The world is like a prison, my body is holy

Chapter 127 See You Again
"Damn you, you dare touch my cow!"

The man who slammed his fist on the table and stood up was none other than Huang Shan, the only son of the Earth God, Shao Qiu Guan of the Yangzhou Demon Suppression Division, and the adopted son of Huang Tianba, the head of the Qinghe Hall of the Canal Gang, and the Tiger of Yangzhou, Wang Wen!
His triple identity, on this section of the Grand Canal near Yangzhou and Hangzhou, is like a combination of a county official, a current supervisor, and a temporary worker to the demons and monsters who disrupt the canal's order.

His cow was dragged into the river by a monster that illegally set up roadblocks to extort money from passing merchant ships and promoted feudal superstition. How is this any different from a car thief stealing a police chief's car at a service area?
Is there any reason?
Is there any royal law?
Can Wang Wen bear this injustice?
Amidst the bewildered, shocked, and seemingly dazed gazes of the crowd, Wang Wen kicked aside the chair behind him, took a three-step running start, and leaped into the river with a "plop."

"Alas?"

"Woo?"

Everyone gasped in alarm, their minds going completely blank.

"It's great!"

It wasn't until the tall, burly man shouted in a high-pitched Wu dialect, jumped up, and ran "thump thump thump" towards the gunwale that everyone snapped out of their daze. In a panic, they all ran to the gunwale, clinging to it and peering out at the dark river.

Soon, everyone saw a bright, cold white light suddenly appear beneath the dark surface of the river not far ahead, illuminating their eyes.

Under the intense light, the river water surged violently, bubbling up large streams of water like gushing springs. Even someone who had never fished could tell that there was something big moving beneath the surface of the river... a very, very big thing.

"Oh, my parents..."

The short, burly man collapsed to the ground in alarm, muttering in a panic, "The Dragon King is angry! It must be the Dragon King who is angry!"

The others were already panicked, and his incessant chatter made them even more flustered. But in this situation, no matter how panicked they were, they didn't know what to do.

"Old Zhou, Old Zhou!"

Finally, the tall, burly man had a flash of inspiration and shouted without turning his head, "Quickly drag out your fishing net and fish out Brother Tiger..."

Before he could finish speaking, the violently churning river surface exploded with a loud "bang"!
A burly figure, carrying a huge, black, fatheaded fish the size of a shark on his shoulder, leaped two zhang (approximately 6.6 meters) high from the river and passed over the heads of the crowd.

Everyone looked up simultaneously, their gazes following the imposing figure as they all turned their heads toward the deck...

"Thump".

The burly figure landed steadily on the deck, the heavy force causing the entire ship to sink suddenly, but the deck remained intact.

"Boom..."

Wang Wen casually tossed the half-dead bighead carp off his shoulder onto the deck, then turned his head and nonchalantly picked the river water out of his ear: "Get the wok going, heat the oil, one fish, four ways to cook!"

The crowd looked up at him, then down at the enormous, black, fatheaded fish at his feet, which was as long as an ox. For a moment, no one knew what to say.

Speaking of cows...

"Oh!"

Water splashed everywhere, and the river behind them exploded once again. Another dark and majestic beastly figure galloped into the air, leaping over their heads and landing on the deck with a "thud," shaking its fur and sending water flying everywhere.

"You loser!"

Wang Wen glanced at the guy and angrily cursed, "A guy this big can be swept into the river by a fathead fish. If word gets out, I'll be ashamed of myself!"

Black Two Ox lowered his head in grievance and spoke in human language: "How was I supposed to know this bastard was so wicked? I just smelled a demonic aura and went over to take a look. Who knew this bastard would be so uncivilized, jumping up and slapping me like that..."

"Cut the nonsense!"

Wang Wen was still very angry: "I'll find you a job as soon as I get back. If you don't learn your skills, don't even think about going out with me again!"

Hei Erniu groaned in grievance, but dared not argue any further.

The group of canal gang members watching silently observed the master and servant acting as if no one else was around, thinking to themselves, "Why don't you two just treat us like outsiders for once?"

After the shocking massacre in ten prefectures of Jiangnan, demons and monsters were no longer considered strange tales by the public.

Knowing something exists is one thing, but seeing it with your own eyes is quite another...

The group of canal gang members on the deck were in a state of panic, unsure of how to get along with this canal gang leader from Yangzhou.

Finally, Wang Wen spoke first, breaking the awkward silence: "What are you all standing there for? Get the oil in the pot! If it's not feasible on the boat, dig a stove on land!"

"what?"

The tall, burly man, unaware of his mistake, asked, "You...you really want to eat this?"

Wang Wen asked in surprise, "What? Is there some custom in Hangzhou of not eating fish?"

Before the tall, burly man could reply, the short, burly man interrupted urgently, "Brother Tiger, you'd better quickly take the Black Carp King back to the river. If you anger the Dragon King, disaster will surely follow..."

"That's enough, you charcoal head!"

Wang Wen impatiently interrupted his rambling: "I've put up with you for a long time. Don't think that just because you have an honest face you can boss people around. Who the hell do you think you are? Who gave you the right to tell me what to do?"

He glared at the man, who immediately chuckled and bowed repeatedly, then subtly shrank behind the crowd, hiding his head and crouching low.

Just then, the fat black carp at his feet, which had been dazed and confused by his electric shock, finally came to its senses. It stared at him with its dark eyes, its mouth opening and closing to reveal a set of sharp teeth: "You'd better release me right now, or else..."

"Otherwise what?"

Wang Wen squatted down and sneered as he punched its forehead: "Do you want to kill my entire family? Exterminate my nine generations? Or do you want to extract my soul and refine it, so that I may never be reincarnated? Speak!"

A fist the size of a sandbag was pounding on a fish head the size of a bucket, making a "bang bang" sound, just like a ripe watermelon. You could tell it was a good head just by the sound. If it were used to make chopped chili fish head, you could definitely eat three big bowls of rice with it!
The fat black carp blinked repeatedly as he "knocked" it, and a great panic rose in its heart. It immediately struggled and shouted loudly, flapping its big tail: "I am the son of the Dragon King of Hongze Lake, hero, spare my life!"

"The Dragon King of Hongze Lake?"

Wang Wen recalled for a moment, then chuckled and said, "Let alone the fact that your father is definitely not a real dragon, even if your father really is a dragon, he would have to obediently coil up in front of me... Don't be afraid, we'll meet again later!"

After saying that, he raised his elbow and slammed a powerful punch into the head of the fathead fish. The force of the punch caused the entire fish, weighed down slightly...

"Clap."

The bighead carp's large tail, which had been struggling violently, slumped back onto the deck and remained motionless.

"That guy..."

Wang Wen slowly stood up and called out in a low voice, but he gave up as soon as he said it: "Forget it, don't bother me. Just get me a kitchen knife and I'll do it myself!"

The group of canal gang members hesitated, looking at each other, and dawdled without moving an inch.

A member of the Grand Canal Gang from the north exclaimed inwardly in shock, "So inherently... so damn inherently!"

Finally, the tall, burly man stepped forward and whispered, "Brother Tiger, maybe...maybe we shouldn't eat it. This...this thing must have eaten people."

Wang Wen was stunned for a moment: "Are you sure?"

The tall, muscular man shook his head: "Unsure..."

Wang Wen lowered his head regretfully and kicked the big fat fish head: "What a waste of such good flesh... Go, get me two kitchen knives, or a machete if you don't have any!"

"Hey!"

The tall, burly man was confused, but he had already exhausted the courage to speak to Wang Wen.

A moment later, the tall, burly man returned with two kitchen knives and two machetes, allowing Wang Wen to choose whichever he preferred. Wang Wen patted him on the shoulder with satisfaction: "You're a good kid, you have a good eye. Next time you go to Yangzhou, just mention my name, it'll be sure to work!"

After saying that, he took two machetes, turned around and strode towards the fathead fish.

He took the unloading hook from the boat, dragged the whole bighead carp ashore, found a thick tree to hang the fish up, and then used his inner energy to force a blade of light onto the edge of his wood-chopping knife, slowly scraping off the entire fish skin.

This fish skin is even harder than the iron plates of the refined iron fish scale armor. Moreover, the fish scales seem to have a slight deflection property. Just now, underwater, when he shot this thing with the Yin-Yang Needle, it was deflected by the fish scales the first time.

He could use this fish skin to make a suit of armor, and even if a rain of arrows came, he could withstand it and charge forward!
A group of canal gang members stood far away on the boat, looking towards the shore... They knew, of course, that Wang Wen hadn't let them take action because he was afraid they would get into some trouble.

A moment later, Wang Wen peeled off the entire fish skin, holding it in his bloody hand, and turned to ask, "Er Niu, would you like to try some fish?"

Blackie Erniu swung its big tail and strolled over, blinking its big black eyes at him: "Master, would you like some?"

Wang Wen shook his head slightly: "This thing has eaten people, I won't eat it."

Hei Erniu stepped back, shaking his head like a rattle-drum: "If you don't eat, then I won't eat either."

Wang Wen: "You're not human, why aren't you eating?"

Hei Erniu: "If it has eaten people, and I eat it, wouldn't that be the same as me eating people too?"

Wang Wen laughed and said, "That makes sense!"

After saying that, he threw the fish skin onto the back of the black ox and ordered it to carry it to the river to wash it. He then picked up two machetes, walked to the bloody, greasy fish carcass, and began to hack at it without saying a word.

The blade flashed and flickered, and in the blink of an eye, the fish carcass, which was more than two meters tall, was chopped into eight pieces, and then, with a speed visible to the naked eye, chopped into mincemeat by two cleavers that left afterimages in their wake...

"Too cruel!"

On the ship, the short, burly man saw this scene and, with goosebumps rising all over his body, shrank back under the gunwale, rubbing his hands frantically on his body and muttering something under his breath.

The other members of the canal gang didn't respond, but they were also terrified by what they saw, their feet sweating profusely.

'This Tiger guy seems pretty friendly when we're together...'

They all thought to themselves, "Why are they so ruthless?"

It was at this moment that they suddenly realized that before Wang Wen killed the Black Carp King, he hadn't uttered a single harsh word or polite remark. In fact, when he made the move, there was a faint smile on his lips, as if he were about to let the Black Carp King go.

But when he takes action, he's far more ruthless than those people who just spout threats all the time!

"Erniu."

A moment later, Wang Wen, who had been wildly slashing with his knife, suddenly stopped, turned around, and shouted.

"coming……"

Hei Erniu, shaking off the water droplets, came running quickly from the riverbank: "Master, what's the matter?"

Wang Wen opened his hand to it, revealing a bright bead the size of an egg, resembling a pearl: "Look, what's this?"

Black Ox had no idea what this was, but staring at the bright bead, it suddenly felt its mouth go dry and its tongue water. It finally managed to look away from the bead and looked up at Wang Wen: "Master, what is this?"

Wang Wen shook his head: "I don't know... do you want to eat it?"

"Gudong."

Hei Erniu swallowed hard, then turned his face away sheepishly, saying, "No..."

It meant "I don't want to eat".

But as soon as the word "no" came out, I felt a slippery, icy-cold, round object in my mouth.

It pursed its bead and looked up at its master in surprise.

Wang Wen reached out and stroked its big head, saying gently and kindly, "Make the master proud, okay?"

Hei Erniu squinted his big eyes and nodded vigorously with joy: "Yes, sir, I will definitely make you proud!"

"Go!"

Wang Wen chuckled and patted its head: "Go find some firewood for the master..."

"Hey!"

Hei Erniu nodded, turned around, and walked away, wagging his tail.

Wang Wen turned around and continued swinging his knife, chopping the remaining large pieces of fish carcass into minced meat.

It's like a seasoned, dedicated master chef pounding beef with two iron bars to make beef balls...

Before long, the two-person-tall, white, greasy fish carcasses were completely reduced to a pile of minced meat, and the blood soaked the soil, forming a dark, inky patch under the bright moonlight.

Just then, Black Ox returned with two large bundles of firewood on its back, trotting back with light steps... Although it has no hands, it is still a demon!

Wang Wen threw the firewood onto the pile of minced meat, then leaped four zhang high, swinging his wood-chopping knife in mid-air to unleash seven or eight crescent-shaped, bright blades of energy. He cleaved the large tree in front of him, which was hanging with fish carcasses and had a trunk as thick as a water vat, into eight or nine sections, which then fell onto the large pile of firewood.

Then, he casually made a fire-starting spell, pointed at the pile of damp firewood, and the flames shot up with a 'whoosh'.

The Black Carp King, transformed into a fat, idiotic humanoid spirit, floated in mid-air, looking down at the ground. The resentment and hatred in his eyes grew like the bonfire on the ground in the wind...

It is a demon, and has already cultivated its magical power and primordial spirit. Therefore, it does not need to wait until the seventh day after death to return to the body like ordinary living souls.

In other words, it witnessed firsthand the entire process of Wang Wen tearing its body to pieces!

At this moment, its mind was almost warped by resentment and hatred. It gritted its teeth and vowed in its heart: 'If I do not avenge this, I will never again…'

Just then, a soft, slightly amused voice suddenly appeared in its ear: "Are you thinking about how to kill my entire family? Exterminate my nine generations? And then extract my soul and refine it, so that I may never be reincarnated?"

Upon hearing this voice, the Black Carp King stared in shock and met Wang Wen's eyes, which seemed to be both smiling and not smiling.

The next second, a nearly transparent steel needle, about the length of a finger, appeared silently above its head.

Then it suddenly accelerated, shooting in with lightning speed, entering from the top of its head and exiting from under its feet...

"call."

As if a gentle breeze had swept by, the evil spirit of the Black Carp King vanished with the wind.

In its final moments before consciousness faded, it suddenly realized: 'Oh, so that's what "saying goodbye" means...'

Meanwhile, Mr. Wang, who had been working on the ground for most of the night, finally reaped the rewards of his labor.

[Merit Points +1500]

[Virtue +80]

Wang Wen put away the Mountain God's Token and sighed, "Alas, it's easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality!"

(End of this chapter)