Under Lin Ce's murderous gaze, the man trembled all over and broke out in a cold sweat.
After being captured and brought here by Li Qingshan, he clearly understood the seriousness of the situation.
He met Lin Ce's eyes and gave a bitter laugh.
"Fine, I never expected you to have such methods. I was wrong to have ill intentions towards you. Do with me as you please."
After Li Qingshan severed one of his arms, he lost too much blood and was already very weak.
At this moment, he was at his lowest point in strength, and facing Lin Ce and the others, he had absolutely no hope of escaping.
Lin Ce sneered and slapped his head down with a palm.
"Wait, I have something to say—"
Ultimately, the instinct to survive prevailed, and the man was not as fearless as he had thought.
He never expected that Lin Ce would kill him so readily, without even bothering to ask a single question.
"What else do you have to say?"
Lin Ce shook his head. "If it's about 'Innate Soul Crystals,' then don't bother. I'm not interested in those so-called 'Innate Soul Crystals,' and your words are worthless to me."
Lin Ce was very clear-headed, knowing that his primary task this time was to protect the herbalists as they gathered herbs and complete the escort mission.
Everything else is unimportant.
After saying that, he made a gesture as if to slap his hand down again.
In fact, with his current strength, if he really wanted to kill that person immediately, there would be no chance for that person to struggle.
"No, it's not about the 'Innate Soul Crystal,' it's about the demons that currently inhabit this mountain. You still need to stay in this mountain. Even if you don't care about the 'Innate Soul Crystal,' knowing this can't be a bad thing, can it?"
The man looked at Lin Ce with eagerness.
He knew very well that if he couldn't demonstrate his value, the other party's slap would immediately follow.
At least for this moment, he felt that he had made the right bet.
Lin Ce stopped in front of him and looked at him with great interest.
He felt that at this moment, he had to seize the opportunity to fight for his own survival.
"I've heard that a rather powerful demon is hiding in these mountains. Even if it hasn't reached the level of a great demon, it's very likely to possess the strength of a pre-heavenly being. As for specific information..."
He stopped, looked at Lin Ce who held his life in his hands, and said:
"I will tell you everything truthfully, I only ask that you spare my life. I swear on my martial arts heart that from now on I will never dare to have the slightest malice towards you."
"I'm sorry, I can't agree to that."
Lin Ce looked at the person in front of him, then at the crowd around him, and shook his head.
“I’ve already let you off once, but you’ve gone and tried to put me in danger. This time, I will not let you off again.”
"you……"
The man despaired, his eyes widening suddenly, and he said hatefully, "Then don't even think about getting any information from me. Even if I die, I will never reveal another word..."
The sound stopped abruptly.
"Pfft~"
Lin Ce struck the man on the forehead with a palm, extinguishing his life before he could even finish a sentence.
"If you think that you can save your life just by relying on a little bit of information, then you are obviously mistaken."
The man slowly fell to the ground.
Lin Ce glanced around at the various expressions on the faces of the people around him, and a strange smile appeared on his face.
Do you think I did the right thing?
A brief silence fell over the scene.
"Chief镖头 Lin, you're being too impulsive. Although this man's intentions are despicable, it's not unreasonable to spare his life and find out the reasons behind it."
The manager of Baicao Sect sighed.
He was clearly very concerned about the demons the man had mentioned.
After all, the many disciples of the Hundred Herbs Sect had gained a great deal this time, and he did not want any unexpected changes to occur.
The events of that previous night, those few ghostly figures, still left a deep impression on him.
Lin Ce smiled and then looked at the people from the escort agency.
"What about you guys? Do you also think I was too impulsive?"
Li Qingshan pursed his lips, not caring at all.
“He was a malicious guy. It’s fine to kill him. If only we had done it earlier, I could have just taken care of him over there and saved the trouble of carrying him over.”
Yu Jiu stood on the edge, keeping himself inconspicuous at all times, and would not stand up to express his opinion at this time.
Sensing Lin Ce's gaze, Shang Shaofeng's eyes burned with intensity, and he raised his arm and spoke:
"This man first ambushed the chief镖头 (chief镖头, a high-ranking镖师, a bodyguard), and then lied to us, trying to put us in a dangerous situation. He should be killed."
"He deserves to die!"
"He deserves to die!"
...
Seeing the passionate young people, the manager of Baicao Sect wisely kept his mouth shut and said no more.
This wasn't the first time Baicao Sect had collaborated with a security escort agency, but it was clear that this particular agency was quite different from those they had worked with before.
As the chief镖头 (head镖师, a term referring to a bodyguard or镖局, a type of security escort agency), he was well-received, but he had never seen anyone reach the level of respect that Lin Ce had.
"Alright, manager, there's no need to worry too much. With us here, we'll do everything we can to protect you."
Lin Ce glanced at the man who had fallen to the ground and said, "There's no need to regret not being able to hear the rest of his story. If this man could deceive us once, who can guarantee he won't deceive us a second time?"
As they continued gathering herbs, the group quickly left the area.
The person who had lost consciousness had naturally been buried in a pit by the young men of the escort agency.
Although this person was malicious, death is the end of all things, so it's no big deal to let him rest in peace.
However, Lin Ce and the others were unaware that shortly after they left, a rustling sound came from the forest, and a black wind blew in from there.
A black wind swept across the ground that buried the man's body, and it seemed that a very faint figure crawled out from underground and merged into the black wind.
The drug users discovered new anomalies.
This time, even the seasoned manager of the Hundred Herbs Sect cried out in alarm.
At the place where the herbalist had unearthed a strange and mysterious herb, a human corpse appeared.
This time, it wasn't just one or two bodies, but dozens.
"this……"
Lin Ce frowned upon seeing this.
Li Qingshan's face also turned ashen.
"Even disciples of major sects are afraid of dead people?"
"No, didn't you notice? These are the same bandits from before. Perhaps that empty village was where they came from."
Upon hearing this, Lin Ce took a closer look and found that they were indeed similar to the bandits he had encountered during his first trip to Black Mountain.
However, he didn't have a particularly strong impression of these bandits.
After all, back then, with his strength at the initial stage of entering the ninth rank, he was able to easily crush everyone.
These thieves weren't too strong, so he didn't take them too seriously.
Of course, Li Qingshan, who suffered a loss and humiliation at the time, would have cared more about it and thus had a deeper impression of it, which is normal.
"Why did dozens of thieves die here?"
After observing for a moment, Lin Ce's expression grew even more unpleasant.
Unlike the previous martial artists, these people were not killed by other martial artists.
They suffered fatal head injuries.
The trauma, however, comes from themselves.
Dozens of thieves faced each other in pairs, each plunging their weapon into the other's abdomen.
What do you think?
Lin Ce looked at Li Qingshan and Yu Jiu beside him.
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