Am I the old man who's always by my apprentices' side?

Chapter 211 Water Prison
However, even though Sun Ping was so ruthless, the members of the Bailong Gang did not feel that they could not resist.

It's like a math test in school. You get 149 points, and the top student gets 150 points. You feel like there's no difference between you and the top student, but you got 149 points because you tried your best, and the top student got 150 points because the full score is only 150.

Therefore, Sun Ping's kicks, which only produced a whirlwind and no outward release of internal energy, led the group of inexperienced White Dragon Gang thugs to have the misconception that "if we all stand together, he definitely can't beat so many of us."

But as it turns out, an illusion is just an illusion. Especially since Sun Ping was among the first batch of outer disciples to cultivate Qi into their bodies, and he was a purple card holder. Unlike Zhong Hui, who was able to cultivate Qi into his body early because of the high concentration of spiritual energy near the spiritual spring, Sun Ping cultivated diligently and hard, and his talent was stronger than that of other blue card outer disciples, which allowed him to cultivate Qi into his body with solid strength.

Even when everyone else was still struggling to draw Qi into their bodies, he had already cultivated to the second level of Qi Refining and was about to break through to the third level. He was one of the most accomplished outer disciples who joined the White Stone Immortal Sect after the Immortal Fate Conference!

Only his roommates knew that this guy once went a month without sleep and was a "King of Curry" who stayed up all night to practice!

Soon, Juan Wangsunping kicked so hard that everyone who rushed over from the village was lying on the ground crying and screaming for their parents. Even the worst injuries were broken bones—the kind that prevented them from standing up.

Those with severe injuries died on the spot.

Seeing that they couldn't win, the remaining thugs immediately turned tail and ran.

Some panicked and ran into the village, while others gritted their teeth and tried to rush through the village gate, but Sun Ping stepped over them and kicked them to the ground. Finally, a few clever ones climbed up the village fence and jumped into the Baishui River with a splash, which made Sun Ping frown.

Releasing a tiger back into the mountains is not his usual practice.

Besides, what if the news gets out and reaches the ears of my fellow disciples?
Sun Ping immediately flipped over and slammed the gate shut with a palm strike. He then tossed a paper bird to the ground and leaped out of the village. Using his spiritual power, he walked on the water and caught up with the two who had fallen in.

While the two men were skilled swimmers, Sun Ping was a water walker and quickly caught up with them. He first raised his hand and conjured several ice spikes, which pierced the shoulder of the slower swimmer. Then, using the river water, he conjured several large ice walls, driving the two men together. Finally, he trapped them in a square "ice house" and used his spiritual power to pull them back.

Fortunately, probably because the kick had been too hard, the villagers were still lying on the ground, unable to get up. Even Dong Sihai was panting heavily, looking at Sun Ping in despair, unable to speak.

Looking at the scene before him, Sun Ping felt a strange sense of pleasure.

He broke through the ice wall, then kicked each of the two people inside, whose lips were white from the cold, before looking at the half-dead people in the village with bloodshot eyes. He sneered and strode into the depths of the village.

Dong Sihai's residence is easy to find; it's the largest one.

Upon entering the room, the overwhelming smell of feet mixed with body odor nearly made Sun Ping vomit.

The contents of the room were clearly visible; in several chests and boxes, besides some clothes, there were also piles of gold and silver jewelry.

Finally, on a rough bamboo table, Sun Ping found some documents.

Most of them were letters, but even more were land deeds, field deeds, and indentures.

There were hundreds of indenture contracts, and most of the names were women's names, not from the village. I don't know who they belonged to.

Sun Ping gathered up everything he could find, throwing it into his Qiankun bag, and then began searching room by room until he found a dungeon. He discovered the dungeon when he passed by an inconspicuous house and faintly heard sobbing.

Following the principle of splitting earthworms vertically, Sun Ping decisively searched the house again and again, finally finding the entrance under a box and entering the dungeon.

The dungeon was dimly lit and very damp, teeming with snakes, insects, and rodents. Sun Ping even felt a few furry creatures scurrying over his feet.

However, he had been in this kind of environment before, so he didn't react to it and just kept walking towards the source of the sobbing.

Soon, water seeped into the ground, and the deeper you went, the deeper the water became. A little light also appeared overhead. Sun Ping did some mental calculations and guessed that this location was probably in the shallow waters of the Baishui River.

Sure enough, it wasn't until he reached the very back that Sun Ping saw a huge water dungeon.

The water in the water dungeon was almost up to people's lower abdomen. There were about twenty people imprisoned inside, mostly women and a few children. When they saw Sun Ping approaching, they all huddled together like frightened rabbits. Whether it was from fear or the cold water, they were visibly trembling.

"you……"

Sun Ping initially wanted to ask directly, but after thinking about it, he softened his tone and said, "I've already wiped out the White Dragon Gang, so you don't need to be afraid. I wonder why you've all been imprisoned here?"

At first, no one dared to speak. Only after a long silence in the water dungeon did a bold child finally ask, "Really? Which sect's hero are you?"

“I wouldn’t get anything out of lying to you,” Sun Ping chuckled. “Don’t worry about which sect I’m from. Just tell me how you got locked up here. I need to figure out how to get you out of here, or maybe hand this over to the authorities…”

He took a closer look at the child who had responded. It was a boy, and he was actually not young. He was about fourteen or fifteen years old, which could be considered a teenager.

Children of this age are in the process of growing taller; although they are not very tall, they are very thin, like sticks standing in the water.

"Hmph! The local officials wouldn't concern themselves with such matters!" The young man splashed a few steps forward in the water, approaching the iron fence, his tone expectant: "My uncle is a镖师 (bodyguard/escort) of the Huiyou镖局 (escort agency), great hero, could you please inform the Huiyou镖局?"

Huiyou Escort Agency is the largest escort agency in the world, with branches in various countries. Its main branch is located in the capital of Xiao Kingdom, and it is affiliated with the Ye family in the south. It has a great reputation and has many dealings with Baishi Immortal Sect. Sun Ping naturally knew about it.

He looked at the boy with vacant eyes and dried blood on his face, paused for a moment, and then asked, "What's your uncle's name?"

"His surname is Sun, and his name is Sun Manhe. I heard from the brothers in the underworld that everyone calls my uncle 'Big Beard Sun'!"

The fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy deliberately spoke in a mature tone about "brothers in the underworld," which almost made Sun Ping laugh out loud. However, when he saw the boy's thin, sunken cheeks and the bloodstains on his face, he couldn't laugh anymore.

It's like seeing my past self.

(End of this chapter)