Chapter 187 Emperor Jade (1/2)
Chapter 187 Emperor Jade
Ye Fan didn’t have any choice now. He had to become a Heavenly Source Master.
If he didn’t want his face to turn green, then he would have to cause other people’s faces to turn green. If he were to become a Heavenly Source Master, that sacred city tens of thousands of kilometers away would be an absolute paradise for him.
“Brother Ye, if you could really gamble over a Sacred Lady, can you also win me over a wife?” Tomfool asked naively.
Ye Fan immediately laughed. “No problem.”
“If he could win a Sacred Lady, winning a fairy wife for you would be no problem,” Wang Shu also laughed.
“Other than Fifth Daoist Zhang, is there anyone else within this stone village who has comparatively high understanding of Sources?” He wanted to learn the basics first, as becoming a Heavenly Source Master would definitely not be easy.
“All the senior members know a bit, but only Fifth Grandpa Zhang is a master.”
Ye Fan nodded. After staying in the stone village for a couple days, his understanding of Sources had risen by quite a bit and he needed to continue studying.
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That afternoon, shouts came from outside the stone village and the people inside the village went a little crazy.
“Bandit Chen Da has come! He brought dozens of people to annihilate the village!”
“Quickly hide! Bandits will cause blood to run wild in our village!”
The many young people helped the elders and children to hide before holding cold knives as they rushed to the front of the village.
“These bandits only know how to suppress the weak. Why don’t they try looting those sects, those cowardly dogs?”
“Many of them actually came from those sects and have great powers behind them. Villains truly do work hand in hand.”
The village’s people were all very unyielding. They didn’t become afraid when they saw those roving bandits come, and each made preparations for battle.
“Today isn’t the day to fight for your lives. Calm down,” Fifth Grandpa Zhang and the other seniors chided these hot-blooded youths.
Outside the stone village, dust soared as dozens of horsemen arrived in front of them in an instant. Killing intent and roars filled the air.
All of them were mounted on Dragon Scaled Horses. The green scales shone sinisterly, each Horse carrying a bloody stench.
These were obviously a vicious group that had killed quite a few people. They were much more savage than ordinary roving bandits.
Over these last few days, Ye Fan had killed quite a few roving bandits within fifty kilometers of the village, but he had still been unable to find this group. Now they had finally arrived right on his doorstep.
One the central Dragon Scaled Horse was a forty-year old man with a great mustache, his abundant facial hair was fluffed like a lion’s mane, appearing very savage.[1]
“Everyone hiding inside the stone village better come the Hell out!” ordered quite a few of the bandits.
“To dare greet us with knives, you’ve really become delusional.” Many of the bandits had cruel expressions.
Fifth Grandpa Zhang walked out and stood within the stone village. “Calm down, sirs. Who doesn’t carry knives in the northern region? We were just always holding them, not taking them out for you.”
Some of the bandits coldly laughed. “Shut up. Have the Sources been prepared? Don’t tell me there’s not enough and you still need more time. We don’t have such patience.”
“If you can’t hand the Sources over today, your village will be completely destroyed by us. We’ll make this place into a field of blood.”
The bandits all hooted and bursts of killing intent soared over.
Fifth Grandpa Zhang knew they were all a group of indiscriminate murderers and not kidding. He opened a bag of Sources and light immediately shone out of it, attracting all of their gazes.
“Not bad. These Sources are actually passable. Old Zhang, your skill really isn’t small. You were actually able to gather so many in such a short time.” Bandit Chen Da brought the dozens of bandits up.
“With sirs ordering me, how could this old man not listen?” Fifth Grandpa Zhang cupped his hands.
The several kilograms of Sources shone in all colors, and Spiritual Qi overflowed. These were all Ye Fan’s Sources. He had just three kilograms of Sources. He didn’t wish to fight within the stone village because he sure that there was at least one sect behind this group of bandits helping them. If they were to fight here, it might implicate the small village. Thus he had told Fifth Grandpa Zhang to first hand over these Sources to them.
Bandit Chen Da laughed once the Sources landed in his hands. His laugh was like a broken drum beating and very unpleasant to listen to.
“Pretty good. There’s just slightly over three kilograms here. Looks like you guys are lucky and your village has avoided a calamity.” He grabbed his horsewhip and patted Fifth Grandpa Zhang’s head a couple times. “I’ve long since heard that this old man’s vision was amazing. With this old man’s arms and legs, he won’t be able to live for many more years, so just properly keep searching for Sources in this area for me…”
Tomfool’s eyes turned red and he rushed over. “Bandit Chen Da, where is my older sister? Give her back to me.”
A bandit vulgarly laughed and said, “Are you talking about that woman we brought away a month ago? She wasn’t bad, but she already drowned herself in a river half a month ago.”
“I’ll kill you!” Tomfool bitterly cried, and although he was a bit dumb, his strength was great. Even four or five other youths in the village together weren’t able to hold him back.
“A fool like you dares challenge us?” The bandits’ gazes immediately stood up and restrained him.
“If you dare contend against us, we’ll immediately destroy your village!” These people wouldn’t even blink when killing others. They were all extreme criminals who did whatever they wanted.
“Sis…” Tomfool cried. Although he was a bit simple-minded and carefree most days, he now felt as if his heart was being torn apart as he wept bitterly. As he struggled against them, veins bulged out all over his body.
An elder of the village walked out and pressed a finger against a certain part of his body, and Tomfool realized he was barely able to move at all anymore. The youths of the village drew their blades, prepared to charge over at any moment.
“What use is there being angry with a fool.” The bandits laughed cruelly. “I remember from last time that this fool also had a younger sister who was quite pretty. Let’s bring her away this time.”
“Fool, go bring your younger sister here.” One of the bandits brandished his whip towards Tomfool.
“Sirs, you can’t act like this. The Sources have already been paid so don’t hurt anyone else in our village,” Fifth Grandpa Zhang spoke up.
“Old thing, stop being a busybody. Later, we still have something we want from you, so just go stand to the side.” The bandits shoved him to the side and then whipped Tomfool a couple times.
“Get up and bring your sister!” One of them undid his restraints.
“I’ll kill you!” Tomfool’s lips had already been bitten through as he grabbed his dagger from the ground, about to risk his life to kill any of them.
The other youths also raised their sharp blades when they saw this and advanced forward.
“Hmph, even a group of commoners dare to resist?!” These brutes’ eyes turned cold and one of them viciously whipped Tomfool onto the ground where he spit out blood. “You fool, if you don’t want to leave then whatever, but don’t drag your village into it, too.”
“Hurry up and bring you little sister over. Otherwise I’ll massacre all of you here…”
These people were incomparably vicious and cruel.
“Can you hear me? Hurry the hell up!” Another one viciously whipped Tomfool.
The young men of the village all felt their hot blood surge and wished to immediately attack.
“Whatever, don’t make any more trouble this time.” Behind, Bandit Chen Da waved his hand. He was afraid of provoking anger because he still needed this village’s people to do something for him. He turned to Fifth Grandpa Zhang and said, “You actually are pretty good at finding Sources. Right now we urgently need them, so I’ll give you another assignment.”
“What assignment.”
“Within twenty days, hand over another three kilograms of Sources.”
“What? We just handed them over.”
Bandit Chen Da fake smiled and said, “This is the last time. Right now we really need Sources. Later we’ll give you guys some benefits.”
“But in such a short time we really aren’t able to find them…”
“Shut up!” Bandit Chen Da’s face immediately darkened, turning his horse and leaving. As he was leaving, he said one final cold sentence. “If you can’t gather three kilograms in half a month’s time, then just wait for your village to be exterminated!”
“If an old man likes you wishes to live out your final years, try to put in some more effort.” One of bandits hit Grandpa Zhang’s head with his whip as he urged his Dragon Scaled Horse forward, causing him to spit out blood.
“As for you, you stupid kid, you’re lucky this time. Try not to be so stupid next time.” Another bandit hit Tomfool a couple more times with his whip before jumping onto his horse.
“These murdering bastards!”
“Why haven’t these bloodsucking ants been struck by divine lightning yet?!”
The villages people were all furious as they watched their backs ride away. All of them were tightly clenching their fists.
Tomfool howled like a wild animal while Wang Shu held on to him tightly, not letting him chase after them.
Ye Fan walked over and patted Tomfool’s shoulders. “Come with me.”
Fifth Grandpa Zhang and the others didn’t ask anything. They knew what Ye Fan wanted to do, and bringing Tomfool along wasn’t a bad idea, otherwise that kid might be driven mad from anger.
As the bandits left the village, they passed by seven or eight other small oases and collected over ten kilograms of Sources. Only then did they urge their horses to ride far into the distance.
Ye Fan brought Tomfool along as he followed not too far and not too close behind them. He found that these group of people were very cautious and would occasionally stop to check for anyone trailing them.
They travelled two hundred kilometers before finally reaching their headquarters. They hadn’t made any moves within this area, instead going far away to plunder people.
“With this many Sources, the old man should be able to break through.” Bandit Chen Da was quietly conversing with a bandit beside him.
Not longer after, they entered a mountainous land filled with stone trees. There was no vegetation here, only a single flowing river.
“We have to send these Sources over to the old man as quickly as possible…”
Ye Fan was startled. Based on their conversation, he could confirm that there really was a sect behind them.