Book 1 Chapter 9: Change
During these days, he had bought many things to research the Upgrade Technique, especially those pieces of jewelry, which were not cheap even if they were of the lowest quality. Moreover, with regard to eating, Bai Yunfei was no longer too thrifty. He had been somewhat undernourished before, but he needed to practice now, so it was only natural for him to have a diet that matched this, satisfying all the needs of the body.
As for what he was going to do after using up his money, Bai Yunfei had already made a plan.
He walked out of this remote small street where he lived then passed through various alleyways and roads, heading for the most flourishing main street in the center of the city.
“Please… Please let me go. I still need this money to feed my wife and children back home. Please be merciful and don’t take away everything…”
When he reached the opening of an alleyway, a fearful and imploring voice came out from that that somber alleyway on the left.
“Cut the crap! Is there still anything valuable hidden on your body?! Quickly take it out! Or else I’ll break your leg!” A ruthless voice came out afterwards. It seemed to be accompanied by someone else’s chuckling sounds.
This was yet another act of bullying and robbery aimed at the weak.
This kind of occurrence was not something new in the city at all, especially in poor and remote places like this. Previously Bai Yunfei had often encountered this kind of incident as well. Afterwards he would have no choice but to hand over the hard-earned money of a day. This kind of thing was always done by groups of three to five people, and they even had weapons, so it was simply impossible for you to resist, and no one would come to save you either.
Bai Yunfei subconsciously wanted to leave, but when he just lifted half of his foot, suddenly he was stupefied right there. He then turned around with a somewhat sullen expression and walked towards that alleyway.
“I… still haven’t got rid of my old cowardice completely? Bai Yunfei, hey Bai Yunfei, you unexpectedly even wanted to run away. Previously you could convince yourself that you were powerless, but now, if you run away, how can you have a clear conscience? Forget bullshit like taking care of all the injustices in the world, at least if I come across something wrong, I won’t just sit by and watch!”
After walking into that somewhat dusky alleyway, Bai Yunfei saw the situation in front of him very quickly: three ferocious-looking big men, each with a dagger in his hand, were surrounding a lanky middle-aged man; one of them was also holding a moneybag and was frisking the middle-aged man…
Bai Yunfei did not intend to conceal himself at all. The surrounded middle-aged man was unexpectedly the first to notice him. Hearing the footsteps, he had a happy expression, but when he saw an ordinary youngster, his expression dimmed. Those big men were also frightened when they heard someone approaching, but when they saw Bai Yunfei, they all let out a sigh of relief then gave each other a look and laughed out loud.
“Hah! I never expected that someone would come to us without being forced!”
“Brat! Consider yourself unlucky. Take out all the money on your body! And we’ll let you leave!”
A big man with a ferocious expression walked towards Bai Yunfei. Another one quickly moved to the area behind him to prevent him from running away.
Perhaps because Bai Yunfei’s totally calm expression stupefied the big man, he raised his fist and shook it in front of Bai Yunfei’s face: “Brat, didn’t you hear what I said? Take out all your money! Or else, don’t blame me for being rude!”
Bai Yunfei was very familiar with this kind of man, this kind of tone and this kind of words. He knew that if he hesitated again, this man in front of him would beat him up without scruple then take away all the money on his body.
But, he was already not that weak youngster he used to be. Instead… he was a powerful soul cultivator!
Simply not in the mood to talk nonsense with these people, Bai Yunfei quickly lifted his right hand and grabbed the wrist that was shaking in front of him then exerted his strength a bit…
“Clack!”
“Ah!!”
A crisp sound of broken bones rang out in the quiet alley. Everybody was dumbfounded. That man gave a miserable cry, sounding like a pig being slaughtered. His hand loosened. Bai Yunfei immediately snatched the dagger out of his hand then raised a foot and kicked the man in the stomach. The big man was sent rolling a good several meters. Holding his wrist, he curled his body up and wailed nonstop.
“Third bro!”
The people around could not react to this sudden event temporarily. Only after that big man had been sent flying with a kick did the man behind Bai Yunfei let out a cry of shock then brandish his dagger, stabbing at his back with it.
The moment he made that sound, Bai Yunfei prepared himself. He slightly leaned his body to one side. That man’s arm immediately brushed his shoulder and