Chapter 32: Skinning!

Under the wash of heavy rain, even the bustling Queen’s Street became silent.

Of course, this silence was limited to the main street that ordinary people could see.

Deep within the narrow alleys, it was still extraordinarily lively.

For example—

The Sihai Tobacco House.

Hanging lanterns were suspended high.

Sihai gathers wealth and brings in gold by the bucket.

At the door, waiters greeted and saw off guests.

Inside, guests were lost in clouds of smoke.

Once their spirits were high, they would immediately ring a bell.

With a crisp ring, groups of young women wearing only undergarments would twist their waists, walking gracefully step by step into the private rooms and elegant pavilions.

If they were even more interested, after a loud shout, dice and Pai Gow would be brought immediately; amidst the clattering sounds, handfuls of silver dollars were scattered like water.

Here, money was not money.

People?

They weren’t treated as people either.

As a regular, the moment Li Chang appeared at the mouth of the alley, the waiter at the door immediately approached him with an umbrella.

“Young Master Li, look at you! Why didn’t you notify me in advance that you were coming?

In such heavy rain, what if you get soaked?”

Even though the guest’s own attendant was holding an umbrella, the waiter’s smile remained unchanged; after shielding the guest into the tobacco house, he immediately handed over a dry towel.

“Are you going straight to the Cloud Mist Ascension Pavilion to find Young Master Gao?

Or would you like to find an elegant pavilion to rest your feet?”

The waiter asked while wiping him down.

“To the Cloud Mist Ascension Pavilion.”

After Li Chang spoke, he walked straight into the Sihai Tobacco House, a look of urgency on his face.

The attendant beside him tossed a silver dollar to the tobacco house waiter, who immediately bowed and nodded with a fawning smile.

The door to the Cloud Mist Ascension Pavilion was pushed open.

Upon seeing his friend Young Master Gao lying on the bed, Li Chang stepped inside and lay down directly beside him, picking up the pipe that had long been prepared for him and beginning to puff away.

In just an instant, his face was filled with pleasure.

“I can’t quit! I can’t quit!

a type of drug, a type of drug, how could I ever quit?

If I quit, what would be the point of living?”

Li Chang swayed his head from side to side.

“You don’t want to return to Flower City anymore?”

Young Master Gao asked from the opposite side while smoking.

“I do.

Not only do I want to go back, but once I’m back, I’m going to deal with those fellows who used a feather as a command arrow!”

Li Chang’s face suddenly turned hideous as he spoke viciously.

“Oh?

You have a way?”

Young Master Gao became interested, moved his pipe, and propped up half his body.

“Tuisou is dead, and the smoke has cleared.

With a little maneuvering, the world will be wide open.”

Li Chang said with a smile.

Then, he looked at Young Master Gao and said word for word, “This time, I’m not just going back; I’m going to the yamen to serve as an official. I want to carefully look through those files and records; I want to see exactly who reported me back then and made me come here to live a hard life. I’m going to make their families perish!”

Hearing Li Chang’s words, Young Master Gao immediately waved his hand.

“Make their families perish?

Too much! Too much!

Don’t you have a son?

Once that person is dealt with, you should have your son go and mock him for not having a father!”

Li Chang’s eyes lit up.

“Killing the person and destroying the heart!

I like it!

That’s exactly what we’ll do…”

“Heh, that’s just the beginning!

Don’t forget those children of good families who think they’re so upright and incorruptible!

When you return, you just need to set a small trap. Once they get addicted, I’ll see if they still dare to talk about keeping themselves pure!”

Young Master Gao interrupted Li Chang.

Li Chang was stunned for a moment.

Then, he gave a thumbs up.

“You really are a beast!”

Young Master Gao didn’t care and tilted his head up.

“I’m already smoking Fushou paste, why should I care about anyone else?

My old man wouldn’t let me smoke, so I gave him a knife.

My mom wouldn’t let me smoke, so I sold her and my sister into a brothel together.

A puff is a puff.

Comfort for a moment is still comfort.”

As Young Master Gao spoke, he squinted his eyes, preparing for another puff, but before he could get close to the pipe, his mouth was blocked.

Not only was his mouth blocked, but his limb joints were also dislocated by someone.

“Mmph, mmph!”

The pain made Young Master Gao open his eyes.

He immediately discovered that Li Chang also had his mouth blocked and his limb joints dislocated.

A person wearing a great sage mask and carrying a gun appeared in the room.

Young Master Gao wanted to scold him, but seeing the gun, it turned into a plea for mercy; however, other than the muffled sounds coming from his mouth, he could do nothing else.

He could only watch helplessly as this villain pulled out a dagger, walked up to him, and tore off his clothes.

Next, a pain shot through his spine as a cold, skin-crawling sensation spread downward.

Then—

Rip!

Amidst the sound that resembled silk being torn apart, Li Chang literally peed himself, his whole body trembling, completely losing his previous Divine Qi.

Skinning!

This was skinning!

Young Master Gao’s eyes bulged, and the breath left his nose and mouth.

He was dead.

Died from the sheer pain.

Ding Xie casually tossed the corpse onto the floor and turned to look at Li Chang.

Immediately, Li Chang’s eyes rolled back; after twitching a few times while lying there, he also died.

Scared to death.

But,

Good things come in pairs!

Ding Xie followed the same method and skinned Li Chang.

Then, he simply opened the door of the pavilion and threw the two human skins out—

“Eh?”

“Quick, look, what’s this?”

“Why is this still covered in blood?”

As the two human skins fell, everyone in the Sihai Tobacco House was immediately drawn over; most people didn’t react, but a few individuals’ expressions changed drastically.

They were the tobacco house guards.

They were also the underlings of the “bear, tiger, eagle, leopard”.

They recognized that these were human skins.

But before these people could react, two bloody, mangled corpses were thrown out.

And this immediately caused the crowd of onlookers to explode in chaos.

“Ahhh!”

“Murder!”

“There’s been a murder!”

Screams rose one after another, and those fleeing scrambled away on all fours.

There were seven tobacco house guards in total, standing in a formation of six in front and one behind; the first six pulled out short blades and charged menacingly toward the Cloud Mist Ascension Pavilion with a fierce Aura, while the last man pulled a revolver from his waist.

In Hong Kong, there was a rule that guns could not be seen on the streets.

But that was for the streets.

This was a tobacco house.

It was the territory of the Thirteen Protectors’ “bear, tiger, eagle, leopard”.

So… the first to die was him!

Bang!

Click-clack!

In the unique rhythm of the 【Thirteen Protectors】, the armed guard collapsed instantly; the six knife-wielding guards charging forward were pale with fright and tried to find cover to dodge the bullets.

But,

It was too late.

Whoosh!

A foul wind blew past.

A rain of blood sprayed upward.

All six knife-wielding guards instinctively clutched their necks, but blood sprayed uncontrollably through their fingers.

【Skinned Li Chang, Young Master Gao, Experience +0】

【Firearm kill on armed hitman, Experience +30】

【Tiger Fist kill on knife-wielding hitmen X6, Experience +30】

【Combat detected, talent ‘Martial Star’ active, experience increased by 100%!】

【rookie instance detected, experience increased by 100%】

【Experience +180】

…Ding Xie flicked his hands, and the blood on the two yin blades fell straight to the ground, exceptionally vivid.

But, doubt flashed in his eyes.

Aside from the gunman, the remaining six knife-wielding hitmen were far weaker than imagined.

Faced with a lethal strike, they didn’t even have a reaction.

It felt a bit like they were just making up the numbers.

It was extremely mismatched with the Sihai Tobacco House.

The “bear, tiger, eagle, leopard” had a massive reputation and operated a hitman industry that nearly monopolized the Hong Kong underworld.

Logically speaking, their subordinates shouldn’t be so few, nor should they be this weak.

Ding Xie suppressed his doubts, bent over, and picked up the gunman’s revolver.

He was not unfamiliar with the revolver.

It was still an 【MK1-G】, which also could not be taken out of the instance.

Its quality was even inferior, but the.45 revolver rounds solved an urgent need for Ding Xie.

After repeated consumption, he only had 8 pistol rounds left, not even enough to fill the cylinders of his two revolvers.

Now they were finally full, with 2 rounds to spare.

However, Ding Xie believed his harvest tonight would definitely not stop here.

In fact, it was so.

It was even… far beyond Ding Xie’s imagination!