79: Banquet for all the soldiers in the city

“A bowl of noodles, two tea eggs, a cage of steamed buns, and a bowl of porridge.”

Downstairs, in the breakfast shop, Li Si’s shouts attracted the attention of those around him.

“Bro, you’re the best.” A boy in a school uniform gave Li Si a thumbs-up.

“You too.”

Li Si returned the boy a thumbs-up. Afterwards, he began to eat with gusto.

At the table opposite, which was the boy’s table, sat several other high school students, who ate and chatted.

“What level are you?”

“Level 21, what about you?”

“Level 19.”

“I just became an apprentice yesterday, and I’m only Level 13 now.”

“Then your master is pretty useless. My master is super amazing; he got me to Level 20 in an hour and even gave me a set of equipment.”

“Holy crap, your master is so good!”

“Hehe, I’ll tell you secretly, my master is Endless Corpse Hand! My master is truly powerful; his summoned army covers the sky and earth, and the number has already exceeded one hundred thousand. Also, my master has joined the military, granted the rank of major general, and enjoys the treatment of a general.”

“Tsk, you’re just bragging. My master is Lawless Madman; his brilliant arrow slays gods.”

“Hahaha, my master is All Heavens Know-It-All, who knows everything.”

“They’re all trash. My master is Zong Jiu Kuang Ge, beautiful beyond compare, crying and begging to have my children.”

“You’re amazing! You’re the most amazing!”

“Holy crap, you guys believe me, my master really is Endless Corpse Hand! We are in Haoyue City in Qingzhou!!”

“Alright, alright, we believe you.”

“Yes, yes, yes, I believe you.”

“Holy crap… Damn it, in this day and age, no one believes the truth anymore.”

“……”

Haoyue City?

Li Si opened his phone, logged into the All Heavens Game official forum, and searched for Endless Corpse Hand.

“Swish—”

Tens of thousands of posts refreshed on the phone screen.

“Endless Corpse Hand, slaughtering all sides.”

“The terrifying Undead Legion.”

“Endless Corpse Hand, I am the natural disaster.”

“Endless Corpse Hand’s combat profession, a mythical branch of the summoning system, Undead Summoner, which eventually advances to Undead Scourge.”

“Arrogant Endless Corpse Hand, a king’s Domineering that despises everything.”

“Endless Corpse Hand: I’m very much looking forward to meeting Lawless Madman. As for the other eight super players, hehe…”

Li Si quickly scanned, and when he saw this post, he was immediately surprised.

Endless Corpse Hand seemed very interested in him, which was not good news.

Then Li Si continued to quickly scroll down—

“Endless Corpse Hand’s domineering declaration: Come and kill him.”

“Endless Corpse Hand’s enemies.”

“……”

“Haoyue City, West Mountain Cemetery, Endless Corpse Hand massacred enemies, beheading 3,200.”

Finally, after scrolling through more than 50 posts, Li Si found the result he wanted.

Haoyue City.

Endless Corpse Hand was indeed in Qingzhou.

Thus, what that high school student said earlier became credible. If what the high school student said was true, Endless Corpse Hand had now become a major general of the Xia Kingdom.

As expected, it had to be the Xia Kingdom military; their actions were powerful. Major general rank, general’s treatment. What WeiQ Group, Kuaiyin Group, they were all weak.

However, Li Si did not care about these things; at this moment, he only wanted to quickly become stronger. As for joining the military to obtain a large amount of resources, it was completely unnecessary. It was better to join Beatrice and have offspring with her to get rewards.

After all, Beatrice was very generous, even willing to take out the Wheel of Life.

“Beep!”

“Lawless Madman, welcome back to the All Heavens Game world.”

After breakfast, Li Si went online directly.

Sleep?

What sleep!

He opened his friends interface and found that his five friends were still online, which further dispelled his thoughts of sleeping; he would not go offline to sleep unless he fainted on the spot.

Just grind away, the rest is up to fate.

“The greedy heart you wanted.”

Seeing Li Si appear, Alisa quickly walked over, holding some golden spherical objects in her hand, which should be the greedy heart.

“Mm.”

Li Si nodded.

“Beep!”

“Congratulations on obtaining the item—greedy heart (gold).”

greedy heart: Small chance of dropping when killing a greedy cat demon. Can be used to forge equipment, adding a greedy effect to the equipment.

No problem, this is it.

Li Si put away the greedy heart and was about to activate the divine smith token to return to the valley. At this moment, Aliya suddenly appeared and cast a spell at the air.

“Boom!”

Dense green light scattered, piercing through the air.

“Thump, thump, thump…”

Several figures flew out of the air and fell into the Tianzi Number One hall.

“Liu Youqian? It’s actually you.”

Li Si was surprised; the little thief who came to Tianzi Number One was actually the former shopkeeper of Tianzi Number One.

“Report to the authorities, hire the best lawyer, and let them rot in jail.”

“Yes!”

Alisa quickly nodded.

Soon after, Zhang Haiqing arrived quickly with a team of people, smiling, “Greetings, God Craftsman’s successor.”

“Greetings, Deputy General Zhang. These thieves, please punish them severely.”

“Of course. Daring to steal items from the God Craftsman’s successor, they have already found their path to death.”

Zhang Haiqing’s gentle words carried a chilling killing intent, lightly pronouncing Liu Youqian’s death sentence.

This was a young man from another world whom even City Lord Bi Xuan had to treat with respect. How dare these little thieves!

“Mercy, spare me, I won’t dare again.” Liu Youqian wailed, crying and begging.

“I think you dare very much!”

Li Si’s voice was like ice. If Aliya hadn’t had anti-stealth abilities, Liu Youqian might have actually succeeded today. Because Liu Youqian was the former shopkeeper of Tianzi Number One, he knew the locations of the cash box, treasury, and goods.

“Mercy, I am willing to pay all my assets, only asking Your Excellency to spare my life.” Liu Youqian “clattered” out a pile of items, accumulating them in the hall, shimmering with colorful, clear light.

“We too are willing to offer all our family property.”

The other few petty thieves followed Liu Youqian’s example, anxiously pulling out compensation, though their compensation was far less generous than Liu Youqian’s.

“Where is this your family property?”

Zhang Haiqing kicked Liu Youqian away, gave Li Si a knowing look, and then said, “This is clearly the stolen property you took from Tianzi Number One. However, considering that you voluntarily handed over the stolen goods, the death penalty can be avoided; you will be imprisoned for ten years. Do you have any objections?”

“No, I obey!”

Liu Youqian was overjoyed, having escaped death, he felt incredibly lucky. My goodness, what kind of audacity did he have to actually steal from the successor of Divine Smith Valley? Being able to live was already a great fortune; one should know that Luanxing City’s city-protecting divine artifact came from Divine Smith Valley.

It could be said with certainty that the status of the Divine Smith Valley successor in Luanxing City was second only to the City Lord.

“Thank you, Deputy General Zhang, for your strict enforcement of the law.”

Li Si took out ten thousand gold coins, openly slipped them into Zhang Haiqing’s hand, and said, “A small token of respect.”

“This… this might not be appropriate. I’m afraid of being criticized.”

Zhang Haiqing was a bit worried. Now was the time for the selection of Luanxing City’s chief general, and every detail was important. Otherwise, if Zhang Ruihu caught hold of something, he might suffer an unexpected setback.

“Deputy General Zhang, don’t overthink it. These gold coins are not for you. Rather, Tianzi Number One is funding it, representing you, to host a banquet for all the city’s defending soldiers, where they can eat meat and drink until they’re drunk.” Li Si lightly patted Zhang Haiqing’s shoulder.

“Beep!”

“The Deputy General of City Defense—Zhang Haiqing’s favorability towards you has increased to 3000 points.”

“Thank you, God Craftsman’s successor, Zhang Haiqing has learned a lesson.”

Zhang Haiqing’s face was flushed, and he was extremely excited. With Li Si’s inspired move of hosting a banquet for all the city’s defenders, he could almost certainly secure the position of Luanxing City’s chief general.

“It is I who should thank you for strictly enforcing the law and protecting the residents’ property safety.”

“Oh, no, no, the God Craftsman’s successor is truly talented, hosting a banquet for the defending army, thank you!”

“……”

After several rounds of mutual flattery, Zhang Haiqing escorted Liu Youqian and the other petty thieves, leading his team away from Tianzi Number One.

Li Si then began to count the compensation from Liu Youqian and the others.

The most obvious was, of course, the gold coins, a full 780,000, of which 770,000 came from Liu Youqian.

Damn it!

That bastard Liu Youqian, it’s likely that ninety percent of Tianzi Number One’s deficit ended up in his pocket alone.

Next was equipment, of various qualities and types, three thousand seven hundred pieces.

Nima!

The more Li Si looked, the more shocked he felt. With a parasite like Liu Youqian, it was Tianzi Number One’s good luck that it hadn’t gone bankrupt.

Finally, there were items, various potions, various scrolls, twenty-five thousand pieces.

“……”

At this point, Li Si was too exhausted to complain, only feeling that Zhang Haiqing’s sentence was too light. A mere ten years of imprisonment was too lenient for Liu Youqian’s crimes; beheading him on the spot would not have been excessive.

“Huh, the attributes of this scroll are pretty good.”

Among the mountain of items, he found an excellent scroll.

……