Kill Me More Times, I’ll Become Invincible

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From Master Chen, Qiao Mu learned a basic fact:

The Luo clan’s rise to power relied on the so-called Philosopher’s Stone.

And their wealth naturally came from deceiving other people in cities like Old Yang.

When Qiao Mu entered the city, he found that although the city was small, there were both poor and rich people, distinctly separated between the inner and outer parts… which of course also involved the Luo family’s people.

After learning this, Qiao Mu could act more freely.

Unable to get information from the Luo family’s leader by force, he decided to use some tricks, playing a mind game with a Spirit Refining martial artist.

Of course, Qiao Mu wasn’t fixated on just one approach. Since he couldn’t get any information from the Luo family’s leader, he tried to find clues elsewhere in Taotie City.

The news of the Golden Village affair had obviously spread widely. Qiao Mu didn’t believe that everyone who had encountered the monsters from Golden Village would be as stubborn as him.

"Everyone." Qiao Mu and Master Chen walked back to the temple’s entrance, and spoke to the crowd:

"You may not believe it, but I, Qiao Pian, came here this time for business."

Outside the temple, there were three circles of people surrounding over a hundred individuals, with dozens of them sporting bruises as they had just been beaten up by Qiao Mu.

"…… Yes, yes, you are all correct." The members of the Luo family remained silent for a long time, looking incredulous but not objecting.

Joking aside, the man named Qiao standing before them was clearly not a good person… Although they didn’t understand the status of the Qiao family in the martial arts world, they could infer something from Master Chen’s change in attitude towards Qiao Mu.

Apart from the members of the Luo family, there were also dozens of onlookers from the city who had come to see the commotion after hearing the noise.

Despite the silence, Qiao Mu, thick-skinned, interpreted it as agreement and said seriously:

"This city is called Taotie City, and I actually came here for this city… Have you heard the legend of the Taotie Demon King from a thousand years ago?"

Qiao Mu reiterated what he had mentioned to Master Chen before, and then added:

"The flesh fragments of the gluttonous creature, known as Taotie Gold, are scattered among the surrounding mountains of this city. Due to their divine disguise, they resemble stone blocks shaped like eggs."

"I came to this city to collect as many as 10081 pieces of Taotie Gold. If someone can help me get Taotie Gold, I will reward them generously."

"A reward of one or two silver coins for each piece of Taotie Gold. First come, first served, and the reward ends when my money runs out."

The members of the Luo family looked confused.

The merchant Luo Cheng, who had a sharp mind, began to regain his composure.

Isn’t this just a different version of the scam from Golden Village? Who would fall for this?

The crowd started discussing excitedly.

To everyone’s surprise, an old man with white hair pushed through the crowd.

"Outsider, is this what you’re talking about?" The white-haired old man held up three ordinary egg-shaped stones, laughing:

"I’m here, give me the money."

The old man with white hair didn’t take it too seriously, he just wanted to have fun.

As for the egg-sized stone… actually, he just randomly picked it up from the ground.

"Is this person… Old Yang?" The merchant Luo Cheng suddenly felt a chill in his heart.

This Old Yang is an old gambler, not very bright, and almost lost everything to him before, even his son’s wife…

When it comes to Old Yang being deceived, Luo Cheng naturally believed it.

"Hmm… this stone is really Taotie Gold." Qiao Mu pretended to take the stone, weighed it carefully, and then crushed it in his hand with ease.

The stone in his hand was crushed into powder, falling through his fingers.

"He used so much strength to crush the stone into powder?"

The onlookers quickly stopped showing their disrespect.

At first, they were just looking for fun, but now things are different.

An outsider who could easily crush stones into powder was obviously not someone who had nothing to do but give them money.

Qiao Mu crushed two stones into powder one by one. When he squeezed the third stone tightly in his hand and then opened his palm, the stone was completely undamaged.

He then showed a happy expression on his face.

"Good, this is your reward, a silver coin, take it."

"…Really giving." Old Yang widened his eyes, took the silver coin, bit it to make sure it was real, and then became very happy.

"This silver coin is real, he really gave us silver!"

The crowd suddenly erupted in excitement, with discussions gradually getting louder.

At first, they came to watch just for fun, not taking anything seriously.

But when Old Yang smirked after getting the money, they started to feel uneasy.

The crowd still had doubts, some carefully checking the silver coins from Old Yang’s hand to see if they were real…

"This silver coin… seems to be real?"

"Old Yang, are you helping that outsider named Qiao to deceive us and put on a show?"

Old Yang chuckled, letting everyone question him freely:

"Yes, yes, I was helping out, this whole act was just for your entertainment."

After saying this, he suddenly dashed off, leaving quickly.

"Why are you running suddenly, we haven’t finished asking questions!" someone shouted.

"I’m going to the river to pick up stones…no, I mean to pick up Taotie Gold!"

As his voice faded into the distance, Old Yang’s figure had already disappeared.

Watching Old Yang walk away, the crowd started to feel anxious.

"Darn it, picking up a stone could get me one or two…I work like a dog for a month and only earn a couple of silvers."

"Seeing him making money makes me feel worse about losing money!"

"Darn it, I won’t miss out on a good deal, this is like picking up money, I’m going too!" Someone in the crowd followed closely, running away.

At first, only three or four people went to look for stones, while others hesitated.

But as the first few who started came back from Qiao Mu and received one or two silvers as a reward, the crowd started to get excited.

"Hey, do you really believe that? Aren’t you afraid of being tricked by that person named Qiao from out of town?"

"Even if it’s a trick, how much effort does it take to pick up a stone? If it’s real, then we’ve gained one or two coins!"

"Didn’t you hear what the out-of-town person said, first come first served! If you’re late, you might miss out on this opportunity!"

In just fifteen minutes, Qiao Mu had fifty smooth, round stones in his hands.

He didn’t take all of these stones, instead he pretended to carefully choose some with better quality and were even smoother and rounder.

Even so, after two hours passed, Qiao Mu had hundreds of stones in his hands.

Seeing that it was getting late, Qiao Mu announced a temporary halt to the stone collection, cooling down the excited crowd, and then found an inn to rest in Taotie City.

He walked away as people watched, but the enthusiasm of the mountain people didn’t diminish.

"Just picking up money, just picking up stones by the river, making twenty taels all of a sudden, equivalent to a year’s wages for me."

"It’s getting late, let’s call it a day for now. Found so much money for nothing, will sleep well tonight." The villager left happily.

Old Yang watched as the people walked away, and in his heart, he started planning something

"Thinking of having a good night’s sleep? How foolish." A smile formed on Old Yang’s lips involuntarily

"In this business of picking up money, of course, one must stay up all night and work hard!"

"By the time they wake up, I will be a rich man."

Tonight, he decided not to sleep, but instead, picked up a sack and prepared to pick up stones all night.

As night fell, the crowd dispersed.

Qing Li, wearing a straw hat, watched as the crowd walked away, feeling completely puzzled.

She couldn’t figure out why the Qiao family members had gone into the mountains…

Not just her, but many people from the Luo family were also completely baffled.

Someone asked, "Chief, he has taken away our gold nuggets and gold, what should we do? Should we report to the officials?"

The leader of the Luo family sighed and warned the other clan members:

"Don’t get involved in this matter. If someone named Qiao wants to cheat money, let him do it. We can’t afford to provoke him. No matter what happens, don’t provoke him, and don’t try to expose him."

"Reporting to the officials… this must be done discreetly, must not be discovered."

Master Chen, a second-ranking martial artist, deserves careful consideration from the leader of the Luo family.

Qiao Mu’s stature was naturally beyond reach for the people of the Luo family, but from Master Chen’s previous attitude, they could guess that he was someone they couldn’t mess with.

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