin and I were classmates after all. Although we are no longer friends, we have the chance to meet here today. I am also heading to Tide Country. Let me escort you on the rest of the journey!"

Hearing this, Le Tian Shangcheng's face showed ecstasy. In today's world, long distance journeys in the wild are already extremely dangerous. If he had a demon hunter like Xiao Zhu with unfathomable cultivation to accompany him, it would be a blessing.

"That's great, great!" Le Tian Shang Cheng said excitedly, "It's about five days' journey from here to Baifan Town in Tide Country, and that's where Lord Lao En comes from."

"Senior Letian, you don't have to call me benefactor anymore. Letianyin and I are of the same generation. If you don't mind, I would like to call you uncle. Is that okay with you?" Xiao Zhu said.

"That's great!" Le Tian Shangcheng nodded excitedly. He had been a businessman for so many years and was very smooth in dealing with people. He immediately changed his words and said, "I am flattered that my nephew is so approachable. I will immediately arrange a carriage for my nephew to ride in."

Xiao Zhu decisively refused the carriage arrangement. As a spirit hunter, if he traveled on his own, he would reach the destination in less than half a day. But the reason why he chose to travel with Le Tian Shang Cheng and others was not only because he wanted to protect them out of sympathy, but also because it was his first time in Tide Country. He was completely unfamiliar with the place and wanted to take the opportunity to learn about the customs and practices of Tide Country.

As for the Baifan Town mentioned by Lotte Shangcheng, Xiao Zhu originally didn't have any destination. Since it was a prosperous town, he might as well stop by there to take a look.

The journey for the next five days was very smooth. Occasionally there were a few waves of first and second level monsters attacking, but Luo Lou, the high-level monster hunter, easily solved them. He never encountered attacks from groups of third level monsters like the Amethyst Scorpion again.

Le Tian Shangcheng attributed all this to Xiao Zhu, saying that it was because of his companions that the high-level monsters felt intimidated and did not dare to invade. In fact, Xiao Zhu did not do anything, and even used the Hidden Spirit Gu to completely hide his spiritual power. To those who did not know, he was no different from an ordinary person with no spiritual power.

As they spent these days together, Xiao Zhu and Letian's family became closer. Letian Shangcheng introduced the customs and culture of Tide Country to Xiao Zhu in detail. Tide Country is a coastal country and most of the residents make a living by fishing, and Baifan Town is a typical example.

Because there are many magical beasts living on the sea, the fishing boats of Baifan Town always bring a few demon hunters with them when they go out to sea to fish. Because of the environment at sea, demon hunters with water bloodline are the most popular in Tide Country, and their commissions are more than twice that of demon hunters of other bloodlines.

Xiao Zhu asked Le Tian Shang Cheng about the Demon Hunter Association headquarters, but Le Tian Shang Cheng was completely unaware. Luo Lou, who was standing next to him, was from the Demon Hunter Association. Since he often traveled between Tide Country and Rhine Empire, he told Xiao Zhu that the Demon Hunter Association headquarters was located in the largest city in Tide Country, called Haining City.

Xiao Zhu silently memorized the place name. He decided to familiarize himself with the environment in Baifan Town, live there for a few days, and then go to Haining City.

After arriving at Baifan Town, Letian Shangcheng took Xiao Zhu to live in the house he had purchased not long ago. The house was not large, but buying a house in a prosperous commercial place like Baifan Town also used up all of Letian Shangcheng's savings.

Early that morning, there was a loud knock on the door of Lotte Shangcheng's mansion, accompanied by an impatient voice: "Open the door, open the door!"

Letian Shangcheng was walking in the yard. When he heard the knock on the door, he thought something big had happened. He hurried over and opened the door. He saw two burly men standing at the door. One of them was a demon hunter, but only a low-level one.

Seeing the door of the mansion opened, the ordinary one of the two said impatiently: "Why did it take so long to open the door? Go and call your boss!"

Seeing these two people with ill intentions, Le Tian Shang Cheng did not dare to offend them because he did not know their background. He put on a smiling face and said, "I am the boss here. May I ask what can I do for you, two bosses?"

"You?" The ordinary man looked Lotte Shangcheng up and down, and saw that he was dressed simply, so he said in a more impolite tone: "We are from the Xinyi Gang, and you should pay your protection fee this month."

When Letian Shangcheng heard the word "Xinyi Gang", a look of fear appeared on his face. He often went back and forth here for business, so he naturally knew that the Xinyi Gang was the largest gang in Baifan Town, with hundreds of gang members, including dozens of demon hunters. It was rumored that their gang leader was a hunting spirit who had completed four blood awakenings.

In Baifan Town, anyone who offended the Xinyi Gang would often disappear overnight, without a burial place.

People who do business value harmony above all else. Lotte Shangcheng has never had direct contact with the Xinyi Gang over the years. When they occasionally encounter situations where they are asked to pay protection fees, they pay them decisively.

"I have just moved here and am not familiar with the situation yet. May I ask the two bosses, how much is the protection fee?" Lotte Shangcheng said timidly.

"Three hundred silver coins." said the ordinary man.

"So much?" Le Tian Shangcheng's face turned very ugly when he heard this. In previous years, when he was doing business, he paid protection fees of only thirty or fifty silver coins at a time, but today it suddenly increased ten times.

"What? Are you going to refuse to hand it over?" The other party raised his eyebrows and threatened harshly.

"I dare not! I dare not! I just moved here and encountered a monster attack on the way. I really don't have so much money on hand. Could you give me a few days and I will personally deliver it to your door after I raise the money?" Letian Shangcheng looked embarrassed.

"Bah! Today is today, three hundred silver coins not a penny less, are you going to pay it or not?" The other party pressed on step by step.

"This..." Le Tian Shang Cheng was in a dilemma. Finally, he stamped his feet and said, "Wait a moment, I'll go get the money right away."

Xiao Zhu was working in his room when he heard hurried footsteps at the door. He opened the door and saw Le Tian Shang Cheng, who was sweating profusely. After seeing Xiao Zhu open the door, Le Tian Shang Cheng said with a little embarrassment: "My dear nephew, I'm sorry to bother you so early in the morning. Can you lend me a hundred silver coins? I'm in urgent need of money today."

One hundred silver coins is a huge sum of money for ordinary people, but for a demon hunter like Xiao Zhu who carries tens of thousands of silver coins, it is just a trivial amount of money. He readily took out a hundred silver coins and handed them to the other party, saying, "Uncle, you are too polite. I will give you this little money for your care these days."

But he asked out of curiosity: "Excuse me, uncle, why do you need money so urgently today? Where do you want to use it for?"