For a man who has tasted blood on the edge of a knife, alcohol is always the most attractive.
Xiao Qiang watched as Third Shi guzzled from the barrel of liquor and smirked to himself. He knew that half his plan had already succeeded - what remained to be seen was if the other two could resist the alcohol in their systems.
It was clear that those who turned to criminal paths weren't good at controlling themselves.
After Third Shi had finished his share, Fourth Shi and Fifth Shi also picked up the barrel to drink.
Xiao Qiang didn't speak again, he just silently sat down. He glanced at Feifei whose eyes were bloodshot while staring at him, saying in a low voice: "Don't worry, we'll be fine soon."
Feifei was completely puzzled. She honestly thought the man in front of her had already gone mad. With the three of them having guns, and her being tied up and alone, was she expected to hope a rock fell from the sky and killed these guys?
Recalling the moment Xiao Qiang had taken the opportunity to touch her face under the guise of drinking, Feifei let out a soft humph, turned her head, and decisively ignored Xiao Qiang.
Xiao Qiang gave a bitter smile. He scanned the surroundings and looked down at their bodies tied together. His hands were now free because the Shi brothers were too engrossed in drinking to pay him any attention.
He had only opened one acupoint now, it would be easier if the Shi brothers didn't have guns. Xiao Qiang wasn't sure he could handle them all, given their strength. He would do well in one-on-one fights, but against the three of them? He wasn't confident he could walk away unscathed.
So Xiao Qiang decided to use the poison of arrow tree sap to handle these guys. After all, it didn't count as sinning, no matter how many of this kind of scum died.
A barrel of wine wasn't all that much. Shared among them, it quickly ran out. Third Shi drank the most and was already slightly swaying. He looked at Xiao Qiang, chuckling: "You said you suffered in jail for ten years, but you don't look like someone who has suffered at all."
It wasn't that he doubted Xiao Qiang, but he found it strange how nonchalant Xiao appeared. After all, he himself had been in prison with many around him serving lengthy sentences, but he had never seen someone like Xiao who held himself so high after prison, without any trace of degradation. Instead, he seemed strangely ethereal.
Xiao Qiang shrugged: "Who knows? Maybe it's because I'm well-liked? I never did any heavy labor in prison."
Fourth Shi sneered: "You're pulling our legs. What do you think prison is?"
He looked towards Fifth Shi, who was flushed from drinking, and snickered: "Maybe this guy survived by selling his ass in there, looking so weak, he seems like an obvious target!"
A cold glint flashed in Xiao Qiang's eyes. These guys were courting death, daring to insult him!
Thinking about this, Xiao Qiang lowered his head and calculated. About ten minutes had passed since Third Shi took his first sip of alcohol. If nothing went wrong, they would soon be poisoned, and then see how he deals with these bastards.
After making fun of Xiao Qiang and seeing his silent reaction, Fourth Shi laughed and dropped the subject. People are always like that, they like to bully those who fight back. But when one doesn't fight back, the bullies often lose interest.
"Big brother, why hasn't our second brother sent any news yet?"
After a while, Fifth Shi asked, his brows furrowed. Given that they were related by blood, they had been waiting for news from Shi Bao.
Xiao Qiang also found this strange. Shi Bao had left for over half an hour and yet there was no news. Had they been dealt with by Qian Hu?
At this moment, Xiao Qiang noticed that Third Shi didn't answer his brother's question. His face was flushed and he was beginning to sway.
Moreover, Fourth Shi and Fifth Shi were also showing the same symptoms. All three brothers collapsed to the ground in shock, their guns falling to the ground from their loosened grip.
Feifei also noticed this and looked at Xiao Qiang in surprise, "What's going on here?"
Xiao Qiang smiled lightly as he untied himself and Feifei. He slowly got up, walked over to the Shi brothers, picked up their guns from the ground, and threw two of them to the still stunned Feifei, "Do you know how to use this?"
Feifei nodded subconsciously but still asked Xiao Qiang in confusion, "How did you do it?" She was really curious. Just now, Xiao Qiang appeared submissive in front of them, seeming like a pitiful man begging for mercy. But in less than an hour, these people collapsed on the ground like a pile of mud. She wouldn't believe it if there wasn't something up with Xiao Qiang.
Xiao Qiang shrugged and didn't answer Feifei's question. Instead, he crouched down and slapped Fifth Shi's face a few times. Seeing his pupils dilating, eyes slightly open, and face relaxed, he nodded, "Hmm, the poison has entered his heart."
The reason for checking on Fifth Shi first was because he was the one who drank the least and the latest among the three. So, if even he was confirmed to be poisoned, there would be no need to check on the other two.
"You, you poisoned us?" Fifth Shi's face was filled with disbelief. His poisoning was the lightest, and he still had the energy to talk. As for Fourth Shi and Third Shi, they had already rolled their eyes and lost control of their bodily functions. The poison from the Upas tree was too strong. Coupled with the fact these two chaps had drunk too much alcohol, once hit by the stimulation of alcohol, the poison acted particularly fast. It would only take few minutes for both of them to suffocate.
Xiao Qiang curled his lips, revealing a disdainful expression: "You all wanted to kill me. Are you telling me I should just sit here and wait for you to murder me? Please, don't tell me you really thought that I got out of jail just to be killed by you guys?"
Next, Xiao Qiang stood up, pointed his handgun at Fifth Shi's head, and said: "Don't worry; it won't be long before you reunite with your brothers."
After saying this, Xiao Qiang stood up and pulled the trigger directly at Fifth Shi's chest!
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Fifth Shi was hit by five bullets consecutively. With a stream of blood spurting out, his eyes wide open, he collapsed to the ground, breathless.
"You, you've killed him!" Feifei was stunned. She never expected Xiao Qiang would actually kill Fifth Shi in front of her. Had he gone mad?
Xiao Qiang shrugged his shoulders: "Should I have waited for him to kill me?"
He was not as soft-hearted as Feifei. Hundreds of years of asceticism had taught Xiao Qiang a principle: if you don't root out the problem, it will come back when the spring winds blow. If he was merciful today and let these guys go, who could predict whether they would take revenge when they had a chance? Now he was just an ordinary martial artist and might be shot in the back. If that happened, who would avenge him?
Thinking of this, Xiao Qiang couldn't help but sigh. His strength was still too weak at this moment. If he could activate the thirty-six spirit points and reach the innate realm, he would have no fear of these guys.
"No, I need to find a way to make money!" Xiao Qiang made a resolution secretly. He knew very well that cultivation had always been an expensive business. His first priority now was to make money so he could buy heavenly materials and earthly treasures to improve his cultivation.
Thinking of this, Xiao Qiang squatted down and started to search Fifth Shi's body, pulling out a wad of banknotes. He nodded in satisfaction. These thieves were indeed wealthy.
"What... what are you doing?" Feifei looked bewildered while watching Xiao Qiang's actions. She couldn't believe Xiao Qiang would even rob the dead.
Whilst moving towards the paralysed bodies of Fourth Shi and Third Shi, Xiao Qiang replied to Feifei: "I'm collecting money. These guys should have quite a bit of ill-gotten wealth on them. You know my situation, my wallet was stolen, and I still need to eat, don't I? Will it be better if I rob you instead of these bastards?"
Feifei felt like her worldview had been completely turned upside down that day. First, she was inexplicably kidnapped, then the kidnappers drank the alcohol touched by the man in front of her, and transformed from vicious thugs into lambs to the slaughter. Although she didn't know what poison Xiao Qiang gave these men, she knew clearly that this young man, who didn't change his face after killing someone, was definitely not the pitiful college student Uncle Wang Ming described. Three years of prison life was enough to make a man unrecognizable even to his own family.
And now, Xiao Qiang was even plundering the dead, which really frightened Feifei.
"It's wrong... wrong what you're doing," Feifei said, her voice trembling.
Xiao Qiang didn't say anything else, feeling he didn't need to explain himself to her.
After flipping out a large pile of cash from Fourth Shi and Third Shi, Xiao Qiang put all the money into his clothes, then kicked their immobile bodies, murmuring to himself: "I'll let you die in the know. The poison is from the Upas tree, causing heart failure, vascular closure and blood clotting. That's what's happening to you now. In a few minutes, you'll feel suffocated. Don't worry, it won't take long, you'll be meeting the King of Hell soon."
At that moment, Xiao Qiang's expression suddenly changed. He quickly turned to Feifei, who was about to talk to him, and said in a low voice, "Hide, someone is coming!"
Shi Bao had finally returned!
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