Chapter 144 Li Jun: Floods Flooded the Dragon King Temple
"Brother, come and see what I found!"

Shi Qian has maxed out the skill of stealing, petty theft, and gold and silver.

After walking back and forth in the hotel, his round eyes quickly discovered several hidden cellars.

There was no secret "yellow beef" in the cellar, but it was filled with yellow and black coarse salt.

“So much salt?”

Chao Gai walked in and took a look, then bared his teeth and said, "That man-eating devil has so much salt, why would he do murder and robbery? He should just sell salt directly. I estimate he has thousands of strings of cash!"

Liu Tang had traveled extensively and had once been a private salt dealer. He touched the salt with his finger and tasted it, then nodded and said, "It's private salt from Lianghuai, not from Li Li. Judging from the appearance, a private salt dealer must have used this place as a transit warehouse to sell salt to the mountains."

"If we kill this devil, will we offend the local bullies in Jieyang Ridge?" Shi Qian asked.

Chao Gai waved his sleeves and said nonchalantly: "Although it is said that a powerful dragon cannot overpower a local snake, but when a fierce dragon crosses the river, a mere snake or rat is nothing to worry about!"

Cao Jie walked around the warehouse and said to Liu Tang, "Get some wood and light it to make a signal smoke. This private salt dealer is the brother I'm looking for. Lead him over here."

"Brother, are you sure?"

Gongsun Sheng calculated with his fingers but got nothing, and became more and more curious about Cao Jie's calculations.

"When that person comes, we will know the truth!"

"Brother said that we are the brothers who have joined together, so it must be correct."

Soon, a wisp of black smoke rose up. Although it did not rise very high and was blown away by the river breeze, as long as it was above the river, one or two wisps of smoke could be seen dozens of miles away.

Everyone boiled some hot water and rested in the hotel with the dry food they brought with them.

It was soon evening, and a ray of setting sun spread across the water, making half of the river rustle and half of it red.

A small boat came towards Jieyang Ridge like an arrow. When it reached the hidden ferry, three big men jumped off the boat, each holding a sword and charging towards the direction where the smoke was rising.

Gongsun Shengyun's spirit was at the fifth level of the Sun Travel Realm. His soul was not afraid of the scorching sun, so he wandered around Jieyang Mountain to gather information.

Suddenly, he opened his eyes and said, "Here it comes!"

"Brother, since you said that man is one of our brothers, he must not be like this cannibalistic Li Li. I, Chao Gai, will go meet him first and find out what he is like."

"Brother Chao Gai, don't worry."

Cao Jie reached out his hand to stop Chao Gai and said with a smile: "We are all brothers. When he comes, we will meet him together."

"All right!"

Soon, three big men appeared in the sunset. The first one was tall, with thick eyebrows, big eyes, red face, and wire-like moustache. The two on the left and right were dressed as fishermen, each holding a trident.

"Bah!"

The voice was like a bronze bell, and he shouted: "Who are you? How dare you occupy my brother Li Li's store?"

At the same time, two fishermen, one on the left and one on the right, raised their tridents and looked at each other coldly. "Are you brothers with this man-eating devil?" Ruan Xiaoqi asked.

After that, the body of the Death Judge was thrown to the ground.

The big man narrowed his eyes and shouted, "In today's world, the emperor wants to eat people, civil and military officials want to eat people, landlords and profiteers want to eat people, everyone wants to eat people, so why can't my brother Li Li eat people?"

Cao Jie looked at Hun Jiang Long seriously. He did not expect him to be so cynical, so he said loudly:
"A real man should not talk about making a career and bringing honor to his family. But he runs a black shop, poisons passers-by with anesthetics, bullies the weak, and even eats people. How can he be a hero? How can we regard someone who does such dirty things as a brother? If the heroes of the world knew about it, he would be ridiculed and would never be able to turn over a new leaf. He would be despised by others for the rest of his life."

The big man's face turned redder after being insulted by Cao Jie. He said angrily, "The government and the wealthy are forcing us. They won't give us a chance to live. So what if they kill the profiteers who come and go?"

"There is no way to survive. Just use the knife in your hand to carve out a path. Others can survive, but you can't. Do you have to eat human flesh to survive?!"

Liu Tang asked loudly, thinking that he was a red-haired ghost, the most evil ghost among all the evil ghosts, and he did not eat human flesh, so why didn't these good people do the same and instead wanted to eat humans as demons.

Facing Liu Tang's question, the big man's thick eyebrows pointed like swords, and he shouted loudly: "Don't make random accusations. I, Li Jun, have my own hands and feet. I can make a living anywhere, but I don't do this cannibalistic business. Li Li's business has nothing to do with me. I just want to transport salt to the mountains, so I rented his cellar for use."

"Since you don't eat human flesh, that's good!" Ruan Xiaoqi nodded.

In this chaotic world, killing people is nothing, but the lowest bottom line as a human being is not to eat humans.

Liu Tang pointed to the cellar again and said, "So, the private salt in the warehouse is yours?!"

"What if it's mine? What if it's not mine?"

"If it's yours, take it. Would we take away your little private salt? I just couldn't stand Li Li's cannibalism, so I got rid of him to get rid of harm to the people. I don't think you look like a cannibalistic demon..."

"Where on earth are you guys from?" Li Jun also calmed down and looked at everyone.

He didn't take action right away because he found that many of them were very powerful and he couldn't see their background clearly.

If they act rashly, the three of them might be in big trouble!

Only when you can bend and stretch can you be a husband!

Everyone laughed, and Ruan Xiaoqi said proudly: "My brother is Cao Jie from Shandong!"

Li Jun was shocked when he heard this. He looked up and down at Cao Jie, who had the most peaceful and profound temperament, and said with a fist:
"It's really a flood that washed away the Dragon King Temple. I have always heard of Brother Cao's great name, Shandong Yan Wang Di, Yuncheng Xiao Meng De, who has saved countless lives and is the most loyal. Many heroes regard him as their brother. I have admired him for a long time, but I didn't expect that you were right in front of me, but I didn't recognize you. Please forgive me, brother!"

After that, he pulled his two younger brothers to bow and said, "I am Li Jun, nicknamed 'Hunjiang Dragon'. These two are my brothers, 'Chudong Jiao' Tong Wei, 'Flip Jiang Shen' Tong Meng, they are all my dearest friends. My three brothers make a living on the river, selling some private salt to make a living, but we really don't do business that cannibalize people."

He emphasized it again.

Cao Jie reached out his hand to help Li Jun up, and said with a smile: "I have also heard of the great name of Brother Li Jun. The three tyrants of Jieyang are also well-known in the martial arts world!"

"I dare not. I am just a private salt dealer and cannot be seen in public."

"What's wrong with private salt dealers? The poor people in the mountains can't even afford salt, and their bodies are covered with white hair. Because of heroes like you, the people can afford salt and survive!
Come, let me introduce you, brother. This is Chao Gai, the 'Heavenly King of the Pagoda', this is Ruan Xiaoqi, the 'Living Yama', and this is Liu Tang, the 'Red-haired Ghost'..."

After everyone greeted each other, they lit a bonfire and started chatting with the little wine they had.

(End of this chapter)