Chapter 75: Scum of the Earth
Benton rarely got truly angry, but the idea that the Town Manager and his enforcers were so corrupt that children were suffering irritated him a great deal. For them to actively take their greed so far as to actually rob an orphanage, though? That was beyond the pale. Benton was infuriated.
He marched directly into the Town Lord’s palace and into the private cultivation chamber, not stopping to be announced.
“Friend Su. What’s wrong?” Fatty Ren looked nervous.
“I killed one of your enforcers.”
“Enforcers?”
There was no deception written on Fatty Ren’s face. He really had no idea who the enforcers were.
Benton took a deep breath. Though the Town Lord should have been responsible for the welfare of his citizens in Benton’s opinion, cultivators didn’t always view mortals as important. Blowing up at Fatty Ren wouldn’t help anything. Neither would creating a fireball technique on the fly and literally blowing him up.
“How exactly did it come about that you were appointed Town Lord?” Benton said.
“Well, the previous Town Lord was a member of the Righteous Rain Sect and was killed in the fighting, so the previous Town Manager tried to get everyone organized in the days following the attack. It wasn’t going well, though. There was a lot of chaos. A mortal merchant who had dealings with the sect happened to be near the gate when I returned, and he told me about all the horrible things that were happening, how terrible the Town Manager was, and how much new leadership was needed.”
“Let me guess,” Benton said. “The merchant convinced you to be the Town Lord and to appoint him to be Town Manager.”
“No. Not at all. I had to plead with him to replace the old Town Manager.”
“Uh, huh,” Benton said. “Let me guess, the merchant is named Yu Xieren?”