Infinite Transmigration Starting from Violet

Lu Ye made a plan for himself.

He decided to go to Ashina Castle to search for clues about the Protoss fragments.

If I'm not mistaken, the fragments should have some connection to the "power of immortality" in this world.

After all, the "power of immortality" is a rather special thing, making it hard not to associate it with the Protoss fragments.

But before that, he needs to improve his strength.

There are no peaceful ports and bakeries here; there is only a world where the strong prey on the weak.

"boom!"

With a slash, Lu Ye's sword was deflected.

"Good, progress is rapid." Hanbei nodded.

In the morning, he only parried Lu Ye's attacks.

At this moment, Lu Ye seemed to have mastered the morning's practice, forcing Hanbei to launch a counterattack.

"Huff...huff..." Lu Ye adjusted his breathing.

“Although your swordsmanship has improved, your physique is still not good enough,” Hanbei said. “Your body is so strong, your diet must be quite good, but you have neglected to exercise… Take a few minutes to rest.”

Faced with Hanbei's statement, Lu Ye couldn't help but feel ashamed.

That's right. Most modern children are not lacking in nutrition, but they rarely have time to exercise.

When Lu Ye was a child, he dreamed of becoming a physical education teacher.

It wasn't because he wanted to improve the students' physical fitness.

Instead, he felt that the PE teacher would get sick every time he had a PE class, and the feeling of getting paid without having to go to work was just too great.

"Hey."

Zhengji walked over from not far away, carrying a small cloth bag.

"Um, you can have these dried sweet potatoes. Um... Mr. Hanbei, right? I haven't properly thanked you yet, and you all."

The latter refers to Lu Ye and Violet.

“After all, we’ve stayed in this village and received your hospitality,” Lu Ye said. “Besides, didn’t you give us swords?”

"No need for thanks. For me, it's just a way to pass the time," Hanbei said.

"Then consider it a way to pass the time. Can you grant me a request?" Zhengji said in a pleading tone.

"Hidden away?"

Lu Ye couldn't help but think of Sister Ling's words, and the immortal giant ape with a katana stuck in its neck.

“That’s right. After you drove away those savage warriors, the villagers started going up the mountain again, but someone went there this morning and hasn’t come back yet. This is the ninth person to go there in the last six months.”

"Could they be picking wild berries or something?" Lu Ye asked.

"No, because we need to collect the grain, so we must go back to the village this afternoon. Nothing is more important than the grain."

“So…something happened to him,” Hanbei said. “You said you saw a giant ape wandering in the deep mountains?”

"Hmm, you want to ask me when I encountered it?"

"That's right, the location is to the west."

In order not to take up the resources of the mountain that the villagers depended on, Lu Ye went to a more distant place to forage for food.

"It was around noon, shortly after we left the riverbank at midday."

Hanbei pondered, "It would take some time to travel from the forests near the village to the western mountains. Considering its size and speed, if that giant ape really exists, it would barely have enough time to move. But considering that it didn't attack you, it's not very suspicious."

"What was the situation at the beginning?" Lu Ye asked.

"It all started about six months ago. The first person to disappear was a villager from upstream, and then people started to go missing. If the number of men continued to decrease, there would be no one to farm the land, so we decided to search the mountains... Could you please help me? I suspect it was those savage warriors who did it."

"What about the lord of this place?" Hanbei asked. "Since you think you're a roaming samurai, wouldn't it be better to ask the lord for help?"

“We’ve already done it. Although Lord Gao Feng verbally agreed… we don’t know when the Imperial Army will attack. The troops are all concentrated inside the city and won’t help us.” Zheng Ji’s face was full of resentment.

"Wait, I have a question. When did these so-called 'wild samurai' begin to appear?"

About a year ago.

Have any of the villagers seen them?

"No... Of course, everyone who saw them was killed."

"That makes things easier. There are two groups of wild warriors in the mountains, and they are not the same group at all."

Chapter 111 The Man in Monkey Skin

"What?" Zhengji was taken aback.

“On my way to the village, I encountered some bandits and killed them,” Lu Ye said. “Their clothes were just linen, probably looted from passersby or villagers. But those wild warriors yesterday were wearing armor made of wooden pieces, weren’t they?”

“Now that you mention it… that’s true.” Hanbei remembered, “Although I managed to cut down the leader, his tough leather armor saved his life.”

“That was definitely done by those bastards!” Seikichi declared firmly.

"Well-equipped, huh..." Lu Ye looked thoughtfully at the well-maintained sword in his hand.

Although equipment can be stolen by killing opponents, according to Sister Ling, there is no war in this area.

Where did they come from?

Is it...?

Tsk, if that's really the case, it's best not to provoke them.

The only thing we can do is advise these villagers to go up the mountain less often, or to go in groups to forage for food.

Just as Lu Ye was about to refuse, a blue light flashed before his eyes.

Side quests are now available.

Unraveling the Secret of "Disappearance"

[Reward: 5000 points]

"I'll help you with this."

Without saying a word, Lu Ye inserted the knife into his belt, and the hilt hooked onto the belt so it wouldn't fall down.

"If we go into the mountains... we can pick more fruit, right?" Hanbei gazed in the direction of the thatched hut.

……

Several hours later, on the mountain road.

"Is this the samurai who saved the village?"

"Oh, there are guests from the Southern Barbarians too. They're so beautiful. And of course, this one is very handsome as well."

"Grandpa Hanbei... has quite the style!"

The villagers chattered amongst themselves, mostly offering flattering words.

The search team consisted of nine people, including Violet, with Hanbei leading the charge.

"But is this a good idea? Won't it be too inefficient for nine people to work together?"

"Yes, the sun is almost setting. Didn't Mr. Hanbei say that the leader of the nomad samurai was seriously injured?"

Lu Ye glanced at the villagers: "Of course it's less efficient, but it's also the safest. Don't you think your life is more important?"

The villagers were speechless.

Lu Ye was the one who advocated for everyone to act together.

Although the search was inefficient, he always felt that something far more dangerous was hidden in the mountain.

Otherwise, why would they give a reward of 5,000 points?!

Lu Ye now needs these points to buy ammunition and other useful items.

"By the way, Zhengji, could you tell me about the villager who first disappeared?" Lu Ye asked.

“Ah, sure, his name is Shanren,” Zhengji began.

The first villager to disappear lived upstream from the village; he was a man called 'Mountain Man'.

The name is strange because "山人" means a monster from the mountains.

He was the strangest person in the village, and almost no one would go near his house.

However, since they were from the same village, people would occasionally worry about the mountain man's life or death. So, they would draw lots to regularly send someone to deliver some food, and Zhengji was the unlucky one who drew the lot. Every month, he would bring some chaff to deliver some food to the mountain man.

"Is there anything special about him?" Lu Ye asked.

"Do you know why nobody goes near his house?" Zhengji said. "Because he eats wild animals!"

"A wild beast?"

"That's right. If it were chickens, ducks, or birds, that would be fine, but the mountain man especially likes to eat monkeys."

"Is monkey delicious?" Violet tugged at Lu Ye's sleeve.

"If it doesn't taste good, don't eat it."

After Lu Ye finished speaking, he asked, "Is eating monkeys a taboo in the village?"

At this point, other villagers began to answer: "It's not a big deal if he just likes to eat monkeys, but the man was a child we found in the mountains, and he was raised by monkeys!"

Lu Ye couldn't hold back for a moment.

Raised by monkeys, but then eating them?

Isn't that too filial?

"Can you imagine a person raised by apes turning around and eating them?"

"Sigh, maybe he didn't understand the line between humans and monkeys. He was raised by monkeys and couldn't adapt to the village, but he was also abandoned by the monkey troop, so he went back to live in the mountains alone."

Looking at the setting sun on the horizon, Lu Ye squinted.

"I see... This is troublesome."