Chapter 34


    Chapter 34 Killing and Robbing


    Barren City quickly became lively. The defeat of Liang Ying’s troops was only the beginning. More than


    ten groups came after that.


    There were at least three to five hundred people and at most one to two thousand. After finding a


    courtyard in the city to stay in, he ordered the county magistrate to gather provisions.


    “There aren’t even any ghosts in Barren City. How can we gather food?”


    When Zhao Tai met the civil officials, he could bring out his backing. Facing this group of starving


    troops, he could not reason with them and did not dare to say anything. He could only transport the


    food from the mine to distribute.


    There were thousands of people in the city, so they could at most eat for three to five days.


    The generals andmanders also knew that there was no food in Barren City, so theymunicated


    with each other in private.


    After dering to the public that they would fight Great Yong, they began to plunder the surrounding


    viges and towns of Barren City.


    Soldiers were like quails. It was legal and organized into robberies. The people’s homes were so empty


    that there was nothing left. They could only be refugees and flee south with their families.


    Those who dared to resist were Great Yong’s spies!


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    Li Hong looked at the carts of food and goods being transported to the variousmanders in the city


    and tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart.


    “Sir, I’ve often heard Big Brother mention that back then, the million strong northern army did not dare


    to say that they did notmit any crimes against themoners. At the very least, they were


    disciplined. How did they fall to such a state in just a few years?”


    They were afraid of death in foreign wars and oppressed the people internally. The bandit soldiers were


    even more vicious than the rebels!


    “It’s human nature. It’s difficult to be good. You have to follow all kinds of rules and keep taming


    and disciplining. But it’s easy to be bad. Not to mention five years, you can turn from a strict army


    into a raider in a few months!”


    Zhou Yi said slowly, “The war on the northern border is about to begin. The war is fierce and


    dangerous. A gentleman does not stand on a dangerous wall. Today, I will return to the capital. In the


    chaos, remember to prioritize your life.”


    After staying in Barren City for half a month, a series of news of defeat came from the northern border.


    Yesterday, the defeated army in the city almost mutinied because thest intact army in the northern


    border was surrounded and defeated by the Great Yong Army.


    The northern provinces, Yi and Su, had once been Great Yong’s oldnds. But they had been


    Li Hong said in surprise, “With your strength, you’re even stronger than Father. Who in the world can


    make you stay?”


    “You’ve never even left the Fengyang Kingdom. How dare you say that the world is big?”


    Zhou Yi said solemnly, “Cultivators must remember not to be arrogant. This world is so big that mortals


    can’t walk through it in their entire lives!”


    Li Hong bowed. “Thank you for your teachings, sir.”


    In recent days, he had interacted with Zhou Yi and had many wild thoughts and imaginations, which


    broadened Li Hong’s horizons. Some of his words seemed unbelievable, but every time he thought


    about them carefully, they were really mysterious and extraordinary.


    Li Hong understood many principles that were not written in books. Although he and Zhou Yi were not


    master and disciple in name, they were master and disciple.


    “I’m leaving.”


    Zhou Yi was not a procrastinator. He had a long and endless life and needed to get used to parting as


    soon as possible.


    Li Hong bade him farewell with tears in his eyes. “Have a safe trip, sir.”


    His parents and brothers were already dead. When he bid farewell to Zhou Yi today, he would truly be


    alone in the vast northern border.


    Zhou Yi looked back and sent a voice transmission. “The chaos in the northern border is a huge and


    bad thing for the people, the soldiers, and the imperial court. It’s only good for you. If you want to


    imitate the Duke, spend money to buy a guerri general.”


    With that, he mounted his horse and whipped it away.


    He only needed tens of thousands of taels to buy a guerri general who had the power to lead troops.


    No matter how dpidated the Duke’s Mansion was, Li Hong could still afford it.


    He followed the official road south.


    Three dayster.


    In the distance, he saw smoke rising from the chimney. In front of him was the Chen family’s valley.


    The vige chief, Old Man Chen, was a wonderful person. He had once roasted rabbit meat and


    brewed high-grade yellow wine for him. He was also knowledgeable.


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    Zhou Yi chatted with him about the past and present, but he could not gain the upper hand at all. They


    chatted for an entire night before they were satisfied.


    “A queer person in the wilderness!” Zhou Yi touched his shriveled pocket. “I don’t even have any silver


    left. With Old Brother Chen’s knowledge of astronomy and geography, he wouldn’t be reluctant to lend


    money, right?”


    He was thrifty at home, but was amply provided for when he traveled. Zhou Yi had brought 5,000 taels


    of silver when he went out, and on the way, he had received a few thousand taels of silver from those


    “heroes”. Now, he had spent everything.


    While Zhou Yi was thinking, he was already close to Chen family’s valley. When the wind blew, his


    expression suddenly changed!


    “What a strong smell of blood.”


    Zhou Yi leaped onto the horse’s back and covered the distance of a thousand feet in the blink of an


    eye.


    There was indeed smoke in the vige, but it was lit up by the farmers. Instead, two to three hundred


    soldiers were lighting fires at the vige entrance.


    The soldier on duty realized that someone wasing and shouted with his saber, “What are you


    looking at, old man? If you don’t want to die, get lost!”


    “Where’s the people?”


    Zhou Yi did not need to ask to guess that this group of soldiers had fresh blood on their bodies and


    sabers. The cooks were ughtering pigs and sheep, and there wererge and small bags of food


    piled up beside them.


    The leader said, “Cut the crap. Just shoot him.”


    At themand, the bowstrings twanged and a dozen arrows shot.


    “I’ve never been fond of fighting in my life, but someone just had to court death!”


    Zhou Yi’s figure swayed, and his speed was as fast as lightning. He had already exceeded the limit of


    an ordinary person’s reaction speed.


    Themander only saw a faint shadow shuttling between the soldiers under hismand. The


    soldiers could not even scream before they died. They fell to the ground in droves like mowing grass.


    “A ghost!” Themander screamed and ran toward the Chen family’s valley.


    After ughtering more than 200 soldiers, Zhou Yi chased after them in a few leaps. His cold voice


    sounded in the general’s ears.


    “If you want to see ghosts so badly, I’ll do as you wish!”


    After saying that, he activated the House Suppression Talisman. Ghosts floated out of the houses in


    the vige. Most of them had blurry faces, and a few of them had missing arms and legs. Their bodies


    were covered in wounds.


    One of the vengeful spirits was the clearest. Its neck was broken, and there were two holes in its


    abdomen. Blood was flowing out.


    Woo!


    When the vengeful spirit saw itsmander, its resentment soared and it let out an ear-piercing ghost


    roar.


    The other ghosts and spirits with chaotic consciousness were guided by the call of that vengeful spirit


    and pounced over.


    Themander had never seen such a terrifying scene before. This ghost was dragging half an


    intestine, and that ghost was holding his head. He was so frightened that his eyes rolled back and he


    fainted.


    The group of ghosts pounced on themander and was about to devour his Yang qi, blood, and


    essence when a murderous aura suddenly appeared to protect him.


    The pain was like a knife cutting through their flesh. The ghost screamed and backed away, trembling


    as he didn’t daree forward.


    The vengeful spirit’s eyes widened as it spat out ck fog that enveloped themander.


    Zhou Yi circted his Dharmic powers and used the martial arts technique of the Lion Roar. “Brother


    Chen, leave him alive. I still have something to ask him.”


    His voice was like thunder. The vengeful spirit woke up from its ferocity and recognized Zhou Yi. Tears


    of blood seeped out of its eyes.


    “Thank you, benefactor, for avenging the Chen family!”


    “My condolences, Brother Chen.”


    Zhou Yi walked in front of themander and used his dharmic powers to pierce through a few


    acupuncture points. The excruciating pain woke him up from hisa.


    “Are you a defeated soldier from the Northern Frontier?”


    Themander looked at the ghosts around him who stared at him with bloodshot eyes. A chill ran


    down his spine as he got up and kowtowed and begged.


    “I don’t have a choice either. Ever since the Northern Frontier was defeated and we fled, the Imperial


    Court has never issued any new military orders, nor has the army paid any rations!”


    “I haven’t eaten for seven to eight days. In order not to starve to death, I can only plunder the


    <pmoners!”