Chapter 82

Amidst the rustling sounds in the woods, two people were burying something.

Chu Danqing and Da Bao crept over to take a look; it was actually a fuse.

"You two are burying gunpowder." Chu Danqing spoke up immediately.

The two were startled; when they turned their heads, the look in their eyes when they saw Chu Danqing was truly ferocious.

But they became clear-headed when they saw Da Bao.

"We were just playing with mud." One of them explained stumblingly.

Only, this explanation clearly treated Chu Danqing as a fool to be fooled.

"Little Chu, he's lying." Da Bao extended his claw, pinched the other party's head, and lifted him up: "Lying to Little Chu, bad."

Chu Danqing also felt it was too much; even Da Bao could tell, it was truly too perfunctory.

"Speak, what's the situation." Chu Danqing said coldly.

Burying explosives in the wilderness, surely they weren't preparing to blow them up for fun.

If it were firecrackers, he could understand.

"We... we are acting on the orders of the Longmen Boss to intercept and kill here..." The person whose head was pinched by Da Bao said tremblingly.

"You should have heard of the Longmen Boss." The person not caught by Da Bao said: "We are all friends on the road, we..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Da Bao also extended his claw, covered his head, and lifted him up.

"Why did you interrupt him, is this something that can't be said?" Chu Danqing looked at that person with an unkind expression.

Suddenly saying such a thing when mentioning a key name, he didn't believe it was an accident.

"It is to kill the great traitor Xiong Zhigang; the ministers in the court have said that this great traitor was able to return to office by offering three thousand taels of gold to the powerful and corrupt."

"Our Longmen Boss is doing this to eliminate the traitor and seize the gold, to return a bright and clear world to the people!" That person said immediately.

By the time he finished, he had even become impassioned.

Chu Danqing only felt it was absurd; if it were just to eliminate a traitor, he could understand, but this situation was clearly that your boss had taken a fancy to someone else's gold.

And he always found this statement a bit strange.

Also, the order of bribing the powerful and corrupt to return to office didn't seem right.

Usually, one collects money first and then does the work; as a result, the money hadn't arrived yet, and the person had already gone to take office? Where did such a conscientious merchant come from?

Not to mention that it was made such a big fuss about, not hiding it at all.

Therefore, regarding this person's statement, Chu Danqing reserved his opinion.

"When will the person arrive?" Chu Danqing asked.

"I don't know, we only listen for the Longmen Boss's whistle." These two were just underlings; how could they know these things?

Just as the words fell, they heard a sharp bird call, but it didn't sound very natural.

"It's the Longmen Boss's whistle."

Chu Danqing looked at Da Bao; Da Bao understood Chu Danqing's meaning immediately, and after listening quietly, he pointed in a direction.

"Let's go, let's go see." Saying this, he headed toward the position Da Bao pointed to.

Da Bao grabbed the two people, piled them into a ball, and followed behind Chu Danqing.

Following the direction of the sound, he saw two groups of people confronting each other by the roadside.

Clearly, the two people caught by Chu Danqing were not the main force but a backup to prevent the person named Xiong Zhigang from escaping.

The two forces were distinct; the group that had the upper hand was ferocious, slovenly, and more numerous—this was the so-called Longmen Boss.

The other group was a bit better, totaling only three people.

A spirited and slightly arrogant youth was riding a tall horse, while another was a burly middle-aged man dressed in linen clothes, sitting in a carriage with an unkind expression.

There was also an old servant driving the carriage.

"That middle-aged man is Xiong Zhigang, right?" Chu Danqing asked.

However, those two underlings didn't know anything; seeing this, he could only give up.

Fortunately, the Longmen Boss spoke to the middle-aged man first: "Xiong Zhigang, hand over those three thousand taels of the people's blood and sweat, it will be better for everyone."

As soon as he said this, the youth riding the horse sneered: "Heh, idiot."

Saying this, he took out a slingshot and hit the Longmen Boss's tiger's mouth with a single shot.

It hurt so much that the long knife in his hand fell, and tears seeped from the corners of his eyes.

"Get lost quickly, greed without satisfaction will lead to death here sooner or later." The youth's tone was arrogant, but he held back in his strikes.

With his accuracy and means, hitting the eye would not have been harder than hitting the tiger's mouth.

"Good, good, good, you fellow really refuses a toast only to drink a forfeit." The Longmen Boss endured the sharp pain: "Do you really think your slingshot technique can withstand us brothers?"

"Charge, slaughter this fellow." The Longmen Boss picked up his knife and led his underlings to charge.

The youth's expression changed slightly, but he was not afraid, jumping off his horse and drawing his long sword to fight.

On the other side, the middle-aged man called Xiong Zhigang sighed and also drew a long knife from the carriage.

Seeing this, Chu Danqing understood the situation.

One side was bandits wanting to kill and rob, while the other side was showing mercy; it was clear who to help.

"Da Bao, act." As Chu Danqing's voice fell, Da Bao immediately threw the two people he had piled up and was carrying.

They smashed into the crowd.

This action naturally attracted everyone's attention; they not only saw Da Bao rushing over but also saw Chu Danqing carrying the shrine.

"Hey, where did this brat come from, daring to ruin your Longmen Grandpa's good deeds!" The Longmen Boss was not lightly angered.

A young brat daring to step forward was simply trampling his face on the ground.

Chu Danqing remained silent and summoned the Repeating Crossbowmen.

"Shoot at that grandson's head." Chu Danqing didn't indulge him.

Upon hearing this, the Repeating Crossbowmen set up their crossbows and shot directly at the Longmen Boss's head.

Chu Danqing casually used the Spirit Sight Art of the Spirit Sight Treasure Chain to investigate the data.

【Longmen Boss】

【Attributes】

【HP: 100%】

【Mana: 50】

【Strength: 7】

【Agility: 5】

【Constitution: 5】

【Spirit: 5】

【Perception: 5】

【Skills】

【Mountain-Opening Axe LV. 5】

【Basic Melee LV. 1】

【Basic Axe Technique LV. 1】

When he first looked, Chu Danqing only felt disappointed; these attributes were only slightly higher than an ordinary person's.

But when he looked down, he was shocked; there were actually basic skills, which was absurd.

The Repeating Crossbowmen's bolts left the strings, following the trajectory and piercing into the Longmen Boss's eye socket.

Then, everyone present fell silent.

The Longmen Boss was shot dead by a single arrow.

The Repeating Crossbowmen indeed could not grow, but Chu Danqing could.

The LV. 9 Summoning Foundation could increase all attributes and talent skill effects by 9%, and share 10% of Chu Danqing's average attributes.

Before the group of bandits could react and flee, Da Bao had already entered the flock like a tiger and started slaughtering.

Under his tearing claws, large pieces of severed limbs and broken arms began to splatter.

The level of gore made the slightly arrogant youth's face turn somewhat pale.

On the contrary, that Xiong Zhigang's expression remained normal, and he drew his knife to cooperate with Da Bao in killing the bandits.

He exuded the temperament of a fierce general on the battlefield; his techniques were not as good as the youth's, but they were extremely clean and efficient.

Before long, the dozen or so bandits were killed completely.

(End of chapter)