Dawn of a New Era - Chapter 49

Chapter 49: Money-grubber

Translator: Lordbluefire  Editor: Lordbluefire

As the sound of his voice just faded, Chen Shouyi who was seated in the pavilion moved like the wind.

Even before the young man could react, Chen Shouyi’s left leg shot out like a spring, heavily kicking his opponent in the stomach. His opponent was sent flying two to three meters up the air before landing onto the ground.

He rolled a few rounds and his expression was as pale as wax. His lower body was like a lobster, curled up together. It was so painful that he was sweating cold sweat. It felt like his intestines were broken by that kick.

There were also differences between martial apprentices. Some were like Chen Xingyue who had just passed their Martial Apprentice Test; they were young and inexperienced. There were also martial apprentices like Wang Ruyue who were very experienced and close to becoming a martial practitioner.

However, right now, even if Wang Ruyue was to face Chen Shouyi, whose body had been strengthened once again, she wouldn’t fare any better than the young man.

Just based on reaction ability and speed, it was enough for Chen Shouyi to suppress them.

The girl faraway, who originally ran over to persuade her boyfriend not to beat people up, now stopped in her tracks and had her hand clasped to her mouth due to shock and astonishment upon seeing this scene.

Chen Shouyi glanced at the girl. He coldly smiled as he took a few steps forward, arriving before the young man.

He grabbed the young man’s hair and lightly patted his face.

Upon facing such humiliation, the green veins on the young man’s neck throbbed violently. He glared at Chen Shouyi with anger in his eyes and cursed, “F**k Your mother!”

“Martial apprentice? Hehe. Talk to me about ‘giving face’ only after you have become a martial practitioner. At that time, I might consider giving you some face.”

The young man’s pupils violently shrank when he heard that. He initially wanted to threaten Chen Shouyi with a few sentences to gain some face. But right now, his words were stuck in his throat. He had no way to utter them.

Chen Shouyi released the young man. After walking a few steps and having brushed past the girl, he turned his head and coldly spoke, “I will let you guys have this place.”

The girl turned pale with fright after hearing that. Her body stiffened, and she only recovered after Chen Shouyi had walked tens of meters away. After that, she rapidly ran toward her boyfriend.

…

Walking on the steps of the mountain path and staring at the greenery that was vibrant and lush on the two sides of the road, the impatience in Chen Shouyi’s heart gradually calmed down.

He thought back to his earlier behavior. Ever since he had participated in two rounds of killing, he felt his baleful aura growing increasingly heavy.

Earlier, there was an instant when his heart produced a trace of killing intent.

Luckily, in the end, he retracted a portion of his power. His kick which was initially aimed for the chest shifted to the young man’s stomach instead.

If not, given the violent strength of his body, even if his opponent was a martial apprentice, that young man would have died on the spot for sure.

He couldn’t help but remind himself silently that he absolutely couldn’t let anger influence his mind anymore in the future. It would be for the best if he acted as little as possible.

If someone really was killed and if the incident was discovered by someone, he could only live a fugitive life from then on.

…

The fourth day of power failure.

After dinner, the wax candle on his desk quietly burned. It would flicker occasionally and manifest sparks.

He pressed his mobile phone but the starting screen didn’t appear. The remaining battery he had was gone for good.

Today, the only good news on the street was that the congested vehicles on the road were finally cleared during the afternoon.

During the process of clearing, Dongning City was somewhat chaotic. Large quantities of cars that had broken down were crushed into iron biscuits by road rollers. Emotions were running high and several people were extremely agitated. An uproar almost occurred.

In the end, only after mobilizing a large number of soldiers and police could the situation finally be suppressed.

However, this caused the hearts of many people to stir restlessly. And in a small zone not far from the location of his house, a young couple was killed by a masked man that barged into their homes. Only after their blood flowed out to the streets did people discover this.

…

At this moment, the sound of knocking rang out from outside his room.

“Bro, bro. Quickly open the door, I need to talk to you about something.”

Chen Shouyi’s movements were extremely quick. He placed the shell girl, who was playing with two glass marbles out of boredom, into his briefcase and zipped it up.

After finishing everything, only then did he go to open his door. “What’s up?”

“Why are you so slow in opening your door? What are you doing? Don’t tell me you are doing those disgusting things?” Chen Xingyue glanced to the left and right suspiciously, seemingly as though she wanted to find any evidence. Earlier, she had heard the sound of something being zipped.

“Don’t use your filthy thoughts to gauge me. Quickly speak, what do you want?” Chen Shouyi impatiently spoke.

In the end, his sister couldn’t find anything and could only speak the truth of why she was looking for him.

“Uncle Wang and his wife just came to our house.”

“Uncle Wang?”

“Wang Debiao, the eldest son of Mister Wang,” Chen Xingyue hurriedly explained.

“What is he doing here? Didn’t his family just finish their funeral arrangements?” Chen Shouyi asked in puzzlement.

“They have not done yet. Initially, they were prepared to cremate the body when the roads were cleared. However, the roads on the national highway were still clogged so they chose to return. In addition, something happened to the corpse of Mister Wang yesterday. Luckily, the police discovered something was wrong and fired a few shots. They then carried the body back.” Chen Xingyue said with a look on her face.

“Their family is truly unlucky, but does this have anything to do with you? We are not related to them. What do you want to say exactly?” Chen Shouyi was completely clueless.

Chen Xingyue was now at a disadvantageous position due to Chen Shouyi’s tone. After he had gone out to train himself, her elder brother seemed to become more and more powerful. This made her feel somewhat awkward.

“Am I not a martial apprentice? The people here all know that. So, they wish to invite me to suppress the baleful qi. Our parents told me to make my own decision.”

“What’s the point of you going? Our parents are people who want to gain some face. The Wang Family are our fellow villagers and have been very close to us for several tens of years. It isn’t easy for them to reject this matter. But why do you need ‘face’?”

“That’s right, that’s what I thought too.” Facing her brother’s sharp ridicule. Chen Xingyue dryly laughed. She wanted to say something but hesitated.

Now, Chen Shouyi’s thinking was extremely quick. Just by looking at her expression, he already knew the answer. “You already agreed? How much money have they prepared to spend to invite you to go over?”

“I agreed mainly because I want to train my guts.”

She even still wanted to conceal her purpose.

“How much?”

“$5,000!” Chen Xingyue awkwardly laughed.

(My dear sister, I didn’t expect you to be such a money-grubber. $5,000 is enough to buy you over.)

Chen Shouyi had a look of gloating over one’s misfortune as he spoke, “Since you agreed, just go then. That Mister Wang was shot a few times last night. Most probably, he can no longer move!”

After his last night’s observation, that ‘Mister Wang’, although appeared terrifying, was actually not very dangerous. With his slow speed, even a young child of three to four years old could outstrip him in agility.

“Don’t tell me you want me to go with you?”

Chen Xingyue nodded furiously upon hearing that.

“You wish.” Chen Shouyi’s words broke apart her beautiful dreams. “If I have the time, I might as well sleep.”

“$1,000. I will share $1,000 with you.”

“How generous. You will be getting $4,000 yourself and as your brother, I will only be getting $1,000?” Chen Shouyi cast a sidelong glance at Chen Xingyue as he spoke.

“$2,000!”

He coldly smiled, not moved at all.

“$3,000 at most. I will give you the majority of it and that’s okay, right?” Chen Xingyue was fuming.

“Deal, this was proposed by you!” Chen Shouyi instantly spoke.

Although he no longer viewed this small amount of money as important in his eyes, he actually was somewhat worried by letting his younger sister head there alone. Also, he wished to observe such a bizarre creature at close-distance. What sort of abilities would it have exactly?

“When are you going?” Chen Shouyi asked.

“Immediately!” said his sister.

She felt some unwillingness in her heart, but since she had already said those words, it was impossible to take them back. She heaved a sigh of relief in her heart. If she really had to go alone, she wouldn’t have dared to do so.

“In that case, wait a while for me. I will change my clothes.”

After Chen Xingyue left, Chen Shouyi instantly closed the door.

He found an outfit and dressed up in it.

What if such a bizarre creature would be like zombies in the legends and they would contain ‘corpse poison’?

If he was accidentally scratched by it, he would still have the protection of his clothes at the very least.

Naturally, he felt that given his reaction speed, the probability of him being scratched was extremely low. But even so, it was still better to be more cautious.

Next, he found a leather jacket that he stopped wearing long ago. It was stashed underneath his bed.

After that, he took the shell girl out from his briefcase and talked with her for a brief amount of time.

After that, Chen Shouyi used a pea-size glass marble to exchange for a night’s freedom from the shell girl.

She happily clutched the glass marble and allowed Chen Shouyi to tie her up, along with the adhesive tape on her mouth. After that, she was stuffed into the leather jacket underneath the bed.