Evil Granny
A boy of about thirteen or fourteen years old, leaning on a broken sword and Talisman Artifact, led two even younger Ye Household cultivators slowly toward the three leaders.
"That Ye Household has such bright eyes." The three middle-aged men, their faces showing signs of age, praised him in unison.
"The new head of the Ye Household, Ye Pinglin, pays respects to Sect Leader Kang and greets the two family heads." The young man bowed deeply to Kang Dabao, and then greeted the other two family heads with neither servility nor arrogance.
"He seems to have inherited his father's style," the Xue Household head said, stroking his beard and squinting his eyes in praise.
"That's true," the Lu Household head said again.
Sometimes, a heartfelt compliment from someone doesn't mean much.
For example, going to a bandit's den is a low-risk business with an obvious profit-sharing arrangement, so the two family heads had no intention of bringing this young talent along.
The fact that they didn't knock out the remaining child cultivators of your Ye Household and sell them as cultivation vessels shows they still have a shred of conscience.
"The Ye Household seeks nothing this time, only to personally kill our enemies!" The resolute look in Ye Pinglin's eyes silenced the two family heads for a moment, and then they both looked at Kang Dabao.
"We're setting off tomorrow. You only have one life, so you'd better win the gamble." Kang Dabao sized up Ye Pinglin for a moment, seemingly moved by the sharp glint in the young man's eyes. With that, Kang Dabao's words were the final word, and no one said anything more. He left Ye Pinglin to listen in, then turned to discuss the details with the two family heads.
The next morning, Kang Dabao, along with Pei Yi and Jiang Qing, packed their bags and prepared to leave.
"Why am I the one guarding the house again!" Yuan Jin stood at the door with a mournful expression, like a wronged wife. His complaints were useless, as Kang Dabao ignored him. He called out again and almost got slapped by Kang Dabao again.
Watching his fellow disciples leave, Yuan Jin could only turn to the few dazed children in the courtyard and scolded them impatiently, "What are you all standing there for! Get back to practicing your skills! How much older are you than the new head of the Ye Household? Now you're all risking your lives!"
The younger generation, caught in the crossfire, dared not argue. They all wore bitter, stern faces and diligently performed their morning prayers in the scripture room.
Yuan Jin was seething with anger and had nowhere to vent it. He was about to go to the courtyard to refine the newly acquired Tiger Sha Staff when he suddenly stopped, as if he had remembered something. He then turned back and squeezed into the scripture hall, picked up a scroll of scripture with a bitter face, and began to read it.
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In just three days, Kang Dabao, leading two crippled members of the Ghost Horse Owls Gang, arrived in Guo County. What's particularly noteworthy is that Sect Leader Kang Da's mount had been changed from the golden-haired old castrated donkey to the black-scaled, white-hoofed Black Blood Colt.
In terms of fighting skills, this spirit beast might not be able to compare to the Golden-Haired Donkey, but in terms of appearance alone, it far surpasses the latter. This pleased Sect Leader Kang Da greatly; after all, he was the leader of the "Allied Forces," and he should at least have some imposing presence.
Eight out of the nine cultivators from the Xue Household participated, including the Xue Household head's nephew, who, despite his advanced age, still had plenty of energy.
The Lu Household left only Lu Zhen to guard the house, while the remaining five members went out.
The Ye Household was rather poor; only the family head Ye Pinglin, went on the expedition, while the other two children were taken to the Chongming Sect and entrusted to Yuan Jin for safekeeping.
Judging from this young man's behavior, he probably really intends to kill a few enemies to pay tribute to his clan.
With the addition of the Chongming Sect Kang Dabao, Jiang Qing, and Pei Yi, a total of seventeen cultivators, it seemed that with their combined efforts and the enemy's lack of preparation, razing a bandit stronghold that had lost all its elite forces should be a foolproof plan.
Ghost Horse Owls's bandit lair is located in the Emerald Mountain of Guo County. According to the two prisoners, there are still nearly twenty Evil Cultivator left in the lair, most of whom are low-level lackeys in the Early Qi Refining Stage. There are no more than a handful of cultivators who have broken through to the Middle Qi Refinement.
The person in charge now should be Zhao Gu's dao companion, whose name, Cultivation Method, and other details are completely unknown to the captive.
All that was known was that this female cultivator was capricious and treated her subordinates with beatings and scoldings, forcing them to call her "Grandma." So, in private, they often used "Evil Granny" as a nickname for this wicked woman.
Following the prisoner's words, the Lu Household head concealed his presence and searched for a while. Taking advantage of the prisoner's unpreparedness, he pulled out the sentry from a cave in the bandit's den. The group then used other methods to find out the details of the bandit's den, which matched the prisoner's previous account perfectly.
Looking at the sun again, it was just about to set.
With time on, anything could happen. Kang Dabao made up his mind to charge in first and see what happens; after all, he didn't need his own brothers to lead the charge.
The heads of the Lu and Xue families put in an exceptionally hard-fought battle, personally braving rocks to clear a path at the front. They quickly killed several Evil Cultivators who tried to stop them, and the Evil Cultivator managed to put up no real resistance until they entered the bandit's lair.
The two clan leaders gained the upper hand, and in no time, half of the bandits in the den had fallen.
The cultivators from both sides were equally spirited. This was because the Sect Leader Kang Da, who was overseeing the battle, was a Chongming Sect man who promised that the treasures in the Chongming Sect would be split 50/50 between the two families, while the Storage Bag of the bandit cultivators would be kept by whoever got them.
Even if there's a Foundation Establishment Pill in his Storage Bag, Sect Leader Kang Da wouldn't forcibly take it. At most, he'd just "exchange" it for a few hundred Spirit Stone.
The two clan leaders had cleared out most of the miscellaneous soldiers, and it was time for the Evil Granny on the other side to make her appearance.
"This Evil Granny is actually quite pretty." Kang Dabao, standing at the back of the formation, had a glint in his eye and sighed that Zhao Gu was lucky.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Qing and Pei Yi exchanged a knowing glance. It seemed they should start considering the matter of the sect leader's wife.
A beautiful female cultivator dressed in black suddenly darted out from a stone chamber.
He abandoned his henchmen and, wielding a short blade, swiftly forced aside one of the Lu Household cultivators. Without intending to kill the latter, he prepared to break through the encirclement and escape.
"Where do you think you're going!" Xue Household stepped forward to block him. This old cultivator's cultivation was not weak; he had already reached the Sixth Layer of Qi Refining.
He discarded the black-blooded throwing knife he had just used, abandoned his opponent who was about to lose his life, and his face flashed between pale and green as he summoned a White Bone Sarira the size of a finger joint.
A large ball of black Buddhist light emanated from the relic, and the bone-carved Vajra on it seemed to come alive, its eyes wide and mouth open in a fierce demon-subduing posture. A burst of spiritual light flickered continuously, and then a muffled sound, as if suddenly floating in the air, could be heard. "Om."
The cultivators around the Xue Household head, regardless of whether they were friend or foe, were all affected, with the Evil Granny bearing the brunt of the impact.
Her body froze, and her bulging chest collapsed as if struck by a heavy hammer.
This forced him to take a deep breath to calm himself, his chest heaving, drawing attention and slowing his pace. This allowed the Xue Household family head's relic to catch up.
"Ma!" The bone-carved Vajra on the White Bone Sarira stretched out its eight arms, and the black Buddhist light around the relic split into eight balls, surrounding the Evil Granny from the four directions and four corners.
The Evil Granny's face was extremely ugly. Not knowing the depth of the Buddha's light emanating from the Xue Household head, she dared not be negligent. With a dark face, she took out eight fist-sized grass-root figures from her Storage Bag, which quickly grew to adult height as soon as they landed.
Just as the Buddha's light was about to strike the straw-headed man, the Evil Granny threw out a jar of black blood. The straw-headed man, drenched in the black blood, grew flesh and bones at a speed visible to the naked eye, and even the face made of straw began to show faint human features.
The black Buddhist light struck the grass-headed man precisely, instantly enveloping his entire body. A deep Buddhist chant gradually rose, the light grew dimmer, and a bloody swastika appeared on the grass-headed man's body.
"Bang!" The eight straw-headed figures exploded simultaneously, sending straw fragments flying everywhere.
"Again!" the Xue Household head shouted, White Bone Sarira transformed into a ball of white light, carrying immense force, and rushed straight towards the Evil Granny's face.
Thank you to Alpaca Qidian for the 500-point reward, thank you to Xinzhong You You Xiuxian Meng for the 300-point reward, and thank you to Liu Qiuping for the reward and bonus chapter (although I personally think Kang Dabao is too handsome and doesn't fit the character, so I won't post it for now; Jiang Qing's is okay, but why did I get pictures of the Dong Household sisters when I flipped Jiang Qing's card?? How do I delete this? It'll cause trouble; the arrogant junior brother has become a medicine girl, is that alright? Σ(⊙▽⊙"a)
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