Ye Li saw it: a string of skulls tied together with rope and hanging from a tree.
It swayed incessantly as a gust of wind blew by.
"This is absolutely not something that soldiers, bandits, or disaster victims could do..."
Looking at the bones, he was already certain.
The skull was white, with visible marks of being chopped, but not a single piece of flesh or blood remained on it.
It's clear that the one or more culprits who caused all this took great care in dealing with their "artworks."
This kind of thing is unlikely to be done by soldiers, bandits, or disaster victims.
The former roamed around, robbing whoever they could in the village, and then immediately fled.
They wouldn't do something that wastes their time.
While the latter might indeed use their own kind as food, their heads, which have little meat, are likely to be discarded.
"In this way, there is only one possibility: the regular army, whose stance is uncertain, is using this method to demonstrate and intimidate."
They must be barbarians. According to what those soldiers and bandits said before, these barbarians should be reaching this area soon.
When the barbarians arrived, and with these skulls still here, the fate of the villagers was predictable.
Now that he was already here and had encountered this situation, Ye Li was definitely not going to leave it unattended.
Approaching, under the cover of night, he was not noticed by anyone and arrived at the tree.
"Whoosh..."
At a speed too fast for others to see, the right hand holding the sword swung upwards, and the rope snapped.
"Smack..."
Before the skull touches the ground, grasp the end of the rope with your left hand and slowly place the string of bones on the ground.
"I'm sorry, it's not time to bury you yet. Stay here for a while, I'll come back after I've finished taking care of things inside."
After saying that, he sneaked into the village.
As night fell, a fire flickered in the center of the village. Ye Li's enhanced perception confirmed that there were no hidden sentries hiding in the houses along the way.
"Are you confident enough in your abilities? Gathering all in one place? That's good. Doing it this way can save me a lot of effort."
Holding a long sword, Ye Li passed several empty houses and finally saw the situation in the center of the village.
"■..."
With just one glance, his killing intent almost erupted; he gripped his sword tightly, then loosened it, and then gripped it again.
"You guys really gave me a big 'surprise'..."
What did Ye Li see? He saw what was known as hell on earth.
The white bones were very clean, without a trace of flesh or blood on them. Based on the shape of the bones, it could be determined that they were human.
These leg bones, ribs, and, apart from a few outside the village, the remaining skulls were piled together.
The torso bones at the bottom were piled up haphazardly, the arm bones in the middle were arranged in an orderly manner, forming a square, and the top was a stack of heads.
Jingguan (a mound of skulls).
A word popped into Ye Li's mind; it was something he had only seen in books before, but had never actually seen in person.
Next to the mound of skulls were a dozen or so burly men gathered together, cooking soup in two large pots. The smell that Ye Li had caught earlier was coming from here.
"Haha, brother, it's so great to follow the Great Khan into the pass! Our past days are nothing compared to these past few days. I'm already going to miss them."
"That's right, if we follow the king, we'll have meat to eat."
The tall, burly man patted the shoulder of the guy next to him, and probably because he was too strong, he almost knocked the guy over.
"Wow, Big Brother's strength has improved again! Amazing, amazing!"
"What's the big deal? That's how we enter the Dao through killing. The more we kill, the more naturally we'll rise up."
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