Ge Liefeng's terrified screams attracted a crowd of onlookers.
"What happened? Why did the watermelon seller stab someone?"
"No way? Did that guy cheat on the watermelon seller's wife? I've never seen that watermelon seller dare to kill a chicken."
"I think it's very possible; an honest person can be terrifying when they get angry!"
Passersby gathered around and started discussing it. This was a busy area, and soon a large crowd had gathered.
Neither Liu Huaqiang nor Qiao Suinian looked back; their eyes were only on each other, and they both sensed a danger emanating from one another.
"Hmm? My slash won't hurt you?" Liu Huaqiang asked, somewhat puzzled. Then, he began to spin the knife in his hand, the blade churning inside Qiao Suinian's abdomen.
"Brother, is it really necessary to be so ruthless right from the start? We have no grudge against each other." Qiao Suinian smiled wryly, surprised by Liu Huaqiang's decisiveness.
“In the martial world, one is often not in control of one's own destiny. If I hadn’t been ruthless, I probably wouldn’t be alive now.” Liu Huaqiang didn’t draw his sword, but continued to ask coldly, “Speak, what do you want?”
"I'd like to ask you for a favor," Qiao Suinian said with a smile.
"I'm busy." Liu Huaqiang released the hilt of the knife, leaving it inside Qiao Suinian's body. "Go and find a way to treat the injury. Don't pull the knife out, or there will be a lot of bleeding."
However, as soon as he finished speaking, the knife clattered down in front of Liu Huaqiang, and Qiao Suinian immediately pulled it out.
Liu Huaqiang was somewhat astonished. Did this kid have a death wish?
But what he saw the next second shocked him even more. Qiao Suinian, who had been stabbed by him, turned around and smiled at the onlookers as if nothing had happened.
"Everyone, I'm sorry, I startled you. My boss and I are best buddies, we were just joking. Please go home now."
Seeing that Qiao Suinian was completely unharmed, the onlookers were somewhat disappointed and left one after another, thinking there would be a good show to watch.
After dispersing the passersby, Qiao Suinian walked back to Liu Huaqiang's side and pulled over a small stool to sit down.
Liu Huaqiang glanced at him coldly: "I admit you have some strange methods, but I have no interest in helping others. Get out of my way and don't interfere with my melon-selling."
"Don't rush me, bro. I'm definitely not asking you to help for free. I won't beat around the bush. Just tell me what you need, and maybe I can do it?"
Qiao Suinian stubbornly refused to leave. He had already acknowledged Liu Huaqiang's strength after that last slash. If he could persuade Liu Huaqiang to come with him, the matter would be basically settled.
"You can have anything you want? You've got quite the nerve. Who do you think you are?" Liu Huaqiang shook his head. "It's normal for young people to be hot-blooded, but they should also consider whether they have the ability. When I was young, I made a lot of mistakes because I was too hot-blooded. This is from the bottom of my heart. I hope you will take heed."
“Brother, you have to look forward. No matter what you do now, you can’t make up for the mistakes you made in the past. If you feel guilty, then you should help me even more. Isn’t that doing a good deed?” Qiao Suinian tilted his head.
"You're all smooth talkers, but that trick won't work on me. All I want now is to be a melon vendor and make up for my past impulsiveness." Liu Huaqiang closed his eyes, no longer wanting to pay attention to Qiao Suinian.
Qiao Suinian frowned; this Liu Huaqiang was indeed a difficult person to deal with.
The main reason is that this guy seems to have no desires or wants. Once a person has no desires or wants, it is difficult for others to find fault with him.
"Let's go. Since that's the case, we won't force you." Qiao Suinian called Ge Liefeng and prepared to leave, without explaining to Liu Huaqiang what exactly he needed his help with.
Liu Huaqiang raised his eyelids to look at Qiao Suinian's departing figure, then closed his eyes again, appearing as if he were oblivious to the world around him.
"Boss, are we really just going to let it go like this?" Ge Liefeng asked, somewhat puzzled.
"Forget it? Forget it my ass! This tactic is called retreating to advance!" Qiao Suinian narrowed his eyes, then ordered, "Go to the black market again and get me all the information on Liu Huaqiang. I don't believe I can't take him down."
"Alright! I'll go right away!" Ge Liefeng nodded repeatedly like a lackey.
"Wait, take this." Qiao Suinian handed a C-grade ring to Ge Liefeng. He had picked it up from someone else when he accompanied Qiao Suiyue to the Tiger Legion selection, and he was using it as a reward.
After all, Ge Liefeng was indeed working wholeheartedly for me, so naturally I had to give him some benefits.
Ge Liefeng's eyes lit up instantly after he took the ring: "Thank you, boss! May you live forever!"
If he was initially forced to follow Qiao Suinian, now that he has witnessed Qiao Suinian's strength and his generous actions, he is willing to follow him.
"Alright, stop joking around and get to work. You'll get your share of the rewards." Qiao Suinian waved his hand.
"Understood!" Ge Liefeng left happily, much faster than when he came.
Qiao Suinian then turned around and prepared to go to the Tiger Legion camp to find Qiao Yueyue. Since they couldn't take down Liu Huaqiang for the time being, they would deal with Ji Kun and Liu Haizhu first.
He was quite familiar with the Tiger Legion's camp. After contacting Qiao Suiyue and asking him to come out and pick him up, Qiao Suiyue immediately blended into the other's shadow.
"Long time no see, dear brother!"
"Where did you go that day? Why was the whole town deserted afterwards? Even you disappeared?" Qiao Suiyue couldn't help but question as soon as she saw Qiao Suiyue.
When the Tiger Legion's reinforcements arrived that day, they wiped out the entire town. However, the town was already deserted, and the eerie corpses and ghosts had vanished without a trace. There was no danger at all; you couldn't even find a cockroach in the town.
The Tiger Legion searched high and low but couldn't find any useful clues, as if the town had long been abandoned. They sent people to the school where the distress signal had been sent, but Ding Zheng had already been driven away by the Corpse Ghost, so there was nothing there either.
This bizarre scene left everyone baffled, with no one knowing what had happened.
After waking up from his serious injuries, Han Feng reported that a masked man had saved him from a group of zombies and ghosts. Everyone else was confused and didn't know where the masked man came from, but Qiao Suiyue immediately realized that the masked man Han Feng was talking about must be Qiao Suiyue.
Qiao Suiyue's intuition told him that the strange changes in the town were definitely related to Qiao Suinian, and that he must have done something in the town.
"Well... it's a secret for now. If you do me a favor, I'll tell you what happened in town." Qiao Suinian coaxed, like a strange uncle trying to trick a naive little girl into eating a lollipop.
"What is it?" Qiao Yue frowned, his tone somewhat impatient, but he really wanted to know what had happened in the town.
"It's very simple. Use the Qiao family's influence to help me get someone out of the Azure Dragon Army. His name is Liu Haizhu."
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