Chapter Sixty Isn't Human

  "Big catch, what a big lineup down there! This fat sheep, tsk tsk!" On the steep cliff, hundreds of people looked down at the cargo-filled carriages and horses below, their eyes fixed greedily on the mountain bandits.

  "It's indeed very big and fat." The burly man with a curly mustache nodded, grasping his large knife in one hand, his eyes gleaming with some fervor.

  "It's gone!" The thin monkey spoke in a soft and subtle voice, his tone sounding particularly sharp.

  "Why did you fire?" The burly man with a curly beard suddenly turned his head and asked.

  "This is a no-brainer, just slaughter this fat sheep and we'll have at least a few months of good times ahead of us. Women, wine, meat - everything will be available!" The thin monkey laughed uncontrollably, and the mountain bandits behind him also burst into loud laughter.

  "What you said makes sense, come on!" The whiskered big man suddenly shouted for someone to come over. Two big men stepped out and respectfully came to the back of the whiskered big man, listening for orders.

  Everyone thought the master was about to give the order to start looting, and their eyes were all excitedly red. Just by looking at the convoy below, you could see the value of the goods in it. Even if only the luxury vehicles in that convoy were worth thousands of gold. There were already mountain bandits sharpening their knives, but they wanted to wait a bit so that killing people would be smoother later on.

  "Put him back in the cage in the stockade and starve him for two days. If he's not dead, bring him to see me again." The master of the house pointed at Skinny Monkey with an expressionless face.

  Everyone was stunned, even the two big men were stunned. But they quickly reacted and dragged the foolish skinny monkey away.

  After hitting his head against the stone repeatedly, Skinny Monkey finally came to and let out a loud wail, "Master, why?! I didn't do anything wrong, why are you treating me like this, Master?!"

  The master of the house sneered, "You don't even know what you did wrong, and now you're starving for four days." As soon as he said this, the thin monkey's eyes widened, and just as it was about to shout something, it swallowed its words back.

  The mountains are quiet like a cold cicada, only the big boss looking at the convoy below, "Only looking at the immediate benefits, but even basic judgment is not there, you can only harm the entire mountain stronghold! This fat sheep looks fat, but can you see that sturdy shepherd?"

  Under the precipice, Shen Cong looked up at Chao and then lowered his head to continue walking, with no expression on his face. In the carriage team, several people were still looking up, but no one took it seriously. There were hundreds of mountain bandits above, who had known about it for a long time, but no one paid attention to them. This kind of thing had happened many times in the past few days, and as long as they had some insight, the mountain bandits would not take them seriously.

  It's only natural that there are foolish people in this world, and some mountain bandits will charge at them. Since they're foolish, and so foolish to the point of being a burden to their families, then it's better for them not to live in this world. In fact, Shen Cong helped clear out some troublemakers from this trade route.

  "There's a forest of camellias ahead, we'll spend the night there tonight, brothers let's speed up a bit and get there before dark. There's a special wild flavor in the forest of camellias, those who come late won't have any to eat." Ma Lu shouted loudly from the front, and everyone cheered in response.

  At night, a circular area of about 100 meters in diameter was cleared out in the forest, all martial artists and cultivators. It was easy to get to this point. The bonfire rose, and the grill was stringing up the demon beasts, with fine and tender oil constantly dripping down, emitting an extremely tempting fragrance, which was what Ma Lu called wild flavor. Now, just smelling that scent made people's fingers move greatly.

  "Eat it while it's hot, this gamey flavor can only be enjoyed tonight, and you won't find anything as delicious elsewhere." Ma Lu scattered the seasonings and smiled as he divided the beast among several people.

  It was a very strange taste, Shen Cong took a bite and his eyes lit up slightly, then he ate the rest in one go. Others saw how fast Shen Cong was eating and wanted to share some, but were politely declined by him. Good things can't be eaten too much, just tasting is fine.

  "This escort mission was really easy, now that I think about it, not to mention the reward, just staying at the Li residence is worth the price." Huang Wei said with a mouthful of meat.

  "It's just that the Li family is good, then it's already good, but there's just one thing that's lacking." Li said with a smile.

  "That's quite luxurious, but still somewhat lacking. Let me hear about it." Meng Ran raised his head and said, even with his family background and wealth, he couldn't find any other flaws in the Li residence.

  "That is not my Li Manor." Li said calmly.

  The people around fell silent, and then burst out laughing. Shen Cong also couldn't help but pat Li Yan's shoulder a few times. Such words could be spoken, and this Li Yan was indeed a clever person.

  "So that you can have such a mansion in the future, I'll let you take over the night watch later, while we go to sleep." Huang Wei chuckled and said, causing Li Yan's face to fall.

  Three hours later, the entire camp fell silent. Everyone had fallen asleep, with only the night watchmen still walking around, but also trying to keep their voices down so as not to disturb their fellow companions' rest.

  Li Yan had his eyes closed, but he wasn't asleep. Instead, most of his energy was focused on his surroundings. Suddenly, a faint movement came from the front, and Li Yan subconsciously opened his eyes. Except for the dark night, there was nothing else. Li Yan couldn't help but smile, thinking that he was just being sensitive. But suddenly, he felt a chill on the back of his neck, as if someone had blown air on it, and his hair stood on end. Li Yan subconsciously turned his head to look behind him, and a pair of black eyes were staring straight at him.

  Huang Wei got up in the middle of the night to relieve himself, and as he walked halfway, he suddenly felt something was off. He turned around to see that Li Yan, who should have been keeping watch, was lying on the ground instead. Huang Wei was taken aback for a moment before shaking his head. He walked over to Li Yan and lightly kicked him with his foot, thinking that Li Yan would wake up, but there was no response at all.

  Huang Wei furrowed his brow, feeling that something was off. He bent down to take a closer look and his eyes widened in shock. Li Yan's seven orifices were bleeding, and Huang Wei was frightened into quickly examining him. At the bottom of his heart, he finally felt a slight sense of calm. The person didn't seem to have any other issues; it seemed that the extreme fright had completely suppressed his spirit, and after a good rest, he should be fine.

  "What's wrong?"

  The sound came from behind, Huang Wei was startled, and only then did he realize it was Shen Cong. Shen Cong looked at the floor where Li Yan was lying, his eyebrows furrowed involuntarily as he examined him carefully, but the conclusion was similar to Huang Wei's, except that Shen Cong discovered a hint of yin cold energy in Li Yan's meridians, piercing through his bones like ice.

  "Li Yan cultivated the Hao Ran Xin Fa, and it should be extremely solid, how could this happen?" Huang Wei said in confusion. The Hao Ran Xin Fa is a righteous energy of heaven and earth, cultivating a profound realm that is impervious to all demons. But now Li Yan's appearance was clearly due to being frightened beyond measure, which naturally left Huang Wei perplexed.

  "It's all thanks to the Haoran Heart Method, otherwise it wouldn't be this simple." A surge of righteous energy was protecting Li Yan's heart pulse, and it was also this power that didn't allow the gloomy cold energy to prevail. Otherwise, at this moment Huang Wei would not have seen this scene, but would have been thinking about how to collect Li Yan's corpse instead.

  Shen Cong pulled out the foreign energy from Li Yan's body, "You should be fine after a good rest tonight. You watch over him, I'll take the night shift and you can rest."

  "What if there's danger, shouldn't we inform Master Wang about this situation?" Huang Wei hesitated, Li Yan thought the situation was too strange, and Huang Wei's heart was full of unease.

  "It's alright, I'll try first. If it doesn't work out, we can notify Master Wang tomorrow." Shen Cong smiled and patted Huang Wei on the shoulder, "Go to sleep, we still have a long journey ahead of us tomorrow and we can't afford to be too tired."

  Huang Wei hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded. Shen Cong had already shown his strength that day, and he and Li Yan were not even a match for Shen Cong when tied together. Now that Shen Cong was in charge, it should be no big deal. The surroundings seemed to have a chill, Huang Wei tightened his clothes, carefully placed Li Yan down, and rose up with his legs crossed, regulating his breath.

  Shen Cong glanced around, everyone was already asleep, no one noticed the situation here. Just now Li Yan had an accident, but it didn't disturb anyone. Thinking of this, Shen Cong's mouth corner revealed a hint of cold smile, his eyes slightly closed.

  The night grew darker, and except for the area illuminated by the bonfire, everything else was pitch black. Anything further away was invisible, exuding an eerie atmosphere.

  A cold wind blew, and the temperature seemed to be dropping. Shen Cong's calm state of mind suddenly fluctuated slightly, various thoughts churned in his mind, and his childhood life in the mountain village flashed before his eyes, Shen Cong's eyeballs rolled back and forth as he sat up.

  Hardworking parents, simple villagers in the mountain village are busy with farm work, children are playing on their own, sometimes there will be some crying sounds of children and laughter of adults. In the village, no matter which family has something happen, other families will automatically come to help, for many years, it has always been like this.

  The village is not rich, but everyone is content. As long as next year's rainwater can be sufficient for them to eat and live, they will have no complaints. There is a teacher in the village who was born in the village, left the village years ago, and then returned to the village for some reason, and has since settled down in the village without leaving again.

  The village head was teaching the young men martial arts. Shen Cong watched from a distance, his eyes filled with envy, especially when someone lifted a huge boulder over their head, Shen Cong's eyes shone even brighter. Shen Cong was still underage and was currently in the stage of learning to read and write, so he couldn't go up to practice martial arts and cultivate his strength, otherwise it would harm himself.

  "Stones, go home for dinner!" Behind him seemed to come the shout of Shen's mother. Shen Zong didn't dare turn his head back, but what entered his eyes was a pair of dark eye sockets, staring straight at him, and a chill rose from the bottom of his heart.

  "Bang!"

  Shen Cong's eyes suddenly opened, and a hint of murderous intent emanated from him. The flowers and grass in front of him instantly burst open. And not far in front of Shen Cong, a little girl was staring at him right now. Her face was as white as it had no blood, but the whites of her eyes were tinged with a faint bloody hue.

  I'm hungry.

  A faint voice came out of the little girl's mouth, and when she said this, the temperature around her dropped even further, and Shen Cong's eyebrows were even frosty.

  "You shouldn't have hurt my friend, you shouldn't have stirred up the thoughts I buried deep in my heart, and you especially shouldn't have interrupted me when I was immersed in memories!" Shen Cong's eyes suddenly widened, and a violent aura spread around him. The zombie blood at his heart position kept trembling, as if it was about to burst out and fill his entire body.

  "Hehe."

  It seemed like the laughter that came from Jiuyou's lower realm, but the disciples of Luoshui Sect around the little girl furrowed their brows. In their sleep, it seemed as if they had a nightmare, some people even bit their lips, and their hands grasped tightly, as if trying to grasp something.

  Shen's eyes narrowed slightly, and his entire body suddenly disappeared from the spot. The dragon-qi knife in his hand was inserted directly into the position where the little girl had been standing before, but at this moment, there was no longer any sign of the little girl there.

  "Blood Wind Sword Technique, Defend!"

  A gust of wind arose, and a suction force was emitted in all directions. The red figure that had already disappeared reappeared beside the Dragon Bird Knife. His dark eyes stared straight at Shen Cong, emitting countless grievances that projected onto Shen Cong's heart, and countless ghostly shadows flashed around, pouncing on Shen Cong, with fresh blood almost completely flooding the surroundings.

  Looking around, Shen Cong suddenly let out a laugh.

  "How scary, but I'm not human!"