Chapter 21 – Buying Ginseng and Being Ambushed (2/2)

“You’ll wish you had accepted that request in the first place!” The ginseng foragers called out and dodged to the sides quickly. A blade flashed from each side, swinging towards Li Qingshan on the cart.

The black ox twisted its head, and its only horn followed a strange trajectory. The leader saw the horn approach him, but he was actually unable to dodge it. It pierced his stomach viciously, nailing him against the rock face.

The ginseng forager’s eyes remained wide open as blood spurted from his mouth. He refused to believe that he would die to the horn of an cow despite his martial arts.

At the same time, Li Qingshan leapt off the cart and dodged the two swings. His hand landed on the hilt of his steel blade.

The black ox drew out its horn and thought, From the perspective of an ox, I’ve already outdone myself. The rest is up to you.

The ginseng foragers cried out, “Big brother Geng!” This ‘big brother Geng’ was the one with the best martial arts out of all of them, but who would have thought that he would die in such a bizarre manner? They never would have imagined that the black ox was a monster.

Afterwards, they said viciously to Li Qingshan, “Kid, do you know what you’ve done? Originally, we planned on giving you a quick death, but just you wait now! We’ll slice off your flesh piece by piece and feed it to wolves!”

Li Qingshan sneered, “Just with you lot?” However, he was extremely stern as he drew his blade slowly.

He had never thought that he would encounter two fights in a single day, with each time being more dangerous than the last.

As expected, it was easier to attract trouble now that he had martial arts. If he were just a helpless farmer’s boy, he would have never been able to take on the people from the Drawn Reins village, nor would he have so much money to buy ginseng.

This was the most dangerous battle of his life so far. Even with a supernatural ability, he could not say that this would be a piece of cake. The black ox’s words from the past flashed through his head.

Thoughts flashed through his head; a great battle was about to erupt at any time.

“Kill him!” There was a swift breeze and four blades wove into a net, engulfing Li Qingshan from behind.

The Ox Demon Forges its Hide was unable to block such blades, so Li Qingshan quickly made a judgement call. He did not even look back, charging forward instead and lunging at the three ginseng foragers. His mind was not focused on this dangerous battle right now. Instead, he constantly recalled the horn that the black ox had unleashed earlier.

The black ox would never help him repel the enemies. Otherwise, killing this group of ginseng foragers would have been a piece of cake given its power. Its horn held other meaning.

In the face of life-threatening danger, his understanding and comprehension had all been forced out. His eyes suddenly lit up. The Ox Demon Butts its Horns was about using every part of his body as an ox’s horns, while a weapon was just an extension of one’s body.

His perfectly straight, steel blade suddenly seemed to jump alive, travelling around a parrying blade.

With a spurt, blood sprayed into the air from a ginseng forager’s neck as he fell backwards.

“Lao Cheng!” “This kid knows martial arts!” A series of cries rang out. The ginseng foragers looked at Li Qingshan; they were no longer as relaxed as before.

However, Li Qingshan’s two arms received two wounds as well, but thanks to the toughness granted by the Ox Demon Forges its Hide, they failed to cut all the way through. Instead, it agitated his viciousness, and his eyes lit up like burning fire. “Come!”

The thicket on one side of the valley hid a group of people. They were only a few dozen meters away, yet no one in the valley managed to discover them even under the light of day.

Only the black ox glanced at them.