Marriage and Pig Farming

A quarter of an hour later, Jiang Yan, Tang Long, and Fei Shan hastily bid farewell to Ren Yuan.

Tang Long and Jiang Yan needed to go back and prepare things, while Fei Shan had to pull some manpower to go to Qingshan Village.

Just now, the few of them had decided that Ren Yuan, Tang Long, and Jiang Yan would lead a portion of the people to Qingshan Village.

Fei Shan would stay behind to maintain stability in Yuyang Village.

Rustle, rustle.

Jiang Yan quickly walked back to his small courtyard. On the way, his mind kept replaying Ren Yuan's words from just now.

He finally understood why Martial Apprentices, relying on their own strength, couldn't kill Monsters.

It turned out that Monsters were born with a black membrane that had the properties of Body Refining's Inner Qi.

Ordinary people, including Martial Apprentices, without the power of talismans or Inner Qi, had no way to break through the Monster's black membrane.

And for Martial Apprentices to possess physical strength comparable to Body Refining realm martial artists, practicing External Cultivation could achieve it, but with such resources, they would have already advanced their martial arts to the Body Refining realm.

Jiang Yan shook his head. He had some other ideas. If the Monster value was sufficient, he decided to cultivate External Cultivation a bit more.

After all, if one day he encountered difficulties and no longer had talismans or other means to kill Monsters, having a body that could break through the Monster's defenses would also be a means of self-protection.

He wished for as many ways and means to protect himself as possible.

"If possible, it would be great to have... twenty trump cards like this."

He opened the door.

Cluck, cluck, snort, snort...

Jiang Yan saw the two roosters and the pig in the yard.

"Uh..." He patted his head. Jiang Yan had actually forgotten about these three.

But he didn't have time to bother with them. He turned and went into the house, packed his belongings simply, slung a small bundle over his shoulder, and Jiang Yan left.

He carried all other valuables with him, so there was no need for further preparation.

In the square, Fei Shan had already organized the people.

Jiang Yan looked at the patrol members who needed to go to Qingshan Village and saw Shan Renhu and Meng Neng.

He walked straight over, "Brother Shan, I didn't expect you to go to Qingshan Village too."

Shan Renhu's face was grim at the moment. Seeing Jiang Yan, a wry smile appeared on his lips. "Captain Fei said I have a lot of experience and good luck."

Having a lot of experience was understandable, after all, Shan Renhu was an old hand.

But luck...

Old Shan had been assigned night duty for over a year straight. Could that be called good luck?

Even the unluckiest person would be luckier than him.

However, it was said that Tang Long mentioned that after encountering Monsters so many times, Shan Renhu either resolved the Monster smoothly or escaped smoothly each time.

From this perspective, his luck was indeed good.

Shaking his head, Jiang Yan looked at Meng Neng, "Meng Sheng, why are you going too?"

Meng Sheng was a newcomer. Since Qingshan Village had quite a few Monsters, they needed patrol members with a lot of experience or higher martial arts cultivation.

Such patrol members were usually veterans.

"I... I..." Meng Sheng's face turned red. He stammered again, unable to say anything.

"This, he wanted to go himself."

Shan Renhu spoke for Meng Neng.

Jiang Yan had left Shan Renhu's team. He didn't know that since Meng Sheng personally killed a Monster last time, it was as if his spirit was liberated.

Occasionally encountering Monsters, he and Shan Renhu cooperated seamlessly, and they could basically kill the Monsters.

Moreover, after killing each Monster, he would mutter to himself, saying things like, "Monsters die when they are killed..."

"He wanted to go himself?" So reckless? Jiang Yan was speechless when he heard this answer.

He patted his shoulder and said, "Follow me when we get to Qingshan Village."

At this moment, a woman around thirty years old walked over from a corner. She lowered her head, making it impossible for others to see her face clearly.

She quickly walked up to Shan Renhu, handed him a bundle, her face flushed, and left quickly without a word.

"Congratulations, Brother Shan. It looks like we'll be attending a wedding banquet soon." Jiang Yan chuckled softly, not expecting anyone to be interested in Old Shan.

To each their own.

Shan Renhu, with a rare blush, hugged the bundle tightly and retorted stubbornly, "Nothing is set in stone yet."

Meng Neng also took the opportunity to tease Shan Renhu, almost making Old Shan lose face.

However, although Old Shan always had a stern face, his eyes were smiling.

"Brother Shan, don't you have enough contribution points now?"

Shan Renhu blinked, then understood. Jiang Yan was asking if his accumulated contributions were enough for him to leave the patrol team and become a different kind of worker.

"Well..." Shan Renhu hesitated.

Logically, Old Shan was an old hand, and his contributions should have been enough long ago. But in reality, his contributions weren't sufficient.

This was because his team had mostly been on night duty for the past year, and there were always casualties when they encountered Monsters.

While there were contributions for casualties within the team, they certainly weren't many.

Therefore, Shan Ren was still a bit short of leaving the patrol team and picking a good, stable job within the Dahe Gang.

This trip to Qingshan Village, although Fei Shan had directly ordered him to go, he had intended to go anyway, all for the sake of gang contributions.

He wanted to have a home.

The three chatted casually. As they did, many people gradually arrived at the plaza. All of them needed to go to Qingshan Village with Ren Yuan.

Suddenly.

A faint fragrance entered his nose.

It was the scent of lilies.

Turning, Ren Shurong was standing behind him. They were very close.

Seeing her, Jiang Yan was startled and spoke quickly, his words clear.

"You don't need to say it, I won't take you."

You are a very curious girl.

And a very beautiful woman.

But I want to refuse.

"Hmph!" Before Ren Shurong could speak, she didn't expect Jiang Yan to be so decisive.

"I never thought of going in the first place. That place is full of Sha."

If only I had thought this earlier.

Since Ren Shurong had no intention of going to Qingshan Village, Jiang Yan had even less desire to talk to her.

He turned his head, ignoring Ren Shurong, and instead sternly warned Shan Renhu and Meng Neng, "Gentlemen, I don't know what Squad Leader Fei told you, but when you go to Qingshan Village, you must be extremely cautious."

"Qingshan Village might have high-level Monsters."

The two nodded, indicating they already knew.

Jiang Yan looked at them. He could understand that Shan Renhu probably wanted to accumulate more contributions to start a family sooner.

But Meng Neng? Had his courage grown after killing Monsters?

He didn't expect that with just a casual thought, he had guessed Meng Neng's intentions.

"Hmph!"

Ren Shurong was a little angry. Besides her elder brother, she didn't know many people here.

Tang Long and Fei Shan were older than her. Only Jiang Yan was around her age. She was just bored and wanted to chat casually, but she didn't expect this man to ignore her.

Hearing Ren Shurong's voice, Jiang Yan suddenly remembered something. He took out a key and handed it directly to Ren Shurong.

"What is this? What is this?"

Jiang Yan's action made her a little slow to react.

"It's nothing. Just that pig you gave me. Help me feed it for the next few days."