Chapter 29: The Wu Family Makes a Move

After detouring several hundred meters, Fang Xu finally found a path that could climb the cliff; he expended some effort to climb the cliff, and at a glance saw many corpses lying haphazardly not far ahead!

So many people died!?

He cautiously approached the battlefield, seeing that all the miserable dead nearby were government troops, Fang Xu couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine!

These government troops are at least martial apprentices; how could the bandits in Lift Blue Mountain be so strong?

Killing martial apprentices is as easy as slaughtering chickens and dogs?

Suppressing his inner shock, he continued forward; Fang Xu suddenly saw piles of white bones wrapped in black armor, and around the bones lay a pool of nauseating rotting flesh!

This…

These are also government troops!?

He poked the black armor with his iron shovel; Fang Xu glanced around doubtfully, seeing many such eerie government troop skeletons, and a word instantly popped into his mind!

Shaman!

These government troops died so eerily; it's certainly not the work of ordinary martial artists!

Could it be that Wang Erhu and his group encountered a shaman!?

Just thinking of that word, Fang Xu instantly felt a chill rise from his soles straight to the crown of his head!

Humans naturally fear the unknown; the shaman's methods are so eerie, naturally making Fang Xu's scalp go numb!

Hmm?

He glanced again at the bones before him and suddenly discovered a gleaming golden bean amidst the pool of foul-smelling rotting flesh!

Just looking at that golden bean, Fang Xu hesitated.

These government troops died only a couple of hours ago, yet their corpses have rotted to this extent; they must have been poisoned by some toxin.

This golden bean is soaked in the rotting flesh; there's no guarantee it isn't contaminated with that strange poison—if I rashly pick it up, could I end up like them, a skeleton on the ground?

After hesitating repeatedly, Fang Xu suddenly took out the cloth bag holding the golden beans from his bosom, poured out all the beans inside, tucked them into his bosom, then used the iron shovel to lift the bean soaked in the rotting flesh, rubbed off the flesh with ground dust, and placed it into the bag.

During this, he dared not touch it with his hands at all.

Thereafter, for each skeleton's golden bean he proceeded in the same manner.

He only searched the corpses that were intact.

One, two, three… fifty… sixty…

After searching all the corpses on site, the number of golden beans in Fang Xu's hand reached one hundred thirty-four, ten of which were on the body of a government troop whose head had been cut off.

Struck it rich!

After gathering all the golden beans cleanly, Fang Xu glanced at the ground full of dry corpses and skeletons, knowing this was no place to linger, he immediately returned to Fenglin Town under the cover of night.

In the room, after pouring all the golden beans onto the floor, Fang Xu stared at them but then ran into a dilemma.

In Fenglin Town, gold rarely appears; if I rashly take these golden beans to spend, it would likely arouse suspicion.

Do I have to make a trip to Qinghe County just for these golden beans?

After hesitating a long time, he still felt he didn't need to spend money in the short term, so he'd hide these golden beans for now and later figure out how to exchange them for silver notes once the commotion dies down.

He drew a basin of clean well water from the courtyard, washed the golden beans thoroughly in it, placed them in the cloth bag, then Fang Xu dug up the ground tiles burying the Divine Extension Canon and buried the beans together with it.

To be safe, he also took a thorough bath and threw all the clothes he wore on this trip into the courtyard to be burned to ashes.

Who knows how the shamans' poison might spread; better to be cautious.

After doing all that, Fang Xu sat cross-legged on the bed, took five Blood Qi Pills, and let those little cuties get to work.

Next morning.

Fang Xu was about to stew some blood food to begin cultivation when he saw Madam Wang rushing in panic.

"Fang Xiaoge!"

"Something happened!"

Seeing her panicked look, Fang Xu understood; it must be that the corpses of those government troops in the mountains were discovered by people who went up to hunt.

"Sister-in-law, don't panic, please sit down." He set down the blood food in his hand and helped Madam Wang sit beside him.

"Fang Xiaoge, the hunting team of the blood food shop went into the mountains early this morning and discovered a large number of government troop corpses; those people had turned into dry corpses just like our farm ox!"

"I also heard them say that many of the government troop corpses have turned into skeletons; they died in a terribly frightening way!"

"Fang Xiaoge……" Madam Wang tightly gripped Fang Xu's arm, her voice trembling with tears: "You say Uncle…… will he…… already……"

Seeing Madam Wang like that, Fang Xu for a moment didn't know what to say.

Wang Erhu is already dead; I buried his corpse myself, but I can't tell Madam Wang this, so I can only comfort her: "Sister-in-law, Erhu Brother is fortunate by heaven's will; surely nothing will happen to him."

With Fang Xu's comfort, Madam Wang calmed down a little.

"Alas, I don't know why you men all want to become martial artists; what's good about it? Every day you hover on the edge of life and death—where's the comfort of staying peacefully in Fenglin Town?"

Listening to her complaints, Fang Xu smiled and shook his head.

People often say, long hair, short sight; they also say, big breasts, no brains.

Madam Wang happens to have both.

Fang Xu didn't want to argue with her about this, so he said directly: "The blood food shop will surely be busy; sister-in-law, you'd better go back first."

Upon mentioning the blood food shop, Madam Wang suddenly said: "Fang Xiaoge, Master Lu's blood food shop might be in trouble."

Fang Xu was curious: "What's wrong?"

Madam Wang said: "This morning, the Wu family's servants directly tore down the town's land temple cleanly, saying they were preparing to build a shop on that plot and also to open a blood food shop."

Wu family?

Are they really preparing to intervene?

"What does Master Lu say?"

Madam Wang shook her head: "I don't have the qualifications to see Master Lu."

"However, Brother Li isn't panicked at all; in fact, he even looks forward to the Wu family opening that blood food shop."

Li Yunshan was Lu Zhiyuan's personal attendant; upon knowing Lu Zhiyuan's background and learning that the Wu family had gotten involved in the blood food business, he remained unfazed, evidently thinking the Wu family could not amount to much.

Thinking of the Divine Servant Pill Lu Zhiyuan had given him earlier, Fang Xu also felt that, given the Wu family's power, they were nowhere near Lu Zhiyuan's level.

After all, any force capable of producing heaven-defying pills like the Divine Servant Pill, even if it has declined, is absolutely not something a remote-town bully like the Wu family could shake.

"Sister-in-law, stay careful lately." guessing that Lu Zhiyuan wouldn't take the Wu family to heart, but not ruling out that the Wu family might harbor ill intentions toward the blood food shop, Fang Xu still reminded Madame Wang.

Fang Xu's concern made Madame Wang's heart flutter; she lifted her pretty face and asked, "Little Brother Fang, how much longer until you break through to Martial Disciple?"

Fang Xu blinked, a little embarrassed, and said, "Soon... soon, I hope."

Madame Wang covered her mouth and laughed softly, her gaze lingering on him: "Then I'll wait for Little Brother Fang to break through Martial Disciple before coming again."

Having said that, she got up and left the small courtyard without waiting for Fang Xu to reply.

Watching Madame Wang's graceful figure, Fang Xu gave a gentle shake of his head.

This woman, day after day, isn't she playing with fire?

Does she really think her frail body can withstand a martial practitioner's campaign?

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