Under the influence of the silver, the villagers actively prepared dinner for the White Lotus Sect members.

There were sixteen people in total, and even with many villagers helping out, it still took a lot of effort to prepare two tables of food.

Bai Lian taught everyone to sit down, but no one moved their chopsticks first.

"Eat everything and go to bed early. We will set off on our way early tomorrow morning."

Xu Rong is quite satisfied with the performance of these people, at least they are becoming more and more obedient.

With Xu Rong's words, everyone in the White Lotus Sect immediately started cooking.

After a day's journey, I only ate some dry food on the way, which was naturally not as good as this hot rice.

Cooking takes a lot of time, but eating only takes a quarter of an hour.

The old village chief stooped and saw that everyone had finished eating, so he said: "The accommodation has been arranged for you, but the conditions are simple. I hope you will bear with me."

Judging from the old village chief's conversation and his previous reaction when receiving the money, Xu Rong realized that this old village chief must have been unusual when he was young.

However, they are just staying here for one night, so there are some things that don't need to be discussed in detail.

"The village chief was joking, it would be nice to have a place to sleep, otherwise we would have to sleep in the wilderness. It's getting colder at night now, and we might even catch wind chill."

Xu Rong smiled and exchanged greetings with the old village chief, and then took the others to stay in several houses.

Everyone was tired from traveling during the day and fell asleep quickly.

Soon, the village was completely shrouded in darkness, without any light.

Only the light from the half moon in the sky made it possible for people to barely see the road clearly at this night.

At midnight, when everyone was fast asleep, the sound of horse hooves woke Xu Rong up.

He listened carefully for a while and found that it was indeed the sound of horse hooves, and there were many of them, at least thirty or forty horses.

Not long after, the sound of horse hooves got closer and closer.

Xu Rong immediately shouted: "Get up, there are enemies!"

His words were like thunder, traveling a long distance in the dark night.

Even the dogs that had fallen asleep started barking one after another.

The whole village suddenly changed from silent to lively.

Outside the village, as soon as they arrived at the entrance of the village, a group of bandits heard the sound of dogs barking one after another, and at the same time there were lights turning on.

"Boss, were we discovered in advance?"

A fat man asked angrily.

And the person he called the boss was the leader of this group of bandits.

The bandit leader was tall, with a rough face, and one eye was covered by an eyepatch, giving him a fierce look.

"We've discovered it since we discovered it. With so many brothers, we still can't take down a small village?"

The bandit leader waved his hand, "Come in and kill everyone. Only then will they know not to resist us and will be afraid of us!"

"Ouch, ouch, ouch..."

A group of bandits were like hungry wolves, driving their horses towards the village.

At this time, the villagers walked out of their homes one by one carrying dung forks and other weapons.

Even the members of the White Lotus Sect, under Xu Rong's warning, put on their clothes, picked up their weapons and came to the door.

"Listen, people in the village, and those who are wise will hand over your money and food to me, otherwise it will not be so easy to talk to us when we come to get it ourselves!"

The bandit leader sat on his horse and looked down at the many villagers.

The old village chief walked slowly to the front: "Chief, our village is a poor village. We can hardly feed ourselves, where is the money? The food is only enough for us to eat. If it is given to you,

, then how can we survive?”

"Humph, this is your own business, what does it have to do with us? Old man, just ask people to come up with money and food honestly, and I can still spare your lives."

"But if you still play tricks with me, I will slaughter this village tonight!"

The bandit leader glanced at the villagers present with a pair of fierce eyes. No one dared to look at him, and all of them lowered their heads.

The old village chief sighed: "Everyone is dead, so don't blame us for wanting a piece of your flesh even if we die!"

"Hahaha... did you hear what this old guy said?"

The bandit leader laughed loudly, and the other bandits also laughed, as if they had encountered something extremely funny.

"Old man, if you want to fight us to the death, you don't have the strength yet, so I will send you on your way now!"

The bandit leader slapped the horse's butt and immediately drove the horse towards the old village chief. The knife in his hand glowed coldly under the moonlight.

The sharp blade fell, and seeing that the old village chief was about to die, many villagers were also furious, but it was already too late.

At this critical moment, a stone hit the blade, breaking it in half. The huge force coming from the blade almost caused the bandit leader to fall off his horse.

The bandits who were originally looking wild were stunned when they saw this unexpected situation.

"Who is it?"

The bandit leader straightened up and asked with a stern expression.

His hands were controlling the reins, making the horse move backwards.

Although his sword is not a magical weapon, it is made of iron and is very strong.

Being able to break a knife with a stone is definitely not something he can deal with.

Seeing this scene, the villagers also breathed a sigh of relief.

If the old village chief is gone, their village will fall into chaos, and the bandits will become even more unscrupulous.

Maybe they will all die tonight.

Although they didn't know who took action, the villagers still turned their attention to the White Lotus Sect.

The villagers themselves know everything about it, and they wish they knew it down to the hairs of their heads.

The only variable is those who come to stay tonight.

Xu Rong stepped out, looked at the bandit leader who kept retreating, and asked loudly: "What? You want to run away now? You were quite arrogant just now, where is your confidence now?"

"Who are you anyway?"

The bandit leader saw that his face still had some immature expression, and he was filled with surprise and uncertainty.

Just now he thought it was done by some master, which made his heart beat wildly.

But what appeared now was a young man.

"Me? I'm just a passerby."

Xu Rong glanced at the many bandits calmly, thinking about the manpower needed to kill them all.

It has been a while since he used the soul-eating beads to absorb souls. Now he is stuck at two-thirds of the way and has made no progress. Tonight, he might be able to complete the process and start the next analysis of soul fragments.

"Boy, do you think we are afraid of you?"
Chapter completed!