"But …" Lei Lan said.
Lei Chuang interrupted her coldly. "No 'buts'. Don't mention that guy again from now on. Our big brother is right next door. He was seriously burned in the forest fire half a month ago. His head was broken in the fall, and he lost his memories!"
Pausing for a moment, Lei Chuang lowered his voice and whispered, "Yesterday, the village leader went to the town again. Things are getting more and more tense outside."
Lei Chuang smiled and said, "The chaotic-blood demons are born lowly in the first place. How can we climb up if we don't work hard?
"The land in the village is so barren, and the taxes are so heavy. Everybody lives a hard life by hunting and farming. But we can't change our fate. Only by making more contributions on the battlefield can we live a better life!
"I'm told that in the Tian Yuan Realm, beyond the Grand Desolate Plateau, there are fertile plains. Human beings there don't need to work at all. They can bask in the sun all day long. Naturally, there are all kinds of magical equipment and machines to help them farm and harvest.
"If we can own a piece of fertile land and a small mine in the Tian Yuan Realm, we can move the Dry Leaf Village there. By then, we will move the Dry Leaf Village there and plant the Ghost Teeth Flowers for us with the magical equipment of human beings. All we need to do is to bask in the sun nearby. The magical equipment can harvest the Gold Stamen Juice automatically. That will be great! "
"How can there be such magical equipment in the world?" Lei Lan smiled.
Lei Chuang smiled, too. The sister and brother talked for a while, when a feeble howl suddenly came from the east of the village.
Li Yao's ears twitched. He recognized that it was one of the two Lunar Shadow Wolves that guarded the field of Ghost Teeth Flowers. But there was only one howl before it died down.
Naturally, such ferocious plants as the Ghost Teeth Flowers did not need to be guarded. However, the Gold Stamen Juice that was harvested had to be dried in a special haystack in order to trigger the most effective effect.
In the Hundred Desolation Mountain, there were too many untamable demon beasts that would often harass the village. Therefore, two Lunar Shadow Wolves had been domesticated as guards. It was not because they were afraid that somebody would steal the Gold Stamen Juice, but because they were afraid that the Gold Stamen Juice that they harvested would be ruined by the demon beasts.
After leaving the treehouse, Lei Chuang's eyes instantly became bright and lively like two small lanterns, emitting a dangerous light.
The tip of his nose twitched as he took a deep breath. Suddenly, he let go of his limbs and shot towards the east of the village.
Li Yao's heart skipped a beat. He also felt that the wolf's howl was a little strange, so he simply followed behind like Lei Chuang's shadow. He was light and weightless.
"Hu!"
When Lei Chuang arrived at the Ghost Fang Flower field as fast as lightning, he discovered that a black shadow was vaguely hiding inside the cone-shaped haystacks and digging for something.
The two Lunar Shadow Wolves that were as big as calves were obediently crouching next to this man. They were like two pet dogs that had eaten a lot. They didn't utter a single word, but they were very satisfied.
Lei Chuang was enraged. He let out a low roar, and the golden fur all over his body instantly stood up. His body swelled up, and his tail was straighter than his spear.
Swoosh!
He unsheathed his claw, and electric arcs were shooting out. The attack was already at the level of a 'demon soldier'. If he were in the frontline, he could have been the leader of a beast tide.
But out of his expectation, the demon who was stealing the Gold Stamen Liquid stealthily was as agile as a giant cat. He dashed into the forest quickly.
Lei Chuang sniffed and chased after him.
The forest extended all the way to the depths of the Hundred Desolation Mountain. Even during the day, when the sun was at its brightest, it was still wreathed in a vague mist. When the sunlight shone in through the mottled branches, it was almost dyed black.
It was needless to say that in the hazy night of the bloody moon, the forest was filled with a gloomy and terrifying aura.
On one of the branches of a tree, Lei Chuang bulged his eyes. Dangerous brilliance was flashing on his claw, and there was a drop of blood on it.
Lei Chuang extended his tongue that was full of thorns and licked the blood on his claw softly. His voice was even colder than the moonlight penetrating through the forest. "It's you!"
In front of him, a meter away, between the branches of another big tree, a tall and thin young man was hibernating.
The features of beasts on the young man were even less obvious. Other than the thick, bright gold beard and the stripes on his forehead, there were barely any features of the demon race on him.
However, the demonic energy spreading out of his body was even more intense than Lei Chuang's. It seemed to be condensing into an invisible, colorful tiger around him.
Lei Chuang smiled in the most scornful, angry, and infuriated way. "I almost couldn't believe it when I smelled the familiar scent just now. Lei Qi, you are such a traitor. I didn't know that you were shameless enough to return to your village!"
"Why did you come back? To get us all killed?"
Li Yao was lurking not far away from the two of them. His enormous body seemed to have dispersed into thousands of dry leaves as he listened to their conversation quietly.
Although the two brothers were both the most terrifying hunters in the forest, the gap between their levels was too huge. Even if they were half a meter away from Li Yao and opened their eyes wide, it would be impossible for them to notice Li Yao's existence.
Li Yao eyed the real Lei Qi, a member of the Blade of Chaos, a rebel organization of demons, with some curiosity.
Lei Qi was wearing a ragged soft armor, on which dried blood stains were everywhere. There was a giant hole below his ribs that was so deep that his bones were visible. His internal organs that had been corroded by acid were clearly visible.
The short battle had torn his wounds. With a painful expression, he said in a low and hoarse voice, "Ah Chuang, don't stand in my way.
"I was escorting something very important to the depths of the Hundred Desolation Mountain, but we were ambushed by the enemy. Many soldiers were heavily wounded.
"Right now, we are in dire need of a batch of Gold Stamen Liquid to treat our wounds. I only came back to the village because I had nowhere else to go.
"Just pretend that you didn't see me and go back to sleep. I'll leave as soon as I get the Gold Stamen Liquid. I will not trouble the villagers."
Lei Chuang's eyes bulged even wider than those of a bull. He roared in fury, "Lei Qi, you have indeed been bewildered by Chaos. You have completely lost your mind!
"Do you know that the livelihood of all the villagers is counting on the Gold Stamen Liquid?
"The enlistment order is coming soon. Other than the soldiers, a lot of war assets will be mobilized. The assets that have been promised to us this year are seventy percent of the Gold Stamen Liquid!
"If you take more than half of the remaining thirty percent, how are we going to live?
"No. I won't let you get what you want!
"The Gold Stamen Liquid was exchanged for with the lives of all the villagers!
"In order to raise the wretched Ghost Fang Flowers, we had to go hunting before dawn. The game that we hunted after all the trouble was fed to the Ghost Fang Flowers before we ate it!
"We had to fertilize, weed, and expel the insects for the Ghost Fang Flowers cautiously every day. One moment of carelessness, and our limbs would be bitten off!
"When the harvest season came, we had to harvest the blossoms right under the Ghost Fang Flowers' bloody mouths. We had to pass through the gates of hell every day!
"This year alone, the limbs of four villagers have been bitten off by the Ghost Fang Flowers!
"We've only collected a tiny bit of the Gold Stamen Liquid after all the trouble, and you want to take it away with just a few words? In your dreams!
"Let me tell you, Lei Qi. Since the moment you joined the Blade of Chaos, you were no longer a demon of the Dry Leaf Village! If you know what's good for you, get the hell out of here right now. I won't report it to the town.
"However, you want a drop of Gold Stamen Liquid? Then you'll have to step over my dead body! "
With tears in his eyes, Lei Qi covered the wound below his ribs and shouted, "Of course I know how dangerous it is to grow the Ghost Fang Flowers. This is the reason why I joined the Blade of Chaos. I want to change everything!
"Why can the silver-blood demons live in the delicate, glamorous cities without any worries and ask us to bleed and risk our lives just by moving their lips?"
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