Conquer the game world

Chapter 60 Return to Starmoon City

Inside Starmoon City, One-Eyed is recuperating in an ordinary residence, his former stronghold.

"It's been several days since I got back, and there's still no news of Miss Bei and that kid. It seems they died at the hands of Gui Liao." One-Eye thought, looking at the empty room. In the past, he and Baldy were the ones who took on missions here. Now that Baldy is gone, only One-Eye is left.

The encounter with Gui Liao that day still haunted One-Eye. If he hadn't decisively used Ye Feng as cannon fodder to escape, he probably would have perished there as well.

"One-Eyed, what do you want?" A voice came from outside the house, and at the same time, Xu Bo pushed open the door and walked in.

"Young Master Xu, you've finally arrived. I've been looking for you for a while now," One-Eyed said with dissatisfaction. After accepting Xu Bo's task, he had promised not to go to the Xu family to find Xu Bo casually, in order not to expose that Xu Bo had come to him.

When One-Eye first returned, he was still shaken. However, after waiting for two days without receiving any news of Ye Feng and Bei Linhan returning to Star Moon City, One-Eye guessed that the two had already been killed by Ghost Liao. After all, One-Eye had personally witnessed Ghost Liao's terror, and he did not believe that Ye Feng could escape from Ghost Liao's hands.

Therefore, One-Eyed quickly and secretly informed Xu Bo that Ye Feng was dead, and asked Xu Bo to come to his residence for a meeting.

“One-Eye, you’ve already had someone notify me that the mission was accomplished, and I’ve already paid you my 100,000 purple gold coins in advance. There’s no need for us to meet again, is there?” Xu Bo said with a frown. Now that Ye Feng had been killed, he didn’t want to have any more dealings with One-Eye.

"Young Master Xu, I've called you here to inform you that the reward for this mission isn't 100,000 purple gold coins, but 500,000 purple gold coins," the one-eyed man said, looking at Xu Bo.

"What? Five hundred thousand purple gold coins? One-Eyed, are you out of your mind? You dare to extort five hundred thousand purple gold coins from me for just one mission?" Xu Bo said angrily. "Besides, we already agreed on the price from the beginning, didn't we?"

“Yes, that’s right, Young Master Xu, it’s 500,000 purple gold coins.” One-Eyed replied calmly, “Because of your mission, I not only lost two elders, but also my most important partner, Baldy, died, so the fee for this mission is naturally higher.”

"Damn it, are you kidding me?" Xu Bo roared. "How much damage the mission caused is your problem. It only shows that you made poor arrangements. Don't blame me for it."

"Hmph, Young Master Xu, according to the intelligence, you didn't say this guy was so strong, causing me to lose so many people to kill him." One-Eyed bargained, "Such a dangerous person, 500,000 purple gold coins is not expensive at all."

In fact, none of the people on One-Eye's side, except for Baldy, died at Ye Feng's hands, and the real Ye Feng was not killed by him either. Of course, now that One-Eye believes Ye Feng is dead, he will fabricate a better story to extort more money from Xu Bo.

"You're dreaming, One-Eyed. The price was agreed upon long ago, and now that he's dead, there's no way to prove anything. You can say whatever you want, but don't try to extort money from me." Xu Bo turned to leave.

"Young Master Xu, you should think this through." Seeing Xu Bo about to leave, the one-eyed man spoke up threateningly, "You probably don't want this matter to be exposed, do you? If it gets out, it might have a bad impact on Young Master Xu."

“One-Eyed, you’re threatening me.” Xu Bo understood the threat One-Eyed was implying and said with narrowed eyes.

"Not at all, I was just reminding Young Master Xu to understand the current situation, so that he won't suffer any losses," the one-eyed man replied with a smile.

"One-Eyed, don't force me. You can only take this money if you're alive to spend it." Xu Bo threatened. Ever since he suffered a loss at Ye Feng's hands, Xu Bo had his father replace him with a bodyguard at the fifth level of agility, who was standing next to Xu Bo at the moment.

As for the one-eyed man opposite him, Xu Bo had already noticed that the one-eyed man was injured. If he made a move now, Xu Bo was sure he could kill the one-eyed man. As he spoke, Xu Bo was already considering whether or not to take action to eliminate the one-eyed man and prevent future troubles.

"Young Master Xu, I advise you not to act rashly." One-Eyed felt the killing intent in Xu Bo's eyes, but remained fearless. "Since I dared to ask you to come here today, I naturally made preparations. If you dare to make a move, I guarantee this matter will become the talk of the town."

Before meeting with Xu Bo, One-Eye had already prepared for Xu Bo to turn his back on him. He had already notified his subordinates in various places that if they did not receive any news from him after a period of time, they should spread the word about this matter.

"So what? He's just some guy who came to Starmoon City from who-knows-where, with no background whatsoever." Xu Bo said bluntly. Indeed, Ye Feng had no background, and the only reason he didn't want the news to leak out was because his father had instructed him not to provoke Ye Feng. If the news leaked out, he would inevitably be punished.

But so what? Even if he suffers some punishment, Ye Feng is already dead, and his family probably won't do anything to him, Xu Bo thought confidently.

“Oh, that’s right, that kid doesn’t have any background.” One-Eyed replied with a smile, “However, Young Master Xu, I must remind you, if the news of you killing Miss Bei gets out, the consequences will be unimaginable. I’m afraid the Bei family won’t let you off the hook.”

"What! You killed Belinhan?" Xu Bo exclaimed in surprise, his voice hoarse from the loud noise. "I didn't ask you to do such a thing, One-Eyed. Don't blame me for what you did."

"Go ahead and tell everyone, let's see if anyone believes you." One-Eyed chuckled evilly. In his eyes, with this trump card, Xu Bo was definitely completely under his thumb.

Xu Bo started to panic. If he had just killed Ye Feng, who had appeared out of nowhere, he would at most be punished by his family. But if he had hired someone to kill Bei Linhan, the Bei family's wrath would be unimaginable if the news got out. "One-Eyed, you're ruthless," Xu Bo said with a sinister look at One-Eyed. "Five hundred thousand purple gold coins, is that right? I'll have someone prepare them for you. I hope you understand the rules in this matter."

"Don't worry, Young Master Xu, I know the rules. Besides, leaking this news won't do me any good." Seeing that Xu Bo had finally given in and was ready to pay, One-Eyed felt much better. Although he had suffered a significant loss this time, with this money, he wouldn't have to worry about making ends meet even if he didn't take on any more missions.

"Hmph, I hope you understand. Let's go." Xu Bo beckoned to his thugs and prepared to leave.

"Farewell, Young Master Xu, I won't see you off."

"May we never meet again."

Shortly after Xu Bo made contact with the one-eyed man, Ye Feng and Bei Linhan returned to Star Moon City.

"We're finally back." Bei Linhan sighed. This trip had been quite nerve-wracking, and because she wanted to be alone with Ye Feng, she hadn't brought any family members with her.

"Hmph, this idiot, he doesn't understand anything at all," Belle Han muttered.

"You have the nerve to say that? If you hadn't kept going here and there on the way, we could have been back a few days earlier." Ye Feng didn't hear what Bei Linhan was muttering, but instead complained.

With Bei Linhan by his side, Ye Feng didn't have a chance to grind dungeons along the way, and he fell behind in experience over the past few days. Ye Feng was quite helpless, as the girl kept delaying the journey and would often say she couldn't walk anymore after a short while, causing the two of them to take several days to return to Star Moon City.

Of course, Ye Feng had already put Gui Liao into the Ghost Compass in the package. It would be too conspicuous to release such a guy so openly, and Ye Feng didn't want to be so high-profile.

As for Bei Linhan, after seeing Gui Liao being subdued by Ye Feng, she simply congratulated Ye Feng happily without showing too much envy or jealousy, which made Ye Feng quite depressed, as he had originally thought he could show off a bit.

Through this battle and their interactions over the past few days, their relationship has gradually become much closer. Of course, they also tacitly avoided mentioning the embarrassing incident at Blackwater Pond that day.

"Lin Han, do you know where One-Eyed is?" Ye Feng suddenly asked. After spending so much time together, Ye Feng had gotten used to calling Lin Han by that name.

"This seems to be the third house on the left side of East Street. It's their base for accepting missions; it's a very ordinary house," Bei Linhan replied. "What? You want to cause trouble for One-Eyed?"

"Of course, I would be a gentleman if I didn't avenge this. How could I possibly swallow this insult?" Ye Feng said bitterly.

"Actually, you don't need to worry about it. When I get back to the Bei family, they will naturally send someone to deal with him," Bei Linhan replied. One-Eye is just a small force in Xingyue City, and he is definitely no match for the Bei family. He has angered the Bei family, and it will be very easy for them to deal with One-Eye.

“Oh no, it’s just one eye, no need to go to such lengths. Don’t you trust me to handle things?” Ye Feng rejected Bei Linhan’s suggestion. “Besides, I want to find out who sent him myself.”

“Alright, but be careful.” Surprisingly, Bei Linhan didn’t object. “If the guy behind it is too powerful, let’s leave it to the Bei family to handle.”

"Let's talk about this later." Ye Feng didn't dwell on the issue too much. "Now, I'll take you back to the Bei family." With that, Ye Feng headed towards the west of Xingyue City.

"What are you doing, you big idiot?" Hearing Bei Linhan's shout from behind, Ye Feng turned around and found that Bei Linhan had not followed.

"Wasn't I taking you home?" Ye Feng said, pointing to the arena to the west.

"Are you an idiot? Who lives inside the arena?" Belinhan stared at Ye Feng speechlessly.

"Then, where is your home?" Ye Feng thought about it and realized that it made sense. The arena wasn't a place for people to live. However, he only knew that the arena in the west was owned by the Bei family, so he assumed that the Bei family's residence was also in the west.

"Let's go, this way." Belinhan pointed to the opposite direction of the arena, to the east.

(End of this chapter)