14: Pick it up, I'll let you pick it up

Leaving the Hospital, Qin Tian and Qi Meng walked towards the city gates together.

Along the way, Qi Meng was full of praise for Qin Tian, completely without the airs of a Guild Leader.

Because his level was high enough, Qi Meng treated Qin Tian with the respect due to a peer.

Qi Meng was also very curious about why Qin Tian leveled up so quickly, but he didn't ask a single extra question.

As a Guild Leader, he was already highly skilled in social etiquette and knew never to ask what shouldn't be asked.

Their casual conversation only involved unimportant matters; Qi Meng didn't even actively inquire about Qin Tian's profession.

Just as they were about to reach the city gate, Qin Tian suddenly saw a familiar figure.

It was Zhang Xiaoxiao, the Healer who had previously given him a buff.

Standing beside Zhang Xiaoxiao was a middle-aged man with a worried expression.

Zhang Xiaoxiao and he bore a three-point resemblance, and he was indeed Zhang Xiaoxiao's father, Zhang Fumin.

In front of them were three young, unfamiliar men, who looked at Zhang Xiaoxiao and Zhang Fumin with mocking expressions.

"Old man, how many times have we told you? To set up a stall in our Viper Guild's territory, you first need to apply and pay the stall fee. Only then can you set up your stall."

"Exactly, exactly! You don't pay a single cent and just want to make money? Where in the world is there such a good thing?"

"From the time you started setting up your stall until now, it's been at least two years, right? We won't charge you extra for a day, only 100 coins, so you already owe our Viper Guild seventy-three thousand coins."

The three men spoke in unison, one after another.

"But your Viper Guild has only been established for one year, and I can't even sell 100 coins worth of goods in a day!"

Zhang Xiaoxiao's father, Zhang Fumin, couldn't stop sighing.

"You are just bullying people!"

Zhang Xiaoxiao's face turned red with anger.

"If you can't sell your goods, that's your poor management. What does that have to do with us?"

"Exactly, exactly! What if we bully you? Or how about we all go to our Guild and find our Guild Leader to arbitrate?"

"You can ask around. Isn't it true that everyone here, except your family, has paid?"

The leading man said, looking around.

There were many stalls around, selling all sorts of things, and all the stall owners avoided the man's gaze, their hearts filled with unspoken resentment.

Indeed, as the man said, every family had paid the so-called stall fee to the Viper Guild.

If they didn't pay, people from the Viper Guild would immediately come to cause trouble.

Although in the main city's safe zone, direct killing or assaulting was forbidden, they could find ways to prevent you from operating normally, by having a few people constantly surround your stall, making anyone who dared to buy directly go against the Viper Guild.

Moreover, if you didn't pay the stall fee, once you left the city, you would be targeted by people from the Viper Guild and severely taught a lesson.

"Please give us a few more days. I've already put my house up for sale. Once it's sold, I'll give you the money."

Zhang Fumin finally compromised.

If it were just him, he would have risked his life and resisted to the death long ago, but he still had his daughter.

He couldn't abandon his daughter. He could stay inside, but his daughter couldn't stop going out to level up.

He didn't want his daughter to be bullied like him in the future.

As long as her level increased to 19 and she successfully transferred professions and then joined a Guild, the Viper Guild wouldn't bully them like this anymore.

Just endure a little longer.

Zhang Fumin pulled Zhang Xiaoxiao aside, signaling her not to argue with these people anymore, as they wouldn't listen to reason.

"That's more like it. Let's go."

The leader of the Viper Guild said, not forgetting to pick up an apple from Zhang Fumin's stall and take a big bite out of it.

"Pfft, it's really unpalatable. No wonder it doesn't sell."

After speaking, he threw the apple directly on the ground.

Just as he looked up and turned to leave, he suddenly bumped into someone.

"Damn it, don't you watch where you're going?"

His response was a long blade.

Qin Tian's blade fell, directly cutting the man in half.

All of this happened so suddenly that all the surrounding stall owners were stunned.

It was their first time seeing someone dare to kill in the main city.

This was a safe zone! Even the arrogant people from the Viper Guild just now only dared to be verbally aggressive and use insidious methods, but they would never dare to actively attack others.

Once one turned gray or red, it would attract the Enforcement Team to kill them.

This was the rule, and even the Guild Leader of the Viper Guild couldn't do anything about it.

"We are from the Viper Guild. Who are you?"

Qin Tian struck again, still a one-shot kill.

In a blink of an eye, the previously arrogant Viper Guild was left with only one person.

"Lord, don't kill me, don't kill me."

The remaining person from the Viper Guild had already knelt on the ground, kowtowing incessantly.

"Pick it up."

Qin Tian's indifferent voice sounded.

"Ah?"

"I told you to pick it up."

At this moment, the person instantly reacted, the proximity of death making his brain work rapidly.

He frantically picked up the bitten apple from the ground.

"This apple is really delicious! I'll buy it, I'll buy it!"

He said while frantically biting the apple, and at the same time, he pulled out a large wad of money from his pocket and handed it to Qin Tian.

Qin Tian glanced at the money in the man's hand, pulled out a five-coin bill from it, and then brought his blade down.

The man still didn't escape the fate of being instantly killed, cut in half by Qin Tian's blade.

Qin Tian walked over and placed the five-coin bill on Zhang Fumin's stall.

"Hero, thank you for your righteous action! Please leave quickly, or you'll be in trouble!"

Zhang Fumin looked at Qin Tian's red name, filled with worry.

This wasn't just killing ordinary people, but people from the Viper Guild. It would not only attract the Enforcement Team but also the Viper Guild's revenge.

"Thank you."

Qin Tian looked at Zhang Xiaoxiao and said. Previously, this Healer had run off after buffing him, so now he was saying thank you in person.

"You, you are him."

Zhang Xiaoxiao looked for a long time before finally recognizing Qin Tian.

Even after recognizing him, she still couldn't believe that the person in front of her was the Qin Tian who had been killing chickens with a sword before.

Just by killing a few chickens, he suddenly became so strong?

Qi Meng, however, reacted immediately and walked directly to Zhang Fumin's side:

"Elder, there's no need to worry. I am Qi Meng, the Guild Leader of the Thunder Guild. From now on, people from the Viper Guild will not come to this area again. If your daughter hasn't joined a Guild yet, she can come to our Thunder Guild. If you are interested, you can also join."

"What? The Guild Leader of the Thunder Guild?"

These words directly stunned all the stall owners, making them incredibly excited.

The reputation of the Thunder Guild was much better than that of the Viper Guild. They would never arbitrarily collect any stall fees, and this Zhang Xiaoxiao's luck was simply too good! She actually knew such a big shot.

To be able to join a Guild before level 20 and before transferring professions, and to be personally invited by the Guild Leader, this treatment was simply heaven-defying!