Killing a Menial (First Update, Please Bookmark and Recommend)

Chapter 29: Killing a Menial (First Update, Please Bookmark and Recommend)

As soon as Hu Meier and the Enforcement Hall disciples left, Hu Donghan felt as though something inside him had been hollowed out. Spreading out the Enforcement Hall disciple robes Hu Meier had left behind, he found tiny fox-shaped marks tucked away in several hidden corners—though the robes were standard issue, Hu Meier had clearly made them with her own hands.

After changing into the Enforcement Hall disciple robes, he found them quite snug-fitting, as though even his body had grown much warmer. With a casual sweep of his eyes, he saw the blood on the floor again, as well as some severed limbs Mu Zhengfeng had left behind. Hu Donghan frowned, thinking that he ought to find a menial disciple to clean this up first.

When he stepped out of his room, the Qi Refining Stage cultivators living in the same courtyard had originally been curiously watching his door. After emerging from seclusion, they had found several Enforcement Hall disciples outside Hu Donghan's room, so naturally they had found it strange. But when they saw Hu Donghan emerge wearing a set of Enforcement Hall disciple robes, their expressions changed drastically. One by one, as though they had seen a ghost, they hurriedly retreated into their rooms.

Enforcement Hall disciples already had a fearsome reputation, and with what had happened outside the Outer Affairs Hall today spreading through the sect, they had gained the name of Evil Ghosts on Overlapping Peaks. It was only natural for these people to hide upon seeing Hu Donghan's robes.

Hu Donghan did not care. He had never intended to have much contact with these people anyway. Their avoidance suited him perfectly.

He quickly left the courtyard and headed to the nearby courtyard where the menial disciples lived.

The reputation of an Enforcement Hall disciple was truly formidable. The moment Hu Donghan appeared, a steward responsible for managing the menial disciples came out, smiling ingratiatingly. "Greetings, Senior Brother Enforcement Hall. May I ask what instructions Senior Brother has for coming here?" As he spoke, the steward slipped a storage pouch into Hu Donghan's hand.

Just by changing clothes, I can get a little benefit even when handling such a trivial matter? Hu Donghan could not help finding it both amusing and absurd. In the past, whenever he came here to find menial disciples to help him, he only needed to select one and take him away. But now, a Foundation Establishment Realm steward was personally receiving him, and he could even accept a "gift."

However, Hu Donghan had accepted the Enforcement Hall disciple robes only to spare himself some trouble. He had never intended to profit from them. Without changing his expression, he tucked the storage pouch back into the steward's hands and said, "There is no need for this, Martial Uncle. My room is merely a little dirty. I came to find a menial to clean it."

"Easy! Easy! This is my oversight. From now on, at least four menials will be waiting outside Senior Brother's door. We certainly will not delay Senior Brother's affairs." Hearing that it was only such a minor matter, the Foundation Establishment Realm steward immediately breathed a sigh of relief. So long as these Enforcement Hall plague gods had not come looking for trouble, everything was negotiable.

Hu Donghan swept his gaze across the surrounding menials before finally settling on one of them. "That will not be necessary. One menial is enough to attend to me. Too many are an eyesore. That menial there often attended outside my door in the past. He can come with me today as well. As for you, continue with your own business. There is no need to follow."

"Yes, yes! Everything shall be as Senior Brother commands." The Foundation Establishment Realm steward agreed with a cheerful smile, then turned to the menial. "You, go with this Senior Brother. You must obey all of Senior Brother's instructions. Do you understand?"

"Yes." The menial answered in a trembling voice. He fearfully raised his head to glance at Hu Donghan, then lowered it again—this was the very menial who had informed Mu Zhengfeng of Hu Donghan's whereabouts!

Hu Donghan's expression remained unchanged as he brought the menial back to his room. Pointing at the severed fingers, ears, and bloodstains on the floor, he said, "Clean this up quickly." With that, Hu Donghan sat cross-legged on the bed.

The menial hurriedly nodded and agreed, then fetched water and began washing the floor.

A quarter of an hour later, the menial had cleaned away the severed fingers, washed off the bloodstains, and scrubbed the bluestone floor until it gleamed. Only then did he stop and say tremblingly to Hu Donghan, "Reporting to Martial Uncle, this disciple has finished cleaning."

Hu Donghan looked at the floor, a pleased expression appearing on his face. "Good! Good! Not bad, you cleaned it very thoroughly! Come here. These Spirit Stones are your reward." As he spoke, Hu Donghan took out ten Spirit Stones from his storage pouch and placed them beside the bed.

At this sight, the menial disciple's delight doubled. Hu Donghan had not only specifically called for him to clean the room, but was now even rewarding him with Spirit Stones. In his eyes, Hu Donghan clearly had no idea that he had once informed Mu Zhengfeng against him. I once stabbed him in the back, yet he is rewarding me with Spirit Stones now. This guy is truly an idiot! But now that he has become an Enforcement Hall disciple, serving him in the future will surely bring me plenty of benefits...

Dreaming of such pleasant prospects, the menial disciple walked up to Hu Donghan and thanked him again. "Thank you, Martial Uncle." Only then did he pick up the Spirit Stones one by one from beside Hu Donghan's bed.

As Hu Donghan watched the menial disciple collect the Spirit Stones, he reached out and placed a hand on the man's head. The menial was rather tall, so Hu Donghan had to stretch a little to reach him. But when the menial saw Hu Donghan touch his head, he obediently lowered it considerably, a smile still on his face.

"Good! Good! Very good! Not bad." Hu Donghan lightly patted the menial's head. But as he said the words "not bad," his other hand suddenly formed several hand seals. When Hu Donghan's hand came down again, a Spirit Bolt shot straight from his palm and smashed into the menial's forehead. Instantly, the man's forehead caved in. He did not even have time to react; the smile remained on his face as he was killed.

Poor menial—he had never imagined that Hu Donghan had harbored murderous intent from the moment he called him over. And Hu Donghan had struck at the very instant when his guard was at its lowest. A single Spirit Bolt Technique had taken his life!

After killing the menial, Hu Donghan looked as though he had merely done the simplest thing in the world. His expression did not change in the slightest.

Taking the menial's storage pouch, Hu Donghan swept it with his eyes and found a total of twenty-six Spirit Stones inside. Aside from the Spirit Stones, there was even a low-grade magical artifact, the Hundred Ghost Banner—this mere menial's wealth was actually greater than Hu Donghan's.

After removing the menial's storage pouch and the Soul Ring from his hand, Hu Donghan dragged the corpse outside and casually tossed it through the door.

By now, several menials sent by the Foundation Establishment Realm steward had already arrived in the courtyard. As Hu Donghan threw out the corpse, he snorted angrily and said, "Tell your steward that one person may remain, while everyone else can get lost! What a bold menial! I merely had him clean my room, yet he dared steal my Spirit Stones. He truly did not know whether to live or die!"

After saying this, Hu Donghan returned to his room.

As for those menials, they looked at one another, their expressions indescribably strange.

A menial had actually stolen something from an Enforcement Hall disciple's room? Was this a joke? Since when had menials grown so bold?

(End of Chapter)