Chapter 62

The cold wind rushed in through the gaps in the small, fluttering curtains, carrying with it snowflakes as large as goose feathers. Yangze County was like this, with distinct seasons, and it was normal to have three or five heavy snowfalls during winter.

"Duocai, are you feeling better?" In the carriage, which was not bouncing too much, Wang Jinbao, who had just woken up and was wrapped in a blanket, lazily greeted him.

"Can you stop asking me that several times a day?" Wang Duocai replied irritably, "I've already said I'm numb and can't feel anything. Damn it, this matter can't just be left like this."

Wang Jinbao perked up: "Of course... In another three days, we'll be back in Yangze. At that time, Sixth Young Master and Uncle will definitely stand up for you. When you recover, where will those two women run to? Mother and daughter... Just thinking about it..."

"Stop it!" Wang Duocai glared at Wang Jinbao angrily, "Don't talk about women in front of me!"

Wang Jinbao suddenly realized and quickly nodded: "Alright, we'll talk about it when you get better... As for that Zenu, he's just a Wuding, and we have plenty of those in Yangze..."

Wang Duocai also nodded with hatred: "How dare he call me an idiot? Who the hell dares to say that to me except Sixth Young Master? He even said I should try to snatch her if I have the guts? I'll make him watch his woman being played with..."

At that moment, a piercing neigh echoed, and the carriage suddenly stopped. Wang Duocai, who was just spouting threats, fell forward.

"Damn it, what bad luck!" Wang Duocai got up and shouted, "What's going on?"

Wang Jinbao, being more agile, pulled back the curtain and saw a servant lying on the ground, his neck spurting blood, revealing a tall figure.

"No... No... Noqi!" Wang Duocai also saw the face of this intimidating person clearly.

Indeed, the person who had shot the horse and then defeated the fourth-level Guming servant in two moves was Lu Noqi.

Lu Noqi had secretly followed Wang Duocai and his group for seven days, passing through several towns like Huangmao, Zhutan, and Tanbu, and finally chose this remote, winding mountain road as the place to strike.

"Damn it, you actually killed him... What... What are you going to do?" Wang Jinbao looked at the corpse instantly drenched in blood and felt his legs go weak.

Holding a dripping trilobed spear in his hand, Lu Noqi lightly pinched his nose, his eyes as cold as the dead trees in the forest: "Your question is really interesting, making me want to answer. I... am going to kill you, just as you wanted to kill me."

"Ah..." Wang Jinbao suddenly kicked the servant standing beside him: "What are you standing there for? Chop him up!"

The servant, whose hand bones had been shattered by Lu Noqi's punch, glanced at Wang Jinbao with a look of pure idiocy, and his eyes were full of fear when he looked at Lu Noqi, showing no fighting spirit at all.

Wang Duocai quickly calmed down, drew a long sword, and handed another one to Wang Jinbao: "This guy is really something, let's attack together."

"Damn it, he's just a ninth-level Yongli!" Wang Jinbao tried to boost his own morale: "Three against one, there's no reason we can't win!"

As Wang Duocai nodded, licking his dry lips, Wang Jinbao suddenly shouted and leaped out of the carriage toward Lu Noqi, not noticing that Wang Duocai and the servant did not follow.

"Trash!" Lu Noqi sneered, took a step forward, and lunged forward, grabbing Wang Jinbao's arm that couldn't stop, and deftly thrust the trilobed spear into his chest.

Wang Jinbao never understood why Wang Duocai handed him the sword and said they would attack together but didn't actually do it. His last conscious thought was seeing Wang Duocai kneeling down.

Indeed, Wang Duocai knelt down. The moment he saw Lu Noqi, he knew his fate. After all, a fourth-level Guming warrior was not an easy opponent, and even thirty of him together would struggle.

"Noqi, I... I represent Sixth Young Master to... to win your favor, to show goodwill!" Even a worm will fight for its life. Even if his life was no longer useful, living was still better than dying. Wang Duocai trembled as he looked at Lu Noqi: "That... was a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding. If I had known she was your woman, I would never have dared to touch her!"

"Baozi Aunt was right, if you're a man, you can't let the scum who bully your woman off the hook!" Lu Noqi shook his head: "Stand up, killing a kneeling person would make me feel dirty!"

Wang Duocai's eyes lit up: "No... I'll stay kneeling, don't kill me. I can give you a lot of money... Oh, if you don't want money, I'll agree to any request, any request, just don't kill me!"

Lu Noqi lightly pinched his nose and half-closed his eyes: "Any request?"

Like seeing a light in the middle of the night, Wang Duocai quickly nodded: "Yes, yes!"

Lu Noqi's lips curled slightly: "Then kill yourself!"

Wang Duocai's face changed, and he finally understood that the man in front of him, as cold as a thousand-year-old ice, was determined to kill him. He swallowed hard: "You..."

"Not going to kill yourself? A man who doesn't keep his word, how can I let you go? Stand up!" Lu Noqi said coldly: "Pick up the sword! I'll give you a chance to die like a man!"

Wang Duocai stood up like a zombie and then charged at Lu Noqi with a hysterical scream, but was kicked in the head by Lu Noqi, his brain and blood splattering the snow.

"You chased us this far before making your move, which shows you are very patient." The injured servant, with a look of relief: "I definitely have no way out, but before I die, can you answer one question for me?"

Lu Noqi appreciated a clear-headed person: "Ask away!"

"Why, even though you haven't reached the Guming realm, is your strength greater than most Guming warriors?" The injured servant asked: "That punch must have exceeded five thousand pounds of force, but I only felt Yongli, not Suili... I've only heard that supreme experts in the Xuantong realm can return to simplicity, unleashing their physical strength in a simple and unadorned way. Could you be..."

"Let you down!" Lu Noqi understood the desire of a warrior to die at the hands of a stronger opponent: "I'm not a supreme expert, I'm just someone with a special talent, who has cultivated a ninth-level Li Jue to the fourteenth level."

"Ah..." The servant's surprised eyes gradually turned to understanding: "So that's it... What a pity, if I could have stopped Wang Duocai and the others from harassing that girl, it would have been better... Come on, even though I know I'm no match for you, I won't just sit here and wait to die!"

The injured servant did not give up, and Lu Noqi did not hold back. A fourth-level Guming against a ninth-level Yongli, the former was defeated in one move. The Yu Chang sword forcefully pierced the brain, causing instant death without any pain.

Apart from money, Lu Noqi took nothing else, but he did take it away, just digging a hole to bury it. What was left were just a few naked corpses, which would be devoured by winter animals within a day, leaving no trace.

The snow continued to fall, which was undoubtedly a blessing for the perpetrator. After doing all this, Lu Noqi, as if he had done nothing, rode back to Guojian Town.

Life continued, and the residents of Guojian Town gradually forgot about the "sexual harassment" incident outside the north gate. Even the people involved had a tacit understanding not to talk about it.

Until one day a month later, an event in Yangze County brought a major turning point in Lu Noqi's life.

On that day, the chief steward of Zhutan Town, Wang Jianglong, brought Wang Shubao and Wang Zhimin to visit the First Lady, Wu Yaoshi. Then, Wang Fugang and Wang Rongguang, the fathers of Wang Duocai and Wang Jinbao, were invited to the First Lady's residence.

That night, Wang Fugang and Wang Rongguang, along with their families, went to Wang Weiwu's residence to cry and complain, blaming Lu Noqi for the deaths of Wang Duocai and Wang Jinbao.

Although the evidence was not strong, just because two Wuding from Zhutan Town had seen Lu Noqi in the area those days, the head of the family, Wang Weiwu, was not satisfied and finally issued the following order: "Have Yingfu bring that Wuding to Yangze!"

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