Because I'm the Boss of This Stronghold!

Zhou Wanwan looked down at them and said, "Didn't you learn kung fu? This should be a piece of cake for you, right?"

The group fell silent. The leader continued climbing, but the others couldn't take it anymore. "It's so tiring! Boss, I can't climb anymore!"

The leader gritted his teeth and said, "I refuse to believe it! How can something so simple be impossible? Let's keep trying; we're already halfway up."

Isn't it only halfway up?

Zhou Wanwan looked at them and said:

"What are you doing here? I'm just curious."

"Black Wind Stronghold is so remote, you've come all this way, you must have something to do with it, right?"

The leader looked at her with a half-smile and said, "Murder! Little girl, you can leave after we get to the top of the mountain! Otherwise, we'll kill you too."

Zhou Wanwan looked at them and said, "Why would they kill you? They have parents too."

The leader sighed and said, "We have no choice. The prefect gave the order, and we have to carry it out."

Zhou Wanwan nodded and said, "I see! Is the prefect very capable?"

"Hahaha... The prefect is certainly very capable."

"We were merely following orders. The prefect gave us a thousand taels of silver to deal with the people in this mountain stronghold."

"If you ask me, do we really need hundreds of us to come? I think the Prefect is completely wasting his talents."

"That's right! With our kung fu skills, we can't even handle a small mountain stronghold?"

"That's right! I heard that Black Wind Stronghold isn't that great, just a few hundred people. Once we go up there, we'll slaughter them all."

I wonder if we'll be able to find any valuables.

"If we can find a few chests of silver, wouldn't we make a fortune this time?"

"Look at the location of this mountain stronghold. How could there possibly be any money in this godforsaken place?"

Zhou Wanwan lowered her head and said, "You're all wrong about that. The leader of this mountain stronghold is extremely rich, and I've heard that he has stacks of silver."

The leader looked up at Zhou Wanwan and said:

"What nonsense are you spouting? You think they're rich?"

Wait a minute! How do you know so much?

Zhou Wanwan looked at them amusedly and said, "Because I'm the boss of this mountain stronghold!"

The bandits below erupted in thunderous laughter. "Hahahaha... This little girl is hilarious! How old are you? Do you still drink milk?"

"You bet you are! I've really seen something new. You guys are really amazing, whew... I can't climb this mountain anymore."

Zhou Wanwan sneered, "What? You don't believe me?"

Those people continued to laugh:

"I've traveled all over the country for so many years, and I've never seen anyone who can brag like you."

And you made it sound so real, you little rascal!

Zhou Wanwan didn't bother with them. These people had already reached the halfway point of the mountain, so she stopped pretending and quickly climbed up.

The leader shouted, "Little girl, what do you think you're doing? Believe me or not, I'll kill you with one blow!"

The leader grabbed a tree and pulled out a knife.

But the tree kicked him hard in the face, and the leader saw the tree's roots and immediately grabbed his knife.

Then it slashed directly at his neck, and the tree chuckled, "Dare to hurt Wanwan? I'll take your lives right now."

Zhou Wanwan shook her head and said, "Little Pine Tree, don't be so irritable! These people are quite nice. Take them to the mountain stronghold and treat them well."

The leader looked at Zhou Wanwan and asked, "Are you really the leader of Black Wind Stronghold?"

"Hehehe, of course. There's no reward for answering correctly; you'll be stuck in Black Wind Stronghold for life."

They saw countless branches wrapping them up, and then, like a silkworm cocoon, they were dragged directly into the village.

Everyone trembled with fear, and the men immediately knelt on the ground, looking at Zhou Wanwan and saying, "Chief, spare us! We were wrong, but we can atone for our sins with good deeds!"

"Yes, yes, I have elderly parents and young children to support, please, please let us go!"

Zhou Wanwan glanced at them casually and said:

"Let you go? If I weren't so powerful today, you would have wiped out our entire mountain stronghold."

What do you do?

The leader knelt respectfully:

"We are all bodyguards, from escort agencies. There are two major escort agencies here: Heaven and Earth Escort Agency and Four Seas Escort Agency."

We were indeed acting under orders.

Zhou Wanwan sighed and said:

"I can understand you, but please understand us too. We're short-staffed on this mountain, so please stay here!"

But don't even think about running away, because you can't escape."

The leader looked at Zhou Wanwan and said, "You didn't intend to kill us?"

Zhou Wanwan scoffed and said:

Why kill you? Even trash can be put to use! Would you be willing to cultivate this wasteland?

If you don't want to, then pretend I didn't say anything.

Someone suddenly spoke up, "If we don't want to cultivate the wasteland, does that mean we'll just become fertilizer?"

Zhou Wanwan nodded and said:

"You're pretty smart, yeah, that's right, that's correct."

You guys are highly skilled in martial arts and strong; you're much better than oxen.

As long as you are willing to cultivate this wasteland properly, a portion of the harvest will belong to you.

Actually, it's quite a good deal, isn't it?

It's really difficult to reclaim wasteland now, because ordinary people simply can't break up the soil, which is all frozen.

However, these people are skilled in martial arts; with just a little internal force, they can break through the soil.

They are the perfect choice for reclaiming wasteland.

"Damn it, it's better than dying."

"That's right! It doesn't matter where I work, it's all the same. But I have elderly parents and young children at home. Could I send this grain back to them later?"

Zhou Wanwan nodded and said, "Don't worry! If you do a good job, not only will delivering food be no problem, but you can even bring them directly to the mountain stronghold."

These people are strong and healthy, and the mountain stronghold needs their participation.

Their knock-offs are too weak, even worse than the average knock-off.

In typical mountain villages, the men are strong and powerful, but their village has the elderly, the weak, the sick, the disabled, and pregnant women.

This is definitely not going to work; we need to inject fresh blood.

The leader acted immediately, and Zhou Wanwan led them directly to the back mountain. "There's a lot of mountainous terrain here, so make sure you search carefully."

Actually, even without them, the soil around those big trees could be turned over, but it's winter now, and turning over the soil around big trees could easily damage their roots.

Zhou Wanwan made these people do the work, and someone sighed and said:

"We're always carrying weapons, when have we ever turned over soil?"

Boss, why don't you take the brothers and run?