Chapter 27: The Greedy Little Thief (First Update)

  He patted his head with a bitter smile, thinking he had encountered a scammer. However, looking at the young man's clear and handsome appearance, it didn't seem like he was that kind of person either. He shook his head slowly.

  But unexpectedly, Zhao Zhuo shook his head, and the young man in green immediately widened his eyes and stared at Zhao Zhuo: "What, do you want to cheat? Did... did Young Master being bumped by you just now not count?"

  Zhao Duo handed over a handful, and a star crystal appeared in his hand. Without even looking at it, he stuffed it into the somewhat dazed young man's hand and said: "These star crystals are worth several thousand star coins, enough to compensate you."

  After finishing speaking, Zhao Zhuo turned around and left, leaving the green-clothed youth in a daze. However, the youth soon came back to his senses, looked at the star crystal in his hand, and his eyes were filled with sparkling colors, probably even the gaze of a giant dragon wouldn't be as intense as this.

  Carefully putting a dozen or so star crystals into the pocket at his waist, he muttered to himself: "Fat sheep, what a big fat sheep"

  Zhao Zhuo wandered aimlessly on the long street, looking around in all directions. After all, this was his first time strolling along the street, so everything seemed fresh and novel.

  However, it wasn't long before Zhao Zhuo felt that he was being stared at by someone, but when he went to investigate, there were no discoveries.

  A thoughtful look appeared in his eyes, but Zhao Zhuo still pretended to be casual and occasionally listened to some stalls to take a look at some small things. It wasn't until near noon that Zhao Zhuo left the bustling streets and walked towards a secluded small road.

  There was no one on the small road, and after turning a bend, Zhao Zhuo's figure disappeared from view. Not long after, a figure appeared on the small road, looking around cautiously as if searching for something.

  Suddenly a big hand appeared from the corner, tightly grasping the man's neck, and the one who emerged was Zhao Shuo, while the one caught by Zhao Shuo was none other than the green-clothed youth from not long ago.

  A large hand grasped the neck of the young man in green, and the skin felt smooth and delicate to the touch, like a soft jade. A shrill cry came from beside his ear: "Let go, let go quickly! Do you want to kill someone?"

  Zhao Zhuo loosened his grip on the young man in green clothes, looking at him lightly as he rubbed his neck and said, "Speak up, what do you want to do by following me?"

  The young man in blue clothes suddenly raised his head and puffed out his chest, a sly look flashing across his eyes as he said, "What? What? Which eye of yours saw me following you?"

  Zhao Duo looked at the young man with interest, a hint of a smile on his lips: "Oh, so it seems I was wrong about you after all. But you wouldn't think that the path I'm taking is actually the way back home for you, would you?"

  The young man in blue suddenly looked up at Zhao Zhuo and blurted out: "You... how did you know, oh no..."

  The young man seemed to realize he had misspoken and hastily covered his mouth with his hand, taking a few steps back.

  Looking at the young man's reaction, Zhao Duo said: "Speak up, what do you want to do by following me? Don't try to quibble, or I won't mind... Hmm, you should understand!"

  Zhao Zhuo made a fierce face and his hands crackled with a crisp sound.

  The young man in green first showed a terrified expression, his bright eyes secretly sizing up Zhao Zhuo, with a cunning glint flashing across them. The young man suddenly patted his chest and assumed an air of being shaken, saying: "You wouldn't dare kill me!"

  "Ah!"

  Zhao Zhuo did not expect that this young man would be so clever, and he actually inferred from his own expression that he didn't have any malicious intentions towards him.

  He waved his hand and said, "Alright, go quickly, don't follow me anymore, who knows what kind of disaster it might bring you."

  Unexpectedly, the young man in green clothes shook his head stubbornly and said: "I'm not following you, I'm going home."

  Shaking his head, Zhao Zhuo didn't bother with the young man in green clothes and continued walking forward along the small path, while the young man in green clothes followed far behind.

  Suddenly, a cry of surprise echoed in Zhao Zhuo's ear, and a chill ran down his back. Without hesitation, Zhao Zhuo swiftly fell backwards onto an iron plank bridge. In the instant he fell, a cold light flashed past his falling figure, the chill on the long knife making Zhao Zhuo feel that death was so close to him. If it weren't for the boy's cry of surprise alerting him, perhaps by now he would have been silently sliced in two at the waist by that one swift stroke.

  The alley was filled with the screams of young men in green clothes, Zhao Zhuo heavily fell to the ground paved with bluestone slabs and splashed a piece of dust. It wasn't until then that Zhao Zhuo saw that the person who swung his sword at him was a man wearing night-traveling clothes, even his face was covered with black cloth, only a pair of eyes filled with murderous intent made Zhao Zhuo clearly aware of the other's determination to kill him.

  The man in black reacted quickly, seeing that the fatal blow had not hurt Zhao Zhuo, the knife turned and chopped down fiercely towards Zhao Zhuo who was lying on the ground.

  The sharp blade enlarged in Zhao Zhuo's eyes, and the sharp blade was about to chop on Zhao Zhuo's body. Good Zhao Zhuo, with a somersault, narrowly dodged that fatal knife. In the midst of the rumbling sound, a deep ditch appeared, and the huge bluestone slab was chopped into shattered stones flying everywhere. Although Zhao Zhuo dodged that one move, the splashing shattered stones struck his body.

  Embedded with powerful force, the gravel was like bullets. Even with the protection of the aura, Zhao Xiao couldn't help but let out a painful cry. The black-clothed man didn't give Zhao Xiao any time to react, and the knife's momentum changed again, slashing through the air with a single stroke. If he were hit, Zhao Xiao would be cut in two from his waist to his shoulder.

  "Turn the sky as I wish, purple light tower, give me calm!"

  Zhao Dahu's heart was filled with great anger, although the Zhou Tian Ruyi Purple Light Tower wasn't an attacking treasure, but as a top-grade acquired spiritual treasure, even if it were used to hit someone like a stone, it would be thousands of times more solid than a stone. An ordinary person really couldn't withstand a single blow from a top-grade acquired spiritual treasure.

  The ancient and simple Zhou Tian Ruyi's purple light tower smashed towards the black-clothed man with a loud crash, sparks flying everywhere. The long knife was immediately shattered into pieces, while Zhou Tian Ruyi's purple light tower continued to smash towards the black-clothed man's head without stopping.

  The black-clothed man's cultivation far surpassed Zhao Zhuo, but unfortunately the treasure in his hand was of too low a grade. If it were of a higher grade, he could have split the pagoda with a single slash.

  He let out a cold snort, and the black-clad figure's body flickered, barely avoiding the fatal blow. With a cracking sound, the black-clad figure's shoulder sank down, and was actually smashed to pieces.

  The black-clad man gave Zhao Zhuo a fierce glance, then suddenly vanished into thin air. Just as he disappeared, Zhao Zhuo could no longer hold back and spat out a mouthful of blood. His originally rosy cheeks instantly turned pale. The pagoda had entered Zhao Zhuo's body, and in order to bring out its greatest power, it had almost drained all the strength from his body, causing him to collapse softly onto the ground.

  In the alley, a moment of tranquility was restored. Before long, the young man in green clothes who had been screaming and hiding in a corner earlier emerged, looking around cautiously before running to Zhao's side. He looked at Zhao who had fainted, his bright eyes rolling around, and began searching Zhao's body with his small hands. However, he soon cried out in dismay: "It's strange, I didn't see any money pouch, not even the storage ring!"