Asura Emperor Venerable-Chapter 51 - Ransom

Chapter 51: Chapter 51 Ransom

Shi Hao charged recklessly, like a tiger among sheep. Although the ten family heads had already joined forces against him after being caught off guard, what was Shi Hao’s real strength?

In fact, he had already achieved the combat power of a Peak Primary Level Martial Sect. Even without using Martial Techniques, he could easily sweep these people aside.

What of their joint effort? It merely resulted in them taking more hits.

But, in the time it took a quick-draw gunfighter to fire a shot, all ten family heads were already lying on the ground.

Hiss!

Upstairs, Chang Xun was extremely relieved that he hadn’t made a move against Lin Yuyue.

Not only was this youth a Senior Martial Master, but he was also at a peak level, infinitely close to becoming a Martial Sect, wasn’t he?

If he had used Lin Yuyue as a hostage, he would probably have been brutally killed by now.

Lin Yuyue was also quite astonished. Although Shi Hao had already made quite a name for himself in Mengyang City, Chen Zihao was only an Intermediate Martial Master. But now, Shi Hao had taken on ten, defeating ten Intermediate Martial Masters. His progress could be said to be nothing short of astonishing.

“Ouch, ouch!” Below, all ten family heads were lying on the ground groaning, each with several broken bones.

Shi Hao piled these people up together, creating a pile of bodies.

He jumped to the top of the pile and then sat cross-legged, laughing, “Now, let’s discuss the matter of compensation.”

Upon hearing this, all the family heads were filled with indignation.

Hmph, after beating someone up, he knows he has to compensate.

How should they start the conversation? They were beaten up in public, losing face completely, and their families too. They definitely had to demand a hefty amount, but they couldn’t be too harsh either. The other party was clearly a Senior Martial Master, and also at a peak level. If they truly angered him, that would be disastrous.

For a moment, they were conflicted about what amount of compensation would be appropriate to ask for.

“Hey, hey, hey, you guys are really daydreaming!” Shi Hao laughed, “You think it’s me compensating you?”

Eh, isn’t it?

“Of course not!” Shi Hao shook his head, “It’s you compensating me!”

What?

All ten families were dumbfounded. What was this situation?

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Weren’t they the ones who got beaten? Didn’t they also lose some of their own?

Why should they compensate?

Could you be any more illogical, more barbaric, more shameless?

But Shi Hao didn’t care at all. He was too poor now. With people coming to his door, how could he not seize the opportunity to extort a bit?

“Look, I helped you eliminate the pests. Shouldn’t you thank me? That’s one thing. Secondly, you came here with such aggression and disturbed my meal. Shouldn’t you compensate me for that?”

The family heads felt their heads ache. What twisted logic was this?

“Truly shameless!” Chang Xun whispered to himself.

Others might not know, but was he unaware?

Shi Hao had already finished his meal, even packed the leftovers, yet he claimed they had disturbed his meal. He had never seen someone so brazen and shameless.

Lin Yuyue, however, covered her mouth and chuckled lightly. This young man was interesting, showing her a different side.

“Will you compensate or not?” Shi Hao reached out and knocked on the head of a family head he didn’t know which one.

“We’ll compensate!” that family head had no choice but to nod in agreement. He just wanted to end this public humiliation as quickly as possible.

“And you?” Shi Hao asked another.

“We’ll compensate.” The family heads all had long faces.

“That’s more like it.” Shi Hao smiled, then turned to the people brought by the ten family heads, “Hey, what are you standing around for? Hurry back and get the compensation money!”

What?

The servants all grimaced, wondering how much money would be appropriate to bring back.

Just give a number already.

“How much compensation?” A clan leader, swallowing his humiliation, asked.

Shi Hao was getting annoyed and said, “Don’t your families have any idea what you’re worth? I’ve made it clear, if the sincerity isn’t enough, I won’t release anyone!”

Damn, you’ve admitted it yourself, this is clearly extortion!

Under the signaling glances of the top ten clan leaders, some servants immediately departed.

They returned to report the situation and also to notify the City Guard Army. There was a thug openly kidnapping people for ransom on the street, and Prince’s Mansion couldn’t ignore it.

Chang Xun started to feel a headache.

At the beginning, it was such a trivial matter; how did it escalate to this stage?

This young man possessed the skill to turn a molehill into a mountain.

Lin Yuyue also sighed and wondered if Shi Hao had just stirred up big trouble in Mengyang City, and now he was going to wreak havoc on the County Town as well?

However, the County Town had a Martial Sect presiding, and there was also the Moon-Slaying Bow, which was capable of executing high-level martial masters.

“Hurry up, I have other things to do. If you don’t come quickly, I can’t guarantee the lives of these people. After all, being piled on top of each other makes it very easy to get crushed,” Shi Hao said languidly.

Damn, wasn’t it you who stacked them together in the first place? And you’re even sitting on top of them!

That was clearly intimidation!

“Go, go quick!” urged the clan leaders, none of them wanting to die.

Under such blatant threats, it didn’t take long for the ten great clans to deliver their ransom… ahem, compensation.

“Wan Family, 30,000 silver.” Shi Hao read out the amount as he collected the ransom.

“Jing Family, 10,000 silver? Tsk, tsk, tsk, Mr. Jing, does someone in your family wish for your death? Just 10,000 silver? Not accepted, do it over!”

“Man Family, Man Family—” Shi Hao suddenly stood up, smiling, “Which one of you is Mr. Man?”

“I, I am.” A feeble voice came from the very bottom of the crowd.

“The Man Family gave 50,000 silver.” Shi Hao said beamingly, “Eh, Brother Man, why are you lying so low down there? Come on up!”

He dragged the Man Family head out, and just when everyone thought he was going to release him, to their surprise, Shi Hao actually placed the Man Family head on top of the pile of people.

This… your move is kind of sly.

Moreover, you even called out Brother Man by name; how greedy can you get?

“Gan Family, 30,000 silver,” Shi Hao continued, glanced at the pile of people, then withdrew his gaze without taking any action.

Shi Hao reviewed the compensation from each of the ten great families and made corresponding adjustments, pulling out the family head who paid the most and placing them on top of the pile.

Although they were still hostages, being on top meant they didn’t get crushed, which was a huge favor for those with broken bones.

So, at their request, the families began to increase their offers.

“Chen Family, 60,000 silver.”

“Man Family, 70,000 silver.”

“Chen Family, 80,000 silver.”

“…”

The positions of the clan leaders kept changing, causing the onlookers to be both shocked and amused. It was like an auction, where the family that paid the most money could stack their family head on top.

Such a method of making money was unheard of and unseen!

However, after a while, Shi Hao couldn’t play this game any longer.

Because the City Guard Army had arrived.

“How dare you! Kidnapping hostages in the County Town, are you trampling on the law?” The City Guard Army consisted of twenty men, led by a captain named Zhang Si, a high-level martial disciple.