Rules Forged from Black Gold, All Trampled Beneath Your Feet

"I knew it. You wouldn't dare kill me!"

The intelligence chief said smugly, "Behind me stands the Human World!"

"I never offended you, so you can't kill me!"

Chu Qing stared straight at him.

The stare sent chills crawling down his spine.

Chu Qing suddenly smiled. "Go. Tell your superiors that I only want twenty thousand taels of gold."

"Only twenty thousand taels of gold."

"You should give me that much face!"

The intelligence chief smiled and clasped his fist. "Master Qing, you do have some face."

"But the Human World has no need to give you face!"

"Your face isn't as great as you imagine."

Chu Qing nodded.

The intelligence chief left the shop and swaggered off to see the higher-ups.

On the road:

He saw everyone staring at him with astonished eyes.

Even the scions of great clans pointed at him and gestured among themselves.

He sneered. "Just a pack of worms."

"You point and gesture at me now, but sooner or later, I'll feed you false intelligence and get you killed."

He glared furiously at the clan scions.

The clan scions shrank their necks.

The intelligence chief grew even more pleased with himself. "In the end, I upheld the dignity of the Human World."

He walked faster and faster, feeling a cool breeze around his head.

The looks people gave him grew increasingly respectful.

In a daze, he seemed to hear the strange sound of a Qiang flute, or perhaps a whistle, keeping an odd rhythm with his footsteps.

He strutted proudly, head held high and chest thrust out.

Chu Qing was terrifying.

But I survived in Chu Qing's hands.

Chu Qing truly did not dare provoke the Human World.

After all, the Human World was an international organization.

Even the emperor of the Great Gan Empire