Chapter 16 Ghost or Monster
But things always happen unexpectedly.
At the banquet, a few villagers with simple minds and well-developed limbs were stunned by Zhong Lifei's deception. After a few glasses of wine, they became bolder and actually asked to take the master and apprentice to the bandit's lair.
Chu Fan hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Master and I can do this kind of high-risk work. You don't have to put yourself in danger."
Zhong Lifei said, "This is a good thing. I'll ask you to lead the way later so we don't get lost in the mountains."
Chu Fan was speechless and secretly thought that Master had drunk too much and was not clear-headed. How could we run away if there were outsiders accompanying us later?
After the banquet, the villagers beat gongs and drums to congratulate the master and apprentice on their triumphant return in advance.
The few villagers who volunteered led the way, and Zhong Lifei followed happily.
Seeing his master drunk made Chu Fan anxious to death.
Halfway through, taking the opportunity to give Zhong Lifei a drink of water, Chu Fan pulled him aside and said, "Master, wake up quickly! It's too late if you don't run away."
Zhong Lifei said nonchalantly: "Why should we run away until we finish dealing with that group of robbers!"
Chu Fan's mind was broken, and his master was so drunk that he really thought he was a great hero with extraordinary strength.
Zhong Lifei said again: "No one named He is my opponent. How can I be afraid of those thieves as a teacher?"
Chu Fan smiled bitterly and was speechless.
Is that your thing?
It was purely a sneak attack!
In an honest competition, He Chengyu can make you walk around without food!
Otherwise, when you faced dozens of bandits in the village earlier, you would have defeated them all.
But at this time, he heard Zhong Lifei say with a look of embarrassment: "The village chief said that the bandits in Heifeng Village have robbed houses over the years and accumulated a lot of gold and silver. If we destroy them, not all of the money will belong to us.
Is it done?"
Shit, I said Master suddenly became righteous and awe-inspiring. It turned out to be this idea. Aren't you afraid of making money and losing your life?
Chu Fan rolled his eyes and thought about how he could find an opportunity to escape when the fight started.
If the master is killed by robbers, he is seeking his own death.
At worst, he could just go back to Xuanwu Sect and save the bottle of Five Poison Powder.
After walking up to Heifeng Mountain for half an hour, a young villager pointed upward and said, "Two heroes, the top is Heifeng Village. You should be careful."
Chu Fan squinted his eyes and saw a row of uneven wooden buildings sitting on the mountainside, with a pass made of white stones guarding them.
He couldn't help but sigh: "Oh, if only I could fly with a sword like He Chengyu, I could attack directly into any fortress no matter how strong it is!"
At this time, Zhong Lifei said to the villagers: "Don't go up there, wait here for my good news."
Those villagers had already woken up from alcohol and were regretting following Zhongli Fei into the mountain to suppress the bandits.
Now after hearing what he said, he quickly scattered and hid.
The sky turned dark, and a strong wind blew, making the leaves in the surrounding woods rustle.
Chu Fan looked up and saw dark clouds in the sky, and couldn't help but said: "It's going to rain. The weather is not good for us. How about we come back another day to exterminate this group of bandits?"
"Unforeseen circumstances may arise, so there is no need to make a fuss."
Zhong Lifei drew his sword out of its sheath, and without any room for negotiation, he forced his apprentice to walk up.
"Master, can the two of us defeat those bandits?" Chu Fan's anxious voice changed.
"You've come here, how can you come back empty-handed!" Zhong Lifei looked determined.
The mountain wind is getting stronger and stronger, and it also carries a faint fishy smell.
Chu Fan immediately concluded that it was the smell of human blood.
But at this time, they reached the pass, and before they could find a place to hide, they were both stunned.
In front of the entrance of the pass, there were several bloody corpses lying in a mess!
"What's going on?"
Zhong Lifei and Chu Fan stared at each other with puzzled expressions on their faces.
After a long while, Zhongli Fei calmed down and said to his apprentice: "Let's go over and see what's going on."
There was not a single living person in front of the quiet pass, only the miserable bodies lying on the ground.
The blood of the deceased flowed on the white stone road, the contrast between red and white was shocking.
Zhong Lifei's face was livid, and his cold gaze fell on the corpses whose throats had been sealed with a sword, as if he was looking for clues left by the murderer.
Chu Fan asked in surprise: "How did the robbers die? Who killed them?"
Zhong Lifei didn't answer. He stepped over the corpse with firm steps, and Chu Fan followed behind with fear.
Faced with the unexpected situation, the master and the apprentice did not hide, but entered the pass directly and walked towards the bandit's base camp.
Along the way, the bodies of the Heifeng Village robbers were everywhere. Judging from the fact that the blood flowing out of the wounds had not yet dried up, this tragedy happened not long ago.
Chu Fan couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, and blurted out: "Master, won't all the bandits in Black Wind Village die?"
"It seems that it is possible."
Zhong Lifei nodded slightly and said thoughtfully: "Strange, who killed these robbers before us?"
At this time, the mountain wind stopped without warning, the sky became darker and darker, and the rain never fell.
The confusing mist came from all directions, like broken white silk, scattered into thousands of strands, covering up the evil deeds that had just happened.
But the smell of blood remaining in the air not only did not disappear, but became stronger and stronger.
Chu Fan felt that danger was everywhere, and hurriedly said to Zhong Lifei: "Master, let's not go up, okay?"
"Are you scared?"
"I always feel that a monster came to Heifeng Village and it killed everyone here."
"Monster? Have you ever seen a monster?"
"No." Chu Fan shook his head.
"There haven't been monsters in this world for a long time. If there were, it would still be a rare thing."
"Isn't it someone from the Dark Moon Gate who did it again?"
"Do you think they are bored and have nothing to do after they are full, so they come here to kill a few bandits for fun?"
Immediately, Zhongli flew forward, and Chu Fan hurriedly caught up, fearing that if he fell one step behind, he would be caught by the monster hiding in the dark.
At this moment, Zhong Lifei was walking steadily, not a trace of noise could be heard, and there was an evil smile on his lips.
Finally, when we came to the row of wooden buildings, all the fog suddenly dissipated as if it had been pushed away by a big hand.
The sky cleared again, and it seemed that the bad weather just now was just an illusion in their eyes.
Looking up, I saw a black plaque hanging on the tall house in the middle.
Chu Fan couldn't help but read the words on the plaque: "Juyi Hall!"
"This is where the bandits gather."
Zhong Lifei frowned and his eyes fell on the two stone lions at the door.
The white stone lion was carved lifelike, and its open mouth was covered in blood, as if it had jumped down from the stone pier not long ago and devoured many bandits in Heifeng Village.
The stone steps were also stained with blood, as were the pillars on both sides.
Looking inside from the open door, it looked like there had been a rain of blood inside, and there was blood everywhere you looked.
There were dead bodies everywhere, covered in blood and stained beyond recognition, and it was impossible to recognize who was the leader of Black Wind Village who had done all kinds of evil.
"All dead?"
Zhong Lifei was stunned, and then shouted at the top of his lungs: "Is there anyone? Is there anyone?"
There was no response, and the echo that fell in the valley was like a voice from the underworld.
"It's so dead."
Faced with such a terrifying scene, Zhong Lifei was so obsessed with money that he said: "We divided our troops into two groups to search for the robbers' treasures."
"Master, aren't you afraid that the murderer will turn around and kill us before he leaves?" Chu Fan said with a sad face.
"Go quickly! As long as Master is here, nothing will happen! We will meet at the Juyi Hall after we are done."
Zhong Lifei pushed Chu Fan involuntarily, and the two of them looked for the rumored gold and silver jewelry.
As a result, the two searched every room in the village, but could not find anything valuable, not even a copper plate.
"What's weird, all the money was wiped out by the murderer? In order to make money and kill, the murderer didn't hesitate to kill all the robbers?" Zhong Lifei tilted his head and sighed after reuniting.
Chapter completed!