276 Hiring Outsiders

The man and his friends were defeated and they thought it to leave as soon as possible, else they would be facing more shame.

The merchants of the market were happy to see that there finally someone appear to stand against notorious mugger.

Cultivators slowly dispersed, they were awe inspired from this battle.

"I am not sure who these two cultivators are but they are definitely stronger than their appearance," they were right, Zhi Chang and Jen don't look stout or stiff from their bearings, they look like some noble and learned.

A powerful mentor must be tutoring them in the previous years and they happened to come across mugger by chance.

"I am oldest merchant of this market and I never saw them before, is it possible that they are outsiders?" an old merchant expressed his thoughts, he was running his business in this market for several decades and he was familiar with all the royal families of this Manias.

"Then they won't be staying longer considering the situation in the Clandestine Manias," someone spoke amid the crowd of merchants.

"This, we can directly talk to them, it would be better option than to create our own answers," a young merchant suggested.

They were fortunate that the mugger was unable to rob them off of their earnings but what about tomorrow and day after tomorrow? He would definitely appear and cause havoc to settle the grudge which developed today.

Lin'an was satisfied to see the mugger running away, this means that this couple could stand against stronger enemies and she would be safe during her journey together with them.

Zhi Chang and Jen was not aware what was these merchants planning on, Jen was thinking to choose a hill of this Manias and cultivate while giving pointers and guidance to Zhi Chang, this way she would be able to keep eye on the development in this Manias and interrupt if needed.

"Excuse me this gentleman," an old merchant voiced from behind, Zhi Chang stopped and looked behind at the old man, "Did this senior asked me?" he was puzzled because he was not familiar with anyone here while Jen was giving more attention toward Lin'an.

"Indeed, what is your name gentleman?" the old merchant pleasantly asked this time, the way Zhi Chang turned around and spoke with mild tone was enough to ensure that young man was not arrogant or taut.

"This senior, I am Zhi Chang," he looked toward Jen who was still talking to Lin'an, this girl was worried to stay any longer and wanted to leave as soon as possible.

"If you are this insistent, I can't do anything, you have to leave alone," Jen can't leave early because she wanted Zhi Chang to learn first and then they could travel in the void with ease.

Lin'an was left with no choice, she has to leave alone else her mother would find out her sooner or later, she turned to leave.

"If only you let me know why you strongly wish to leave when I have already told you that to travel in the void is more dangerous than to live in the chaotic Manias," Jen tried her last resort to stop this girl.

Lin'an turned and smiled, "If only you know how dangerous is the crown lady, you won't ask this to me," it seemed Lin'an was greatly afraid to meet up her mother again.

"Even if you have some debt to pay, you should not leave like this, we can help you still," this was the last sentence and Jen saw her shaking head, there was disappointment of her face.

"Jen, this senior wanted to hire our services to guard the market from muggers,"Zhi Chang spoke to get her attention, Jen sighed to look at Lin'an leaving and observed the merchant.

Zhi Chang needed resources for his learning and this seemed a batter way to earn, he don't want to burden Jen for his every need, no? He would feel discontented if he had to rely solely on the resources provided by Jen, if he could earn and support his learning then it would be more feasible option.

Jen cannot immediately answer, she had to think about it, if she was to decide then Jen would not allow, first of all it would waste a lot of his time when he can spend this time in cultivating, second the sources was not some headache she has enough resources piled up in her storage but the same reasons can be given if Zhi Chang wanted to argue, he was a man and would not accept her sources and sit still and cultivate, he would rather chose to remain idle than using her resources, also to confront some enemies and defeat them would provide him some experience of actual battles.

"You can decide your own," Jen left this matter for him whether he wanted to accept this job or not.

"I will be taking this job then," he accepted the first payment of jade pins and also he was given a small residence amid the market, he could diligently cultivate and only come for help when someone tried to harm the shops or came with the purpose of robbing.

The terms were feasible, other than shooing away robbers, he has spare time for cultivation.

Jen pressed her lips, she was not feeling well, the hidden slashes were helpful for fending off enemies but it was not as easy as the core expert was using it fearlessly.

His level of expertize must be higher for using this hidden technique, that's true, the slashes was hidden technique which Jen learned by chance.

Since she was using this technique practically for the first time and most noticeable aspect was that the enemy was not level lower or weak so they strength needed behind this technique would be more demanding.

Zhi Chang got her approval and felt at ease.

The mugger and his friends were not simple, they have the backing of lazy toad, when the cultivator came and told about the situation, he was waiting for them to return and give him his shares from this robbery.

Most definitely, lazy toad was backing, it was a saying, the guarding dog must be leading the robbers that was truth in this condition, the city archon himself was involved in creating this mess, after he got some guts, he started backing these muggers because he needed wealth to shower at the women surrounding him.

Here the city archon lead these mugger to snatch the wealth from common people and secure his stakes too.

Today, the mugger came empty handed and he was fuming at him.

"How is it possible that a random outsider was difficult to defeat from four of you, were you intentionally letting him to walk on your head or you have decide to foolish me?" he roared.

It was nearly impossible in his eyes to defeat them all in one go, and not a single cultivator has reached to the deity Realm where the amount of essence force was unlimited and the cultivator can battle with the enemy for many years.

These muggers were definitely fooling him, he thought.

"We swear our lives, the man was not the only one who defeated single handedly, there was a girl who seemed to be ally of the young man, we don't know what kind of cult she used to prevent us from ambush," they spoke in unison, they were also showing their shoulder back area where the slashes hit ruthlessly.

The lazy toad was unwilling to believe them but when he saw the signs of slashes seeping blood, he had to believe, he also checked the one who claimed that one of his acmes pair was also hurt with the slash.

It happened when he was ready to ambush and meanwhile Jen caught wind of their planning, because his dominion was spread open, the slash happened to hit one of the acmes pair at the same time.

Lazy toad was thinking a way to settle the matter, if he let it go then the merchants of the market would no longer fear these muggers, also they would get courageous with the time.

The most important aspect, he would lose the free flow of wealth in his storage, the lady crown won't be questioning him all these years but if he did not send her share then she would definitely come looking for him.

The crown lady was also robbing but indirectly giving her assurance that she won't ask or question about it no matter who ever come complaining.

It was ridiculous situation, from bottom to top, everyone was involved in creating the chaotic situation and there was no one to stop them, the common people were fed up and if they were given choice they won't be staying another day in this Manias.

The only questionable scenario was the silence of the elders, the Manias were not solely run by crown, the elders has strong standing in the matters of administration.