Martial Arts Escort System: I Got A Maxed Level Divine Technique From The Beginning-Chapter 366 - 190: The Lifeless Have Schemes

Listening to Su Mo’s inquiry, Manager He spontaneously responded:

"These people have come to my humble inn and have stayed for over a month.

"When I first saw them, I was quite surprised; they seemed to have come from the northwest. Although there are roads there, it’s desolate.

"I simply thought they might have provoked something on the road and therefore resorted to moving stealthily.

"Running this small shop here, I do keep a few skilled individuals in the courtyard, so although such people are not particularly welcome, I wouldn’t really turn them away."

Manager He was completely open and exhaustive in his conversation with Su Mo.

He originally intended just to do business, not particularly minding these people.

However, unexpectedly, once these people entered the shop, they seized the opportunity to cause trouble.

Manager He had seen such occurrences several times before at his shop, thinking they just wanted to exploit a bit.

In such situations, one only needed to show some firmness, letting them know there were capable people in the shop who wouldn’t be easily bullied, which usually settled things down.

But unexpectedly, when it came to a conflict, their true nature showed clearly.

Manager He ordered his people to strike first, thereby revealing our own strengths and weaknesses.

Those unidentified overseas dragons, seeing this, where else could they not know that this small shop wasn’t easy to mess with?

In the blink of an eye, they all struck simultaneously, and in just a moment, several skilled ones were killed right there.

Manager He was captured, and all of his family fell into the enemies’ grasp.

Initially thinking their lives were lost, unexpectedly these people planned to settle here.

They allowed Manager He to continue acting as the shopkeeper to maintain superficial peace.

When encountering visiting merchants, they secretly added ’sedatives’ to the food, the ’immortal fall’ which that strong man spoke about.

This drug was very potent. Moreover, Manager He’s He Family Inn has been established in this place for such a long time, many people recognize him.

In the earlier instances, he tried to warn people to escape quickly.

However, those people thought he was joking; ultimately, they died inside the inn, not to mention, the felons discovered Manager He’s attempt to aid their escape.

They didn’t seek revenge on Manager He himself.

Instead, they directed their vengeance towards Manager He’s children, grandchildren, and wives.

Either taking over his daughter or daughter-in-law, or attacking the children with a knife.

After one or two instances, Manager He no longer dared to intervene.

Within this month’s time, Manager He felt worse than death.

Yet, these people were worried about him not resting well and arousing suspicion, so during his obligatory sleep times, they conveniently used some immortal fall on him.

Eating was not necessary, but someone would forcibly feed him wine and meat.

So much so that by his expression and state, one couldn’t tell what he had been through.

By the time he finished speaking his story, Manager He’s tears streamed down.

Just then, the courtyard door opened again, and Captain Li came in with a few men from the escort agency and Manager He’s family.

However, the state of Manager He’s family was poor.

Several women, whether daughters or daughters-in-law, every pair of eyes lacked spirit, filled with resignation.

The young men and teenage children, their faces and bodies marked all over.

One of them was being carried on the back by an Escort master, severely injured, pale-faced, missing an arm.

The sight only made Manager He break down crying:

"My child!"

Stumbling, he made his way to them.

When these people saw Manager He, they finally realized that they had indeed escaped from a dangerous situation.

Instantly, cries and laments filled the air.

Wei Ziyi’s brows were tightly knitted, standing aside with veins bulging on her hand.

Su Mo glanced at her and gave her a signal.

The two approached the group of bound bandits.

The one whose leg was broken by Su Mo was now barely breathing, his blood nearly drained.

The others were tied up by the escort agency’s staff, some of them also critically wounded and gasping for breath.

Su Mo quietly looked at these people, his gaze swept over the Blade user and the poisoner, then pointed with his hand:

"Pull these two out."

Immediately, a staff member from the escort agency complied, pulling the two forward.

"First cut off one arm each, to partially repay the debt," Su Mo said expressionlessly.

The escort agency’s staff didn’t hesitate either; seeing the tragic state of Manager He’s family, they had no second thoughts.

Drawing their blades immediately, they pressed the two men to the ground.

The Blade user was silent, just staring intensely at Su Mo, as if engraving Su Mo’s face in his memory.

The poisoner, however, was panicked:

"Please, don’t! I beg you, I won’t dare anymore, spare me just this once... Please!"

As his words fell, Su Mo ignored him. Two flashes of blade light swiftly fell, and the arms of the two men dropped to the ground.

The Blade user remained silent, but the screams of the poisoner were almost loud enough to wake the dead.

Su Mo glanced at him and said, "Gag him, and go to Little Situ for some wound medicine to stop the bleeding on their wounds."

"Yes."

Immediately, a staff member responded and turned to leave.

Su Mo then asked: "Gentlemen, from where do you hail?"