Run-Hit-Run

Along this path, they encountered several more poisonous snakes and Brown Bears, all of which were dealt with by Ren Wo Xing and Ren Fei Fan.

Ren Fei Fan finally mustered his courage and used a wooden stick to directly pierce a Brown Bear's body. Who says you can't kill something without a spearhead?

However, what was interesting was that Ren Suo, as the player, could not control Ren Fei Fan, only Ren Wo Xing.

Ren Suo thought it might be because he had chosen Ren Wo Xing as his character before the game started. But according to the game's settings, Ren Wo Xing could only live up to 24 years old. So, after he died, wouldn't Ren Suo have no one to control?

Leaving aside Ren Suo's confusion, the prey like tigers, bears, and wild boars killed by the Ren brothers truly allowed them to have good meals. Of the 20 portions of Rations they brought, they had only used 4 by the time they reached Tai Bai Plain.

Ren Fei Fan: "Big Brother, your cooking is so bad... Such good meat... How can you waste it like this..."

Ren Wo Xing: "There's a cooking inheritance in my memory, you should learn it too."

"As you entered Tai Bai Plain, you suddenly saw a young girl running towards you in a hurry. Following behind the girl were several strange soldiers, laughing loudly, who looked like a mix of humans and ghosts."

"Ren Fei Fan screamed, 'Xiao Cui!' and rushed over, leading the girl away and drawing off one Ghost Soldier, leaving the other four Ghost Soldiers to his dear Big Brother."

Ren Suo inwardly cursed this brother who was setting him up, then saw the screen shatter and enter the battle scene. The character he controlled, Ren Wo Xing, was alone, but facing him were four Ghost Soldiers in tattered armor, like zombies!

"Ghost Soldier, Attack 0.9, Defense 0, Detection 0, Detection 0, Movement 0, Healing 0."

"This is bad, this is bad..." Ren Suo didn't know what to do and could only randomly choose a Ghost Soldier to attack.

The wooden sword turned into a long rainbow, killed a Ghost Soldier, and then returned to Ren Wo Xing's hand. When it was the Ghost Soldiers' turn, they all took a step forward.

"Hmm?"

Only then did Ren Suo realize that in a turn-based battlefield, there was movement range. Melee characters like Ghost Soldiers had to get close to Ren Wo Xing to attack.

Ren Suo was overjoyed: "Hahaha, eat shit! Biubiubiu!"

Easily shooting the Ghost Soldiers to death with the Sword Control Technique, Ren Fei Fan appeared with the girl on the other side, saying righteously, "Big Brother, this is Xiao Cui, whom I met at the market before... Her family lives in the village over there in Tai Bai Plain, and they've been massacred by this group of Demon Soldier Ghost Generals... I want to help Xiao Cui get revenge!"

Ren Wo Xing rolled his eyes: "You didn't even dare to fight a tiger before, and now you're rushing to fight Demon Soldier Ghost Generals?"

"Battle ended. You searched the Ghost Soldiers and obtained 1 intact Straight Sword, 1 portion of gold and silver, and 6 Aura Crystals. Ren Wo Xing directly equipped the Straight Sword, Combat Power +0.3."

"You continued forward and saw the Demon Soldier Ghost Generals entrenched in a dilapidated village a day later."

"Do you choose to lure out a single Ghost Soldier, or charge directly in?"

Ren Suo undoubtedly chose to lure, and then the game continued to ask: "Please choose the person to lure: Ren Wo Xing, Ren Fei Fan, Xiao Cui."

Ren Suo thought for a moment. Ren Wo Xing was a ranged combat unit and needed to maintain the optimal distance, so he chose to let Ren Fei Fan do the luring. He wasn't so heartless as to let Xiao Cui do it.

There were at least thirty Demon Soldier Ghost Generals in the village. Ren Fei Fan lured one or two at a time, and those Demon Soldier Ghost Generals weren't very smart. The Fiends on the west side of the village were quickly killed, over a dozen of them.

However, when Ren Fei Fan entered the center of the village to lure, he ended up attracting all the remaining eighteen Fiends at once!

Ren Wo Xing roared: "You're trying to kill me!"

Ren Fei Fan cried out: "Big Brother... Big Brother, I'm sorry, I saw them eating, eating... I couldn't help but charge over... I..."

The game asked: "Please choose a battle plan: Abandon Ren Fei Fan and Xiao Cui and escape, or have Ren Fei Fan stand in front of Ren Wo Xing, retreating and blocking at the same time."

Undoubtedly, the latter option was chosen!

Entering the battle scene, Ren Wo Xing and Ren Fei Fan were at the edge of the battlefield, and 18 Ghost Soldiers charged towards them. Ren Suo directly used the 'run-hit-run' strategy, having Ren Wo Xing retreat while using the Sword Control Technique to kill the Ghost Soldiers. When 8 Ghost Soldiers were killed, the enemies finally approached them!

Ren Fei Fan, standing in front of Ren Wo Xing, was simultaneously attacked from both sides by three Ghost Soldiers. Ren Fei Fan roared, sweeping his spear and killing all three! Then he roared again, thrusting and killing another Ghost Soldier!

"Holy crap, I thought this melee spearman was useless. Turns out he can attack a large area in melee and attack twice in one turn?" Ren Suo's eyes lit up. Before, when fighting tigers and brown bears, they were instantly killed, leaving no room for the spearman to appear. He had no idea about the spearman's characteristics.

Most importantly, since Ren Suo couldn't control the spearman, he couldn't control how Ren Fei Fan attacked either...

Now with flying swords from afar and spearmen up close, it was a perfect battle formation, enough to wear down this group of Fiends!

The subsequent battle was basically like playing a game. The only slightly powerful one was a 'Ghost General' with 2 attack and 1 defense, but it was just a matter of one spear and one sword.

How come the battles between cultivators and Fiends are like something out of a fantasy novel... Everyone shows their stats, oh, you're Foundation Establishment, I'm Golden Core, you're dead.

"Battle ended. You searched the Ghost Soldiers and obtained 2 intact Straight Swords, 3 intact Spears, 4 portions of gold and silver, and 40 Aura Crystals."

Seeing that this expedition was finally over, Ren Suo also breathed a sigh of relief – the adventure inside and the slow, deliberate luring tactics unexpectedly took a lot of time. Even a simple turn-based game consumed his entire afternoon.

"Ren Fei Fan brought Xiao Cui over. He hopes to take this poor girl home, otherwise she cannot survive in this chaotic world. Do you permit?"

Ren Wo Xing: "Yes, you can, but... I can't stop my second brother from scolding you."

Ren Fei Fan blushed: "To save someone, I must do my part!"

However, when Ren Wo Xing and the other returned to the Ren family, Ren Chang Sheng appeared in the scene... along with three women.

Ren Chang Sheng: "Patriarch, this is Miss Zhuo and her maidservants. I heard their cries for help on the mountain and found their carriage broken on the mountain path. They almost died, and it just so happened that I learned healing spells... They wish to seek refuge here and want to live here for at least a year, for which they are willing to pay 3000 portions of gold and silver. Please decide, Patriarch."

3000 portions of gold and silver was a considerable amount, so Ren Suo naturally wouldn't refuse. Moreover, this might also be an important part of the game's plot.

Beautiful girl: "Hello, Ren family Patriarch. My surname is Zhuo, and my given name is Yu. I will trouble the immortal masters for your care from now on."

Ren Wo Xing: "No problem. I will help you build a house with my second and third brothers. It just so happens we also need to arrange a place for Xiao Cui."

The scene changed to night, and Ren Wo Xing and Ren Chang Sheng were discussing.

Ren Wo Xing: "We are cultivators, which is inconvenient in many ways. Second brother, why did you let outsiders live here?"

Ren Chang Sheng: "Patriarch, this is for the long term. Besides slaying demons and devils to collect Aura Crystals and communing with Elves to continue our bloodline, we also need to travel across the land, slay evil demons, and find more Elves – the Tai Bai Plain Earth Spirit will fall asleep after one communion."

"With just a few of us, our strength is truly insufficient. We should make our family prosperous and have more subordinates to be our eyes, gathering information from various places. This way, we won't waste time and can know the situation of demons and Elves everywhere."

Ren Wo Xing was puzzled: "Make the family prosperous? How do we make the family prosperous? We can't have children."

Ren Chang Sheng: "We can't have children, but this place is stable, and the outside is chaotic. We can take in talented people from outside. We guarantee their safety, and they become our dependents. This can also be considered making our Ren family prosperous. Big brother, didn't you save Xiao Cui and bring her back because you knew this?"

Ren Wo Xing: "...Yes!"

Ren Chang Sheng sighed: "Unfortunately, if only we could control a certain political power and support it with the strength of cultivators, it would not only accelerate the unification of the world but also... Ah!"

Ren Chang Sheng suddenly fell to the ground as if possessed, and Ren Wo Xing quickly helped him up: "Second brother, second brother, what's wrong with you!?"

Ren Chang Sheng caught his breath and shook his head: "It's nothing... Emperor Guangwu's Lock just tightened. Swear to protect the Han Dynasty to the death, and do not meddle in political power... Even if we can't do the former anymore, the latter is still our forbidden zone."

"Putting that aside... I learned a piece of news from Zhuo Ji and the others. There are many wandering Fiends under Hulao Pass now. The Fiends entering Tai Bai Plain are just a small part of the Hulao Pass Fiends."

"Patriarch, as long as we clear out the Fiends at Hulao Pass, we will have enough Aura Crystals to commune with the Tai Bai Plain Earth Spirit and continue our bloodline!"