The Legend of Fangren

"Brother Fang, what do you mean by this?" Attorney Chu didn't understand why Fang Shi would suddenly give him something, especially a large piece of meat.

Fang Shi didn't explain much, since giving too much good stuff suddenly could arouse suspicion, and goodwill takes time to build. So he said, "It's just some food. We're just waiting here anyway, so we might as well eat something so we'll have the energy to climb the cave later."

Attorney Chu patted his belly and thought it made sense, so he took the paper-wrapped pork chop and said while eating, "I didn't expect Brother Fang to be so rich that you even have a storage magic treasure."

"Oh, it's nothing, it's nothing. I'm so poor that all I have left is money."

Upon hearing this, Attorney Chu immediately felt apologetic: "It's kind of you, Brother Fang, to come and sit in jail with me."

Two soldiers were watching over me, preventing me from moving around; this was practically like being in jail.

"Haha." Fang Shi laughed, saying, "Good things can't be bought with money, and besides, this isn't your fault."

"But it's still because of me in the end." Attorney Chu advised kindly, "Brother Fang, I see you're an outsider too. When that Chief Wang comes out later, don't clash with him. He's just a small-time crook, using petty tricks. He wouldn't dare to do anything openly. Just go along with him now, and we'll part ways later, and you can go look for the treasure."

"Oh..." Fang Shi didn't seem to care, as if he hadn't heard anything, and just kept eating the pork chop in his hand.

He glanced at the two soldiers beside him. They looked disheveled and didn't resemble soldiers at all. They hadn't paid any attention to the two men's quiet conversation, so they probably knew this wasn't the first time they'd done this and that they knew Attorney Chu wouldn't run away.

Fang Shi took out a piece or two of meat, and they glanced over. When they realized Fang Shi was looking at them, they shouted, "What are you looking at? Blame the guy next to you. Who told him to offend our leader?"

It seems the soldiers at the lower levels of Emerald City need to improve their professionalism. Perhaps it's already quite good that the soldiers in the Xuan Realm have this level of discipline.

In a world without universal compulsory education, the line between soldiers and bandits is very thin; you can't expect too much from them.

But not being able to rely on it is one thing, but it doesn't mean that Fang Shi feels comfortable or convinced.

He only asked, "You led the way in quite a while ago, why haven't the people come out yet?"

"It's none of your business. Just wait and see," the soldier said dismissively, too lazy to pay him any attention.

Okay, if you said you'd wait, then I'll wait.

Fang Shi took out two wooden blocks, disassembled them, and then reassembled them to form two small tables, which he placed in front of him and Attorney Chu.

"Brother Fang, this is..." Attorney Chu was somewhat confused.

Fang Shi slammed his hand on the table and said, "Fellow Daoist Chu, it is fate that we have met. Judging from your past, you must not have been well-fed."

"Uh, um..." Attorney Chu nodded in agreement. Others might have been afraid of being looked down upon, but he was different. He had been poor since childhood and had never been rich. Even now that he was in Emerald City, he could only buy the cheapest spiritual fruits and items and couldn't afford to eat them every day.

He carried a large bundle filled with dry rations, but ordinary dry rations were not enough for a cultivator's body to digest, so he could only prioritize quantity over quality.

"Alright, then let's eat our fill today." Fang Shi waved his hand, and a large stack of meat chops appeared on the small table.

Although this meat patty is not a spirit meat patty, it is still the meat of a mystical beast. Its energy is also different from that of ordinary dry food. People like Attorney Chu, who go hungry for three days and many meals, can eat it and it can also replenish the body's nutrition and make the body strong.

"Oh... I can't accept this." Although Attorney Chu said this, the drool that he couldn't stop from drooling betrayed his true nature.

"Eat! If you can't finish these three chops, I'll look down on you." Fang Shi deliberately provoked him, and then stuffed the meat into his mouth.

Good heavens, Attorney Chu couldn't stand to hear that. He believed he had never had anything that others could compare to since he was a child, but the one thing he couldn't eat was that he couldn't be told.

"Alright, since that's the case, Brother Fang's generosity today is already a treasure for me, and I have no more regrets." He grabbed a piece of pork chop, opened his mouth wide, and stuffed half of it into his mouth in one bite, squeezing out a mouthful of meaty oil, which smelled delicious.

The soldiers next to them felt uncomfortable. The cave was unpredictable in temperature and stuffy. They were the ones who were outnumbered, but now those two were eating and drinking, and they were the ones serving the masters.

"Hey, you two, no eating!" The soldier almost drooled before he could finish his sentence, and then slapped himself in the face.

Fang Shi didn't take it seriously and replied, "Why can't we eat it? You've already stolen our treasures, and you won't even let us relieve our worries? If you really push us too far, aren't you afraid we'll retaliate?"

After saying that, he took a big bite of the steak, chewed it twice with great relish, and ate it.

"Fellow Daoist Chu, come on, add some sauce, it'll taste even better."

"Oh, very good, very good." Attorney Chu thought to himself that he had really met a benefactor this time. If he didn't enjoy a good meal, who knew when the next such feast would come around?

The two of them ate like crazy, trying all sorts of different ways of eating—sitting, standing, lying down, and so on… well, never mind that, it was just that kind of stimulating way to eat.

Smack smack smack~ In the end, the smacking of lips was still the most provocative, provoking the two soldiers to finally lose their temper and yell, "You fucking try making another sound! Don't think that just because there are military rules, I won't dare to do anything to you!"

With a whoosh, two knives were drawn, threatening the two men.

"You seem to be quite wealthy, even owning storage magic items. Didn't your family teach you not to flaunt your wealth? You don't even have any cultivation; aren't you afraid of being murdered and robbed?"

Attorney Chu quickly stood up in front of Fang Shi and said, "What do you want to do? Soldiers are registered when they leave the city. If you really kill someone and it's found out, according to the rules of Emerald City, you won't get away with it either."

The soldier shrugged and said, "I was just kindly reminding this kid not to be too flashy. When did I say I was going to kill anyone? If you know what's good for you, sit down and don't cause trouble, otherwise, in this desolate wilderness, hmph..."

Sheathing his knife, the soldier assumed the two men were intimidated and stepped forward to bend down and take the meat.

He figured the two wouldn't dare stop him. Soldiers and cultivators were different; they had proper registration when leaving the city, and if anything went wrong, it would attract investigation.

This is also the source of the confidence that these henchmen, despite only being at the second-stage Nourishing Realm, dared to swagger and bully Attorney Chu.

But just as he was about to grab the meat, it vanished in a flash. He looked up angrily: "Hand over the meat if you know what's good for you!"

"No—no~" Fang Shi deliberately drew out the word, asking rhetorically, "Aren't you worried that someone as rich as me might not have some kind of powerful backing?"

"Hmph." The soldier sneered, "So what if you have a background? This is the middle of nowhere. Even if I really killed you, so what? You have no cultivation. If I killed you, not even a trace of my Xuan Qi would remain. Are you afraid of being investigated?"

"Oh?" Fang Shi asked, "Does Emerald City use this method to track down criminals?"

Attorney Chu quickly leaned over and whispered, "Jade City has a secret method that can trace extremely subtle residual Xuan Qi, thereby tracing criminals and easily finding clues."

Goodness, it seems that Fellow Daoist Chu, you haven't had any thoughts of resistance after being targeted all these years, you've even found out all this.

However, there are clues, right? These two points seem to have nothing to do with him.

If I had known it was so easy to cover up a murder, I wouldn't have put up with it.

Bang! ! !

Under the shocked gazes of the other two, Fang Shi's fist struck like a cannon, embedding the soldier's leg into the wall with a single punch, letting him personally experience what the power of a third-tier humanoid mystic beast was like.