Chapter 23 – Brightmoon Sec (2/2)
As soon as he finished speaking, their figures flashed and vanished into the distance.
Yang Ye was truly a bit surprised by their att.i.tudes. As far as he was concerned, disciples of sects ought to be arrogant, domineering, and haughty people. However, those three people from Brightmoon Sect didn’t show any signs of this at all, and they didn’t even show the slightest bit of arrogance. This felt slightly unexpected to him.
Actually, it was still because Yang Ye was too inexperienced. There were numerous arrogant and domineering disciples from sects, yet they were mostly brainless. Those that were able to become disciples of sects mostly possessed good natural talents and disposition. Moreover, most of them were extremely intelligent, and they deeply understood that instead of adding another enemy to the list, it was better to have another friend instead.
“Brother Yang, what should we do with them?” Meanwhile, Man’zi glanced at the corpses in the surroundings and asked.
Yang Ye glanced at them as well before he said with a smile, “We definitely have to gather their belongings first!”
Man’zi and the others instantly started laughing when they heard this.
After some brief searching, Yang Ye obtained a few valuable things. They were respectively a small-scale spatial ring, a mid-grade Yellow Rank saber, two low-grade Yellow Rank daggers, and over 10,000 gold coins. However, Yang Ye didn’t attach much importance to these things. It couldn’t be helped, the requirements of he who was already a Grade One Talisman Master had become higher because of this accomplishment.
As he looked at the spatial ring in his hand, Yang Ye was slightly disappointed. Because compared to the spatial ring he possessed, it was too much more inferior, but it was better than nothing.
After he wore the spatial ring, Yang Ye glanced at the three Yellow Rank weapons within it before glancing at Man’zi and the others. He hesitated for a moment before his wrist flipped, and the three weapons appeared in his hand. He pa.s.sed the weapons in his hand to Man’zi and the others before he said, “These weapons are useless to me, so all of you can have them!”
Man’zi was first stunned, and then he hurriedly shook his hand and said, “Brother Yang has saved our lives on more than one occasion, and those three people were killed by you. We didn’t contribute at all, so how could we take that from you?”
Qing Hong said from the side as well, “Keep those things. Even though we’re really tempted, we have our own principles, and if we took those things from you, then we would look down on ourselves.”
Yang Ye smiled and said, “I’m not giving them to all of you for free. I heard all of you say last night that besides hunting and killing Darkbeasts, mercenaries are for hire as well, right?”
He was most worried about his younger sister and mother now. Even though Elder Qian had warned the Liu Clan, Elder Qian couldn’t be at Southpeace City all the time after all. If the Liu Clan played tricks in order to deal with his younger sister and mother, then they would definitely be in danger. So, he intended to hire these three people before him to protect his younger sister and mother in Southpeace City, and he’d had this thought since last night.
Man’zi nodded and said, “Besides hunting and killing Darkbeasts, we also accept some work related to being bodyguards or helping others to transport goods. Brother Yang, you mean you intend to hire us?”
Yang Ye glanced at Xiu Yuan’s corpse on the ground and said, “Xiu Yuan was killed by me. However, if all of you return to Green Hornet City, then his older brother would definitely not let all of you go. If you’re willing, then I want all of you to protect my younger sister and mother at Southpeace City. As for the time period, we’ll make it half a year. What do you think?”
The three of them were moved when they heard this. Just as Yang Ye had said, once Xiu Yuan died, they would definitely be in danger if they returned to Green Hornet City. Even though the laws were strict in Grand Qin Empire and Xiu Yuan’s older brother probably wouldn’t dare to make a move against them while they were within Green Horney City, what about outside the city? Moreover, they were unable to continue hunting and killing Darkbeasts now because there were only three of them after all.
When they thought up to here, Man’zi glanced at Qing Hong and Xiao Hei, and when he saw them nod, he immediately said, “Brother Yang, we’re willing to accept your request!”
When he heard them agree, Yang Ye pa.s.sed the three weapons in his hand to them, and then he withdrew 10,000 gold coins and pa.s.sed it to them as well. When he noticed Man’zi intended to refuse the gold coins, he said immediately, “Not all of these gold coins are for the three of you. 5,000 gold coins are your compensation, and I need you to pa.s.s the other 5,000 to my younger sister and mother.”
When he heard this, Man’zi hesitated for a moment before he nodded. Three Yellow Rank weapons were already worth no less than 40 or 50 thousand gold coins. Coupled with these 5,000 gold coins and their own savings, it was more than enough for them to gain a foothold in Southpeace City.
Yang Ye continued once Man’zi took the gold coins. “After all of you head to Southpeace City, let Big Sister Qing Hong contact my younger sister and mother. Man’zi and Xiao Hei, both of you shouldn’t show yourselves, and it’s sufficient if the two of you hide in the shadows. If danger that the three of you are unable to resolve appears, then write a letter to me in the Sword Sect, and I’ll rush over as quickly as I can!”
Man’zi said with a smile, “Don’t worry Brother Yang, we’ve done a great deal of work related to protection. If danger that we’re unable to resist really appears, we still have some methods to deal with it. In short, so long as it isn’t a First Heaven Realm expert, we’ll definitely be able to guarantee the safety of Brother Yang’s family!”
“Good!” Yang Ye nodded, and then he glanced at Qing Hong who stood by his side.
When they saw Yang Ye glance at Qing Hong, Man’zi and Xiao Hei acted extremely sensibly and left first, whereas, Qing Hong originally intended to follow them as well, but she was stopped by Yang Ye.
1. Part of the saying where a mantis stalked a cicada yet was unaware of the oriole behind it. This saying refers to how one covets the gains ahead of one without being aware of the danger that lurks behind.