The middle-aged fat man scrambled to his feet with a speed that completely belied his bulky physique and then quickly knelt down in front of Chu Mo, sobbing and weeping as he said, "Master… Lord! I was wrong! I truly realize my mistake, please don't kill me, I have an eighty-year-old mother above me, a three-year-old son below, and a large group of pitiful wives and concubines to support… If I die, they will all suffer!"

Lin Yu looked at the middle-aged fat man, and although he was a decent person, he couldn't help but feel contempt for him. He said, "I think you are several hundred years old, right? And you still have an eighty-year-old mother?"

"I am not that old, I am not even forty yet…" the middle-aged fat man wailed while carefully observing Chu Mo's expression. What made him somewhat desperate was that he couldn't see any emotion on that terrible person's face.

The middle-aged fat man trembled as he took out the two storage bags that Lin Yu had given him earlier and handed them over with a pained expression, "I was wrong… I should never have offended you two lords, wuwu… Now I have nothing left, please spare my life, lords."

Lin Yu glanced at Chu Mo, and Chu Mo said, "If he gives them to you, take them."

Only then did Lin Yu take the two storage bags, his face lighting up with a delighted and satisfied expression.

Chu Mo couldn't help but roll his eyes, thinking how unsophisticated Lin Yu looked. After Lin Yu took the two storage bags, Chu Mo looked at the middle-aged fat man with a half-smile, "Is that all?"

"Ah? This humble one… This humble one has already returned all of your property, lords! It was just temporary madness… I was poor… wuwu…" said the fat man, managing to squeeze out two tears. He seemed genuinely earnest.

Lin Yu, who was watching, couldn't bear it anymore and wanted to tell Chu Mo to let him go, thinking that he was just a bully relying on others; why stoop to his level?

But Chu Mo suddenly moved, delivering a fierce kick to the fat man's chest. A faint sound of bone cracking filled the air as the ugly and clumsy fat man spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.

"I think you want to die," Chu Mo said indifferently.

"Brother Chu…" Lin Yu looked distressed.

Chu Mo glanced at Lin Yu, "Haven't you killed anyone since you stepped on the path of cultivation?"

"Ah? Kill someone?" Fear flashed in Lin Yu's eyes as he shook his head and waved his hands, "No, no, I never have, I haven't even killed a small animal."

"Then today is an excellent opportunity for you to kill him," Chu Mo pointed at the fat man, "He deserves to die."

"I… Brother Chu, I can't do it," Lin Yu's face turned beet red as he looked at Chu Mo with great difficulty, "Although he's hateful, but… but he doesn't deserve to die, right?"

"Doesn't deserve to die?" Chu Mo chuckled, "Do you know why those people wanted to attack me today?"

"It was him, he instigated it," Lin Yu said weakly.

"Right, you are not completely foolish, just cowardly and soft-hearted," Chu Mo said.

"…" Lin Yu looked at Chu Mo, lost for words.

"Do you know what would have happened if I were not a match for those people today?" Chu Mo said coldly.

"From then on… we would be bullied by them?" Lin Yu said uncertainly.

"From then on?" Chu Mo shook his head, "No, there would be no 'from then on.' They would cripple me directly and then throw me out. This is called—'kill one to warn a hundred.' It is also called—'killing the chicken to scare the monkey.' Understand?"

"…" Lin Yu looked at Chu Mo and nodded, "I… I understand."

"Later, when the situation escalated, it was he… who with just one sentence, made countless people in the square attack me. Hehe, if I were the slightest bit weaker, by now I might not even be left with any remains. Isn't that so?" Chu Mo said.

"Yes, it's like that," Lin Yu's forehead was drenched in cold sweat, and he felt a bit remorseful for his earlier actions, for not standing in Brother Chu's shoes and considering the situation.

"So, he deserves to die. Go, kill him." Chu Mo looked at Lin Yu, "Killing someone is actually quite simple; you just thrust your sword into his elixir field, extinguish his secondary primordial spirit, and then chop off his head…"

"Ugh…" Chu Mo hadn't finished speaking when Lin Yu began to retch again.

As for the ugly and clumsy fat man, he had already been frightened to the point of nearly losing his soul. Kneeling there, he wailed, "I was wrong… Please don't kill me, don't kill me! I am willing to give up all my wealth, just spare me this once. I'm sorry…I truly realize my mistake…"

As he spoke, the fat man directly took out two storage rings from his body, not caring about his injuries, and kneeled his way to Chu Mo, "My lord… This is all the savings I have accumulated over the years, I give them all to you, please spare me."

The fat man sobbed uncontrollably as he shakily offered the two storage rings, then wore a look of utter despair.

Chu Mo glanced at him, "You still have three storage rings on you. The only reason I still have the patience to remind you is because I want to ask you some questions and don't want to kill you right now. If you keep anything hidden from me, I'll kill you immediately!"

"Ah!" The fat man let out a cry of despair and then took off the remaining three storage rings from his body, all at once. This time… his face wore an expression of having nothing left to live for.

The seals on the storage rings were not strong, and Chu Mo wiped them off casually. Then his divine sense swept through the five rings. Even though Chu Mo was accustomed to seeing huge fortunes, he couldn't help but be startled. There were at least over a million top-grade immortal crystals in these five rings!

This sum of money was considered a tremendous fortune in the Immortal Realm!

Even if it were taken to the Heavenly Realm, it was still a considerable fortune, enough to move many people's hearts.

Chu Mo cracked a smile, looking at the fat man, "You're quite rich, aren't you?"

"I've always been in charge of the Daoist Sect's finances..." The fat man replied dully. The loss of this fortune was like losing half his life. Although he had other reserves elsewhere to ensure he would never want for food and clothing in his life, they were but a fraction compared to this wealth.

Chu Mo casually tossed one of the rings to Lin Yu, containing about three hundred thousand top-grade immortal crystals.

"This is yours," Chu Mo said.

Lin Yu instinctively glanced at the contents of the storage ring and was so frightened that he failed to hold it properly, and the ring clinked to the ground. He hurriedly picked it up and said in a panic, "I…I can't take this, it's too valuable!"

"It's not mine," Chu Mo said with a smile, "Didn't I tell you? Whatever you pay, I'll make him spit it out tenfold, a hundredfold."

With a bitter expression, the fat man stood on the side, his chest wound throbbing with pain, but what hurt even more... was his heart.

Lin Yu looked at Chu Mo with difficulty, and Chu Mo said indifferently, "Since you've called me Brother, then as your brother, I should make a gesture, right? Even though these immortal crystals aren't mine, consider it a meeting gift from big brother!"

"But it's so valuable!"

"Why do you have to be so fussy?"

"But…"

"If 'but' one more time, I'll hit you!"

"…"

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