Chapter 20

At the north gate of the main city, two people stood facing each other, maintaining a motionless posture. Li Huailin's sword had pierced through Feng Yiliu's chest, while Feng Yiliu's dual swords had slashed onto Li Huailin's shoulders, almost cutting through.

"What's going on?" Li Huailin was a bit puzzled. After he had pierced through Feng Yiliu with his sword, the latter had not responded. He had clearly seen the battle records and there was no record of a kill. He hadn't used any immobilizing skills, so why wasn't the other side responding? This made him unable to react as well.

Just as he was puzzled, Feng Yiliu suddenly took two steps back, put away his two swords, and lowered his head, softly saying, "I lost."

"Eh?" Li Huailin was taken aback.

"Yay, brother-in-law won!" Hongyan He Shui, who was standing nearby, suddenly cheered.

"Wait... wait a moment..." Li Huailin's voice trembled. Such a perfect plan had failed, what was going on? "Hero, I don't think I've won yet."

"Don't say that. I, Feng Yiliu, am not one to back down from a loss. I can tell whether I've won or lost. If you had really attacked seriously, I would have been dead long ago." After saying this, Feng Yiliu took out 14 shiny gold coins, "As agreed, here are 14 gold coins. Take them."

I don't really want your money... Li Huailin didn't even get to say this, as Hongyan He Shui excitedly took the 14 gold coins.

"Wow... Brother-in-law, you're so awesome, you've made a fortune!" Hongyan He Shui cheered, holding the gold coins, "Robbing is so much fun!"

"..." Li Huailin looked at the excited Hongyan He Shui, completely stunned.

"I am indeed not your match right now, I admit it." Feng Yiliu continued, "Although I still don't know what skills you have, just wait. I will come to challenge you soon."

"How soon?" Li Huailin's eyes lit up at this, hoping Feng Yiliu would turn around and come to kill him.

"Give me ten days. After ten days, I will come to find you." Feng Yiliu said confidently.

"Ten days?" Li Huailin felt a darkness cloud his vision.

"Farewell." Feng Yiliu said, then turned and left.

"Huh? I..." Li Huailin watched Feng Yiliu turn and leave, completely at a loss for words, only able to watch as this big fish swam away.

"How hard is it to die these days?" Li Huailin sighed, lamenting the difficulty of dying.

Heaving a deep sigh, Li Huailin sat on the ground, somewhat dejected, gazing into the distance.

"Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, 'the big fish' is caught, what do we do now?" Hongyan He Shui, who was standing nearby, ran over excitedly.

"I'm tired. You go and rob for a while. I'll watch how you do. If you get into trouble, just mention my name." Li Huailin said, somewhat dispirited.

"Great, great." Hongyan He Shui nodded excitedly, thinking this was the first time she was robbing, and she had to do it well, absolutely making her brother-in-law see her in a new light.

"Sure, go ahead." Li Huailin waved her off casually.

Hongyan He Shui then crouched down in the grass, while Li Huailin sat not far away, propping his head up, pondering how he should level up (die) in the future.

Soon, another player appeared. This was a hunter player, carrying a bronze-quality bow and having about five to six bronze-quality pieces of equipment, indicating he had some money.

The hunter player had just walked out of the north gate, looking around as if searching for someone.

"This road is mine, uh... leave your money!" Hongyan He Shui immediately jumped out of the grass, shouting at the hunter player, though she didn't quite remember the lines.

"Wow!" The hunter player was clearly startled, then looked at the jumping Hongyan He Shui, "What are you doing?"

"Robbing! Give me the money!" Hongyan He Shui suddenly remembered something, clenching her fists, but making no sound at all.

"Robbing? You?" The hunter player looked a bit puzzled, "Just you?"

"Um, this..." Hongyan He Shui was a bit anxious. Why wasn't this guy kneeling down and begging for mercy and giving money? Thinking for a moment, her eyes lit up, and she moved aside, pointing to Li Huailin, who was sitting behind, trying to look fierce, "You... you see that? That's my brother-in-law, the king of robbers. Give me the money, or I'll have my brother-in-law beat you up."

The hunter player looked behind Hongyan He Shui, and his eyes lit up when he saw Li Huailin, who was deep in thought, and his expression immediately improved.

"Your brother-in-law sent you to rob?" The hunter player asked.

"Yes... yes, are you scared?" Hongyan He Shui said fiercely.

"Oh, I see." The hunter player nodded, then took out 10 silver coins from his bag, "Here, this is my money, take it."

"Ah, really? Great." Hongyan He Shui was delighted when she took the silver coins, but immediately realized it was wrong to be so happy while robbing, so she tried to put on a serious face, "Hmm, you know your place, you can go."

"Oh, okay." The hunter player was quite straightforward, handed over the money, and turned to leave.

"Yay! Yay!" Seeing the hunter player leave, Hongyan He Shui jumped up happily and ran over to Li Huailin, "Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, look, I succeeded in robbing for the first time. Look, I got 10 silver coins."

"Huh?" Li Huailin, who was deep in thought, was startled, "How easy is robbing these days? Even you can get money?"

"How did you do it?" Li Huailin couldn't believe his eyes, asking in confusion.

"I just went up and threatened him, then mimicked what you did, clenching my fists, and he gave me the money. Brother-in-law, what you taught me really works." Hongyan He Shui said happily.

I was just talking nonsense, and this actually works? Li Huailin was instantly speechless.

Just as he was puzzled, another player walked over, seeing Li Huailin and Hongyan He Shui, and his eyes lit up, "Hey, are those two robbers?"

"Huh?" Li Huailin turned his head in surprise, what was going on, was there such a thing?

"Yes, yes, we are robbers." Hongyan He Shui waved and answered.

"Oh, here, this is my money." The player took out 20 silver coins without a word and handed them to Hongyan He Shui.

"..." Li Huailin was already stunned.

"You guys are busy, I'll go." After handing over the money, the player left happily.

"Yay, brother-in-law, we succeeded in robbing again." Hongyan He Shui shouted.

"Hey, hey, how big is your brain? Didn't you feel something was wrong?" Li Huailin couldn't help but ask.

"Eh? What's wrong?" Hongyan He Shui asked.

"You should ask what's right, nothing is right."

"Eh? Is there?" Hongyan He Shui scratched her head, looking puzzled.

"I..."

Just as he was speaking, another player walked over, this time a female player.

"Excuse me, is someone robbing here?" The female player asked shyly.

"..." Li Huailin turned his head expressionlessly to look at the female player.

"Here." The female player suddenly handed Li Huailin 15 silver coins and turned to run away, blushing.

"Brother-in-law, you're so awesome, you can rob just by looking. Is this the highest level of robbing?" Hongyan He Shui looked at Li Huailin with admiration.

"Damn, this is not scientific, what the hell is going on?" Li Huailin shouted, looking at the 15 silver coins in his hand.

Before he could finish speaking, two more players walked over, "Is this where the robbing is?"

"Yes, if you want to give, just give." Li Huailin held his head.

"Oh, here..."

In a state of complete confusion, wave after wave of people started coming to Li Huailin, asking to be robbed. At first, it was one or two, but later it became a group.

"Is this where the robbing is?" A player asked.

"Yes, right here, go queue up and pay." Li Huailin said, already a bit numb.

"Huailin!" Just as Li Huailin was dealing with the people coming to be robbed, a familiar voice suddenly called out to him.

"Yehang? What a coincidence?" Li Huailin turned his head, a bit puzzled, looking at Lingjie Yehang. It was indeed quite a coincidence, given the vast map of "Heart of Glory," for the two to meet.

"What coincidence? I came specifically to find you." Yehang patted Li Huailin's shoulder in a friendly manner.

"Specifically to find me? How did you know I was here?" Li Huailin asked curiously.

"Everyone knows." Yehang smiled, "I just logged onto the forum today and saw a post saying that Brother Huailin is in dire need of money and has been forced to rob at the north gate of the main city. It's a call for help, asking players with spare money to come and help you. Huailin, that's not right of you. If you need money, why didn't you ask me? Even if you don't want to borrow from the guild, I would be willing to help you. I brought 10 gold coins to help you, don't think it's too little."

"A post on the forum?"

"Yes, it's pinned."

"..."

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"Damn, if I find out who the bastard is trying to frame me, I'll slap him into idiocy!"

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