Chapter 57 (1/2)

Book 1 - What Is A Genius Chapter 57 - Encirclement.

Translated by: toomuchnoob

Verdant leaves on big trees swayed with the wind, producing whistling sounds. A huge leopard cat hunched its back, displaying its might. Small birds flew with the wind, covering the sky whole sky like fluttering black dots. Thin, long gra.s.s growing on the steep sh.o.r.e resembled countless raised spears swaying in the air.

These dense woods had a group of several tens of men.

These were precisely those black-clothed, masked men who had attacked Cheng family for the thousand-year blood ginseng. After entering the mountain forest, they had been staying here ever since. Apart from sending some men outside to gain information, not much was happening on their side.

Their leader was a tall man. There was nothing unique about his facial appearance. However, his skin between the neck and back of the head was peculiarly dense red-colored and strictly creased, as if several thin streams on a muddy ground.

These were marks that were left behind due to him being not careful while training. Although this appearance looked somewhat unsightly, he’d an exceedingly high reputation among the bandits of Atai county.

They had already cleared up their surrounding area. There was nothing remaining that could be attracted by the fire. Thus, they were a.s.suredly roasting some prey they had caught.

However, Guan Wei’s thoughts were evidently not on the barbecue. While biting off the leg of a golden rabbit, he casually broke a branch from the tree beside him and said, “Copperhead and the rest have been gone for three days, where the h.e.l.l they are?”

One of his subordinates approached him and said, “Captian Guan, after the ruckus we have created in the Tai Cang county, the county town is in chaos. Gathering information at such a time will certainly not be easy. Moreover, they are not familiar with this region. If they could return back in four-five days, that would already be considered pretty good.”

Guan Wei faintly nodded. Although his temperament was violent, he was not an unreasonable man.

His brows slightly creased, “They couldn’t have encountered some danger, could they?”

Another one promptly said, “Captain can be at ease. This is not the first time Copperhead and the others are doing such a thing. Not to mention, with their strength, even if they were to be caught, escaping for them would be same as having some fun. As long as they don’t waste all of their energy in a lowly brothel while gathering information, it would be fine.”

Everybody burst into laughter. After hearing this comparison, they were itching to swap positions with their companions.

A lewd smile emerged on Guan Wei’s face as well. However, the words that came out of his mouths were, “If they neglect the main task, see if don’t pull off their skin.”

They were exceedingly confident about their companions. Not to mention Tai Cang county, a small region, even in the county town of Jadeting city, the authorities on duty only have a few members possessing the fifth layer of Internal Energy. While Copperhead and the rest all had the fifth layer, and Copperhead himself further possessed the cultivation of the seventh layer. They would obviously not place the authorities here in their eyes.”

However, these bandits who were used to act as tyrants in Tai Chong county had no idea that Tai Cang county was different than the former. Here, Cheng family itself was the authorities. In order to avenge their dead family members, they had spared no effort. Moreover, they already knew that this external bandit group’s strength was extraordinary. Therefore, they were prepared in advance and successfully caught the men send by the former.

However, the bandits were not aware of the events occurring in the county town. This was the reason they could be this carefree.

Distantly, a bandit could be heard cursing loudly. His voice was filled with a sense of urgency.

Guan Wei threw a glance to his side. One quick-witted subordinate immediately ran towards that direction. After a short while, that man returned and said, “Captian, today, none of the two groups that are responsible for hunting have returned until now. So, elder brother Ma is getting angry.”

Guan Wei’s vision suddenly turned sharp as he asked in a lowered voice, “Two squadrons, not a single one has returned?”

“Ah&h.e.l.lip;yes.” That man was frightened as he hurriedly said.

Guan Wei’s complexion was getting increasingly ugly. He was after all the leader of bandits. He had encountered many life and death situations. At this moment, he eventually felt something was not right.

“Convey the command&h.e.l.lip;.pack up, we will leave immediately.”

As everybody by his side was at a loss, a loud laughter echoed in the woods:

“Leave? Where do you think you are going?”

This voice didn’t seem to be echoing from one spot. Instead, it felt like drifting everywhere through the woods as if someone had spoken these words while running at an extremely fast speed in a circle.

The next moment, the sounds of blades being drawn could be heard among the bandits. Although the bandits were quite afraid of this unfathomable voice, none of them lost their minds due to fear.

Being tempered through countless life and death battles, the mindset of these bandits was simply unreachable for ordinary people.

Although startled inwardly, Guan Wei rolled his eyes and snorted before flinging his hand. A cold light was launched from his hand at a lightning fast speed, flying towards the woods.

“Peng&h.e.l.lip;”