By the time I reached the three-way intersection in the mortal world, it was already nine o'clock. I walked out to the junction, found a tricycle, and hurried to Dragon Abyss Residential Compound.
On the way, Lei Qing called me.
"Brother Tian, you still haven't come back? There's some trouble here. A few people from another county have been wandering around nearby. They look up to no good. Should I have the brothers kill them?"
"People from another county?" My expression shifted. The forces from outside the county were causing trouble again?
"Yeah. A few of my brothers said they'd never seen them before, so they went over and borrowed a light from them. Judging by their accents, they should be from the neighboring county." Lei Qing was getting angry on the other end.
Lei Qing's cousin, Miao Xiaoli, was earning twenty or thirty thousand a month now. Though her line of work was dangerous, surely it wasn't as dangerous as smuggling goods across the border with his head in the waistband of his pants, was it? The two of them were thriving in the Miao village, and all their relatives were watching.
So he and I were grasshoppers tied to the same rope, sharing honor and disgrace.
"I'll be home soon. We'll talk when I get there. Don't touch them. These people should have some ability." By the time I hung up, I was almost at Dragon Abyss Residential Compound.
I hadn't even gotten out of the vehicle. After opening my Yin-Yang Eyes, I saw several sneaky Arcane Sect practitioners loitering around, their eyes constantly darting toward Villa Number Eight.
I got off the tricycle with a cold face, and all of them turned their eyes toward me. Their gazes flickered strangely, as if I was the person they