161: Golden Rat Fairy

"I just scraped together some money and was planning to go to the casino to gamble one more time!" Master Zhang squeezed out a smile at the Black Armored Guards.

"If you have money but don't pay me back, are you trying to die?" The Bearded Man placed his hand on the hilt of the knife at his waist, pulling it out slightly, creating a gap.

Seeing this, Master Zhang swallowed nervously: "The money I have isn't even enough to cover the interest for you, Lord Li. Only by gambling one more time at the casino do I have a chance!"

"What if you lose again?" The Bearded Man smiled coldly.

"Lose again..." Master Zhang pondered for a moment before slowly saying: "No, I won't lose again this time. I've lost so many times, it's finally my turn to win!"

"How about this!" The Bearded Man suddenly sneered, saying, "If you lose again this time, you can mortgage your daughter to me, and then you won't have to pay back the money you owe me!"

"Ah?" Hearing this demand, Master Zhang instantly panicked: "Lord Li... this... this isn't good!"

"Not good?" The Bearded Man's face instantly darkened: "Don't be ungrateful. I'm giving you a way out! If you still can't pay back the money, I'll raid your home, and your daughter will be sold to a brothel to become a prostitute."

After the threat, the Bearded Man patted Master Zhang on the shoulder and then said: "However, if you willingly give your daughter to me, not only will your family be safe, but the money you owe me will also be written off. Why not?"

When the Bearded Man said this, Master Zhang clearly hesitated, his hands clasped together in front of him, looking very undecided.

"What's there to hesitate about?" The Bearded Man shook his head and said: "I'm only giving you one chance. If you still can't pay back the money tomorrow, don't blame me for being impolite!"

"Lord Li, my daughter is only fourteen!" Master Zhang finally spoke softly after hesitating for a long time: "She's still young, please be lenient, Lord Li. I will definitely find a way to pay back the money I owe you!"

"Go to hell!"

The Bearded Man, who was called Lord Li, kicked Master Zhang to the ground. The immense force caused Master Zhang to curl up on the ground, clutching his stomach in excruciating pain.

"You old fool, do you really not understand what I'm saying?"

Bearded Li squatted on the ground, grabbed Master Zhang's hair with one hand, lifted his head, and continued to threaten him.

"You've lost all your family's possessions. Besides your daughter, who is still worth some money, what else can you use to pay me back?"

Master Zhang, lying on the ground, was now in tears, the pain in his abdomen making him unable to speak.

"I'll give you one more chance. Give your daughter to me, and the money you owe me will be written off. Otherwise, tomorrow I'll bring people to raid your home!"

Bearded Li continued to threaten.

"Don't think I don't know...."

It was at this moment that Master Zhang, having recovered slightly, spoke with pain.

"You colluded with the casino, made me lose everything, and then deliberately lent me money..."

Hearing this, Bearded Li sneered, grabbed Master Zhang's hair, and slapped him, directly causing Master Zhang's face to swell red, with a trace of blood at the corner of his mouth.

"So what if you, old fool, know?" Bearded Li smiled sinisterly: "Who told you to be so greedy?"

"Why..." Master Zhang felt somewhat disoriented at this point, his eyes a little unfocused: "Why did you harm me like this? I have no grudge against you..."

"Because I want to!" Bearded Li continued to smile triumphantly, his face full of mockery.

"I'm going to kill you..."

But at this moment, Master Zhang, who was lying on the ground, suddenly pulled out a dagger from his embrace and fiercely stabbed towards Bearded Li.

Bearded Li didn't expect Master Zhang to dare to fight back. Although he dodged by turning his head at the first moment, he was still cut on the face by the dagger, leaving a long bleeding wound.

"You're asking for death!"

As Bearded Li dodged the attack, one hand had already firmly grabbed Master Zhang's knife-wielding hand.

"You bastard!"

Master Zhang tried to struggle free but found he didn't have enough strength.

Bearded Li had cultivated to the Qi Realm, while Master Zhang was merely an ordinary person.

"Since you're so stubborn, I'll send you on your way!" Bearded Li's eyes turned fierce: "Once you're dead, your precious daughter will be mine too!"

After saying this, Bearded Li directly used his other hand to grasp Master Zhang's neck and, with a slight exertion of force, lifted Master Zhang off the ground into mid-air.

Master Zhang instantly felt unable to breathe, and the hand holding the dagger also lost strength and dropped to the ground.

"Once you're dead, and I'm tired of playing with your daughter, I'll sell her to a brothel and let her be a lowly woman for the rest of her life!"

After saying this, Bearded Li increased the force in his hand.

Bearded Li could have strangled Master Zhang to death directly, but he deliberately increased his strength slowly, wanting Master Zhang to slowly experience the pain of death.

Pfft~

Just then, a sharp spearhead pierced from behind Bearded Li, directly piercing Bearded Li's heart.

"Ugh!"

The sudden pain made Bearded Li instantly lose strength, and the hand clutching Master Zhang also loosened.

After Master Zhang fell to the ground, he gasped for air, desperately breathing.

"Wh-what... is that!" Bearded Li clutched his chest, blood flowing profusely.

When he turned his head, he discovered that a huge rat was crawling behind him, he didn't know when it got there.

The rat's tail swung in the air like a whip, and the tip of the whip had something resembling a spearhead.

After seeing this, Bearded Li wanted to say something more, but he fell straight to the ground, twitching for a moment before completely losing his breath.

Master Zhang then came to his senses, and seeing the large Grey Fur rat in front of him, he was too scared to speak.

He wanted to escape but found his legs paralyzed, unable to get up at all.

"What are you afraid of, you fool!" The rat suddenly spoke: "I just saved your life!"

Hearing this, Master Zhang calmed down slightly, then used all his strength to crawl on the ground and kowtow to the rat: "Thank you, Immortal, for saving my life. This Little One has no way to repay you!"

"Enough!" The rat shook its head and then surprisingly spat out a gold ingot from its mouth: "Take this and quickly leave Qian Yuan City. Get as far away as you can. Although you didn't kill this Black Armored Guards, if it's discovered, you will definitely not be able to escape responsibility!"

"Ah?" Seeing the gold ingot on the ground, Master Zhang was already stunned: "This is for me?"

"Yes!" The rat nodded and said: "Don't gamble anymore, otherwise even a true Immortal won't be able to save you!"

"Thank you, Immortal. May I ask your name? If there's an opportunity in the future, I will surely thank you greatly." Master Zhang held the gold ingot in his palm, shedding tears of gratitude.

"You can just call me Immortal Jin Mao Shu!" The rat casually made up a name.