Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem In the blink of an eye, it had come to late October. The midsummer had passed and the autumn had turned cold. However, demons' attacks in the west border of Taixia Country were surging like tides. Wuzhou Province, Zhuzhou Province and Yinzhou Province were in emergency successively. The news that cities in Taixia Country had collapsed almost every day. As a result, Taixia Country was shocked as the flames of war started to spread over the entire Eastern Continent …
Wuzhou Province, Zhuzhou Province and Yinzhou Province were not barren provinces or lower provinces anymore; instead, they were central provinces of Taixia Country. Their population scale couldn't be matched by that of lower provinces or barren provinces. When demons' attacks in the west border of Taixia Country started to expand, the war situation in the west border of Taixia Country almost made every commoner worried.
Over the past few months, among all the news about demons, the word wing demons was often mentioned. Because wing demons were the ones who invaded the three provinces. At this moment, various news had been spreading. It was said that over 100 million wing demons would be the vanguard of the demon army this time. Additionally, all these wing demons were LV 9 wing demons. Among the 100 million wing demons, there were more than 100 million wing demon knights.
Numerous commoners in the three provinces became refugees and started to migrate to the eastern provinces …
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In a mountainous area of Helan Mountain Range, all the maple leaves in this mountainous area had turned red after being frosted. Like wildfire, they had burned through the land within 60 miles …
The sun had just risen in the morning, and the dew in the forest had yet to disappear. There was still a layer of mist lingering in the valley. Amidst the rustling of footsteps, a group of over 20 men and women emerged from the forest in a sorry state. They were carrying backpacks on their backs.
At the sight of the dense and tall maple trees hundreds of meters away, some people in front of them cheered out of excitement, "Sugar maple, we have food …"
Hearing that there was food, everyone in the group, regardless of gender, became spirited. Even the most tired people quickened their steps and ran towards the maple forest …
As for those who were suffering from hunger, nothing could be more attractive than food.
"Wait for me … wait for me … leave some for me …" A fat man in his 50s was panting heavily as he walked at the back of the crowd. Nobody knew how long this fat man had been trekking with these people in the forest. At this moment, this fat man's luxurious gold-threaded official robe and his expensive fox fur coat looked extremely dirty, especially his clothes that were exposed on the outside. They looked a bit ragged as if they had been cut by bushes and thorns.
Seeing that the people in front of him were ignoring him, the fatty who was lagging behind couldn't help but curse as he ran. He glared at the people in front of him with some resentment. "You … dogs … actually only care about yourselves at a time like this … and don't even care about me … Wait till we leave this place, I'm going to teach you a lesson … You're all going to be flogged … Don't even think about getting a copper coin from me …"
At the front of the crowd were several guards who were carrying weapons and wearing leather armors and wrist guards. Although they looked embarrassed, they were much more agile than the fat man. After running to the maple forest, the person at the front of the crowd found a 30-meter-tall maple tree. He took out a dagger and cut the trunk of the maple tree. In the blink of an eye, some thick and slightly yellowish-brown juice began to flow down from the cut trunk.
After wiping a little bit with the dagger and tasting it, the man immediately took out his portable iron kettle and started to pour the sap flowing down from the sugar maple tree trunk into the iron kettle without any hesitation.
The other men who rushed into the maple woods imitated them one after another. They used the daggers and other sharp weapons that they carried with them to cut open the trunks of the sugar maple, letting the syrup flow out of the trunks. Some servants even put their mouths close to the trunks and started to greedily suck the dense syrup flowing down from the trunks of the sugar maple regardless of their image …
"Thankfully, it's still autumn and winter … when winter comes, the sap of the maple will be gone …" Someone said with a vague voice while drinking the sap flowing down from the maple.
"This one … this one … I choose this one … the color of the sap is too heavy … the more transparent the sap is, the sweeter it will be …"
The maple woods were in a great chaos.
A man in his forties, with a thin face and a long beard, carrying a small bag on his back, who looked like a butler, did not run. Instead, he walked unhurriedly at the back of the crowd. Among all the people, this man who looked like a butler looked the cleanest. Even his clothes had very few scratches.
This steward was not flurried at all; instead, he walked to the front of the guard who rushed into the maple woods first. The sturdy guard hurriedly passed the kettle to the steward.
After having two mouthfuls of the sap, the steward smacked his lips and looked much better, "There's always a way out. I've not imagined that we could encounter such a forest of maple woods in such a catastrophe!"
"Thanks to your calm command, Steward Li. Otherwise, we would be flurried the moment our airship was in trouble. Without Steward Li, we could not leave Helan Mountain Range!" Soon after the steward finished his words, a servant hurriedly flattered him with a big smile. Steward Li was neither complacent nor reproachful; instead, he just revealed a profound smile.
Steward Li was neither complacent nor reproachful; instead, he just revealed a profound smile as he told the guard who passed him a kettle, "There are not too many fierce magical beasts above LV 10 in Helan Mountain Range; however, there are many other wild beasts. Some guards need to be vigilant outside by turns. Don't be careless. Let's take a rest here for 2 hours. After drinking enough, fill up the kettle with syrup before leaving. I think we will be able to get out of Helan Mountain Range after hundreds of miles. With this syrup, even if we have nothing to eat in the next 2 days, as long as we have some water …"
"Yes …" The guard replied. He looked at the surroundings and his eyes moved. He felt a little strange. Just when he was about to say something, the two women had already walked over with coy smiles on their faces. The butler glanced at the guard, and the guard hurriedly lowered his head and walked away …
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By the time the fat man limped to the maple forest, everyone had already rested for more than 10 minutes.
The fat was a bit slow; however, he fell down on the way, causing a bruise on his forehead. Additionally, he sprained his ankle. As a result, he moved slower.
When he came to the maple woods, the fat's face had turned pale while his forehead was covered with fine sweat drops. At this moment, the fat didn't care about his image anymore. After finding a maple tree, he sat on the ground and started to pant heavily …
"Master, have some. This is what I've saved for you. The reason why I ran so fast just now was that I wanted to prepare something for you …" A servant-looking person licked the syrup on his lips and came over with a fawning expression as he passed the remaining syrup in his kettle to Zhang Tie.
"Liu Shan, you're so loyal … after we get out of this f * cking place … Master will reward you heavily …" The fat said while panting. After throwing a glance at the flattering servant, he instantly grabbed the kettle and started to drink it. He didn't intend to leave some for others at all.
"Thank you, master; thank you, master …" The servant called Liu Shan said with a smile as his eyes narrowed into a slit. His waist almost touched the ground as he was dreaming that master would remember him in the crisis.
After drinking the syrup offered by his "loyal servant" Liu Shan, the fat master felt a bit better. However, his sprained ankle still hurt a bit. The moment he put down the kettle, the fat master turned his head and saw his two favorite concubines sitting beside Steward Li, drinking the syrup from Steward Li's kettle.
Of course, it was not the key point. The key point was that his two concubines were sitting too close to Butler Li. Besides clothes, the two concubines had been sticking to Butler Li's body. One of the concubines was talking to Butler Li coquettishly as her breasts were sticking to Butler Li's arm. The other concubine even helped Butler Li to massage his shoulders.
Given the two b * tches' behavior, they didn't even try to avoid skin contact with each other. If not knowing what they were doing, they might even think that they were Butler Li's concubines. Did they feel that the color of their hats was not environmentally friendly enough?
Since the airship crashed in Helan Mountain Range, the fat owner had felt that his two "beloved concubines" were acting weird. It seemed that they were spending more and more time with Steward Li. Just now, the two b * tches even ignored him and ran towards here. Zhang Tie didn't even care about him.
In a split second, the fat master felt a surge of anger rushing to the top of his head. Without any hesitation, he threw the kettle towards Steward Li and the two b * tches.
The three people were sitting over 10 m away from the fat master. Therefore, the fat master's kettle didn't hit the target; instead, it hit the maple tree beside the three people.
The sudden movement and sound startled all the people who were resting in the maple woods.
The two beloved concubines of the fat master exclaimed. They turned around and immediately saw their master, whose eyes were almost on fire.
The steward also turned around and looked at the fat master. However, he didn't avoid it.
The fat master was about to scold the housekeeper, but he suddenly remembered that everyone was on the run these days, and he was not in good health. If he were to fall out with the housekeeper at this time, he might not have a good time, so he couldn't help but vent his anger on his two beloved concubines.
"Liu Shan …" The fat master exclaimed as he pointed at his two beloved concubines with a quivering finger, "Go there, drag the two b * tches over here and slap each of them 10 times!"
Liu Shan hesitated for a second before rolling up his sleeves and striding over there.
At the same time, Butler Li and the two beloved concubines of the fat master stood up. After hearing the voice of the fat master, the two women changed their faces at once as they tightly grasped Butler Li's sleeves and hid behind Butler Li out of fear. Watching this scene, the fat master became more furious as he felt that his hat might have long changed its color.
Women's reaction at this moment could not be deceived. If the two women still treated him as their man, they should kneel down and beg for his forgiveness at this moment. However, they hid behind Butler Li at this moment. It indicated that Butler Li was their man in their hearts.
"Butler Li, please give way. Master, let me …" Liu Shan said carefully as he dared not offend Butler Li politely.
Before Liu Shan finished his words, he had quivered all over as a wisp of blood flew out of his mouth corner at once. At the same time, he lowered his head and looked at his chest with widely opened eyes.
A dagger had been inserted into Liu Shan's chest outside his heart. The dagger was held by Steward Li. Until then, Liu Shan had not discovered that there was a dagger in Steward Li's hand; neither had he imagined that Steward Li would kill him …
Liu Shan had seen Butler Li holding a pen and making an abacus; however, he had not seen Butler Li holding a dagger.
With a gloomy look, Butler Li's hand that was holding the dagger didn't quiver at all; instead, he clenched the dagger tightly, exposing his green veins. Under the shocked look of Liu Shan, Butler Li twisted the dagger ferociously.
The dagger penetrated into Liu Shan's heart. As a result, Liu Shan couldn't utter a word. With a sound of "puff", he spurted a mouthful of blood onto Butler Li's face. At the same time, he fell down at once.
The sudden change and the strong killing intent and ferocity of Butler Li shocked all the people who were taking a rest in the maple woods.
"Murder …" A cowardly servant in the distance cried out in fear. Without thinking, he scrambled and ran far away.
The two women who were standing behind Steward Li just now were so scared that they fell on the ground. More people were dumbfounded. The fat owner even exclaimed like a pig being slaughtered, "Zhao Wu, Zhao Wu, Steward Li is crazy, hurry up, take him down …"
That robust bodyguard ran over here with a saber in hand. However, he didn't launch a strike; instead, he just watched Butler Li.
Steward Li wiped off the blood on his face as he threw a glance at that servant who was running far away. Zhao Wu then rushed over there as he raised his saber and slashed it down. Only with one slash, he had directly penetrated that servant's heart …
Seeing this scene, the other servants didn't even think about it before shouting and running out of the forest in terror.
"Kill him …" Steward Li coldly uttered two words.
At the same time, some bodyguards rushed towards those escaping servants …
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There was no suspense in the result. A minute later, the guards who had killed the man returned with a bloody knife. A group of people surrounded the fat master, like a group of wolves surrounding a fat pig. Their eyes were burning, full of brutality and greed.
Watching these familiar humble faces turning grim and terrifying at once, the fat master was so scared that he almost peed himself. His pants were wet at once as he sat on the ground and leaned against a maple tree. He had no place to retreat. He had not imagined that besides some servants, all the others in this home had been Butler Li's subordinates. "Butler … Butler Li … what … what are you doing?"
"Originally, I wanted to find a suitable place for you to die in a dignified manner, considering that we have been master and servant for all these years. I didn't expect that you would act up here, so don't blame me for what I'm going to do!" Butler Li walked over here as he wiped off his bloody face. However, it was still very red, which looked pretty scary.
"You … you want to covet my property?" The fat master realized it at once.
"Anyway, Master, you don't have any offspring. Besides, you're sick all over. You can't even play with women these years. Isn't it a waste if you keep so much property for yourself? Why not let me enjoy it for you?" Steward Li said with a gloomy smile which was a bit scary.
"You … aren't you afraid of being punished by the Heavens?"
"Punished by the Heavens?" After hearing the two words, Butler Li burst out into laughter at once as if he had heard something funny, "Master, it's really refreshing to hear this word from your mouth. If master believes in the punishment of the Heavens, Shopkeeper Hong of Huaien Cloth Store would not have died less than 1 year after becoming sworn brothers with you. Master, do you really think that I don't know how Shopkeeper Hong died?"
After hearing the two words, the fat master's face suddenly turned pale as if he had been struck by a lightning bolt. At the same time, he started to quiver all over as he pointed at Butler Li, "You … you … you …". He couldn't utter a word at all.
"At this moment, I might as well let master know the truth. Master, are you curious that your health is getting worse and worse these years with more and more diseases? Additionally, you don't have any offspring. You've seen so many doctors, but none of them could cure you, right?"
"Is it also because of you …" The fat master quivered all over as he shook his head and denied it, "Impossible. All the doctors I've seen said that I don't have any offspring because I'm short of sperm and weak essence. It's because of my physique that I couldn't get pregnant with a woman!"
"Hahaha, master, if you have any offspring, how could I have your wealth …" Butler Li burst out into laughter at once, "Master, do you remember what I always told you? No matter how rich you are, you should read more books. There are houses of gold in books; there are beauties in books. Master, you read too little books; however, you despise scholars. Now, you know that it's useless no matter how rich you are. As a result, you don't even know how you die. You don't even know why you don't have any offspring, why your essence and blood are weak, why your spiritual energy is getting worse and worse. You don't even know why you don't have any offspring, why your essence and blood are getting weaker and weaker, and why you have more and more diseases. It's not strange. I just added a bit potassium iodate into the salt that you eat at home every day. After so many years, master's health deteriorated. If master could read more books like me, you would know that it's not strange. It's just a trump card that demons and Three-eye Association used to attack and exterminate Hua people. If you read more books, you would know it …"
"Potassium iodate?" Master Fatty muttered to himself. This name was too unfamiliar to him. However, he vaguely felt that he had heard of it before. "Isn't … isn't this used to treat Big Neck Disease and replenish iodine?"
Butler Li let out a sigh, "Therefore, master, if you could reincarnate as a human, you should read more books; otherwise, you wouldn't even know the difference between potassium iodate and potassium iodate. You would eat and die in vain. Although you could open your eyes, you would live like a blind man. If it were before, demons and Three-eye Association would definitely like a moron like you. They are utterly different things. Do you think that they are the same only because of their similar names …"
Thinking of how he had painstakingly begged for children all these years, but there had been no offspring, and his health was getting worse and worse. Even the doctors couldn't do anything about it. At first, the fat master only thought that it was caused by his excessive drinking and womanizing. He didn't expect that all of this was the result of someone's meticulous arrangement. The salt that he needed for his three meals a day had long been secretly tampered with by someone, causing his body to become like this.
"I will kill you …" With a grim look, the fat master sprung up at once as he wanted to rush towards Butler Li. However, the moment he stood up, he had been kicked onto the ground by a bodyguard. Spurting out a mouth of blood, he revealed a bitter smile, "This is my retribution. Even if you kill me, don't think about taking away my wealth. I will take my wealth to the nether world even if I become a ghost …"
Butler Li revealed a disdainful smile as he said mildly, "Master, you just sewed your gold notes into your fox-fur coat. If I kill you, how could you take them away? Master, do you think that this airship crash was really an accident? If not this crash, how could I know that you would carry all your wealth with you? "
"You …"
The moment the fat owner wanted to say something, Steward Li had released his battle qi as he chopped off the fat owner's neck with his saber, spraying his blood onto the trunk of the maple tree on one side, dying it red. At the same time, the fat owner's head rolled to one side with widely opened eyes …
After chopping off the fat master's head, Butler Li directly peeled off the fat master's fox-fur coat. After that, he quickly slid off the fox-fur coat with his dagger. As expected, he saw a lot of dazzling gold notes inside, at least 10,000 gold coins …
All the bodyguards in the surroundings started to breathe heavily. However, when Butler Li threw a glance at them, all the bodyguards' heart pounded as they dared not look at him for too long. All the bodyguards knew Butler Li's ability. Without his ability, Butler Li could not have subdued all the bodyguards over these years.
Butler Li took out some piles of gold notes from his fox-fur coat and put them into his baggage, saying, "As we're on the same boat, don't think too much about it. I've promised you that I will give you a copper coin. As the overall situation facing Taixia Country is chaotic, we could leave Huanzhou Province and find a place to settle down. From then on, I'm the master. If you follow me, you will be much more powerful than now …"
"As per your order, master …"
"Alright, everyone, let's clean up these corpses and dig a hole here to bury them. Once and for all …"
"Fine!" Zhao Wu took the lead as the other bodyguards started to dig pits using their tools and bury those corpses one after another.
After such a short while, the two beloved concubines of the fat master had been dumbfounded by the series of changes. Watching Steward Li walking towards them with a bloody face with a dagger in hand, the two bewitching women were so scared that they couldn't even walk anymore. They could only tremble with fear.
"Butler Li, in the future … we'll do whatever you say. We'll listen to you …"
"Butler Li, we … we sisters … will serve you well from now on …"
Butler Li walked over with a completely indifferent look on his face. No matter how the two women begged, he still killed them with a single slash. In the blink of an eye, the two women were killed.
Butler Li squatted down and wiped the blood off the dagger on the clothes of the two women, saying, "You two were just prostitutes in the brothel. You were hung up to sell your bodies. Master thought that you were beautiful, so he redeemed you and allowed you to live a luxurious life. How could I know that you wouldn't betray me one day? Do you really think that a man won't do anything to you if you can make him happy on the bed?" "You're not a prostitute, you're a prostitute!" "You're a prostitute. You're just a pervert. You think you can toy with men in the palm of your hand with your little tricks and beauty, and make men unable to leave you … "After wiping the dagger, Shopkeeper Li stood up and looked at the two corpses on the ground that were gradually turning cold. He shook his head and concluded," You're still too uneducated … "
In less than 10 minutes, all the corpses in the maple forest were buried in the ground, except for the smell of blood that had not dissipated.
After doing all this, when Butler Li was going to walk out of the maple woods with some bodyguards, he suddenly stopped as everyone's pupils shrunk.
Because a 16 or 17-year-old young man had appeared in front of them. All of them were in the maple woods just now; however, they didn't know when such a young man appeared on their side.
The young man didn't carry any weapon. He looked like a noble son on an autumn outing.
The young man looked at the maple leaves and the bloodstains in the maple forest. He shook his head and said regretfully, "The red color of the maple forest is quite beautiful, but once it's stained with blood, it becomes dazzling!"
Butler Li narrowed his eyes as he couldn't see through the young man's cultivation level. However, he didn't find any servants around the young man. What was more, this young man looked too young. He didn't look like a powerhouse. Therefore, Butler Li had a fluke thought.
"Zhao Wu, kill him!" Butler Li didn't rush forward; instead, he let Zhao Wu attack first.
Closely after Butler Li's words, Zhao Wu had rushed out.
Seeing Zhao Wu rush over, the young man snapped his fingers. There seemed to be an indescribable magical power within the young man's finger snap. The sound of the finger snap pierced through everyone's ears and brain, bringing with it a strange power that penetrated into the deepest part of everyone's consciousness. In just a moment, everyone, including Zhao Wu, suddenly stiffened up. They couldn't even move a muscle.
The young man watched these people as he shook his head. His words also contained a strange resonance and power that could penetrate through people's minds, "I'm afraid of dirtying my hands by killing you. You'd better commit suicide as an apology!"
The moment the teenager finished his words, their stiff bodies had started to move again. However, like puppets and wooden puppets, all of them, including Steward Li, picked up their weapons or daggers and fiercely stabbed their necks or hearts one by one.
The dense bloody qi spread over the maple woods once again …
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