Danwu Refining Spirit

Chapter 71 The younger brother was beaten, and the older brother came out.

Didn't we agree to reason with them? Why did you just dismiss them without saying a word? You could have at least left something for me.

Xiao Chong was quite displeased that he had been outmaneuvered. However, since the other party had come to help him, he couldn't be rude to them. Therefore, his gaze towards Situ Jiannan held a hint of resentment.

This made Situ Jiannan even more arrogant, and he calmly said, "Take him out and bury him."

Seriously, bro? This guy's still breathing. Are you sure this won't cause trouble?

Remembering Ah Hui's instructions, Xiao Chong quickly called over several miners and said, "Just throw them all out. There's no need to bother digging a pit."

Several miners agreed and, like dragging dead dogs, threw the burly men out of the camp one by one.

Seeing that the scene had been cleaned up, Xiao Chong breathed a sigh of relief, relayed Ah Hui's words to the Situ siblings, and then rubbed his hands together and said, "Why don't you two stay and have a meal together?"

Eat my ass! Is it lunchtime in broad daylight? You have no sincerity whatsoever.

Situ Mingyue rejected Xiao Chong's suggestion with a look of disdain.

How can I possibly repay you? With my own body? No, I'm not one to do that.

Xiao Chong turned to Situ Jiannan and said, "How about I practice swordsmanship with you?"

"That's exactly what I was thinking!" Situ Jiannan drew his sword and looked around, his fighting spirit soaring.

Can't you tell it's just a polite remark? Why take it so seriously?

Xiao Chong coughed a few times, pushed Yin Changkong out, and said to Situ Jiannan, "I have things to do, let's do it another day, or you can spar with Uncle Yin first."

"Then let's do it another day." Situ Jiannan's fighting spirit vanished instantly. He pretended not to see Yin Changkong and took his leave with a cupped hand.

Do you think I'm stupid? That's a veteran martial artist, two whole realms above me. What's the point of sparring? I'd be lucky if I didn't get utterly humiliated! Situ Jiannan thought to himself as he walked.

After finally seeing everyone off, and noticing that the camp was quite well-organized, Xiao Chong gathered his men and began discussing the search for the spiritual vein.

"Since I am the leader of the Xiao family's land reclamation mission this time, from now on you can call me Captain or Captain Xiao."

Inside the newly built council hall, Xiao Chong, with imposing bearing, sat at the end of a long square table and solemnly announced.

If Hengshan can appoint himself as town mayor, then there's no reason why I can't be called team leader. Only in this way can the grassroots cadre organization be sound.

Seeing everyone looking at each other blankly, Xiao Chong felt secretly pleased.

After a long while, the fat man came to his senses, stood up and asked, "Young Master Chong, you're the team leader, isn't this a bit redundant?"

"It should be Captain, or Captain Xiao," Xiao Chong carefully corrected.

The fat man was about to say something more: "Young Master Chong..."

"Call him Captain," Xiao Chong interrupted the fat man, correcting him again.

"Oh, Captain," the fat man said helplessly.

"Go on," Xiao Chong gestured to the fat man, indicating that he should speak.

"That's all," the fat man said dejectedly.

That's it? So you stood up just to oppose me? Xiao Chong stared at the fat man with a hostile look, feeling that this brother was very unsympathetic.

Everyone looked at the fat man, then lowered their heads and remained silent.

The response was lukewarm, and the enthusiasm was low.

After waiting a while longer and seeing that no one spoke, Xiao Chong began to call out names: "Uncle Yin, what do you think of this form of address?"

"Great name, powerful, just like your status!" Yin Changkong slammed his hand on the table and shouted his approval against his will.

The table immediately creaked and groaned, as if expressing its dissatisfaction with Yin Changkong's insincerity.

"Then it's settled." Xiao Chong made the final decision with his gavel, and then said, "So, what are your thoughts on this land reclamation project?"

The atmosphere fell silent again.

Finally, Yin Changkong stood up and said, "Xiao Chong, no, Captain Xiao, I think the situation in the Southern Wilderness is unclear right now. It would be better to take a group of people in to scout ahead first, and then send all the personnel out after we find the spiritual vein."

The old guy is pretty savvy. Since you're so supportive of me, I should respect you too, right?

Xiao Chong shouted, "That makes sense. Let's do it your way. We'll test the waters tomorrow. Meeting adjourned!"

This is too hasty! It was decided in just a few words? Everyone remained silent.

In the silence, the fat man asked again, weakly, "Captain, shouldn't we think this through a bit more?"

Why didn't you speak when I asked you to? Xiao Chong glanced at the fat man with ill intent, then suddenly asked an unrelated question: "Fatty, is your cultivation level not yet at the Martial Apprentice realm?"

"Soon," the fat man replied cautiously. He had a very bad feeling.

"I heard the Southern Wilderness is very dangerous, you need to hurry up and cultivate." Xiao Chong said with concern. "How about this, starting today, your daily cultivation intensity will be doubled."

"It's alright. Although it sounds tough, the benefits are undeniable. It seems that Young Master Chong cares about me quite a bit." The fat man secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

But Xiao Chong didn't finish his sentence. His next words made the fat man's heart pound: "It's better to start early than late. Let's begin now. You go and run thirty laps around the camp."

"For the sake of brotherhood, could you run a few fewer laps?" the fat man asked pitifully.

"Fifty laps!" Xiao Chong said sternly. "Yin Feng, you go and supervise. If anyone dares to cheat, he will be punished the same as Yin Feng."

"Ah!" the fat man cried out and rushed out of the camp, his fat jiggling like waves.

"Remember, if you don't finish the run, there's no dinner tonight." Xiao Chong's voice came from behind, and the fat man tripped and fell.

"There's nothing I can do. It's not that I'm heartless, but it seems the Southern Wilderness is in chaos. If your cultivation can't keep up, you'll suffer." Watching the fat man scramble to his feet, Xiao Chong sighed inwardly.

Just after dinner, Fatty finally finished running fifty laps and was helped back by Yin Feng. Sweat dripped from his clothes onto the ground.

"Can we eat now?" the fat man asked weakly.

Xiao Chong finished the last bite of rice in his bowl, licked the bottom of the bowl, and said without looking up, "Okay. But there's only one bowl left, it's for Yin Feng, remember to come earlier next time."

"Are you trying to kill me? What happened to our brotherhood?" The fat man looked at Xiao Chong with teary eyes, feeling utterly hopeless.

"Well then, we're good brothers. I still have half a sack of pills. You can eat some to tide you over," Xiao Chong said kindly to the fat man.

"Huh?" The fat man looked at Xiao Chong speechlessly, his eyes full of resentment.

Although elixirs are good things, they can't be eaten as food. But having something to eat is better than going hungry, so I'll just have to make do for now.

The fat man followed Xiao Chong away, panting heavily. After a while, he dragged a sack back to his room and began to work hard on the pills.

The next morning, before Xiao Chong even got up, he was awakened by a series of screams coming from outside the barracks. He hurriedly dressed and stepped out of the room to see a horrifying scene.

A dozen or so miners who had come with Xiao Chong to mine the spiritual veins lay on the ground, groaning and rolling around in pain. A group of burly men, even more ruthless than the group that had caused the trouble, were wielding clubs and wildly hitting the fallen miners.

These miners were just ordinary people, only slightly stronger. Against a burly man, they had no fighting power whatsoever.

After seeing Xiao Chong come out of the barracks, a guy with his head wrapped in bandages, only his eyes showing, pointed at Xiao Chong and said to another one-eyed man with a fierce face, "Tiger, that's him. Yesterday, not only did he not pay the protection fee, but he also led people to injure the brothers."

As soon as the other person spoke, Xiao Chong immediately recognized his identity.

It turns out it was the scarred guy. He was upset about what happened yesterday and came looking for revenge. But shouldn't you have gone to find Situ Jiannan? I was just watching, why did you hit my man?

Xiao Chong once again expressed his disdain for the scarred man's professional conduct.

Before Xiao Chong could reply, the one-eyed man stepped forward from the crowd, saying menacingly, "Boy, you injured my brother, what are you going to do about it?"

"What to do? Just let it be!" Xiao Chong took two steps forward and suddenly punched the scarred man in the eye socket, knocking him to the ground.

He'd been taking too many pills lately, and his internal heat was getting a bit too strong. Seeing the scarred man's eyes swollen like cow's testicles, Xiao Chong shook his fist, thinking to himself that he'd definitely have to give Fatty some instructions later.

The scarred man was already badly injured yesterday. He struggled for a long time but couldn't get up. He could only cling to the one-eyed man's leg, crawling and crying, "Tiger, this kid is too arrogant. You have to stand up for me!"

However, because Xiao Chong's punch was too powerful, the scarred man couldn't see clearly, and his hand holding the one-eyed man's thigh inevitably went too high, touching some places that shouldn't have been touched.

You can climb if you want, but what's the meaning of grabbing Tiger Lord's tiger penis? Does it mean you've got ulterior motives and want to stew it for nourishment? Tiger Lord is very unhappy.

"Get lost!" The one-eyed man's eyelid twitched, and he gasped for breath before kicking the scarred man away with disgust.

Then he shouted at Xiao Chong, "Kid, you've got guts! You dare to act tough on my turf? You're tired of living, aren't you?"

"You're Tiger?" Xiao Chong asked in surprise.

The one-eyed man let out a strange laugh and said menacingly, "That's right, I am Tiger Lord. How about that, scared now?"

Our family? Why not call him Father-in-law?

With a strong sense of wicked amusement, Xiao Chong transformed his palm into a knife and made a slicing motion towards the one-eyed man's crotch, saying, "We just took down Brother Xiong, and now another Tiger Lord has appeared. Are you all transformed wild beasts? I wonder if you've been slapped?"

The one-eyed man was a bit slow to react, and it took him a while to understand before he asked uncertainly, "Are you insulting our family?"

"What do you think?" Xiao Chong retorted, thinking to himself that he really did have the brain of a beast, not very bright.

"Not only did you beat up our brother, but you also dared to curse us. Kid, you're in big trouble, and nobody can save you!"

The one-eyed man, perhaps used to being arrogant and domineering, had never encountered such a situation before. After pondering for a while, he suddenly jumped up and yelled, "Paying money won't work now. You only have one path left, and that's death. Brothers, beat him up! Beat him to death!"

Upon hearing the commotion, dozens of burly men abandoned their attack on the miners and rushed towards Xiao Chong.

It's best to make a move sooner rather than later, otherwise that scoundrel Situ Jiannan will find out and try to steal the show again. Xiao Chong rolled up his sleeves, ready to stage a full-blown fight.

Just then, a familiar voice came from behind: "Captain Xiao, let me do it."