Walnut used me to boost her sales performance.

Most of the mountains in Liyue are towering and continuous, and Mount Hulao is no exception.

Because few people come and go, many monsters live in the mountains.

The three of them climbed uphill, eliminating two groups of Hilichurls blocking their way, killing a slime that suddenly emerged from a rock, killing two dragon lizards, and subduing a large boar that tried to ram them.

In just a short distance, we encountered more monsters than we had in the previous few days.

Jiang Bai was somewhat puzzled as he wrapped the fresh wild boar meat, which had been delivered to his door, in leaves and placed it in his basket.

"Master, aren't there a lot of demons on this mountain?"

"That's how it is in the mountains, we've just been lucky and haven't encountered it much before," Hu Tao said, clearly used to it.

These monsters seem to be impossible to eradicate completely; once you kill one batch, a new batch will appear soon after.

"Besides the dangers posed by monsters, there are also dangers posed by humans in the mountains."

"Human danger?"

Chapter 72 Do I look easy to bully?

Do you remember the treasure-hunting group I told you about before?

“I remember…” Jiang Bai remembered that Hu Tao had mentioned before that the treasure-hunting gang often appeared in various ruins in search of treasure.

But even if they're looking for treasure, surely these people wouldn't attack strangers?

"Could these people be robbing passersby?"

Hu Tao shrugged, not answering his question directly, but instead raised her chin slightly and pointed forward, "Look, those people sitting over there resting are the ones. Go try it and you'll see."

"Huh?" Jiang Bai looked in the direction she was pointing.

There were several figures with their faces covered by cloth, some sitting and some lying down, of varying shapes.

"Is that the treasure-hunting gang?"

Although I've heard this name several times, this is the first time I've actually seen it.

"Yes."

"People often turn to banditry because of poverty and lack of education, and treasure-hunting gangs are a gathering place for such people. They are dedicated to seeking and digging for treasure, hoping to get rich overnight and escape their impoverished lives..."

"However, most of the time, even if the treasure is found, these handymen who joined because of poverty usually don't get much of the spoils and are still at the bottom of the treasure-hunting group."

"Because most of them are uneducated, their moral standards are quite low, and they often rob passersby who seem easy to bully..."

Walnut knew the treasure-hunting gang quite well, and must have been robbed by them quite a few times herself.

After all, she was a young girl traveling alone in the mountains, and she looked like an easy target for robbery.

"So that's how it is..."

After Hu Tao explained it this way, Jiang Bai understood the nature of these people.

To put it simply, they are a group of people who, like gangsters, do nothing productive all day long and only think about how to commit evil deeds.

He pointed to himself and said very uncertainly, "Do I look like someone who's easy to bully?"

Jiang Bai is tall and strong, with eight-pack abs and incredible strength. He can manipulate elemental power without the Eye of God... He looks easy to bully.

Hu Tao raised an eyebrow. "Are you going or not?"

"Go, go, I'll go right now..."

The confidence built up by a bunch of prefixes vanished in an instant, and Jiang Bai instantly succumbed to the tyranny of his superior.

"Remember to hide the Eye of God..." Hu Tao reminded him.

Jiang Bai put the Eye of God hanging from his waist into his pocket, then swaggered past.

He carried a basket on his back and wore ordinary clothes, looking like a herb gatherer who had come to the mountains to collect herbs, posing no threat whatsoever.

Seeing such an easy target approaching, one of the three masked men immediately jumped out.

"stop!"

Li Si is a former miner who used to work underground. Later, when the Stratorock Abyss was sealed off, he was forced to lose his job.

Despite receiving a stipend, he was idle all day because he knew nothing but mining. Later, by chance, he joined a treasure-hunting gang and became one of its members.

Although I joined the treasure-hunting group, I could only do manual labor. Even if we found the treasure, I was always one of the last few people to be assigned it.

They heard that treasures were hidden inside the amber of Mount Hulao, so a group of them gathered together and came to search for the treasure.

This amber was exceptionally hard; it took several people working together for more than ten minutes to break it.

Along the way, they destroyed a lot of amber, which unearthed trapped Hilichurls and trapped wild boars, but they didn't find any treasures.

Just as they were about to continue upwards, one of the brothers was suddenly sealed in amber.

After that, they were chased all the way by wild boars that had been unsealed from the amber. They finally managed to subdue the wild boars and turn them into meat in a pot.

They are resting now, preparing to eat and drink their fill before rescuing the unfortunate fellow trapped in the amber.

As a result, a skinny, weak-looking herb gatherer walked over.

The quick-thinking companion had already jumped out first. Without thinking too much, and adhering to the principle of not letting others take advantage, he was the second to jump out.

You've gone in the wrong direction!

"what?"

The young man who was suddenly blocked was a little stunned, as if he hadn't realized what had happened. When he heard what he said, he was about to walk around them.

Just as Li Si realized he had misspoke and was about to make amends, the next person who jumped out had already taken over the conversation.

"You made the wrong choice!"

The speaker was their fire apothecary, who could use chemical substances to concoct flammable and explosive materials, and he was the one who organized them to come here.

Li Si didn't dare interrupt him, so he shut up, and the three of them surrounded the seemingly timid young man.

"What are you going to do... I... I'm not afraid of you..."

The young man shrank back, trembling, and stammered with fear.

Li Si chuckled, knowing he had finally met an easy target and could make a small fortune.

High up.

Hu Tao held a handful of sunflower seeds, cracking them open while making sarcastic remarks, watching with great interest.

"Jiang Bai is actually putting on an act... his acting isn't bad at all..."

Qiqi stood next to her, not understanding what they were doing.

Why make it so complicated when you can just chase away bad guys?

Qiqi didn't understand because she wasn't a fun person.

Jiang Bai and Hu Tao, these two fun-loving people, did whatever made them happy, completely disregarding the psychological trauma that would be left on the members of the treasure-hunting team.

Even if they knew, they probably wouldn't care. If this could make them give up being thieves, then it would be a good deed.

"Hand over all your Mora and valuables!"

The members of the treasure-hunting gang, wielding large shovels, were menacing, slapping the shovels against their palms repeatedly, looking like they'd teach Jiang Bai a lesson if he didn't hand over the treasure.

Could Jiang Bai, who is timid, cowardly, and poor, accept such a proposal?

Of course not!

He told the truth, "I don't have anything valuable on me, and I don't have any Mora..."

He spoke so sincerely, it was as if he was about to strip naked to show them that he really had no treasures on him.

However, no one believed his sincere words. Instead, they thought he was just trying to avoid paying money to avoid trouble.

Li Si and his two accomplices slowly approached the young man, trying to increase his psychological pressure.

"Stop talking nonsense! You definitely have it on you! Hand it over now!"

The Fire Apothecary took out a bottle containing a chemical agent and tapped it lightly in his palm. If he broke it, a raging flame would burst out from inside.

"I really didn't... I just wanted to gather some herbs on the mountain to see if I could sell them for money because I didn't have any Mora..."

The young man tried to explain, but no one believed him; instead, they grew increasingly impatient with his sophistry.

"We'll know if you're there or not by searching you!"

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After uttering that harsh remark, the members of the treasure-hunting gang didn't give Jiang Bai any further chance to argue.

The gravedigger shoveled a shovelful of dirt from the ground, attempting to block Jiang Bai's view so that his teammates could easily subdue him.

However, to their surprise, the young man was quite skilled and nimbly dodged the shovelful of dirt.

"Hey, you dare to hide!"

But his evasive behavior only fueled their discontent. The Fire Apothecary smashed the glass bottle at him, and as the bottle shattered, flames instantly surged up, attempting to burn Jiang Bai into a human torch.

Jiang Bai was a little angry.

He initially thought these people were just robbing him, but he clearly underestimated their viciousness; they hadn't considered the consequences at all!

If someone gets hit by the bottle and their clothes get covered in the medicine, they could easily suffer severe burns that wouldn't go away quickly.

A golden shield rose from his body, blocking the incoming glass bottle and causing it to bounce back. The flames instantly spread along the grass, but did not cause any harm to the people inside.

"I've already told you I don't have anything valuable on me, why won't you believe me?"

Jiang Baihuan, inside the shield, put away his expression and took out a huge spiked club.

Reflected in the flames, his eyes burned with a red light.

Li Si felt everything go black before his eyes, and then he fainted.

The other two companions realized they had messed with a tough opponent, threw a smokescreen, and scattered like birds, running as fast as they could, afraid that if they were too slow, they would be knocked unconscious like him.

"Master, don't let them get away!" Jiang Bai shouted.

"Do you need to tell me?"

After watching the show, Hu Tao tossed the sunflower seed shells in her hand, performed a beautiful backflip in the air, and landed steadily in front of the two members of the treasure-hunting gang who were trying to escape, blocking their way.

A spear appeared in her hand, held horizontally in front of the two of them.

"How dare you rob my underlings! Tell me, what kind of 'death package' do you want?"

The two tried to resist, but their mediocre martial arts skills were no match for Hu Tao, and they were knocked unconscious in no time.

Jiang Bai carried over Li Si, whom he had knocked unconscious, and threw him and his accomplices together.

"Master, what should we do with these people?"

"Tie all three of them up!"

Jiang Bai did as instructed and tied the three people together to the tree with a rope.

"Wake them up; the main purpose of this hall is to conduct ideological education on them!"

Jiang Bai did as he was told, and gave each of them a big shove to wake them up.

The three people who were woken up were dazed. When they opened their eyes, their faces and heads were in pain. There were two menacing people in front of them, and their bodies were tied up.

"What are you doing! Do you know who we are! Let me go!" The fire apothecary was still not quite in the right mind, struggling and spouting nonsense.

"Oh? Who are you?" Hu Tao leaned down to look at him, her eyes, like plum blossoms, reflected two sparks, and an oppressive feeling instantly enveloped him.

"Gudong-"

The Fire Pharmacist swallowed hard, a little scared.

"We're a treasure-hunting gang! Can you handle the consequences if you tie us up?" He tried to invoke the organization's name.

Hu Tao stepped onto the tree trunk and pulled off the cloth covering his face, revealing a somewhat weathered face in his thirties.

"Oh? What consequences could there be? If you're going to talk so tough, then don't wear a mask. Are you afraid people will see your face?"

Jiang Bai felt that Hu Tao's current demeanor was very much like that of a gang leader who was bullying someone.

As the boss's loyal underling, he certainly couldn't fall behind.