The story diverges into two parts.

In the small alley, the three little ones from the Wind and Fire Gang were reduced to just one skinny and short teenager. Looking at his big brother and second brother lying on the ground, he couldn’t help but think about robbing them and escaping.

However, he had struggled to survive in the city of Glutton, and finally found good brothers who were willing to accept him. If he left now, he would be alone again. After some thought, he quickly discarded this idea.

He took his big brother and second brother to the clinic, asked the doctor to treat them, and then moved them to the beds in the inner hall. This was the largest clinic in the south of the city, with many patients. There were more than a dozen such inner halls, each with seven or eight beds.

The tall young man and the short and fat teenager had both suffered external injuries. For cultivators, a little bandaging and medication would heal them over time, so they were treated quickly.

After the two woke up, the tall young man was still complaining to the skinny one, “Little third, you know our situation. We came to the clinic for minor injuries, how long will we have to work to pay for this medicine?”

“Big brother, your injury is not serious, but second brother was almost dead…” the skinny teenager said weakly.

“Nonsense!” The short and fat one propped up his neck, “I have trained my body and bones, do you think I would be afraid of such a small injury? Even if I was stabbed again, I wouldn’t be affected!”

As a martial artist, his vitality was strong. After bandaging the wound, he recovered quickly and was indeed quite spirited now.

The skinny teenager who had brought them to the clinic was scolded and could only hang his head in silence.

“Alright, alright.” Seeing him like this, the tall young man didn’t say anything more, but patted the shoulders of his two brothers and said loudly:

“Now we brothers are in a difficult situation, even worrying about the cost of medicine. I swear, I will lead you to success, and in the future, even if we are beaten severely, we won’t have to worry about medical expenses!”

“Big brother, I believe in you!” The short and fat teenager was filled with passion.

The skinny teenager hesitated and said, “Big brother, if we really succeed one day, can we stop getting beaten?”

“…” The tall young man was stumped by his question, fell silent for a moment, and then scolded, “You talk too much! Go get the medicine!”

The skinny teenager was sent out to get the medicine with a gloomy face.

But soon he ran back, saying repeatedly, “Big brother, second brother! I saw the guy who beat us again!”

“Hmm?”

The tall and the short and fat ones were both startled, they got up and followed the skinny one’s direction, peeking out to watch.

It was the young man in brocade who had killed three people in a second, who had come to treat his injuries with another man in white, and was being diagnosed by the doctor in the front hall.

“What should we do?” The tall young man was scared and quickly turned his head back, saying, “We are definitely not his match, revenge is out of the question, shall we run?”

“Big brother, I have a plan.” The short and fat one suddenly said, his small eyes shining with wisdom.

……

After the young man in brocade took the man in white into another room, the three little ones quietly sneaked out.

After waiting in the hall for a while, they saw a burly man with a beard coming to buy medicine. Although he was also a third realm cultivator, he looked quite domineering.

“He looks tough, let’s choose him.” The tall young man pushed the skinny one.

The skinny one shrank back a bit, but still plucked up the courage to go. As the bearded man finished buying his medicine, he pretended to lower his head and walk, and bumped into him.

“Eh?” The bearded man raised his eyebrows.

He indeed looked like a hot-tempered person.

“I’m sorry! I’m sorry!” The skinny teenager immediately apologized repeatedly, and then ran into the inner hall.

“Hmph.” The bearded man snorted angrily, ignored him, and strode out. Just as he reached the door, he was stopped by someone.

“Big brother, did you lose some medicinal herbs?” A short and fat man came up and whispered.

“Hmm?” The bearded man was surprised when he heard this, but when he checked his storage device with his divine sense, he found that one of the spirit herbs he had bought was indeed missing, and immediately asked, “What’s going on?”

“I just saw a man over there secretly put your herbs on his own tray. You didn’t notice it, he’s over there, he’s about to take it away!” The short and fat man pointed.

The bearded man turned his head and saw that there was indeed a young man in brocade who had just taken his medicine from the counter and was walking back with his tray. His spirit herb was clearly among them.

“Good, which little thief dares to steal from me?” The bearded man was immediately furious and chased after him.

Behind him, the three little ones immediately gathered together and peeked out from the corner to watch the show. They saw that the bearded man didn’t say a word and started fighting with Chu Liang.

The tall young man laughed and said, “Second brother, it’s still you. You are indeed the wise man of our Wind and Fire Gang.”

“Of course…” The short and fat one’s words were cut off before he could finish.

Because he saw that Chu Liang raised his hand and released that green crescent moon light again. The sharp knife light flashed and disappeared. For some reason, a sense of foreboding enveloped his heart.

“Big brother, little third, is there a knife stuck in my back?” He asked calmly.

The tall young man and the skinny one glanced at each other and nodded silently.

“Ah——” The short and fat one screamed and fell to the ground again without hesitation, making a thud.

“Not good, don’t attract that man.” Seeing this, the tall young man was afraid of being discovered by Chu Liang, gritted his teeth and said, “Let’s go quickly!”

With that, he pulled out the Flying Leaf Fast Knife from the short and fat one’s body and threw it on the ground, fearing that Chu Liang would follow the sense of the magic weapon to seek revenge.

The short and fat one, from whose back the knife was pulled out, had a huge cross-shaped cut on his back, and blood spurted out.

Puff.

……

On the other side, the bearded man stopped attacking after Chu Liang summoned his flying sword to protect himself.

“From Shu Mountain?” He asked.

“Yes.” Chu Liang replied.

“I am a disciple of the Muwei Sect…” The burly man with the twisted beard immediately withdrew his magical power, and then asked, “Why did a disciple of the Nine Heavens Immortal Sect steal my spiritual medicine?”

“What do you mean?” Chu Liang was puzzled.

He had heard of the Muwei Sect, a small sect that had split off after the dissolution of the Tianxing Sect, but it was not very prominent.

The burly man stepped forward, pointing at a golden spiritual medicine in Chu Liang’s tray, “This is clearly the spiritual medicine I just bought, why is it in your tray?”

Only then did Chu Liang notice that the medicine in the tray was indeed something the doctor had not mentioned, and the small amount of medicine fee he had paid was unlikely to cover such a spiritual medicine.

He shook his head indifferently: “I don’t know, maybe the people at the medical hall made a mistake. If it’s yours, just take it back. Why resort to violence?”

The burly man looked at him and nodded: “That should be the case. I was impulsive. I just wanted to get my spiritual medicine back urgently. I apologize for any offense.”

“That’s fine then.”

“Good.”

With that, he took back the spiritual medicine and turned to leave.

Watching his retreating figure, Chu Liang felt that although the man was impulsive, he was quite reasonable… As soon as he saw that Chu Liang was from Shu Mountain, he immediately stopped fighting.

He then went to check the direction where the Flying Leaf Quick Blade had fallen, only to find a blood-stained magical tool and a pool of fresh blood, but no injured person.

He had heard a scream just now and was worried that the Flying Leaf Quick Blade had accidentally injured someone. It seemed that it had indeed happened, but why did that person run away? Didn’t they consider seeking compensation from him?

This…

What a good person.

Back in the inner hall, he finally started to decoct the medicinal herbs.

Wen Renmo, lying there, asked, “There was a commotion outside just now, what happened?”

“It was just a minor misunderstanding.” Chu Liang shook his head, then said, “Brother Wen, I’ll leave the medicine here for you. I have to leave now, I have some things to do.”

“Alright, I’m already very grateful for Brother Chu’s help.” Wen Renmo sincerely said, “Meeting is fate, from now on, we can consider ourselves friends.”

“That’s great.” Chu Liang also smiled.

After bidding farewell to Brother Wen, he left the medical hall and found that it was already late outside. He had spent the whole day in Glutton City and hadn’t even reached the First-Class Sword Pavilion yet.

However, he still planned to go later, intending to first exchange some Rosefinch coins, and then go to the Beast Hall to buy the Human-faced Ghost. The Zhou Tian Puppet was a big deal, and he didn’t want to delay it at all.

He had spent seven hundred on the Concealing Breath Veil before, and now he needed another eight hundred, which added up to one thousand five hundred. If it weren’t for Wen Renmo’s support of a Orient Loong God coin just now, his savings would not have been enough.

After exchanging for Rosefinch coins at the city gate, he returned to the Beast Hall. It was already completely dark, but there was no curfew in Glutton City, and it was even more lively at night.

The lights of thousands of homes were lit, and from a bird’s eye view, it looked like the Milky Way.

As he approached the Beast Hall, just as he was about to knock on the door, he suddenly sensed an unusual aura.

“Roar——”