95: Money talks

"Stop!" Wei Xun heard Scarface's voice chasing him from behind, so he turned to the coachman and said.

The coachman immediately stopped the carriage by the roadside, and Wei Xun flipped out of it.

Scarface, who was following behind, saw Wei Xun get out of the carriage and thought he had been discovered. He was about to hide.

"Hey! Brother, long time no see!" To his surprise, Wei Xun walked directly towards him with a warm expression and a smile on his face.

"Ah?" Scarface, seeing that he had been discovered, turned and wanted to leave.

But Wei Xun put an arm around his neck from behind: "Don't go!"

"You're a demon..." Scarface was still a little suspicious if he had seen wrong, but as soon as he heard Wei Xun's voice, he immediately confirmed his thought.

This is that demon!

Just as Scarface was about to shout, Wei Xun flipped his hand and took out two gold ingots.

"Long time no see, this is on me for drinks, brother!" Wei Xun stuffed the two gold ingots into Scarface's hand, his face wearing a smile as if old friends had reunited.

"What is this?" Scarface didn't understand what Wei Xun wanted to do, and took the gold ingots, a little confused.

"What good would it do you to expose me here?" Wei Xun said slowly with a smile on his face, "How about we pretend nothing happened?"

"But you..." Scarface still wanted to say something.

But Wei Xun placed another gold ingot in his hand.

"You..."

Just as Scarface was about to speak, Wei Xun placed another one.

"I..."

Before Scarface could utter the second word, Wei Xun shoved another one into his hand.

In just a few breaths, Scarface had five gold ingots in his hand.

Fifty taels of gold, five hundred taels of silver, five hundred thousand copper coins.

"Enough, right?" Wei Xun saw Scarface was completely stunned, so he smiled and said, "If you have no objections, I'll be leaving!"

After saying that, Wei Xun released his arm from around Scarface's neck, then turned and walked towards the carriage.

Scarface stared blankly at the five gold ingots in his hand, still not recovered from his surprise.

Then Wei Xun got into the carriage and continued out of the town.

Not long after Wei Xun left, Xiao Hu arrived with several demon hunters stationed in the town.

"Brother Dao, where is he?" Xiao Hu looked around the street but found no trace of the carriage.

"I was mistaken!" Scarface quickly stuffed the gold ingots in his hand into his cloth pouch.

"Are you messing with us?" The demon hunters who came with Xiao Hu immediately became displeased when they heard this.

"You're sure?" Xiao Hu frowned after hearing this, and was about to say something but was stopped by Scarface.

Immediately after, Scarface pulled out several pieces of silver from hisArms and gave one to each of the arriving demon hunters.

"I'm very sorry for making you all come for nothing. Please take these as a token for drinks!"

After receiving Scarface's silver, the expressions of the demon hunters who had rushed over finally softened.

"Alright, alright! Next time, make sure you see clearly before you speak!"

The demon hunters said that and then turned and left the street.

Meanwhile, Xiao Hu was frowning with a puzzled expression: "I shouldn't have seen wrong!"

"I said I saw wrong, so I saw wrong!" Scarface directly pulled out a gold ingot from his cloth pouch and placed it in Xiao Hu's hand.

Xiao Hu's face immediately lit up with joy when he saw the gold ingot: "Brother Dao, where did you get this?"

"You don't need to worry about that!" Scarface said and then turned to leave.

Xiao Hu took the gold ingot, bit it to make sure it was real, then immediately stuffed it into his bosom and trotted after Scarface.

At this moment, Wei Xun, sitting in the carriage, had already left the town with the carriage.

During the process, Wei Xun also used his "Shunfeng Miaoe" (Wind-listening Ear) to listen to the movements behind him, and only exhaled a sigh of relief after confirming that Scarface and his group had not followed.

However, coming towards him, Wei Xun surprisingly saw Xiao Ling, the human girl he had saved earlier.

Xiao Ling was carrying a basket filled with various herbs at this time, walking from outside the town, seemingly preparing to return to the town.

Moreover, Xiao Ling seemed to have a very good rapport with people; the residents of the town who passed by would warmly greet her when they saw her.

And when Wei Xun saw Xiao Ling, he immediately covered his face with one hand, pretending to be uncomfortable.

When Xiao Ling passed the carriage, she saw Wei Xun sitting by the side of the carriage.

However, since Wei Xun was covering his face with his hand at this time, Xiao Ling did not recognize him and passed by the carriage directly.

After ensuring he hadn't been discovered, Wei Xun finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Sir, where are you going?" The coachman asked Wei Xun with a puzzled expression after driving out of the town.

Because earlier in the town, Wei Xun had only told him to drive out of the town, without specifying a destination.

"Just go that way!" Wei Xun said, pointing in the direction of the Black Abyss Mountain Range.

The coachman looked in that direction and was immediately surprised.

"Sir, you must be joking, aren't you? That direction is the Black Abyss Mountain Range!" The coachman laughed awkwardly: "There are demons over there, I wouldn't dare go!"

"If I tell you to go, you go!" After saying this, Wei Xun directly pulled out another gold ingot with a backhand and placed it in the coachman's hand.

The coachman looked surprised after taking the gold ingot.

"Are you going or not?" Wei Xun asked.

"Going!" After taking the gold ingot, the coachman readily agreed and immediately drove the carriage slowly towards the small path in the West, in the direction of the Black Abyss Mountain Range.

However, on the way, the coachman still asked Wei Xun with some concern: "Sir, what are you going to do in the Black Abyss Mountain Range?"

"Drive your carriage well, don't ask about things you shouldn't!" Wei Xun crossed his arms, leaning against the carriage, dozing off.

"Yes, yes, yes!" The coachman was also a shrewd person, having transported all sorts of clients, he naturally knew what to ask and what not to ask, so he closed his mouth.

When the carriage stopped, Wei Xun opened his eyes and found that there was still some distance to the Black Abyss Mountain Range, but the coachman had already stopped the carriage at a small intersection.

"Sir, although I've received so much fare from you!" The coachman said to Wei Xun with a smile: "But this Little One can only take you this far; going any further would be too dangerous!"

Hearing the coachman's words, Wei Xun looked around.

This place was still about twenty li away from the Black Abyss Mountain Range, but due to its proximity to the Black Abyss Mountain Range, there were no people on this small path.

And there was no road further ahead.

"Alright, this is far enough!" Wei Xun patted the coachman's shoulder: "You worked hard!"

After saying that, Wei Xun opened the carriage curtain and then brought out Niu Cuihua from inside.

"Well then, Sir, please be careful. I'll be heading back!" The coachman said, then turned the horse around and quickly drove the carriage away from there.

After seeing the coachman leave, Wei Xun took out the key the Baibao Yuan boss had given him from his bosom, then unlocked all the shackles on Niu Cuihua.

After Niu Cuihua removed the bamboo hat from her head, she immediately knelt on the ground to thank Wei Xun.

"Thank you, Brother Xun, for saving me!" Although Niu Cuihua was weak all over after drinking the Soft Demon Soup, she was extremely excited at this moment.

"No need to thank me, we are both demons from Jiaolong Lake, so we can be considered compatriots!" Wei Xun patted Niu Cuihua's shoulder and comforted her.