The next morning, Su Xin woke up early. Seeing Xin 'er sleeping soundly beside him, he quietly covered her with a blanket.
When he opened the rice jar and saw that there were only a dozen grains of rice inside, Su Xin's heart twitched with pain.
Staggering out of the room, Su Xin decided to look for something to make a sword.
Now that he had obtained Lifeless Thorn's Swift Sword, he needed a sword of his own.
When he opened the door, he was greeted by the sight of a muddy street filled with dirty water, dilapidated houses, and numb passersby. This was a slum district.
It was a place so poor that even beggars wouldn't be willing to come here. However, it had a decent name: Perpetual Joy Square.
Of course, Perpetual Joy Square had not been like this in the past.
Everlasting Peace Mansion had been the capital of the Zhou Kingdom. It had a total of 49 markets. Even the Perpetual Joy Square, which was located at the edge of the city, had been a bustling place.
But ever since thirty years ago, Emperor Long Wu, who was well versed in both literature and martial arts, appeared out of nowhere and turned the country of Zhou from a small country in the south into the Great Zhou Dynasty that had a territory of a thousand miles and beat the previous overlord, Jin, to flee like a rat, this Chang Ning Prefecture had declined.
After Emperor Long moved the capital, perhaps because he found the former capital an eyesore, he tore down the Imperial City and moved 90% of the city's wealthy merchants and officials to the new capital, Shengjing. Ever since then, Everlasting Peace Mansion had begun to decline.
Su Xin found an arm-length, three-finger-wide piece of iron in a corner of the room. It was covered in rust and had been used to block a chicken coop. Unfortunately, after Su Xin's mother had passed away, he had stopped raising chickens.
He found two pieces of wood and placed them between the pieces of iron, then wrapped them with hemp rope. This was the hilt of the sword.
Then, Su Xin found a whetstone and began to carefully grind away the rust on the iron blade, sharpening the edge of it.
At this time, the door opened, and Xin 'er walked out with sleepy eyes. Rubbing her eyes, she pouted and asked, "Big Brother, what are you doing?"
Su Xin's lips curled into a gentle smile as he softly said, "Xin 'er, be a good girl. Big brother will take you to eat delicious food in a while."
In this life, Su Xin had a pretty good appearance. He was a 16 or 17 year old delicate and pretty boy. Although he wasn't very handsome, he looked very good when he smiled.
"En, Xin 'er will be good." Su Xin' er nodded her head firmly and quietly swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
In the past, her brother would always take her to eat the mixed noodles made by Granny Wang at the end of the street. However, it had been a long time since her brother took her there.
"Eh? Su Xin, you're still alive? You sure are lucky. "
Two people wearing clean warrior clothes with an eagle embroidered on the chest walked over leisurely with a surprised expression on their faces.
Su Xin looked at the two of them coldly. He was no stranger to them. Three days ago, they were still brothers who fought side by side!
The Eagle Gang was one of the Three Gangs and Four Societies of Chang Ning Prefecture. Other than the gang leader, there were also three hall leaders.
Under the three hall leaders, there were more than ten big leaders and more than fifty small leaders.
During the last battle with the Azure Bamboo Gang, the big leader had already given the order. This time, whoever killed the most people would become a small leader. They would be able to manage the small leaders of a street.
Although Su Xin was young, he had some brute force. Relying on his viciousness and fearlessness, he killed three members of the Azure Bamboo Gang. In an instant, he suppressed the other side.
However, he didn't expect that in the end, Liu Sandao, who he saw as his big brother, would suddenly retreat with the few people who fought alongside him. This left him alone in the middle of the Azure Bamboo Gang's attack and directly killed.
"Liu Sandao has already become a small leader? He relied on betraying his brothers to get to this position. Doesn't he think it's too hot? "If Su Xin hadn't been betrayed, with his military merits, he would have become a small leader.
One of them shrugged and said, "Su Xin, you're in the limelight too much. In that battle, you killed the most people. If you didn't die, Third Brother wouldn't be able to become a small leader."
"Hehe." Su Xin suddenly chuckled. They didn't know why, but when they heard Su Xin's laughter, they felt a chill run down their spine.
"Ever since I joined the Eagle Gang, I've been following Liu Sandao. All these years, I've always treated him as my big brother! Even if I have the most military merits in the end, I'm still prepared to give this small leader position to him! "
"Hehe, you may know a person's face but not his heart. Only a dead person is the safest."
The other person pulled out a dagger from his waist and said viciously, "Fourth Brother, why are you wasting words with him? Take advantage of this brat's injury and kill him!
If he's alive, it won't be good for Third Brother's reputation. And that sister of his, although she's a little young, she can be sold to Yangzhou Prefecture as a skinny horse for a few taels of silver! "
Seeing him pull out his dagger, the passersby in Zhangle Square weren't surprised at all. Instead, they stopped to watch with interest.
Jianghu was cruel, especially for people like them who came from the slums.
Every day, there would be gang members fighting and even killing each other. It wasn't a big deal if one or two people died. They were all lowly lives, and the government couldn't be bothered to care.
Su Xin stood up unsteadily. His body was still a little weak.
"Xin Er, close your eyes."
Su Xin Er looked at Su Xin worriedly. She knew what her brother did, but she still obediently closed her eyes because she trusted her brother.
The man sneered disdainfully, "What? You still want to fight? With your current appearance, do you still think you're the Su Xin who could take on three strong men by himself and not be at a disadvantage? You don't even have a weapon. How are you going to fight me? Based on that piece of metal in your hand? "
"It's not a piece of metal. It's a sword." Su Xin's tone was indifferent, as if he were stating a fact.
"You call that a sword? Hahaha! Stop joking! "
"Swords are the only things that can kill!"
Su Xin's left hand suddenly moved. He stabbed out with his sword, and the laughable piece of metal stabbed into the man's throat.
Lifeless Thorn's sword was a killing sword! There were no fancy sword techniques, only the simplest killing techniques.
His sword was not a martial art, but a pure killing technique!
Su Xin slowly pulled the sword out of the man's throat. The rusty piece of metal was stained with blood, making it look strangely beautiful.
Now, everyone believed that the sword in Su Xin's hand was indeed a sword, a sword that could kill!
Blood flashed in Su Xin's eyes. For some reason, this was his first time killing someone, but he didn't hesitate at all. Even when he saw the blood splatter, he didn't feel uncomfortable at all.
Perhaps it was because of the fusion of the two lives' memories, but in this life, although Su Xin was still a youth, he had already killed someone.
"Killing seems very simple." Su Xin flicked the blood off his sword. Just like in his previous life, he had also died a simple death.
Next to him, Fourth Bro was scared out of his wits.
He had known Su Xin for several years, and he knew that Su Xin was very good at fighting. However, he had never seen such a terrifying sword technique!
Su Xin only needed to raise his hand to stab the sword into the man's throat. Simple, direct, and terrifying!
Fourth Bro didn't hesitate. He immediately turned around and ran. However, he suddenly felt a chill on his head. At some point, Su Xin had shaved off a lock of his hair!
"If you run again, I will kill you."
Fourth Bro immediately turned around and knelt down in front of Su Xin. As he kowtowed, he said in horror, "What happened last time really had nothing to do with me. It was all Liu Sandao's decision! For the sake of our many years of friendship, please spare me! "
"Get up!"
Fourth Bro quickly got up in fear. He didn't even dare to breathe loudly.
"Give me all the money you have."
Fourth Bro quickly took out all the money he had and handed it to Su Xin.
"Carry him back to Liu Sandao. Tell him that I, Su Xin, will personally ask him for the money he owes me."
There was no expression on Su Xin's face. There was no viciousness or anger. However, just like that, Fourth Bro felt a chill in his heart.
Fourth Bro dragged the corpse away and quickly disappeared into the alley.
The other pedestrians of Zhangle Square hurriedly moved aside.
They had seen people kill before, but seeing Su Xin kill someone so quickly and cleanly made them tremble in fear.
"Xin Er, open your eyes."
Su Xin rubbed Xin Er's head and said, "Come, wash your face. Brother will take you to eat beef brisket noodles."
A happy smile immediately appeared on Xin Er's face. For her, as long as her brother was here, as long as there was food, she would be very satisfied.
Granny Wang had set up a stall here for decades. Since childhood, Su Xin had brought Xin Er here to eat noodles.
Granny Wang only sold three kinds of noodles: plain noodles, mixed noodles, and beef brisket noodles.
In the past, Su Xin would occasionally take Xin Er to eat a bowl of mixed noodles to satisfy her cravings. Only on holidays would he order beef brisket noodles. There was only one serving for Xin Er.
"Granny, give me two bowls of beef brisket noodles."
Granny Wang served them two bowls of beef brisket noodles with bright red gravy. She especially gave Xin Er a few more pieces of beef brisket.
"Darling, eat slowly." Granny Wang spoke with a Xiangchuan accent. Looking at Xin Er eating the beef brisket noodles in big mouthfuls, her wrinkled face was full of smiles.
"En, thank you, Granny Wang." Xin Er couldn't wait to eat the noodles in big mouthfuls and thanked Granny Wang in a muffled voice.
Su Xin put the beef brisket in his bowl to Xin Er and ate the noodles in big mouthfuls.
As the food entered his stomach, Su Xin felt that his strength had recovered a little. His body, which had been starved for three days, had recovered more than half of its strength.
Although Su Xin had a pitiful trace of inner force because he cultivated the elementary inner force of the Quanzhen Sect, this trace of inner force was not enough to completely restore his strength.
After eating a bowl of noodles, Su Xin saw Xin Er, who was still wolfing down the food. He gently rubbed her head and said to Granny Wang, "Granny, I have something to do. Can you help me take care of Xin Er?"
Granny Wang waved her hand and sighed, "Little boy, the Jianghu is dangerous. Don't forget that you still have a little sister like Little Nan Nan."
Su Xin smiled at Granny Wang. The Jianghu was dangerous. How could it be more evil than a person's heart?
"Xin Er, be good and eat your noodles at Granny Wang's place. Big brother will be back tonight."
Xin Er puffed up her cheeks and nodded obediently.
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