106: Chapter 106 The Rules of the Underworld: Steal Money, Don't Kill

However, he glanced at the cockpit, which was packed like a can of sardines. Inside, there were three inner and three outer layers, with four layers of human cushions already stacked. He himself was sitting directly on the back of the Disciple at the very top.

There really was no more room left.

"No, no, I have to deal with these guys."

He wasn't interested in the so-called Sect points; to him, these people were just walking Storage Pouches.

The rules of the road: seek wealth but do not take lives.

This rule cannot be broken anywhere.

A moment later, Chun Xiaobai found a scenic spot with good feng shui and directly controlled the Battle Puppet to begin excavating a steep cliff face with a series of "clangs."

After half an hour, he had forced out a cave ten zhang wide using the iron palms of the Battle Puppet.

Then, like moving cargo, he carried these "Wealth-Sending Boys" inside one by one, lining them up ten to a row, neatly stacked in four and a half rows.

He collected over forty Storage Pouches, and even the smallest one had twenty cubic meters of internal space.

Of course, the most important harvest was those thirty Profound Rank Battle Puppets!

As for the rest, they were some smaller humanoid Puppets, but these Puppets always emitted a faint, lingering stench of rot.

At this moment, Chun Xiaobai was squatting in the cave, frowning as he studied a humanoid Puppet.

"What is this thing made of?" He leaned in to sniff it, and his expression suddenly changed.

"This... this is fucking made from a corpse?!"

Indeed!

This was a Human Puppet made by soaking a corpse in a special medicinal liquid to make it invulnerable, then refining it through a secret method!

"No wonder the Righteous Path denounces them as a Demonic Sect. If this isn't the work of a demonic cultivator, what is?"

Chun Xiaobai kicked Xiao Zhang out of the pile of people and undid his Seal.

Xiao Zhang's body went limp, and he collapsed directly onto the ground.

His body wasn't numb; he was completely terrified by Chun Xiaobai's actions.

Although his body had been sealed, his senses and thoughts had been incredibly clear.

He had personally witnessed this Malice Star, starting from himself, one after another, then another... single-handedly using this Entrapment method.

In just half a day, he had brazenly "captured" a total of forty-five fellow Disciples from Tiansha Valley!

One person, all alone, in a meat grinder like the Wanling Mountains, catching the elite Disciples of Tiansha Valley like pigs!

This was no longer just a tough guy; this was a complete monster!

Xiao Zhang's head was now filled with only one thought: It's over. This Malice Star gathered everyone here obviously intending to kill us for points and take us all out in one go!

"What are you dazing for!" Seeing him paralyzed on the ground, Chun Xiaobai yanked him up and then pointed at the nearby humanoid Puppet.

"Tell me, what is this thing?"

"This..." How could Xiao Zhang dare to dawdle? He had seen this ruthless man's strength and experienced his explosive temper, so he immediately spilled everything like beans from a bamboo tube.

"This... this is a Human Puppet refined within our Sect."

Hearing that it really was a Human Puppet, Chun Xiaobai's face darkened even further.

He continued to ask, "Is it refined from living people?"

Xiao Zhang first nodded heavily, then immediately shook his head frantically, explaining incoherently.

"No, no, no! Big Brother, Big Brother! Ninety-nine percent of these are refined from dead corpses! Only... only a very small minority, less than ten percent, use living people!"

Damn it!

The fire in Chun Xiaobai's heart flared up instantly.

As expected of the heartless methods of the Demonic Path—actually using living people to refine Puppets?

Although he came from a background as a Mountain King and his deeds were indeed shady, he always had a code when robbing: he didn't rob the elderly, weak, women, or children, and he rarely took lives.

Even if it truly came to the point where taking a life was unavoidable, it would be a clean cut to leave a whole corpse. How could he be like these guys, dragging people out to desecrate their bodies even after death?

Xiao Zhang keenly caught a hint of chilling Killing Intent from Chun Xiaobai and was immediately scared out of his wits, hurrying to explain.

"Big Brother! Those living people... the ones refined were all heinous criminals, or else... or else they were mortal enemies of our Tiansha Valley!"

"The rest of these corpses were mostly bought with money!"

"Because our Sect's specialty is Puppetry, but the spiritual ore Materials for refining Battle Puppets are often sanctioned by the Righteous Alliance, making them very hard for us to buy."

"So... so we buy corpses to refine Human Puppets. The cost of such a Human Puppet is less than one-tenth of the Materials for refining a Battle Puppet of the same rank!"

"Big Brother, our Tiansha Valley really has nothing to do with that legendary Demonic Sect!"

"Ugh!!!" Hearing this, Chun Xiaobai was stunned.

So that's how it was.

If it really was as he said, then Tiansha Valley wasn't that excessive, it's just... the methods were indeed a bit disgusting.

He subconsciously took a step back, moving further away from Xiao Zhang, as if afraid of catching some bad luck.

Chun Xiaobai carefully looked over this fellow; even the name wasn't right, wasn't it "Arrogant"?

Suddenly, he thought of something, and the corners of his mouth slowly curled into a strange arc.

However, in Xiao Zhang's eyes, this smile was no different from a demon from the Nine Netherworlds grinning at him!

It's over! He's going to make his move!

He must be planning to start with me and kill us one by one for points, just like he dealt with those fellow Disciples before!

At this thought, Xiao Zhang's mental defenses completely collapsed. With a "thud," he knelt on the ground, his head smashing against the floor like a pestle, quickly creating a bloody pit on the hard ground.

"Big Brother! Grandpa! I was wrong! I was really wrong! I shouldn't have had those perverted thoughts before, I shouldn't have been too arrogant, please spare my life!"

"One more kill point from me isn't much, and one less isn't little!"

"You don't know, I have a three-hundred-year-old mother to support above, and a three-month-old child to feed below. My whole family relies on me alone!"

Chun Xiaobai was completely dazed by this sudden performance of snot and tears.

That heart-wrenching crying, that chest-thumping regret, that tearful accusation... it even made a trace of... sympathy sprout in his heart.

Just as Xiao Zhang was crying so hard he could barely breathe, Chun Xiaobai suddenly helped him up from the ground and patted his shoulder earnestly.

"Brother, don't cry. I can understand your situation. We're all adults; who doesn't have their own problems?"

Xiao Zhang was stunned by this warm gesture and even forgot to let his tears flow.

"Since your family is in such a difficult spot," Chun Xiaobai slapped his shoulder heavily again and said seriously.

"This Great King has decided to give you a chance! I'll lead you to make a fortune and improve your life!"

Make a fortune? Improve life?

For a moment, Xiao Zhang was a bit confused.

Wait, Big Brother, I just ran out of things to say and made that up. You actually believe it?