Distant Mountain Battle Song

Chapter 53 The Rich Are Always So Afraid of Death
Am I a pig?

Zhang Min's series of words finally pulled Yun Ce back from his rage. The red in his eyes gradually faded, and his left hand, which had turned into a dragon claw, quickly returned to normal.

He picked up the spear Zhang Min had discarded from the ground and held it across his chest, asking, "What is a dragon spirit?"

Zhang Min's hand emerged from under her purple cloak; her hand was truly beautiful, but the flaw lay in the sword she held within it.

The sword looked rather delicate, half the width of any sword Yun Ce knew, yet a foot longer than any sword he had ever seen. Zhang Min's hand was steady, but the sword moved on its own without any wind.

“Every three hundred years, the divine dragon will come to the Han Dynasty once. In the past, when it came, the divine dragon’s figure would appear in Chang’an, receive the worship of all people, and be bestowed with the dragon spirit.”

This time, the dragon didn't come to Chang'an, but appeared at Tianzhu Mountain. The dragon spirit it bestowed must have fallen into your hands, which is why you were transformed from an ordinary pig into a pig spirit.

"Tsk tsk, you still haven't forgotten your roots. The dragon clearly gave you a fairly handsome face, but you insisted on wearing a pig's head mask. Really, a beast is a beast; even in human form, you're still a beast."

Yun Ce looked around and saw that Sheyang City was not only bustling with noise but also filled with flames. He said expressionlessly, "You are destined to give birth to a litter of piglets for me."

After speaking, he thrust his spear into Zhang Min's chest. This time, he used all his strength. He realized that Zhang Min was a very dangerous woman. He had been too naive before. Not only him, but Hong Guniang and Pei Chuan had probably also fallen into this woman's trap.

After all, there was no unrest or fire in the noble district where the Yu family mansion was located. In other words, they had concentrated all their forces in the noble district and were just waiting for the rebels to come.

As for the death of many slaves, they didn't care; in fact, they were secretly pleased. The old tools were severely damaged and it was time to replace them with new ones.

At the time, Yun Ce thought he had disguised himself well, but little did he know that the other party was also acting. The relationship between Zhang Min and Peng Jing was not that of an elder and a junior, but rather that of a superior and subordinate, with Zhang Min being the superior. By enduring for a while, Yun Ce thought he had the situation under control.

Yun Ce's only hope now is that Zhang Min has ignored E Ji and the others; otherwise, Sheyang City will be their burial ground.

With a thrust of her spear, Zhang Min's longsword coiled around the shaft like a snake. Instead of competing with Yun Ce in strength, she took advantage of the situation to pull him to the side, causing Yun Ce's spear to deviate from its intended direction and strike the flower wall.

Before Yun Ce could retract his lance, the longsword wrapped around the shaft spiraled forward along it as Zhang Min stepped forward. Just as the sword was about to slash at his fingers, Yun Ce dropped the lance and threw his right fist at Zhang Min's face.

The fist was powerful and heavy, and Zhang Min dared not deal with it. She took two steps back, while Yun Ce pushed off the ground with both feet and flew out to the left into the back courtyard.

"Fire the arrows!" Peng Jing shouted.

After being hit by dozens of arrows in mid-air, Yun Ce finally managed to flip over and enter the back courtyard of Lord Yu's mansion. He did not forget the purpose of his visit today.

Seeing that Yun Ce had entered the inner courtyard, Zhang Min did not pursue him. Instead, she and Peng Jing readjusted the defenses of the front courtyard.

Peng Jing asked, puzzled, "The pig spirit has gone to the inner quarters; Lord Yu cannot afford to lose it."

Zhang Min laughed and said, "Pigs go into heat every twenty-one days. Tonight is the blood moon, which is the day when pigs go into heat."

Upon hearing this, Peng Jing chuckled and began to arrange his troops, preparing to deal with the traitors who were about to break down the gate.

When Yun Ce landed in the back courtyard, he felt as if he had just been cut into a thousand pieces. Every part of his body ached. He pulled an arrow from his crotch and threw it on the ground. Even though he was now thick-skinned, he felt a chill run down his spine when the arrow was shot at that spot. It was just half an inch away.

Hearing screams coming from the front yard, Yun Ce shrugged. There was nothing he could do; he had already done everything in his power to help Pei Chuan and the others clear the obstacles.

"Help me find Lord Yu."

Yun Ce said something to Gouzi, and then saw a silver thread appear on his wristband pointing to the left front.

Walking along the path, his footsteps were silent. It wasn't that Yun Ce was walking carefully, but rather that there was a thick blanket laid under his feet. The blanket must have been treated to be waterproof, and it felt soft and fluffy underfoot.

After passing through the vibrant central garden, ahead lay rows of vermilion buildings, presumably the residences of Lord Yu's concubines. Judging by their sheer number, it would probably take Yun Ce half a day to search them all.

Lord Yu was a man who knew how to enjoy life. In his backyard, there was a small river that meandered through every vermilion building. And in the window of each building, there was a beautiful woman leaning against the window, her chin resting on her hand, longing for her lover.

They were all truly beauties, each more beautiful than Eji, but none as lively as Eji. They seemed like fake beauties. Among them were two voluptuous beauties with eyes as blue as the sea, who should be the beauties of Ling Kingdom that Feng An and the others had mentioned.

The woman from Ling Kingdom was truly beautiful, mainly because of her captivating charm. Although she sat expressionlessly by the window with icy eyes, the more she acted this way, the more one wanted to melt this iceberg.

Yun Ce also saw an obese woman, sitting by the window like a mountain of flesh. Seeing Yun Ce looking at her, she stood up. Then, Yun Ce understood why such a fat woman had been collected by Lord Yu; she was too tall, and because she was so tall, her bulkiness became extreme fullness. Yun Ce could even imagine lying in such a woman's arms, like lying on a cloud, every inch of his body being perfectly cared for.

As a scion of a noble family, Yun Ce did not frequent brothels, but his ability to distinguish beauties had long since transcended the low-level tastes of judging by faces, breasts, and legs.

Several times, out of curiosity, Yun Ce wanted to go inside the small building to take a look, but he was dragged by the utterly uninteresting dog straight to a small building that looked exceptionally exquisite.

This building is not located by the waterway, but is surrounded by clumps of low, pale purple plants, which makes it appear shorter than the other buildings.

A small, bright green snake with six legs mischievously crawled onto Yun Ce's leg, found a hole in his clothes caused by an arrow, opened its tiny mouth as wide as possible, and bit down hard.

Yun Ce's skin was thick, impenetrable even by arrows, so it was naturally not something a delicate little snake could bite through. However, even though it couldn't bite through him, Yun Ce could still feel two streams of hot water flowing down his leg.

He carefully removed the snake from his leg like picking beans, placed it gently on a nearby flowering tree, and waved for it to run away, otherwise he would change his mind.

The little snake wasn't very appreciative and bit his finger again. Helpless, Yun Ce had no choice but to crush its head into a pulp.

The gardener at Yu Gong's house hadn't taken good care of the grass, and there were many snakes in it. Without exception, these snakes all had many legs. Yun Ce guessed that the more legs a snake had, the more venomous it must be.

Frustrated beyond endurance, Yun Ce took out some centipede venom from the dragon pearl and sprinkled it on the ground. As a wisp of pale purple smoke rose, Yun Ce saw countless small, exquisite-looking snakes swiftly slither into the small building.

Immediately, screams echoed from inside the small building, then silence fell shortly afterward.

The silver thread pointed straight towards the small building, so Yun Ce confidently stepped onto the path in front of the building, which looked ordinary but was actually luxurious. After walking a few steps on the path, Yun Ce suddenly stopped and took out the burlap sack tied around his waist.

With a forceful stomp of his feet, the earth trembled, and many simple, unadorned gold beads sprang out from the carpet, which Yun Ce caught in a sack.

Unfortunately, the sack had already been riddled with holes by arrows, and the gold beads were leaking out of the holes, jingling and falling all over the ground.

Yun Ce didn't want to chase after the gold beads to pick them up, as that wouldn't look good. So, he planned to ask for one or more sacks when he met Lord Yu later. Since he had the help of the chestnut horse today, he would take more to avoid E Ji nagging him about not knowing how to accumulate wealth for the family and build up property.

Yun Ce took a few more steps forward, and suddenly felt a little dizzy.

Just as I was about to ask the dog, it spoke up on its own: "There are plants around us that can release neurotoxins through the air."

Yun Ce looked at the light purple shrubs around him and thought they must be good stuff, so he held his breath and started pulling up the shrubs. He pulled one up and threw it into the Dragon Ball. In less than ten minutes, the diligent Yun Ce had pulled up all the small trees around the building.

A gentle breeze blew by, and Yun Ce began to breathe, feeling that the air here was filled with a sweet, cloying fragrance of cosmetics.

“Tell me in advance if there’s any danger in the future. Look at how badly I was beaten today; I almost lost my manhood.”

"You're afraid of danger? Well, why don't you ask? How am I supposed to know you need help if you don't ask?"

"Okay, can I step on the stone slabs at the entrance?"

"It's safe there, you can step on it, but a metal mesh will fall down from the roof."

Yun Ce went out again, pulled up a relatively straight-looking, unidentified sapling, and casually stripped off the branches. He then returned to the steps, stepped on them, and sure enough, just as Gouzi had said, a metal net fell down from above. Before the net could unfold, he smashed it aside with a stick.

Just as Yun Ce was about to push open the door, he heard Gouzi say, "There's a crossbow inside the door. As soon as you touch the door, the crossbow bolts will come flying at you."

Yun Ce pushed the door with a stick and saw three crossbows burst through the door, flying far away with a buzzing sound. He also vaguely heard a woman's scream.

The gate collapsed, and Yun Ce peeked into the room to look at the furnishings. Instead of furnishings, he saw a pile of blackened corpses on the floor. He even saw the half-tails of some reckless little snakes that had accidentally peeked out when they were trying to hide themselves.

For some reason, the ceiling of the house was very low. If a strong man like Yun Ce, who was 1.8 meters tall, entered the house, his head would touch the ceiling.

There must be a reason why he was wearing leather pants over cotton pants. Yun Ce didn't force his way in and consulted Gouzi again.

"After scanning, it was found that the entire building is a semi-underground structure, and the entire main body of the building is cast from a single piece of metal that looks like green coins. It was also detected that the entire building is full of sliding rails and traction ropes, so it is determined that this is a house that can be freely combined, and you are likely to die if you go in."

(End of this chapter)