"Shh! Keep your voice down!" Yang Xiaoqiang frowned, glanced around at everyone, and gestured to Zhou Xiaoyan.
"You must know the saying 'possessing a treasure invites trouble,' and what you just did put Jiang Fan in danger."
Zhou Xiaoyan quickly covered his mouth, and like Yang Xiaoqiang before him, he looked around and found that almost everyone in the shelter was looking in their direction.
To be precise, he was staring at the spatial ring in Jiang Fan's hand.
Seeing this, he raised his hand and slapped himself, feeling extremely remorseful, and looked at Jiang Fan with an apologetic expression.
"Look at my damn mouth! I'm so sorry, Jiang Fan. I really didn't mean it, I swear!"
"I know you didn't do it on purpose." Jiang Fan had never doubted this. After his rebirth, he was still very good at judging people. In addition, he had known Zhou Xiaoyan for a while and knew him quite well.
"You don't need to blame yourself. Some fools are willing to take me as a piece of Tang Sanzang's flesh. I don't mind taking out the Dragon-Slaying Saber and letting them know whether I'm easy to eat or not."
As Jiang Fan spoke, his gaze, sharp as ice and a blade, swept across the area, making those who were itching to act feel their blood freeze. The more timid ones even trembled involuntarily under his murderous gaze.
Just as Jiang Fan said, although they coveted that rare spatial ring, they also had to consider whether they had the ability to take it from Jiang Fan.
The scene of Jiang Fan easily killing the powerful Two Star monster, the Four-Armed Giant Bear, all by himself during the day was still vivid in their minds, and the shock was enough for them to remember it for a lifetime.
The more they thought about it, the more frightened and terrified they became. They were truly audacious to dare to plot against Jiang Fan, this god of death.
"Gulp!" Jiang Youtian swallowed hard, a look of horror in his eyes.
He wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but when Jiang Fan looked over just now, he seemed to linger on him for a few extra seconds, whether intentionally or unintentionally.
Yang Xiaoqiang sensed the fear on many people's faces and knew that Jiang Fan's words had had an effect, so he decided to add fuel to the fire.
"Spatial rings are extremely rare. I'm not exaggerating; there's probably not even one like it in the entire Fortress No. 31. Furthermore, their forging process is incredibly complex, and the materials are extremely scarce, so only a very small number of high-ranking individuals in the entire Great Xia can possess one. Your spatial ring must have been a gift from some important figure, right?"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Fan's eyes flashed slightly. As clever as he was, he instantly guessed why Yang Xiaoqiang had deliberately raised his voice.
"That's right, it was indeed given to me by a very important person."
The conversation between Jiang Fan and Yang Xiaoqiang made the treacherous villain, who had already given up his covetous intentions, suddenly realize the truth and tremble with fear.
How could they not have thought of that? How could someone like Jiang Fan, who came from the slums, possibly possess a spatial ring? It turns out he has a powerful backer!
Moreover, he was the kind of highly skilled person who could casually give away his spatial ring to others; one can only imagine how terrifying his identity must be!
The more they thought about it, the more intensely they felt their blood congealing.
"Thanks, boss," Jiang Fan whispered to Yang Xiaoqiang in a voice only the two of them could hear.
Yang Xiaoqiang smiled. "What are you thanking me for? You've already called me 'boss,' shouldn't I, as the boss, protect my employees?"
Several more hours passed, and the group, who had been on the run all day without a drop of water, began to feel their stomachs rumbling.
Jiang Youtian was so hungry he couldn't stand it anymore, but he didn't dare to ask Jiang Fan for food, so he decided to let Jiang Qifeng do it.
"Dad," he said, his mouth starting to hurt again, "I'm hungry."
Jiang Qifeng frowned. He knew that Jiang Youtian wanted him to ask Jiang Fan for food. In fact, not only was Jiang Youtian hungry, but he was hungry too.
After taking a deep breath, he walked towards Jiang Fan.
Although Jiang Fan was resting with his eyes closed, it didn't stop him from hearing the conversation between Jiang Youtian and Jiang Qifeng.
Sensing Jiang Qifeng standing before him, he slowly opened his eyes and asked in a detached tone, "What is it?"
When the other person looked at him with such unfamiliar eyes, Jiang Qifeng had the illusion that he had been constipated for more than ten days.
He remained silent for several seconds before finally speaking.
"Everyone hasn't eaten all day. You have a spatial ring with plenty of food and water inside, right? Why don't you take some out and share some with everyone? I think they'll be very grateful."
Jiang Qifeng deliberately spoke loudly, which drew the attention of almost everyone in the shelter.
A little boy looked at his mother and said, "Mommy, I'm so hungry."
The woman felt sorry for him and could only look at Jiang Fan.
"I can't stand this much!" Zhou Xiaoyan got up from the ground and started yelling at Jiang Qifeng.
"That's ridiculous! Just because Jiang Fan has something, he should share it with you? Don't forget, if Jiang Fan hadn't arrived in time during the day, the Four-Armed Giant Bear would probably have already broken down the shelter's doors. Not only would you all be dead, but at least some of you would have become its food. Not only are you not grateful to Jiang Fan, but you're also eyeing his food, and now you're trying to morally blackmail him. What, just because he has something, he should give it to you? So, you, a rich man, have never taken out any of your wealth to share with the poor before!"
Because of Zhou Xiaoyan's words, those who had previously considered asking Jiang Fan for food showed a look of shame on their faces.
Jiang Qifeng's face was covered in bruises. He knew before he came that things wouldn't go smoothly, and even though he was mentally prepared, he still couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.
" Jiang Fan, I didn't say I wasn't grateful to you, but let's keep things separate. Since you saved everyone, why not finish the job? There are so many people here; you can't just stand by and watch them starve to death, can you?"
" Jiang Fan, don't listen to him. He's just hungry and using everyone as a shield!" Zhou Xiaoyan said.
Jiang Qifeng's lips twitched; his face, now exposed, looked even uglier.
At this moment, Jiang Fan slowly stood up, looked at Old Wu and Xiao Qian, and took out the food.
" Uncle Wu, this is for you and Constable Qian, take it and have some."
"We're not hungry, you should keep it for yourself. After all, you're a key combatant. If you share all the food with us, what if there isn't enough for you later?" Old Wu refused.
Jiang Fan: "Don't worry, I have plenty of food in my spatial ring."
Old Wu: "Although I've never seen a spatial ring before, I do know some basic facts about them. A typical spatial ring on the market is about one cubic meter in size, and just making one of those costs over a billion. I guess your spatial ring doesn't have a very large capacity, so naturally, you don't have much food."
What Old Wu didn't know was that Jiang Fan's spatial ring had a full 10 cubic meters of space. Of course, very few people in the Great Xia possessed such a ring, and Old Wu didn't even dare to think about it.