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"That's why Forest Middle Town has become like this. All the townspeople are hiding in their homes, not daring to come out. The streets are empty and deathly silent. "The old shopkeeper shook his head helplessly, appearing very melancholic.
After listening to the old shopkeeper's description, everyone silently put down their chopsticks.
Ren Tanqian stroked his beard. "Since that's the case, why didn't you escape?"
The old shopkeeper shook his head helplessly and said, "It's not that we don't want to run, but we have nowhere to run."
"Dear customer, you might not know this, but our Forest Village is located in the middle of a forest. If you want to escape from the town, you have to cross the forest. "
"But there are many wild beasts in the forest, and there are even legendary demonic beasts! Many young and strong people died in the forest while escaping, not to mention the old, weak, sick, and disabled. "
"Besides, even if we manage to escape, we won't have a place to settle down. After all, our ancestors have lived here for generations. Who would be willing to leave? "
In the end, the old shopkeeper lowered his head in resignation and let out a desolate sigh, as if he had given up on resisting fate.
After a moment, the old shopkeeper finally calmed down a little. "Dear customers, it would be best if you set off tomorrow morning. Those bandits rarely come out in the morning, so it's the safest time to leave. "
Ren Tanqian counted the days and asked the old shopkeeper, "Shopkeeper, do you know where the hideout of those bandits is?"
There were still two days before the opening of the Monarch City Martial Arts Tournament, so Ren Tanqian would not sit idly by and do nothing when he encountered such a thing while he was passing by. Therefore, he planned to get rid of those bandits along the way and help the town get out of danger.
Hearing Ren Tanqian's words, the old shopkeeper revealed a surprised expression. "Headquarters? Why do you ask? "
Ren Tanqian did not beat around the bush and went straight to the point. "We might be able to deal with those bandits."
Hearing Ren Tanqian's words, the old shopkeeper was stunned for a full two seconds.
When he reacted, he looked at Ren Tanqian in shock as if he had heard the most unbelievable thing in the world. "What … What did you say? Can you deal with it? "
"Shopkeeper, don't worry. We have our own ways." Ren Tanqian knew the old shopkeeper would react this way, so he wasn't surprised.
The old shopkeeper looked at Ren Tanqian suspiciously. "Even the patrolling army sent by Yu Province didn't return from dealing with these bandits. How could a group of merchants like you have a way to deal with it? "
Yuan Xiaofeng said impatiently, "I say, old man, why don't you know how to appreciate favors? Do you know who we are … "
Yuan Xiaofeng hadn't finished speaking when Tan Qian stopped him with a shout. He then said to the old shopkeeper with a pleasant expression, "There is no other way now. Shopkeeper, why don't you let us try?"
The shopkeeper shook his head with a wry smile and said in despair, "It's useless. You'll just die in vain if you try. You don't understand how powerful those bandits are. "
As the shopkeeper spoke, he couldn't help but tremble. "All of them have extraordinary strength. They can break trees and split rocks with their bare hands. They can leap over roofs and vault over walls. They're simply not human!"
The forest town was isolated from the rest of the world. The townspeople had been farming and doing business for generations, so no one had ever tried to cultivate.
The shopkeeper was just a commoner and had never come into contact with a martial artist. Therefore, in his opinion, things like leaping onto roofs and vaulting over walls on foot and breaking trees and rocks with bare hands were inconceivable.
It was because he had seen the strength of those bandits that the shopkeeper believed that those bandits were omnipotent and could not be defeated. After the patrol army sent by Yuzhou fell into the enemy's hands, he became even more convinced of this.
And at this moment, these merchants of all ages in front of him actually said they had a way to deal with those bandits. This was simply the funniest joke in the world!
After listening to the shopkeeper's description, Lin Yun's group was still incomparably calm, as if they didn't hear anything.
Seeing these people who were as calm as usual, the old shopkeeper was completely stunned.
If it was an ordinary person, if they heard that someone could "leap onto roofs and vaulting over walls on foot" or "break trees and rocks with bare hands", they would definitely be very shocked and even feel that it was inconceivable and unbelievable.
However, these merchants in front of him, after listening to this kind of description, were ridiculously calm.
Those who should drink tea drank tea, those who should eat vegetables ate vegetables. No one expressed shock or felt that it was inconceivable. It was as if this kind of thing was very normal and they were all used to it.
The old shopkeeper couldn't understand at all. What was going on with them? Were they not surprised at all?
"Other than this, do you know anything else? For example, how many people are there in this group of bandits? Where is their nest? "Ren Tanqian stroked his beard and used a calm tone to ask the shopkeeper.
The old shopkeeper shook his head helplessly: "I don't know where their nest is, but they definitely have a lot of people."
"Last time, the patrol army sent by Yu State to suppress the bandits had a total of five hundred people, but these five hundred people never returned. From this, it can be seen that the size of that group of bandits is at least five hundred people. "
After the old shopkeeper finished speaking, he glanced at Lin Yun's group. That mocking gaze seemed to say: How is it, are you scared?
From the shopkeeper's point of view, any random person from that group of bandits could easily take care of these merchants in front of him, not to mention that they had a scale of several hundred people.
These five merchants in front of him actually said they had a way to deal with that group of bandits. Even a three year old child wouldn't believe such words.
"So I advise you not to bother about it. Hurry up and leave tomorrow morning, in case you get caught by those bandits." The shopkeeper gave everyone one last piece of advice, then turned around and returned to his own room.
Ren Tanqian didn't explain to the shopkeeper anymore. Instead, he turned around and said to Lin Yun's group of four, "The Monarch City Martial Competition will begin in two days. We still have an extra day.
"Have a good rest tonight. Tomorrow morning, we will start investigating this group of bandits' lair. We must find and eliminate them before we leave."
Yun Ruoxi, Yuan Xiaofeng, and Hu Jin all nodded.
Lin Yun also didn't object. Although he wasn't a Bodhisattva who saved the world and didn't care about the lives of these mortals, it wasn't a problem for him to help when he saw injustice.
Furthermore, Lin Yun didn't even need to draw his saber to deal with these bandits. To him, suppressing bandits was like cutting vegetables.
Of course, the most important thing was that the Demon God Core Crystal relied on killing to increase his cultivation. Although the strength of this group of bandits was weak, there were at least a few hundred or even a thousand of them. If all of them were killed, it would also bring quite a bit of cultivation.
Seeing that the disciples had no objections, Ren Tanqian then emphasized, "If we want to catch this group of bandits in one fell swoop, we must destroy their lair in one go and uproot them completely. Otherwise, after we leave, they will continue to stir up trouble again. "
"So before we find their lair, we must not expose our strength to avoid alerting them and scaring them away."
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