29: Underground Society(4)

'Whoever marries this woman, you have my condolences.' Li Fei quipped inwardly, covering his ears.

Li Fei was quite astonished upon findings out that Tang Yu was Seventh Stage Body Refining Realm. 'No wonder why she has a powerful aura around her.'

Soon enough, about a hundred people, both men and women, gradually appeared from their front doors and marched towards the source of the voice like a disciplined troops after that deafening roars.

"So there you have it! These are my henchmen and we shall be at your service. Pray tell, what can we be of help for you."

They all looked up at him and bowed respectfully.

"Greetings, Master Peng Lao!"

Li Fei was amazed by their unified voice. Wasting no time, Li Fei explained why he would need their helps in order to eliminate the Beggar King and put an end to the atrocities that he did for the past decade. Anger painted on their faces when Li Fei mentioned about what kind of depravity that have already been happening in the Slum District for years. Especially the women.

Although seventy percent of the young women in the Red Light District were employed as sex workers, they were not enslaved by the establishments and were not meant to be sacrificed to an evil man. In fact, they all beloved by the people and cherished by the clientele. Their happiness was paramount and all of the above.

They couldn't believe it at first since it's almost impossible for a low born mortal to acquire such a devilish cultivation art that allows its practioner to draw their victim's Qi by consuming their blood and even harvesting their wombs in exchange for strength.

Even Ning Rongrong, the Sect Master of Nine Claws Sect who cultivate Nine Hells Blood Art, never did such things as to sacrificing innocent mortals let alone committing a mass murder spree to satiate her lust for power. She's a demoness, but not an evil's incarnate.

"But of course, I will not put you directly into a danger. I'll just need some hands to help me evacuate the survivors, if there's any that is. I have to stop him before he completed the ritual. If Slum District have an evil leader amongst them, I am afraid that our livelihood will not last very long. Worse, the entire Yunhai City would collapse and fall into chaos." Li Fei concluded his long speech.

Yulan, meanwhile, took out a small pouch of gold coins from the folds of her robe. "And… As the compensation of everyone's troubles, it's not much, but we have a bit of coins to spare."

One of Tang Yu's henchmen stepped forward.

"Tch! Forget about the money, Lady Yulan. Master Peng Lao's in the past is innumerable! We can't possibly take this as granted. Now that Master Peng Lao back on his feet after ten years succumbed to incurable poison, this is the least that we can do for him."

"Everyone…" Yulan held the tears in the corner of her eyes.

And then, a stout and burly-looking man butts in.

"So, what are we waiting for?! Let's go kick this bastard's ass and castrate his cock to its base!"

"Hold your horse, Baojiu. You don't want to charge into their nest blindly, isn't that right, Master Peng Lao?" Tang Yu glanced at him.

"Indeed… It would be dangerous to go in there without a map…"

Suddenly, a cute voice resounded from the the back of the crowd. "I can help you with that, master!"

Li Fei raised one of his eyebrows as he saw a young women in a wheelchair pushed the wheels hastily.

"Ye Rui, don't tell me that you want to come as well."

"That's not it, Shifu!" Ye Rui shook her head. "I can draw you a map for the sewers, complete with the legends and markings."

Li Fei's once tensed shoulders slumped down in relief. "That's good to hear."

"Well, you can use my drawing table for that, come inside." Tang Yu pointed at the front door with a thumb over her shoulder.

"En! Thank you, Lady Tang Yu!"

Li Fei helped the young lady's wheelchair

climbs onto the porch gently and strode into Tang Yu's study.

Once the drawing utensils were prepared by the mil– older lady, Ye Rui began to sketch out the layout of the sewers with a very fine and thin brush, guided by a thread to create lines and everything.

Not only the sewers, Ye Rui also draw the Slum District's map which also corresponds with the sewers' map. Even though the maps were simplified, they covered the majority of the landscape and even includes some secret entrance and pathways to enter the sewers.

If ones ought to put the two maps onto each other and see it through a light source, they would have a perfect map of both world combined.

"You are a genius!" Tang Yu complimented Ye Rui's talents.

Ye Rui chuckled wryly. "I am nothing of such, Lady Tang Yu. I've been living in the Slum District for years so it's just natural for me to draw them in a brief."

"That's a bullshit!" Tang Yu said. "I can recognize one's talent in just a glance. But yours, yours is special. I can feel it. If you have an inkling to learn how to draw and craft things, feel free to knock my front door."

Ye Rui glanced at her master, fidgeting her toes inside her shoes.

Li Fei stroke Ye Rui's hair from the top to her back and nodded in acknowledgement. Giving her a green light to learn from Tang Yu which evoked a beaming smile from the former.

"Alright, let's revise our plan and be on our way before we lose the daylight. We don't want to fight them in the dark."

After that, Ye Rui drew four more pair of maps and provided him with many valuable informations about the Beggar King's lackeys and their ranks.

"That old fart keeps his women inside this Inner Sanctum." Ye Rui pointed at the most inner spot of the sewers. "See if their minds are still intact. If not, kill them, end their misery, I beg you, Shifu!"

"Heard." Li Fei answered curtly, patting the top Ye Rui's hair.