Tumor Sword Immortal

Chapter 360 Riverside Fortress
Whether or not murder is a matter that requires careful consideration often depends on the circumstances.

For example, when they were in Youzhou, Cao Heng of the Cao family spoke rudely to Pei Xia, but after several twists and turns, Pei Xia also believed that he did not deserve to die, and he did not kill anyone even if it was just a matter of raising his hand.

Ultimately, Shuzhou, Youzhou, and Maizhou were all under the rule of a dynasty, and the operation of society was controlled, with morality and behavior maintained at a certain standard.

Therefore, even so-called江湖人 (jianghu people) will subconsciously follow a certain standard of "being a person" under the influence of the larger context.

However, the situation was completely different when they arrived in Qin Prefecture.

Take, for example, this scoundrel from the Xianhe Gang. He claimed he was taking a few people across the river, but once they were on board, he started plotting to steal their food and kill them.

People like this are everywhere, so there's more than enough reason for them to kill.

Several small boats approached Pei Xia from a distance, carrying a dozen or so lean men who looked up at her with fierce and greedy eyes, each carrying a knife and fork.

However, they soon realized that they had messed with someone they shouldn't have.

Feng Yao was the first to jump into the water, his slender figure transforming into a white fish, skimming beneath the surface of the river.

She reached out and grabbed the edge of the boat, twisted her waist, and turned her body upside down. Her long, snow-white legs were the first to kick out of the water, and her heel struck a man's chin.

The force was so great that a sound of bones breaking was heard, and the man's eyes rolled back as he fell from the boat into the water.

On the other side, Jiang Shu suddenly kicked off the bow of the boat.

Since Lian Tou lacked spiritual power to control his movements, he couldn't walk on the waves. Not wanting to get wet, he could only try his best to jump.

The small boat suddenly sank, and with his increasingly powerful physique, Jiang Shu leaped more than ten zhang and crashed into the opponent's boat.

The copper plate was activated with great force. As he boarded the ship, he raised his arm and spread it out. With a deep, metallic clang, the chests of the pirates visibly deflated, and they spat out blood.

The ten-plus days of travel allowed Jiang Shu to enjoy an abundance of nourishment he had never experienced before, and his head-refining cultivation progressed by leaps and bounds.

Yesterday, he had already reached the level of superior copper skin.

With this kind of strength, dealing with some river pirates is like wolves among sheep.

Unexpectedly, when Jiang Shu finished the battle and looked up, he saw that Feng Yao was already sitting on the empty boat, barefoot again, splashing water in the river.

The water churned, spreading out layers of blood.

The small boat carrying Pei Xia drifted over slowly. He finished eating the radish in his hand, stood up, and patted Jiang Shu on the head: "What are you looking at?"

Jiang Shu nodded and said irritably, "Let's see what she does."

Feng Yao had come through the water and was soaked to the bone, her thin clothes clinging tightly to her body.

"Tsk," Pei Xia said with exasperation, "Stop looking, it's inhumane."

Jiang Shu blinked, paused for a moment before realizing what he was thinking, and frowned deeply: "What are you thinking about?"

"Then what are you looking at?"

"I can tell from her cultivation level."

Jiang Shu lowered his head and straightened his slightly disheveled clothes: "Although Feng Yao reached the middle-grade copper skin level longer than me, her cultivation level at the time of her death was definitely not as profound as mine. During this period, I have replenished my food and my progress has been extremely fast. She is also an undead body, so I should have left her far behind."

But the truth is, just as Jiang Shu reached the Upper Grade Copper Skin Realm, Feng Yao had already crossed the threshold and become a true Iron Bone Realm expert.

This is something that Feng Laoqi was never able to do, even until his death.

Pei Xia also noticed that Feng Yao's cultivation progress was indeed astonishingly fast.

He had also thought about this: "I think it might be a problem with absorption. Dietary supplements, besides being supplements, also need to be used to eat. You are a living person, and maintaining your body itself requires consumption, but she doesn't have this concern."

Moreover, no matter how well Jiang Shu ate, it was still spiritual plants, while Feng Yao was directly fed pills, which were more potent.

"Wouldn't this be considered..." Jiang Shu hesitated for a moment, "...worse than death?"

Then Pei Xia tapped him on the head again: "Are you trying to crack a joke for me?"

A living person is definitely better than a dead person.

Even if Feng Yao had the advantage of being the one who refined the head, in the long run, he would never be a match for Jiang Shu.

Just like martial arts, corpses have no muscle memory and no subconsciousness. When the process of fighting deviates from pure physical collision, Feng Yao's advantage will become infinitely smaller.

After all, a brain worm is just a brain worm; it's not a monster that can use its infinite computing power to make the most correct judgments in the shortest amount of time.

However, seeing the slight disappointment in Jiang Shu's eyes, Pei Xia silently harbored some different thoughts. The battle on the river was over in an instant, and when the River Dragon poked its head out again, it saw its brothers floating on the water, arms around each other's shoulders.

While he was still in a daze, Pei Xia called out to him, "Hey."

The River Dragon shuddered, this time no longer arrogant: "Ah...ah!"

Is there a village nearby?

"Yes... yes."

If a single boat travels upstream and drifts down the river to this area, it can probably find a few small boats, suggesting that their hideout is nearby.

Pei Xia looked up at the sky and said to Jiang Shu and Feng Yao, "Let's find a place to rest first."

With a dead body in front of him, Hunjianglong naturally became obedient. He shakily climbed out of the water and helped Pei Xia and the other two to pole the boat without uttering a sound.

The small boat, towed by another small boat, glided past the bay and into a nearby tributary.

Sure enough, there was a water fortress.

Changjingmen also has a water fortress, but what we see now is clearly not the same as that top-tier canal gang that can cooperate with the imperial court.

Clusters of water plants blocked the wind, and amidst the buzzing of mosquitoes, seven or eight shacks were set up on the bank near the water.

Narrow branches support a large clump of grass, enclosing it on three sides, leaving only a dark, empty hole visible on one side.

A foul, fishy stench began to seep into Pei Xia and Jiang Shu's noses.

The River Dragon carefully steered the boat to the shore, brought it ashore, and then waited anxiously for Pei Xia to come ashore.

After they went up to the ground, the smell became even stronger, a mixture of fishy, ​​bloody, and a bunch of other strange odors.

Pei Xia chose a relatively dry spot and then instructed Hunjianglong to bring over some firewood.

They started a fire, then had Feng Yao take out the earthenware pot they had picked up earlier, and as usual, they shaved two jade ginseng roots and grabbed a handful of spirit seeds.

The aroma of the porridge filled the air, which at least slightly diluted the unpleasant smell on my nose.

At the same time, as the smell spread, blurry figures began to move in those dark shacks.

They were all very thin, their eyes reflecting the firelight as they stared intently at Pei Xia and the others.

Several thin figures tried to crawl out of the shack, but were immediately pushed back down by hands behind them.

Jiang Shu's eye twitched slightly: "It's a woman and a child..."

Those who robbed the river before must have been their husbands and fathers.

Exposed to these dozen or so pairs of eyes, Jiang Shu felt extremely uncomfortable. The thought that their leader would never come back gave him a strange feeling that he had done something wrong.

Pei Xia noticed this, coughed lightly, and gestured with his chin toward the corner of the open space.

Jiang Shu looked in the direction he pointed and saw a pile of bones.

There are fish bones, animal bones, and human bones.

Jiang Shu understood what he meant, sighed, and was about to compose herself when she suddenly heard a low argument and sobbing coming from the side.

The River Dragon was dragging a child out of a shack, while the child's mother clung tightly to the River Dragon's leg, pleading softly.

The River Dragon ignored her and kicked her away.

Then he walked over carrying the skinny child, looked at Pei Xia with a forced smile, and handed the child forward.

Pei Xia realized what this meant in a very short time.

He looked at the child being carried in his arms; the child was thin and bony, and it was impossible to tell whether he was male or female.

But in the firelight, that face seemed to transform into Pei Xiu, and then into Luo Xiaojin.

He closed his eyes, shook his head, and waved his hand at Hunjianglong with disgust.

The man quickly took two steps back and dropped the person to the ground.

A figure quickly crawled out of the shack, hugged the child tightly, and fled as fast as it could back into the stinking, dark hole.
She was trembling.

(End of this chapter)