Five Cauldrons IV (One Final Chapter Left, the Owed Updates Will Finally Be Repaid)

"With so many women, how can they bear children and continue the village if there are no men?" Zhang Rongfang asked again.

"That's right!" Mo Qingyu also realized. "Even in many cities, most families are normal and people get married and start families. Although there are far more women than men in our Dan Province, it's not like there are no men at all!"

"So, there's something wrong with that village!" Zhang Rongfang turned cold, and he turned and quickly walked back towards Ran Xin Village.

If a village can continue to exist without men, what is the secret? There is only one answer—abducting men, using them for procreation, and then disposing of them.

Soon, the group returned to the village entrance. The female hunter on the tower was slightly taken aback and shouted a few words in the mountain language.

Zhang Rongfang ignored her and walked straight past her into the village.

Village chief Zheng Chunjuan was not in the village chief's building at this time, but was watching a group of little girls play with her hands behind her back.

His face was kind and gentle, and his eyes shone with light, exuding an aura of peace and An Ning.

"Distinguished guests, why have you returned?"

Upon seeing Zhang Rongfang and the others return, Zheng Chunjuan asked with a puzzled expression.

"I'd like to ask the village chief a question," Zhang Rongfang stepped forward. "Why are there no men in your village? Not a single one?"

"A man?" Zheng Chunjuan was taken aback.

Suddenly, a faint fragrance wafted towards Zhang Rongfang and the others.

Hiss. In an instant, Zhang Rongfang took a deep breath.

He opened his mouth wide, and his enormous lung capacity allowed him to inhale in an instant, forcefully drawing in all the fragrances wafting around him.

Everyone around could vaguely feel their clothes being stirred by the air currents, causing them to float slightly.

"It seems," Zhang Rongfang exhaled, his eyes turning cold, "That I've found the right place."

"!!??" Zheng Chunjuan's mouth dropped open.

What did she just see?!? This guy actually inhaled all the sleeping potion into his body with his mouth! And he was completely unharmed and unaffected!!? "Children! Someone's here to cause trouble!!" Suddenly, Zheng Chunjuan reacted and shouted.

Before she could finish speaking, a tall human figure suddenly appeared in front of her.

Zhang Rongfang, who was just five meters away, suddenly appeared in front of her in an instant.

Raise one hand.

Bang!

Zheng Chunjuan's body flew sideways and crashed through the wooden planks of a small building.

"Kill him!! How dare he hit Granny Juan!!" A group of girls around them gleamed with malice, pulling out small bags from their waist pouches and throwing them at Zhang Rongfang and the others.

These small bags, still in mid-air, began to spin and release large amounts of medicinal powder.

A dizzying powder was floating everywhere; it was all a sleeping potion!

Zhang Rongfang dodged the medicinal powder by stepping aside and kicked up a handful of soil.

With a soft "poof".

Large clumps of mud were lifted up and swept out.

The kicked-up clods of mud, like bullets, thudded and splattered onto the girls.

In the blink of an eye, a whole group of them collapsed.

At this moment, the female villagers who were working outside all gathered around.

A dozen or so women unleashed their agility, leaping high into the air and slashing ruthlessly at Zhang Rongfang with their curved blades.

The others mostly carried pitchforks and hoes, and they smashed them down with all their might towards Zhang Rongfang's head.

They surrounded them, and surprisingly, they formed a kind of combined attack formation.

Judging from his skill level, this was clearly not the first time he had done this.

Moreover, judging from the weapons in the women's hands, Zhang Rongfang could faintly smell a sweet and fishy stench, indicating that many of these weapons were also highly poisonous.

"Since you all want to die, then I'll grant your wish."

His eyes darkened, and he sprinted forward with a sudden stomp of his foot.

Thud! Several women directly in front were sent flying on the spot, their bones broken, and they fainted before they could even scream.

Not only that, the other women who arrived later were also scattered by Zhang Rongfang's charge.

It would have been better if they hadn't fought, but when they actually did, Zhang Rongfang was secretly surprised.

This village is hiding at least a dozen High Grade Expert! And they are all extremely skilled in using poison, and most of their weapons are also coated with poison.

When!!

During the brief pause when Zhang Rongfang stopped, more than a dozen kitchen knives flew out and slashed viciously at his back and chest.

But all efforts were in vain, and all produced a metallic clanging sound.

He grabbed a woman on his right, pinched her neck, bent over, and gathered his strength.

Throw!!

The woman tumbled and shot out like a cannonball, crashing into and scattering a group of village women who had rushed over.

More than ten people suffered fractures and collapsed on the spot.

Five people died from vomiting blood, and the rest were seriously injured.

After discovering that this method was the easiest, Zhang Rongfang grabbed another woman, ignored her struggles, held her legs, and threw her forcefully.

With a whooshing, spinning sound, the woman swept across and crashed into another group of women who had rushed to the scene, causing another bloody and gruesome mess.

This cycle repeated itself, and in the blink of an eye, the number of dead and injured women in the village had reached as high as sixty or seventy.

Zheng Chunjuan was helped up from the corner with difficulty.

"Stop!!"

Looking at the dismembered bodies scattered all around her, she felt a chill run through her body, and tears welled up in her eyes.

Boom!!

Another human cannonball flew out, killing and injuring more than ten people. Zhang Rongfang then stretched his arms.

He walked slowly toward her.

A group of female villagers around them retreated in a circle, their faces showing fear and trembling.

"You devil!! Stop! Your companion is in my hands!!" Zheng Chunjuan shouted at the top of her lungs.

A group of strong women behind her were dragging the drugged Mo Qingyu and the others forward.

"Oh?" Zhang Rongfang tilted his head, his eyes slightly red. The blood here gave him an instinctive urge to ingest it.

Fortunately, this urge wasn't strong. And it wasn't an urge to Blood Flesh Completion, but simply a craving for the pleasure derived from drinking blood.

"Companion? Then you can kill them." Zhang Rongfang spread his hands and continued walking towards the other person step by step.

"You... you...!?" Zheng Chunjuan's voice trembled. When she saw the strongest Eighth Grade expert in her village as powerless as an infant in front of this person, she knew that she had really kicked a hornet's nest this time.

Moreover, what terrifies her most is not these things.

Instead, their greatest reliance, their best and most potent sedatives and poisons, had no effect on this person! Whoosh! In the instant she was stunned, Zhang Rongfang had already teleported in front of her.

One-handed slap.

Thud! Zheng Chunjuan was sent flying again, half of the bones in her body shattered.

Even though she was Ninth Grade Master, she was just like an ordinary person who had never practiced martial arts in front of her opponent.

The large doses of mixed toxic dust that she secretly sprinkled only made the other person fan their nose when it landed on them.

"No! Don't hurt Granny Village Chief!!"

Just as Zhang Rongfang was about to step forward and interrogate the old man again...

Suddenly, a pretty young woman ran out from among the villagers on one side.

"What do you want to ask?! I'll tell you!!" the woman shouted, her face covered in tears and snot.

"Very good, that's much more sensible." Zhang Rongfang felt that he had been too gentle before, so others always thought he was easy to talk to.

So, he remembered this lesson.

In the future, he can choose to be more direct.

He threw Ding Yu's portrait out again.

"His name is Ding Yu, and he's one of my men. Find him, and I might spare your lives. If you can't find him..."

He smiled, revealing his gleaming white teeth.

"Then none of you should live either."

The woman picked up the portrait, took a closer look, and immediately shuddered.

"I know, I know him!" she answered loudly immediately.

"He was sold to the Five Cauldrons Sect by the village chief!!"

"The Five Cauldrons Sect? Where are they?" Zhang Rongfang squinted.

"We only have limited contact with them; they've always been very secretive. The contact point is in Black Dragon City!"

"Take me."

When Ding Yu woke up again, it was already dark.

He looked at Lan Siyi, who was getting up and getting dressed with satisfaction, and sighed wearily.

I thought it would be much easier if someone else took over.

Who would have thought that Lan Siyi was actually extremely skilled in martial arts! Even stronger than him!?

And so his life ended tragically.

"You stay in your room and rest. You're not allowed to go anywhere." Lan Siyi got up, took two curved swords, and tied them across her back. She then put on a bunch of earrings and long strings of colorful necklaces.

Then I changed my shoes and went out.

"Remember to take a shower tonight and wait for me."

Bang.

The door was closed, but not locked.

"You trust me that much? "Ding Yu was taken aback.

He was Super Grade expert, after all. Wasn't he afraid that the guy would run away if he was left to roam freely? But as soon as he moved, he felt a wave of numbness and weakness all over his body.

"I knew it." Ding Yu was on the verge of tears.

He felt that ever since he came to Dan Province, everything had gone wrong for him. He had great martial arts skills, but he had no way to use them.

He struggled to sit up, looked around the empty Stone Chamber, and sighed deeply.

Although the message was sent out once, the adults must have been very disappointed.

They clearly sent me here to investigate the Main Herb, but I've ended up like this, having to falsely send a message saying I've found a clue to the Main Herb, just so I can go out and find someone to rescue me.

Ding Yu was overwhelmed with grief.

Just as he was feeling sorry for himself, his gaze suddenly fell on several bookshelves in the corner of the room.

'A book?' He was suddenly taken aback.

He can read, and the books that are kept in his bedroom are definitely ones he takes out and looks at frequently.

Perhaps a thought arose in Ding Yu's mind.

He quickly got up and slowly moved closer to the bookshelf.

I began to examine the book titles carefully.

The titles of these books are all related to medicine: "The Poison Scripture Third Edition", "The Green Goat Pharmacopoeia", "Wang Chen's Ten Mysteries Record", "The Great Compendium of All Medicines", "The Five Cauldrons Sacred Heart", and "The World-Forsaken Sacred Medicine".

Ding Yu swallowed hard.

He took a deep breath, and with trembling hands reached out to pull out one of the books.

He didn't want to tremble, but he couldn't control himself; it was purely out of fear of poison. Who knows if there are any other toxins in these books?

Hiss.

Fortunately, he was unharmed until a World-Forsaken Sacred Medicine was extracted.

"Thank goodness, these books I read regularly are indeed not poisonous. Otherwise, taking the antidote every day would harm my health."

Ding Yu breathed a sigh of relief and quickly opened the book.

Soon, he perked up and found the Main Herb ingredient that the adult needed to find— the Three Sects Bewitching Incense!

Most importantly, it was noted in small print below this Treasure Medicine that the Five Cauldrons Sect had a dedicated plantation for its cultivation! It could be used to refine three of the most potent poisons.