Invite You into the Urn

Chen Ze was hearing the name Wu Li for the first time. Though he was briefly puzzled, he quickly understood.

The Wu Li Zhang Tai mentioned should have been one of his accomplices.

Chen Ze had already killed two people who had sneaked in at night, so he could not immediately tell which one Zhang Tai meant.

"Although I don't know who this Wu Li is, I have indeed killed several people like you who tried to sneak in and ambush me at night."

Hearing Chen Ze say this, Zhang Tai became even more certain that Wu Li had died at Chen Ze's hands.

But Chen Ze had said several, which Zhang Tai still could not understand.

That did not matter, though. What mattered most now was how he could stay alive.

Seeing Zhang Tai remain silent, Chen Ze moved his blade several inches closer to Zhang Tai's neck.

"Let's talk about your problem first! What was your purpose in targeting me? I don't think I know you, and I shouldn't have any grudge against you."

Zhang Tai still said nothing. He was still thinking about how to survive.

"Promise to spare my life first, and I'll tell you everything. I swear I'll leave Wannan City and never appear before you again."

Chen Ze sneered. "Heh, have you still not realized what kind of situation you're in?"

How could Chen Ze possibly spare someone who had wanted to harm him and had already fallen into his hands?

With a backhand slash of the saber in his hand, Zhang Tai's other arm flew away as well.

Just as Zhang Tai was about to open his mouth and scream in agony, Chen Ze somehow produced a rag and stuffed it directly into his mouth.

Zhang Tai could only make muffled "mmph, mmph" sounds as he rolled painfully on the ground.

Chen Ze no longer needed to hold his blade at Zhang Tai's throat. Without both arms, Zhang Tai had no room left to resist.

Chen Ze simply stood there quietly, watching Zhang Tai struggle on the ground and letting him savor the pain to his heart's content.

Chen Ze could not summon even a shred of pity for someone who had tried to harm him.

Zhang Tai struggled in agony for a long while. What tormented him was not merely the wounds from the slashes, but the terror of losing both arms.

He had not expected Chen Ze to be so decisive.

Without both arms, he would become a complete cripple.

His earlier arm had been burned away without a trace, while the arm that had just been severed lay right before his eyes.

If it could be reattached in time, perhaps that hand could still be saved.

Zhang Tai realized this. Enduring the pain in his arms, he stopped crying out and looked pleadingly at Chen Ze.

Chen Ze saw the look in Zhang Tai's eyes as well. "What? Can you speak properly now?"

Zhang Tai nodded with difficulty.

Chen Ze crouched down, propped Zhang Tai upright, pulled the rag from his mouth, and tossed it aside.

"Talk! Don't wait for me to ask again. My patience is limited, and you still have two legs left to chop off."

Zhang Tai's heart trembled at Chen Ze's words. This man is simply a demon.

But he only dared think it. He immediately said, "I'll talk. I'll tell you everything."

He had already confirmed that Chen Ze was not merely making threats. He truly could do it.

Then Zhang Tai directly gave a name. "It was Shopkeeper Tong. Shopkeeper Tong told us to capture you."

"Shopkeeper Tong? Shopkeeper Tong from Tongfu Restaurant?"

Chen Ze was greatly startled upon hearing that name. He had never imagined that Shopkeeper Tong was the one targeting him.

"Hadn't I already paid back all the money I owed him?"

"He wanted to capture you and send you to mine."

As soon as Zhang Tai said that, Chen Ze immediately understood. So everything had traces to follow.

Zhang Tai then told Chen Ze the cause and course of the matter.

The matter was simple. Shopkeeper Tong had discovered a Mysterious Iron Ore mine. Mysterious Iron Ore was an essential material for crafting Magic Artifacts; whoever controlled such a mine would possess a ceaseless stream of resources.

Shopkeeper Tong had originally wanted to swallow this tasty morsel all by himself.

But he discovered that his strength was insufficient, so he found a friendly major Lineage and secretly began mining it.

The fewer people who knew, the more they could earn. It would also draw less covetous attention, especially from the City Lord's Mansion and the other Lineages.

But mining required manpower, and this was no ordinary mine. Ordinary mortals could not mine it; only cultivators could be used.

Naturally, they could not openly recruit cultivators for mining. If they did, the mine would be exposed sooner or later.

Thus, Shopkeeper Tong and that Lineage came up with this method: any Rogue Cultivator with no one to rely on became their target.

People had desires, and they would set all manner of traps for these Rogue Cultivators.

They would deceive them by claiming there was a job somewhere that earned good Spirit Stones, or that some opportunity lay elsewhere. In short, they would use every possible method to lure them over first.

There were also people like Chen Ze. They would first make them owe a debt they could never repay.

Then, when it came time to collect the debt, they would tell them about a job where they could earn a great many Spirit Stones.

It was still a matter of tricking people over. Once they had been deceived into going, they could forget about ever coming out again.

Experts guarded the place. Escaping was simply impossible.

If they did not want to die, they could only keep mining without end, and Chen Ze happened to be one such person.

They simply had not expected Chen Ze to actually repay the Spirit Stones in the end.

But they would not easily let go of targets they had set their sights on.

They had thoroughly investigated people like Chen Ze.

Low cultivation, no backing, and no acquaintances.

Even if someone like Chen Ze disappeared, no one would care.

So they prepared to use their final method: knock him unconscious and take him away directly.

They only needed to find the right opportunity and avoid being discovered.

Even if they were discovered, it would not be much of a problem.

They would release the person they had captured first, then wait for another opportunity.

This was not the first or second time Zhang Tai and the others had done such things.

They simply had not expected to kick an iron plate this time when they ran into Chen Ze.

"I've already told you everything I know. Can you spare my life now?" Zhang Tai begged.

Chen Ze shook his head. "Heh, to people like you, human lives are worth less than dogs. You've committed so many evil deeds, and you even plotted against me. Do you think I have any reason to let you live?"

"In your next life, be a good person!"

With that, Chen Ze raised his hand and slashed, ending Zhang Tai's life without giving him another chance to speak.

Then he threw out another Fireball and watched Zhang Tai's corpse slowly burn into ashes.

"Shopkeeper Tong? If I hadn't transmigrated and gained the system, then the original owner of this body should already have been captured and sent into the Mine, beginning an endless life of mining."

Chen Ze's gaze instantly turned sharp. "You can commit such utterly heartless deeds. Since I've encountered this, I naturally have to intervene. Besides, you were the ones who came looking for me first."

Chen Ze had already made up his mind. Shopkeeper Tong had become someone he was determined to kill.

Shopkeeper Tong could only blame himself for plotting against Chen Ze. They had now formed an irreconcilable grudge.

He had to pull out the weeds by the roots. Otherwise, Shopkeeper Tong would certainly come after him again.

Shopkeeper Tong had already lost two Qi Refining Sixth Layer cultivators to Chen Ze. The next people sent after him would only have higher cultivation.