"Damn it! Such a huge source of wealth was right in front of us, and we never noticed it for so long. We've really lived for nothing until now!"
"Exactly. Snagging one little brat gets us five taels of silver. Those five taels are enough for me to drink and whore around for half a month!"
"Come, bottoms up!"
"Fucking hell, this feels good. Feels like the last time I had meat was a month ago!"
"We can't let Elder Sun's channel dry up. The little brats in the city are hard to get, so we'll go to the countryside. Those country kids are raised in whole bunches anyway. Once we grab them, we leave."
Inside the house, several thugs and ruffians shouted noisily, drinking and eating meat by the bowlful as they discussed how to make this money-making route bigger and stronger.
Suddenly, a gust of wind swept through.
A figure appeared before them at some unknown moment.
The thugs and ruffians were all startled, the hairs on their backs standing on end. Their motions of drinking and eating froze in place.
"Since you abduct children and traffic people, there's no need to speak of any martial world morality with you."
Amid Shen Changchuan's low murmur, he struck like lightning.
Before the thugs and ruffians could even react to what was happening, they heard several muffled bangs, and their consciousness faded into darkness.
Twenty minutes later, Shen Changchuan released his hand.
The ruffian he had been gripping had crooked eyes, drool running from the corner of his mouth. He collapsed limply to the ground, grinning stupidly with a foolish "heh-heh."
The other three thugs nearby were the same.
Clearly, under Shen Changchuan's violent attempts, these men had been completely reduced to idiots.
"Hah. In the end, this isn't the