A Woman's Payment

Thud!

The woman fell to her knees.

Chu Qing hurriedly helped her up and said seriously, "I'll take payment and kill your enemies for you. You don't need to kneel."

The woman wept with joy. "No one has ever been willing to accept my payment."

Chu Qing smiled. "There is now!"

Her tears flowed even harder.

She knew Chu Qing was helping her out of pity.

If it had been before, she would never have wanted such pity.

But now, she clutched Chu Qing's hand like a drowning person clutching a lifeline, terrified that he would change his mind.

"Tell me, do you know where the bandits are?"

The woman shook her head. "I asked a lot of people, but none of them would tell me."

"They're afraid the bandits will retaliate."

"But several of them are one-eyed!"

Chu Qing fell silent.

The woman watched him nervously. Her cracked lips opened and closed a few times, as though she wanted to say something.

Before she could speak, Chu Qing smiled. "It's fine. I'm an outsider, so I'm not afraid of retaliation."

"Besides, I can find the bandits myself."

With that, he turned and waved at the many Third Limit experts.

Rustle!

Fifty experts rose to their feet.

They looked at Chu Qing in confusion, unable to understand why he wanted to help this woman.

Chu Qing said calmly, "Go. Sweep away every bandit within three hundred li."

"Kill them until heads roll like waves; kill them until corpses carpet the ground!"

The Third Limit experts hesitated.

They looked toward Hua Yu.

Hua Yu frowned. "Why?"

"This will bring us trouble."

"Every bandit gang has patrons and backing behind them."

"Their patrons are all local tyrants."

"Throughout our journey, we've never stirred up trouble or offended local powers."

"Is it worth