Chapter 40 I'm Only Worth One Thousand Taels
Fu Ning woke up with a start and looked towards the tree where Sun Huchang was. With the help of the remaining campfire, he saw a pair of glowing eyes slowly approaching Sun Huchang.
Sun Huchang was unconscious and still snoring.
Fu Ning quickly untied the rope on his body. He was worried about disturbing the leopard and waking up the people under the tree. He stood alone on the tree, anxiously waiting.
Fortunately, the two trees were not far from each other. She grabbed some dry food from her bag and threw it at Sun Huchang's face.
Sun Huchang was sleeping soundly when he felt something hit him in the face. He shouted in a daze, "Who? Who hit me?"
Fu Ning made a soft "tsk" sound and asked the system: "What is this called in your world?"
System: "Stupid teammate."
"That's right."
The leopard was frightened by him and let out a loud warning cry from its throat.
The people under the tree were also awakened by his shout, and they all raised their heads to look at the branches.
Someone said happily: "Brother Wang, it was easy to get it. Those two bastards are right above us."
"Should we go up?"
Brother Wang patted the man on the head and said, "You are so stupid! Don't you see there is a leopard up there? We just need to wait below. These two thousand taels of silver will hit us on the head soon."
Sun Huchang had no time to care about the people below. He stiffened his neck and saw the leopard so close that it was almost sticking to his legs.
He asked in a trembling voice, "Sister Fu, what should we do?"
Fu Ning said: "Untie the rope first."
Sun Huchang slowly curled up his legs, tremblingly untied the rope on his body, moved back a few steps, and heard the slight sound of branches breaking.
He was almost scared to tears, "Sister Fu, help me..."
Fu Ning exerted force on his feet and jumped lightly onto the tree trunk where Sun Huchang was.
She hugged the tree trunk and challenged, "Hey, big guy, that piece of meat you're eyeing is not tasty."
The leopard turned its head, fixed its pair of eyes emitting a faint light on Fu Ning, bared its teeth, and growled lowly from its throat.
Fu Ning said, "Ah, I don't taste good either. Maybe you can consider the following ones."
The five people under the tree walked a few steps closer and looked up, "That woman keeps talking so much, can she really talk to a leopard?"
"Bullshit, have you ever seen someone who can communicate with animals during the enlightenment period?"
"No, no."
"That's right, what are you worrying about?"
The leopard opened its mouth and pounced on the tree trunk where Fu Ning was.
Seeing that she had nowhere to escape, Sun Huchang was moving very slowly and trying to stand up to help her. At this time, Fu Ning suddenly jumped up and grabbed a higher branch.
There was a crisp sound of teeth colliding, and the leopard bit the corner of her clothes.
"Sister Fu!" Sun Huchang stood up while trembling and wanted to take a few steps towards her.
Fu Ning grabbed the branch with both hands and kicked the leopard on the head. The leopard loosened its mouth in pain. She used her waist to climb onto a higher branch and said, "I say, leopard, why can't you make sense? You just stare at us?"
The leopard bared its teeth and growled at her.
Someone else said, "Hey, what if this woman gets eaten alive by a leopard?"
"It's okay. We can show the things in her bag to Master Yu and get the money. If Master Yu doesn't believe us, we can just bring him over to have a look."
When Sun Huchang heard what those people said, he said with a sad face: "Sister Fu, what should we do? We won't really be eaten by a leopard."
Fu Ning looked down and saw his useless appearance, then looked at the people waiting to see the show, and said, "Just find a safe place to stay, and come down when I tell you to."
Sun Huchang nodded hurriedly.
Fu Ning licked his lips and pulled out his dagger. "It just so happens that I have never eaten leopard meat before, so I'll try it today."
The leopard's eyes shrank, revealing its two fangs, and it arched its body and pounced towards Fu Ning.
Almost at the same time, Fu Ning suddenly jumped up, his clothes fluttering, and spun his body in the air. He accelerated and landed on the leopard's back, raised the dagger and stabbed it into its neck.
The leopard howled in pain and swung its body wildly, trying to throw Fu Ning off.
Fu Ning narrowed his eyes nonchalantly, threw the bag on his back and stuffed it into the leopard's mouth, locking his arms tightly around its neck.
The leopard struggled desperately, but the force restraining it became tighter and tighter. After half an incense stick of time, it finally lost the strength to resist and stopped struggling.
Fu Ning pulled out the dagger swiftly, and the leopard's blood splattered all over her face. She wiped it casually with her sleeve, took out the bag, grabbed the leopard by the scruff of the neck, and threw its body towards the people on the ground.
Those people were stunned, and only dodged in a hurry until the leopard's body fell down. One of them who was slow to react was hit by the leopard and sat down on the campfire. He screamed and his body immediately bounced up.
Fu Ning laughed out loud when he saw the man's butt on fire. He turned his head to Sun Huchang, who was clinging to the tree trunk like a dumbfounded chicken, and said, "Let's go down."
She landed on the ground holding onto the tree trunk first, and slowly walked towards the men. Her face, stained with blood, looked like a Rakshasa in the light of the campfire.
She raised the corners of her mouth and said, "Two thousand taels of silver came uninvited. Oh, no, I'm only worth one thousand taels."
Someone looked at her appearance, took two steps back, and whispered: "Damn, why is this woman so powerful?"
“It’s so scary!”
Brother Wang was very disappointed when he saw them retreating. "Who cares? We have more people, let's go together!"
Fu Ning drew out her sword and rushed forward. The sword modified by Sun Huchang was sharper and lighter than an ordinary sword. She leaned back sharply and nimbly dodged the four weapons attacking her. She turned around and swung her sword, specifically aiming at the lower three attacks of these people.
The sword flashed a few times, and their pants fell down, revealing their thighs.
Sun Huchang finally climbed down the tree slowly, drew his sword and joined the battle. He was already in the Jindan stage, and since those guys were fighting while holding up their trousers, it made things a lot easier for him.
The two men dealt with them quickly, taking less time than it took to deal with the leopard.
Fu Ning took out a rope from his bag, tied up the five naked men together, and clapped his hands, "Alas, what a pity, so many people, worthless."
Brother Wang spat, "Bah, shameless woman, using such a despicable trick."
Fu Ning poked his heart with his sword and poked it in. "Say it again."
Brother Wang fell silent immediately.
Fu Ning glanced around and said, "Anyone who has any dissatisfaction can raise it. I will find a way to solve it for you."
The men, their hands and feet tied together, looked at each other and shook their heads.
Fu Ning was satisfied and ignored them. He touched his stomach. He had been smelling the fragrance for so long, and it was time for a midnight snack.
She and Sun Huchang searched these people and took away all their weapons to prevent them from breaking free from the ropes. They also searched their bags, which were mostly filled with some basic talisman paper and elixirs. Fu Ning pouted in disdain, "You are too poor."
Finally she found a small jar of coarse salt in a bundle and quickly put it into her bag.
Fu Ning asked Sun Huchang to deal with the leopard simply, and the two of them started to barbecue around the campfire.
Unfortunately, leopard meat is not very delicious. It tastes sour and the texture is hard. But it’s better to have something than nothing. Fu Ning ate a few pieces, burped, and went back to the tree to continue sleeping.
At dawn the next day, Fu Ning opened her eyes. Sleeping in the wild was not as peaceful as sleeping in a bed. She called the system: "Can I enter the spirit room when I sleep?"
System: "Boss, you have to faint."
Fu Ning touched his forehead and said seriously: "I will faint tonight. I must go to the spiritual house to have a good rest."
She came down from the tree. The people from yesterday were huddled together, shivering with purple lips.
Brother Wang said with trembling lips: "Sister, we will never go against you, just let us go."
Sun Huchang also came down from the tree and said, "Sister Fu, why don't we untie them? I don't think they have done anything harmful."
Fu Ning raised his eyebrows, "It's not that we didn't do it, it's that we didn't succeed. They are the ones who want to exchange our lives for money, Huzi, you are too compassionate."
Sun Huchang just felt sorry for them because they were only wearing trousers in such a cold weather. He thought Fu Ning's words made sense, so he stopped trying to persuade them and asked, "Should we set off now?"
Fu Ning nodded, and stopped paying attention to those people, leaving them to fend for themselves.
"Let's go."
The two men continued to walk up the mountain, Fu Ning explored the way in front and Sun Huchang followed behind, but unfortunately they didn't find anything.
They managed to eat some fruits picked from the trees, and at noon they had some dry food with mountain spring water. When they were exhausted, they met three unfamiliar monks.
These three people made Fu Ning alert all of a sudden, as their cultivation levels were all higher than hers.
The three of them walked towards Fu Ning and Sun Huchang, saying in a friendly tone, "What a coincidence, fellow Taoists, did you gain anything? We can exchange information with each other."
But their eyes looked like they saw prey.
Fu Ning shouted to Sun Huchang, "Run!"
The two men ran into the forest, and suddenly Sun Huchang cursed loudly. Fu Ning looked back and found that the man had disappeared. He quickly stepped back a few steps and found a small hole in the haystack.
Sun Huchang shouted at her, "Sister Fu, come down quickly."
This seemed to be a trap set by hunters. Fu Ning lit a tinder and looked down. There was a lot of space inside and plenty of air. She looked at the three people who were chasing after her and gritted her teeth and stepped into the cave.
The three of them stopped in front of the dark cave entrance, and one of them asked, "If we fall into this, we will die, right?"
The other person nodded and said, "Let's call Master Yu over."
The man took out a talisman, threw it into the air, and it turned into a bunch of fireworks.
Fu Ning slid down the slope rapidly, and finally reached the bottom when his butt was about to catch fire.
Sun Huchang was waiting for her there.
"Sister Fu, look, there is a passage over there." He waved the fire stick and shone it over there, and sure enough, a dark and narrow path appeared.
Fu Ning stood up from the ground. She vaguely felt a hint of spiritual energy. Perhaps what they were looking for was here. "Let's go in and explore."
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In the Quzhou Cultivation Association, the young monk secretly dozed off, and when he opened his eyes and glanced at the magic mirror, he was caught off guard and saw two faces leaning against the mirror.
He thought he was seeing things, so he rubbed his eyes and opened them. Yes, there were really two people.
The man also said to the woman: "Sister Fu, are you sure it's here?"
The woman nodded with a determined look on her face, "Go ahead and dig."
The young monk excitedly ran around the Cultivation Association in a big circle, shouting as he ran: "Someone found a spiritual weapon!"
【Author has something to say】
Leopards are a national first-class protected animal and must not be eaten.
Because Brother Hu was too timid, his status in Sister Fu's heart was reduced to that of Tiger.
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