When I Become a God, I Will Reunite With Everyone! (Bonus 2)

Liu Yuan could naturally slaughter this entire group of bandits before him.

In fact, for him, killing this group of bandits was as easy as crushing a group of ants.

But the problem was, while he could kill this specific group of bandits, he could not wipe out all the bandits in the surrounding area.

Due to environmental factors, there were a great number of villages surrounding Soul Village, and as a result, there were countless mountain strongholds and bandit groups in this vast region.

The bandits before him were merely one of the countless bandit tribes surrounding Soul Village.

Therefore, to Liu Yuan, although he could directly strike and slaughter this group of bandits to vent his anger, he chose otherwise.

Compared to that, he hoped to be able to subdue this group of bandits instead.

After all, there had been more than just this one group of bandits raiding Soul Village for a long time. Liu Yuan could deal with this group today, but he was not at Soul Village every single moment, so he might not be there next time, nor would he necessarily be able to help the villagers.

Since that was the case, he believed it would be better to subdue these bandits. Only then, even if he were not here in the future, the villagers would be much safer than they were now with the help of this group of bandits.

Thus, Liu Yuan did not immediately take action against the bandits.

Instead, after hearing their pleas for mercy, he spoke to them: "Since you have put it this way, I will give you a chance."

Liu Yuan said to the bandits indifferently:

"Didn't you just rob the villagers of Soul Village yesterday?"

"If you want to live, you must return double the materials you looted from Soul Village."

"Furthermore, you must take on the responsibility of protecting the villagers afterward. Of course, I don't expect you to provide personal protection, just look after them a bit more in your daily lives. If they need help, lend them a hand. If you do this, this matter will be wiped clean, and I will consider myself to owe you a favor."

The bandits looked at each other, stammering, clearly unable to make a decision at once.

But Liu Yuan soon began to move again.

While the bandits were still hesitating on the spot, Liu Yuan directly displayed his four spirit rings from behind his back.

Suddenly, an extremely powerful spirit power aura surged from Liu Yuan's body.

"Four rings, a Spirit Ancestor!"

The bandits were dumbfounded on the spot upon seeing this.

Let alone a Spirit Ancestor, there wasn't even a single Spirit Master among this group of bandits; at most, they were just a bunch of cannon fodder with a few levels of spirit power.

Therefore, seeing Liu Yuan's spirit rings, they felt as if they were looking at a deity, and their hearts were filled with fear as they continued to face him.

They dared not show the slightest hesitation and agreed on the spot, speaking to Liu Yuan respectfully.

"As you command, noble Spirit Ancestor."

Only then did Liu Yuan nod in satisfaction.

However, he also knew that relying solely on threats and coercion would not make these bandits work for him wholeheartedly, so he tossed a few gold soul coins to them—the ones he had taken from the robbers who had tried to rob him when he arrived.

"Work hard. If you can fulfill my requirements, there will be no shortage of benefits for you in the future."

"Take these few gold soul coins as a deposit. If you perform well in the future, I can even help you go to the Star Dou Forest to hunt spirit beasts and obtain spirit rings."

Liu Yuan said to the bandits.

"Yes, yes! Don't worry! We will handle this matter!"

At this point, the bandits were completely convinced and submissive.

By using both the carrot and the stick, Liu Yuan had already brought them completely under his control.

Now that they knew of Liu Yuan's power and the benefits of working well for him, how could they possibly defy him?

Thus, they all quickly began to act according to Liu Yuan's requirements.

They soon returned the items they had previously looted from Soul Village, even doubling the amount as Liu Yuan had requested.

However, a comical scene unfolded when they returned to Soul Village. Since the villagers were unaware of what Liu Yuan had done, they initially thought the bandits were coming to rob them again when they saw them return, and they all prepared to fight for their lives.

"It's a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding! We are here to return the items to you this time."

"A young master helped you and told us to return these things. We won't rob your village again in the future, and we will look out for and protect your village."

The bandits were naturally startled, but they dared not lay a hand on these villagers now.

After all, although Liu Yuan hadn't explicitly stated it, he must have had a deep connection with these villagers to go to such lengths for them.

So, the bandits dared not offend the villagers and instead told them the whole story exactly as it happened.

After the bandits left as promised, the villagers remained standing there, stunned like statues.

After all, what had just happened was truly too surreal.

The villagers remained silent for a long time, unable to figure out who had helped them.

"A young master? Where would we know any young master? We are just a group of poor people."

The villagers muttered to themselves.

Just then, Wang Ergou, a five-year-old child in the village, was there.

He was very young and not very worldly, but he had shared a close bond with Liu Yuan since childhood.

Over the years, he had never believed that Liu Yuan was dead, so Wang Ergou spoke up directly at this moment: "It must have been sent by Brother Liu Yuan!"

"A young master, the only person in our village who could be called a young master is Brother Liu Yuan."

The villagers looked at one another upon hearing this, a sudden sense of sorrow rising in their hearts.

Because they, too, remembered Liu Yuan, and they remembered even more clearly how he had chosen to leave with Yu Xiaogang and the others back then in order to help them.

So much time had passed without him returning; he must have met with some misfortune.

The expressions of the villagers, which had just been joyful from recovering their supplies, turned gloomy once again.

As for Wang Ergou's parents, they rapped him on the head at this moment: "Don't talk nonsense, little Liu is already dead."

Wang Ergou shouted angrily: "You're the one talking nonsense, Dad! Brother Liu Yuan couldn't possibly be dead!"

With that, he ran out of the village in a fit of pique.

The mood of the villagers turned somber.

Liu Yuan, who had been observing from the shadows, let out a sigh of regret and muttered to himself.

"Sigh, I'll wait a little longer. Once I have truly become a god and taken my revenge..."

"I will come back to reunite with everyone."

"Now, it is not yet the time."