Jade Water City center, Wangxi Tower.
This is the most luxurious restaurant in Jade Water City, originally opened by a city landlord.
However, after the White Lotus Sect ca to Jade Water City, they forced this landlord to share fifty percent of the profits with them.
Moreover, Bai Wuji arranged personnel to enter this restaurant to act as informants.
Tonight, Bai Wuji is hosting County Magistrate Zhan Qingtian in this restaurant.
Now, only four days remain until the one-month deadline agreed upon by Bai Wuji and Zhan Qingtian.
Bai Wuji invites Zhan Qingtian, firstly to find out if the governnt office has obtained any new information lately.
Secondly, it’s to remind Zhan Qingtian that only four days remain, and if he fails to deliver the person in four days, both he and his entire family will be killed.
Bai Wuji sits at the table, flanked by two attendants.
The one on the left is around thirty years old, of dium build, with an unremarkable appearance, precisely Bai Wuji’s confidant, Zeng Shiyong, who is skilled in "Dog Fist."
The one on the right has a pale complexion, narrow eyes, and an effeminate look.
He is Bai Wuji’s other envoy, Gu Rou, also a "Four Blood Bone Forging" martial artist, skilled in "Spiritual Snake Swordsmanship," wielding a soft sword.
Zhan Qingtian sits at the table, accompanied on the left by Steward Lin Gu and on the right by the governnt office’s chief constable.
Suddenly, he rises from his seat and kneels abruptly before Bai Wuji.
"Master Wuji, I beg you to spare Zhan and my family a way to survive."
"From now on, Zhan will be at your service!"
With only four days to the one-month deadline, there is currently no news from either the prefecture city’s constables or the Tang Sect’s assassins.
He hopes to secure a way to survive by showing loyalty.
Bai Wuji chuckles lightly:
"County Magistrate Zhan, there’s no need for grand gestures. If you can’t hand over that mysterious martial artist in four days, I’ll still kill you and your whole family."
Instantly, the kneeling Zhan Qingtian’s face turns ashen, trembling all over.
Suddenly, a White Lotus Sect mber runs upstairs with hurried footsteps, whispers a few words into Zeng Shiyong’s ear.
He spoke of Su Que killing the White Lotus Monk on the street.
After all, the White Lotus Sect controls so of Jade Water City’s businesses.
Many restaurants, brothels, and gambling houses hide Bai Wuji’s informants.
These informants are all part of Bai Wuji’s imdiate network, passing information only to Bai Wuji and his two envoys.
Since Su Que openly challenged the White Lotus Monk and others, he has been spotted by the White Lotus Sect’s informants.
At that ti, they didn’t think the White Lotus Monk could be killed by Su Que.
Until Su Que easily killed the White Lotus Monk, these informants realized sothing was amiss and rushed to report it.
Upon hearing the news, Zeng Shiyong’s eyes suddenly gleam, and with a wave, he dismisses the White Lotus Sect mber, then slightly bows, using inner strength to send his voice as a thin line into Bai Wuji’s ear.
Bai Wuji’s eyes slightly widen, a flicker of surprise crosses them, mixed feelings in his heart.
Happy that the mysterious martial artist they’d been searching for has finally appeared!
Angry that this mysterious martial artist dared to slaughter White Lotus Sect mbers in public, tarnishing the sect’s reputation!
"Let’s go, follow to see!"
Bai Wuji, having finally obtained information about the mysterious martial artist, is determined not to let him escape, and suddenly stands up, leaping directly from the second-floor railing without using the stairs.
He wears a plain Daoist robe, with a Daoist topknot, sporting three strands of long beard, gracefully descending from above the restaurant, making the street bystanders feel he resembles a lofty figure who has attained the Tao.
His two envoys, along with five attendants, also follow him, jumping down from the second floor.
Unlike Bai Wuji’s effortless descent, their landings are quite violent.
Their feet hit the ground with resounding thuds.
Afterward, they quickly catch up to Bai Wuji, heading westward in the city.
...
On top of the restaurant.
Since Bai Wuji heard the news and leaped out of the restaurant, everything happened too quickly, too suddenly.
Jade Water City County Magistrate Zhan Qingtian is still kneeling on the ground, unclear about what happened.
As he stands up, suddenly, a young constable with fair skin rushes up the stairs, three steps at a ti, addressing Zhan Qingtian and the others:
"County Magistrate, Steward Lin, Chief Guan!"
"That mysterious martial artist has appeared!"
"He killed all the White Lotus Sect mbers who usually preach on the street!"
Zhan Qingtian, Steward, and Chief Guan exchange looks of surprise.
They instantly understand why Bai Wuji suddenly left; it turns out he went to find that mysterious martial artist.
"Let’s go, we should also take a look!"
Zhan Qingtian, hearing about the appearance of the mysterious martial artist, rarely shows a hint of color in his otherwise ashen face.
"If Bai Wuji confronts the mysterious martial artist and the mysterious martial artist gains the upper hand, we will cooperate with him to eliminate Bai Wuji!"
Zhan Qingtian said to the chief constable and others.
With that, the group goes downstairs, heading westward in the city.
Due to Zhan Qingtian and the steward being unskilled in martial arts, they travel slowly.
Chief Guan carries Zhan Qingtian on his back, and another constable carries the steward, hurriedly rushing westward.
...
West of the city.
Those townsfolk, after hearing no movent from behind, pause and turn back, watching Su Que from a distance.
At this mont, Su Que is walking among the various corpses, searching their bodies.
The townsfolk, seeing Su Que, such a fierce and fearso person, searching bodies, feel sowhat surreal and start to whisper softly.
"This hero is so formidable, yet he seems to be short on money?"
"Moreover, looking at the way this hero searches bodies, he seems very skilled, as if he’s done this before!"
"Hah! What do you know? No matter how powerful a hero is, he still needs to eat, drink, whore, and gamble. Surely spending money like water! Searching bodies seems quite reasonable!"
After a while, Su Que finishes searching all the bodies.
What he finds are all broken silver and silver bars, amounts to over three hundred taels, gathered into a small pile.
Su Que tears the garnt of a White Lotus Sect mber, spreads it open into a large piece of cloth, places the silver and bars in the center, and skillfully ties it into a head-sized bundle.
As Su Que lifts this bundle in his hand and stands up, several shadows dart toward him.
Bai Wuji and the others have arrived.
Although, hearing the news at the restaurant, Bai Wuji was already quite angry.
But now, seeing with his own eyes that his subordinates lay dead on the street, his anger intensifies, eyes almost splitting.
The death of his subordinates, he doesn’t care about.
What he cares about is that Jade Water City is his territory, and this mysterious martial artist dared to disgrace the White Lotus Sect in public so badly.
This, undoubtedly, is a slap to his face.
"Who are you? Why provoke the White Lotus Sect?"
Bai Wuji fixes his gaze on Su Que, asking.
’White Lotus Sect?’
Su Que only now realizes Bai Wuji and his group are from the White Lotus Sect.
Although he knew of Bai Wuji, he didn’t know what Bai Wuji looked like.
Seeing Bai Wuji’s words and deanor, faintly exuding authority, he asks:
"Are you Bai Wuji?"
"Yes."
Just as Bai Wuji responds, there’s a sudden explosive sound.
Su Que has exerted force with his feet, smashing the bluestone slabs on the ground, his figure suddenly blurring, shooting toward Bai Wuji.
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