Headless Immortal

Chapter 53 Five Taels and Five Hundred Cents

The long table, pieced together, was covered in blood and was clearly inedible.

The students who survived the ordeal had little appetite, and they kept vomiting when they saw the severed limbs around them. Some of them vomited so badly that they almost vomited bile.

The yamen runners and soldiers piled up the corpses and burned them all to prevent any disease from spreading.

"General, what should we do with these people?"

Yang Qi, who was elected by his brothers to temporarily take over as the squad leader, clasped his hands in a salute, with the shop owner's family kneeling beside him.

"My lord, we have no choice. The bandit leader has captured my daughter, and if we don't obey him, he will defile her." The male owner, who is also the head chef, kowtowed until his head bled. "Please, my lord, have mercy. I am willing to die to atone for my sins. I only beg you to spare my whole family."

Sun Shen looked at the purple-bearded old man.

Zhu Xianzheng sighed deeply, looked up at the sky, and saw signs of drought and flood, with bandits, river pirates, and mountain bandits increasing in number. How could he expect the people to live peacefully in a corner of the world?

When the people are truly required to demonstrate their backbone and integrity, the country may not be far from its demise: "It's not your fault, it's our fault, it's our fault!"

"Commander Sun."

"exist."

"Go."

As she spoke, Zhu Xianzheng looked at the shop owner and then pointed to Sun Shen, saying, "Take him to the bandits' camp and have him rescue your daughter."

"Lord..."

Zhu Xianzheng shook her head slightly: "Don't worry, they can protect me."

Sun Shen looked at the shopkeeper without saying anything more and asked, "Can you ride a horse?"

The shopkeeper nodded.

"Go, and come back quickly!"

Sun Shen grabbed the shopkeeper and threw him onto the horse, then mounted a slow horse himself.

"drive!"

The shopkeeper clearly couldn't ride a horse; he clung tightly to the horse's back, refusing to let go even as his backside ached from the jolting.

"We kowtow to the lord." The old man, exhausted and drained of his life force, led his family in weeping kowtows.

……

Almost front and rear feet.

The fire in the Hall of Righteous Gathering at Yalong Mountain had not yet died down. When Sun Shen rushed into the village gate, he felt something was strange: there were corpses all over the ground.

Upon entering the Hall of Righteous Gathering, a strong stench of blood filled the air. Several women were wolfing down the leftovers on the table, and when they saw someone enter, they quickly huddled together.

"Where's Xiao Xiang? Why isn't Xiao Xiang here?"

The shopkeeper was busy searching for the woman who had huddled together in a circle, and the more he searched, the more nervous he became.

A timid voice came from inside: "The person you're looking for might not be here."

"Where?"

"The village chief's house behind."

The shopkeeper hurried to the back.

Sun Shen revealed his identity: "I am a military officer from the government."

After calming the panicked crowd, Sun Shencai asked, "How did they all die?"

Everyone offered their own explanations.

"Did a great monster storm into the Hall of Righteousness and kill all the bandits?"

What does it look like?

"..."

"That's it!"

Sun Shen was surprised, but also somewhat enlightened.

The monster was quite interesting; it not only killed all the bandits but also chased them all the way to their lair.

They didn't act like monsters; they were more like chivalrous heroes standing up for the weak.

……

It wasn't late at night yet.

The black cat carried the bundle back to the encampment.

"Uncle Cat!"

Cheng Yan quickly got up and saw Lao Mao open the bundle, revealing a whole roasted chicken and duck inside, and even a pot of cloudy wine.

He didn't know where the old cat had hunted the prey, until he saw a tattered dark blue armor in the bundle, which confirmed his suspicions.

Grey Baby picked up the roast chicken and started gnawing on it.

"Let's eat together, Uncle Cat."

The old cat rubbed its belly to indicate that it was full.

Cheng Yan didn't stand on ceremony anymore; he hadn't eaten much that night and was starving.

Inside the tent, Zhou Changcai and Wu Agui were also drawn in by the aroma.

Although they had prepared dried meat and flatbread, dry rations are no match for meat and wine. Cheng Yan greeted them with a smile, "Let's all eat something together, Brother Lü, don't refuse, you've been hungry all day, you need some oil and fat."

"I didn't expect Brother Cheng to have hidden roast chicken and roast duck."

"We've actually gotten to enjoy a delicious meal!"

"..."

"Try the five-spice powder."

The group chatted happily.

Old Cat Lu Xun was lost in thought, his eyes wide open and his attention focused on the strange space.

The skull of Ge Shun, the bandit leader of Yalong Mountain.

Type: 蠃 (氓—人)

Quality: Common; Spell: Heavy Weapon

Commentary: Young Dali was cruel and murderous, and fled to the mountains, where tigers and wolves roamed the countryside.

Torture, slaughter, and turning into mincemeat.

"Crush."

[Crush the skull of Ge Shun, the bandit leader of Yalong Mountain]

[Obtained Ashes: Seven Coins]

The skull of Feng Ba, the bandit leader of Yalong Mountain.

Type: 蠃 (氓—人)

Quality: Normal

Spell: Plain Sword Soldier Manual
Commentary: He rose to prominence in the military, collapsed in Sichuan, and became a bandit. The upper classes owe me money.

[Rob money, rob food, rob women, and grow bigger and stronger]

"Crush."

[Received ashes: one tael]

[Replacing the old leader and becoming the new old leader]

"Crush."

[Obtained ashes: 8 qian]

"Distribute the silver."

"Crush."

"I will no longer live this kind of life."

"Let's go to the Drunken Pavilion and indulge in a life of debauchery."

"Eating, drinking, gambling, whoring, and engaging in violence."

"Crush."

"..."

[Received ashes: ...]

After crushing the three heads that had haphazardly cultivated internal energy, Lu Xun crushed a few more heads he had picked up, leaving none behind.

A head that hasn't cultivated true qi, even if the person is strong and healthy, is only worth a few coins. The highest value is five coins, which seems to indicate that the person is not far from cultivating true qi.

The focus was on the ashes on the other side.

Cremated remains: 5.5 taels

[Should we enhance the skull of the Five Gods 'Mountain Lord'?]

"Yes."

[Spell: Summon General] → [Spell: Summon General (Enter the Hall)]

"Wasn't the water play area enhanced?"

Despite some speculation, it was still somewhat disappointing that the water play didn't turn out to be as amazing as expected.

He remembered that he used two ounces of bone ash when he strengthened the old cat last time, and now he could use the remaining bone ash to strengthen the head again.

"use."

[Insufficient bone ash, unable to enhance]

Lu Xun focused his mind.

Cremated remains: 1.5 taels

"Four ounces?"

Lu Xun is now only thankful that the four ounces of ashes did not enhance the Monkey Fist technique.

Judging from the appearance, Monkey Fist is a martial art. If it reaches the level of magic, it might be able to improve his rudimentary martial arts skills, which would not be a bad choice.

In short, the consumption of cremated remains should be related to the quality of the skull.

From this perspective, although the raging tiger is not a true spirit, it was able to enhance the ape dance into a spell, which is enough to show that these already powerful heads still have high value even without magic.

Unfortunately, Changhu's wish went too far against his own desires.

into the night.

Sun Shen led a large group of women who had been trapped in the mountain stronghold back to the camp.

"Reporting to the Governor, the great demon has gotten there before me..." Sun Shen explained the situation to Zhu Xianzhen.

"I didn't expect him to be a demon swordsman."

Zhu Xianzhen stroked his beard and marveled.

He quickly calmed the group of women down, temporarily keeping them at the inn, and arranged for two constables to guard them. He also sent someone to Meilan County to deliver a message, asking the government to make proper arrangements for them.

Silent all night.

early morning.

The convoy resumed its journey.

Sun Shen had another guess that he didn't tell Du Tang.

He actually suspected that the great monster was hiding in the caravan.

Even if they weren't, they were definitely observing the convoy from a distance; otherwise, they wouldn't have appeared by such coincidence. After wiping out the bandits blocking the road, they tracked them down to their lair and wiped them out in one fell swoop.

'Could there really be a monster that can hide perfectly?'

Curious gazes swept over the crowd.

The old cat yawned, shifted into a more comfortable position, and lay down on the spread-out bundle.

Grey Treasure is not afraid at all now. He lies next to the old cat, smacking his lips and still savoring the aroma of the roast chicken from last night.

(End of this chapter)