Chapter 2 (2/2)
The middle-aged bandit was right in the middle, the other two bandits around him seemed to be both faintly deferring to him. His face was thin and elongated, his body wrapped in black clothes, and he was laughing right now while his eyes still emitted cold light. This man was the Black Wind bandit’s third master and back then he was the one who s.n.a.t.c.hed Ye Su’er away, creating the mistake and regets from the previous life.
Watching those gangsters sitting around the fire, Pei Ziyun touched his bamboo spear and subdued his hand. This wasn’t the time to act yet; he crouched motionless, lurking in the darkness.
One chicken was already done cooking, carrying grilled a yellow color unique to barbecues, the oil s.h.i.+ning and sizzling. The mountain bandit who was grilling this chicken took it and tore off a small piece, putting it in his mouth and judging the taste.
He discovered the taste was very good, this village raised its chicken pretty fat, and they still carried the chicken’s perennial fragrance. Really delicious. He didn’t dare taste too much of it and quickly offered it to the middle-aged man.
The latter took the chicken and smelled it. Feeling that just the scent was enough to make his mouth water, he tore a small piece and threw it in his mouth to taste. The meat diffused its aroma in his mouth and greatly raised his appet.i.te.
He cruelly tore the chicken with his two hands and took a big chunk of chicken leg, chewing in big mouthfuls. After a few mouthfuls he felt something lacking and grabbed a wine bag from his bosom, raised the bag and lifted his head, fiercely drinking a mouthful while shouting: ”That’s the life!”
Pei Ziyun was crouched under the trees, in this season the foliage was dense. Above were tall trees and on the ground were dense shrubs, he hid in the trees’ shadow and was preparing for a.s.sa.s.sination, but the distance was too far away. Waiting for an opportunity, Pei Ziyun clenched his knife and spear then loosened his hands, loosened then clenched again, sweating coldly.
The body’s original owner had only discovered the plum blossom treasure five years later, enabling him to enter a sect and cultivate. Though he had martial techniques and dao laws, he hadn’t cultivated them himself. And although those mountain bandits were ignorant, having no way to learn dao methods or martial techniques, and could naturally be killed with a single stab of the bamboo spear - but he too was also an ordinary person.
Those Black Wind bandits were hunched together around the fire and Pei Ziyun had no way but to quiet the killing urge in his heart. One person could be killed, against two persons he would be helpless, facing three he could only flee for his life.
Unable to overwhelm them with strength, he could only outwit them with ruse. Pei Ziyun had no choice but to recall everything in his memories about the bandits, when suddenly something from back then emerged in his mind, suddenly s.h.i.+ning light in his heart. A plan was forming.
In the previous life, he was weak and incompetent and had no power to fight against the village’s choice. He had followed them from far behind and had witnessed the last expression on Ye Su’er face when she had been delivered.
When the village chief and his men had escorted her to the village’s entrance, the Black Wind bandits had come from a temple not far away.
He could still remember that temple and its side houses, one person could sleep in them. Although those Black Wind bandits had made a fire at the village’s entrance, eating chicken and showing off, they still had needed to rest the night away in the temple.
Pei Ziyun smiled coldly; now he had a plan. Even the Heavens had sealed those bandits’ fate. He first took a look back and quickly receded, no reluctant to part with this place any longer.
When the three Black Wind bandits were gorging themselves with chicken, their leader suddenly felt alarm in his heart and abruptly turned to look towards the woods Pei Ziyun had been hiding in. He took his saber in hand and stood up, walking there.
”Third master, what’s wrong?” One bandit was still gnawing on chicken claws when he saw his third master going towards the tree and had no choice but follow.
The trees in front of them were all tall, maybe 3 to 4 meters tall, and they blocked the sight of the moon in the sky, casting large shadows on the ground. As that mountain bandit looked there he couldn’t see anything except shrubs and the shadows.
That middle-aged third master also felt puzzled, just earlier it had seemed like someone was spying on them, but now that he’s carefully observing he couldn’t see anything. Thinking about it, his heart felt uneasy, and without saying a word he walked towards the bushes, subconsciously lowering the noises he made and quieting his footsteps.
When he came near the middle-aged bandit still couldn’t see anything, but he didn’t relax in the least, but instead clenched his saber harder. As someone who could survive even after a dozen years as an outlaw he naturally had his own experience. When he came even nearer something suddenly moved in the bushes.
”There’s someone who wants to attack us?” The middle-aged man’s eyes became cold and chopped his saber down. Puff, his weapon found a target and blood flew out, sprinkling on this Black Wind bandit’s, face, making him look very savage.
The blade in his hand fully reeked of blood. He parted the bushes and exposed the appearance of the thing lying there, but he only saw a wild dog twitching on the ground with almost half its body cut off.
”Heh, worthy of the third master, that saber skill is top-notch, one blade one life, splitting a big half from the neck to the body. Tonight we can have another full meal.”
The bandit who’d been following him winked and flattered him, then weighed the dog’s corpse in his with a smile. He threw it near the fire and started skinning. ”Dog meat can’t be slashed like chicken, let’s pour salt and wait until we’re at the temple to take care of it.”
It was a bit beyond the middle-aged man’s expectations, he had thought there was someone hiding and didn’t imagine it could be a big wild dog. But it was a good surprise anyway, he sheathed his blade back in its scabbard and wiped the blood off from his face. He drank two mouthful of alcohol and looked at the moon in the sky; tonight’s moon was really full and round.
Pei Ziyun watched in the distance and couldn’t help but sweat cold sweats. This Black Wind bandit was worthy of being called an intrepid bandit, although there wasn’t much to be said about his martial abilities, but he used simple and direct methods learned from fighting with his life on the line.
Fortunately he hadn’t directly charged in. Pei Ziyun composed himself and looked at the temple as he arrived there.
This was a land deity temple, it was surrounded by walls but they hadn’t been repaired in years and had big holes in them. It was really a good place to kill people. He observed the terrain and made a few nooses, but suddenly heard footsteps and hurriedly stopped. He cupped his hands to his ears and listened carefully.
From outside the temple came the voices of the bandits, Pei Ziyun turned away with some regret and hid himself in the darkness, his body vanis.h.i.+ng from sight.
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