Chapter 145
Yu Qian: I won't tell you even if you kill me
Fan Ke: You're taking advantage of your sister, aren't you? If you had asked me yourself... I'd have said I didn't suffer any loss! I'm just tired of looking at door panels and want to try something new! Believe it or not!
"Insect." The village chief took the wooden sign back. "Don't worry, it's in a possessed state, and the body is still human." If it weren't so, how could he let anyone approach without worry? People possessed by demons are easier to deal with than the demons themselves.
"Tsk!" Fan Ke performed a smile-disappearing trick on the spot: "Is it confirmed?" Possessed, then it's worthless. Insect demons themselves don't have much value. Unless their bloodline evolves or reverts to their ancestral form, they won't fetch a good price. Alas, the more I think about it, the more disheartened I feel.
Fan Ke: What? You mean to take away the insect demon's soul? Please, do you know how expensive soul-binding things are? I've been farming in the sect until my life span ended, and I still can't save enough money to buy a soul-binding device, not to mention that there may not be anyone who will buy the soul!
"Based on the outline, I guessed it. I just used my willpower to force its spirit out for a short while." The village chief pulled a piece of Absolute Spirit Stone from a nearby large box and stuffed it into the bandit leader's arms. The bandit leader froze, like a toy with its battery removed. He closed his eyes, drooped his limbs, and lay motionless.
"As long as your strength is not at the foundation-building stage, it's not a big problem." The village chief touched his chin: A problem that can be solved by a piece of ordinary quality absolute spirit stone is not a problem. Except for Yu Qian who doesn't like to exercise much, other players can basically escape when they encounter this monster. As long as the natives don't run around, there will be no casualties.
Yu Qian: Are you polite? I just run a little slower than others!
"Alright." Fan Ke leaned against the door panel, waved his hands in frustration, and turned to leave: "I really didn't... Ah, shit!"
"What's going on?" The detectives surrounding the bandit leader, reinforcing the ropes, turned to look. They saw Fan Ke's door panel suddenly and without warning fly backwards, as if it had hit an invisible wall of air. As for Fan Ke himself, the sudden jolt nearly toppled him off the door panel. If he hadn't reacted quickly and grabbed hold of the edge, he might have become the first cultivator in history to fall from his own magical weapon.
"What happened? How could you fall off the flying magic weapon?" The others had never cultivated immortals, so they were quite puzzled when they saw this scene: Shouldn't the magic weapon be like it's growing on you when you sit on it, and you won't fall off no matter how fast it flies?
"This is what happens when the inertia is too great. Cheap magic tools have limited protection for the user." Fan Ke grabbed half of the door leaf and climbed back to the door panel by pushing off the ground: "Expensive magic tools have built-in protective shields. Even if they overturn, the passengers will not be thrown out." It's just that the price is expensive and the driving energy is expensive, so poor people don't even think about it.
"Well, I seemed to hear two sounds just now..." The novice constable looked around and raised a hand hesitantly: "Is there anyone... who heard the same sound as me?" The village chief said that the current situation is special and any abnormalities found must be reported in time. We must not be careless and let those with bad intentions take advantage of the opportunity.
“No…”
"I think I heard it, but I'm not sure..."
"I'm not sure either."
"Is this it?" Qi Zhi squatted on the ground and used a spray bottle to give a bug lying on the ground a bath of insect repellent. The potion that the bailiff had previously used to spray the bandits had some insect repellent properties. The bug, dazed by the fumes and then struck hard by the door, now lay twitching on the ground with all six paws facing upwards, choking on it and unable to breathe, yet still too dizzy to get up.
"I'm not very knowledgeable, so I'll ask first: Can insects make sounds?"
"Nonsense, of course not!"
"So this is... such a small monster." Constable Huang, who had just been doing exercises happily, drew his sword from his waist and slowly walked over: "Is this a wasp or a bee?"
The insect Qi Zhi had knocked down with the insect repellent was about the length of a thumb, with six wings and legs, a cross between a wasp and a bee, and a stinger on its tail. Because its wings were soaked by the spray, it couldn't fly, so it could only raise its neck to prevent itself from choking on the liquid.
"I can't tell. It feels like both the same and not like the same." The village chief didn't have the right tools to catch the insect, so he had to take out the wooden vow sign that he had put back before and press it on the insect just in case.
For ordinary insects, the vow wood plaque wouldn't kill them. But this insect was a true demon. The moment its body touched the wood, it, struggling to breathe through the potion, screamed desperately, and a large amount of smoke emerged from its body. Because its body was shorter than the wood plaque, it looked as if the wood plaque had been set on fire.
"Village chief, can this kill it?" The novice constable looked at the bee demon that was screaming and smoking, and swallowed unconsciously: "It looks like it's about to be roasted." All it needs is seasoning and fragrance.
"Don't underestimate the monster's physique. Even if it's a bug, it won't die so easily." The village chief shook his head and pressed the wooden sign down again to prevent the bee monster from escaping when no one is paying attention.
"Hey, it sounds..."
"Hmm, it seems it was the one that possessed the bandit leader just now, and it was also the one that poisoned me." The method of poisoning was also clear: it was a thorn. No wonder no one noticed it just now. After all, who would be on guard against insects flying by?
Village chief: I just don’t know where this monster got the aconite from, and he actually thinks that aconite is an uncurable poison.
"It's still clamoring to eat people, but it's so small, what's the use? Even if it opens its mouth wide, it can't bite our fingers, right?" The Novice Village was built not that long ago. Before today, neither the village chief nor the constable had ever seen a monster as small as the bee monster.
"I thought the monster would be bigger. It's so small, what's the use?" Constable Huang pushed the sword back into the sheath.
"That's because it's not very poisonous. Insect monsters come in all sizes, and it just happens to be a small one. Don't underestimate it, because it's small and not easy to be discovered. This little thing can sneak attack people and it's always a sure thing." Fan Ke ran to the bucket and washed his arms with the potion: "It's hard to guard against." Monsters are useless and don't look at how short the lifespan of insects is. It's their good fortune to be able to become monsters.
"No, I just don't have any magic or power." Are insect monsters so weak?
"Some monsters have it and some don't. This one probably doesn't have it. If it has a little bit of ability, can't it just take advantage of the bandits attacking the village and bite them directly?" Fan Ke shrugged: "Smart monsters all trick people into paying tribute." Who knows how many of the guardian gods worshipped in those remote villages are actually monsters in disguise?
"How can it eat people with such a tiny mouth? It could choke to death on my little finger, right?"
"Of course they won't eat!" Fan Ke gritted his teeth. "Insect monsters treat humans like a buffet, taking a bite and running away. You can't even catch them, damn it!"
“It has no use value at all.”
"If it had any use, it wouldn't be so annoying!" The demon cores of insect monsters are pitifully small. Aside from some species with medicinal value, the only other insect monsters that are popular are butterflies, because only butterflies remain beautiful even after transforming into demons. As for the other insects... can you imagine how ugly those insect faces would be if they were blown up? It's like a real-life Resident Evil.
"What's even more annoying is that many species of bees like to live in groups, like honeybees. Sometimes killing one can attract a whole swarm."
"Village Chief." Everyone looked at the village chief after hearing this: One bee demon is not a big deal, but if it's a group of bee demons...it doesn't seem to be a big problem either.
Looking at the bee demon, which was barely breathing under the wooden sign, the village chief stood up with a frown. "Let's go back to the village first. Qi Zhi, I'll have to trouble you to prepare some medicine." Insect demons without magical powers aren't scary; ordinary people can find ways to kill them. It's just that they're small and run fast, making them difficult to catch. Insect repellent is more effective.
"Preparing medicine is not a big problem, but I'm afraid the herbs are not enough." Qi Zhi frowned: "Although the herbs have been replenished once before, to make anthelmintic medicine for the whole village, this..." A good cook cannot cook without rice!
"We're not preparing insect repellent for the entire village, but the strongest insecticide." The village chief borrowed a bowl from Aunt Ding and soaked the bee demon in the insect repellent. "Since the enemy doesn't have enough power to overwhelm us in one go, there's no need for us to just defend ourselves."
"However, before that, we need to clean up the trash first. Brother Fan, could you rent us your flying magic weapon? The price is negotiable."
"Tell me how you plan to use it first. This thing is expensive to repair. I want to hear the reward first."
"Two pieces of Absolute Spirit Stone. We need to throw the traitor in the village farther away to eliminate any worries. Using a flying magic tool will save time." Although the traitor was almost dead, he couldn't die in the village, as that would pollute the air and the land.
"Well...it's okay. Although this thing is not easy to cash in, the selling price is still quite stable." Fan Ke thought about it: If it really doesn't work, I can still sell it to mortals who have old connections with people in the sect, and use roundabout ways to build relationships or something.
"Thank you." The village chief signaled the constable to bring the person over.
"Huh? Why are there four?" Looking at the natives who were being tied up and brought in by the police, blindfolded, Fan Ke felt something was amiss. "As far as I can remember, there was only one traitor in your village, the umbrella seller." What were these extra people? Were they just trying to get in on the action?
"There is only one traitor, and these two are the ones who think we shouldn't expel the traitor from the village." The village chief expressed his refusal to use moral kidnapping. Since these people felt that the village chief's decision was too cruel and ruthless, they should go find a more humane village to take them in.
Village Chief: Yuanshan Village belongs to the players. I am the village chief of Yuanshan Village, and even more so, the village chief of the players. If you feel this place is unforgiving, then you cannot stay here.
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