Chapter 941: Chapter 72: Upheaval in East Origin Village (Part 2)

“The world calls me ‘Yan Sanwen,’ yet few know why I am so named…”

Yan Jiantong wiped the blood off his sword and sat back down.

“Does Master Liu think I am too ruthless and shouldn’t have taken their lives…?”

Pei Laoliu shook his head.

“Those who kill are often killed; since both sides are mortal enemies, why hold back?”

Upon hearing this, Yan Jiantong’s eyes brightened, and the last trace of gloom on his face disappeared as he smiled and said:

“Master Liu understands me!”

Pei Laoliu put down the teacup in his hand and asked:

“There’s something I want to know. If they had just said they wouldn’t kill you, would you really have spared them?”

He looked at the other with a clear gaze.

The latter answered solemnly with a single word:

“Yes!”

Master Liu did not continue to ask, just nodded, then refilled his tea and continued drinking.

The ordinary people around had long since fled, and even the tea stall’s owner was nowhere to be seen.

Yan Jiantong placed a few pieces of silver in the owner’s money box and left with Master Liu.

“Master Liu, I have some business to handle in Han Yue City. Once I finish, I’ll visit you in East Origin Village; it will take me three to five days at most, and I, Yan, will surely call on you!”

By the roadside, Yan Jiantong cupped his fists in a farewell gesture to Pei Laoliu.

Master Liu knew what he was going to do; it was most likely to avenge his fallen brothers.

Unfortunately, there were no phones in this world, nor could locations be sent; all Pei Laoliu could do was have Li Qiang hastily draw a route map to leave for the other.

After parting, Master Liu, accompanied by Li Qiang, flew back to East Origin Village on his flying sword.

But upon returning this time, the situation seemed to have changed somewhat.

From above, they saw flames soaring and thick smoke filling East Origin Village.

Master Liu hurriedly controlled his flying sword and descended, only to see a scene of devastation before him.

“What… what on earth happened here…”

Li Qiang walked down with wide-open eyes, filled with disbelief.

They saw the bodies of villagers lying everywhere, blood already dry, houses burned and destroyed, the entire village dead silent; not to mention people, not even a living poultry was to be seen.

“Mother… Mother!!”

Li Qiang shouted and rushed out.

Fearing for his safety, Pei Laoliu quickly sent Dahei after him.

“What happened here, why has it become like this…”

At this moment, Master Liu’s mind was also a chaotic mess, never imagining such a drastic change had occurred in East Origin Village.

Just two days ago, everything was fine. He had only gone to Han Yue City for a short while, yet these villagers met such a disastrous end.

“Who could it be? Why kill everyone here?”

Looking at each familiar face, Pei Laoliu found it genuinely difficult to remain calm.

A fury raged within him, his fists tightened, desiring nothing more than to tear the culprit into pieces.

Although he hadn’t known these people for long, they were the first he interacted with in this world.

Moreover, over a hundred lives in East Origin Village were snuffed out so ruthlessly; such a scene was nothing short of shocking and appalling.

Walking deeper into the village, bodies of villagers littered the path, from the elderly to children, not a single survivor.

Pei Laoliu recalled Village Chief Li Yuan mentioning a small group of mountain bandits in the vicinity, but recently, their activities had been minimal.

Most importantly, these bandits were not very powerful; with East Origin Village’s population, they wouldn’t dare invade lightly.

“It shouldn’t be the work of mountain bandits…”

Looking at the scattered grains and vegetables by the roadside, Master Liu fell into contemplation.

If it were the bandits, they wouldn’t have left the grains behind.

He checked several houses and found the belongings still inside, just strewn about in chaos.

Such a scene seemed more like someone was searching for something, killing these villagers simply to silence them.

“Mother! Mother!”

A faint sound of Li Qiang’s voice came from ahead.

Pei Laoliu quickened his pace to walk over, only to see Li Qiang holding the corpse of a middle-aged woman beneath a dwelling, crying bitterly.

“Mother! Wake up, don’t leave me!”

Listening to the heart-wrenching cries ahead, Pei Laoliu stopped in his tracks.

He didn’t like such scenes; he was good at coaxing people, but comforting them was not his forte.

The kid had been following him for two days now, helping with serving tea and water, creating a bit of emotional connection.

Seeing such a scene now truly stirred his heart with compassion.

At that moment, a slight movement from nearby caught his attention.

“Who goes there!”

Master Liu immediately noticed, with his gaze locking onto the location.

It was a manure pit, and some young fellow popped his head out, then started crawling out with difficulty.

Upon seeing the person’s appearance, Pei Laoliu barely recognized him.

This was a villager from the village, and he seemed to be called Shan Chai by the others.

“Immortal! You, you’ve finally returned!”

The young fellow, upon seeing them, ran over crying, with yellow-white substances scattered all over the ground.

Even though Pei Laoliu sympathized with them greatly, he decidedly did not want this guy to come too close.

He stepped back two steps, signaling the other to stop.

The young lad stopped aggrievedly, with uncertain tears or something else on his cheeks.

“Immortal, Immortal, you’ve finally returned… Everyone in the village is dead… sob… sob…”

“What’s really happening, what exactly happened, explain clearly!”

On the side, Li Qiang also noticed the commotion and quickly ran over.

“Shan Chai! You’re still alive! Quick! Quickly tell me what happened! Who did it! I want to kill them! Avenge everyone!”

That Shan Chai’s real name is Li Mu, and because he is usually honest and shy, and looks quite thin, he got such a nickname.

At this moment, he was heartbroken and sorrowful, sitting on the ground and crying out loudly, only after a while did he gather his strength to say:

“I, I don’t know who they are… seemed like a group of soldiers… They entered the village and killed without saying a word, and took the village chief to inquire about something…”

“What thing? Did you hear anything?”

“No, no… I was too far away at the time, afraid they’d notice me, then I ran madly and accidentally fell into this manure pit, that’s how I survived…”

As he spoke, he tugged at his clothing, letting some tiny water droplets brush past Master Liu’s eye corners, causing the latter’s scalp to tingle.

“Soldiers… The nearest soldiers are the City Guard Army of Han Yue City, could it really be them?”

Master Liu inquired, having arrived only two days ago and was not very familiar with the situation here.

Li Qiang gritted his teeth:

“There’re only soldiers from Han Yue City here, it must be them! These scoundrels! They tried to kill me earlier! And now they’ve destroyed East Origin Village! I will shred them to pieces!!”

Master Liu shook his head.

“Kid, I understand your eagerness to avenge, but now the situation is unclear, we must investigate thoroughly first.”

Li Qiang fell to his knees with a “thud” upon hearing these words, begging:

“Master Liu, please teach me Immortal Law, I want to personally kill those beasts, to avenge the top to bottom of East Origin Village!”

Shan Chai looked dumbfoundedly at the two, fortunately, he wasn’t too dull, quickly kneeling as well, saying:

“Please, Immortal, teach me Immortal Law too! I want to kill those guys and avenge my mother!!”

Pei Laoliu looked at the two with a troubled expression, his heart filled with helplessness.

His Immortal Law was not what they perceived at all; it was an entirely different level of stuff.

Even if he intended to teach, he couldn’t.

After all, the awakening of Dark Energy must be achieved by Zhang Xiaoman personally drawing the Enlightenment Array.

If one couldn’t awaken, they couldn’t access Dark Energy, let alone cultivate.

Yet, outright refusing these two kids also stirred compassion within him.

“Cultivation requires aptitude and insight, not everyone can practice Cultivation. You should stand up first, more urgent is to check for other survivors and give proper burials for the deceased villagers to let them rest in peace.”

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