bayedsolid Chapter 669 Old Taoist
Chapter 669 Old Taoist
"Wow, there are still some from Jingguan," Li Nian said with emotion as he looked at the pile of bandit corpses. "Are those three hanging there leaders?"
Snowy Owl shrugged. "I don't know either, but those three are the best fighters, so I guess they're the most heinous. After all, if you choose the wrong profession... the greater the ability, the greater the danger."
"Of course, even though they're good at fighting, that's still relative. To me... it's just the difference between one and two strikes."
Snowy Owl said this and Li Nian nodded.
Gao Shan sighed nearby, "Actually, I don't think this is necessary, but... these people really brought this upon themselves. There are even more disgusting scenes inside the village, so we won't go in to see them."
"what is it then?"
Li Nian asked curiously.
Gao Shan whispered, "We found a child's hands and feet in a pot..."
"And they weren't eating because they were starving. On the contrary, their warehouses had plenty of food—so much so that they even brewed a lot of wine," Snowy Owl said calmly. "So, their deaths weren't a pity."
Li Nian looked at them and suppressed his smile: "If that's the case, then you did a good job, but it's not good enough..."
She looked at the piled up and hung corpses, most of which were stabbed through the vital parts.
"They were killed too quickly. These people died so quickly... After they're dead, no matter how much you mess with their bodies, you can't punish them."
Looking at the strange looks from Gao Shan, Snowy Owl and Seagull, Li Nian spread out his hands.
"Your gazes are a bit hurtful, as if it's wrong for me to have normal values and hate evil people who eat children..."
"Although I'm a member of the 'Freedom Alliance', that doesn't mean I'm insane, okay?"
After hearing what Li Nian said, the three people's attitude towards her obviously softened a little.
Lin Yu was also a little surprised.
"I didn't expect Li Nian to ease the relationship on his own..."
It seems that although Li Nian seems to be lively and casual, it does not mean that she does not understand the priorities of things.
And Snow Owl also answered Li Nian's question.
"After all, time was tight. Apart from the necessary torture, there really wasn't enough time to punish them..."
"Of course, I didn't hang them here to abuse the bodies—I wanted to serve as a 'warning'. After all, there are more than one bandit here."
Gao Shan nodded: "In a society like the Prison Mountain Realm, this method can indeed deter some criminals."
Li Nian also suddenly realized: "There is actually this consideration."
However, after hearing Snow Owl's words, Lin Yu had a different idea.
"That's a bit off... There are very few spider silk and spider demons here. In other words, we should have reached a place where the spider demon's control is very weak. Judging from the distance, this place is about the same as Fuyuan Mountain, so there should be native demons here."
"Why don't these corpses piled here attract demons to destroy and eat them?"
Shen Bingmiao's information did not mention that demons only eat living people - even if there was a fight between martial artists in the wild and one of them died suddenly, the blood energy emitted by the corpse would often quickly attract demons to eat it.
Powerful and advanced demons might not bother to do so, but many demons themselves are not much different from wild beasts.
Even if there are no demons, there will always be wild beasts, right?
After being exposed to the sun for half a day, the corpses showed no signs of being bitten or damaged.
"It's really strange—you must have been gone for a while, but these corpses are still so well preserved, and there are no demons wandering around. Why is that?"
Lin Yu raised the doubts in his mind.
After hearing Lin Yu's words, Snow Owl immediately reacted.
"That's a bit strange. This place is so far away from the Chen Family Fort in Shuangsaw Mountain. The spider demon shouldn't be able to clear out all the demons and beasts... It's already past noon, why haven't the demons come to take advantage of the situation?"
"Something's fishy going on. We'd better be careful," Gao Shan said seriously, surveying his surroundings. "Although this place was relatively safe after we first arrived in the Inferno, there are far too many unexpected situations in this instance. The spiders that suddenly appeared in Twin Saw Mountain speak for themselves... After all, Twin Saw Mountain was supposed to be safe, so it's possible that it's no longer safe."
Gao Shan's proposal was also recognized by everyone.
Just when everyone was getting into high spirits, a burst of hearty laughter suddenly came from the village.
"Hahahahaha, please don't worry, my fellow heroes. These corpses haven't been destroyed because there are no demons or beasts in the nearby mountains. I've cleared them out."
Before seeing the person, they heard his voice first. This powerful voice echoed in the mountains, attracting the attention of Lin Yu and his group.
Soon, they saw an old Taoist priest wearing a green Taoist robe, with gray hair, long eyebrows and a beard, walking out from the depths of the mountain village. Although it can be seen that the old Taoist priest is not young, he still has an immortal look and an upright figure.
His steps were light and he walked very fast, almost as if he was flying close to the ground.
Snowy Owl looked in the direction the other party was coming from and spoke cautiously, "Old Taoist, stop—you came from the bandits' lair, are you their friend?"
"Who are you? Tell me your name right now!"
The old Taoist priest glanced at Snow Owl, stopped, and said with a smile, "This female lay Buddhist exudes such a chilling murderous intent... You really misunderstood me. I don't know these bandits at all. I come from the Taiqing Sect, the leading Taoist sect, and live in seclusion in the mountains. How could I possibly be in cahoots with those bandits?"
Snow Owl remained alert after hearing this: "How do you prove it, Taiqing Sect?"
The old Taoist remained calm even after being questioned by Snow Owl. He simply continued, "Of course it depends on your skills and your true energy!"
As he spoke, the old Taoist drew the long sword from his back and slowly performed a few moves from a distance. His moves were upright and peaceful, and indeed sounded like righteous martial arts.
Afterwards, he shouted again, made hand gestures with his sword, and fluttered his Taoist robe, then he exhaled a breath of clear air.
"Hmm! Heavenly Lord, disciple Taiqing, please command me to perform a ritual!"
The clear air circulated in the air, turned into two wisps of green smoke, and then suddenly dispersed.
A cool breeze blew across the faces of several people, blowing away the heat of the hellfire.
"Qihua Qingfeng Jue," Old Zheng said quietly, "He is indeed a direct disciple of the Taiqing Sect... In the Prison Mountain Realm, this is considered a sect with relatively reliable character."
Lin Yu nodded and repeated Lao Zheng's words: "Qihua Qingfeng Jue, the Taoist priest is indeed the orthodox teaching of Taiqing Sect."
Upon hearing this, the old Taoist looked at Lin Yu with joy and bowed, "You have good eyes, sir. I originally thought that this trick was just to prove my identity, but I didn't expect that you could even see what kind of magic formula I used. You are really knowledgeable..."
At this point, Lin Yu was planning to return a few polite words to flatter each other, but he didn't expect that the Taoist's next words would make Lin Yu and the other five players perk up.
"--No wonder Xie Chong's mutilated remains are being kept by a lay Buddhist!"