Chapter 113: Copper Coin

BANG! BANG! BANG!

The violent pounding against the door sent vibrations through the floorboards, shaking dust from the dilapidated wooden rafters overhead.

Lin Yuan stood in the center of the main hall, his breathing shallow. His body, completely devoid of the spiritual energy that usually fortified his flesh, ached with a profound, bone-deep exhaustion. The physical toll of digging his wife's grave in the freezing sleet the previous day had left his mortal muscles stiff and screaming in protest.

"Open up, Lin Yuan!" a harsh, guttural voice roared from the muddy street outside. "The Black Tiger Gang is here! The grace period for your wife's medicine is over! Bring out the silver, or we'll take the deed to this pathetic shack and throw you and your brat out!"