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Chapter 4 - chapter 4: A con-man saves the day!

Several days has passed since the heliobus incident, and Qin Shaoqing was strolling through the street, walking with a slight swagger in his steps.

After gaining the drain ability, his body felt light ever since, and more people has visited his stall to buy more of his products.

Though he was confused on why, Bai Ming commented on his face to be "Slightly more pleasing to look at." and he is 80% sure all of these events is tied to the drain ability.

If a single orange gave him a healthier body and more refined face, he wondered what could something with more yang energy could do to his body.

But one must be cautious, an imbalance in yin and yang energy will lead to body disruption and even death, or so he heard.

He also tested the ghost-like movements, and saw several ghost-like afterimage that follow him everytime he move, though he was moving slowly the visual effects could confuse opponents with appropriate use.

Combine with disembodied voice, he could really confuse somebody with shouts and screams along with his stationary ghosts.

In the middle of his musing, he noticed a couple of individuals who exited from a courtyard door. What he found suspicions of is that one man in a Cloud knight armor had a yellow branch almost hidden beneath his arm, a clear sign of mara-struck.

'Sanctus medicus?'

Qin Shaoqing mused if he should either tell the Cloud knights about it and move on with the day or follow them secretly, and once they were caught in the act, he could stop their nefarious act and drain their yang energy.

Seeing their figure quickly disappearing into the crowds, Qin Shaoqing decided to follow them instead.

In the middle of following them, they looked back several time as if sensing Qin Shaoqing's gaze only to be met with empty air.

"tsk, sharp fellow" Qin Shaoqing muttered.

Peeking through his phone, they started to move again, and before long they all arrived at an empty loading dock. where a group of merchant was waiting for them.

Qin Shaoqing who was watching from afar saw the group he was tailing met with the merchants.

'Secret meeting huh.' Qin Shaoqing squinted to see if he could recognize anyone within the group but it was no use and with how far they were, he couldn't overhear their conversation.

Watching for a little longer, the two group seemed to get into an argument and before long the disciple of sanctus medicus became aggressive and the vines beneath their clothes bursted out and became an armor and sword.

"#all back, ### a trap" One of the merchant shouted in panic, even from a distance he saw the group Qin Shaoqing has been tailing didn't reveal they were Disciples of Santus Medicus.

Now that they reveal their true form he was sure that they won't let go of these innocent merchants.

Calling the Cloud knight department, and putting it on deafen he store his phone and took a deep breath.

"Action time!" Qin Shaoqing was unsure if he was excited for this moment or not he didn't think too much of it.

Slowly walking out of the alleyway, while clapping his hand, it instantly grabbed the attention of both parties.

"Gentlemen, how about we calm down and return to peace and tranquility, I'm sure there is some misunderstanding we could clear up." Qin Shaoqing moved next to the merchants who was about to open his mouth.

"Hey Fu Wenya, sorry I was late, haha, you know how traffic is around this time." Qin Shaoqing winked at the merchants who seemed to be terrified.

"And of course, we apologize for my tardiness dear customers, how about we make it up to you, hm?" Qin Shaoqing showed a business smile.

"You know who we are now, and we won't let you leave alive." One of them stated, raising a hand blade upward.

"Sir Cheng, let's talk man-to-man here, as a valued customers of our business we offer nothing else but trust and loyalty, I'm sorry my subordinates has enraged you but I'm sure we can smooth it out.

How about this, we'll offer a discount for our merchandise from now on, we'll throw in a little extra as a bonus, how about it."

"Hm, how about you give everything for free in exchange for your life." Cheng Cheng coldly snorted and drew his arm-blade close to Qin Shaoqing's neck.

"Sir Cheng, be reasonable here, we're running an honest business here, and honestly we do not care about your identity as a disciples of Sanctus Medicus, in my opinion, to be in such a passionate cult- I mean sect while the whole Luofu oppressed you is admirable." Qin Shaoqing's friendly aura burst out, filling the air like a wave.

"A-Ahem, so you truly know what we are fighting for, I see a kind soul in your eye Sir.. errr." Cheng Cheng became a little embarrassed by the praise. 

"Qin Shaoqing, is the name, but I am nothing compare to the valiant soul like yourself, I couldn't imagine the hardship you went through to keep such a suppressed sect alive."

"As a fact, we will be delighted to work with the disciples of Sanctus Medicus, I'm sure such Sect has many good souls like you and in need of precious herbs."

"Hahahaha! You truly follow the scriptures, we're truly sorry for acting up against your subordinates." Cheng Cheng laughed with joy and turned to his subordinates "Quickly, apologize to his subordinates!"

Seeing their Sect chief glare at them, they suddenly put down their weapon and began profusely apologizing.

"It's nothing, misunderstanding can happen many time, it's my job to smooth things out" Qin Shaoqing extended his hand "So, I hope moving forward Sir Cheng, we'll have a smooth cooperation."

"Haha! Truly a man of reason, if by chance you want to join the Sanctus Medicus, I'll welcome you with open arms." Before Cheng Cheng could grab Qin Shaoqing's hand he heard a distant shout.

"Looks' like they're here." Qin Shaoqing sigh in relief.

Looking from where the shout came from, a squad of Cloud knight suddenly charged towards them.

Instantly a feeling of betrayal filled Chang Chang, and rage boiled his brain.

"YOU!" Without a second thought Cheng Cheng slashed towards Qin Shaoqing but when he touched Qin's neck he felt no resistance, and Qin's figure dissipated into the air.

[Congratulation for enraging Chang Chang, your reward is: Sanctus Medicus's rage, every Sanctus Medicus member near you will instantly feel an inexplicable rage towards you!]

[Congratulation for Swindling Chang Chang, your reward is: Body full of dew, every long-life species and followers of Yaoshi near you will feel an inexplicable attraction towards you!]

Several black lines began to form on Qin Shaoqing's head, and an inexplicable urge to curse this dysfunctional system.

Shaking his head, he ignored the system's message for now and focused on defending himself.

With no weapon, Qin Shaoqing resorted to dodging continuously from Cheng Cheng's onslaught of slashes, using the ghost-like movements and disembodied voice to create stepping sound, misleading Cheng Cheng on where Qin's true position is.

"DIE! DIE, YOU BASTARD." Cheng Cheng shouted with rage.

The commotion lead to a few of the Cloud knight who was fighting the rest of the disciple of Sanctus Medicus to look.

Watching Qin Shaoqing's mesmerizing movements dodging the fast blade, they couldn't help but to marvel what kind of footwork could produce such illusionary figures.

One girl in particular who was one of the Cloud knight looked at Qin Shaoqing with sparkling eyes.

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