Chapter 292
After much persuasion and many promises, Cheng Hui finally saved the girl's life.
Both men spoke behind the girl's back - mainly because Cheng Hui felt embarrassed - and when they returned, Cheng Hui politely rejected the girl's request.
It's not that he is cold-blooded, he himself doesn't know how long he can stay in this world, and it's really inconvenient to have a mortal around him.
The only thing he could do was to send the girl to a nearby town and give her some money.
The little girl obviously didn't give up and wanted to beg.
Cheng Hui suddenly started and cast a spell to block her mouth.
Oh dear, please stop talking like that, or I'll lose my underwear..._(:з」∠)_
That's right, what bad intentions could Lin Qingyang have? He was just using jealousy to seek benefits for himself.
Cheng Hui counted on his fingers. He had already incurred a massive amount of debt for various reasons. If he were to pay it all—hiss, he felt a chill in his butt for no apparent reason...
He's already like this, little girl, please don't make things worse.
The little girl's mouth was blocked and she could only look at Cheng Hui angrily.
Cheng Hui chuckled awkwardly, undoing the spell, and before she could speak, he said, "I can't possibly keep you by my side. If you're willing, I can take you to the nearest town and give you some money. If you have relatives there, I can also take you there."
The girl was a strong-willed person. Knowing that this was the limit of Cheng Hui's ability, she nodded in agreement.
Cheng Hui didn't waste any time and directly carried the person onto the flying boat.
Flying with a sword is relatively fast and is suitable for two people to travel. Now that there is a mortal person, they can only use a flying boat.
The speed of a flying boat is naturally much slower than that of a flying sword, but it is more stable.
With the girl's guidance, the three of them soon arrived at a nearby town.
The girl also has an aunt who married into the small town, and this time she came to live with her aunt.
But Cheng Hui stood at the bow of the boat and looked from afar, and saw thick smoke billowing from the direction of the town.
"No way..." Cheng Hui thought to himself that something was wrong and quickly increased his speed.
When they flew over the town, they saw that it had been completely looted by horse thieves. Before leaving, the horse thieves set a fire. A large number of houses were burned down. There were still a dozen survivors on the open ground, looking at the burned town and crying helplessly.
"Are the horse thieves here so rampant? They even dare to attack small towns?" Cheng Hui found it unbelievable.
In his opinion, a small town might not be big, and its defense force might not be very strong, so it was possible that it would be robbed by horse thieves.
But the question is... where is this place?
This is the world of cultivation!
Regardless of whether it is a secular dynasty or a sect of immortal cultivation, the control of territory must be given great importance.
To put it bluntly, when horse thieves loot a town, it is tantamount to a slap in the face of the sect or dynasty to which the town belongs. How can they tolerate this?
They are just a group of horse thieves. At most, they have a few Foundation Establishment Stage priests. If the sect or dynasty sends out any Jindan cultivator, they will face a catastrophe.
So, are these horse thieves crazy?
Cheng Hui didn't understand, but he was deeply shocked.
He lowered the flying boat and jumped to the ground.
The group of wailing survivors were startled. One of the older men quickly knelt tremblingly and said, "Greetings, Immortal Master."
"No need to be so polite, old man." Cheng Hui didn't dare to let such an old man kneel down in front of him. He was worried that it would shorten his lifespan, so he quickly reached out to support him.
"What's going on here?" he asked.
"It's all because of those damn horse thieves...my little granddaughter..." The old man was overwhelmed with grief and cried to Cheng Hui about their experience.
The other survivors also added some information, and when they finished speaking, Cheng Hui couldn't help but frown.
According to these people, the perpetrators were horse thieves from the nearby Jiulong Mountain. These horse thieves came and went like the wind and usually robbed merchants. No one knew why they suddenly attacked the town.
A cowering boy raised his hand tremblingly.
"Speak." Cheng Hui looked at him.
The young man seemed to be very frightened and spoke a lot of incoherent words. Cheng Hui summarized that when those people were killing people, he seemed to see a trace of blood flying into the arms of the horse thief.
Could it be a magical weapon that absorbs essence and blood?
Cheng Hui's heart moved and he turned around. Lin Qingyang and he were in sync. As soon as the young man finished speaking, he had already found a body to examine.
He put the bodies down and nodded: "All the blood and essence in their bodies are gone. Although their bodies are still intact, they are actually very fragile. A slight touch..."
He poked the corpse's arm with his fingertips. With a crisp sound, a hole was pierced in the arm. The hole was dry and not even a drop of blood came out.
The survivors were terrified. They only knew that the horse thieves killed people without blinking an eye, but they never imagined that they could use such strange methods.
Cheng Hui suddenly remembered the corpses in the village before and shook his head secretly. He was still not careful enough and forgot to check those corpses.
Wait... He suddenly remembered that when he pushed the corpses into the pit, they occasionally collided with each other, and the corpses were indeed soft at that time, not as brittle as they are now.
So are these two different groups of horse thieves?
He shook his head. The probability was not high. The area nearby was not prosperous and could not support two gangs of horse thieves. In other words... those people massacred the small mountain village not for their blood and essence, but for something else?
He looked at Lin Qingyang.
Lin Qingyang pondered for a moment. Absorbing essence and blood is often a method used by demonic or evil cultivators. By using human essence and blood, many incredible things can be done.
Of course, similar things are human corpses and souls. Let’s put it this way, once they fall into the hands of evil demons or evil cultivators, that person is no longer a human being, but a tool that can be divided and used.
If the corpse remains unchanged, then the villagers are most likely to have lost their souls.
The survivors were already heartbroken, and now they were even more panicked when they saw the changes in the corpses. They unconsciously gathered together, as if having more people could ensure their own safety.
Cheng Hui thought about it and decided that if he left these people here, they might not survive. So he decided to just take all of them to the nearby county town. It didn't matter if he drove one sheep or two sheep. The flying boat was big enough anyway, so he decided to take them all to the nearby county town.
The county town is usually guarded by regular troops, and there may be monks living there. Those horse thieves are just ordinary people who are stronger. Even if they have some means of absorbing essence and blood, they cannot confront the monks head-on.
Relatively speaking, the county town should be very safe.
Giving everyone half an hour to pack up, Cheng Hui waited quietly.
These people are neither too many nor too few, and Cheng Hui doesn't want to carry all of them on his shoulders.
Now that more than half of the town has been burned down, there are still some houses that are well preserved. The rest of the people in the town have died. Even if the remaining people can collect some gold and silver, at least they can guarantee their lives when they go to the county town.
This half hour was used for them to collect supplies. Cheng Hui also sent the girl out. Since he was going to live alone in the future, he might as well start training now.
Half an hour later, most of the survivors came back.
Cheng Hui took a quick look and saw that there were probably two people who had not returned yet.
"Master..." The old man spoke quickly when he saw that Cheng Hui didn't seem to want to wait for them.
"What's the matter?" Cheng Hui did not stop, his expression cold.
The old man was startled when he saw this and realized that he had overstepped the boundaries.
The immortal master was so kind as to save you and even gave you time to collect money. How dare a mere mortal expect him to wait for you? How dare you be so shameless?
He was speechless and dared not say a word, and the others were even more silent when they saw this.
After everyone boarded the flying boat, Cheng Hui took off directly without stopping for a moment.
From a distance, the two greedy survivors saw the flying boat take off, and they ran desperately in fear, shouting loudly.
Cheng Hui ignored him, raised his hand, and the flying boat took off into the air and flew away in the blink of an eye.
The two greedy survivors cried out loudly. They didn't understand. It was only a matter of time before the immortal master could wait for him for a while!
They just wanted to collect more money to make their future lives easier. How could the Immortal Master be so cruel as to leave them here? Isn't this forcing them to die?
The cries of the two men could be heard from afar, successfully alerting everyone.
The old man had some prestige, and he kept reminding everyone privately that the immortal master had saved our lives out of his kindness, and we must never make too many requests of him because of this.
The survivors nodded repeatedly. With those two bloody examples, who would dare to do that? It's not like they're crazy.
The old man breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that everyone understood the seriousness of the matter.
The immortal master was still very kind and did not take the lives of the two men on the spot.
Although they had no chance to ride on the immortal boat, it was not impossible for them to reach the county town with the things they had collected.
Of course, they might encounter wild beasts or bandits on the road. That would just be their bad luck. It’s our fault for being so greedy!
The speed of the flying boat was not affected at all with so many people on board. In just half an hour, they arrived near the county town.
After letting everyone go and asking them to report what happened in the town to the authorities, he left.
The old man led the survivors and bowed respectfully in the direction where the flying boat was leaving. Then he walked towards the gate of the county town with trembling hands supported by everyone.
After getting rid of the burden of the mortal, Cheng Hui stood on Lin Qingyang's flying sword again.
The two flew back at an extremely fast speed. On the way to the county town, Cheng Hui had been using his spiritual sense to search for traces of the horse thieves, and found quite a few traces.
Judging from those traces, the horse thieves' lair is hidden in the mountains.
For ordinary armies, this place is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but for monks who can fly, it is basically a piece of cake.
To avoid any accidents, the two of them hid their bodies, flew above the village, and observed from above.
The horse thieves in Jiulong Mountain are the most powerful in the vicinity, and it is said that there are hundreds of them.
In addition to the horse thieves, many of their relatives also live here.
But at this time, the village was eerily quiet. Not only was there no human voice, but even the barking of dogs and the crowing of chickens could not be heard.
"Something seems to be wrong." Cheng Hui said to Lin Qingyang.
Lin Qingyang slowly closed his eyes, and spiritual power flowed in his body. When he opened his eyes again, a faint flash of blood passed by.
"Over there..." He pointed in the direction of the back mountain, and the two of them flew over quickly.
Soon we arrived at the square at the back mountain.
This seemed to be where they usually practiced. The ground was flattened, but at this moment, densely packed corpses were piled on the ground. A pretty woman and two burly men were standing in front of the corpses, chatting and laughing.
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