Chapter 454
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Chapter 454: Black Dragon of the North Sea
This scene looked quite chaotic. Qingwu County Gang wanted to guard the cargo, but couldn’t stop the incoming intruders at all.
There was no foothold on the river, and the opponent blocked the river with a pole, overturning the big boat. It was clearly an unbeatable opponent.
Everyone knows that it is not shameful to give in.
However, Qingwu County Gang also had difficulties that couldn’t be explained. Green Bear felt bitter in his mouth. He had no choice. He had taken on this job from a powerful family in Yanwei City. They said the cargo was very precious and absolutely could not be opened. It also had to be safely delivered.
He didn’t have any other options.
Either deliver the cargo to the destination, in which case Qingwu County Gang would gain the support of the powerful family and have more opportunities to make a living and earn more income. Even if they couldn’t buy a big house in Yanwei City, at least they could earn enough to feed their brothers when the business was successful.
But what if it doesn’t work out?
Green Bear didn’t dare ask, and the other party didn’t say anything. They just laughed coldly a few times, causing Green Bear to fall silent.
It had lived in the Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom for hundreds of years. Life in the Liu State was peaceful before it gained intelligence. After that, it followed a escort agency for fifty years, learning a lot about being a good person and even some martial arts. It even had a fortuitous encounter and learned a type of incomplete magic.
Originally, it planned to work as a gatekeeper for a powerful family, but even though it had some martial arts skills, the other party looked down on it. Deep down, it didn’t want to give its life for those people. Some of them had less talent than it did, but they were willing to sacrifice themselves, so they were chosen. However, Green Bear never regretted it. Those who were willing to sacrifice themselves didn’t have much life left to begin with. After they died, their families lost their support and quickly fell apart.
It could only rely on itself to make a name. It tried many methods and ended up resorting to doing bad things. It became a notorious gang leader for a few years, stealing, cheating, and robbing. It managed to gather some startup capital and founded the Qingwu County Gang. It traveled between different cities, finally settling in Yanwei City. It spent half a year there, primarily operating on water routes. It also recruited some followers. At least life was relatively peaceful, although it was always anxious and struggling to survive.
Green Bear was very anxious to find a powerful backer. It spent money, built connections, and with a little luck and courage, managed to secure this job with the help of a favor from a guest. With this job, it could live peacefully for several decades.
Green Bear and the guest had only known each other for three years. They were both originally notorious gang leaders and later became like brothers. Green Bear was curious about how the guest managed to build such connections. The guest only said that they owed a lot of debts. Green Bear invited the guest to take a seat, but the guest said it couldn’t be discussed yet. Then they walked slowly back to their room. Green Bear sighed and had someone prepare a medicinal soup to help with blood circulation for the guest.
The guest said, "Let go of the goods."
With red eyes, Green Bear responded, "We can’t let go! If we do, we’ll both die!"
"Maybe, as long as we keep sailing, pass Longyao, and reach Leopard Eye City, everyone can change their appearance and survive!" said the customer.
"You still want to go back and become a pirate!"
"It’s better than dying here!" said the customer firmly.
Green Bear clenched and then relaxed his fist. After experiencing several devastating losses, he really wanted to find a place to settle down. His past ambitions had faded away. He just wanted to live an ordinary life and focus on the necessities of life like food and shelter. He had already found a good courtyard in Yanwei City and paid the deposit. He hoped for a peaceful and stable life.
"You go." Green Bear looked at the customer. "You go alone!"
"Are you willing to risk your life?"
"The other brothers are all here. Many of them have their families and children waiting for assistance in Yanwei City. If the goods are stolen and I die, they won’t be affected. But if we run away, their families will suffer!" Green Bear looked at the black-clothed angler who stood up in the bamboo raft. He felt that the angler was like a drop of ink in the river, unable to be diluted.
The leader of Qingwu County Gang stepped on the deck and rushed forward. "I will fight you!"
The roaring sound was like thunder, and his body surged with powerful and fierce power. The incomplete magical techniques started to activate.
He had an adventure in the beginning, when he found a piece of bone from a Kui cow and gained the power of the Kui cow’s magic.
Kui, one foot, leaps and walks.
Resembling a bull, with a blue body and no horns, one foot. When it enters and exits the water, there will always be storms. Its light is like the sun and moon, its sound like thunder, and its name is Kui.
The Kui cow possesses the magical power of storms, and while Green Bear only learned a part of it, the power he unleashed was still extraordinary. He stepped onto the water with one foot.
In mid-air, the illusion of the one-footed Kui cow appeared, the water flowing downwards, as if a depression had formed in the middle of a piece of cloth.
The depression was exactly where the mysterious clothed fisherman was in his flatboat. The bamboo raft had not sunk despite reaching this point. The mysterious fisherman only held a fishing pole, made of bamboo, which resisted Green Bear’s right leg stepping down. The wind howled fiercely but couldn’t harm the fisherman in the slightest.
A strong wind howled.
The mysterious clothed fisherman spoke coldly, "These bear paws are not bad… I’ll take them."
He gave the fishing pole a shake, and the thread on it twisted and wrapped around like a snake. The illusion of the Kui cow couldn’t hold on any longer. Green Bear suddenly realized that his demonic power had been suppressed back into his body. Unfortunately, it was too late for him to retreat. His leg was twisted by the fisherman’s hook, and Green Bear was thrown back onto the deck. Blood continued to flow, and his breath was weak like a thread.
The injury in one leg is not the most serious place, the ultimate is the aftermath of the collapse of demonic power.
Green Bear couldn’t support his body at all. He saw the mysterious clothed fisherman also getting on the deck, moving lightly as if walking on air like a fairy.
At this moment, his vision blurred, and the visitor was kneeling on the deck holding an ordinary wooden box.
Green Bear widened his eyes. This time, he should be the only one who knew where the smuggled goods were hidden.
He opened his mouth to say something, but when he saw the visitor kneel without hesitation, he couldn’t say anything anymore.
The goods had to be handed over for everyone to survive. He understood this, but he felt unwilling. Now, he could only beg for his life.
But in the next moment, he heard the visitor speak, leaving him speechless.
"Master, please take care of this treasure."
The visitor kneeling down was not begging for his life. He and this mysterious clothed fisherman were partners. Kneeling down was only natural. Judging from his tone, he even seemed proud to serve as a servant, with an excited expression on his face.
"Hmm." The mysterious fisherman in black robes took the wooden box and opened it. Taking a deep breath, a satisfied expression appeared on his hidden face. "I can feel its presence. You did a good job."
"As long as the master is satisfied, it’s all this old servant should do."
"From now on, you don’t have to stay in this place that’s in the middle of nowhere. Come with me."
"Yes!" The customer was extremely excited, even going as far as to exaggerate and put his head on the ground.
Green Bear snapped back to his senses, his expression shocked and angry. "You son of a bitch!"
He finally realized he had been betrayed.
The mysterious fisherman’s attention was all on the wooden box. He waved his hand, signaling it to clean up the situation.
The customer stood up, turning around with a cold expression on his face. "I came here originally to serve the master. Betrayal, what a joke?"
Green Bear’s face was filled with anger, his face stained with blood. "I treated you like a brother."
"In the past, I considered you as my brother, but loyalty and righteousness cannot coexist. I hope you can understand me… But don’t worry, you won’t be lonely on your journey to the afterlife. Everything here will accompany you in your burial," said the guest with a cold laugh.
It continued speaking and spilled all the secrets out as if it was throwing away trash.
"I was the one who facilitated this business. The noble clan in Yanwei City only cooperated with me. They never intended for this treasure to reach Longyao Province. And even if it did, no one is waiting for you there."
"This treasure was originally meant for our master’s hands."
"You’re wondering why we did all this? The answer is simple… This place is perfect for burying secrets."
"It’s normal for the ship to be hijacked and people to be killed. Those who knew the truth died cleanly, leaving no one to find out what the cargo was or how it was taken away."
"Perhaps it fell into the Small Dragon River and got washed away to an unknown place. In any case, there’s no evidence to prove anything…"
The guest stood up straight, looking down at Green Bear’s angry and terrified face. "You should have realized that when you took on this job, you were destined to die. It’s not just about delivering the goods, but also sacrificing your lives. Think about it, a gang with no backing or connections, living in peace in Yanwei City for almost half a year. What happened to the gangs before that? The Qingwu County Gang, for example, disappeared suddenly just like you. The previous gang before you met the same fate. They thought they could achieve greatness in one step, but ended up dead in the river."
As soon as these words were spoken, Green Bear’s anger diminished, leaving him with a lifeless expression.
From the very beginning, they were walking on a dangerous path, from childhood to adulthood and now. The peaceful life seems close but is actually far away. He understood that in this merciless place, there was no way out for ordinary people.
The exclamation mark above Green Bear’s head turned from yellow to red and then black, with a big word "dead" written on top.
The gentleman took out a small sword with fish scales attached to it. It looked rough, but the fish scale patterns were actually grooves for collecting blood.
He looked at the other people on the boat, including guests and members of the Qingwu County Gang, as well as the sailors and boatmen.
All witnesses on the scene had to die. It was destined to be this way from the beginning.
"You can either jump off the boat by yourself or be killed by me."
As he said this, he pulled out his sword and killed someone.
Upstairs on the second floor, Bai Wei touched his forehead and muttered, "Chaotic, so chaotic."
Chao Lu sighed helplessly, "What a calamity for no reason."
The little snake girl didn’t understand and asked, "?"
Chao Lu wasn’t concerned about the guest, but about the mysterious clothed fisherman next to him, "Who is he?"
After carefully examining the status bar above the opponent’s head, Bai Wei said, "The Black Dragon of the North Sea… The most abstract tribe among the Four Seas Dragon Clans."
"Abstract?"
"It means they are very ugly but unique."