"What's your name?"

After asking what he wanted to know, Lu Xi'an asked the woman her name.

The woman said, "Ba Niang. My surname is Ba, and my name is Ba Niang."

Surname Ba, given name Niang...

What a simple and straightforward name.

But considering today's world, where cultural education has sharply declined, most people can't even read, what good name could they have?

It's already decent that this woman isn't called "Ba Women."

"Surname Ba?"

Lu Xi'an said, "That's quite a rare surname."

But the woman, Ba Niang, said, "Master, you're joking. The surname 'Ba' is quite common in our Yao County."

"Is that so."

Lu Xi'an reflected briefly, realizing he'd made an experiential error, and shouldn't view this world with the common sense of his past life.

In his previous life, common surnames were Zhang, Wang, Li, Zhao, but here, it could be different; common surnames might include Ba, Lao, Si Niao, and so on.

"What are the surnames of the two people who came with you?"

He casually asked.

"One is Ba, the other is Yao."

Ba Niang said.

Lu Xi'an nodded and didn't dwell on Ba Niang's words, taking the woman and lifting up another man to question afar.

He naturally wouldn't believe Ba Niang's one-sided words, even though this woman had now become extremely fawning and humble, calling him 'Master' with every breath.

The other two men's severed limbs had stopped bleeding, which was a relief for Lu Xi'an.

As he carried one of the men away, he casually asked, "What's your surname?"

The man, in great pain, couldn't muster the strength to answer. Ba Niang quickly replied, "His surname is Yao, Master. His name is Yao."

Yao Wei suddenly looked at Ba Niang. This address had caught Yao Wei off guard; she hadn't expected this woman to suddenly call Lu Xi'an that.

— As for one of these two men having the surname Yao, she wasn't particularly concerned. Across the world, she'd encountered people with the same surname, which seemed normal to her.

Then she saw the woman turn around, struggling to kneel down, making the injured leg touch the ground, inflicting more pain, and bowing, "Master!"

Yao Wei: "..."

Her eyes widened slightly, her expression suggesting that she thought this woman might be crazy.

Lu Xi'an saw Yao Wei's expression, couldn't help but laugh, and said, "Let her explain the situation to you. I'll take this person aside."

After speaking, thinking it over, he put down the man called "Yao," picked up another, and left.

This Yao seemed too weak to answer questions, better to ask the other one.

This other one, is it a Ba?

Ba Niang said these two are one Ba and one Yao.

Surnamed Yao in Yao County, not sure if it's a common surname.

Ba Niang watched as Lu Xi'an carried the man away, suddenly recalling the earlier surname question, her heart skipped a beat.

"Ba" is quite common, why did the Master say it was rare?

Could he mean something else?!

Remembering how Lu Xi'an put down Yao and picked up another person after asking Yao's surname, Ba Niang suddenly concocted an absurd and terrifying answer in her mind—

Could the Master be displeased with the surname "Ba" and plan to eradicate the Ba surname from Yao County until it's rare?!

Thinking of this, she was simultaneously horrified and unable to suppress a surge of excitement.

Many powerful figures in the county have the surname Ba, including her current boss and several other big shots.

If these people were all killed by the Master, then she, with the Master's backing, wouldn't she be second to none in Yao County?!

Hmm...

Second to two...

Ba Niang carefully looked at Yao Wei and asked, "Master, may I use the torn leg from earlier to tear off the pant leg and bandage it?"

"Hmm."

Yao Wei replied coldly.

This Master speaks so little.

But although this Master says little, Ba Niang inexplicably felt this Master was much easier to talk to than the other one.

She quickly thanked, "Thank you, Master!" which made Yao Wei speechless.

Afterward, Ba Niang picked up her severed limb, removed the pant leg from the broken limb, and tied it around the wound.

The wound, for the moment, was dealt with.

The wound had already dried, forming a thin layer, and now wrapped in a piece of cloth, it wouldn't easily get infected.

For people in this world, compared to through-and-through wounds, this type of injury is easier to handle and survive.

After bandaging the wound, she again thanked Yao Wei, "Thank you, Master!"

Yao Wei: "..."

Having expressed her gratitude, Ba Niang took the initiative to tell Yao Wei about her recent conversation with Lu Xi'an.

Yao Wei understood what was up with Ba Niang and was pondering the current situation in Yao County's town. No wonder her mother said that Jiangbei City was chaotic; she didn't even know who was in charge there.

It seemed right that she and Lu Xi'an decided not to go to Jiangbei, but to take a detour through Pingchuan.

After a while, Lu Xi'an came back carrying that man surnamed Ba. Ba Niang was a bit surprised, "Master... you didn't kill him?"

The man surnamed Ba's face turned pale instantly, "Ba Niang, you????!!!!"

"Why kill him?"

Lu Xi'an frowned and asked.

"Uh..."

Ba Niang said, "In our county, there's a popular phrase: decisive in killing. The old boss used to praise himself like this.

"But in my opinion, he's far inferior to the Master. Just now, the Master decisively broke the legs of the three of us and said those words. Didn't that mean he intended to make the surname Ba rare in the county?

"Master, now that's what I call decisive in killing! Compared to you, the previous old boss and the current bosses are nowhere near!

"Or simply can't compare at all!"

She kept explaining and praising, not caring why Lu Xi'an didn't kill that man surnamed Ba; she just assumed the Master had his considerations.

As she kept praising, Yao Wei kept glancing at Lu Xi'an, whose mouth corner was twitching, while the man surnamed Ba was staring directly at Ba Niang, wishing he could chop her with a knife and cut her tongue off.

The man surnamed Ba was named Ba Yu, and Lu Xi'an had just asked his name.

At this moment, Ba Yu was extremely angry at Ba Niang, cursing, "Ba Niang, you pig, talking is fine, but why drag me into it?!"

After cursing, he quickly tried to flatter and beg Lu Xi'an, imitating Ba Niang by calling "Master" with every word, "Master! There are many people with the surname Ba in Yao County, it doesn't matter if I'm one less!

"You keep one more of me, even Ba surname is rare! If you want to kill, I'll take you to Yao County now, Master please spare my life, don't kill me too!"

Yao, who was lying on the ground, was still too weak to speak. It's as if he forgot his surname was Yao, not Ba, and with a terrified face, he nodded vigorously after listening to Ba Yu's words.

Lu Xi'an understood what was going on, increasingly speechless.

Unexpectedly, a few unintentional questions from him made this woman create so many associations.

This woman, and the two men associated with her, were indeed not good people.

Earlier, for the sake of convenience and to prevent these three from having a chance to escape or make other small moves, he simply broke their legs at once. It seemed to have been the right thing to do.

"Alright, enough,"

Lu Xi'an stopped them, saying, "Hurry and bandage yourselves, follow us into the city."

The two men and one woman immediately closed their mouths. Ba Niang had already bandaged herself and was sitting obediently on the ground, while Ba Yu and Yao hurried to find their own legs, pulling out the pant legs and bandaging like Ba Niang.

At this time, the person they had been chasing cautiously asked, "Master... what about me?"

He was clever enough. After listening for a while, he started calling "Master" as well. Not caring to escape now, he even wanted to tag along with Lu Xi'an's car and mix into the new force revolving around the two Masters in front of him.

Lu Xi'an thought it didn't matter whether it was one more person or two, so he said, "You follow as well."

That person was overjoyed, kneeling and kowtowing, "Thank you, Master! Thank you, Master! Thank you, Master!"

Ba Niang, Ba Yu, and Yao glanced at that person, all filled with contempt, but dared not say anything.

Once they were bandaged, Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei watching them walked through the weeds toward the car.

The three of them were doing okay, even though each only had one leg left, they still hopped swiftly to catch up.

At the car, Lu Xi'an handed the car keys to Yao Wei, saying, "Here, you drive. This time I'll be on the car roof."

He weighed the stones in his hand, saying, "My hidden weapon technique's more effective on the roof than yours."

"Mm."

Yao Wei agreed with Lu Xi'an, opened the car door, and got in.

Lu Xi'an then lifted one person in each hand, placing all four on the car roof in two trips, letting them sit at the front half of the car roof.

As for him, he would certainly sit in the rear half position, both convenient for observing the surroundings of the car and keeping an eye on the actions of these four people.

Although these four people were not a threat to him by any measure, he habitually arranged it this way.

One more layer of security is a layer of security.

After arranging those four, Lu Xi'an opened the back car door and retrieved the spokes of a bicycle wheel from the car, holding it in his hand before climbing onto the car roof.

"Here."

When taking out the spoke, Yao Wei suddenly stretched her hand back from the main driving seat in the front, palm open.

Lu Xi'an saw three pebbles placed in Yao Wei's hand, and she smiled and said, "You gathered them back, huh?"

"Mm."

Yao Wei replied softly.

This was found from the weeds when Lu Xi'an had taken Ba Niang away to talk before.

All three were still intact and undamaged.

"Thank you."

Lu Xi'an said briefly, closing the car door and jumping onto the car roof.

He had plans in mind now, realizing that to deal with ordinary people he didn't need pebbles, the spokes of the bicycle wheel were perfect.

Using pebbles against ordinary people was simply too potent, sometimes there was no need.

Once on the car roof, holding a spoke in one hand and twirling a stone in the other, the impression he gave was more terrifying than brandishing a gun.

Ba Niang was amazed at the terrifying power of the Neo-Humans; how with just a stone, he could wield such immense force. Once these two Neo-Humans entered the city, those people inside were in for a tough time!

So, she even found herself looking forward to it a bit.

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