"Ba Niang, I didn't ask you to speak, so shut up."

Lu Xi'an scolded Ba Niang.

He was already somewhat fed up with these people deeply mired in petty squabbles, wanting nothing more than to ask what he needed and leave immediately.

This place, these people, he didn't want to see them for another second.

The world truly only had Yao Wei, being here with these people on the rooftop watching their behavior, Lu Xi'an felt his mood souring.

"Yes! Yes! Master, I will shut up!"

Ba Niang quickly agreed, closing her mouth.

Then Lu Xi'an asked Yao Zhuang: "Please tell me, I heard you cooperated with the Vengeful Soul, how did you collaborate?"

But Yao Zhuang turned his head, only sneering coldly, not intending to answer at all.

Lu Xi'an frowned.

Ba Niang couldn't hold it in, cautiously offering a hint: "Master, when talking to our people here, you can't be too polite.

"If you're polite, he'll think you're not tough enough, and he won't fear you..."

Yao Zhuang's expression changed, glaring fiercely at Ba Niang.

Lu Xi'an nodded, saying: "Makes sense."

From past life internet posts, it was said that foreign people in India, if they randomly acted benevolently, especially towards the lower castes, their danger would multiply; this was caused by the solidified caste system, and the social fracture.

In this world, the gap between Neo-Humans and ordinary people should be even greater than that between Brahman and Dalit, right?

Was it because he had been too kind just now, that this person felt he wasn't like a Neo-Human, and hence underestimated him?

But Lu Xi'an still didn't put on a cold face, spoke kindly, looking directly at Yao Zhuang, stating sincerely: "I'll count to three, and if you haven't answered, I won't mind breaking one of your fingers."

Yao Zhuang's face changed again, from anger to fear.

"One."

Lu Xi'an had already started counting.

He didn't prolong the process of counting to three, there wasn't any need, after all, Yao Zhuang had ten fingers, enough for a while.

However, before he could count to two, Yao Zhuang couldn't hold on anymore and rushed to answer: "Fake! It's all fake!"

Lu Xi'an closed his mouth, no longer counting to "two," quietly watching to see what else Yao Zhuang would say.

Yao Zhuang said: "There's no Vengeful Soul! It was San pretending... No, there is, there is a Vengeful Soul, but after they killed our boss, they vanished, never to be seen again.

"I guess those two had already left Yao County. Later on, I had San ambush and kill, then spread the rumor it was the Vengeful Soul who did it."

Lu Xi'an asked: "Weren't you afraid the Vengeful Soul might still be around, and come after you for blaming them?"

Yao Zhuang said: "I didn't think of it at first, initially I just wanted San to kill a few people, create some chaos, to see if there was any opportunity.

"After killing the first person, the city somehow spread the rumor of a vengeful soul.

"After seeing the rumor spread with no issue, I figured those two must have left, so I continued, attributing all subsequent matters to the Vengeful Soul."

He stopped here, suddenly realizing something, his face turned pale, "So it was all a setup!

"I was like an idiot, showing off to Ba Shi! Fell right into the trap set by Ba Shi and Yao Guang!

"It was those two! The first rumor of the vengeful soul must have been their doing!

"I was really stupid... really..."

He muttered to himself, forgetting the pain below.

Lu Xi'an asked: "Is it possible the Vengeful Soul is with Yao Guang?"

Yao Zhuang shook his head: "Impossible! The day the Vengeful Soul made their move, we all saw it.

"When the boss was killed, and an old and a young one were laughing 'hehe', none of us dared to move, including Yao Guang, who was already paralyzed with fear.

"It wasn't until their voices disappeared, after waiting a long time, thinking they had left, that we all breathed a sigh of relief, one by one deflating.

"I saw Yao Guang then, he wasn't any better than me!

"Him? Where would he get the guts to go after Yao Guang?"

At this point, he remembered something again, muttering to himself, "Yes... how did I forget?

"Back then, we were already scared out of our wits, how could we have dared to cooperate with the Vengeful Soul?

"Yao Guang and Ba Shi were the cleverest pair in the city, how could they not spot the problem here?!

"I was really stupid... really... they kept me in the dark, and I only figured it out now..."

Ba Niang listened to Yao Zhuang's words, coldly laughing.

But Lu Xi'an was already too tired to bother with them.

Now that he understood the situation he wanted to know, these people meant nothing to him anymore.

Finally, he could get rid of these people!

He sighed inwardly, on the rooftop, asking Ba Niang to point the way to the gas station.

"Master, there's someone."

Upon reaching the gas station, Ba Niang suddenly reminded.

Lu Xi'an nodded. He had expected it and had already noticed.

This gas station was near the old boss's territory, now coveted by all forces in the county, though none dared occupy it, they would still send people to watch over it.

Lu Xi'an directly held a spoke, snapping off a small piece about a joint's length, and threw it towards one of them.

——that person was too dishonest, holding a bow, actually secretly nocking an arrow in hiding, about to strike.

Even worse, that person's aim was not at Lu Xi'an, nor at anyone else on the roof of the car, but at the car tire!

How could Lu Xi'an tolerate that?

The small piece of spoke zipped with a whoosh, piercing right into that person's forehead.

The person fell to the ground with a "plop," the not fully drawn bow bounced back, and the arrow on the bow shot out weakly in a parabolic arc, not landing far away.

"Plop."

The bow and arrow both fell to the ground.

The others immediately scattered like birds and beasts.

Yao Wei parked the car outside the gas station.

Lu Xi'an rushed the people on the rooftop of the car to get off. Suddenly, he thought that the scene just now was rather nice. The spokes were so long, though somewhat pointless, they could be snapped into smaller pieces.

With this, he would have means similar to Dongfang Bubai.

Too bad they weren't embroidery needles...

As he thought this, he glanced instinctively at Yao Zhuang.

Yao Zhuang climbed down along the side of the car, his legs and feet inevitably exerting force. The blurred flesh under him opened the wound again, causing him to grimace in pain.

Noticing Lu Xi'an glance at him, he endured the pain in silence, not daring to make a sound.

The earlier intimidation was indeed effective, he was now much more cautious in front of Lu Xi'an.

Lu Xi'an no longer paid attention to them and, together with Yao Wei, took down the oil barrels and the oil pump from the car, heading to draw oil from the valve of the storage tank.

Opening the valve, the fuel in the storage tank was indeed almost depleted.

Lu Xi'an tried out their homemade simple oil pump, which barely sufficed. Yao Wei then connected the pump to the oil barrels, squeezing the middle section of a mineral water bottle, letting the tubes draw up the oil.

Soon there was a "clattering" sound from the oil barrel, leaving the few people from Yao County with wide eyes, bewildered.

"I heard people in the south use hoses to refuel too, but I never understood before—how do hoses refuel? Now, seeing the master do this, I understand!"

Yao Zhuang exclaimed. In this short time, he had already started addressing as "master" incessantly.

However, the "master" he referred to gave him no response, only silently waiting for the oil barrel to fill, then replaced it with another barrel, and poured the oil from the barrel into the car's fuel tank.

Repeating this cycle, the fuel tank quickly filled up, and the oil barrel was full too.

During this time, Ba Niang and others eagerly came over wanting to help, but before Lu Xi'an could respond, Yao Wei mercilessly drove them away.

Yao Wei thought these oil barrels and pumps were treasures she shared with Lu Xi'an. How could she let these people touch them?

Yao Wei remained speechless, expressionless, seemingly keeping people at a distance, making them feel more intimidated than from Lu Xi'an.

Upon her rejection, the people had to retreat embarrassingly, watching from a distance, not daring to ingratiate themselves further.

After refueling, Lu Xi'an secured the cap, carried the oil barrel back to the car, while Yao Wei packed up the pump.

Yao Wei got into the driver's seat, and Lu Xi'an hopped onto the rooftop, turning back and saying, "Alright, we're leaving now. You guys go do whatever you need to do.

"I've already shown some skills in the city before, and some people have just seen us now.

"If you have the capability, go ahead and take advantage of my name, but if you can't, there's nothing I can do."

Once Lu Xi'an finished speaking, Yao Wei directly shifted gears and stepped on the gas, heading east, out of the city.

No one present dared to stop them, only watching as Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei left.

Once the car was far off, Yao Zhuang sighed, "I never thought we couldn't borrow the force of the Vengeful Soul, but now we've caught the momentum of two even fiercer Neo-Humans! This time we're set!"

However, just as he finished speaking, he suddenly felt sharp pain in his head, his vision went black, and he fell to the ground with a "thud."

His field of view blurred, barely making out Ba Niang grabbing a stone from somewhere, hopping on one leg toward him, swinging it down once more.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

The head was smashed repeatedly into pulp, leaving the three men beside watching aghast.

Ba Niang kept smashing until she was sure Yao Zhuang was absolutely dead, then stopped, not even glancing back at the two who, like her, had crippled legs, speaking instead to the person she had been chasing before:

"Quick, kill those two, in the future we'll use 'Master's' name; in this county, it's up to the two of us to decide!"

The two crippled men's faces turned white, looking on to see that the person they had pursued was learning from Ba Niang, picking up a stone and coming toward them.

Both were weak from blood loss and their disabilities, not a match for that person, unable to run, were caught up with and repeatedly hit on the head.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

In no time at all, just like Ba Niang, that person ended up with a face full of blood and brain matter.

The two exchanged smiles, seemingly oblivious to the hideous gruesomeness of each other.

Ba Niang even smiled charmingly, casting an alluring look at this person who was the only one alive that she had been hunting previously, and said,

"I haven't asked yet, what's your name?

"How we're going to run this city now depends on the two of us.

"I'm a bit exhausted now; help me up, let's find a place to hide and rest up. Once rested, we'll plan our next steps.

"If you want, I can let you enjoy yourself thoroughly. Looking at you, you probably haven't experienced a woman yet, have you?"

The person nodded earnestly, inching closer to Ba Niang with a lascivious grin.

Ba Niang laughed, her blood-stained face blooming like a peach blossom.

But the next moment, the smile froze on her face.

The person, having approached closely, suddenly clasped her neck, using all his strength to choke the life out of her.

"One person is enough for me, why should I let you share the say with me?"

The person whispered softly into Ba Niang's ear.

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