The Heavenly Court is gone, I don't want to be a True Lord.

In June of the seventeenth year of Dayue Longjing.

Taizhou, Fushan City, Chengdong Canal Wharf.

It was the rainy season, and a light drizzle was falling, giving the whole world a misty feel.

The Liang River flows ceaselessly, its power amplified by the rain, engulfing the land on both banks as if it might swallow everything whole if one were not careful.

A series of hurried footsteps came from the streets and alleys.

Three extremely burly men with sinister expressions, carrying short sticks, chased after two teenagers not far away like madmen.

"If you dare ruin our plans, I'll kill you all!"

The two boys, both bearing injuries, had a fierce glint in their eyes. "Brother Xiao, we can't escape? Let's fight them!"

"Don't be reckless!"

"Let's go to the riverbank. I don't believe they'll dare chase us there on a rainy day!"

Mentioning the riverbank softened the ferocity in their eyes, but they couldn't swallow their anger, so they could only gamble on going to the riverbank to avoid being targeted by the legendary water ghosts.

The three burly men saw through the two men's thoughts and couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts, so they quickened their pace.

But just then, a person suddenly rushed out of the alley ahead.

This was an extremely strong young man, about 1.8 meters tall, around seventeen or eighteen years old. He was fairly handsome, with slightly dark skin, and dressed in shabby clothes. Perhaps due to the pressure of life, he had deep frown lines between his eyebrows, which gave him an air of composure and authority.

Rainwater streamed down his thin, dark skin.

The two boys, barely out of school, were initially delighted to see each other, but then became somewhat embarrassed.

Zuo Qi strode out, shielding the two behind him, and shouted loudly at the three who were chasing after him.

"Three brothers, what have my two brothers done that they won't let us go even in the middle of the night?"

Three burly men caught up with Zuo Qi, looking him up and down, especially lingering on his arm.

"Are they your brothers?"

Zuo Qi forced a smile. "Yes."

"Then you should die too!"

With a loud shout, the three men suddenly swung their short sticks at Zuo Qi.

The three men were from a local gang, and the short sticks they carried were specially made weapons, covered with sharpened iron nails.

Zuo Qi raised his arm and grabbed the wooden stick.

Pfft!

A nail pierced his palm, and blood instantly mixed with rainwater and dripped down his arm.

Zuo Qi still had a smile on his face.

"Brother, let's talk this out. None of us are bad people..."

"Speak your mother's ass!"

It's unclear whether the rainy weather amplified the savagery of these thugs, or whether Zuo Qi's ruthless demeanor—his face devoid of pain despite being pierced by iron nails—enraged them.

The person who had been wielding the short stick earlier actually attacked again.

Boom!!!

A thunderous roar resounded, accompanied by a sky full of silver snakes, and the world suddenly turned white.

The three were somewhat alarmed to find that the smile on the young man's face had vanished.

The most terrifying thing was that a crack suddenly appeared between his eyebrows, and a blood-red vertical pupil appeared there.

"It seems that reasoning with them won't work..."

Zuo Qi sighed softly.

As the short stick swung again, Zuo Qi slightly lowered his body and suddenly lunged forward.

The big man never expected Zuo Qi to suddenly rebel.

boom!

He felt as if his internal organs had all shifted, and his ribs and sternum made a distinct cracking sound.

It's already broken.

That's some real strength...

Zuo Qi didn't even glance at the man. He suddenly turned around and looked at the other two. As the lightning snake above his head spun again, he moved.

There was only one person, and he didn't look particularly strong.

But that forward lunge had the feel of a tiger descending a mountain!

The remaining two burly men raised their short sticks to fight back, but unexpectedly, Zuo Qi suddenly raised his hands and grabbed both short sticks at the same time, and then a huge force struck.

The two people's resistance seemed insignificant, and they were instantly dragged over.

They were met with a headbutt and a knee strike from Zuo Qi.

Two muffled thuds followed, and the two men collapsed to the ground, unable to get up.

The two teenagers, quite skillfully, stepped forward with their knives and calmly slit the necks of the three men.

The blood instantly mixed with the rainwater.

Touching corpses, disfiguring faces...

……

Inside the dilapidated temple, Zuo Qi sat facing two teenagers.

Zuo Qi calmly wrapped the wound on his palm with a rag.

"What happened? How did you provoke that pack of mad dogs?"

The younger Ni Heng looked indignant. "Brother Qi, it wasn't us who provoked him. Brother Xiao and I were helping someone find their child. After we found him, the merchant gave us ten taels of silver, and then we were targeted by the Green Robe Gang."

He Xiao, standing to the side, nodded repeatedly, indicating that Ni Heng was right.

The Green Robe Gang is a fairly large gang at the docks. Besides collecting protection money, they also engage in human trafficking. The child they found has already been targeted by the Green Robe Gang.

Zuo Qi frowned even more deeply.

"Are all the people who saw you dead?"

He Xiao and Ni Heng exchanged a glance, then lowered their heads, not daring to look at Zuo Qi.

"I...don't know..."

Grass!

It has a tail!

Are we going to have to run away again?

Zuo Qi was extremely frustrated.

Having just fled from Yuncheng after killing someone to Fushan City, and still without settling down the household registration paperwork, he has now taken three more lives.

Others who transmigrate and are reborn become rich young masters, generals, or kings, but after I awakened my innate wisdom, all I had was inconvenience and trouble!

In his reincarnation, he was born in the first year of the Longjing era. He was a well-known leader in Lanshan Village, tall and strong, with superhuman strength. He lived with his elder sister and was the elder brother of the younger generation in the village.

Some time ago, because of the skinning demon in Yuncheng, the government was overwhelmed with dealing with it. The street thugs sent Zuo Qi's brother-in-law to attract the demon in an attempt to curry favor with the government officials, which resulted in the deaths of Zuo Qi's brother-in-law and his wife, and his nephew Chen Xun almost lost his life as well.

At that time, Zuo Qi had not yet awakened his innate wisdom. He possessed innate superhuman strength and was armed with a weapon, so his killing intent naturally arose.

Enraged, he led two sworn brothers to storm the gang of thugs, killing seven or eight people. However, they did not expect that there were martial artists in the gang.

If they hadn't checked, they almost would have lost their lives; they had no choice but to flee.

The two sworn brothers vowed to follow him to the death, fleeing hundreds of miles from Yuncheng to this Fushan City.

He really didn't want to run away anymore.

The Great Yue Dynasty was indeed quite turbulent.

This is not man-made chaos; it is a real world where demons exist. Just like his hometown, Yuncheng, there are skinning demons who peel the skin off living people and then take their place, harming people's lives. It is impossible to guard against them.

In Fushan City, where they are currently located, demons and monsters are emerging one after another.

The dock where they live is said to be haunted by water ghosts on rainy days, and recently there was even a horrifying incident of the living dead eating people.

Fortunately, the demons in this world only appear under certain conditions. For example, the water ghosts in Lianghe can only appear on the riverbank on rainy days, drag people into the water, and once the rain stops, they are safe and sound.

It's like some kind of rule.

He had originally planned to find a stable job in Fushan City, a place where he knew no one, and slowly seek a way to practice martial arts. With his naturally strong body, he was definitely not the kind of useless protagonist.

But to my surprise, I haven't even been able to enter Fushan City yet.

They carried the Dai Viet documents with them, and needed household registration documents wherever they went. For example, Zuo Qi and his group escaped to Fushan City, but they have never even entered Fushan City.

Now they've even killed someone and left loose ends. Whether they settle it privately or go to court, their unregistered status means they can only flee.

Zuo Qi didn't blame his two brothers. He had inquired and found that there were martial arts schools in Fushan City that truly taught martial arts, but the monthly tuition was fifty taels of silver.

The two of them worked so hard to earn money so that they could pool their resources to send him to a martial arts school to train.

Everyone knows that in today's world, only by practicing martial arts can one truly stand out from the crowd.

"That person hasn't seen me before. Tomorrow I'll go wander around outside Fushan City again to see if there's a way to get into the city. If not, we'll pack our things and prepare to run away!"

He Xiao and Ni Heng nodded, then hesitated before speaking.

"And what about Chen Xun?"

Zuo Qi's nephew, Chen Xun, is seven years old this year. Zuo Qi left him at Chun Niang's house at the dock.

"Let's see."