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Chapter 677 - Chapter 677 Chapter 677 The Deal Might Fail but Honor Must

Chapter 677: Chapter 677 The Deal Might Fail, but Honor Must Remain Chapter 677: Chapter 677 The Deal Might Fail, but Honor Must Remain The woman hitching a ride burst into laughter when she heard Tang Wenji’s words, “That’s right, business not going through still leaves goodwill.”

The taller man’s face darkened instantly upon hearing this, “Isn’t this just extortion?”

Tang Wenji’s face fell, “Do you know how to speak? We are just negotiating a price. If you don’t agree, we’ll leave.”

The tall man’s eyebrows raised, about to say something, but the shorter man grabbed his arm and chuckled apologetically, “The price is a bit steep… Could we make it a bit cheaper?”

Tang Wenji took out her mobile phone and began to record, “No discount, it’s seven thousand. If there’s any scrape, you’ll also have to compensate for our loss. If you don’t agree, we’ll leave.”

She recorded to gather evidence, rather than be falsely accused. The two men didn’t really care, and the shorter man chuckled dryly, “The thing is, we don’t have that much money on us. How about going to the ATM once we reach the city to withdraw the cash?”

Tang Wenji thought for a moment and asked sternly, “How much money did you bring? Don’t you have money in your WeChat account?”

The two only had five hundred in cash on them, and although there was more than two thousand in WeChat, there was no signal in the area.

Then, Feng Jun started towing their car, and since the rear car couldn’t even start, it was quite cold inside. The two men had to take turns, one steering the car being towed, while the other would sit in Feng Jun’s car to warm up.

So they proceeded slowly for almost three hours, likely covering less than sixty kilometers, until finally, a small town appeared ahead.

The shorter one was sitting in the front car and he spoke up, saying that the town only had local commercial banks. His card belonged to a distant transport bank, and he couldn’t withdraw money here, “We’ll have to go to the county… Let’s do a WeChat transfer of two thousand first.”

Tang Wenji accepted the two thousand and turned off her phone again. She had agreed with Feng Jun that to ensure the secrecy of the journey, they wouldn’t contact home until they had left the county and gotten onto the highway.

The road from the town to the county improved significantly, and they covered thirty kilometers in less than an hour.

Once they reached the county, at the shorter man’s direction, Feng Jun towed the off-road vehicle to a repair shop.

The two men got out of the car, greeted the young guys at the repair shop, and started to dismantle the tow rope.

Tang Wenji got out of the car and spoke up, “Gentlemen, shall we go withdraw the money first?”

The two men didn’t even acknowledge her, just kept working on the dismantling.

Tang Wenji’s face darkened and her voice grew louder, “Hey, you still owe us five thousand.”

The shorter one looked up and glared at her fiercely, “Are you looking to die?”

The whole way, the tall one had been in a bad mood, but the shorter one had kept a smiling face. Now his behavior truly illustrated what it meant to “turn one’s face faster than turning a page.”

Tang Wenji was genuinely shocked and then flew into a rage, “Try laying a finger on me, I dare you!”

“You’re courting death!” The shorter one straightened up and hollered loudly. The two young men from the repair shop leisurely walked over, wielding a jack handle and a wrench.

Tang Wenji was truly taken aback. So these two men were locals?

The shorter one chuckled coldly, “Hand back the two thousand, and we’ll call it even. Don’t push your luck!”

Then he pointed at the woman who was peeking around and growled viciously, “You bitch, I won’t let you off today!”

The woman turned pale with fear, trembling all over.

Tang Wenji was also stunned. Although she was skilled in combat, she was still in a foreign place, and what’s worse, it was a minority autonomous county.

She took out her mobile phone and waved it, her face an ashen hue as she said, “I have video evidence, and we made a verbal agreement!”

“To hell with your agreement!” The shorter one pounced, trying to snatch her phone away.

Tang Wenji’s slender waist twisted slightly, ready to kick him.

“Alright, no need for such hostility,” a voice spoke up from behind her.

Immediately after, her body was lifted into the air. It was Feng Jun moving her aside.

Then he glanced at the shorter man and spoke gravely, “We won’t take the five thousand. Can we go now?”

“You wish,” the shorter one sneered, “Return the two thousand, and leave the woman behind!”

Feng Jun’s head tilted slightly as he asked in a grave tone, “The two thousand was your quote. Are you planning on breaking the agreement?”

The tall one huffed coldly, his tone rather harsh, “We’re being polite by not keeping your car.”

“Come on, try being impolite, then,” Tang Wenji flicked her wrist at her side, and the Nine Section Whip was in her hand. She cracked it, forming a whip flower, and scoffed, “A bunch of local bullies!”

She only talked tough. If she wasn’t wary of these people, she wouldn’t have drawn her weapon without having struck yet.

But her move took the four men aback. Were they encountering a martial artist?

Tang Wenji was more than just a martial artist. With another flick of the Nine Section Whip, a rock the size of a human head was smashed into pieces by the whip’s tip.

Just when everyone was stunned, Feng Jun had already opened the trunk, taken out a manual hydraulic cutter, and directly cut off the lock on the towing rope.

He then raised a hand to point at those four people and spoke without expression, “You four, we’ll see about this.”

After finishing, he got in the car, started the engine, and left with Tang Wenji and the woman.

The four of them were intimidated by Tang Wenji; by the time they realized what happened, it was somewhat too late.

“Damn it, chase after them!” a young lad flared up, “I’ll drive.”

“Forget it,” the short one spoke out to stop him, “The road conditions are too bad. What if the car gets damaged? Who will take the responsibility?”

“I’ll call my brother,” the tall one took out his mobile phone to dial, “block them on the road.”

However, after the call, he spoke dejectedly, “My brother’s drunk, said he’s not working till after the 15th.”

The short one sighed with regret, “Damn it, didn’t get back those two thousand, might as well have fed it to a dog!”

No sooner had he finished speaking than his body uncontrollably shivered, “Damn it, I’m feeling a bit chilled, should’ve worn more today, just my luck.”

“It’s okay, two thousand for a tow isn’t too expensive,” another lad spoke up.

Right after he spoke, the tall man also shivered, and his mobile phone slipped right onto the ground.

Fortunately, there was plenty of snow on the ground, so the mobile phone should be fine, but he too was puzzled, “What’s going on, am I coming down with something too?”

An hour later, both men were admitted to the hospital, shivering uncontrollably under three layers of blankets, still claiming to be cold.

The hospital in the small county town wasn’t exactly advanced, and these two had normal temperatures yet couldn’t stop complaining about the cold, which baffled the attending doctors.

After various tests, the doctors surmised that it might be a case of catching a cold they treated it as such, suggesting that if there were no improvement by the next day, they would recommend a visit to a larger hospital.

If it had only been this, it would have been fine, but at nine o’clock that same evening, two young men from the auto repair shop also arrived, with similar symptoms but slightly milder, that developed after dinner.

For the next two days, all four exhibited the same symptoms, and even after being transferred to a bigger hospital, no one could diagnose the problem.

During this time, none of the four had any appetite. The two younger lads were slightly better off, managing to eat some liquid food, but the two men couldn’t keep anything down, not even water.

The essential hydration and nutrition they needed had to be maintained through IVs.

Moreover, both men had to stay under thick blankets. The day was somewhat bearable, but at night they would still wake up freezing, even under the heavy bedding.

Just in two days, the two had lost a noticeable amount of weight.

On the morning of the third day, a young man’s mother brought a sacrificial priest.

The priest, a man over sixty, conducted a series of rituals before declaring, “You’ve attracted a malicious spirit. I need the blood and heads of ten cattle and fifty sheep.”

Undoubtedly, this called for a significant expenditure, but after purchasing and slaughtering the cattle and sheep, not all was given to the priest, and the remaining meat could be sold for some money.

Considering the offerings given to the priest, the four people were out by about ten thousand yuan.

After two days of effort, their condition remained unchanged, but the priest then invited an old Taoist to come.

The Taoist was a true expert who, after taking their pulses, said, “You’ve been harmed by an external force. You’ve offended a powerful presence.”

“Isn’t that obvious?” the short man was already in agony. In normal times, he would have shown great respect to a Taoist, as most people are somewhat fearful of supernatural forces.

But now, he was really suffering, “This powerful presence, is it human, divine, or a specter?”

The Taoist considered the question to be rather silly. A presence is a presence, whether it be human, divine, or spirit–it exists.

In this sense, some of his understandings were almost akin to grasping the Tao.

The old Taoist pondered for a moment before speaking gravely, “Let’s put it this way… what did you four do in the days before you fell ill?”

After they explained their stories, the Taoist thought it over for a long while and finally nodded slightly, “It must be related to that man and woman… This matter is beyond me.”

The tall one was somewhat unconvinced, speaking weakly, “Master, I didn’t feel anything special about them, just that the woman had some martial skills, seemed like someone from the Martial World.”

“Didn’t feel anything special?” the Taoist scoffed, stood up to leave, “If they came from that direction on the ninth day of the lunar new year… even if you don’t take Xiqing Mountain seriously, you’ve heard of the word ‘Kunlun,’ haven’t you?”

These men had grown up there; how could they not have heard of Kunlun? Hearing this, the short one suddenly turned pale with shock, “No way, Kunlun hasn’t been heard from in so many years… We actually offended someone from Kunlun?”

The old Taoist turned to glance back at him and spoke indifferently, “I didn’t say for sure they are from Kunlun, I’m simply warning you… perhaps they are related to Kunlun.”

With that, he left, and the four were left without words, and after a long while, someone let out a lament, “All this for a little money, to bully outsiders… it’s really not right.”

The chubby one rolled his eyes, “You need to understand, it was they who were extorting us!”

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