Destiny is ashes

Chapter 256 Old Bandit (13)

Kanming Chengnan Street, the top floor of an ordinary three-story building.

Four people of different statures, expressions and auras sat around a large square table.

The only person who sat upright was a middle-aged man with a sturdy build, wearing a scholar's robe.

He was holding a letter in his hand and reading it attentively.

Xia Xi, the Wine Flame Demon, was well-known among the many pirates in the former Luanzhou Changhu Lake. Firstly, he was powerful, secondly, he had brains, and thirdly, he could always get key supplies and intelligence from unknown sources, allowing everyone to avoid Dachen's encirclement and suppression.

As for why...of course it's because he is a member of the Tianyi Demon Cult!

After the Changhu bandits were recruited, Xia Xi gradually faded out of everyone's sight. His old brothers said that he must have gone to some countryside to hide and become a rich man. Only Xia Xi himself knew that he had a strong determination to practice martial arts and it was impossible for him to become a rich man in this life.

Not only that, his ambition is huge, he also wants to get promoted, get rich, reach the pinnacle of his life, and achieve both martial arts and power!

This is certainly wishful thinking under normal circumstances, but in the northern border where things are unpredictable, it is not impossible.

In charge of the garrison of Kanming City, Shu Zheng, the leader of Kanming Temple of the Divine Cult, died at the hands of the Heavenly Demon. Not only was Dachen worried about who to give this position to, but the Tianyi Demon Cult was also troubled by this matter.

Shu Zheng is a martial arts master who has great potential to break through the divine treasure in recent years. At a young age, he has mastered the 'Sun-piercing Divine Power Fist' to perfection, and his fate of 'the sun at its peak' is a rare yang-type destiny.

Becoming the garrison commander of a city and holding all the power allowed him to improve his cultivation at a rapid pace.

On the Dachen side, Chen Haoshan, the governor of Huangzhou, is very optimistic about him and wants to train him to be his successor; on the Demon Cult side, they also hope that Shu Zheng can infiltrate Dachen and subtly turn the border of Zhouhuangdao into their own territory.

When he died, on the surface it was just the death of a great master, but in reality, it disrupted the future plans of the entire Huangzhou by both Dachen and the Divine Cult.

To Xia Xi, a direct descendant of the Western Envoy who knew the inside story, Shu Zheng was a man who valued his character but neglected his life. He had no idea that his existence had any power. He took action personally when encountering any trouble, and he deserved to die together with the devil.

If it were him, he would definitely let the demon consume a few more villages, and wait until the people in the surrounding villages and towns were terrified, and then use the power of the earth vein magic weapon to kill it!

Doing so gloriously is not only in line with your destiny, but also can win the appreciation of your superiors and the respect of the people around you. You may even be able to get some blood food along the way and obtain the devil's mysterious energy as a trophy.

If Kan Ming Zhong successfully advances during this process, then Shu Zheng will definitely be valued by the imperial court, and maybe even become an extremely rare double divine treasure with the destiny of holding a talisman, and then he will have a prosperous career, rise rapidly to the top of his life!
As a result, Shu Zheng actually gave up his life like this, which is really ridiculous.

However, it was just right for them to have some whale falls and some leftovers.

"Listen carefully, our mission is to clean up the traces of the local True Demon Cult and reconnect with the informants and collaborators in Kanming City!"

Putting down the letter in his hand, Xia Xi looked around at the three people in front of him and said in a deep voice: "The sect is temporarily unable to dispatch a Grand Master to take over. If we work hard, we may be able to become temporary altar masters. In the future, we may be able to receive precious medicine, advance our martial veins, and become a real Dachen garrison commander and a martial vein Grand Master!"

In the past, Kanming City was indeed firmly controlled by the Tianyi Sect, but not all people under the Sect knew that they were serving the Tianyi Sect. They were only indirectly controlled by the Sect.

It is the task of Xia Xi and others to use local relationships to reconnect the informants and collaborators that these cults had previously trained.

This task is indeed troublesome, especially how to reasonably bring these people under control. Xia Xi felt a headache when he thought about it. He shook his head and warned: "Remember, don't kill people indiscriminately! This is not the mountains, and we are not on the banks of the Changhu River." "This is Kanming City. We have finally got a legitimate identity after being recruited. You must take good care of it and don't waste it!"

"Understand, Boss!"

On Xia Xi's right, a tower-like giant who was eight feet tall and nearly five feet wide laughed. His entire body was pitch black, except for a pair of eyes as big as copper bells, which were white with a hint of red, like a bull's eyes full of bloodshot.

However, after responding, the black man also said with great worry: "But Boss, we brothers don't know how to be gentle. What if those little slaves don't give us face? Can't we tear them apart alive?"

"No." On the left, an old warrior with a gloomy face said coldly: "If you really want to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys, just follow the boss's example and chop off the head. If you like to eat the heart, just take it out directly. Don't pull the hands and feet every time, making a mess on the ground."

After scolding the black man, the old warrior turned around and scolded the skinny man who was smoking a cigarette nearby, making the whole room full of smoke: "And you, stop smoking your opium. We are going to be officials now, and we can't tarnish our image."

"hey-hey."

Even after being scolded, the skinny smoking man did not get angry. He just chuckled, put away his pipe, and slowly took out a betel nut to chew.

"damn it……"

Seeing this scene, Xia Xi felt a splitting headache: "These old bandits are so damn hard to manage..."

The Changhu bandits were recruited by Dachen and most of them scattered. Only the most unsociable and the most difficult to integrate into Dachen continued to follow him.

The first big black man, whose original name was Wei Gu, looked honest and kind, but he was a bad guy since childhood. He kicked the legs of lame people and widows' doors, robbed the steamed bread from poor families, and bullied the taciturn and disadvantaged children from his hometown.

He became a bandit at the age of twelve because he accidentally killed a child whose parents had both died while bullying others. He then became more and more vicious and decided to kill the child's grandmother and bedridden grandfather, and then took all the family's money and went into the mountains.

As for the second old man, no one knew his real name, and everyone called him "Old Kitchen Man". According to him, he was once a grain merchant, but during the year of the Vast Sea Disaster, his warehouse was breached by mobs and he had no choice but to become a bandit.

But in fact, Xia Xi knew very well that the old man was greedy for money. His family business must be an unscrupulous business of hoarding grain and selling it at high prices. From what he said when he was drunk in the past, it was probably that his family also engaged in usury.

As for the third person, he also has no name, but there is not much to elaborate on. He is nothing more than an opium smoker and gambler who was addicted to the opium and gambling. He lost his wife, children, and parents in gambling. He has long been unconscious and doesn't even know his own name or surname.

Each of these three people is special and extraordinary in his own way, and even has his own destiny. They are truly the best among villains and heroes among villains. Otherwise, they would not have been left with no choice but to surrender to the Demon Cult.

If it weren't for the tacit cooperation in burning, killing and looting over the years, Xia Xi would never have gritted his teeth and taken them to do a mission that required entering the city.

As for himself?
Xia Xi was a second-generation bandit born in the village. He didn't have any bad habits, he just liked killing people and collecting their heads. He also didn't like torture, he always beheaded the captives and was done with it. He was considered a good guy among this group of bastards.

"Okay, remember, this time our mission, in addition to gathering the informants and subordinate organizations in Kanming City, also includes a mission personally assigned by the Western Patrol Envoy!"

After calming down, Xia Xi said in a deep voice: "Find the little leader 'An Jing' who defected from Xuanming Village and bring him back alive!"

(End of this chapter)