Chapter 51: Golden Bell Shield

"Ah!"

Zhou Wei suddenly felt a fishy sweetness in his throat.

A mouthful of fresh blood could not be held back and sprayed out.

"This... how is this possible?"

Zhou Wei was completely thrown into disarray.

What he practiced was the Buddhist Sect's Golden Bell Shield!

Its defensive power was absolutely at the Innate Great Perfection realm.

The opponent only had the cultivation of the Innate Late Stage; how could he break his defense in a single move?

"Golden Bell Shield! Is it very strong?"

Chu Feng sneered.

He had held back his strength in that spear strike just now.

Because he was afraid he would beat Zhou Wei to death in one move.

If he died, then he would have nowhere to find the treasures of Vajra Stronghold and the Golden Bell Shield manual on his person.

"Spare my life! Spare my life! General, spare my life!"

Seeing that he was no match, Zhou Wei hurriedly begged Chu Feng for mercy.

He had truly encountered an expert today.

The other party had defeated him in a single move.

Chu Feng walked up and fiercely kicked Zhou Wei in the dantian area.

"Ah!"

Zhou Wei let out a heart-wrenching scream.

He had already surrendered, yet the other party still would not let him go.

They had actually crippled his dantian.

"Watch him!"

"Yes, General!"

This person still had some use for now.

To avoid any accidents, Chu Feng decided to cripple his dantian first.

After resolving the threat of Zhou Wei, Chu Feng immediately rejoined the battle.

His targets this time were those bandit leaders with strength and some formidable bandits.

As for those ordinary bandits, he left them to his soldiers for training.

The battle gradually entered a white-hot stage.

The coordination of Chu Feng's soldiers became increasingly tacit, and the ten thousand bandits were beaten into a rout.

And the bandit leaders among this group of bandits also died one after another at Chu Feng's hands.

Their lives all transformed into Chu Feng's Killing Points.

After an hour of fighting.

All the bandits of Vajra Stronghold were slaughtered completely.

"General, the bandits of Vajra Stronghold have all been annihilated; our army's casualties are only thirty-some people."

"Mm, well done!"

The losses in this battle were within Chu Feng's acceptable range.

A formidable troop must be forged through such tempering of blood and fire.

"Order everyone to clean up the battlefield!"

"Yes, General!"

After giving the instructions.

Chu Feng turned and came before Zhou Wei.

Seeing Chu Feng approach, Zhou Wei crawled to Chu Feng's feet like a dog, kowtowing incessantly as if his life depended on it.

"General, General, I am already a cripple now, please spare my dog life!"

"Heh, want to live? Then you must prove your value!"

"General, I am willing to take all the treasures in my stronghold to trade for my dog life!"

"Heh, and what else?"

Chu Feng stared at Zhou Wei with a smile, "Who did you learn your 'Golden Bell Shield' from?"

"This lowly one was once a disciple of the Buddhist Sect, but was expelled from the sect for breaking the commandments."

"Well now! So it turns out you are a debauched monk!"

Chu Feng curled his lips and said.

He did not expect the other party to have such a background; no wonder he knew Buddhist martial arts.

"Since the General wants the Golden Bell Shield, this lowly one is willing to offer it!"

Zhou Wei hurriedly rummaged through his person, took out a manual, and handed it to Chu Feng.

After Chu Feng took it and glanced at it, he said, "Take me to your stronghold's treasure vault."

"Very well, General!"

Zhou Wei immediately led the way in front.

Soon, he brought Chu Feng to the cave where they hid their treasures.

Chu Feng walked in and took a look.

The entire cave was piled high with plundered treasures, and there was also a section where grain was stored.

At a rough estimate, there must be around ten thousand shi.

"Is this everything you have?"

"Yes, General! This is everything our mountain stronghold has."

Zhou Wei felt a sharp pang of heartache as he looked at the items before him.

This was the wealth he had accumulated over so many years.

Now, it was all going to fall into someone else's hands.

Just thinking about it made his heart ache.

However, as long as the other party could spare his life, all of this was worth it.

"Good, you have done very well!"

Chu Feng nodded with satisfaction, "You may be on your way!"

"Many thanks, General!"

"Hm?"

Zhou Wei suddenly felt that something was wrong with those words.

What did it mean that he could be on his way?

Before he could even react, Zhou Wei had his head chopped off by Chu Feng with a single saber strike.

"You want me to let you go after doing so many evil deeds? Keep dreaming!"

After finishing off Zhou Wei.

The Killing Points belonging to him were added to Chu Feng's account.

Chu Feng immediately opened his information panel.

【Name: Chu Feng】

【Race: Human】

【Techniques: Qi Refining Technique (Minor Accomplishment) + Eighteen Wind-Chasing Sabers (Major Accomplishment) + Tyrant Spear (Major Accomplishment) Purple Firmament Profound Heaven Art (Entry Level) Golden Bell Shield (Not Initiated) +】

【Realm: Innate Late Stage +】

【Strength: 80,000 jin】

【Talent: Master Archer】

【Killing Points: 4500】

"Let's upgrade the Golden Bell Shield first!"

Chu Feng immediately began to arrange the point allocation.

【Name: Chu Feng】

【Race: Human】

【Techniques: Qi Refining Technique (Minor Accomplishment) + Eighteen Wind-Chasing Sabers (Major Accomplishment) + Tyrant Spear (Major Accomplishment) Purple Firmament Profound Heaven Art (Entry Level) Golden Bell Shield (Major Accomplishment)】

【Realm: Innate Late Stage】

【Strength: 80,000 jin】

【Talent: Master Archer】

【Killing Points: 0】

"Damn it, another point-guzzler!"

Chu Feng had originally thought that this Golden Bell Shield wouldn't cost many points.

As it turned out, one upgrade completely exhausted all the points he had harvested this time.

He had still wanted to save some points to improve his cultivation.

It seemed there was no chance for that now.

However, although his strength hadn't increased, his defensive power had grown quite a bit.

With a thought.

The Protective Qi on his body surface transformed directly into a golden color.

He tapped it.

It felt as if he were wearing a suit of golden armor on his body.

"The Golden Bell Shield truly lives up to its reputation; with this defensive power, even a Grandmaster couldn't break it!"

Chu Feng felt very pleased inside.

This bandit suppression had yielded a bountiful harvest.

Not only had he seized a large amount of treasure and grain, but he had also obtained a secret manual from the Buddhist Sect.

It was an absolute windfall.

After finishing these tasks, Chu Feng immediately ordered his soldiers to transport these items back.

Upon returning to the place where they had previously assembled, he discovered that there were many raggedly dressed women there.

"What is going on with these people?"

"Reporting to the General, these women were all captured from their villages by the bandits."

"What!"

Hearing this news, Chu Feng felt even more furious.

This gang of bandits truly deserved to die; they had even taken innocent women to...

"Give them some grain and silver, and let them go home!"

"General, we are not leaving!"

A slightly older woman stepped forward, "General, we sisters no longer have the face to return; we beg the General to take us in!"

"General, my entire family was murdered by bandits; I no longer have a home."

"General, we can wash clothes and cook for you; we beg the General to take us in!"

"General, we truly dare not go back; going back still means death!"

"General, I can weave cloth and I eat very little; I beg the General to take me in."

There were at least two hundred women at the scene.

The youngest was no more than twelve or thirteen, and the oldest was only twenty-four or twenty-five.

It was just as they had said.

A weak woman, even if she returned with belongings, still could not escape death.

"Sigh!"

Chu Feng sighed, his mind beginning to ponder how to settle these women.

He soon had an idea.

When he opened the distillery later, he would naturally need workers.

Were these women not the perfect ready-made labor force?

Thinking of this, Chu Feng had a plan.

"Since that is the case, then you shall follow us back to Anwu County, and I will arrange living quarters for you."

"Many thanks, General!"

Upon learning they had a place to dwell, the women were all overjoyed.

Chu Feng ordered the soldiers to pack up and take away everything in the mountain stronghold.

Afterwards, he left a portion of the men behind to burn the corpses.

That very day, they returned to Anwu County.

After arriving at Anwu County.

From afar, Chu Feng saw Zhu Kang and the others waiting to welcome them at the city gate.

Besides them, there was also an unfamiliar face by their side.

"Oh my, my Great General Chu, you went off to..."

"Hmm?"

Zhu Kang saw the supplies being hauled by Chu Feng's troops and the several hundred women accompanying them.

In an instant, he became furious.