Chapter 0101 – Only My Eyes Can See – Absolute Returns

Greenface chose the closest path to the Hundred Rings Merchant’s Guild, but that also meant we had to sleep out in the open.

“When you build a campfire, you have to set up the firewood like this.” Looking at the fumbling Li An, I finally couldn’t help but step in. He had actually never built a fire before, and it seemed like this was the first time he had left the sect and traveled far away from here.

“Here, now I’ll show you how to handle the prey.” I took the pheasant and rabbit from him and skillfully skinned and gutted them with clean movements.

“Elder brother, you’re amazing! When did you learn all this?” Li An watched from the side.

“Don’t I have a good teacher here?” I smiled and glanced at the Extremely Evil Evil Demon who was leaning against the side of the carriage, watching us without a word. Green Face, on the other hand, kept a distance from him, guarding it vigilantly.

The processed meat pieces were threaded onto the branches and set up on the campfire and roasted. “Watch the fire, don’t scorch it. The assassin can be recaptured if he runs away, but the meat will be gone if it’s roasted!”

“Yes!” Li An took over the task of roasting the meat with excitement, staring at the throbbing flames with unblinking eyes.

I sincerely hope that this short journey will leave Li Ann with some good memories. After all, this was her first long-distance trip, and even though she had to be on edge at all times with the Extremely Evil Evil Demon and Green Face on her side, at least for the moment, she could relax for a while and enjoy a few moments of peace and quiet.

After the meat was grilled, I picked up a skewer and handed it to the Extremely Evil Evil Demon. “Eat some together.”

“It’s not necessary.” He refused coldly.

“Not hungry?”

“Not hungry.”

Li An roasted the rest of the meat, sprinkled it with salt and spices, wrapped it in oiled paper, and handed it to Extremely Evil Evil Demon and Green Face respectively. “Save it for later.” She said to the two, then returned to me.

Although she harbored a deep fear of the extremely evil evil, she still maintained the proper politeness and thoughtfulness.

“Then we’ll eat first.” Liam and I started enjoying the roasted meat and had a few sips of the wine we bought in the village.

“I don’t drink.” Li An declined my invitation, it seemed that she was afraid of losing her temper in front of the extremely evil evil demon.

“I really can’t figure it out, what’s so nice about it?” The Extremely Evil Evil Demon who had been silent all this time suddenly spoke up.

Liam’s body visibly stiffened at his words. Although he didn’t say it explicitly, she should have already guessed the content of our previous conversation.

The Extremely Evil Evil Demon’s words were a bit rude, but he was also defending me, after all, he was explaining to Li An that I wasn’t lying when I said she was pretty before.

Instead of answering, I cast my eyes into the distant darkness. “See that weasel under that rock thirty feet away?”

The Extremely Evil Evil Demon, Li An, and Green Face all looked in the direction of my finger, but there was only pitch blackness and nothing to be seen.

“If you don’t believe me, check it out.”

The Extremely Evil Evil Demon signaled Green Face to go over and check. A moment later, Green Face returned with a weasel in his hand.

The Extremely Evil Evil Demon asked in surprise, “You really saw it?”

“What I see in my eyes is not all that Lord Evil can see.” I replied indifferently.

Of course, the reason I can see is not because my eyesight is better than that of an evil demon, but because my practice of “Qi Plucking” has reached a state of perfection.

“This escort of mine has a beauty that only I can see.” I turned my head to Liam and said with intent.

“Senior!” Li An blushed in shame and scrambled to lower her head, signaling me to stop talking.

“Manly man, why as twisted?” The Extremely Evil Evil Demon flirted.

“What needs to be said still needs to be said. You can’t just not say it because you’re shy, and you can’t stop saying it because you’ve already said it once. I still choose not to say it because I’m afraid she’ll be annoyed, I forget to say it because I’m too busy, and I purposely don’t say it because I’m afraid she’ll think I’m hypocritical ……”

The last sentence, “I purposely didn’t say anything for fear that she would think I was hypocritical”, was obviously meant for the Evil Demon. Because as he had said before, he didn’t feel that Li An’s existence was low.

“A person who can speak well is not much of a man.” The Extremely Evil Evil Demon glanced at Li An and said meaningfully. Perhaps because of the campfire, or perhaps because of shyness, Li An’s lowered face was even more flushed at the moment.

Lee Ann, be confident!

I simply can’t start a new chapter in my life without you.

Two days later, the carriage arrived at the Hundred Rings Merchant Association.

“Figured out how to persuade me?” The Extremely Evil Evil Demon stepped out of the carriage and opened his mouth to ask.

“The answer is not in the wagon, or in my head, but behind that door.” I said in a calm tone as I looked up at the plaque of the Hundred Rings Merchant Guild.

Green Face and Li An walked in front, with Extreme Evil Demon and I following closely behind.

After entering the Hundred Rings Merchant Guild, I still wore my mask. One of the benefits of traveling with the Extremely Evil Evil Demon was that one could wear a mask openly and honestly. If I was the only one wearing a mask, it would be too ostentatious, but with three of us in a group, others would only think that we were used to wearing masks.

Qing Min went up and knocked on the door, and a middle-aged man in the shape of a butler opened the door.

When he saw us three strange men wearing masks, he didn’t have the slightest look of surprise on his face, as if he had already known that we would come.

“My master has been waiting for a long time, please come in, three of you.”

I had expected a group of experts to be waiting for us in the martial arts arena, but it was empty.

I secretly operated my true qi and carefully sensed the movements around me, but found that there wasn’t a single ambush. It seems that the people of the Hundred Rings Merchant Group were smart enough to know that striking a stone with an egg would only be a wasted sacrifice, so they chose to wait and see what happens.

The butler took us to the main hall, where nine men had been waiting for a long time.

“I, Xu Zhengtai, master of the Hundred Rings Merchant Group.” The middle-aged man at the head was the first to speak.