Chapter 1792: Fierce Countenances Exposed

"We only have this kind of pill here! There are still some Martial Cultivators who sell pills, and they come regularly to sell them to us!"

The Village Chief said.

"Then what do you use to buy the pills?"

Ye Liuyun asked again.

"Indeed! You don't have many resources here either, do you?"

Pei Yong also thought Ye Liuyun's question made sense.

"Alas!"

The Village Chief let out a long sigh, then said slowly, "We can only blame our poverty here."

As he spoke, he poured himself a cup of tea and swapped the cold tea of Zhang Wencai and Pei Yong.

He explained to them slowly, "If we want to cultivate, we have no choice.

Here we can only buy this one kind of pill.

And the resources exchanged for this pill, you have already seen!"

The Village Chief paused, let them consider, and again offered tea to Zhang Wencai and Pei Yong.

Pei Yong couldn't argue with him; seeing others drink without issue, he also drank.

Zhang Wencai lifted his teacup, pretended to drink, then set it down again.

"Are you talking about the starving people outside?"

Ye Liuyun, seeing him dawdle and not get to the point, directly pressed on.

"Exactly!"

The Village Chief nodded, and the Martial Cultivators were all shocked.

The Village Chief lamented, "We know this pill is refined from the blood of those starving people, but if we don't use it, we can't improve our strength, can't protect our village! In the end, the villagers will be devoured by those starving people!"

His explanation, though reasonable, made the Martial Cultivators feel even more sympathy for the villagers.

But Ye Liuyun always felt something was odd here and didn't fully trust the Village Chief's words.

At that moment, some villagers brought fried beans as a snack for them.

"Home‑grown Ascending Yang Beans, everyone give them a try."

He handed them out enthusiastically one by one; the Martial Cultivators felt awkward refusing, and after confirming no toxicity, all tasted them.

Ye Liuyun also grabbed a handful, crushed a bean to examine it closely, and found no problem.

Suddenly, he thought of something and shouted, "Don't eat!"

But it was too late; many Martial Cultivators had already eaten.

Mystifying Star Grass originally has weak hallucinogenic effects, and this bean with hair‑growing properties is fine on its own.

But combined, they trigger hallucinations.

What shocked them next was that all the villagers changed expression and lunged at them, beginning to bite.

They saw Ye Liuyun was too alert and the hallucinogenic effect was about to manifest, so they acted early.

A little girl playing with Lei Ming and others suddenly bit Lei Ming's hand.

A few boys teasing the Black Panther also pounced on it and bit.

All the villagers, at this moment, rushed forward like mad, men, women, old and young, opening their mouths to bite.

The previous friendliness vanished; now their fierce countenances were fully exposed, no different from the starving people outside.

"Kill!"

Ye Liuyun was the first to act, drawing his blade to slash a charging village woman dead, then continued to strike the rushing villagers.

Lei Ming and Man Shu used Ice Power, freezing everyone around them.

Ye Tiandao, the most obedient to Ye Liuyun, never let anyone approach and ignored others' words.

Thus she reacted the fastest; as soon as the villagers moved, she unsheathed her blade.

Long Nv dodged a girl's lunge.

Lei Ming, the Black Panther, and Man Shu were each bitten by children or elders.

The Village Chief let out a roar, and immediately more villagers surged to attack Ye Liuyun and the others.

The Martial Cultivators who had drunk the tea and eaten the beans suddenly felt dizzy; several were instantly knocked down and bitten by the villagers.

Zhang Wencai simply tossed the about‑to‑faint Pei Yong to Ye Liuyun, asking him to protect him.

He also drew his longsword and chased the Village Chief to kill.

Although Lei Ming was bitten by the little girl, he still couldn't bring himself to strike her.

Ye Liuyun nevertheless slashed with a blade, cutting the little girl down.

The Black Panther then pounded the children surrounding it to death.

Ye Liuyun also acted, rescuing several Martial Cultivators who hadn't been bitten.

At present, still fighting besides Zhang Wencai, Ye Liuyun and others, there were only three Martial Cultivators left.

They were surrounded by villagers in the middle, constantly being assaulted.

Xiao Yunfang then charged in with soldiers, breaking the siege for Ye Liuyun and the others.

They seemed very experienced; regardless of age or gender, none were spared, their strikes decisive.

Zhang Wencai also captured the Village Chief alive, removed his Primordial Pill, cut off his limbs, and nailed him to a door panel with his longsword, preparing to interrogate.

Ye Liuyun then began Soul Search, probing the information in his Sea of Consciousness.

It turned out all the prior friendliness had been an act.

The whole village were Demon Cultivators, but lacking resources for cultivation, many had no realm.

These people had only just moved here recently.

They constantly migrate, their purpose being to deceive martial cultivators who have just arrived at the border and are unaware of the situation.

The vegetables they grow are all temporarily transplanted from the Village Chief's Space World, and the village has also been redecorated.

The pill they use for cultivation is called Blood Slaughter Magic Pill, abbreviated Blood Pill, made from human blood and original pill, plus some Demon Race medicinal ingredients.

It is indeed a pill that many martial cultivators here can afford.

They have already deceived many martial cultivators using this method.

These martial cultivators are the best ingredients for refining this Blood Slaughter Magic Pill.

Those famine victims are also a kind of material, only of low quality, and the pill's toxicity is also high.

Ye Liuyun opened the Village Chief's Storage Ring, then took out more than twenty corpses and over thirty Blood Slaughter Magic Pills from inside.

There's nothing else of value.

These corpses have all been bitten by them, and the Demon Qi and Blood Slaughter Qi have already contaminated the original pill.

Even a Black Panther wouldn't want this original pill.

Ye Liuyun told Zhang Wencai the truth, enraging him so much that Zhang Wencai sliced off his head with a single sword strike.

Ye Liuyun looked at those bitten martial cultivators; the Demon Qi and blood toxin had already invaded their original pills.

The people are still in a coma.

Those few martial cultivators who weren't bitten merely fainted; they should wake up after a while.

Xiao Yunfang walked over, checked the condition of those martial cultivators, and directly ordered the soldiers to give those bitten martial cultivators a shot.

Seeing the astonished looks of Ye Liuyun and the others, she simply said flatly: "They cannot be saved!"

Afterwards, she went to check the condition of Lei Ming, Man Shu, and the Black Panther.

But seeing that none of them had been poisoned, she didn't ask for the reason.

"Those three aren't poisoned, and the four unconscious martial cultivators weren't bitten.

All corpses, destroy them collectively!"

Xiao Yunfang gave orders to the soldiers, and at the same time commanded the troops behind to catch up.

Ye Liuyun followed, feeling tense for a moment, thinking she was going to kill Lei Ming and the others as well.

Seeing that she hadn't given an order, he then relaxed.

"Did you previously know the situation in this village?"

Ye Liuyun asked Xiao Yunfang.

He recalled what that female soldier had reminded him of.

The soldiers all know that as the Team Leader, Xiao Yunfang couldn't possibly be unaware.

"Yes!"

Xiao Yunfang directly replied.