A handsome young man stood in front of a dilapidated house. He was dressed in a green robe, and his long hair fluttered in the wind. His eyes were fixed on the partially collapsed house.
That's right, this person was Xuan Xing. The first thing he did after leaving the mountain was to return to the small village where he was born. Xuan Xing had a lot of feelings for this place. After all, he had lived here for several years. If not for the villagers giving him some food, he might have starved to death long ago.
Looking at the dilapidated appearance of his previous house, he sighed in his heart. He had spent his childhood in this small broken house. More than ten years had passed, and it had long been broken beyond repair. Anyway, he didn't plan to stay here any longer. He came back this time just to settle his worries.
After walking around the village, he found that everyone was still living their lives as peacefully as before. It was just that he did not see Lei Hu, who had bullied him when he was young. Now, Xuan Xing did not hold a grudge against him. Instead, he felt a trace of gratitude. If Lei Hu had not injured him back then, he might not have recovered his memories.
Since everyone was doing well, Xuan Xing did not intend to stay any longer. He still had to travel around this planet.
Qing An City was a city not too far away from Xuan Xing's birthplace.
At this moment, Xuan Xing was walking on the bustling street. He listened to the shouts of the roadside shops and felt a sense of peace. It had been a long time since he had felt such an atmosphere.
In his previous life, when his parents were killed, the three great sects were still searching for him. Therefore, Xuan Xing almost never dared to show his face in public, so he could only hide and cultivate alone.
"Shopkeeper Li, you have to pay me. I've worked for you for half a year, so you should at least give me five taels of silver, right?”Xuan Xing, who was walking, suddenly heard the angry words of a man ahead.
"Lei Hu, don't forget that you borrowed five taels of silver from me last year. Treat your wages as repayment of your debt.”Manager Li said angrily.
"But I didn't say that I wouldn't return it to you. Other people here have two taels of silver every month, so I'll earn at least a dozen taels of silver in half a year.”
"Hmph, did I ask you to come back then? Did I say that I would pay you every month?”
Xuan Xing's eyes lit up when he heard Manager Li call that person Lei Hu. Could that person really be the Lei Hu he knew?
Hurriedly stepping forward, Xuan Xing carefully examined the person. Although Lei Hu's appearance had changed a lot after more than ten years, Xuan Xing could still recognize him.
Xuan Xing had a rough idea of what was going on. It was obvious that Manager Li wasn't going to pay Lei Hu any wages.
Lei Hu was so angry that his face was red. He panted heavily and glared at Manager Li angrily.
The pedestrians on the street also looked at Lei Hu sympathetically, but no one went to persuade Manager Li.
Xuan Xing couldn't stand it anymore. Lei Hu had helped him before. Cultivators generally wouldn't owe others a favor, because owing a favor would be detrimental to their future cultivation, so they would try their best to repay it.
"Shopkeeper, you're wrong. Why do others get paid but he doesn't? Could it be that in the shopkeeper's eyes, there was still a difference between high and low? Do you think you can give it to me just because you want to?”Xuan Xing went up to help Lei Hu.
Lei Hu looked at Xuan Xing gratefully. He didn't know the person in front of him, but he was helping him. How could he not be grateful?
At this moment, Manager Li was stumped by Xuan Xing's question. Was he going to admit that he didn't want to give it to him? In that case, who would be willing to work for him in the future?
"This is between us. You'd better mind your own business.”Manager Li said angrily to Xuan Xing.
"Hehe, I'm sorry. This brother and I grew up together.”Xuan Xing said to Manager Li with a smile.
When Manager Li heard that they knew each other, he knew that today's matter was a little troublesome. However, it was just a little troublesome. He had hired quite a number of thugs in this restaurant, and there were not many people in Qing An City who dared to not give him face.
Lei Hu also looked at Xuan Xing in surprise. He was sure that he had never seen this person before, but he looked a little familiar. However, he still could not remember who this person was.
"Oh? If that's the case, then don't blame me for being impolite. Liu Quan, chase these two away.”Manager Li immediately ordered people to chase the two away.
When the onlookers heard Manager Li's words, they all ran away as if this kind of thing was very common.
More than a dozen people rushed out of the restaurant, each holding a wooden stick.
Xuan Xing frowned at the scene before him. The other party was obviously going to use force. He was not afraid. What a joke. Would a Golden Core cultivator be afraid of some mortals? Even if there were dozens more, it would be useless. What disgusted him was that this Manager Li was obviously not a good person. Just look at what he had done and the reaction of the people on the street.
"Brother, they have more people. Let's go. I don't want the silver. Brother, you don't have to fight them.”Seeing Xuan Xing standing there without moving, Lei Hu anxiously said to Xuan Xing.
Xuan Xing looked at Lei Hu in surprise. Lei Hu seemed to have changed into a different person from when he was young. Now, he actually knew how to consider others.
"Lei Hu, don't you recognize me? Hehe, we'll talk later. I'll get rid of these people first.”Xuan Xing said to Lei Hu and walked towards the thugs.
The thugs saw that Xuan Xing dared to deal with them alone, so they did not care about them bullying them with numbers and directly waved their clubs at Xuan Xing.
Xuan Xing continued to move between them, occasionally striking out with his palm. As long as Xuan Xing struck out with his palm, someone would fall to the ground and not get up. In a short while, these people were defeated by Xuan Xing. Xuan Xing did not use his own True Qi. He only relied on his movement technique and physical energy to fight with them. Otherwise, these people would have died long ago.
Those people were twitching on the ground in pain. Looking at the thugs on the ground, Manager Li knew that he had encountered a tough opponent today. "This Li admires this little brother's skills. Can the two of you come in and we can have a good talk?”Manager Li was prepared to use soft tactics, hoping to give them some silver to send the two away.
Xuan Xing didn't want to bother with him at first, but seeing that Lei Hu seemed to be in need of money, he decided to extort a sum of money from Manager Li. After all, he didn't look like a good person.
Lei Hu was very excited. He didn't expect the person who helped him to be an expert. It seemed that he had a chance to get back his salary.
The three of them entered the restaurant and Manager Li personally led them to a private room. He poured tea for the two of them and even asked someone to bring fruits to greet them.
"Little brother, please don't take it to heart. As for Lei Hu's salary, we can discuss it.”Shopkeeper Li said with a thick face. After rolling around in the mortal world for so many years, he was still able to handle these matters. However, he met Xuan Xing. Even though Xuan Xing did not go out much in his previous life, he knew as much as he did.
"Shopkeeper Li, I don't want to talk nonsense with you. Let's be straightforward, what are you going to do?”Xuan Xing said impatiently.
"En…this, I'll give Lei Hu all his wages, 12 taels. Forget about the 5 taels he lent me.”Manager Li was smart enough to know that Lei Hu was very satisfied.
When Lei Hu heard that he could take twelve taels of silver, his eyes lit up. He now felt that Manager Li was too cute and had completely forgotten what had happened outside.
"Manager Li, isn't this a little too little? My brother has it hard too. If it weren't for me today, I think he wouldn't have gotten a single cent, right?”Just as Lei Hu was about to lose his cool, Xuan Xing's words woke him up. That's right, if it wasn't for Xuan Xing, he would probably have nothing to gain. He glared at Manager Li angrily.
Shopkeeper Li felt uncomfortable after being scolded by Xuan Xing. He was right." Hehe, what do you think we should do?”
"One thousand taels, not a penny less." Xuan Xing said lazily. After he finished speaking, he even took a sip of tea.
Shopkeeper Li was furious. His small restaurant only earned five hundred taels of silver a year, but he asked for a thousand taels of silver!
" Hehe, brother, can you reduce it? It's not easy for me to do this small business…"
"Give it or not, be direct. I don't have time to talk to you.”Before the shopkeeper could finish his words, Xuan Xing interrupted him and even released some of his aura.
Shopkeeper Li felt that this person was too scary. He couldn't even breathe properly in front of him. A wise man doesn't eat the loss in front of him. If he lost his silver, he could earn more. If he lost his life, he would have nothing.
"Alright, alright, one thousand taels. I'll go get you some silver.”Manager Li hurriedly said.
In a short while, he handed the banknotes to Xuan Xing.
Having achieved his goal, Xuan Xing called Lei Hu and walked out of the restaurant.
"Lei Hu, you really don't remember me? I'm Little Star." Xuan Xing told Lei Hu on the way.
"Little Star? You're Little Star!" Lei Hu said in surprise. Lei Hu felt conflicted when he thought about how he used to bully Little Star when he was young. He didn't expect Little Star to help him now.
After their conversation, Xuan Xing understood that Lei Hu had moved to the city with his parents three years ago. However, his father fell ill last year. The family had no money to buy a house, so Lei Hu borrowed five taels of silver from the shopkeeper to treat his father's illness first. However, his father's illness had not improved, so he went to the restaurant to work, which led to the scene just now.
"Take this money to treat your father's illness. You can keep the rest to do some business. I still have something to do elsewhere.”Xuan Xing handed over the silver notes that Manager Li had given him to Lei Hu.
"Little Xing, how can this be? I can't take this money.”Lei Hu refused to accept it.
"Lei Hu, I'm not short of money. If you need money, then don't be polite with me.”Xuan Xingxiang said angrily.
Lei Hu also knew that Xuan Xing had been a stubborn person since he was young. It seemed that nothing had changed, so he could only keep it. "Little Xing, this is a jade pendant that I obtained by chance. Take it as a souvenir.”Lei Hu took out a purple-red jade pendant and handed it to Xuan Xing.
Xuan Xing knew that if he didn't want it, Lei Hu definitely wouldn't want it either. Just as Lei Hu said, it was a good souvenir, so he kept the jade pendant.
Holding the jade pendant in his hand, Xuan Xing felt an indescribable feeling in his heart. However, after taking a closer look, he did not find anything special. Perhaps his feeling was wrong, so he did not think too much about it.
After bidding farewell to Lei Hu, Xuan Xing felt that his realm had actually improved a little.
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