C68 (1/2)
The morning of the next day, Zhou Tong woke up early and walked out of the courtyard. Dozens of people were squatting in front of his door, scolding and clamoring incessantly.
With a light wave of his hand, Zhou Tong walked towards the crowd indifferently. When the surrounding people saw Zhou Tong appear, they could not help but be ecstatic. Just as they were about to cheer, they were interrupted by Zhou Tong's hand gesture, causing them to immediately shut their mouths.
After entering the crowd, Zhou Tong's gaze passed through the gaps in the crowd and looked towards the outside of the courtyard.
At this moment, the courtyard was blocked by seven to eight disciples with diamond-shaped badges on their chests. Behind them, there were also a large group of people who were spectating the scene, it was obvious that these people who were unwilling to pay their tribute had suffered a loss. They were very happy to see that many of them were like this in the past.
Opposite the eight disciples was the young man who had come last night to ask for help from Xiao Yan. At this moment, he was leading a group of people.
”There's no need for nonsense. The rules for tribute fees is not a day or two. We have not been harsh on you, so it's best to obediently hand it over. Breaking the rules, don't you understand?” A young man around the age of twenty-five looked at the group of Cold Sky Island disciples with a smile: ”Each of you will earn five thousand contribution points per month, I guarantee your safety in the sect, this transaction is very worthwhile.”
”Don't think that you can do whatever you want by relying on Senior Jin's backing. We've had enough of this kind of exploitation!” The young man in the lead snorted and spoke angrily.
”Heh, good, very good. You are indeed a group of hard bones.” Hearing this, the disciple who collected the debt could not help but sneer, and said gloomily, ”Don't forget, this is the Cold Sky Island. Aside from the competition arena, although you can't kill people in other places, there will at least be some physical pain between 'sparring', right?”
”Humph!” We will completely worship you in the name of Senior Brother Zhou Tong today, let's see who dares to cause trouble here! ”
”Hehe, you mean the new Successor Disciple? Oh wow, I'm so scared. Will he care about you? If he dares to step out, I'll take him as well! ” The young man grinned.
”Aiyo, you want to take mine as well? Junior brother, did you not brush your teeth this morning? That's quite the tone you have there. ” A faint, cold laugh suddenly sounded from the crowd.
”Who?”
The youth's face swiftly darkened. His eyes swept across the crowd in a dark and cold manner. His fist twisted slightly as he coldly said, ”Who's not afraid of death, get the hell out here!”
”Heh heh, it seems that you are a bit lacking in manners to treat senior brother with such rudeness.” The laughter sounded again. Suddenly, a path was opened up among the crowd, and a human figure slowly walked out.
”It's Senior Brother Zhou Tong!”
Seeing Zhou Tong's appearance, the surrounding people immediately burst into cheers, and Zhou Tong's name, across all of Four Great Islands, was extremely high.
”You are Zhou Tong?”
Seeing the freshmen who had suddenly become high-spirited, the expressions of the few people blocking the exit also changed. Obviously, they were somewhat fearful of Zhou Tong's reputation. After all, the rumors flying about were simply too much of a bluff.
Zhou Tong apathetically glanced at the youth whose face was changing constantly, he crossed his arms in front of his chest and laughed: ”I am Zhou Tong, what can I do for you, junior brother?”
”Are you going to be the leader? There are a lot of rumors about you, but you have to know, in this Cold Sky Island, it has always been senior brother Jin's word! ” In public, the young man did not want to lose face and retreated. Immediately, he could only harden his neck and coldly harrumphed.
”Isn't it? ”Is it really that powerful?” Pursing his lips into a smile, Zhou Tong's figure suddenly disappeared from the crowd's line of sight.
”Boom!”
As Zhou Tong's voice fell, a loud bang suddenly rang out as well. Before the young man could even see Zhou Tong's movements clearly, he was thrown far away and landed in a pool, clutching his chest. After a long while, he wrapped himself in mud and crawled back up in a sorry state.
Seems like it's not that powerful, ”Zhou Tong waved his sleeves, extended three fingers, and laughed coldly at the people who came to collect the protection fees,” I'll give you three minutes to scram, and once three minutes have passed, whoever is in front of my door will all die, all of them.