Chapter 3

At the Qiaotou Village Market, on a small patch of bare dirt.

Under the dusk, the hundred families of the village gathered here. They stood in a deathly stillness for nearly an hour, their bodies and faces covered with dust and sand from the wind.

The crowd didn't even dare to breathe loudly. They all held their breaths and suppressed some fear in their eyes as they looked at a green-robed man who was walking a hyena that was as tall as a man.

The man leisurely smiled as he slowly walked in front of the crowd.

The hyena's nose kept sniffing around the crowd's legs, shocking everyone to the point that they froze on the spot and didn't dare to move at all.

Suddenly, the hyena bared its sharp teeth and let out a low whimper before abruptly pouncing toward a figure in the crowd.

The ferocious speed and explosive force caused the crowd to let out terrified screams and instinctively spread out to the left and right.

Immediately, a middle-aged man was trampled to the ground by the hyena's four thick hooves. With a boom, his back hit the ground, causing dust to scatter everywhere.

The crowd around the middle aged man retreated like a receding tide. Every single one of them had a trace of bewilderment, uneasiness, and fear in their eyes.

Crack! A whip fiercely landed on the middle-aged man's body. Everyone clearly saw the middle-aged man's body curl up slightly, and his limbs twitched fiercely.

"Lowly unruly commoner!"

The green-robed man who had released the hyena to bite the person stood in front of the crowd with his arms crossed. He looked at the person under the hyena's foot with disdain and curled his cold lips. He mocked, "As everyone knows, the magnetite mine belongs to Tiandao Sect. Anyone who privately mines it in any form is illegally occupying it!

Committing the unforgivable crime of theft!

Tell me, how do you want to die? "

"Liuzi!!" A woman with messy hair and an eleven- or twelve-year-old girl rushed out from the crowd.

The two of them scrambled forward. But, they were whipped several times by the green-robed man. They screamed in fear and retreated with a panicked expression on their faces.

"Let's go! Let's get out of here!" Qiao Liu shouted in fear when he saw his wife and daughter rushing out.

The hyena straightened its body. It was at least 6.3 meters tall, and it suddenly pounced in front of the girl. It bit the hem of her skirt and tore at it. The girl was so shocked that she fell backward. Her legs went soft, and she sat on the ground. She supported herself on the ground with both hands and screamed in fear.

On the other side, Arbor was standing in the crowd with his father, Qiao Zhongbang, in his arms. His face was filled with displeasure.

After all, her mental age was already so old. How could she like being hugged by her father? Moreover, she was still suppressing a trace of anger and dissatisfaction towards this father of hers.

Wei Ziqin looked at Qiao Liu's family of three worriedly. She lowered her head and looked at her three-year-old daughter, Qiao Lin, who was hugging her calf and hiding behind her. She patted her daughter's head and comforted her softly. "Don't be afraid, child. It'll be fine."

This was only his mother's feeble consolation. How could he be fine?

In the center of the crowd, the hyena, which was as tall as a person, chased after the panic-stricken Qiao Liu's daughter. It tore at her skirt like it was playing with a toy.

Although the onlookers were angry, they did not dare to say anything.

Meanwhile, the green-robed man who allowed the hyena to bully the girl stood to the side with a chuckle. He looked at this good show with a mocking gaze.

The girl's clothes and skirt were torn off piece by piece, falling down like snowflakes.

The tattered clothes could cover less and less skin.

The village chief of Qiaotou Village stood there with his walking stick. His face was filled with anger as he looked up at the luxuriously dressed patrolling officials beside him.

However, the officials turned a blind eye to the bullying of Qiao Liu's daughter. They stood beside a young noble and fawned over him with flattering smiles.

However, the young noble did not have a good expression. He even ignored the officials who were nodding and bowing. His gaze followed the green-robed man uneasily, and a thin layer of sweat seeped out of his forehead.

"Tell me, where is the magnetite mine that you privately mined?"

The green-robed man grabbed the hyena's leash and stepped on Qiao Liu's chest. He used so much strength that Qiao Liu's face flushed red. His chest was so stifled that he could not speak.