My Money Is All Yours (Please Follow, Please Vote)

When traveling at night, the greatest concern was none other than the bandits entrenched throughout the land.

Recently, the Balak Kingdom had joined forces with Spirit Hall to launch a wave of bandit suppression within the kingdom.

Most of the bandits within the kingdom had already been executed. Only a small portion had survived by fleeing in time.

Yu Xiaogang clearly knew nothing about the bandit problem.

For nearly twenty years, he had never left Notting City. Before this, Bibi Dong, Liu Erlong, or others had always been by his side, so his safety had naturally never been an issue.

Naturally, Yu Xiaogang did not think traveling at night would cause any problems.

Unfortunately, his luck was poor today. In order to take a shortcut and reach Shrek Academy sooner, he happened to run straight into a group of bandits who had fled here.

Yu Xiaogang instinctively did not fear them. He pretended that nothing was wrong and walked past the group.

"Boss, we've been running all this way, and our travel funds are long gone. How about..." One of them rubbed his long-empty stomach and could not help asking.

The leader glanced at Yu Xiaogang, uncertain as well.

He wasn't afraid upon seeing them, and he was traveling at night. Could he be an expert?

They were already being hunted by the Balak Kingdom's army. If they offended another expert, how could they possibly survive?

Just as they hesitated, Yu Xiaogang failed to notice a stone beneath his feet and tripped, crashing to the ground.

An expert's perception was incredibly sharp. How could one possibly trip over a stone? Even if they did trip, an expert would not so easily fall flat on their face, would they?

With that thought, the leader immediately understood. Yu Xiaogang was no expert at all, merely an idiot putting on a brave front.

At his signal, the group immediately changed direction and surrounded Yu Xiaogang!

"What do you want!" Yu Xiaogang instinctively became wary.

He was a soul master, after all. Ordinary people would not be his match.

The leader stepped forward and laughed heartily. "So it's just an old man."

"What, you saw us brothers and couldn't even greet us?"

Yu Xiaogang thought, I don't even know you. Why would I greet you?

Before he could speak, the others kept closing in on him. They held long blades and wore vicious looks. They did not look like good people at all!

Yu Xiaogang snorted. Two yellow spirit rings appeared beneath his feet.

Luo Sanpao appeared at his side and made "luoluo" noises at the group.

Seeing that he was a soul master, they instinctively took a step back. But upon seeing Yu Xiaogang's martial soul, they could not help laughing. "I was wondering what powerful martial soul it was. It's actually a pig martial soul."

"Haha, kill that pig and give the brothers an extra dish for dinner."

At the leader's command, his underlings no longer had any reservations.

So what if he was a Soul Grandmaster? With such a useless martial soul, how much power could he possibly wield?

Several of the underlings possessed the strength of one-ring soul masters. Facing Yu Xiaogang, a Soul Grandmaster, they showed not the slightest fear.

"Second Spirit Ability, Fart Like Thunder, Luo Sanpao Shakes Heaven and Splits Earth."

Yu Xiaogang swiftly put on a mask.

With a puff~

Luo Sanpao released a cloud of earthy yellow gas, and a foul stench instantly spread through the air.

Such a highly concentrated stench would have considerable explosive force if ignited, enough to frighten these people. Unfortunately, Yu Xiaogang knew nothing of physics or chemistry and had never considered such a method.

Within the foul gas, they were so choked by the smell that they could barely open their eyes, while their stomachs churned violently.

"The old man does have some skill." The leader snorted as one white and one yellow spirit ring appeared beneath his feet.

Both were Soul Grand Masters, but this man's spirit ring configuration was even worse than Yu Xiaogang's.

Yet when they fought, Yu Xiaogang could only command Luo Sanpao to rush forward and hold him back.

Luo Sanpao was useless even among useless martial souls. Once the foul gas in his body was depleted, he had no means of attack at all.

Big Man's martial soul was Gray Wolf, and he effortlessly subdued Luo Sanpao completely.

Without any surprise, Yu Xiaogang was captured by the group.

At that moment, he was being held down and forced to kneel before the leader.

He was furious and unwilling to accept it.

The son of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's patriarch, the former young clan master, was actually being humiliated like this.

If there had been anyone he knew nearby, he would probably have smashed his head against a tree trunk in shame.

"Old man, we brothers are civilized people. But you? Not only did you refuse to greet us, you even farted at us? Tell me, how should we settle this?"

They were already wanted criminals, so naturally they did not dare cause a death.

The leader did not plan to kill Yu Xiaogang either. Extorting some travel money from him would be enough.

But Yu Xiaogang did not know what they were thinking. He believed he truly was about to die here.

He repeatedly kowtowed and begged for forgiveness, occasionally slapping himself several times. "Don't kill me. I'll give you all my money."

The leader smiled. "Wouldn't it have been over if you'd said that earlier? We aren't bandits. We don't rob homes or plunder people. But you attacked us without cause, so you should indeed offer some compensation."

"How about this? Hand over all the money on you, and we'll let this matter go."

Yu Xiaogang hurriedly nodded and took a money pouch from his robes.

Over the years, he had freeloaded food and lodging at Notting Academy, so naturally he had no income.

The money in his possession was the soul master subsidy he had received from Spirit Hall over the years.

The pouch contained over a hundred Gold Spirit Coins, along with some scattered Silver Spirit Coins and Copper Spirit Coins.

"This old man is too poor, isn't he?" one underling could not help muttering.

The leader glared at Yu Xiaogang. "Old man, if you aren't being honest, don't blame us brothers for getting rough."

Yu Xiaogang had already been scared out of his wits. A rank, foul smell immediately drifted from his crotch.

His hand trembled as he took a Gold Spirit Card worth one hundred Gold Spirit Coins from his pocket.

More than two hundred Gold Spirit Coins were enough for their group to enjoy themselves for quite a while.

Seeing that Yu Xiaogang had nothing left to squeeze from him, the leader said with a disgusted expression, "This old man is too easily frightened. Get lost, get lost. Hurry up and get out of here."

Yu Xiaogang felt as though he had been granted amnesty and ran into the distance without looking back.

In truth, he still had some money stored within his bracelet Soul Tool.

Because the bracelet looked so shabby, the bandits had not noticed it, leaving him with some money for the road.

One Incense Stick Time later, Yu Xiaogang saw that no one was chasing him and finally rested against a rock.

In just thirty minutes, he had unleashed strength beyond anything he had ever known and run more than ten miles without stopping.

"Those bastards had better pray I never catch them." Between gasps, Yu Xiaogang turned back with a resentful look.

If Flender had been by his side, why would he have needed to lower himself and let others take his money?

An uncle might endure it, but an aunt never would.

One day, he would make those bastards pay in blood!

After this encounter, Yu Xiaogang no longer dared to travel at night or take shortcuts for the rest of his journey.