Chapter 63: Extorting an Exorbitant Sum

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“What? You dare kidnap the Miss and blackmail the Li Clan?” Luo Yun was startled by Lei Qing’s boldness and said angrily, “Don’t you know the consequences of doing this?”

“The consequences? I know them very well.” Lei Qing said indifferently, “Your Li Clan is the hegemon, with wealth rivaling a nation and vast influence. To people like you in the Li Clan, someone like me, Lei Qing, is just a tiny ant that can be crushed easily. So, for a small fry like me, an ant, when your Miss Li wants to kill me, I should have knelt down and thanked her for her great grace. Resistance, counter-killing, or capturing the enemy—all these are unforgivable acts of treason to you, right?” As he spoke, Lei Qing looked at Luo Yun with some disdain.

Luo Yun’s face showed a hint of embarrassment. It was true that the Li Clan had started this matter. But at this moment, the Miss was in his hands, and Luo Yun dared not provoke Lei Qing further. He could only say, “Brother Lei, this was a mistaken decision made by our Li Clan. Tell me, how much compensation do you want to call off this?”

“Luo Yun, don’t mind me, let him kill me.” At this time, Li Baobao hated Lei Qing to the bone. She gritted her teeth and said, “If I die, my family will surely avenge me. Even if he runs to the ends of the earth, he will not escape death.”

“Haha.” Lei Qing laughed instead of getting angry. He grabbed Li Baobao’s chin and turned it around. His eyes were demonic as he sneered at her, “Kill you? Miss Li, you are so innocent and cute. How could I bear to kill a beauty like you who wants to hang my head on the city gate? I, surnamed Lei, don’t have much else, but I have more than a hundred sturdy brothers. They haven’t tasted meat in a long time. They will certainly serve Miss Li comfortably, making you feel like you’re in heaven. Brothers, don’t you agree?”

Lei Qing, holding Li Baobao, gradually retreated until he reached a group of mountain bandits.

“Ao~ Ao~” Those mountain bandits, indeed many of them hadn’t tasted meat in a long time. Hearing their boss say this, they became excited and howled.

“You dare!” A hint of genuine fear appeared in Li Baobao’s eyes. Her teeth bit her lips until they bled, “Even if I commit suicide, I will not let you succeed.”

“Suicide?Uh, I have to say, you are truly simply cute. Have you never seen the world?” Lei Qing smiled demonically and pinched her chin. He leaned closer and whispered gently into her ear, “You don’t understand, but I can teach you. To a group of mountain bandits who have been hungry and thirsty for a long time, a beautiful naked corpse will also be very interesting. But rest assured, I am a good person. I will send your corpse, which has been insulted, back to your home. However, I am too cowardly to deliver you inside the house. I can only hang your corpse on the city gate for your family to come and collect your remains. As for how many people have admired you in between, I cannot say.”

Lei Qing’s words were gentle, full of a man’s deep voice. However, to Li Baobao, they made a chill run through her body from the bottom of her heart. Those eyes, slightly weathered, deep and good-looking, became as terrifying as those of a demon.

“You, you…” Li Baobao didn’t dare to be tough anymore. The thought of such a terrible consequence made her delicate teeth tremble up and down, “You are a devil.”

“A devil?” Lei Qing sneered, “We are both the same. Not long ago, you ordered that all of our more than a hundred men be killed and my head be chopped off and hung on the gate of Qingshi Town. It seems that you might be even more vicious than me. If I am a devil, doesn’t that make you Miss Li Baobao a female devil?”

“Brother Lei, let’s talk nicely. Don’t scare the Miss,” Luo Yun smiled bitterly from a distance.

“Scare?” Lei Qing’s gaze was firm and his voice was deep, “I never like to scare people. I am not a saint. You shouted for my death and the deaths of my brothers, yet you are still polite to me. Your Miss Li’s life is a life, but aren’t the lives of our more than a hundred brothers, and my life, Lei Qing, also lives?” Don’t talk to me about your Li Family. Even if gods and Buddhas from heaven came to kill me, Lei Qing, I would try to bite off a piece of meat from them even if I die.”

Li Baobao was also shocked by Lei Qing’s domineering words. She lowered her head, feeling somewhat afraid of him. This person probably did what he said.

“Brother Lei, we know we were wrong this time, okay?” Luo Yun had no way to deal with Lei Qing and could only smile bitterly.

“I am already captured by you, what else do you want?” Li Baobao also said in a low, angry voice.

“I don’t want anything.” Lei Qing said coldly, “Listen well, Li Baobao. Perhaps you are born noble and have a high-and-mighty attitude. The lives of us mountain bandit commoners are worthless to you, worth less than half a coin. Indeed, your power is strong, and with one word, you can easily wipe us out. Indeed, if my brothers and I are all killed by you. Our strength is inferior to others, and I have nothing to say. This world is a world where strength is supreme. But now, you have lost. Stop showing off your airs as a young miss at home here. You are now just my captive, and I can dispose of you however I want. Do not threaten me, and do not talk to me about consequences. Since we have already offended each other, what is the point of saving face? If we are going to do it, let’s do it thoroughly. And you made a mistake, so you must pay the price for your mistake.”

Lei Qing’s speech made those mountain bandits feel passionate again: “Boss, why don’t we take her back to be our bandit chief’s wife?”

Luo Yun and the other iron-armored soldiers, although angry, had to admit that Lei Qing had some reasonable points. Especially Luo Yun, who regretted it deeply. If he had known that this group of mountain bandits was so tenacious, he would have stopped the Miss from bringing so few people. It was all his own carelessness underestimating this group of mountain bandits.

“Luo Yun, don’t say I am not giving your Li Clan a chance to admit their mistake.” Lei Qing began to negotiate with a serious expression, “One hundred thousand gold coins, two hundred Bronze-rank Demonic Beast Crystal Cores of various elements, ten Silver-rank Demonic Beast Crystal Cores, one Gold-rank Crystal Core. One hundred and fifty sets of full-body iron armor and battle swords, two hundred crossbows, ten thousand crossbow bolts, one hundred and fifty fine armored warhorses, and two Spatial Rings. These are my conditions. If you are missing even one gold coin, prepare to find your Miss’s naked corpse everywhere.”

Although they had mentally prepared for it, the Li Clan would definitely lose a lot this time. Luo Yun knew that this man was bold, but he didn’t expect him to be so bold. Extorting an exorbitant sum was not opened like this. Immediately, he sucked in a cold breath and said with a bitter face, “Boss Lei, your conditions are too excessive, aren’t they?”

“Excessive? Your Li Clan is known for its wealth rivaling a nation and is one of the leaders of the Free Alliance.” Lei Qing sneered repeatedly, “Don’t tell me you can’t even afford such petty money? This is your legitimate Miss, and it also concerns the reputation of your Li Clan.”

Petty money? Luo Yun almost spat blood. Was this called petty money? He shook his head with a bitter expression, “Boss Lei, your requirements are really too high. We also suffered heavy losses in this battle. Can you reduce them a bit?”

“Luo Yun? The young miss doesn’t treat you as humans and arbitrarily directs you to send your lives to death.” Lei Qing began to sow discord between the lines, “But you, don’t you consider your brothers’ lives as lives either? On these two battlefields, dozens of your brothers are lying there. Many of them may have only suffered serious injuries. If they are not treated in time, the consequences will be very serious. Seeing that you are still a person, I will give you face. Come, go and save all the injured people for me. Clean up the battlefield, especially those warhorses. They are very valuable, and find them all for me.”

At this time, the mountain bandits already worshipped Lei Qing like a god. Immediately, a group of people went to execute the order. Afraid that someone might embezzle the goods, Jiang Yu made a sign to Lei Qing and then took a few people away.

“Boss Lei, you want to take away our warhorses and armor?” Luo Yun stared at him and scolded angrily.

“Uh, of course, aren’t these my spoils of war?” Lei Qing said matter-of-factly, “Not only those, but also the armor and weapons on your bodies, as well as money, must all be left behind. Come, help them take off their armor and tie them up with rope shackles for me. Tie them tightly. These people are all masters of Fighting Qi.”

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