Chapter 1685 - 626: Not Worthy (Ten-Thousand-Word - ) (Part 6)
"This person’s martial arts are earth-shattering, Jingxin Hall Master... probably not even worthy to carry his shoes."
An old and a young person, each with different thoughts, dug a pit to bury the corpses, and this took all night.
Once the corpses were taken care of, it was already the next morning.
Returning to the inn, they initially wanted to scoop water from the vat to clean up, but found it completely dry, recalling Su Mo’s antics from yesterday.
The two had to draw water from the well in the backyard.
After fussing for an hour, they finally tidied up.
Tian Ning’er had Elder Yushu rest for a bit while she went to the kitchen to whip up some dishes.
Then invited Su Mo and the others to come down for a meal.
However, the food was ready, but Su Mo and the others didn’t get up.
Promptly, the just laid-down Elder Yushu was dragged back up and asked to go knock on the door.
Elder Yushu was speechless:
"I say, child, look at how old I am this year?
"Yesterday night after dealing with those two scoundrels, I was injured.
"Fussing all night, didn’t you hear that the elderly shouldn’t rely on bones for capability?
"Now, just managing to lie down and catch my breath, stretching my old back for a bit... and you’re dragging me up for what now?"
"That Young Hero and those two young ladies, not sure if they’ve gotten up, I’m too embarrassed to disturb them."
"Then you’re letting me do it? Young men and women sharing a room together naturally have big matters to tend to. You, unmarried child, are embarrassed to disrupt them; I, old man, am also embarrassed.
"Why not just wait until they wake up?"
"Stop talking nonsense."
Tian Ning’er dragged Elder Yushu to Su Mo’s room door.
Now wasn’t the time for idle chatter.
Elder Yushu glared at Tian Ning’er fiercely, then stood straight, adjusted his clothes and beard, before clasping his hands and saluting:
"Young Hero, are you up?"
But there was no response from inside.
The old and young exchanged a glance, Elder Yushu gently knocked on the door again:
"Young Hero, the child has made breakfast, come out and have a bite."
However, with a creak, the door hadn’t been latched, his knocking made it open slightly.
Glancing through the crack, the room was empty.
They were taken aback and quickly pushed inside.
Only to find two corpses left in the room.
One belonged to Xia Yuan, and the other was the girl who seemed to be a maid beside Su Mo.
However, now she was dressed in a set of blood-red clothes, dead by unnatural causes.
The old and young exchanged a glance, both feeling the situation was eerie.
The maid beside Young Hero, why is she suddenly dressed like this?
Did something else happen last night?
This shock wasn’t small, as panic began, Tian Ning’er saw the note on the table, quickly picked it up and handed it to Elder Yushu.
Elder Yushu scanned it swiftly, then sighed in relief:
"Turns out the maid beside Young Hero was also part of the Blood Lotus Sect, Young Hero brought her to seek Dingchan Mountain.
"Didn’t expect to encounter last night’s person here mid-journey.
"Her status is far higher than the previous one, therefore, this maid is now useless.
"Young Hero mentioned, this woman is named Dong Cuilan.
"She comes from a poor family, sold out for her relatives, but after joining Blood Lotus Sect, she accumulated blood debts in her palm as well.
"Let us handle the bodies ourselves.
"He has important matters, thus won’t stay long, may we meet again in Jianghu if fate allows..."
Tian Ning’er felt somewhat lost, but nodded nonetheless.
Her gaze fell on Xia Yuan and the woman’s corpses, she sighed:
"Continue with the work."
"Weren’t we eating?"
"Bury, then eat."
"Just washed my hands..."
"Wash again when we’re back, it’s the same."
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Seeing the old and young, each with a corpse in hand, taking them to bury.
From the mountain mist afar, Little Situ withdrew his gaze, glanced at the one tael of Silver Su Mo was tossing up and down, somewhat helpless:
"Brother Su, last night didn’t you find some Gold and valuables on Xia Yuan?"
"That’s different."
Su Mo fiddled with the tael of Silver, smiling:
"Finding Silver on Xia Yuan, that’s called extra income."
Little Situ nodded after listening, then looked at the one in Su Mo’s hand:
"And what’s this?"
"This is to recoup our loss."
Su Mo said: "This black inn extorts people outrageously, even for this alone they should die, price gougers are unforgivable!
"Work hard escorting through Jianghu, earn barely enough hard money, how can we waste it frivolously?
"Moreover, what we paid for were lodging and food.
"In the end, they added Knockout Drug in the food, intending to kill.
"I didn’t ask for more from them, that’s already quite good."
Little Situ pondered, suddenly said:
"Well, Brother Su, actually we should take all their money."
"Huh?"
Su Mo was puzzled: "What do you mean?"
"They’re already dead, the dead don’t need money, besides, they earned ill-gotten wealth.
"We take it, not only recoup our losses, but the extra can be used to assist others.
"Isn’t that good?
"At worst, we buy some incense and candles later, burn them for them to bribe little ghosts in the underworld, suffer less."
Little Situ spoke eloquently.
Su Mo nodded, but had a different take on the last part:
"In my opinion, if there really is an underworld, them suffering a bit there wouldn’t be bad.
"So incense and candles, spare them if possible... never mind, never mind, I was miscalculated, didn’t think things through like you. Next time, we’ll do as you say.
"We’ll seek out black inns to stay along the way, and once back in Four direction City, we might not only have unspent travel funds, but even make some money!"
Upon discussing this, both felt the other made valid points, sharing in a smile.
Leaving the nearby Blood Lotus Sect Master astonished.
If not for Su Mo’s Suffering People Scripture being truly terrifying, the pain endured last night unforgettable for a lifetime.
She would’ve wanted to mock.
But thinking it through, it’s wiser to keep silent.
Still, she couldn’t help but sneer inside: "What Righteous Path Master, so money-grubbing, not even better than my Blood Lotus Sect."
Right after the thought, she saw Su Mo’s gaze shift toward her.
Her face turned pale, hurriedly said:
"I... I was wrong..."
"??"
Su Mo looked puzzled: "Wrong about what?"
"I shouldn’t have internally cursed, slandering you..."
The Blood Lotus Sect Master wondered if she spoke wrongly.
How could Su Mo know what she was thinking? Wasn’t this confession too abrupt?
Seeing Su Mo and Little Situ somewhat amused, she struggled to keep her composure.
Su Mo waved:
"Let’s go. If what you said to me last night was all true.
"A mere curse... I probably don’t take it to heart.
"But if you spoke even a single falsehood, I’ll ensure you live till old age."
Su Mo didn’t sound harsh, yet the Blood Lotus Sect Master shivered.
Live till old age... essentially enduring the Suffering People Scripture till death.
What kind of torment could that be, utterly unimaginable.
But there was no need for her to speculate now, Su Mo pulled Little Situ close, grabbed her shoulder with one hand, invoked the Wind God Step, a whirlwind surged, disappearing in an instant!
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PS: Almost forgot, asking for monthly tickets at the end of the month~~