Zong Shen didn't close his eyes all night.

Standing on the side of the fortifications outside the main road at the entrance of the town, he waited quietly.

It wasn't until three hours after Uncle Nine returned to the town with Shi Chen that he saw Qiusheng appear with more than a hundred people, and he was relieved.

The more than 100 people rescued from Shicheng County were already embarrassed and hungry and thirsty at this time.

"We made it!"

Qiusheng saw Zong Shen at a glance, and began to take the lead to leap up, along the way, leading these people, it can be said that he has endured a lot of hardships.

Not to mention that the mountain road at night is particularly rugged and difficult to walk, and leading more than 100 weak people, this 20-kilometer road is like learning scriptures from the west, and it has gone through hardships.

At first, there were still people complaining, and even clamoring to leave the team, but later, everyone only knew how to move forward subconsciously, numb like a walking corpse, all supported by the will to survive.

Food!

Safe place to stay!

Finally arrived, Taiping Town.

Zong Shen led a group of townspeople to meet them.

"Mayor Mare... We're back! ”

Qiusheng's tone was full of excitement, and he had never looked forward to returning to Taiping Town so much.

"Okay, okay, let's go rest first, we have vacated a few compounds in the town, prepared hot dumplings and hot water, and the beds are also covered with brand new bedding."

Zong Shen waved his hand, showing a happy expression.

Everyone was also overjoyed, and they were grateful for the rest of their lives.

"Mayor Zong, have my master and Wen Cai ever returned to the town?"

After everyone left, Qiusheng asked with a concerned face.

"Master Lin came back an hour and a half ago, and he still carried the little brother Wencai behind him, and settled him in Yizhuang."

Zong Shen said slowly, but there was a trace of worry on his face.

"By the way, Qiusheng, what is the situation in the county?"

"It's not optimistic, that group of militia bandits is simply bandits, not only ruthless but also looting the property of the county residents at will, encroaching on the houses of the county residents, and if there is a slight unsatisfactory place, they will be beaten and scolded, and they will be shot at the worst..."

Qiusheng gritted his teeth and said hatefully.

"Hey, evil, evil, battle is inevitable, I just hope we can hold out until the arrival of the commander's reinforcements..."

Zong Shen rubbed his forehead, his eyes were bloodshot, Taiping Town was like a boat in a turbulent sea at this time, and it would capsize if he was not careful.

"You go and rest, Qiusheng, there are still two hours before dawn, and I need your help tomorrow."

Zong Shen raised his head and said to Qiusheng.

Qiusheng nodded, not pretentious, strode towards Yizhuang, he really needed to rest, not only was there no guarantee of food and water during the two days of captivity, but even rest was a luxury, every once in a while, there were always militia bandits who came in to inquire, deliberately interrupting their rest, trying to crush their spirits.

Back in Yizhuang, Qiusheng simply got some food, and then went into the house to get ready to rest.

saw Shi Chen snoring like thunder on the bed, his clothes were torn, his body was covered with abrasions, and there was a dark red fresh scar on his waist and abdomen.

After hesitating for a moment, Qiusheng turned around and left, gave up the bed to Shi Chen, and went to the hall to make a bunk.

In the blink of an eye, the sky was bright.

Shi Chen opened his eyes in a daze.

After a night's rest, his body recovered quite a bit.

He rubbed his fluffy sleepy eyes, only to feel extremely sore all over his body, and then the first thing he did was to touch the tomb of the soul in his pocket.

The hand is full of coldness, very similar to last night's twilight state, but not as piercing as last night, it seems that after the resentful female monster left, this strange aura has also been weakened a lot.

And the Twilight Bronze Coin Sword was also picked up by Uncle Jiu, and it was placed next to the bed, and the strange aura on the sword body disappeared completely, it seems that Uncle Nine cracked it, so the Spirit Raising Tomb should also be able to lift this strange state.

Thinking of this, Shi Chen got up, walked out of the hut with the Spirit Cultivation Tomb in his hand, and came to the hall.

"Whew!"

"Whew!"

As soon as I entered the hall, I heard a snoring.

Shi Chen fixed his eyes and saw that it was Qiusheng who was sleeping soundly on the floor.

It seems that they have made it to the town safely.

Shi Chen didn't bother Qiusheng, he walked into the hall with his hands and feet, came to the hut where Uncle Jiu rested on weekdays, and rummaged through the piles of bottles and cans.

"Rooster blood?"

"Cow tears?"

"Carp scales?"

"Black dog blood?"

Shi Chen rummaged around, a little confused.

There are many things in it that break evil spirits, and there are also many things that even Shi Chen doesn't know the effect, so he has no choice but to use the dead horse as a live horse doctor, and start experimenting with bottles one by one.

The surface of the tomb was filthy.

Until the test reached the black dog blood.

When a drop of black dog blood fell on the surface of the Spirit Cultivation Tomb, the aura of the entire Spirit Cultivation Tomb changed, and that strange and cold aura instantly dissipated.

Then the Spirit Cultivation Tomb in Shi Chen's hand disappeared, and Huang Xiaocui appeared beside him with an angry expression on his face.

"Who told you to pour this mess."

Shi Chen explained with some grievances.

"I don't want to lift the restrictions on the Tomb of the Soul... But I didn't know the specific method, so I had to experiment one by one. ”

"Humph!"

Huang Xiaocui snorted lightly, turned around and turned into a cyan spirit cultivation tomb and flew outside the house.

"Hey, woman!"

Shi Chen felt a little helpless in his heart.

After a night's rest, he only felt hungry in his stomach, walked out of the hall, came to the kitchen and heated a few cakes casually, and after three times five divided by two, he was ready to return to his room!

When passing by the house of the four-eyed Taoist, Shi Chen deliberately took two more looks.

Even at this moment, the Four-Eyed Daoist still doesn't seem to have any plans to leave the customs in advance.

Shaking his head, Shi Chen returned to the room by himself, changed into a set of clothes and pants, tied the Twilight Bronze Coin Sword to his back with strips of cloth, and then walked out of Yizhuang and walked in the direction of the town.

The militia bandits in the county will attack at any time.

There can be no slackness at this time.

There was a tense atmosphere throughout Taiping Town.

The farmland next to the road outside the town, the farmers who usually work are gone.

It didn't go far before a wooden horse was rejected.

There were even two wooden watchtowers at the entrance of the village, on which stood several patrolmen with spears.

You must know that before Shi Chen and Uncle Jiu set off yesterday, the town had just been mobilized.

In less than a day, a large number of wooden fortifications were built, and the road was cut off by pitfalls and horses.

This efficiency can be called terrifying.

At each of the fortifications there were townsfolk armed with earthen guns or other firearms.

Some important core positions are defended by rangers.

There were a lot of hidden traps along the way, and if it weren't for someone to guide him along the way, Shi Chen would have stepped on a few pits full of spikes.

The entire Taiping town was completely armed and turned into a hedgehog.