It was clearly broad daylight, but the guards and servants beside the Yang family’s carriage felt like the world had turned dark. Their hearts trembled, afraid that the few experts would crush them to death.
Finally… They secretly heaved a sigh of relief when they felt the terrifying psychic force disappear.
“Can we move?” a guard whispered.
“Who knows if anyone is watching us in the shadows? If we dare to move, they will kill us.”
“These four experts are already very kind to spare our lives. Don’t anger them.”
“Bear with it obediently. Bear with it, and you can live!”
These guards and servants remained where they were, not daring to take a step.
For people like them who were used to bloodshed, they were almost certain to survive if they heeded instructions and endured the ten minutes. Otherwise, they might lose their lives.
How were they to choose? The answer was obvious.
…
Xu Jingming and the others brought Yang Liao to a random abandoned residence with the help of the psychic powers they blanketed the area with.
They stealthily leaped over the courtyard wall into the courtyard. Xu Jingming walked to the house and pushed gently, opening the dusty door.
Bang!
After entering the house, he casually threw Yang Liao.
Bam.
Yang Liao fell to the ground. Although his body was paralyzed, his hands could still exert strength. He hurriedly propped himself against the wall and sat down, looking at the four people in front of him obsequiously. “Sirs, I’m Yang Liao. My father is the head of the Yang family, Yang Muyang. Feel free to make any requests. You mustn’t kill me.”
He knew very well when to be timid and yield.
“Leader, you’re really lucky,” a Lv. 8 expert said with a smile.
“Your luck is extraordinarily good.
“Even I’m envious.”
The three Lv. 8 experts spoke one after another.
Xu Jingming revealed a puzzled expression. “Lucky?”
“Leader, aren’t you doing this for the money? This second son of the Yang family is carrying quite a bit of money on him.” A Lv. 8 expert reached out and pulled off Yang Liao’s robe and his golden belt.
Yang Liao watched this scene as he felt the pinch—this was almost all his savings. He wanted to stop this with both hands, but he didn’t dare to move. He watched helplessly as the other party took away the belt.
“This is?” He looked at the cloth belt.
“Look.” The Lv. 8 expert pulled at the belt slightly, revealing the gold pieces stuck in it.
The golden color was muted, but it was soul-stirring.
Xu Jingming’s eyes lit up as he reached out to take it. After weighing it slightly in his hand, he determined the weight. It’s about 25 kilograms, which is 5,000 gold.
“What good luck.” Although the three Lv. 8 experts sighed with emotion, they watched this scene calmly. Their income was extremely high to begin with, so it wasn’t difficult for them to earn hundreds of millions of cosmic dollars a year without taking any risks.
In addition, both parties had an employment contract. Once they violated the contract, not only would they have to hand over all the gold they had embezzled, but they would also have to pay a huge sum of compensation. Moreover, their credibility with the Myriad Worlds Group would be greatly reduced.
They wouldn’t pocket hundreds of thousands of gold, much less a few thousand. This was because embezzlement… would lead to the Myriad Worlds Group suing them! As long as they had money in their personal accounts, money would be docked until all the compensation was paid. Therefore, any employment agreement through the Myriad Worlds Group was trustworthy.
Of course, if one used a huge sum of wealth to tempt a Lv. 5 or Lv. 6 cosmic lifeform, the other party might choose… to embezzle the wealth even if he ended up bankrupt on the surface. Therefore, trust depended on the person.
I got 5,000 gold just like that! Xu Jingming was pleasantly surprised.
This was a harvest that completely belonged to him! It was his highest income since he came into contact with the virtual world!
He never expected this income to come so suddenly!
This was how things were in the world! Sometimes, one couldn’t get what they wanted despite pursuing it bitterly. Yet, a windfall might suddenly befall them.
“After this matter is over, I’ll take a look around the capital. Perhaps I can earn a few thousand gold,” a Lv. 8 expert said with a sigh.
“How many people in the capital carry thousands of gold with them?”
“Releasing psychic force will instill fear in people; it can’t be released randomly.”
“Leader was purely lucky.”
The three of them chatted. They all knew that to have a random scion from a large family clan carry a few thousand gold on them was purely luck; it couldn’t be replicated.
“Why do you bring so much gold on you?” Xu Jingming looked at Yang Liao and asked.
“Sirs,” Yang Liao said with a sycophantic smile, “didn’t the empire’s western army suffer a loss? The chaos might reach the capital in the future, so I felt that it wasn’t safe to leave the gold in the bank. Thus, I withdrew it! I also didn’t dare to leave the gold at home, afraid that others in the family would steal it. Therefore, I carry the gold with me whenever I’m out.”
Yang Liao never expected to be captured just days before leaving the capital. It was one of the rare trips he made for his beauty; now, all his gold was gone.
“You think it’s not safe to leave gold and silver in the bank?” Xu Jingming smiled.
When he captured the Yang residence’s head butler and realized that the bank wasn’t safe, he withdrew the gold and silver he had saved. However, he didn’t carry it with him. He divided it into several parts and hid it.
“Having captured you, whether or not I kill you will depend on your performance,” Xu Jingming said. With the human skin mask, any expression on his face appeared ferocious and stiff, making Yang Liao tremble in fear.
“I’ll definitely perform well.”
“This is a piece of paper and a pen.” Xu Jingming took out a piece of paper and a charcoal pen he had prepared. “Draw out the entire layout of the Yang residence and explain it to me in detail. You will die for any mistakes made.”