This fishing village is closer to Jinling City than Zhang Chunhua's hometown was to Yanbei City.
However, it is at such a short distance, almost at the feet of the emperor, that such a bad massacre of a village can happen...
Don’t you think it’s a bit ironic for Daqian to be in its “prosperous age”?
Yan Wulu's eyes were sharp.
He was mentally prepared when he came.
But after witnessing this human tragedy with his own eyes, he couldn't help but froze in place.
There was smoke and corpses everywhere.
There are ruins reduced to scorched earth everywhere, and among the ruins, there are only a few burned-out roof remnants, standing here silently like tombstones.
The originally peaceful and peaceful riverside fishing village was burned to the ground in an instant.
Only the remains of the burned-out houses still barely retain a trace of their original appearance.
The air was filled with the stench of burning corpses, mixed with an inexplicable smell of blood.
Yan Wulu's eyes were extremely cold, without any change.
But the Zhenbei cavalry guards around him could clearly feel the suppressed rage of His Royal Highness...
The entire fishing village has a population of more than 200 fishermen, and they all warmly entertained Yan Wulu and his party when they first arrived in Jinling.
But at this moment, no one survived, and they were all brutally massacred.
Regardless of whether they are men and women, women, children, or babies, the outcome is the same...
…
There was scorched earth and deathly silence all over the place, and even the fishing ponds by the river were dyed blood red, like a purgatory on earth.
The mounted guard beside him pointed a direction for Yan Wulu.
Yan Wulu looked over. There was a small hill covered with autumn dry grass. There were several new raised mounds on it, and there was a vague figure among the many mounds.
Yan Wulu dismounted and walked away.
The hills are not big, and there are many plains in Jiangnan. Such hills cannot even be called mountains.
"Master Yan Lu, you are here."
A slightly cold young male voice.
It's the younger brother of the Li family - Li Sanya.
Li Sanya was standing in front of the mounds of dirt.
His eyes were cold and penetrating, and there were dried and coagulated blood stains on his body, but they were obviously not Li Sanya's.
"They are all dead..."
"... On this fishing ground, all the fishermen, Old Dengtou, Brother Zhang, Uncle Wang, Sister-in-law Wang, and even their infant children who have not yet been named, none of them survived."
Li Sanya's words have never been so calm.
In the past, he was like a young boy who only knew how to fight and charge violently, but overnight, he seemed to have grown into a man who even Yan Wulu could not see through his emotions.
As he was speaking, Li Sanya suddenly sounded a little guilty, "...Also, Mr. Yan Lu, several of your brothers also died in the battle."
Yan Wulu didn't know how to answer.
He originally expected to see a young man who was either crying or angry, but now, the young man in front of him seemed to be calmer and cold-blooded than himself.
"You...your sister, Miss Li..."
"Sister died very quickly. At least, she didn't suffer too much from the torture of death." Li Sanya answered quickly.
He didn't seem to shy away from mentioning Miss Li's death.
"At that time, a large group of men in black suddenly came and killed everyone they saw. They didn't have any fixed targets."
"Master Yan Lu, your brothers had already left the fishing ground, but after noticing the massacre here, they immediately returned and came to protect my sister and I as we escaped from the fishing ground."
"...They didn't have to die. They didn't have to come here."
"...Even my sister."
At this point, Li Sanya paused, "At that time, I was suddenly stopped by a man in black. My sister came back to save me, but everyone was entangled by the enemy."
"...I'm very sorry, it's all my fault."
Li Sanya said, with signs of tears appearing in a pair of heartless and colorless eyes at this moment.
He suddenly knelt down in front of many mounds of soil and said from the bottom of his heart——
"Master Yan Lu, your brothers are all heroes, they are all good men."
"...Every one of them died of exhaustion in the face of an enemy several times their own."
"...Every scar on their bodies was caused by facing them in fierce battles."
"...My sister and I both owe them."
A man doesn't shed tears lightly, but he hasn't reached the point where he is sad.
Li Sanya felt that she had never felt true love from anyone except her sister since she was a child.
But at that moment, those Zhenbei cavalry guards who fought tooth and nail to protect their siblings made him realize that there were such simple and sincere feelings in this world.
He thinks they are heroes…
Yan Wulu felt the same way for a while. He had always been like this, protected by so many heroes.
Yan Wulu took a few steps forward and came to the young man's side.
The young man's body has not yet fully grown, and he is thinner and much shorter than Yan Wulu.
Yan Wulu put a hand on the other person's shoulder and comforted him——
"At least, you survived."
"...Sanya, how did you escape the massacre by those men in black?"
"I...killed them."
The young man replied, "...No one was spared, they were all killed, their muscles and bones were twisted, and their bodies were broken into thousands of pieces."
"...Now, every fish in this fishing ground can eat their body parts."
"...Mr. Yan, it was at that moment that I discovered that killing someone is so simple."
Yan Wulu was a little shocked when he heard this. He couldn't believe what the other party said.
Judging from what the other party just said, those men in black are definitely not ordinary robbers, but advanced warriors.
There were a large number of advanced warriors and a huge difference in numbers. Even the Zhenbei Cavalry Guards at that time could not defeat them.
How could he...an ordinary boy do it?
unless……
Yan Wulu didn't know what he thought of, but suddenly used the "attribute detector" in his mind...
[Li Sanya’s basic attributes panel——]
[Race: Human]
[Appearance: 84/100] (The appearance of mortals is generally between 40-60.)
[Intelligence: 80/100] (Mortal intelligence is generally between 40-60.)
【Combat power:80000/∞】
[Luck value: 10,000 points]
[Exercise: None]
[Cultivation: Early stage of eighth-level warrior (natural)]
[Magical weapon: none]
…
"this……"
Yan Wulu was speechless for a moment.
There is no skill.
A born strong man.
However, Yan Wulu had accidentally seen it before, and Li Sanya was clearly a model of an ordinary person.
In other words, the appearance line is "84", which means that he will definitely be a handsome man when he grows up.
Why did it suddenly change?
Along with combat power and intelligence, everything has changed.
He was even more powerful than Zhu Gongqi, the right general of the Zhenbei Army.
Even... the luck value has changed from zero at the beginning to ten thousand points, which is equal to his father Yan Dong.
…
Yan Wulu was confused and shocked inside, but remained calm on his face.
Li Sanya suddenly stood up and turned to face Yan Wulu.
He slightly got rid of Yan Wulu's right hand, looked at him calmly, and explained -
"Mr. Yan, actually, I have known that I am different from others since I was a child."
"...And at that moment, when my sister and everyone else died, I came into contact with the real power hidden in my body."
"...Master Yan, I am very strong. Stronger than them all!"
Yan Wulu was stunned for a moment...
Sure enough, some people are born strong.
However, Yan Wulu did not expect that a young man from Jinling Fishing Village would be like this.
…
"This is at the feet of the Emperor!"
In the distance, Nan Chuanyue's voice suddenly came. He saw Yan Wulu and others setting off at that time, and followed him automatically, "...This is Jinling City!"
Nanchuan Yue's shocked voice was not finished yet.
He had already rushed to Yan Wulu and Li Sanya's side.
The look of shock on his face did not diminish. He had also seen battlefield killings with Yan Wulu, but... the bloody scenes here still shocked him.
"Your Highness, the mounted guards have searched many times and have not found a single living person."
"...But...here is the emperor's feet. How could such a horrible thing happen?!"
Nan Chuanyue is still puzzled...
In his mind, his three views were constantly being impacted.
"The emperor's feet are right."
Li Sanya spoke instead of Yan Wulu, and responded coldly, "...but in the eyes of those people, we...are not human beings."
"...Jinling City is full of beasts that specialize in eating 'things' like ours."
Li Sanya said indifferently, his eyes suddenly became fierce, "They... all deserve to die."
Li Sanya's words were calm with a hint of madness.
When Nan Chuanyue heard this, he looked at the young man in front of him in a daze...
This boy, who was three or four years younger than Minami Kawagoe, showed a dark temperament that shocked even Minami Kawagoe.
Yan Wulu waved his hand slightly, signaling Nan Chuanyue to leave.
Later, Yan Wulu came to these mounds, squatted down, and changed the topic -
"Are these...the burial places of your sister and the mounted guards?"
"Yes."
Li Sanya's expression became calm again, "...the time is too short and digging the pit is very laborious, so I only have time to bury my sister and your brothers who protect us, Mr. Yan."
"It was our colleagues who should have collected their bodies and brought them to [Loyal Soul Pavilion]."
Yan Wulu said, "...but I believe that they will also like the place you chose."
"...I will take their stomachs, swords or other personal belongings and place them in the [Loyal Soul Pavilion] instead."
Li Sanya was a little silent, and he didn't know how to answer...
Yan Wulu worshiped in front of these simple mounds.
Li Sanya suddenly stepped forward, worshiped together, and said——
"When my sister was alive, she was the one who believed the most in 'good people are rewarded'. But she had been a good person all her life, and in the end, she was killed by bad people. There was not even a whole body."
"...Mr. Yan, from today on, my name is no longer Li Sanya."
"...I want to call...Li Mieling!"
"Li Mieling?"
Yan Wulu's worshiping movements did not stop, and he was a little surprised in his heart. He was not sure whether it was those two words, and murmured to himself: "...Destroy the mausoleum? Massacre Jinling?"
"Yes." The young man admitted calmly.
"...There is no good person in Jinling City. They...all deserve to die."
The young man emphasized again.
If anyone in the world were to hear the words of the young man in front of him at this moment, they would probably just regard them as arrogance.
But only Yan Wulu...
He knew that this was by no means a wild lie.
This is...a goal set by a young man, and a goal that will be truly achieved in the future.
In the world of the fifth original novel, the male protagonist Long Aotian, General Ye Changtian, has only faced two opponents in his life that made him feel truly troublesome and helpless...
One is the most powerful king with a different surname in the world who commands 200,000 Zhenbei troops - Zhenbei King Yan Dong.
The other one appears later in the novel, Li Mieling, who massacres the city of Jinling and is known as the "General of Human Slaughter". The Longxiang Army he led single-handedly has strict military discipline but is brutal and murderous, killing and surrendering prisoners, massacring the city and burning the land.
The Longxiang Army is known as the only iron army in the world since the Zhenbei Army. It is a powerful army that still refuses to surrender with a casualty ratio of over 80%.
Everyone in the world thinks Long Xiangjun is a bunch of lunatics.
The Long Xiang army was a arrogant and powerful general who despised the heroes and did not respect his orders. He only obeyed the orders of the "general massacrer" Li Mieling.
There is a rumor among the armies of various countries - "When encountering Longxiang's army, those who beat the drums three times but do not surrender will break the army, kill prisoners, massacre the city and burn the land."
The greatest evil thing Li Mieling did was to massacre and burn the capital of Daqian Emperor, the largest city in the world.
This is a huge city with a population of over one million.
It is said that after Longxiang's army broke through Jinling City, they killed for three days and three nights, and then burned the city with fire, which lasted for half a month.
…
Yan Wulu finally understood why the other party was a "naturally strong person".
For a moment, he didn't know how to face this future "human massacre general."
After a moment of silence, Yan Wulu suddenly responded.
"Since you have this goal."
"...Then, just keep living with this goal of yours."
Li Mieling did not answer Yan Wulu immediately. He paused for a while and then suddenly said -
"Master Yan, I am ready for revenge. I want to go to Jinling and kill those guys."
Yan Wulu had known for a long time that he would say this.
He is a strong young man. Even though he suddenly encountered such a change and even changed his evaluation of all his abilities, his strong character has not changed at all.
"I can understand..."
"...You lost your dearest sister last night, the hero who protected you, and many of the countrymen who had taken care of you."
Yan Wulu said calmly, but the topic suddenly changed, and his emotions became a little more excited——
"But, last night, I lost a little girl with a different surname who was like a family member. I also lost several brothers in the same profession, and friends who had entertained me before."
"...My hatred is not much shallower than yours."
"...Jinling City is far from as simple as you think. I will bear your hatred and avenge you!"
Li Mieling listened quietly to Yan Wulu's words.
It's strange that his personality has always been something that no one can persuade, not even his sister.
but……
Li Mieling was very willing to follow Yan Wulu's advice.
He nodded slightly and agreed with Yan Wulu's statement.
But, he added——
"Master Yan, please let me kill Zhang Jian with my own hands!"
"Are you so sure it's him?"
Yan Wulu knew it well, but he still wanted to know how Li Mieling deduced it.
"Master Yan, haven't you already thought of it?" Li Mieling asked, without answering why.
The two of them were silent for a long time in front of these mounds...
Yan Wulu suddenly asked again——
"Mie Ling, apart from revenge, do you have any other specific plans in the future?"
"My plan..."
Li Mieling said and repeated a few words in a low voice, as if he suddenly recalled the last scene of last night.
Li Mieling fumbled around in his pocket, then took out an extremely beautiful and round pebble and handed it into Yan Wulu's hands.
He opened his mouth and said——
"This is something that my sister has always treasured. She was not even willing to let me touch it before. She said she would give it to you, Mr. Yan."
"...Sister also said that she really loves you, Mr. Yan."
"...Before she died last night, my sister said that when she reincarnates as an adult, she will definitely find you, Mr. Yan."