Chapter 34: The Evil Taoist

It was the first time Chu Yuan killed someone with his own hands, and he did not have any uncomfortable reaction.

It is also possible that the situation was critical just now and there was no time to react.

However, he remembered the bandit leader who was ready to take his life and steal his money if they had a disagreement.

He felt that he had done nothing wrong!
These vicious bandits lurked in the mountains and forests, and no one knew how many passers-by they had killed. As long as they dealt with the bodies and dumped them in the mountains and forests, no one would pursue them.

But it was only when I met myself in the end that I failed.

"When walking in the martial arts world, one should be chivalrous and righteous. I am also a chivalrous and righteous person."

Chu Yuan put aside the discomfort he felt when he killed someone for the first time.

The light of the sword and the shadow of the sword!
He felt that this was the real martial arts world.

He had never encountered such a thing before because he was clinging to the big tree of Qingcheng Sect and had never gone down the mountain alone, so he had no chance to face these things.

In summer, the mountain forests are covered with dense branches and leaves, and the trees block out the sun.

If a person hides in the mountains and forests, he can disappear from the eyes of another person at a distance of only two or three meters.

The man escaped half an incense stick's time earlier and was estimated to have run hundreds of feet away.

However, Chu Yuan has mastered the "Nine Heavens Gangqi", and his eyesight and hearing are extraordinary.

He locked onto the other party firmly in the woods, and made no noise as he escaped.

However, after running for a while, the noise caused by the other party's escape in the mountains and the sound of the branches and leaves tripping disappeared.

"interesting……"

Chu Yuan held a long sword with blood dripping from the blade. He moved flexibly between the tree trunks in the forest. He looked around the forest with sharp eyes and looked a little surprised.

The other party must have known that the noise caused by his escape in the mountains and forests would be discovered by Chu Yuan.

So I found a place that could barely hide a person and hid there.

……

Zheng Yuanliu hid behind a huge rock nearly ten feet high, his eyes full of fear.

I held my breath quietly, not daring to move.

The way the young Taoist priest just now killed people with ease and as simple as chopping wood and vegetables made him realize that they had provoked a real martial arts master this time.

This kind of master must be good at Qing Kung Fu. If the opponent wants to kill him, he will not be able to escape by just running away.

So after running for a while, he found a huge rock and hid behind it.

Let’s see if I can try my luck, trick that vicious Taoist priest, and save my life.

"I found you. So you came here!"

In the next moment, a frightening voice came from above his head, causing him to tremble uncontrollably.

Zheng Yuanliu looked up tremblingly, and saw Chu Yuan, who had just killed more than 20 bandits, standing on the boulder where he was hiding, looking down at him with a calm gaze.

"Master...Master, please spare my life. I am not in the same group with them!"

Zheng Yuanliu looked terrified and knelt down to beg for mercy in front of Chu Yuan.

"I'll give you a chance. Tell me why you and those bandits are not in the same group."

Chu Yuan jumped down from the boulder with a graceful and elegant figure.

"Master, my name is Zheng Yuanliu. I am a scholar from Pingwu County, Long'an Prefecture. I was originally going to Xi'an Prefecture to seek refuge with my relatives, but I was robbed by bandits on the way. In order to survive, I could only pretend to be in good terms with the bandits and serve them."

Zheng Yuanliu knelt on the ground and spoke to Chu Yuan with tears in his eyes.

"How long have you been following this group of bandits? Do you usually give them advice?"

Chu Yuan asked calmly.

"I have read some books in the past six months, so they do ask for my opinion on some things."

"Do you know the situation of that group of bandits?"

"know."

"I know where they hid the stolen money. I am willing to take you there. I only ask you to spare my life."

"Lead the way!"

Seeing that Chu Yuan didn't say anything about killing him for the time being, Zheng Yuanliu immediately stood up, looked attentive, walked in front, and led the way for Chu Yuan.

Deep in the forest, old trees are entangled with vines and various trees grow everywhere, making it difficult to move forward.

They struggled through the mountains and forests and walked for a whole day.

the next day.

They stopped at a place on the mountainside where there was a wide view, suitable for escape, and there were four thatched huts distributed in a diamond shape.

"Master, they left eight people to guard this temporary gathering place."

Zheng Yuanliu and Chu Yuan stood at a higher place, observing those straw huts. Zheng Yuanliu said to Chu Yuan.

Chu Yuan listened carefully and found that from that direction, he could hear some men's hearty laughter and women's crying from time to time.

"Why is there a woman's voice?"

Chu Yuan asked Zheng Yuanliu beside him.

Zheng Yuanliu smiled awkwardly and said nothing.

Chu Yuan understood a little at once.

"What will they do with these abducted women?"

Chu Yuan asked Zheng Yuanliu.

"The leader Gong Heihu said that he would kill all these women when he returned to the mountain village."

Zheng Yuanliu observed Chu Yuan's expression and said cautiously.

Chu Yuan's gaze turned cold at a speed visible to the naked eye, and was filled with murderous intent.

"I'll be back soon. You wait here. If you think you can escape, then go ahead."

After leaving a word, Chu Yuan used his lightness skills and flew towards the straw hut below like a nimble bird.

"who!"

"We are from Yinma Village, how dare you..." Soon Zheng Yuanliu heard screams and the terrified screams of a woman, which kept coming into his ears.

Zheng Yuanliu hesitated for a moment, but ultimately did not choose to escape.

"Come down!"

Not long after, Chu Yuan's voice was heard from the thatched hut below.

Hearing Chu Yuan's voice, Zheng Yuanliu immediately rolled down the hillside and came to the thatched hut.

There was a strong smell of blood in the straw hut, and eight bodies of bandits were lying in a mess.

None of these people escaped.

There were also five raggedy women, ranging in age from 28 to 30, with fairly pretty looks, lying on the beds in the straw hut, looking at Chu Yuan with fear in their eyes.

"Here is some money. I'll take some of it and give you the rest. You take them out and settle them down."

Chu Yuan moved out of the straw hut a box of treasures and said to Zheng Yuanliu.

No wonder those bandits we killed yesterday had nothing on them and were all penniless. It turned out that they put all their treasures in this straw hut before going out to rob.

Chu Yuan made a rough count and found that there were about a thousand taels of silver notes, five hundred taels of silver coins, and some valuable jewelry.

It looks like these bandits robbed passers-by.

Chu Yuan planned to take the banknotes and small change away, and leave the jewelry to Zheng Yuanliu, asking him to take care of these suffering women.

"Thank you, Taoist..."

Zheng Yuanliu was delighted. He didn't expect that he would encounter such a good thing.

"Do you know where the Yinmazhai is?"

Chu Yuan asked.

"Master, I heard that this group of bandits came from Yinma Village. It is said that the bandits in the village come out to rob in batches. Once they come out, they will stay outside for several months to a year."

"They will return to the village only after they have robbed a certain amount of money. Gong Heihu was originally planning to return to the village after completing this job, but he did not expect to meet the Taoist priest and fall into his hands."

"And I only agreed to join them half a year ago in order to save my life. I have never been there, so I don't know where the Yinma Village is."

Zheng Yuanliu said.

"I see."

Chu Yuan nodded.

"Have you ever killed anyone since you joined them?"

Chu Yuan suddenly asked again.

"No, absolutely not, Taoist priest, I am a scholar, how dare I kill someone."

Hearing Chu Yuan say this, Zheng Yuanliu suddenly panicked and said with a look of fear.

While talking with Zheng Yuanliu, Chu Yuan had been using his inner strength to listen to the other person's heartbeat.

The other party's heart rate was normal, which showed that he had never killed anyone personally. If the other party told a lie, he would have gotten rid of him.

"Okay, let's say goodbye now."

After putting the money into his bag, Chu Yuan left.

Zheng Yuanliu looked at Chu Yuan's leaving back and suddenly felt relieved.

He felt like he had saved his life from the hands of the King of Hell.

……

After Chu Yuan left there.

After finally finding the official road, they continued on their journey to Huayin County, Xi'an Prefecture.

However, in the vast Qinling Mountains, there are countless bandits and robbers hiding.

Later on his journey, Chu Yuan encountered several small groups of bandits who tried to rob him.

Chu Yuan showed no mercy to those bandits who dared to block his way and rob him, and he directly eliminated and killed them.

Although he is a martial arts expert, he has little experience in fighting with others and has no real experience in fighting against enemies.

Earlier on Mount Qingcheng, Chu Yuan had fought with his nephews Hou Renying and others.

However, ever since he defeated Hou Renying and surpassed his senior brother Yu Canghai in martial arts at an extremely fast speed, he has not fought with anyone for many years.

There is no one in the Qingcheng Sect who can match him.

Even if they fought, Chu Yuan was just giving instructions to others.

In the Qinling Mountains, we encountered bandits and horse robbers.

It is also a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to accumulate experience against the enemy.

Chu Yuan treated these bandits and horse robbers as training objects.

After a fight, Chu Yuan felt that his swordsmanship and martial arts had improved again.

However, the bandits were numerous and powerful, and Chu Yuan was a mortal after all. Human power was limited, and he could not defeat a hundred alone.

Chu Yuan could clearly feel that as long as the number of bandits exceeded a hundred, it would become difficult for him to eliminate them, and he would be at risk of running out of internal energy.

So later on, the number of bandits and horse robbers Chu Yuan encountered never exceeded a hundred.

He went right up to them and took over the entire village.

Since the number of people exceeded a hundred, Chu Yuan would temporarily avoid them and note down the location of their stronghold.

When my martial arts skills improve in the future, I will come and seek revenge.

As time went on, the news spread among the bandits in the Qinling Mountains.

Everyone knows that recently a very powerful and vicious Taoist priest has appeared in the Qinling area, killing people without blinking an eye.

More than a thousand bandits died at his hands, and he took down more than a dozen small mountain strongholds, which terrified everyone.

As a result, the number of bandits coming out to rob decreased significantly over the following period of time.

Chu Yuan walked and stopped along the way, and it took him a month to get out of the vast Qinling Mountains.

It took another three days to reach Huayin County, Xi'an Prefecture.

(End of this chapter)