0p0 Chapter 230 Louse
Chapter 230 Louse
After strolling through West Street, it was nearly dusk. The fairy, who was so engrossed in her stroll that she didn't want to go back, stood at the crossroads of the central street, considering whether to visit North Street, South Street, or East Street of the inner city next.
East Street is a bit far, so we'll eliminate it for now, leaving North Street and South Street.
Shen Yao tossed a perfect coin. The jade-white coin spun a few times in the air before landing in her palm. It was face up, with the word "perfect" on it.
Let's go to South Street then.
The South Street of the Inner City was much more bustling than the Outer City, and its style differed from that of the West Street.
West Street mainly sells antiques, calligraphy and paintings, while South Street mainly sells clothing and accessories. The shops are decorated in a colorful, exaggerated and eye-catching style.
The fairy, with her hands behind her back, was frolicking on the south street of the inner city. She had just come out of a clothing store when she heard a commotion ahead.
Shen Yao stopped to watch and saw a dusty male cultivator being kicked out of a shop in front of her by two other cultivators.
The dusty male cultivator was kicked to the ground in the street, clutching his chest and yelling, spewing vulgarities and demanding compensation from the other party.
"Pah!" One of the cultivators wearing a purple top hat kicked the grimy male cultivator in the face. After kicking him, he seemed disgusted and rubbed the sole of his shoe on the ground: "What a disgusting thing! You spat all over me! And you still dare to try and scam me!"
The male cultivator accompanying him produced two sticks from somewhere and handed one to the purple-hatted male cultivator: "Commander Su, don't waste your breath on this lowly lousefish. I'd be disgusted even if I used spiritual power to hit it. Beat it with a stick!"
Su Shuai took the stick and, together with his friends, gave the louse-fish demon a good beating.
The louse demon was a tenth-level cultivator with only one spiritual root, making it the lowest-level cultivator. It was beaten by two eighth-level cultivators and had no power to fight back. After cursing a few times, it covered its head and back, knelt down, and kowtowed, begging for mercy repeatedly.
Not a single onlooker spoke up for the louse-fish demon; they all watched the spectacle with disdain.
The salesperson who saw Shen Yao off at the clothing store noticed her confusion and offered to explain, "Miss, that louse-fish demon is a notorious slovenly demon in Longyuan City."
Shen Yao: "Sloppy Demon?"
The waiter nodded disdainfully: "Yes, this louse-fish demon, his name is Zhiqiang. He came to Longyuan City a few years ago and has been stealing and swindling everywhere. He has robbed all the nearby shops."
"Later, when everyone found out he couldn't steal anything anymore, he started staging accidents to extort money."
"What's most disgusting is that he's not clean at all!" The waiter clicked his tongue in disgust. "Before we met him, no one imagined that there could be such a filthy monk in the world!"
Upon closer inspection, Shen Yao saw that this grimy louse-fish demon was not only filthy in its clothes, but also covered in mud on its legs and shoes. Its hair was also dirty, greasy, and tangled. Its face was ugly, and its skin was dry, cracked, and peeling, with many pits.
When the louse demon begged for mercy, snot hung from his mouth, and he cried out with his mouth open, revealing a mouthful of big yellow teeth with some kind of residue on them.
It's so disgusting to look at; Shen Yao almost threw up!
A fight broke out between customers in front of the shop. The owner of the jewelry store in front of the shop naturally had to intervene. He ran out and saw that the one being beaten was a louse-fish demon. His face immediately scrunched up, and he also became a bystander.
During a break from watching the play, the shopkeeper glanced at the onlookers and spotted Shen Yao, who was wearing a light gold half-sleeved dress and had a bunch of trinkets hanging from her waist.
The shopkeeper's eyes lit up. Wasn't this the girl in the painting, the God of Wealth of West Street, that the Chamber of Commerce had sent?
We can't let them fight, or it will delay the God of Wealth's shopping.
The shopkeeper hurriedly ran down and grabbed Su Shuai and his friend: "My two demon friends, stop! For my sake, let him go today. Don't fight in front of our shop."
When Su Shuai turned around and saw that it was the manager of Jin Yu Lou, he stopped what he was doing: "Alright, let's give Manager Peng some face. Old Cheng, let's go."
The cultivator who had beaten him left, and the louse-fish demon got up from the ground, forgetting the pain he had just felt. He casually spat towards the entrance of the Golden Jade Pavilion: "Hmph... what a jinxed place, I'm never coming back!"
The phlegm was spat right at the feet of a tall male cultivator.
Long Aolai was picking out a wedding gift for his fourth brother at Jinyulou. Just as he finished choosing and came out, a glob of phlegm flew towards him. He quickly stepped back, and the phlegm landed at his feet.
Long Ao's face was extremely ugly. What bad luck! There were still such slovenly people in Longyuan City.
Seeing Long Ao glaring at him, the louse demon, oblivious to its own mortality, spat out another mouthful of phlegm: "What are you looking at?"
"How dare you!" the shopkeeper shouted in alarm and anger. "This is the third young master of the Long family."
The louse demon didn't recognize the Third Young Master Long, but he knew of the Long family's prestige. His legs immediately went weak, and he knelt on the phlegm the demon had just spat out, repeatedly kowtowing: "I didn't know you were the Third Young Master Long, I was wrong, I was wrong..."
"Kill him and throw him into the Jade Dragon River to feed the fish and beasts." After instructing his attendants, Long Ao turned to leave, but as he walked away, he caught a glimpse of the greasy hair of the louse-fish demon, and his throat tightened.
He stopped and changed his order: "Don't throw it into the river, even the fish find it disgusting. Kill it and burn it on the spot."
After saying that, he didn't want to look at her again and left with a furrowed brow.
No matter how much the louse demon begged for mercy, it was no use. Long Ao's attendant directly slit his throat with a spirit blade and burned him on the spot with spirit fire.
The onlookers clapped and cheered, praising Young Master Long for ridding Longyuan City of a great scourge.
No one thought that the Third Young Master Long was so ruthless and domineering for killing the Louse Demon over a spit...
Having lived in the world of cultivation for twenty years and experienced countless killings, Shen Yao had probably been assimilated. She even came to believe that such disgusting beings deserved to die.
I can't sympathize with her at all.
After the show ended, Manager Peng cleaned up the mess at the entrance and hurriedly went to find Shen Yao.
Shen Yao had already passed the Golden Jade Pavilion and walked to the front. Just as she was about to enter the shop ahead, she heard someone calling her from behind: "Miss, please wait! Miss Huang Shang, please wait!"
Shen Yao stopped and looked back, only to see the manager of Jin Yu Lou running towards her with a big smile on his face.
Seeing the God of Wealth standing there waiting for him, Manager Peng bowed from a distance and said in a loud voice, "Miss, may you have a good evening, Miss."
Shen Yao: "You know me?"
Shopkeeper Peng chuckled, thinking to himself, 'Heh heh, who in the entire Dragon Abyss City doesn't know you today?'
He walked up to her and greeted her familiarly, "I just saw that you were going to Jin Yu Lou, why didn't you come?"
Shen Yao: "You guys were too busy just now."
Manager Peng: "Oh, no rush, no rush. Everything's been taken care of by now. Miss, would you like to visit our Jin Yu Lou?"
Shen Yao glanced at the entrance of Jin Yu Lou, but remembering that a louse-fish demon had been burned to death at the entrance just now, she didn't really want to go there.
Seeing her gaze, Manager Peng thought to himself that the young lady must mind. He cursed the louse demon in his heart for being disgusting and for never choosing a place: "Our Jin Yu Lou is the best jewelry shop in Longyuan City. We have all the bracelets, anklets, earrings, hoops, hairpins and headdresses that young ladies like. We just arrived today with new styles that are sure to catch your eye."
Shen Yao thought about Tu Jiaojiao's upcoming marriage proposal and realized she hadn't prepared a suitable gift yet, so she replied, "Okay, I'll go with you to take a look."