Chapter 50: Sword Light Under the Black Mist

The women and children guarding the front of the small town were still kowtowing, kneeling and begging the Immortal Master for mercy.

But even if they all kowtowed until their heads were broken, not a single passing cultivator cared.

At this moment, Ji the Bandit carried his sword and walked toward them, picking up two pieces of broken silver from the ground and tucking them into his bosom.

Seeing this scene, those women and children with dim eyes immediately opened their eyes wide, then knelt and kowtowed, kowtowing until the stone bricks trembled, but they were trembling all over, not daring to speak.

They didn't know whether the Immortal Master in front of them was taking the money to spend, or if he was really going to take the money to help them save people, but they didn't dare to ask, only focusing on kowtowing.

"Stop kowtowing, I am here to earn money."

"Never seen anyone hire someone to save people and still have to kowtow..."

"But you all are truly lucky to have met a poor ghost like me."

Kneeling at the very front was an old woman, whose eyes were blank after hearing his words.

Because the Immortal Master in front of her had only taken two pieces of silver just now, and most of the rest remained where they were.

She was somewhat terrified, unable to resist pushing those pieces of silver forward continuously, hoping he could take them all, as long as he could save her son at home.

And the other women and children were like her, continuously pushing the silver on the ground over, then continuing to kowtow.

"No need, what I took just now is enough."

"Don't immortals always say that the lives of us mortals are cheap? Then it doesn't take that much silver..."

Ji You murmured, walking forward along the heavy Sha Qi, and found that the barren wild land was full of Evil Seeds roaming everywhere.

Especially in the direction of the mountain foothills, it was full, stretching all the way to the wild road leading into the mountains.

These Evil Seeds should have originally been trapped in the mountains, limited by distance and unable to leave the mountains, but they had slowly begun to move outward.

On the other side of the wild road was a high slope, leading to another direction, which was the Hongshan Mine.

Perhaps feeling the aura of living people, the Evil Seeds roaming toward that side were even denser.

Ji You walked slowly to the edge of the foothills, and saw that other Immortal Sect disciples were gathering here, also hacking and killing Evil Seeds.

However, they were all hacking and killing those facing the mountains, because they were not interested in the mining area, and had come here because the Sha Qi restricted the circulation of spiritual energy, making it inconvenient to fly, so they were clearing obstacles for entering the mountains tomorrow.

"Too many, it's impossible to kill them all."

"But opening a bloody path, there is still a possibility..."

"But if it's just opening a bloody path, whether people can be saved remains an unknown."

Ji You stepped through the black mist, and at the same time sent his sword flying out, piercing the hearts of two Evil Seeds with a leisurely stroll.

Seeing this scene, those Immortal Sect disciples who were clearing the road were all stunned.

Subsequently, they saw a whistling wave of swords flashing continuously in this black mist, having already walked ten zhang in the wilderness surrounded by Evil Seeds.

"That person... who is he?"

"It's the attire of the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan."

"How could someone from the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan have such strong sword intent?"

Ji You didn't hear the discussion behind him, but kept waving his sword continuously.

After a few rustling sounds, the Evil Seeds roaming on the periphery fell to the ground one after another, and he stepped over the corpses that were as black as charred coal, continuing to walk toward the Hongshan Mine.

Deeper inside, the Evil Seeds here had begun to become dense, and Ji You didn't dare to be arrogant, waving his hand to summon two other swords.

Just like that day at Wanzhuo Mountain, Ji You opened the way with sword waves, but never returned his sword, each time omitting redundant sword styles between picking.

Subsequently, he walked in an arc, hacking all the Evil Seeds on both sides to death.

From the perspective of those Immortal Sect disciples located on the edge, they saw a hedgehog covered in swords, continuously thrusting forward, which was astonishing.

"It feels like a pig demon chopping down a tree."

"But it's a pity... this is of no help to the improvement of the realm."

"If it were one slash nine nine nine, maybe I could be the Sect Leader tomorrow..."

After several times, Ji You gradually began to figure out the consumption speed and replenishment speed of spiritual energy under this black mist.

Subsequently, spiritual energy began to surge under his feet, and he shot out like a bolt of lightning; in the originally silent black mist, sword waves suddenly surged, like rays of light bursting forth.

That Sha Qi could suppress the spiritual essence of cultivators was indeed an extremely terrifying thing.

But what was even more terrifying was that he had no spiritual essence...

Even, his spiritual spring was blown up.

After flying and traveling a hundred meters with his sword, Ji You pierced the last Evil Seed with his sword, and landed on a short tree with his spiritual energy, panting slightly, looking at the mining area in the distance.

The Hongshan Mine had a high wall that had been built earlier, and the Evil Seeds gathered outside the high wall, unable to enter.

But there was also a piece of shed housing under the high wall, which had now been dismantled into pieces.

Looking closely, there were still some broken corpses scattered on the ground in front of the shed housing, mixed with bright red.

On the night of the New Year, there should have been many miners celebrating inside the shed housing, hoping that their future days would be better, but in the end, they died there.

"Too many Evil Seeds; if these were let out, the people of Central Province would all die."

"However, these Evil Seeds seem different from those at Wanzhuo Mountain, and there is no sign of being artificially controlled."

"Came to investigate the Evil Seeds, but were obsessed with entering the mountains; other sects didn't know why they also followed, which shows that there must be other problems in the mountains..."

"After finishing this job, find a way to leave; this place is not suitable for staying long."

Ji You muttered to himself for a long time, and suddenly saw another team of cultivators charging and killing in the group of Evil Seeds, and it looked like there were quite a few people.

They were clearly also killed in from the periphery, but by this time, they could no longer advance an inch.

What was even more interesting was that there was a young man mixed in among these cultivators, who looked about the same age as him, holding his head and dodging continuously, appearing panicked.

And those cultivators were protecting him in the middle, looking like they wanted to retreat the same way.

But it was a pity that those Evil Seeds were not things that stood still; the path they had killed out when they came had long been blocked by the Evil Seeds that had rushed over.

So amidst this roaring and colliding, the entire team was scattered, and two were even swarmed by Evil Seeds, pressed to the ground and bitten continuously.

The young man was panicked and at a loss, his face pale, watching as he was about to be pounced on by the Evil Seeds behind him, his life hanging by a thread.

Seeing this scene, Ji You took out a bow and arrow from the green jade gourd, and after tightening the bowstring, shot it out.

With a swish, the head of that Evil Seed was shot through, and the arrow flew out, brushing past the young man's neck.

Seeing that he was saved, the young man was shocked for a long time, immediately regained his senses to look at him, and after being stunned for a moment, made a bow.

Quite polite, otherwise I would definitely have to collect a hundred taels of life-saving money from you.

Ji You murmured, but before long, his complexion suddenly began to change.

He had already cleared this place earlier, and in front of him was a piece of open ground without Evil Seeds; at this moment, he saw that smart young man running wildly toward him, attracting a pile of Evil Seeds behind him.

"Damn it, he wants to protect me in front?"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 51 =====