Chapter 106: Bandits
Smack......
"Ah, this ......" The voices of the crowd were indeed a bit like they were stunned.
"Huh?" Chu Lingxun opened his eyes and looked around for the arrow he had shot.
"Chu Lingxun, you haven't used a bow and arrow, have you?" Ling Ya couldn't help but ask.
"Is it that obvious?" Chu Lingxun thought that his actions just now were still very standard, at least in his opinion, they were similar to Lingya.
"It still looks very similar, and some details are imitated in place. Lingya also secretly pierced her, and saw that Chu Lingxun was imitating her.
"But...... It would be nice to be able to shoot arrows. Ling Ya snickered and pointed to Chu Lingxun's feet.
Chu Ling looked for it, and then he couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground to get into.
I saw that the arrow that should have been shot out by Chu Lingxun was lying on the ground at this time, and Chu Lingxun also understood where the previous snapping sound came from, it was the sound of this arrow falling to the ground.
The arrows turned into mist again and merged into Chu Lingxun's armor.
"A arrow!" Chu Lingxun didn't bother to think of the name, and now he just wanted to shoot the arrow.
Riding the arrow on the bow, Chu Lingxun determined that the bowstring was next to the tail of the arrow this time.
Keep your eyes on the front, even if you don't have a goal.
Hold the arrow in your right hand and pull the bow to the shape of a full moon, then let go for a moment.
Shout!
It is not too difficult to shoot the arrow, the difficult thing is to aim at the target, but Chu Lingxun has no goal, just try this bow, and finally explore the ability of this armor.
The arrow went straight and straight at such a close distance, and it didn't have a problem falling, and it shot straight into the opposite wall.
The entire arrow sank into most of the stone wall, and after a while, it turned into mist and returned to Chu Lingxun's body.
"Infinite?" Guo Zhen shouted in surprise.
"I guess so. Chu Lingxun scratched his head, and then dispersed the bow in his hand.
The bow turned into a cloud of mist and merged into Chu Lingxun's body.
"Lingya, teach me how to shoot arrows when you have time. Chu Lingxun asked Lingya with a flattering face.
"Yes, it's okay to teach you some basics. Lingya replied to Chu Lingxun.
"Hey, hey, hey. Chu Lingxun had a smile on his face, and those who didn't know thought he had picked up the spirit coin.
"It's almost dark here, let's get out. Gao Xinming looked around.
Chu Lingxun came back to his senses and looked around, just as Gao Xinming said, the place where there was originally glowing everywhere had already darkened, especially their surroundings, which had completely darkened, and the entire environment had also darkened a lot with the escape of energy.
"Okay, let's go. Chu Lingxun took the lead in the direction of going out.
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After coming out of the secret realm, everyone was heading towards the Heavenly Demon Kingdom non-stop, although the road was far away, but they could go as far as they could.
However, regarding the issue of going through the post station, everyone had a tacit understanding and did not mention it.
Chu Lingxun's idea is to go all the way, to have more knowledge on the road, and if someone proposes to go through the post station, he will go to take a bird.
Zeng Lei and the four people generally don't think about expensive post stations, so they don't think about it at all.
As for Lingya, she didn't know anything about the human post station at all, and the elf city was full of birds such as horned eagles and beasts that could be ridden.
It was not early, and after a long delay, everyone came to a village and decided to rest here.
As soon as I walked into the village, I saw a large open space in the village, which was full of people standing on the inside and outside of the three floors, as if they were watching something.
They exchanged glances with each other, and everyone walked towards the crowd, these people seemed to be the villagers here, although they didn't know what they were doing, but when they came to someone else's place, it was still basic politeness to say hello in the past.
The crowd did not deliberately hide their movements, and approached the past, the rustle of feet on the ground was not difficult to hear without concealment, and the villagers in the crowd did not make much noise.
It stands to reason that when you hear movement behind you, you have to turn around and take a look, but none of those villagers turned around.
As he got closer, Zeng Lei was about to speak, but was interrupted by another voice.
The voice came from the other side of the crowd, and Chu Lingxun couldn't tell who was talking.
"Why haven't you paid this year's tax? We have to come to pay it in person?" The voice sounded sharp and mean, a bit similar to Gao Xinming, but Gao Xinming was only slight, and now this voice was heavy.
"Uncle...... Haven't you already paid this year's taxes?" replied a voice that looked very old when he heard it.
"When did you pay it? You said last month? That time wasn't it last year?" The shrill voice seemed to have expected it, and asked at the same time as the old voice answered.
"But......" the old man just said a yes, and then sighed before saying, "We can't pay it this year." ”
"Can't hand it over? That's not up to me, but I'm not the kind of unreasonable person, give you a grace day, and within tomorrow, you hand it over yourself, or I'll cut it next time...... But you have to charge interest. A shrill voice said.
Chu Lingxun stopped Zeng Lei, and several people stood here and listened to the conversation just now, and Chu Lingxun even saw everything that happened inside in the map editor.
The villagers here are not in a circle, but all of them are standing here, and on the other side are a few people who are not very good people at first glance.
Those men had all kinds of weapons in their hands, and they were crudely made, but they were no problem to kill people.
The owner of the shrill voice was a stocky man with a machete in his hand and walked around in front of the villagers.
The old voice was a white-haired old man in a cloth suit, standing in front of the crowd and talking to Humpty Dumpty.
Humpty Dumpty turned around and walked outside, and a few minions beside him glared fiercely at the villagers in front of him, and this time they each turned to leave.
Seeing those people walking away, the villagers gradually became active.
"Hello, may I ask what was just now?" Chu Lingxun asked him when he saw the villager in front of him turn around.
"Who are you?" The person in front of him was startled when he saw Chu Lingxun, and his voice couldn't help but raise a few points.
This voice seemed to press the mute button, and the villagers who were originally a little noisy quieted down and looked at Chu Lingxun and the others.
"Don't be nervous, we were just passing by, we just arrived here, who were those people just now?" Chu Lingxun hurriedly said to the villagers.
But he didn't say anything convincing.
Zeng Lei, who is a few sizes bigger than ordinary people, Guo Zhen and Qingluo, who are dressed as people in the rivers and lakes, Gao Xinming, who is sitting in a wheelchair and looks like a chicken thief, wears a big hood and can't see his face clearly, especially Chu Lingxun, wearing a strange black armor, he doesn't look like a good person.
"You'd better leave quickly, in case you get involved, lose money and property, and be careful that your life is not guaranteed. The old man walked over on crutches, he didn't think that Chu Lingxun was a bad person, or that he didn't care.
"Senior, we are all cultivators, are we still afraid of a few little thieves?" Guo Zhen said quickly, he had already guessed the identities of those people, and now he said to the old man.
When the old man heard the cultivator, he raised his head suddenly, but when he saw clearly that Chu Lingxun and the others were all relatively young faces, he still shook his head and sighed.
"Forget it, you're no match for them, but it's night, so stay here for one night, and leave tomorrow morning. The old man's tone contained a strong sense of powerlessness.
"How do you know if you don't try?" Chu Lingxun said to the old man, and at the same time silently recited in his heart: "Holy Sword." ”
This name is one of Chu Lingxun's sword-like weapons that looks more imposing, and Chu Lingxun also took it out.
The black mist condensed and formed in Chu Lingxun's hand, turning into the appearance of a sword.
The old man saw Chu Ling revealing such a hand, and there seemed to be some hope in his eyes.
"Come with me, a few of you. The old man made a gesture of please, and then walked to the side.
Chu Lingxun followed a few people, and followed the old man to a room, the whole room was not very big, there were a few chairs placed in it at random, and there was only one table in addition.
The old man walked in first, took out a crumpled little cardboard box from his bosom, then took out a match from it, wiped it on the edge of the small cardboard box several times, and then put the small cardboard box on the table, and bent down with the other hand to light the oil lamp on the table.
A soybean-sized flame lit up on the oil lamp, and the faint yellow light barely illuminated the room.
"Alas. Before the old man could speak, he sighed.
"I'm the village chief here, and my name is Tian Yuan. The old man first introduced himself.
"Chief Tian Village, ......" Chu Lingxun was about to open his mouth to ask about the bandits, but Tian Yuan said to himself:
"You see it right, it's a gang of bandits, they have a stockade on the mountain behind them, there are about a hundred people in it, all of them are bandits, and the surrounding villages have to pay them money for safety. ”
"This is the tax mentioned before, but they collect taxes all according to their mood, in addition to the tax that must be paid every year, when they want to collect it, they can find a reason to come and search for it. Tian Yuan said this, and was interrupted by Gao Xinming.
"Then you didn't think about resisting?"
"I thought about it, why didn't I think about it, but those who invited people from the outside either died inside, or they joined in instead. Tian Yuan said this, his eyes were full of despair.
"Even a few years ago, our village sent a group of children out to study art, but they died in it after returning from school. You are all still young, and there is still a long way to go, so there is no need to be here. Tian Yuan still persuaded Chu Lingxun and them.
It seems that although Chu Lingxun's hand is very extraordinary, the strength of the bandit has already left an indelible impression in the hearts of the villagers here.
However, Chu Lingxun and the others still decided to try, they were originally trying to fight against the demon clan, there is no big or small evil, the demon clan is evil, and these bandits are also evil.