Don't Scare Me Anymore

Chapter 34: Don't Scare Me Anymore

Qin Xiaopang looked at the corpse on the ground, then at Li Banfeng.

Li Banfeng said he was very scared just now.

Qin Xiaopang didn't know how to comfort him.

"I was afraid he would kill me, so I killed him, and then he wouldn't kill me," Li Banfeng gave a reasonable explanation.

Xiaopang felt this explanation... was flawless.

Li Banfeng walked over to Old Smoke Cannon's corpse, untied the cloth bag from him, and counted the contents.

Ninety-one Snake Spot Chrysanthemums, which would sell for nearly eight thousand yuan.

"Is it worth killing someone for less than eight thousand yuan?" Li Banfeng thought about the prices in Medicine King Gully; human lives shouldn't be this cheap.

Qin Xiaopang sighed, "You're from outside, you don't understand the rules here. Money is too hard to earn and too easy to spend. In some remote places, people kill for a hundred yuan. What's more, this is Bitter Mist Mountain, an extremely dangerous place. In a place like this, human lives are like grass, worthless."

Li Banfeng handed the bag to Xiaopang: "Take this."

Xiaopang shook his head and said, "You killed those two bastards, you avenged Old Smoke Cannon. His things should belong to you."

"You hold onto it for now, we'll talk about it when we get down the mountain." Li Banfeng handed the bag to Qin Xiaopang.

Qin Xiaopang saw that Li Banfeng's hands were empty and asked, "Where did your flowers go?"

"That's a long story," Li Banfeng took out a few black and white beads from his pocket. "Brother, do you recognize this?"

Qin Xiaopang took the beads and looked at them, his eyes immediately lighting up: "These are Snake Spot Pills, I've seen these before. Where did you get them?"

These were indeed Snake Spot Pills.

In fact, Li Banfeng had a similar guess.

Since he was willing to show them to Xiaopang, he had already prepared a corresponding explanation.

"On the way down the mountain, I met an old woman. She said she was from the medicine trade. She said she wanted to trade pills for my Snake Spot Chrysanthemums, ten flowers for one pill."

Li Banfeng originally planned to say five flowers for one pill, but after thinking about it carefully, five flowers were only enough for the cost, and no one would trade like that. Trading at double the cost was clearly more reasonable.

Xiaopang heard this, stared at the Snake Spot Pills in his hand again, turned to Li Banfeng and asked, "You traded?"

"I traded!" Li Banfeng nodded.

"Traded all of them?"

"Traded all of them!" Li Banfeng said with a smug look, "Brother, do you think I did a good business?"

"I think your business... you probably got ripped off," Xiaopang returned the Snake Spot Pills to Li Banfeng. "Brother, I'm not good with my eyes, I can't tell if the pills are real or fake, but I can tell if things are real or fake in the world. One Snake Spot Pill sells for at least ten thousand, ten Snake Spot Chrysanthemums only sell for eight hundred and fifty. Who would trade with you like that? You're ninety-nine percent sure you got ripped off."

"Really?" Li Banfeng smacked his lips, put away the Snake Spot Pills, and didn't explain further.

He couldn't explain. He couldn't tell Qin Xiaopang that this wasn't traded from the old woman; it had popped out of the Copper Lotus.

Qin Xiaopang sighed and said, "Coming to Bitter Mist Mountain this time, I've learned a lesson. We're still too green. Some money, we really aren't qualified to earn. I was tricked by that guy with glasses, and you were tricked by that old woman.

You just said there was a place with lots of flowers. Is that true?"

Li Banfeng scoffed, "Of course not. I saw they were about to attack you, so I made up that place to trick them.

I originally hoped they would follow me so I could deal with them on the way, but I didn't expect these two to try and kill you first, so I had no choice but to send them on their way here."

Xiaopang nodded, "You're still better than me. Actually, you're much better than me. You don't need to be sad. Your Snake Spot Chrysanthemum was tricked away, but Old Smoke Cannon's Snake Spot Chrysanthemums are all yours. Let's hurry down the mountain."

Just as the two were about to leave the woods, they suddenly saw a flickering light in the distance.

Xiaopang was startled, "It's a torch."

Li Banfeng's eyes darted around, realizing the situation was bad.

The newcomers were likely Gold Rimmed Glasses's accomplices, probably that bald guy.

The bald guy's combat strength wasn't great, but he had many people with him. To defeat them, they needed an opportunity for a sneak attack.

Li Banfeng said to Xiaopang, "Find a place to hide, as quickly as possible. Watch me make my move, then you make yours. I'll go hide the bodies first."

Qin Xiaopang said, "I'll hide them with you!"

"No time! Don't worry about the bodies."

Li Banfeng dragged the bodies of Gold Rimmed Glasses and Hu Gaozi deeper into the woods. Xiaopang watched anxiously. The woods were so sparse, where could they hide bodies?

Li Banfeng couldn't find a place to hide the bodies either, but the torches were getting closer and closer.

Seeing the little fatty climb a tree, Li Banfeng avoided his gaze, took out his key, opened the door to the Portable Abode, and threw the two bodies inside.

Putting bodies in his residence felt unlucky to Li Banfeng, but it was a necessary measure.

Leaving the Portable Abode, he put away the key and hid in the grass, observing quietly.

The bald man, carrying Cao Ye, entered the woods first.

Cao Ye was tied up tightly and cried out all the way.

Behind him, two men carried You Tao.

You Tao was covered in injuries. If not for the slight rise and fall of her chest, Li Banfeng would have even suspected she had been beaten to death.

Cao Ye and You Tao were thrown into an open space. One of the bald man's followers stepped forward and pinched Cao Ye's cheek, "Don't cry, what are you crying about? I'm a man who knows his limits, I promise I won't hurt you!"

As he spoke, the follower was about to lay hands on Cao Ye when the bald man shouted, "Don't mess around! Didn't I tell you to wait until Big Brother comes back?"

"Everything has to wait for Big Brother..." the follower grumbled.

The bald man stepped forward and kicked him, "Here, let alone a woman, even if there's a single grain of rice, Big Brother eats it first!"

The follower didn't dare to speak. The other follower saw Old Smoke Cannon's body.

"Third Brother, did Big Brother do this old guy?"

The bald man had the other two followers watch Cao Ye and You Tao while he went to examine Old Smoke Cannon's body.

"Look at the cut. This should be done by Second Brother, but this old guy was poisoned, which is indeed Big Brother's method." The bald man explained the difference in technique between Gold Rimmed Glasses and Hu Gaozi to his followers with a hint of pride.

Li Banfeng wasn't in the mood to listen to him explain these differences, because Gold Rimmed Glasses and Hu Gaozi were already gone.

He only cared about one thing now: they had split up.

The bald man and his three followers had split into two groups of two.

Li Banfeng held his sickle and cautiously approached the two followers guarding Cao Ye and You Tao.

One follower was fumbling over You Tao, eager to take advantage of the situation.

The other had his hand inside Cao Ye's clothes. Seeing Cao Ye crying too hard, he quickly covered her mouth.

Closer, get even closer to them.

Li Banfeng had no long-range attack methods. To succeed in a sneak attack, he needed to be close enough.

Estimated twenty meters, a bit too far.

Walk a few more steps, estimated only fifteen meters.

A little closer.

Crack!

Li Banfeng's steps were a bit heavy, stepping on a dry leaf and making a sound.

He held his breath and hid behind a tree, not moving.

Those two followers probably noticed. The sneak attack seemed to have failed. If the four of them surrounded him together, he would have to figure out a way to withstand the first wave and then let Qin Xiaopang come down to help.

If worst came to worst, he would just run away. After all, he wasn't that familiar with these two women.

After thinking for a moment, Li Banfeng didn't hear any other movement.

He peeked from behind the big tree and was surprised to find that the two followers were still taking advantage of You Tao and Cao Ye, completely oblivious to Li Banfeng.

The Shut-in Cultivator's talent - Ignore.

Not ignoring others, but being ignored by others.

The other party ignored Li Banfeng's existence and didn't even notice his footsteps.

In the wilderness, a crack sound was normal. Their attention was focused on the two girls.

Since they didn't notice, Li Banfeng continued to move forward.

With only ten meters left, Li Banfeng stopped sneaking.

He suddenly rushed out from behind the tree. With the speed of a Travel Cultivator, in less than a second, he was behind one of the followers.

Before that follower could even see Li Banfeng clearly, Li Banfeng slit his throat with a single strike.

The other follower hid behind Cao Ye. Li Banfeng pushed Cao Ye aside and swung his sickle again. The sickle struck the follower's body, sending out a shower of sparks, but it didn't even break the skin.

You Tao shouted, "He's a Body Cultivator!"

This guy has a natural armor!

Li Banfeng swung his knife again, but it still didn't break the skin. At this moment, the bald man and another follower had already caught up.

Li Banfeng was in a bad situation; he was about to face a siege from three people.

In his fear, Li Banfeng trembled all over, his eyes red-rimmed.

The bald man looked at the follower who was dead on the ground, then looked at Li Banfeng.

"You little bastard, you're really a son of a bitch," the bald man tilted his head and looked at Li Banfeng, his eyes flashing with cold light. "You dare to touch my people? Today I'm going to chop off both your hands, then dig out your brain and make you eat it yourself!"

Hearing this, Li Banfeng turned and ran, but he wasn't fast enough. When he ran under a tree, he was blocked by the Body Cultivator with his built-in armor.

The bald man, with his follower, chased after him unhurriedly from behind.

Li Banfeng was so scared his features were distorted, and his knees bent, as if he was about to kneel on the ground.

The bald man walked towards Li Banfeng step by step, until he reached the big tree. His slightly smiling face looked extremely ferocious:

"Kneel down, kneel nicely, and I'll let you die quickly. Hurry up and kneel, I told you to kneel, are you deaf? Can't you hear me..."

Bang!

The bald man heard a muffled sound.

Qin Xiaopang jumped down from the tree.

He didn't know why Qin Xiaopang would jump down from the tree.

He certainly didn't know why Li Banfeng would run under this tree.

Qin Xiaopang's axe landed right on the follower's head. Shattered skull and scattered brain matter splashed all over the bald man's face.

The bald man's ferocious smile disappeared, because he saw Li Banfeng raise his sickle.

As a Martial Cultivator, the bald man reacted very quickly. He immediately raised his dagger, squatted into a horse stance, and parried with all his might. Then, under a sharp pain, he knelt on the ground.

Li Banfeng's sickle was still raised, but raising the knife and cutting someone were two different things.

He raised the knife with his right hand and kicked the groin with his left foot, the movements flowing seamlessly.

Coupled with the bald man's cooperation by actively squatting into a horse stance, this strike was very effective.

The bald man knelt down.

He cursed Li Banfeng in his heart: Why is this birdman so insidious?

There was still one follower left with built-in armor.

Like everyone else, this follower had endured for a day on Bitter Mist Mountain, and his physical condition wasn't very good.

But Qin Xiaopang's condition was better than his; a Food Cultivator's resistance was tougher than a Body Cultivator's.

Qin Xiaopang held his axe and chopped fiercely, blow after blow.

This follower kept resisting with his armor until he couldn't maintain it, and Qin Xiaopang chopped off half of his body, from his left shoulder to his right ribs.

At the same time, Li Banfeng hooked the bald man's chin with his sickle.

The bald man's jaw trembled, and he said indistinctly, "I just wanted to, wanted to scare you. I didn't want to kill anyone, I won't kill anyone, I definitely won't..."

"You're trying to scare me?" Li Banfeng blinked, asking very seriously, "Is that true?"

"It's true!" The bald man's chin was hooked, so he couldn't nod, but his gaze was sincere.

"Don't do that again in the future, I'm really scared." Li Banfeng earnestly advised the other party.

Hearing this, the bald man saw hope:

"I won't scare you again, never again..."

Before the bald man could finish speaking, Li Banfeng took out a shovel, plunged it into the bald man's skull, and lifted the top of his head.

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