bestfiction Chapter 453
Chapter 453
Yue Kaishan returned, followed by several young men.
Judging from their attire, these people are villagers from Yunshan Village.
Before Yue Kaishan could even speak, these people had already collapsed to the ground in terror.
"Brother Yue, who are these people...?"
"When I came back, I met the people from Yunshan Village. They were having a banquet to welcome us. These people were young members of a collateral branch of the family. They were of low status and couldn't get into the banquet. They didn't have anything to do, so they just came along to take a look."
"How did you bring them in from such a deep place?"
Yue Kaishan proudly tapped his shield, "This big shield of mine can hold three people sitting down, but standing, it can easily hold five or six people!"
Xuan Jing had absolutely no idea what he was so proud of. "How many can you take away while lying down?"
"One...two?"
Chen Dahai gestured with his lip, indicating that he should look behind him. There were six young men, three of whom had weak legs, two of whom had fainted from fright, and one of whom was barely standing by holding onto the rock wall.
"Get up, all of you! What are you afraid of, a dead dragon!"
Yue Kaishan was a little angry. These men had come down such a deep well without any fear, and they were considered brave men in the village. How could they be so scared of a dead dragon? What kind of nonsense was this?
"My lord, this is... a dragon, the dragon from the temple..." The leader stammered. To them, this was a dragon that had been worshipped in the temple for generations, the Dragon King of the Sea who controlled the weather.
"The one worshipped in the temple? You might as well worship me. This earthen dragon can only cause earthquakes and landslides. Its death is of no benefit whatsoever, so you can rest assured."
Zhong Ming opened his eyes and saw the group chatting animatedly. He sighed and handed a jade bottle to Yue Kaishan.
"Brother Yue, take this. Take the dragon and let's go. We're in a hurry."
Yue Kaishan responded and took the bottle, almost dropping it on the ground.
"So heavy? This is... Aww!" He thought for a moment before realizing that he had almost forgotten about the spirit liquid pool. This jade bottle could hold far more good things than it looked.
"You lot, you've seen enough, it's time to leave. This isn't a safe place, are you planning to spend the night here?"
The light from the illuminating stone flickered. Zhong Ming took the stone down and used it to record the shocking scene one last time. He glanced at the villagers one last time and then went up to help a few of them.
He grabbed each person's wrist, shook his head almost imperceptibly, and said, "What a pity, none of them have spiritual roots." Then he gave a self-deprecating laugh.
Is it his place to feel sorry for him? In a village that deals with cultivators all year round, someone must have already checked his spiritual root.
"gone."
An hour and a half later, the four of them stood in the banquet hall.
The grand banquet had been going on from noon into the afternoon, and the evening feast had already begun. The old village chief, slightly drunk, was about to drink a bowl of warm wine when someone announced that the immortals had returned. He immediately stumbled to his feet to greet them.
"Great Immortal, Great Immortal! Oh, the Great Immortal!"
The old village chief was about to drink from the bowl when he suddenly remembered that this was not a hangover soup. He glared at the incompetent servant, but as the village chief, he was quick-witted.
As he walked forward, he shouted, "The wine is still warm! The wine is still warm! The Great Immortal Master warmed the wine to slay the great demon; he truly is a banished immortal descended to earth!"
Zhong Ming sneered and said calmly, "Old village chief, you've had quite a bit to drink. We haven't even said what we encountered yet, and you've already concluded that you've slain a great demon?"
Upon hearing this, the village chief shuddered, as if he had been doused with a bucket of cold water, and immediately sobered up by half.
"With the Great Immortal Master's intervention, how could any demons and monsters not be destroyed? Wherever the Immortal Master goes, the beasts are naturally subdued and the ghosts are defeated." The old village chief was unsure of exactly what had happened, but he was certain that the dragon was planning to devour these people. They must have gone through a fierce battle, and most likely the Immortal Masters had won.
At worst, I can just say I was drunk and misspoke, that the dragon got away, that the dragon was lured away by the bait, and that my attempt to flatter backfired. It's not a big deal.
Zhong Ming walked at a leisurely pace, and with each step, the old village chief lowered his head even further.
"Go, are those villagers who first discovered the trail here? Tell them to come see me. I've taken care of things, so I'll have some time."
"Yes, yes, yes, quickly invite the immortal master to take a seat, and summon those people. Quickly, let Yun San Niang come up and dance another round..."
The old village chief pretended not to know that Zhong Ming was questioning him, and greeted him warmly.
In any case, his job is simply to pretend he doesn't know anything when asked.
Zhong Ming and his companions were led to a high platform. Everyone in Yunshan Village was excited. Were these the immortals who came to help? They got it done so quickly? They must be incredibly powerful.
They only knew that these four people were very capable, but they didn't know exactly how capable they were.
The two people kneeling below understood this very clearly.
They were the two who discovered the signs of the earth dragon, but what they told Zhong Ming was different; they directly encountered the earth dragon.
The earth dragon said, "I need blood to feed on."
The villagers cried, "Don't eat us, we don't taste good... Waaaaah~~"
The earth dragon said, "I need to eat cultivators in the Qi Refining stage to replenish my blood and energy. Find them for me immediately, or I will eat your entire village."
The villager said, "With the dragon above, I'll go right away."
At this point, they did want to report it to the dynasty and have a powerful cultivator kill the dragon.
However, the earth dragon gave more.
The earth dragon said, "If the blood food you bring me satisfies me, I will give it to you..."
"This piece of ambergris is for you, consider it my gift."
Upon learning this, the old village chief immediately devised a plan.
We'll use a bounty at the Qi Refining stage to recruit people. If we find someone and they fail, we'll consider it a blood sacrifice, and we'll get a gift from the Earth Dragon. If we succeed, we'll have solved a major problem at a low cost. Hiring a Qi Refining stage cultivator is much cheaper than hiring a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator.
Zhong Ming looked at the people kneeling below, and at the bustling Yunshan Village, and felt a sudden pang of pain in his heart. He thought of his hometown, which was also a dragon village, where people also enjoyed feasts and celebrations.
Pity is a feeling that I hate but is hard to get rid of.
"I know some things." Zhong Ming slammed the recording stone onto the table, next to the old village chief sitting beside him. "You can see this, right?"
"Yes, yes, yes." The old village chief nodded vigorously.
"Get up, you kneeling folks. Today is a good day, let's continue the feast." As he said this, another sentence flew into the ears of the two villagers and the old village chief: "Some things, if you do them well, you can stay hidden forever; if you do them poorly, they will be exposed."
The old village chief's smile was so wide it almost made his face look like a mille-feuille. "Rest assured, Immortal Master, our entire village will write a blood oath to report your great achievements to the Dynasty. We will build a shrine for you and worship you for generations to come."