Zheng-Fu sent the killing intent to the bald man the minute he finished the sentence. The bald man, who was confused, had to choke out a big gulp of blood. Then he stepped backward without realizing it…

"Ugh!"

The whole thing that happened seemed like a dream because one was already dead without any violent clash at all. More than that, the bald man, who was the boss of hundreds of men and deemed to be one of the most talented people in the city, was choking out blood…

"Boss!"

The men that were under the bald man shouted for him and rushed to support him. They all looked at Zheng-Fu with wonder because they did not understand why their boss, all of a sudden, stepped backward and choked out blood at the same time…

"Too scary!" A voice filled with fear sounded from behind the bar of the tavern. It was the owner's voice. He said that because he could also sense the enormous intimidating killing intent…

Clomp! Clomp! Clomp!

Zheng-Fu was not done with the bald man after making him choke on blood with his killing intent. He started to move toward the bald man with a smile on his face…

At the same time, the bald man severely suffered from the killing intent. It affected his mind and brain tremendously. The impact made him look like an addict who was in a hallucination…

"Don't get closer! Go away! Go far away… Go away from me! You're a demon!"

The bald man shouted out of fright when he saw Zheng-Fu approaching him. He started to throw his punches so he could break free from his men's arms. He wanted to run away from the tavern as fast as possible. That was because he was seeing a demon with horrifying red eyes, not a kid…

The bald man ran out of the tavern like a madman. He was stumbling along the way as if he was running away from the cops. His men could only be stunned by their boss' weird behavior because a few hours before coming to the tavern, his boss was the opposite of what he was now. He looked like a man with utmost consciousness before meeting Zheng-Fu.

Now, he was not different from a crazy man who suffered from drug abuse…

"Well, your boss is gone. What about you guys?" As the bald man's men watched their boss running away like crazy, they heard a question from Zheng-Fu. Then they turned around and saw that Zheng-Fu was a few steps away from them…

Whoosh!

One of the men in the group dashed out of the tavern instantaneously. His actions prompted the rest of the group to follow him. There were only four men in the group left. And they were the four horrifying men who were trying to kill Zheng-Fu earlier…

"W-Well…"

"Don't you guys want to go too?"

Thud!

Just a short question from Zheng-Fu and the four of them collapsed instantly. Their faces twisted severely, showing that they felt some kind of torture. To the people in the tavern, the four horrifying men all of a sudden dropped on the floor…

However, the truth was that all of them were suppressed by the pressure energy from Zheng-Fu. He especially made sure that the suppression would be felt only by the four horrifying men. The villagers in the tavern would not be able to feel it, but Zheng-Fu knew that the two people, who had been watching him since the beginning could feel it…

Gulp!

The sound of someone taking a big gulp down the throat occurred by the counter of the tavern. It was from the owner of the tavern. He had now developed a cold sweat on his forehead. It was as Zheng-Fu thought. The owner of the tavern could feel the pressure energy that he released…

"I have to stop him; otherwise, things would be out of hand." The owner of the tavern felt that he must stop Zheng-Fu, even though he was fearful of him. He did not want Zheng-Fu to do anything further than this. So, he stepped out of the counter and walked toward Zheng-Fu immediately…

Rustle!

"Please, take it easy on them, Master!"

"Huh…?"

*Finally, the owner of the tavern shows himself.* Zheng-Fu thought and smiled lightly. Then he reduced the pressure energy and turned to the owner of the tavern, who was running to him…

"Take it easy? I've done nothing, so how can I take anything easy at all? Besides, I'm the one who is being the victim here. Sigh…" Zheng-Fu made a short comment on the statement from the owner of the tavern. However, the comment implied something, and he knew that the owner of the tavern knew what he meant…

"I think we can discuss this, Master. Just let them go first!" The owner of the tavern instantly understood what Zheng-Fu meant but continued to be indirect with him…

"Let them go!? If I let them go, then who would be responsible for the whole mess, sir?" Zheng-Fu saw how indirect the owner of the tavern was, so he tried to be even more straightforward with him…

"Well…"

"I'll take care of the mess for them." All of a sudden, someone else answered Zheng-Fu's question while the owner of the tavern tried to find a way to respond to Zheng-Fu. Then Zheng-Fu turned to look in the direction where the voice came from.

As he saw the person who answered his question, he had to crinkle his eyebrows instantly because the person was the middle-aged man whom he had asked for directions to the tavern…

"The owner of the city!"

The appearance of the middle-aged man surprised everyone at the scene because he was the owner of the city…

"What? He's the owner of the city?" Zheng-Fu mumbled while checking the middle-aged man out again. Then he put down everything he was doing because he saw no reason to make a scene in the city…

"If you say so, then thank you very much." Zheng-Fu turned to sit at his table when he finished the sentence. Then he looked at the owner of the tavern as if he wanted to ask for his meal and booze. When the owner of the tavern saw that, he let out a wry smile because he did not expect that this kid would ignore the owner of the city like this…

Thud!

Zheng-Fu's actions shocked everyone very much. They thought that Zheng-Fu would be punished for that. However, the owner of the city did not order the soldiers to arrest him. Not only that, he joined Zheng-Fu instead…

"Bring out the food, the owner of the tavern. Um… bring some for me too!" the owner of the city said to the owner of the tavern with a warm smile…

"Yes, sir!" When the owner of the tavern got himself back from the shock, he ran back to the kitchen right away. He intended to cook by himself because the owner of the city was the one who had placed the order. He could not risk letting his men do it…

"Hahaha! The city is always full of spirits, so it's always this lively. Anyway, where did you come from? How come I've never seen you around here?" The owner of the city started the conversation with Zheng-Fu after he joined him at the table…

Thud!

Zheng-Fu did not say anything, but he put a tag on the table. He did not want to say anything because he knew why the owner of the city had come to him…

"Ah… So, you're a traveler? That's why I've never seen you in the city before. The tag tells me that you're going to Blue Land. Am I correct?" The owner of the city was determined to ask Zheng-Fu, even though Zheng-Fu tried to avoid answering him…

"The food is here, sir!"

All of a sudden, the owner of the tavern and his other three men ran out of the kitchen with trays of food. The smell of the food made people in the tavern drool…

Thud!

"These are the delicacies of our tavern, sir! They are Stir-Fried Red-Skinned Wild Hog Monster and Chili Paste, Eel Monster Basils, Fried Three-Headed Bird Monster's Eggs, and Stewed Ten-Breast Bull's Legs. The fat on the legs is especially delicious." The owner of the tavern explained the food proudly…

"Wow!"

"The ingredients for those foods are from the monsters of the Golden Core stage. They said that the meats help strengthen the body and increase the Qi energy level."

"I heard that too. And even though those monsters are not hard to find, they are not cheap at all. They also said that in order to bring out the efficiencies in the meats, it depends on the ability of the cooks too. If they don't know how to deal with the meats, the food that they cook would just be normal dishes."

The villagers and merchants started to discuss the food that the owner of the tavern brought to Zheng-Fu's table. There were more than ten dishes. Most of them were the tavern's delicacies…

"Please eat! I'll pay for this meal…"

Grab!

Gulp! Chew! Gulp! Chew!

The owner of the city did not have a chance to finish the sentence when Zheng-Fu took his first bite of the food on the table. He was eating like the most starving man on earth. His behavior at the table now was so opposed to his image that it was jarring. People heard Zheng-Fu chew loudly. Food was scattered on the table, and within a few minutes, he finished the first dish.

His eating speed made him look like a pump…

Gulp!

"Look at the kid! It's like he's been starving for years."

"Yeah! He's finished five dishes now and wants some more."

The villagers continued to chat about Zheng-Fu, but he did not pay attention to them because he was indeed starving. His appetite grew bigger when he got to eat these fine dishes. He was fed up with the grilled meats he had been having every day. So, he practically attacked the food…

Burp!

Zheng-Fu burped after he finished tons of food on the table, leaving behind just bones and empty plates…

"Ah… The food at the tavern was so good. How much is it?"

"Um…"

"You don't have to pay. Let me take care of it," the owner of the city, who had been waiting for Zheng-Fu to finish the meal, said with a friendly smile…

Even though Zheng-Fu did not appear to be paying attention to the owner of the city, the owner of the city did not seem to be angry or pleased with him at all. He just gave the kid a friendly smile…

*I think it's time that I have to talk to him. After all, he seemed to really want to have a talk with me, so he waited this long.* Zheng-Fu thought he should talk to the owner of the city because he had been waiting for him for a long time. Even though the owner of the city was the most powerful person in the city, he never tried to force him…

"I'm nice to those who are nice to me." Zheng-Fu said, his expression softening from indifferent to friendly. When the owner of the city heard that, he was well aware of the meaning of Zheng-Fu's words, so he smiled back at Zheng-Fu, saying,

"Me too!"

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