Tick-tock
As blood dripped from the gun tip, the burly Number Eight collapsed to the ground. His super soldier abilities posed no threat to Jiang Yuan, who was in Shadow Slaughter mode.
"Stop!" Jiang Yuan shouted to Lin Man, who had already run more than a hundred meters away.
Lin Man stopped abruptly upon hearing the sound, but the cessation of her steps did not stop her trembling body.
Jiang Yuan slowly collected the spoils of war, then absorbed the energy of the group, destroyed the bodies with fire, and finally walked up to the stunned Lin Man.
"Is it fun?"
Jiang Yuan walked up to Lin Man with a smile. Lin Man was already wiping away tears, clearly terrified.
Lin Man didn't speak, but just kept wiping her tears with her school uniform.
“This kind of thing will happen often in the future. It’s better for you to wipe away tears now than to wipe away blood later!” When Jiang Yuan turned his head, he saw a pool of blood left on his left hand. He stretched out his thumb and pressed it against the blood, then raised his hand and wiped two lines on Lin Man’s lower eyelid.
"What are you doing!" Lin Man said dejectedly, and tried to wipe away the blood.
“You deserve credit for this, so you get two out of the three people you killed!” Jiang Yuan explained his actions.
"Phew!" Lin Man burst into laughter through her tears, but her expression, which showed a hint of fear on her face, looked extremely funny.
"Let's go, we need to meet up with Shi Xuyao and the others!" Jiang Yuan stood up, and after receiving no response, he asked Lin Man, who was squatting on the ground, "Can you still walk?"
"No, I want you to carry me!" Lin Man stubbornly refused to stand up and walk.
Jiang Yuan shrugged, wiped the blood off the God-Slaying Spear, left a message, and walked away.
"If you can't walk, then crawl!"
"Bastard!" Lin Man was furious. She had cursed Jiang Yuan countless times in her heart.
But in the end, she obediently jogged to catch up.
While Jiang Yuan was fighting the three warlords, Shi Xuyao received Lin Man's desperate plea for help, so they stopped and the two sides reconciled in just five minutes.
"It's resolved!" Jiang Yuan acted as if nothing had happened.
Shocked, Shi Xuyao then noticed the disheveled Lin Man and rushed over to ask, "Xiao Man, are you alright?"
Lin Man glared at Jiang Yuan's retreating figure with resentment, then said dejectedly, "It's okay, my little brother has been protecting me the whole time!"
Lying isn't just a man's nature; it's a woman's nature too. She couldn't very well say that Jiang Yuan used her as bait and that she was scared to tears, could she? If that got out, would Lin Man still be able to work in the weapon-forging industry?
"What's with this blood?" Shi Xuyao noticed the two lines of blood on Lin Man's face. He held Lin Man's shoulders and was about to wipe them away for her.
"No!" Lin Man quickly dodged away.
"What's wrong? Is there something dirty there? Let me wipe it for you!" Shi Xuyao asked, puzzled.
"This is my badge of honor, how can you wipe it off!" Lin Man quickly covered her left cheek, determined not to let Shi Xuyao wipe it off.
"Stop dawdling. Are you planning to come with me to the South City or go back to Yanshan Village? Give me a heads-up. I don't have that much time to waste!" Jiang Yuan said coldly.
"Enter the South City!"
"Return to Yanshan Village!"
The two sentences came from the mouths of three people. Shi Xuyao and Lin Man said to go into the South City, while Tie Niu said to return to Yanshan Village.
"I've taken care of the pursuers for you, you can go back safely!" Jiang Yuan said to Tie Niu. "I'll wait for you for five more minutes. Say what you need to say quickly, I'll be leaving in five minutes!"
After saying that, Jiang Yuan walked towards the tree not far away.
"These are the items from this transaction!" Shi Xuyao handed the storage ring he had previously stored to Tie Niu.
"Sigh, are you really planning to follow Jiang Yuan?" Although Tie Niu didn't understand Shi Xuyao's actions, he couldn't force him to do what he was told.
"I only saw hope in him. Tie Niu, please say sorry to the villagers for me!" Shi Xuyao also felt lost when he left. After all, Yanshan Village was where he had lived for thirty years, and it was inevitable that he would feel sad to leave.
"Xiaoman, what about you? Did you also abandon the girls in the village?" Tie Niu was very reluctant to see Lin Man leave.
"What do you mean by abandoning me? It's not like I'm not going back! Besides, I'm just enduring this humiliation. Once I've settled things with my master, he might come back to Yanshan Village with me. At that time..." Lin Man said with a mischievous grin.
"Xiaoman, you'd better not talk about this in front of Master, or he'll really break your legs!" Shi Xuyao was speechless. Only someone as lively as Lin Man would dare to speak like that, since Jiang Yuan was just a heartless killing machine in their eyes.
From his past bravery to his current pursuit, have you ever seen him show any mercy?
"So, I'm just telling you secretly!" Lin Man shrank back and glanced guiltily in Jiang Yuan's direction, making sure he hadn't heard her before she smiled.
"Alright then, here you go with this storage ring!" Tie Niu solemnly took out a storage ring.
"What are you doing?" Shi Xuyao asked, puzzled.
"Actually, I guessed you were going to leave beforehand, so I took 80% of the minerals mined from Yanshan Village with me!" Tie Niu smiled faintly, as if these 80% of minerals were extremely insignificant to him.
"Brother, I will always remember your kindness!" It would be a lie to say that Shi Xuyao wasn't moved. Sometimes, male friendship is just that simple; even if you go your separate ways, the feelings will remain.
"Sigh, I'm leaving now. Come back to the village often!"
Tie Niu waved his hand and left without looking back.
He dared not turn around, for fear that if he did, he would lose control and want to go into the South City together.
He also wanted to pursue the art of weapon forging, but he couldn't abandon Yanshan Village, and Yanshan Village needed him.
Looking at the storage ring in his hand, Shi Xuyao was filled with mixed emotions. Although the minerals in Yanshan Village had not been mined for long, the reserves were still considerable, and 80% of the minerals were already priceless.
“I only realized how dangerous the outside world is after coming out this time. We need to become stronger to better protect the village!” Lin Man came up and took Shi Xuyao’s arm.
Just as Shi Xuyao was about to be moved by these touching words, Lin Man grabbed his hand and shouted as she ran, "Let's go, that heartless little master won't take us with him again!"
"You've decided to leave, right?"
Before five minutes had passed, Jiang Yuan saw Shi Xuyao and Lin Man hurrying over.
"Master, Xiaoman and I have both decided to follow you!" Shi Xuyao had already started using respectful language.
Jiang Yuan smiled faintly upon hearing this and said, "Given time, you will thank me for your choice today!"
This wasn't arrogance on his part. Although Yanshan Village had excellent conditions, it was fine for ordinary forging, but achieving true mastery in the art of weapon forging would be incredibly difficult. However, by his side, not only would one achieve success in weapon forging, but one's strength would also be significantly enhanced.
“Yes!” Shi Xuyao is the kind of person who will stick to his choices once he has made them, so he did not doubt Jiang Yuan’s words.
"Master, how do we get to the South City now?" Lin Man stopped joking and actually called him "Master".
"Let's borrow a passage from the Northern Alliance!"
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