“Dog Bastard, what trouble have you stirred up now?”
At this moment, Dog Bastard’s grandmother was frantic, her face showing not just anger but, more prominently, worry.
“Grandma, it’s fine, really, this time it’s nothing.”
“Sir, wait here for me, I’ll be right back.”
Dog Bastard knew Chu Feng’s cultivation level, but he had no intention of letting Chu Feng solve his problem. Instead, he ran out alone.
“Big Brother Dog Quake, I’m here, I’m here.”
Dog Bastard, acting subservient, dashed to the group.
The one he called Big Brother Dog Quake was a figure with eighth-grade Heavenly Immortal cultivation.
“Dog Bastard, where’s the stuff you borrowed from me?” Dog Quake asked.
“Big Brother Dog Quake, it’s right here. I didn’t lose it, I kept it safe and sound.”
As he spoke, Dog Bastard took out an axe and a hammer.
Chu Feng had seen these tools before.
They were the ones Dog Bastard and his group used in the cave to smash the bones of the Colossal Spirit Beast.
Chu Feng had noticed then that the tools were special.
Even though the Colossal Spirit Beast was dead, its bones were incredibly tough. Ordinary Heavenly Immortals couldn’t break them.
Even Martial Immortals would find it difficult.
Dog Bastard and his group relied on these tools to break the bones.
Chu Feng had thought the tools were unusual, and now it turned out they were borrowed by Dog Bastard.
“The origin essence?”
After taking the tools and stowing them, Dog Quake said, “Where’s the origin essence?”
“Big Brother Dog Quake, it’s all prepared for you.” As he spoke, Dog Bastard took out a pot-like container, the one he’d carefully used to collect the origin essence earlier.
“What’s this measly amount? implausible! Are you messing with me?”
Upon receiving the container, Dog Quake flew into a rage, kicking Dog Bastard to the ground with a single blow.
“Big Brother Dog Quake, there were too many people fighting for the origin essence. I really tried my best. I didn’t keep any for myself; I gave you all the essence I collected.”
Dog Bastard, sprawled on the ground, spoke with a face full of grievance.
“When I lent you the tools, I told you to fill a pot with origin essence as paymentව
Dog Bastard pleaded, “But Big Brother Dog Quake, I did fill a pot!”
“You call that a pot?” Dog Quake said, pulling out a container from behind, one at least ten times larger than Dog Bastard’s.
“Big Brother Dog Quake, you didn’t say that! And when you said ‘a pot,’ you gave me this one. I thought it meant this pot!”
Dog Bastard was dumbfounded, likely realising he’d been tricked.
“Damn it, you blaming me for your own lack of understanding?”
“Search him! If it’s not enough, take everything he’s got. If that’s still not enough, beat him, beat him to death.”
As Dog Quake spoke, he released his oppressive aura, pinning Dog Bastard to the ground.
Immediately, the others rushed forward to search Dog Bastard’s body.
At this point, Chu Feng stood up, feeling he couldn’t stand by and do nothing.
Though he and Dog Bastard had only just met, he found Dog Bastard pitiful.
Moreover, Dog Bastard could have kept collecting origin essence but chose to guide Chu Feng instead.
True, Dog Bastard had his own motives—hoping Chu部分
Chu Feng could understand such motives.
More importantly, this so-called Dog Quake was outrageous, blatantly cheating Dog Bastard with fraudulent demands for origin essence.
And beyond Dog Bastard, who knew how many others had been exploited by him?
These people were simply scum, the dregs of the ancient creatures.
*Whoosh—*
Just as Chu Feng stood up to step in, a gust of wind swept past him.
It was Dog Bastard’s grandmother, a martial cultivator herself, though her cultivation was weaker than Dog Bastard’s, only at the third-grade Heavenly Immortal level.
At that moment, she used her fastest technique to rush to Dog Bastard’s side.
“Sir, don’t hit my Dog Bastard, don’t hit him!”
Pushing aside the people around Dog Bastard, she threw herself over him, shielding him from further blows.
“你个老不死的，有什么东西能够替他顶替珍贵的本源？”
Dog Quake asked with disdain.
“Sir, I have an ancient secret technique, far more valuable than origin essence. Please take a look.”
As she spoke, Dog Bastard’s grandmother carefully took out a piece of paper from her bosom and handed it to Dog Quake.
Dog Quake took it with a sneer, but upon seeing it, his face changed. He tore the paper to shreds and threw it in her face.
“You old hag, daring to trick me? Beat them both, the old and the young!”
At his command, his lackeys moved forward, ready to strike both Dog Bastard and his grandmother, not sparing even the old woman.
*Boom—*
But just as they were about to act, a powerful ripple of energy burst forth, turning into a gust that sent them sprawling.
“Dog Bastard, you’ve gone mad, daring to defy me?”
Dog Quake glared furiously at Dog Bastard.
It was Dog Bastard who had acted.
He hadn’t fought back when his own life was at stake.
But when his grandmother was about to be beaten, he finally made a move.
“Big Brother Dog Quake, hit me if you must, but spare my grandmother.”
Dog Bastard pleaded, holding his grandmother tightly.
“Dog Bastard, you’ve got some guts.”
“Alright, I’ll give you a chance. Join me, and not only will your debt be wiped clean, but from now on, in this Dog Clan Kingdom, I’ll make sure you and your grandmother live well, eating and drinking to your heart’s content.”
Dog Quake said.
“Heh…”
Dog Bastard suddenly laughed.
“What kind of good life is there in this Dog Clan Kingdom?”
Shaking his head bitterly, he said, “Big Brother Dog Quake, I can’t comply. I, Dog Bastard, won’t follow you.”
“Damn it, you really don’t know when to quit. If that’s how it is, I can’t let you off. You need a serious lesson.”
As Dog Quake spoke, a murderous glint flashed in his eyes. He wasn’t just planning to rough Dog Bastard up—he meant to kill him.
*Ahem.*
But at that moment, a cough, loud as thunder, exploded through the air.
The sudden sound startled everyone, some even trembling in fear.
Who could produce a cough so loud, like thunder itself?
More importantly, the sound seemed to come from Dog Bastard’s tent.
“Dog Bastard, you’re too much, forgetting about me when trouble comes?”
As the crowd puzzled, a figure stepped out from the tent.
It was none other than Chu Feng.
