78: Chapter 78 Guess where the "lengzi" (愣子, meaning foolish or idiotic) comes from?

The three youngsters were just about to apologize.

Lengzi was the first to pull out a folding knife, pointing the gleaming blade at Xu Qingfang and the other two: "R-r-r-robbery!"

The three youngsters froze on the spot.

"What robbery?" Big Brother slapped the back of Lengzi's head hard. "Pay up! Unless you buy me a new car, none of you are leaving!"

Xu Qingfang and the others looked at each other. Quick-witted as they were, they immediately realized they had run into a group of highway robbers.

The three of them burst into laughter, as if celebrating a narrow escape.

"What are you laughing at? Hand over the money!"

Furious and frustrated, Big Brother brandished his knife to show off his strength.

He sized up the three young men before him. Not only were they young, but they were also driving an old wuling divine car; they clearly had no money.

He added, "Call your parents over here. If you don't compensate me, we're going to the Administration Bureau. Don't you dare try any tricks with me!"

"The Administration Bureau?"

Mo Yu laughed so hard he started to tear up. "Buddy, if you've got nothing better to do, go eat some plums. Your armed robbery is a much more serious matter."

Big Brother gave a contemptuous smile.

The smile seemed to mock Mo Yu's naivety.

He gripped his knife and kept approaching. "You have nothing to prove that I'm robbing you, but there are marks from you crashing my car. Whether it's a robbery or a car accident is for me to decide!"

Lengzi closed in from the other side.

The two of them had actually managed to surround Xu Qingfang’s group of three.

A blue Pet Beast contract bloomed.

A pitch-black warhorse let out a neigh. Its tail burned with ghostly blue flames, and its muscles were as powerful and well-defined as a carved bronze statue. It held its head high, looking exceptionally majestic.

The Nether Horse stood in the middle, separating the two groups.

It widened its mismatched eyes and stuck its tongue out frantically at Big Brother and Lengzi, showering them with spit.

Lengzi was quickly forced back.

"Pui, pui... ugh~ Big Brother, this horse is so shameless!"

"I know!"

Big Brother wiped his face, smearing the horse saliva evenly.

He also backed away, his anger flaring even brighter. "Hmph, you arrogant brats. You think you're the only Beast Tamers around?"

A green Pet Beast contract unfurled.

An ordinary-sized weasel appeared. The fur on its limbs had unique star-shaped stripes, giving it a somewhat mysterious aura.

Big Brother possessed a D-grade Beast Taming Talent, and his contracted Pet Beast was a Celestial Star Weasel with a D-grade potential rating.

It stood upright and bowed toward Xu Qingfang and the others.

"Holy crap, a Yellow Weasel asking for a title!"

The three youngsters were full of surprise.

Xu Qingfang stepped forward quickly and brazenly accepted the Celestial Star Weasel's bow, saying, "I think you look like a 150cm tall, flat-chested, blonde, beast-eared, tsundere JK loli who will love me forever and only be good to me, knows how to be romantic and surprising, and occasionally has a bit of gap moe!"

The more he spoke, the more energized he became, getting carried away with excitement.

The Celestial Star Weasel was stunned.

It jumped up in a fit of rage to beat Xu Qingfang.

Xu Qingfang was no match for the Celestial Star Weasel; he didn't even have the ability to fight back, getting punched while it sat on his neck.

Lengzi also summoned his Pet Beast, the Cloud-Tail Spirit Monkey.

The Cloud-Tail Spirit Monkey looked very much like a golden snub-nosed monkey. Its golden fur appeared fluffy as it was blown by the cold wind, and at the end of its slender tail was a tuft of fur shaped like an auspicious cloud. It looked nimble and cute.

As soon as it appeared, it began kowtowing to Mo Yu.

"A monkey borrowing life?"

Legend had it that a monkey about to die would find a human to kowtow to in order to borrow life—one year for every kowtow. It was incredibly sinister.

Mo Yu didn't dare be careless. He immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed back to the Cloud-Tail Spirit Monkey, hoping to reclaim the lifespan being taken from him.

The Cloud-Tail Spirit Monkey was startled by Mo Yu.

It looked cautiously at Lengzi.

Lengzi also looked at Xu Qingfang and Mo Yu in confusion.

He leaned into Big Brother's ear and whispered, "Big Brother, isn't that the trick we taught it for begging when we were street performers last time?"

Big Brother had never seen such a scene either.

But he reacted quickly: "It's fine, trick them first!"

Hearing this, Lengzi signaled the Cloud-Tail Spirit Monkey to continue.

Having received the command from its Beast Tamer, the Cloud-Tail Spirit Monkey steeled its heart and began kowtowing to Mo Yu even more vigorously.

Mo Yu was also terrified of being too slow.

Thus, the man and the monkey kowtowed to each other.

Yue Yun commented with a face full of speechlessness, "Two idiots!"

Whoosh!

He lunged forward, his clothes fluttering in the wind. His palms shot out like flood dragons emerging from the sea, snatching the knives from Big Brother and Lengzi before sweeping them off their feet with a leg strike.

The Celestial Star Weasel and the Cloud-Tail Spirit Monkey hurried back to help.

Yue Yun was quick of eye and hand, accurately grabbing them by the scruff of their necks and lifting them up, instantly neutralizing their combat effectiveness.

Xu Qingfang was finally able to escape.

He clutched his swollen cheek. "I never dreamed that one day I'd be beaten up by a weasel!"

"It's a male."

Yue Yun held up the Celestial Star Weasel for Xu Qingfang to see.

Given Xu Qingfang's requests, the Celestial Star Weasel beating him black and blue was considered light, let alone just a thrashing.

Xu Qingfang gave a sheepish laugh.

At least Mo Yu was even more embarrassing than he was.

Even the Nether Horse was making faces at Mo Yu in mockery.

Big Brother and Lengzi had taken a hard fall.

Lengzi scrambled up from the ground. Seeing Yue Yun holding the Cloud-Tail Spirit Monkey, his voice rose a few notches: "Give Maomao back to me!"

Big Brother was startled by Lengzi's words.

He scrambled to his feet and pressed Lengzi's head down to bow to Yue Yun. "We were wrong, we were wrong! Please, sir, be the bigger person and don't lower yourself to this numbskull's level!"

The two of them only had D-grade Beast Taming Talents, while the Celestial Star Weasel and Cloud-Tail Spirit Monkey were Pet Beasts with extraordinary power.

Being able to capture two Pet Beasts so easily showed that Yue Yun was incredibly strong.

If they truly angered the other party, the two brothers might end up dead without even a corpse left, making a proper burial a luxury.

Yue Yun turned to look at Mo Yu.

Mo Yu rubbed his swollen forehead, half-angry and half-amused. "You were just trying to rob us of our money, and now you're chickening out?"

Big Brother's expression was incredibly awkward.

"I was possessed by greed and blocked your path. I beg you all to show mercy and let us brothers go!"

The three youngsters were in a bit of a dilemma.

Allowing these two brothers to continue robbing people wasn't right.

They weren't afraid of these two, but if it were someone else without any means to fight back, wouldn't they suffer a disaster?

Reporting it to the Administration Bureau wasn't right either.

They were driving an illegal car with fake plates and obscured tags, and they had indeed caused a car accident; they weren't much better than these two brothers.

It must be said that Big Brother was clever.

He saw the hesitation of Xu Qingfang's group and quickly pulled Lengzi over to promise them, "This is our first time doing this. We only wanted money, we never thought of taking lives. Please, have mercy!"

Lengzi just kept nodding.

Looking at Lengzi's dim-witted appearance, it was clear they were at most petty thieves and swindlers.

They weren't truly wicked people.

Seeing this, the three of them came to a decision.

Yue Yun released the Celestial Star Weasel and the Cloud-Tail Spirit Monkey and scolded sternly, "I advise you to stop this early. If you run into anyone else, they won't be as good-tempered as us!"

Big Brother agreed repeatedly.

Yue Yun jumped from the road into the field, hoisted Big Brother's car onto his shoulder, and helped them move it back onto the level road.

Big Brother and Lengzi watched, dumbfounded.

It wasn't until Xu Qingfang and the others drove away that Lengzi scratched his head in confusion: "Big Brother, are we not going to ask them for money anymore?"

"He literally picked up the car! How would I dare ask him for money? Do you think your Big Brother is made of iron?!"

Big Brother kicked Lengzi in a fit of frustration.