The Lord of Glimmer plants the sun in the eternal night.

A traveler returns home on a snowy night.

Around noon, Jiang Chuan returned to Snow Eagle Ridge. No one knew that he had just killed two patrolmen.

Upon entering the house, Ye Xuan was squatting beside the flint and copper basin, processing a wolfskin coat and scraping off the grease from its surface.

The room was warm, and she was wearing a thin garment that revealed her curvaceous figure.

"Oh, Ah Shui, you're back?"

Hearing the wooden door creak, Ye Xuan immediately turned around.

Then I saw the bear in Jiangchuan.

"Where...where have you been?"

When Ye Xuan looked at the little thing, her first reaction wasn't that it was cute, but that she was scared.

Its fur is as red as blood, making it instantly recognizable as a blood bear cub.

"A naughty kid we picked up on the street."

Jiang Chuan pulled Volibear out. The warmth made it open its eyes, and its limbs flailed wildly, as if it was extremely dissatisfied with Jiang Chuan's actions.

"Xuan'er, you watch over it for now, then feed it something. I won't eat at home; I'm going to Brother Liu's house later."

"You know Brother Liu is injured, so I'm going to bring him some blood food."

As he spoke, he handed the blood bear to Ye Xuan.

Ye Xuan paused for a moment, then nodded gently.

She carefully reached out a hand and touched the bear cub.

"Waaah~"

The little bear cub let out a soft hum.

Ye Xuan felt relieved and immediately reached out to hug the little bear cub.

She looked at Jiang Chuan and said, "Ah Shui, it seems to like me?"

Jiang Chuan's lips twitched. This little guy...

Upon arriving at the kitchen, he boiled a pot of water, unusually not using cold water, and took a comfortable hot bath. His well-proportioned and tall body shone with a crystalline luster, and his muscle lines were smooth.

He rinsed it carefully to avoid leaving any bloody smell.

Not long after, he arrived at Xingshou Village and appeared at Liu Quan's home.

"Uncle, what kind of meat is this?" Yun Yi asked, leaning closer.

Jiang Chuan, carrying a large piece of fresh meat, laughed and said, "This is delicious! Dragon meat in the sky and dog meat on the ground, Uncle has hunted a big dog today."

Soon, a rich aroma filled the courtyard. In front of the steaming copper pot, Jiang Chuan ate a piece of meat and smiled:

"It's cooked, and it tastes great! Yunyi, did your uncle grant your wish today?"

Yun Yi took a bite, his eyes crinkling into crescent moons with delight, nodding like a chick pecking at rice, and said:

"Uncle, dog meat is really delicious!"

Despite his injuries, Liu Quan said, "It's dangerous in the mountains lately, Ah Shui, you'd better not go in."

Jiang Chuan nodded and said, "Don't worry, Brother Liu, I know what I'm doing."

"By the way, Brother Liu, the patrol team attacked me yesterday." Jiang Chuan casually brought this up after Liu Qing left halfway through the meal.

"What!" Liu Quan exclaimed in shock.

So Jiang Chuan told him what had happened yesterday.

"I knew they were inhuman!" Liu Quan said sullenly, clenching his fists after hearing what had happened.

"Is there not a single good person in the patrol team?" Jiang Chuan continued to ask.

People like Fang Suo and Qin Kexing certainly don't deserve to die, but it would be a pity if some good people among them were to suffer an accident tonight.

Liu Quan sighed, "If most of the pears in a basket are spoiled, it will be difficult to save the rest if we don't take care of them."

"I understand." Jiang Chuan nodded thoughtfully, which meant that he had killed those who deserved to die today.

"Is there no one who can restrain or deal with them?" Jiang Chuan continued to ask.

Liu Quan thought for a moment and said, "Some of the other patrol teams don't get along with them, either because they can't stand them or because they're competing for treasures in the mountains. There have been bloody incidents between them."

"If we have the chance, let's take Ye Xuan out after early spring arrives, and not let her be trapped here."

He understood the personalities of Qin Kexing and the others. Jiang Chuan had escaped for the time being, but without Jiang Liu, they probably wouldn't be able to fight against those wolves-like mountain patrollers.

No one knows how he escaped the pursuit yesterday. Mutant creatures are not so easy to deal with. Liu Quan picked up a piece of dog meat and took a breath.

"Hehe, we'll see," Jiang Chuan said with a smile.

He wasn't afraid of those people, and besides, it was hard to say whether they could even survive the night.

"Well, better safe than sorry."

Liu Quan nodded, and then added a reminder:

"By the way, tonight is the night of the hundred ghosts, remember to stay in well-lit places and don't wander around."

"Of course, they generally only attack areas with strong blood and spiritual energy, so there's no need to be too afraid."

Faced with this situation, big cities have their own methods, and small villages have their own survival strategies.

Jiang Chuan's expression turned serious when he thought about this.

He sometimes thought about using the villagers to get rid of the strange creature that was eyeing him.

But this might increase the burden on Star Guardian Village, so let's forget about it.

Jiang Chuan shook his head inwardly, deciding to handle it himself.

With that thought in mind, Jiang Chuan didn't linger and left alone.

......

At this moment, outside Xingshou Village.

The three young men were shivering from the cold, exhaling large puffs of white mist, and occasionally taking out flint from their pockets to warm their hands.

They waited on the only road Jiangchuan could take from the village into the mountains, talking in hushed tones.

"It's so cold, it's really unbearable to wait here. Why don't we just go back to the village entrance and wait for him?"

"No, Old Liu has very sharp ears. If he finds out we're planning to rob Jiang Chuan, he'll definitely stop us."

"Okay, let's beat him up, then make him take us to Snow Eagle Ridge. That guy... hey, big brother, look at that kid over there, isn't that him?"

The man called "Big Brother" narrowed his eyes and saw a figure in the distance. He wasn't sure, but he felt that the person's temperament was different from those he had seen before, although the outline was indeed very similar.

"It should be. Let's hide first, so we don't scare that guy away."

In the distance, Jiang Chuan frowned slightly. Since eating the exotic fruit, his eyesight had improved significantly. He had already spotted the three young men in the dim light on the road and saw them sneakily hide after seeing him, as if afraid that others would not know that they were planning something nefarious.

Jiang Chuan recognized the three men; they were the three famous Wang brothers from Xing Shou Village. None of them were in the combat ranks; they were farmers like Jiang Chuan, owning more than ten acres of land on the mountain behind the village. They were similar to Liu Fude, but even more ruthless, daring to push people to their deaths.

Because they were three brothers, their family had many male members and they often bullied other farmers. Whenever it was time to irrigate the fields, the three brothers would carry hoes and wait at the fire spring. They had to be the first to irrigate, and anyone who tried to take the water would be left with a bloody head.

Jiang Chuan had never farmed in the village, but he had heard about these things.

A bunch of cowardly bullies who dare not enter dangerous areas in the mountains, yet are extremely obedient when facing combat orders.

The three brothers have such a bad reputation, so it's obvious what they wanted to do by blocking his way. They were simply tempted by the fact that he had been sending relief grain to Liu's family from time to time these past few days.

However, Jiang Chuan did not dodge. Now, with his seed power at the seventh level and the nourishment of the two exotic fruits, he was completely strong and healthy.

"What's going on? Why haven't we arrived yet?"

The three Wang brothers, shivering from the cold, worked together to dig a snow hole to keep out the wind and huddled inside waiting for someone.

"That guy has a limp, why does he walk so slowly?"

"Because I'm thinking about what to do with you."

"Who?"

Suddenly, the snow cave where he was hiding collapsed, burying the three of them inside in an instant. Caught off guard, their mouths and noses were filled with snow.

The eldest son of the Wang family reacted the fastest and was the first to rush out. However, before he could regain his footing, he saw a foot coming right in front of him and kicked him hard in the face with a bang.

The excruciating pain contorted his features, followed by a violent blow to his shoulder from a whip. A cracking sound was heard as his bone broke, and he staggered to the ground in agony.

The remaining two were in a similar situation. As soon as they emerged from the snow, they were whipped several times and thrown to the hands and feet. They immediately felt their bones breaking, let out a miserable howl, and fell to the ground, rolling around in the snow.

"No...don't kill me." The third brother felt the sharp spear tip pierce his clothes. His voice trembled, fearing that he would be stabbed through the heart.

Jiang Chuan didn't intend to kill them. Breaking one of their arms and legs was enough. Once they returned, the other villagers would take care of them.

After picking the flint from the other man's arms, he said coldly:

"Get out, all of you get out!"

The three Wang brothers groaned, but upon hearing this, they felt as if they had been granted a pardon and helped each other away in a disheveled state.

Jiang Chuan picked up the flint and was about to leave.

"Heh, Jiang Chuan, you've been hiding your true intentions well."