Chapter 167 Jinjiang Exclusive
The female relatives who were about to take up arms were greatly disappointed when they saw Zhang Chengming, Li Jing, Li Tuo and other young and strong men hurried back.
How come you came so quickly?
Those who sent the communication regretted contacting them too early. At least they could show off their power.
They are not sure about how to deal with the wild beasts, but they are confident that they can deal with these useless people who can only bully their own kind.
Zhang Chengming and the others didn't realize they were being disliked for arriving too quickly, and they looked unkindly at the Wei family members who were surrounding the women in the village.
Behind them were the Huo family's soldiers who were intentionally led away by the Wei family. They also looked displeased when they saw Wei San and others.
The deputy general left behind by Huo Tiankuo shouted, "Wei San! What are you doing? The people of Yunlu Village have been so helpful to us and have saved the lives of many disaster victims and soldiers. How dare you touch them!"
Wei San felt nervous when he saw the deputy general and other indignant Huo family soldiers, but he did not retreat when he thought of the benefits he would get after the success.
"If you hadn't told me, I would have forgotten. Those medicines are also very strange. I have lived for more than 20 years and have never heard of any medicine that can cure an illness in less than an hour. I am afraid that even the imperial doctors in the palace do not have such ability.
The claim that the medicine cures the disease and saves lives may just be a deception. In reality, it is poison and will absorb the lifespan of the person!
Chen Rong laughed in anger: "You said it sucks lifespan? Who do you think you are? What do you say is what you mean?"
The deputy general also obviously disagreed with Wei San's unfounded speculation.
Lieutenant General Liu looked at the other victims and frowned, "Did you all believe their words and plan to target your savior?"
Are all the ginger soup and bone soup drunk in vain?
I caught a cold and got better after taking the medicine provided by Yunlu Village. Have you forgotten how your life was saved?
The victims, who were wavering after being instigated by Wei San's successive revelations, lowered their heads in shame and quickly distanced themselves from the Wei family.
"Don't misunderstand me, Deputy General. We don't have any!"
"We are not the kind of people who are cruel and heartless."
"Right! We were just deceived by Wei San. Who would have thought that he would burn a living person?"
If you think about it carefully, just like what the young man from Yunlu Village said, how can Wei San's words be the final word? He is not a god.
Wei San was so angry at their defection that he cursed them inwardly, "Waste!" He looked at Lieutenant General Liu and said with determination, "I think Lieutenant General Liu has also been deceived by these monsters!"
Lieutenant General Liu's already gloomy expression turned even uglier. "Ridiculous!"
Zhang Chengming and the others rolled up their sleeves impatiently and said, "Lieutenant General Liu, stop wasting time with these people. I think they deserve a beating. Just ignore them and let us teach them a lesson ourselves!"
They didn't know whether Lieutenant General Liu was in cahoots with these people, but they couldn't give the other party a chance to smooth things over.
Seeing their aggressive appearance, Wei San panicked and quickly pulled out a dagger from his pocket. He pointed it at the women they surrounded and threatened, "Don't come over here. If you dare to come close, I'll be rude to them!"
Zhang Chengming and others indeed stopped their actions.
Wei San thought that they were really afraid to use their own weapons, and he couldn't help feeling proud, but he didn't notice that the young men looked at him as if he were a fool.
Wei San, who thought he had the perfect hostage, became even more arrogant and said to himself, "If you want them to live, hand over all the supplies you have and tell us where your lair is!"
These people can easily pull out tents with excellent warmth, so their own living places will only be better.
If they could occupy it, why would they have to set up a crude camp on the mountain and continue to suffer?
Su Ying, who had been silent the whole time, scoffed and mocked, "Didn't you say there was a problem with our food? Now you want our supplies. In the final analysis, you're just greedy for money and want to rob us."
When the other victims heard Wei San's threat, their eyes also became strange.
Wu Yinyin pouted at Wei San and the others, "You're not worthy enough to take us hostage!"
Miao Jinfeng, the village chief's wife, gave the order: "Go! Let them see that we women are not to be trifled with!"
As soon as the voice fell, the women who could not wait any longer took out their weapons from the space.
The women were all members of the collection team and had few opportunities to practice their aim. They were afraid of accidentally hurting people around them, so they mostly took out engineer shovels or baseball bats used as laundry mallets.
Wei San was startled by their ability to take something out of thin air, then excitedly said, "See! I was right, they do have some magical powers. If you still don't believe me, quickly catch them—"
"Scratch your head!"
Before Wei San could finish his words, Wei Xiang punched him in the face.
Others also swung baseball bats or the back of their engineering shovels and beat up the other members of the Wei family.
The Wei family was showing off their power just one second ago, but the next moment they were beaten by fists, kicks and sticks like rain, leaving them crying for their parents.
"ah--!"
“Ouch!”
"You stinky bitch, how dare you hit me—Ahhh, stop it, stop it!"
The victims stared with wide eyes at the women who were beating people vigorously, their eyes filled with horror.
These women are so fierce!
Many people instinctively stepped back, fearing that they would be affected.
The Huo family army wanted to prevent the situation from getting any worse, but they were stopped by Zhang Chengming and others before they could get close.
Why stop them? Let their female relatives vent their anger first.
In the end, Lieutenant General Liu and others could only watch as the Wei family, headed by Wei San, were beaten half to death, and they no longer showed their previous arrogance.
And Huo Tiankuo came back at this time.
He didn't bother to see the situation clearly, he just wanted to stop the dispute and shouted, "Stop!"
The women had just let out enough anger, so they cooperated and stopped fighting, stepping back.
Zhang Chengming and others quickly went over to meet up with them. As they passed by, they couldn't help but kick the Wei family members who were lying on the ground and wailing.
Huo Tiankuo paused slightly when he saw this scene, frowned, and glanced at the disaster victims who were gathered together despite the snow falling outside. He turned his head and asked Lieutenant General Liu: "What's going on?"
Lieutenant General Liu opened his mouth and said, "General, it's Wei——"
"General!" Uncle Wei, who had been hiding in the shadows, quickly stepped forward and spoke first, "These people are going too far! Even if they did help us, they shouldn't have beaten us like this. Could it be that Xiao San's predictions are true, and they're feeling guilty and want to kill them to silence them?!"
"We must be given an explanation for this matter! I believe the general will not let us, the meritorious people, be put off by these unidentified outsiders, right?"
The people in Yunlu Village were furious when they heard this.
The thief cries "stop thief" and turns the blame around, which makes you look like you have a big mouth, right?
Wei San and the others also stood up, covering their bruised bodies and cursing, "That's right! You must give us an explanation!"
"Even if we don't burn them to death, we'll beat them up!"
Huo Tiankuo didn't listen to the Wei family's one-sided story. Instead, he looked at Miao Jinfeng and the others, as well as Deputy General Liu, and frowned, "What do you mean by guilty conscience? What's going on?"
Without waiting for Lieutenant General Liu to speak, Miao Jinfeng and others immediately recounted what had happened one after another.
"We offered our help with good intentions, but we were treated like monsters and beaten, killed, and even burned to death. General Huo, we are the most heartbroken!"
Huo Tiankuo glanced at Lieutenant General Liu, who nodded.
Huo Tiankuo's face immediately darkened.
Of course he knew that Yunlu Village had many unspeakable secrets, but that was other people's business and it was not their turn to explore.
Sleeping in someone else's tent, taking their medicine and food, and yet targeting them is truly ungrateful and despicable!
Huo Tiankuo said: "You guys——"
"General Huo." Lu Xuan interrupted Huo Tiankuo's scolding, "Let us handle our own affairs."
Lu Xuan walked slowly forward from behind, looking at Uncle Wei with a cold look in his eyes.
The cursing has already started in the live broadcast room.
[Who are you calling a monster?! I think these idiots are the ones causing trouble!]
[He picks up the bowl to eat, puts it down and curses, and before he even puts the bowl down he wants to kill me, what a bastard!]
I was wondering why the host didn't use a more convenient treatment device to save people, and why he didn't even get the air conditioner out to warm them up. Now it seems like a good thing he didn't, otherwise it would have become evidence that they were monsters.
[I truly admire the ignorance of the ancients. Anything I haven't seen before is just sorcery.]
I don't think they truly believe it's some kind of sorcery; to put it bluntly, they just want to take advantage.
[Host, since they say you have magic, let them see the power of magic!]
Lu Xuan had exactly this in mind.
Lu Xuan waved to the others.
All the young and strong men with special powers, including women, quickly stepped forward, and wind blades, fireballs, water arrows, earth spikes, and golden knives appeared in their palms and at their sides.
Because Lei Yan went back to look after Lu Qing and she was missing a thunder element, Lu Xuan also went into battle himself. Lightning flashed all over his body, and rumbling thunder sounded in the air, as if the god of thunder had descended.
Uncle Wei, who had already mentally planned how to refute Lu Xuan's sophistry and nail these people as "monsters", looked at the scene in front of him that was completely beyond his cognition, and his face turned pale instantly.
The other disaster victims around were so frightened that their legs went weak and they screamed and crawled out.
Huo Tiankuo and the Huo family army were also severely shocked by the scene of wind, fire, thunder and ice appearing at the same time. Their pupils kept shrinking and they opened their mouths but could not utter a word.
Lu Xuan looked at the terrified Wei family members and said calmly, "Do it."
At a command, the young men standing on both sides of him rudely threw the condensed wind blade fireballs at the Wei family.
The Wei family was terrified by the incoming demonic magic, "Don't come over here! Help! Help!"
They turned around and tried to run, but were tripped by vines that appeared from nowhere, and the supernatural attack landed heavily on them.
Wind blades, earth spikes, and golden knives slashed cheeks, thighs, and arms, leaving burning pain;
Water balls landed on people, soaking them completely, while ice-type psychics froze their feet, making them unable to move;
The fireballs and lightning instantly ignited their clothes and burned their skin as they touched their bodies. The smell of burnt flesh quickly spread around.
Don't you want to burn them to death?
Let yourself experience the feeling of being burned first.
After setting the fire, Li Tuo said something particularly irritating: "It's cold out so I'm just warming you up. No need to thank me."
The other victims were terrified, and those whose legs were weak and unable to run had sorrowful expressions on their faces, thinking they were going to die.
But after waiting for a while, they found that the magic did not attack them at all, but only targeted the Wei family members who targeted the women of Yunlu Village.
Some of the female members of the family noticed that several men in the Wei family had their chests and buttocks exposed due to the burning. They did not care about being afraid and quickly looked away because it was too shocking to the eyes.
But the lessons didn’t stop there.
The vine that tripped the Wei family members wrapped around the neck of Wei San, who had been shouting the loudest, and lifted him up.
At the same time, the rest of the vampire vines also rose from the ground and swung around the villagers of Yunlu Village.
The villagers had long since gotten used to the existence of the vampire vines and were no longer afraid of them. However, the victims were frightened again when they saw the vines moving on their own.
"Oh my god! The vines, the vines are moving on their own!!!"
The timid disaster victim was shocked one after another, his eyes rolled back and he finally fainted.
Huo Jiajun was also frightened and subconsciously grasped the hilt of the knife at his waist, but after noticing that those strange vines did not hurt anyone indiscriminately, he finally maintained his last bit of rationality and did not draw his sword against Yunlu Village. He just cautiously stood in front of other innocent victims just in case.
Everyone present focused their attention on Wei San, who was lifted to a height of more than three meters.
The thorny vines of the vampire vine pierced Wei San's neck, and the latter swung his legs wildly and whimpered in pain.
He had tried to pull the vines away with his hands, but his palm was pierced and he could even feel his blood being sucked away. He was so frightened that he dared not to act recklessly anymore. He could only hold his breath and plead for help: "Second, Second Uncle, help... General..."
"Did I ask you to speak?" Lu Xuan moved his fingers, and another vine whipped Wei San hard.
"Ah——!" Wei San couldn't help but scream.
Uncle Wei's eyes turned red, and he said in shock and anger: "Let him go! If you dare to touch him, I won't let you go!"
There are not many people left in the Wei family. Wei San is the only descendant of their direct line and is closest to him. He cannot just watch Wei San get into trouble.
Uncle Wei turned to Huo Tiankuo and said, "General Huo! Why don't you let him put Wei San down? Without us, how could you have persisted until now? Are you going to be ungrateful?"
Huo Tiankuo, who was still shocked by the series of miraculous tricks performed by Yunlu Village, frowned tightly.
Lu Xuan sneered: "General Huo has collected so much supplies from us in the past two days and already owes us a large sum. What's the point of calling him?"
His attitude at this moment was not at all polite as it was in front of Huo Tiankuo. Instead, it was full of mockery: "If I tell you that taking your lives can offset these debts, and we can also provide a batch of supplies to all the victims, do you think General Huo will save you, or will he hand you over to us for the sake of the overall situation?"
Uncle Wei's expression changed immediately.
If Second Uncle Wei knew Huo Tiankuo well enough, he would know that Huo Tiankuo would not choose either of them.
But he judged others by his own standards. After witnessing the horror of Yunlu Village, he was certain that Huo Tiankuo would not dare to go against them, and his side would definitely be the abandoned side. His confidence quickly faded and his face turned pale.
Lu Xuan waved his hand again and said to the hunting team, "Tie them all up."
Zhang Chengming and others immediately rushed over and tied up all the members of the Wei family.
During the process, Lu Xuan paid special attention to the reactions of other victims and found that except for those who had been instigated and shaken, most of the others were relieved, and some even looked secretly happy.
After everyone else was tied up, Lu Xuan threw Wei San down as well.
Everyone heard the sound of Wei San's bones breaking as he fell to the ground, followed by his howl of pain.
Huo Tiankuo was relieved to see that he didn't really kill Wei San.
Then, he turned his head to look at the frightened victims and the Wei family members who were tied up and half-dead, and he didn't know what to do next.
Lu Xuan raised his chin towards their tent and said, "General Huo, would you like to go in and talk?"
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Inside the tent.
Huo Tiankuo looked at Lu Xuan and other people in the village and wanted to ask them several times about their abilities, but he always couldn't open his mouth.
Finally, the village chief, who was getting a little impatient, took the initiative to ask, "General Huo, where did those troublemakers come from?"
"I don't think they're dressed like ordinary people, and yet they claim to have made great contributions. What's going on?"
People like these who are obsessed with robbing others for supplies, they just don't think they should be the same kind of people as the world-famous General Huo.
Huo Tiankuo paused, temporarily suppressing his curiosity about the 'demon magic', and sighed: "They are the Wei family, a local prominent family in the southwestern border town. After the earthquake, many prominent families suffered heavy losses in the epicenter, and they were the only ones who survived relatively intact.
The Wei family runs a grain store in the border town. If it weren't for the supplies they provided, the Huo family army and other disaster victims might not have been able to survive until today."
The audience who had been somewhat skeptical about whether he and the Wei family were in the same group finally understood.
[I was wondering how these people dared to cause trouble behind the backs of the Huo family army.]
They thought that even if they committed a crime, the Huo family army wouldn't do anything to them for the sake of their supplies. But they weren't provoking the Huo family army, they were provoking the anchor!
[Perhaps they are still planning to have Huo's army fight against the anchor?]
【I want to eat P! 】
[Just because he's so self-righteous, Huo Tiankuo doesn't care about being bullied by these people? What if these people kill or burn someone one day, will Huo Tiankuo just ignore it?]
"I still don't understand. Even if they're going to cause trouble, why are they so impatient? They're rushing into action before they even reach the new camp? Without any preparation at all?"
[Perhaps they were worried that if the delay was too long, the disaster victims and villagers would develop feelings for each other and it would be difficult to incite them.]
While everyone is still relatively unfamiliar with each other, even if they are killed or burned to death, as long as enough supplies are obtained and the victims have gained enough benefits, the matter is a foregone conclusion and it is unlikely that they will cause trouble for the Wei family for irrelevant people.
Thinking about it this way, their decision to fight quickly and decisively was actually a wise one.
It’s a pity that I underestimated the strength of the people in Yunlu Village.
[By the way, did the host already know about the Wei family? Didn't he ask Su Ying to find out about them before? Were they the Wei family members he was looking for?]
Lu Xuan said: "I guess so."
On the first day of distributing broth to the victims, he noticed that a small number of people were dressed much better than the other victims.
While everyone else was cherishing the broth, these people showed disdain, and some even acted bossy towards the Huo family army, asking them to prepare a special portion for them.
Even Huo Tiankuo, a general, doesn't have a special meal, but someone openly demands to eat alone. How can this not arouse people's curiosity?
It just so happened that Su Ying's special ability was very convenient for gathering information, and her appearance was not likely to arouse people's vigilance, so Lu Xuan asked her to help.
But what he asked Su Ying to find out was not just the origins of these people.
Lu Xuan asked, "General Huo, do you know what the Wei family does in places you can't see?"
When Huo Tiankuo looked puzzled, Lu Xuan nodded to Su Ying who was standing beside him, and the latter told him all the information she had obtained from other victims and some of Huo's soldiers.
The more Huo Tiankuo listened, the uglier his expression became, and the fist hanging at his side couldn't help but stiffen.
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