Chapter 22: Hearing the Sacred Flame for the First Time
"These are the people who have come to cause trouble recently?"
Cao Xiu's slightly narrowed eyes revealed a bit of coldness.
Although he now has a treasure map of the cave and a spring of life that can induce elixirs, and he no longer cares about the profit of the shop, this does not mean that he can let others take over!
In any case, this is the hard work of the mother for several years, and the mother also relies on the livelihood here to support the two brothers!
Now that he saw someone making trouble and trying to take over his own business through robbery, Cao Xiu was naturally angry.
He snorted coldly and walked towards the store.
Seeing this, Chen Shi beside him didn't hesitate at all and also took steps forward.
"Where did you come from, little brat, go play somewhere else!"
One of the gangsters, seeing two teenage boys daring to ignore their presence and enter the store, immediately opened his eyes and swung the wooden stick in his hand to hit them on the head and face.
"Snapped!"
Before the wooden stick could fall, Cao Xiu slapped him in the face.
His strength was so great that he immediately knocked the man around in a circle, and then he fell to the ground in a daze.
"How brave!"
When the other people saw this, they immediately became furious.
They relied on the large number of people, but they never took these two teenagers seriously.
Especially looking at their simple clothes, they seemed to know that they were not from a wealthy family, so they would take them seriously, so they pounced on them one after another, surrounded them, and prepared to beat them half to death.
This way you can vent your anger and also take the opportunity to intimidate others, which is a double kill!
Unfortunately, they obviously made the wrong calculation!
Before they could rush in front of them, Cao Xiu raised his foot and kicked the leader of the big man in the stomach. He flew the man away for more than ten feet and stuck to the wall with a bang. He stayed there for a few moments before sliding to the ground.
!
This move immediately shocked everyone.
But before they could recover, Chen Shi had already rushed forward, clenching his fists and swinging in the direction of the wind, just like dancing with two hammers. Anyone who was hit by him would feel their bones crack.
, even if no bones were broken, there were signs of fractures.
It was useless, but Cao Xiu continued to attack. The remaining five or six rogues had all been beaten to the ground by Chen Shi, screaming in pain.
After all, these people are just market scoundrels. Even if they have some skills, they are from a lowly background and cannot learn any high-level skills.
Not to mention that Cao Xiu had advanced to the innate level, even Chen Shi was only a hair away from breaking through. However, these guys who were the strongest among the gangsters did not expect that Cao Xiu would be an innate master. They were caught off guard and kicked away.
The remaining scoundrels who only know three-legged cats are even less of a match.
"Ahem..."
The leading man coughed twice and lay on the ground for a while. Only then did he feel that he had regained some strength, and then stood up unsteadily while holding on to the wall.
"I'm Qian Wanchong from the Chihuo Gang. I don't know what you call them. Why are you trying to make such a difference?"
"How does a mere scoundrel deserve to know our brother's name?"
Cao Xiu dismissed it: "Go away, let me see you coming to cause trouble again, and I will break your legs!"
"Okay, your Excellency is really brave, and you don't even take our Red Fire Gang in your eyes!"
The man was a bachelor, and at the same time, in order not to suffer the immediate loss, he did not say any harsh words. He just smiled sinisterly and waved to a few rogues who fell to the ground and screamed in pain: "Let's go!"
"Young master!"
Seeing those people outside leaving, the shopkeeper hurriedly greeted them: "Thank you for driving those rogues away, otherwise this business would not be able to continue!"
"Where's my mother?"
Cao Xiu was a little strange.
With his mother's cultivation level, she could easily get rid of them, so why would she have people block the door of the store?
"Madam is not here. I heard that in Peach Blossom Town, thirty miles north of the city, a two-hundred-year-old peach tree was struck by lightning. Madam went over to take a look. If the price is right, she plans to buy the heart of the tree!"
"That's it!"
Cao Xiu nodded to express his understanding.
The reason why many casual cultivators hang out in the market is not only because they have no power to rely on, but also because they can purchase some spiritual materials from ordinary people!
Of course, those top-quality materials will not fall into the hands of ordinary people, but many villages and towns have existed for a long time. As time goes by, they will inevitably leave some old objects to future generations, such as old trees that have grown for hundreds of years and were picked by chance in the mountains.
Elixir, picked up ore, etc.
Just like the old peach tree that was struck by lightning, ordinary people can only cut it down for cooking and have no other use. But if it falls into the hands of monks, they can sacrifice it and refine it into a magical weapon.
Whether it is the peach wood sword to subdue evil spirits or the thunder seal to suppress evil spirits, they can all be used!
Casual cultivators often use a small amount of money to buy things like lightning wood or elixir ores from ordinary people, and then take them to the cultivation market in exchange for various cultivation resources, which is also a way to make money.
When Cao Xiu saw that his mother was not around, he didn't stay long and ordered the old shopkeeper to continue looking after the shop. Then he stretched out his hand to pull Chen Shi and chased after the gangsters who were about to disappear at the street corner.
He wanted to see where those people came from.
The Red Fire Gang is probably a newly established gang, otherwise I wouldn’t have heard of it before!
Those guys were injured by them. Although they didn't kill them, they were all seriously injured. At this moment, they were supporting each other and staggering towards the west of the city.
Cao Xiu and Cao Xiu were hanging far behind. When they saw them entering a courtyard, they stopped.
"what to do?"
Chen Shi hesitated: "This may be the other party's chief rudder. It's just the two of us. It's not easy to break in!"
“No need to break in.”
Cao Xiu smiled: "We just came here to see each other's feet and explore their background. As for how to deal with them in the future, we will wait until we find out their strength!"
After looking around, he led Chen Shi towards a teahouse not far away.
After entering, I went straight to the second floor, ordered a pot of tea by the window, ordered two portions of dried fruits, and sat down comfortably.
The two of them drank a cup of tea. Cao Xiu wanted to reward the waiter with a few copper coins and ask him if he knew about the Red Fire Gang. Suddenly, he saw the gate of the courtyard open again and two people walked out.
One of them was Qian Wanchong, who had been kicked away by him before, and the other was a fat middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man had an angry look on his face. As he walked, he yelled and scolded Qian Wanchong: "It's useless, it can't even do such a small thing, so why do you need it?
Humph, if I delay the Holy Envoy’s plan and carefully capture your soul to support the Holy Fire, your soul will be scattered and you won’t even have a chance to be reincarnated!”
"Captain, it's not my fault!"
Qian Wanchong followed behind and begged: "No one expected that those two brats were so powerful that they beat us all back!
Moreover, I heard that Wang Cao seems to be quite virtuous, and we alone may not be able to take over her business. How about you discuss this with the Holy Envoy and send a few more experts over?"
"Oh, that woman is actually a monk?"
The fat man known as the helmsman was a little surprised when he heard this, and then whispered something.
It's just that they walked very fast, and the distance became farther and farther, and Cao Xiu could no longer hear each other's words.
However, just what he heard in those few words made Cao Xiu's expression change slightly.
Holy messenger?
Who is called a holy messenger?
Could he be someone from a demonic cult?
After all, righteous sects rarely have this type of title.
What's more, the fat man was so stunned when he opened his mouth and shut up that he didn't sound like a good person!