I was lying on the ground, sweating profusely from the pain.

My stomach was churning, and with that kick from Heizi, I vomited all the breakfast I had eaten.

Heizi pointed at me and arrogantly said, "Don't let me see you in the village again. Every time I see you, I'll beat you up. Damn it, you dare to play tricks behind my back? I'll kill you!"

Muttering obscenities, Heizi walked away.

A nameless anger surged within me. This Heizi was truly going too far. Although I had heard of Heizi's bad reputation, I had never directly interacted with him before. Today, I realized that he was a complete scoundrel.

This was ** robbery, taking away all the cash I had on me. In those days, a few hundred yuan was a huge sum of money.

Of course, I couldn't just let him take my money for nothing. And if I let him think that I was an easy target today, he would bully me frequently in the future.

So, no matter what, I had to make him understand that Yang Cheng was not easy to mess with.

Fatty was a pushover, but I wasn't. The whole village was afraid of you, Heizi, but not me. Even the fiercest person is afraid of a tough opponent. Today, I will be that tough opponent.

"Heizi, ** stop right there!"

I got up, glaring at Heizi's back and shouting in anger.

Hearing me curse at him, Heizi couldn't believe it. He touched his ears in disbelief, turned around, and looked at me with surprise. "Are you cursing at me?"

"**!" I squeezed out the words through my teeth.

Heizi suddenly got angry, rolled up his sleeves, and strode towards me, swearing as he walked, "You bastard, I won't let you off today!"

Heizi approached me, raised his hand, and was about to slap me.

When I got up from the ground earlier, I had hidden a stone in my right hand.

Seizing the opportunity, I took the initiative, jumped high, and hit Heizi's forehead with the stone.

Heizi exclaimed in pain, clutching his head and taking a few steps back. A big bump appeared on his forehead, and blood started flowing.

Heizi touched it and saw the blood on his hand. Immediately, he became furious and pointed at me, howling, "Yang Cheng, I won't kill you today! Your name is spelled backward!"

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Heizi charged towards me like a mad wild boar, filled with killing intent.

I raised the stone and threw it at Heizi, but he was prepared and dodged it, using the opportunity to trip me. He then turned around, straddled me, pinned me down, and relentlessly rained punches down on me with his vinegar jar-sized fists.

I have to admit, Heizi's combat experience was indeed strong. I was defenseless against his blows.

Heizi, who had his head smashed earlier, was already furious and irrational. With every punch, he was trying to beat me to death.

He thought that by doing so, he could make me submit. But I, as I said before, am a tough person. The harder he hit me, the more resistance I would put up.

I reached into my pocket, feeling for the Soul Summoning Gourd. I quickly pulled out the stopper. Damn it, I couldn't overpower Heizi now, so I had to rely on the Five Ghosts.

Luckily, during these idle days, I had been practicing copying exorcism symbols at home. After a few days, I had several exorcism symbols on me, and my drawing skills had also improved.

Using one hand to endure Heizi's punches, I struggled to take out an exorcism symbol.

Heizi was still enjoying himself, punching and cursing at the same time. "You little brat, I said I would kill you. Die! Do you surrender? Do you surrender?"

I bit my lip, tightly gripped the exorcism symbol in my hand, and shouted, "Urgent as an imperial decree!"

Suddenly, a gust of cold wind blew on the flat ground. Heizi also felt it and involuntarily stopped.

"Oh my god—"

Heizi suddenly screamed, rolled off my back, and looked at me in horror.

Five pale-faced ghosts surrounded Heizi, looking at him with cold, icy gazes.

Heizi stammered, trembling, and spitting as he spoke, "Who are you? Who are you?"

Long Yi asked me, "Young master, what should we do with him?"

Wiping the bloodstains from the corner of my mouth, panting heavily, I replied, "Just scare him!"

"That's simple!" Long Yi smiled sinisterly. As he smiled, his head suddenly fell to the ground, rolling in front of Heizi. He even spoke to Heizi, "Kid, I heard you're tough, huh?"

"Oh my god!"

Heizi was directly scared senseless and jumped three feet high.

"Now can you return my money?" I coldly asked Heizi.

Trembling, Heizi took out the money and even gave me his own New Year's money. He bowed to me and knocked his head three times, hurriedly got up, and ran along the mountain road, shouting, "Ghosts! Ghosts!"

Long Yi reached out and picked up the fallen ghost head from the ground, reattaching it to his neck. He twisted his head, looked disdainfully at me, and said, "This kid has such poor mental endurance. He's scared to the point of wetting himself? Haha, if it were during the war, he would definitely be a collaborator!"

I let out a sigh of relief and put the five ghosts back into the Soul Summoning Gourd. It was broad daylight, and it wouldn't be good if someone innocent saw them.

After being beaten up by Heizi just now, my whole body was in pain, as if I had been disassembled.

But I believed that from now on, Heizi would never dare to trouble me again. This matter was resolved, and I didn't have to hide anymore.

Although I got beaten up, I was in a good mood. I bought a set of study supplies in town and brought several boxes of osmanthus cakes for Grandfather. I happily skipped back to the village.

By the time I arrived home, it was already dusk. At the village entrance, I could see Fatty from a distance.

Seeing Fatty made me angry. I was about to go up and scold him, but before I could say anything, Fatty grabbed me and said, "Yang Cheng, do you know what happened to Heizi?"