Hearing Lin Xiu's words, the young man patted Lin Xiu on the shoulder, and there was a hint of emotion in his tone.
"Brother, don't worry. I won't lose it. One day, I'll be able to cultivate it back. Why don't you stay here with me during this period of time? Don't worry, as long as we have food, you won't starve."
It had to be said that the villagers often had a simple and honest feeling. This was something that Lin Xiu had never encountered before. When he interacted with so many cultivators, everyone was only concerned about his cultivation and the speed of his cultivation breakthrough. It was the first time he encountered someone who cared about a stranger from the bottom of their heart.
This made Lin Xiu feel a little touched, so he nodded. It didn't take long for the fragrant fish soup to be served. The young woman filled a bowl for Lin Xiu and then sat down at the table.
At the dinner table, several people talked to each other about some things. Lin Xiu then learned that this village was called Apricot Blossom Village because every family in the village was very good at brewing wine. They also used this as a way to survive. But what made people a little angry was that there was a group of horse bandits not far from the village.
These people strolled around the villages all day long, relying on a group of men who had barely reached the Bone Tempering Realm to forcibly collect protection fees from these villages.
Although the village could still survive, half of the harvest had to be handed over to the Horse Gang for nothing. All of this made the people in the surrounding villages feel very angry. They wanted to stand up and resist. However, these farmers only had the strength to do so. Compared to the real cultivators, there was still an indescribable gap.
Hearing this, Lin Xiu couldn't help but frown. It had only been a few months since the village regained its brightness. He didn't expect that those hoodlums would resume their old business. They didn't know how to make progress and instead wanted to reap without sowing. This kind of thing really made Lin Xiu particularly angry.
"Big brother and sister-in-law, you two can rest assured. When the next time the horse bandits appear, I naturally have a way to deal with them. You just need to watch quietly by the side." Lin Xiu patted his chest and spoke very confidently. However, the young couple looked at each other and were still very worried.
The young man poured a full glass of liquor for Lin Xiu, then shook his head and smiled helplessly.
"This is only our private matter. We don't dare to trouble you. Moreover, you are now seriously injured. The most important thing is to recuperate. We are used to being bullied by the Horse Gang anyway. This little loss is nothing. If you lose your life in vain because of this, it will be our fault."
It could be seen that the couple was really thinking about Lin Xiu. But the horse bandits were just in the Bone Tempering realm. How could Lin Xiu take them seriously?
He smiled and didn't say anything. Lin Xiu knew that when the next time the horse bandits appeared, as long as he intimidated them a little, he believed that those people would definitely run away and would no longer be a threat to the villagers around him. But he couldn't tell the young couple in front of him that he had reached the Universe Realm. Even if he wasn't seriously injured, it would be too shocking to deal with these horse bandits.
After drinking the fish soup, the young woman prepared a room for Lin Xiu. Then, she pulled her son's ear and made him start reviewing today's lessons under the oil lamp.
The night passed uneventfully. When it was midnight, the sound of even breathing could be heard coming from the room.
With Lin Xiu's current cultivation level, it wouldn't be a problem even if he didn't eat or drink. As for sleeping, he didn't have to worry about it. Thus, he quietly left the house without alerting anyone. He was prepared to take a look at the base of the bandits and see where it was.
It was still a world of ice and snow outside, and the cold wind was blowing. If there were ordinary people outside at this time, they must have wrapped their clothes tightly, but Lin Xiu looked indifferent. Under the shroud of his spiritual awareness, it suddenly covered an area of thousands of miles.
With the help of his spiritual awareness, nothing could escape Lin Xiu's perception. He also found that there were more than a dozen men in a cave, eating meat and drinking wine there.
Ordinary people only had plain tea and rice for three meals a day, but these people did not look like farmers, yet they were able to live such a life. Lin Xiu knew that this group of people was most likely the group of horse bandits that had been extorting the surrounding villages.
"Second brother, there is not enough food in the mountain. Wait until tomorrow, you should go out for a walk. The people of Apricot Blossom Village are relatively rich, so start with them." A bearded man was biting a chicken leg, his mouth was full of oil, and he said vaguely to a scholar dressed like a scholar.
The scholar shrugged his shoulders helplessly, obviously extremely unwilling to do this job. It was a world of ice and snow outside, it was really cold, and he didn't want to go out to get some autumn wind.
The other horse bandits sitting around the bonfire stared at the scholar with gloating eyes.
This scholar was not originally a horse bandit. He was merely a down-and-out scholar at the foot of the mountain. One time, when he was climbing up the mountain, he was accidentally captured by these horse bandits. He did not have any money to redeem himself. Fortunately, the leader saw that he still had a few liters of ink, so he took him in as his military advisor.
And it was because of the scholar's advice that the extortion of the surrounding villages several times, even if those people were angry, they could only grit their teeth and swallow it. This also made the leader value the scholar more and more.
The scholar knew that he couldn't disobey the leader's orders at all. In that case, he was afraid that he would really die in the snow, so he could only nod helplessly.
And to be honest, the scholar was also very satisfied with his current life. When he was at the foot of the mountain in the early years, he lived a miserable life without enough to eat. But since he became a member of the horse bandits, not only did he have wine and meat every day, once he met a woman who was alone in the mountain, he could also have fun. This was a fairy-like life.
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