Chapter 591: A Massacre
The night was dark, and the burnt wood in the cave entrance turned black. The remaining flames flickered and gradually dissipated.
Wei Changtian stood in the court for a while, then slowly walked back to the gate of the county government.
At this time, all the bandits in the county government office had been killed, leaving only dozens of men, women, old and young gathered inside the gate, with fear written all over their faces.
Among them, there were mostly women and slightly fewer men, all of whom were captured by the bandits for entertainment or to do odd jobs.
Once the bandits were dead, they should have been able to regain their freedom, but the "dragon lock" that had not been removed blocked their way.
You can clearly see every blade of grass and every tree outside the county government office, but you can't get out. It's like there is an invisible wall separating the inside and outside of the county government office.
Ordinary people had never seen such a situation, so it was normal for them to become frightened.
“Swish!”
With a wave of his hand, Wei Changtian removed the dragon-locking barrier and said calmly under the tense gazes of the crowd:
"You can go now."
“.”
They looked at each other in bewilderment, and someone tentatively touched the gate of the county government office, only to find that the "wall" there no longer existed.
"Thank you so much for saving my life!"
The man shouted tremblingly, then ran out of the county government office, and in the blink of an eye, he disappeared into the night without looking back.
To be fair, his thanks were a bit perfunctory.
But this doesn't mean that this person is heartless.
After being in "hell" for so long, and now finally being able to escape and see the "light" again, I'm sure everyone would have a similar reaction.
And this is indeed the case.
Seeing that some people had already escaped, the rest of the people stopped hesitating and rushed out one after another.
Voices of gratitude, thanks, footsteps, all kinds of sounds were noisy and chaotic, and disappeared in a very short time.
In just ten breaths, the inside of the county government gate, which was originally crowded with people, became empty, with only one person still standing there alone.
It was the girl who was in the concierge room before.
"Why don't you leave?"
Looking into the girl's eyes, Wei Changtian was a little confused.
"I"
The girl lowered her head.
This movement seemed to pull the wound on her neck, causing her body to tremble slightly.
"My parents were killed by bandits, and my house was burned down. I have nowhere to go."
“.”
Taking a step closer, Wei Changtian didn't say anything to comfort him. He just asked calmly after a moment of silence:
"Do you know how many gambling houses run by bandits are there in the east of the city?"
"Know."
"Take me there."
“Okay, okay!”
Having guessed what Wei Changtian was going to do, the girl's eyes suddenly lit up.
She immediately nodded repeatedly and agreed to Wei Changtian's request without hesitation. She even temporarily ignored the pain from the wounds on her body because of her excitement.
"Well, I'll go find a horse."
Nodding slightly, Wei Changtian prepared to go to the stable to get a horse first.
However, after taking two steps, he suddenly stopped and threw a small porcelain bottle to the girl.
"Take a pill from the bottle to heal your wounds."
“I don’t need it”
He hurriedly caught the small porcelain bottle and held it tightly in his hands. The girl opened her mouth and wanted to refuse.
But Wei Changtian had already turned around and soon disappeared deep into the county government office.
“.”
I stared blankly at the gradually blurry figure, then looked at the exquisite porcelain vase in my hand.
The girl had never seen such an exquisite object, but she knew that the porcelain vase alone should be worth a lot of silver.
What's more, there are pills in the bottle.
Her mood suddenly became extremely complicated, and she stood there not knowing what she was thinking.
Not long after, Wei Changtian appeared in her sight again riding a horse.
"Benefactor, this thing"
The girl trotted over somewhat unsteadily, wanting to return the pill to Wei Changtian.
However, the latter just glanced at her and immediately interrupted, "Get on the horse and lead the way."
“Yes, yes.”
The girl swallowed the words that were about to come to her lips. She only felt her body lighten, and the next second she was lifted onto the horse's back by Wei Changtian.
The girl was very thin, so it wasn't too crowded for the two of them to ride on one horse.
But physical contact is inevitable.
Wei Changtian could clearly feel the girl's body becoming stiff, but he didn't say anything. He just urged his horse to leave the county government office which was full of corpses.
The streets outside were still pitch black, and the moon was at its zenith, emitting a bright white light.
A quarter of an hour later, the rapid sound of horse hooves gradually slowed down, and the large chestnut horse stopped at the corner of an alley.
After taking a look at the brightly lit gambling den not far away, Wei Changtian dismounted from his horse, taking the girl with him.
"Just wait here for me, I'll be back soon."
"good"
The girl nodded, and then saw Wei Changtian slowly walking towards the gambling den without looking back.
After walking five feet, the shadow sword came out of its sheath.
After walking ten feet, hundreds of long swords suddenly appeared.
When they reached the entrance of the gambling den, the dragon lock fell down.
He swung his sword and chopped off several thugs guarding the door, then walked into the already chaotic gambling house . The shouts that were originally mixed with curses and threats turned into the sound of weapons colliding, followed by wailing and begging for mercy, and finally into dead silence.
It took Wei Changtian only a few dozen breaths from the time he walked into the gambling den to the time he walked out.
The light coming through the gambling house window was still there, but it had a faint bloody color.
There was not even a trace of blood on Wei Changtian's body.
"Let's go to Nuanxiang Tower."
Walking back to the girl step by step, Wei Changtian said only one sentence.
The former seemed to have already adapted to this "God descending to earth" scene. He just nodded slightly and closed his eyes, allowing Wei Changtian to lift him onto the horse again.
that's all.
From the county government office to the gambling house, to the brothel, to the martial arts gym.
From the south of the city to the east, to the north, to the west.
Within an hour, Wei Changtian "visited" all the bandits' gathering places mentioned by the woman before, and left no one alive.
Regardless of whether they were men or women, humans or ghosts, all the bandits who found themselves in these places lost their lives overnight, and even their souls could not be reincarnated.
Tonight was the first time Wei Changtian used the "Soul Capture" technique, capturing the souls of nearly a thousand bandits.
The expected feeling of guilt did not appear, but the expected surge in strength also fell through.
The reasons are nothing more than two points:
First, the realm of these bandits is too low.
Second, Wei Changtian’s realm is too high.
"Soul-stealing" can only absorb a small part of the cultivation of the deceased. If the realm of this person is extremely low, the amount of cultivation that can be absorbed will be even less.
In addition, Wei Changtian is now at the third level, and the internal energy required for every small step forward in his cultivation is enormous.
Therefore, just like a cup of water falling into the sea, the sea level will naturally not rise significantly.
But this doesn't mean that soul-stealing is useless.
But the internal force absorbed from the lower three-grade warriors is just a "cup of water", but what about the upper three-grade warriors? Isn't it a huge lake, or even an ocean? Moreover, a cup of water is small, but what if it is ten thousand cups of water, one hundred thousand cups of water, or one million cups of water?
As long as enough warriors die, Wei Changtian can also greatly improve his cultivation by capturing their souls.
For example, a battlefield full of corpses and blood.
"call"
The last ball of black mist struggled to flow into the palm of his hand. Wei Changtian raised his eyes and looked around, then heaved a sigh of relief.
Killing people was very simple, but the several times of using the Dragon Locking Technique to prevent the bandits from escaping consumed a lot of his internal energy, causing him to finally feel a little tired at this moment.
Fortunately, it's finally done now.
He shook his head, put Louying back into the Star Sword Sheath, and walked out of the martial arts gym called "Tianju".
The girl was waiting outside with a horse, and when she saw Wei Changtian coming out, she asked softly:
"Benefactor, where are we going next?"
"It's OK. All the bandits in the city are dead."
Wei Changtian shook his head: "The state government will send people to deal with the scattered ones."
“.”
When the girl heard that all the bandits in the city were dead, she was stunned for a moment, and the hand holding the horse trembled violently for a moment.
She stared at Wei Changtian blankly, and after a few breaths she suddenly knelt on the ground, kowtowed heavily with tears streaming down her face.
"Boom, boom, boom"
The sound of the forehead hitting the soil was dull and depressing, but the sound contained a completely opposite emotion.
There is gratitude and also relief.
A cold wind blew past, ruffling the girl's ill-fitting brocade robe.
Wei Changtian watched all this silently and did not stop the girl's actions immediately. Instead, he waited for a few breaths before preparing to help her up.
However, before he could reach out his hand, he saw the girl suddenly raised her head.
In the desolate moonlight, she looked at Wei Changtian deeply with a look of despair, then closed her eyes, bit her lips, and used all her strength to crash into a piece of bluestone beside her.
(End of this chapter)
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