"I'll be more at ease if you come back. Otherwise, won't your uncle feel bad if you get bullied outside? There's nothing wrong with herding cows and goats. Cows eat grass while you sleep. When you wake up, they'll eat their fill and go home to play with their wives and children …"
"Uncle, why don't you have a wife? Auntie Wang seems to care a lot about you. She's been a widow for many years. "
"You don't like her daughter either, do you?"
"Girls from the city are prettier."
"You're still thinking about the city. Alright, I know what you're like. We'll sell them later and buy you a baby dragon."
"Uncle, even ten times the price wouldn't be enough to buy a baby dragon."
"Oh, then let's buy a wife. Auntie Wang's daughter is actually not bad."
…
It was already half dark when they returned to the lake. The lights at the entrance of the village were not lit, which was rare. They were probably afraid that the lights would attract monsters from afar.
Monsters were not wild beasts. They were not afraid of light, so it was wise to do so.
Seeing that the people in the village were finally on guard, Li Shaoying was greatly relieved.
It was a little dark when they walked into the village. Uncle Zhan suddenly pulled Li Shaoying, then pointed at their feet with a serious expression.
Li Shaoying looked down and her expression changed!
It was blood!
There was a large pool of blood at the entrance of the village, and it was obviously not in the shape of chickens or goats. It was the kind of blood that was splattered. Li Shaoying looked carefully and found that there was also blood on the fence at the entrance of the village. It was spread out exaggeratedly.
Li Shaoying took a few more steps forward and used her hand to lift up a large wooden plank. Under the plank was a person covered in blood. His eyes were wide open, and the pain before death was vividly reflected in his twisted face and eyes.
A dead man!
It was the lumberjack in the village. He was strong, but he died so miserably at the entrance of the village!
Troll …
The troll had appeared!
Li Shaoying was so scared that she kept retreating. Just as she was about to pull Uncle Zhan and run away, she suddenly remembered the words that the aunties had praised her by the lake.
It was not that their words satisfied her vanity, but that she was struggling even more when she thought that they would all be killed!
Run or save?
If she wanted to save them, what would she use to save them?
Li Shaoying clenched her teeth. Why didn't she become a dragon shepard? Otherwise, she would have been able to rush in, drag the Troll out, and stomp it to death!
"Hey, there are still two living people here." At the waterwheel, someone suddenly shouted.
The torches suddenly lit up, illuminating the village entrance and the village. Li Shaoying soon saw a lot of people coming here, holding shining long swords in their hands.
At first, Li Shaoying thought that they were soldiers, and that the soldiers had already rushed here to search and rescue. However, when she saw the attire of these people, her face turned even paler!
They were not soldiers …
There were no Trolls …
Bandits!!
"Hahaha, there were fishes that slipped through the net and dragged the two of them in," said a fierce-looking man who looked like a butcher.
Soon, a few bandits with knives carried Li Shaoying and Uncle Zhan in and tied up their hands and feet, making them and the rest of the villagers kneel on the ground …
Li Shaoying looked over and found that the aunties were also kneeling on the ground. Their faces were full of tears, but they did not dare to make a sound.
The men in the village were tied up, and there were a few bloody corpses in front of the house. They had obviously fought with the bandits, but they were all killed in the end!
There were still a lot of corpses. Some had been thrown to the back of the house. There were at least twenty to thirty people. The scene was bloody and terrifying.
Li Shaoying was still in shock.
"Second Brother, you're smart. The soldiers are all chasing after the Trolls. They can't care about us. We'll rob the villages one by one. The money we get is enough for us to live happily for the rest of our lives!" said the man who looked like a butcher.
"Hehe, it's hard to say if we'll live happily for the rest of our lives. I'll live happily for now." The Second Brother smiled wretchedly.
As he spoke, he walked to Auntie Wang's side and dragged out the girl who was being protected behind her.
"Go inside, go inside. Don't make the other brothers angry. Something will happen if you waste time," said the butcher grumpily.
"I like it here!" The Second Brother started tearing the girl apart.
"Good men, please let my daughter go. How can she live like this?" Aunt Wang crawled along the ground and tried her best to protect her daughter.
"Behave yourself if you don't want to die!" the Second Brother yelled angrily as he kicked Auntie Wang away.
He grabbed the girl's ankle with one hand and almost lifted her up. The girl was so scared that her soul almost left her body, let alone struggling and screaming.
"I'm telling you, if I kill all of you, the soldiers will think that it was the Trolls who did it. If you want to live, you'd better listen to me!" The Second Master was as vicious as a jackal and his face was covered in hair.
No one dared to make a sound. They all lowered their heads.
"Shaoying, Shaoying, aren't you Master Dragon Shepard? Save my daughter, save her!" Auntie Wang yelled at Li Shaoying in a frenzy.
"Master Dragon Shepard?" The butcher and the Second Brother both looked at Li Shaoying.
They did not expect the village to have a Master Dragon Shepard, let alone a young man.
"You … let her go!" Li Shaoying finally rose to his feet. He could not stand what was going to happen next.
"Are you really Master Dragon Shepard?" The Second Brother was obviously interested. He let go of the girl.
"Yes!" said Li Shaoying.
"Summon a dragon for me to see," the Second Brother squinted, as if he was not afraid at all.
It was not that the bandits were not afraid of Master Dragon Shepard, but if Li Shaoying was Master Dragon Shepard, he would not have let them tie him up. The Second Brother was not an idiot.
"I'm a student of the Dragon Tamer School. Either you leave now, and I'll pretend that nothing happened, or you kill me. The Dragon Tamer School will never neglect the lives of its students. It's impossible for them to not know if it's a Troll or a bandit. If I die here, none of you will run away, "Li Shaoying said after taking a deep breath.
The boss of the butchers frowned. The other bandits whispered among themselves.
It was true that bandits like them would not dare to provoke Master Dragon Shepard, let alone an organization like the Dragon Tamer School. Li Shaoying's words were quite intimidating to them.
"So you're saying you're a student without a real dragon?" the Second Brother asked Li Shaoying with a smile.
"Mmm," Li Shaoying knew it was meaningless for him to pretend to be Master Dragon Shepard.
"Li Shaoying, you don't have a dragon, so why are you telling us you're here to protect us?" Madam Zhou said angrily.
"We're counting on you to save us. You don't have a dragon, and you're telling us you're Master Dragon Shepard?"
Li Shaoying bit his lips in pain when he heard the desperate accusations. His lips were torn and blood was flowing out.
"A bandit's child is a bandit's child. We shouldn't have given you food in the first place. In the end, my husband was harmed by this group of heartless bandits." First Madam Zhou said with some anger.
"What did you say?" Li Shaoying was stunned.
What bandit's child?
Didn't his parents die of illness in the winter because they couldn't afford to buy clothes after losing their cattle and sheep?
Li Shaoying looked at Uncle Zhan behind him in astonishment.
Had Uncle Zhan been lying to him?
As a matter of fact, Li Shaoying's memories before she was four years old were indeed different from what Uncle Zhan had told him later. However, the others in the village also said the same thing, so he gradually believed it.
"I've lost my interest after being disturbed by you. Big Brother, let the brothers kill them all and throw their bodies into the wild for the wolves to eat. The Dragon Tamer School won't be able to find the reason even if they have the ability to do so, "the Second Brother said coldly to the boss of the butchers after buttoning his clothes.
"Good idea, I'll start with Master Dragon Shepard. I've killed many people in my life, but I've never killed Master Dragon Shepard. Hahahaha!" The boss of the butchers walked over with his bloody saber.
Everyone burst into tears when they heard the words. Their curses became even fiercer. Some cursed the bandits for being heartless, while others cursed Li Shaoying for being a busybody. If the Second Brother could vent his anger, they wouldn't have to die.
Li Shaoying had lost the ability to think when facing the huge saber. He was only a young man. He had never seen such murderous bandits before. The closer he got, the more terrified he became.
The boss of the butchers had arrived in front of Li Shaoying. Li Shaoying's legs were already weak. He could barely stand.
However, a figure stepped forward and stood in front of Li Shaoying and the boss of the butchers.
This back view was simply too familiar.
He had been taking care of him in a very crude way since he was young …
"You didn't even cover your face. You didn't plan to leave anyone alive in the first place, did you?" Uncle Zhan asked the boss of the butchers.
"Haha, smart man. With the Trolls around, of course we'll kill them all. It's best to leave them to them, "the Second Brother of the Jackals burst out laughing.
"Who are you? Don't tell me you're another dragon master who called a cow over to show us how to ride the clouds?" The boss of the butchers also laughed.
With that, the boss of the butchers placed the saber on Uncle Zhan's face and slapped it twice. It made a terrifying sound, as if a butcher was about to cut meat!
However, Uncle Zhan didn't avert his gaze. He took a deep breath.
"The last person who slapped my face like this was called Li Ying. I killed three of his dragons," Uncle Zhan said.
"Who's Li Ying? Why is a cowherd pretending to be someone in front of us? My saber has never been blunt when it comes to cutting meat!" The boss of the butchers sneered. The saber in his hand had already been swung backward.
Uncle Zhan stood there. His brown eyes suddenly glowed with a sharp light!
"Rumble!!!!!"
The waterwheel began to spin violently. Through the fire at the entrance of the village, one could see the lake spinning violently as if something was crawling out.
The water level began to drop rapidly, dropping to only half of its original level!
"Boom!"
The lake exploded terrifyingly. A black flood dragon crawled out. It smashed the waterwheel the size of a building into pieces and rampaged along the entrance of the village …
The black flood dragon was too fast. Before the boss of the butchers could swing his saber, the black flood dragon had already arrived in front of him. Moreover, like a python biting a baby mouse, it actually swung the vicious butchers up.
The boss of the butchers flew high and fell straight down. At the same time, the black flood dragon opened its mouth, allowing the butchers to slide into its long esophagus!
Swallowed!
The boss of the butchers was swallowed alive by the black flood dragon under everyone's watchful eyes. Everyone could clearly see the butchers' figure imprinted in the black flood dragon's squirming stomach, still desperately struggling!
The black flood dragon floated in the air. Its body was dripping wet as it coiled above the village. The swaying flames of the brazier couldn't even completely reflect its body. Half of it was hidden in the darkness …
Uncle Zhan stood there with a cold gaze. His aura was completely the same as the floating dragon in the air. He looked disdainfully at this group of inhumane bandits.
Li Shaoying was stunned. Her eyes were filled with shock.
"Shaoying, no one in this world will inherit the bloodline of bandits. Only dark and dirty human nature will spread," Uncle Zhan said.
Be it the cowherd boy or the dragon master.
He only hoped that Li Shaoying could be an upright person!
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