Capítulo 1351: Chapter 1228: Collecting Interest
After half a month of fleeing, Ye Fan and the Bai Yan wolf finally saw so signs of human habitation.
This gave Ye Fan a feeling as if he had been transported to another world.
During this half month, he and the Bai Yan wolf had been surviving in the Barbaric Forest, encountering nurous attacks from Xuan Beasts and wild animals.
Eventually, the Bai Yan wolf released its aura, scaring away those reckless beasts, saving them from further trouble.
As they erged from the mountains, Ye Fan saw smoke rising in the distance, and he realized it was already evening, ti for ordinary people to cook dinner.
“Gurgle!”
Upon seeing the smoke in the distance and catching a whiff of food in the air, the Bai Yan wolf’s stomach couldn’t help but growl.
In recent days, apart from occasionally roasting so ga, the Bai Yan wolf mostly fed on raw food. Although wolves naturally eat raw at, after tasting cooked food, it found the taste of raw at significantly less appealing.
“Shall we go scrounge a al? Your king is starving!” the Bai Yan wolf suggested to Ye Fan.
“Alright!”
Ye Fan nodded in agreent, as he also wanted to take this opportunity to gather so information, to learn about any movents from the Qing Family and Lou Family after being on the run for so long.
The man and the wolf quickly sprinted towards the distant village and reached the village outskirts in no ti.
Ye Fan roughly surveyed the area, discovering that it was a small village.
To be precise, it should be called a stockade, as it had walls and gates, with only about a hundred or so households, totaling at most around three to four hundred people.
“Who goes there?”
As Ye Fan arrived at the gate, a voice called out from inside.
“Just passing through, hoping to stay for a night, is that okay?” Ye Fan asked politely.
“Nonsense, you must have been sent by the Su Family, right?”
The person inside the gate seed distrustful of Ye Fan’s words, replying rudely and continuing to question him.
Ye Fan was quite speechless, not understanding how he was mistaken for soone sent by the Su Family, a family he knew nothing about.
“Damn it, we’re just here for a al. Keep stalling, and I’ll smash this damn gate!”
The Bai Yan wolf, already starving, only wished for a good al and a nice sleep to recover its strength. It didn’t expect to be refused entry, igniting its temper.
Originally, Ye Fan had warned it not to speak on the way to the village, fearing it would cause panic. He had long realized that the village consisted of ordinary people, with only two cultivators at the Peak of True Qi Realm, not having reached the True Essence Realm.
But the Bai Yan wolf hadn’t heeded his warning at all, losing its patience when these ordinary villagers dared to shut the gate against them.
“Ah… Dog Demon?!”
The gatekeeper, seeing a white dog speaking, was shocked and scread.
It wasn’t entirely his fault for mistaking it, as the Bai Yan wolf’s tail was perked up high, unlike a typical wolf, which naturally led him to think it was a dog.
“I…”
The Bai Yan wolf was especially annoyed, being called a Dog Demon for the first ti, which was particularly embarrassing, yet it couldn’t stoop to arguing with an ordinary person, so it just muttered, “What kind of eyesight is that? I’m a wolf, okay?”
Ye Fan burst into laughter. The Bai Yan wolf, fearless and crafty, was absolutely cunning and an-spirited, never conceding, but this ti suffered silently and was too embarrassed to retort, as they were asking for a favor.
“If you keep laughing, I’ll bite you, you believe it?” the Bai Yan wolf, extrely frustrated, threatened Ye Fan with bared teeth.
“I believe it; I do!”
Ye Fan replied while laughing uncontrollably, leaving the Bai Yan wolf in a quandary, grinding its teeth in frustration.
After waiting a while, there was no response from inside, leaving Ye Fan and the Bai Yan wolf at a loss, apparently facing outright rejection.
“It’s all your fault. We should have just barged in. What’s the point of being polite? Look where it got us now?” The Bai Yan wolf blad Ye Fan for knocking, as breaking in would have been simple given their strength.
“You’re one to talk. I warned you not to speak earlier. You scared them away, that’s why they won’t open the gate for us. It’s all your fault.”
Ye Fan refused to bear the bla, insisting he was right. They needed to stay low-key and not reveal themselves.
Moreover, he always believed that cultivators bullying ordinary people was disgraceful.
“Where’s the Dog Demon?”
Just as Ye Fan and the Bai Yan wolf were bickering incessantly, the gate suddenly opened, and a group of villagers wielding weapons rushed out.
Upon seeing the Bai Yan wolf and Ye Fan arguing, each of them stood there, speechless, with rather amusing expressions.
At this point, Ye Fan put aside his squabble with the Bai Yan wolf, and explained his intentions to a robust man who seed to be the leader, ntioning that the Bai Yan wolf was his pet.
“You’re the pet, not !”
Hearing Ye Fan call it his pet, the Bai Yan wolf couldn’t accept it and imdiately retorted, knowing what the term pet ant and refusing to be anyone’s pet.
“Brother Ye, you’re a cultivator, right? I can sense the terrifying aura around you!”
After entering the village and sitting down in a small square, the robust man queried Ye Fan.
“Yes!”
Ye Fan nodded in acknowledgent, not hiding anything, nor could he, as the other party was also a cultivator and could sense his aura.
“Then what realm have you reached now?” the sturdy man asked eagerly, his eyes lighting up.
“Brother Zhao, have you encountered so trouble?” Ye Fan countered with a question.
Upon entering the village, he learned that the sturdy man was nad Zhao Pu, the highest in cultivation in the whole village, having reached the Peak of True Qi Realm. However, he was stuck at the bottleneck of True Qi Liquidation, unable to make further progress.
“Sigh…”
Zhao Pu sighed, finding a channel to vent his frustrations, and poured out all the troubles they faced in the village to Ye Fan.
It turned out that this village was called Zhaojiazhai, a very ordinary village where most were common folk who made a living from herbal gathering and herding, representing the least contentious of villages.
However, just two days ago, a young girl from the village was noticed by Su Tiandong, a notorious young master from Qinghong City, while she was out herding. In broad daylight, he raped her.
Before leaving, he left words that he would send people in three days to take her away, and if anyone dared to resist, he would slaughter the village, leaving no one alive.
“No wonder the guard at the gate thought I was sent by the Su Family. Who on earth is this Su Tiandong to act so brazenly?”
A flash of murderous intent flickered in Ye Fan’s eyes. He had zero tolerance for such scum who abuse and oppress in broad daylight, poisoning the place like a malignant tumor.
Judging by Su Tiandong’s actions alone, it wasn’t hard to tell that the Su Family was indeed a local tyrant, leaving countless families broken and ruined in their wake.
Such individuals no longer deserve to live in this world; death is their best end!
However, Ye Fan did not act rashly. Anything should be planned carefully beforehand to increase certainty of success. He needed to understand exactly what kind of entity the Su Family was.
“A hundred miles from here, there is a city called Qinghong City. Su Tiandong is a direct descendant of the Su Family in Qinghong City. They rely on the Qing Family, and no one in Qinghong City dares to confront them, they’re practically like local emperors.”
Zhao Pu spoke resentfully. Whether it was the herbs they gathered or the livestock they herded, they ultimately had to sell them in Qinghong City to exchange for other necessities of life.
However, the Su Family exploits the market, forcing sales, leading to many villagers struggling to survive yet daring not to speak out.
Bullying n and oppressing won is a routine matter for the Su Family. There isn’t a single decent person among them.
But they have the Qing Family—a powerful backing in Qing Province that no one dares to offend. Even ordinary cultivators are reluctant to tangle with them, let alone common folk, who can only be slaughtered at will.
But they are also n with blood and guts. When driven to the brink, they would defend their dignity even at the cost of their lives.
Unfortunately, in the face of powerful cultivators, their actions are futile and only hasten their deaths, without causing any harm to the stronger cultivators.
Qing Family?
Hearing these words, Ye Fan raised an eyebrow, the murderous intent in his eyes growing stronger.
“What’s the Su Family’s strength like?”
Ye Fan pondered for a mont before asking. Although he could hardly bear the Su Family’s misdeeds and had murderous intentions due to their ties with the Qing Family, he still needed to asure his strength.
After all, at present, he was still trapped in a predicant.
“The Su Family Ancestor is said to have reached the late-stage Divine Realm, though he only has a few years left to live and hasn’t been seen in public for many years.”
Zhao Pu answered truthfully, though this was rely hearsay, and he didn’t know what the actual situation was.
“Brother Ye, it’s ti to eat!”
As Ye Fan looked outside the village, a villager happened to call out to him, inviting him to eat.
“Alright, I’ll be right there!”
Ye Fan and Zhao Pu stood up and continued their conversation while walking towards a household together.
It was a typical small farmyard, with low stone houses, and so poultry in the yard, along with an old yellow dog.
At that mont, the old yellow dog was huddled in its den, trembling in fright while watching the Bai Yan wolf with terror.
As soon as he stepped into the courtyard, Ye Fan heard the Bai Yan wolf speaking: “Girl, don’t worry, I’ll certainly bite that beast to death and avenge you…”
Ye Fan was puzzled. Since when did the Bai Yan wolf beco so righteous?
This was not like its style!
As he entered the room, he saw the Bai Yan wolf feasting on a whole roasted lamb, its mouth full of grease.
Not far in front of it stood a girl of about fifteen or sixteen, already erging graceful and elegant, emitting youthful energy. However, her eyes were dull, lifeless, seeming to have suffered a great blow, losing all desire to live.
“The girl ruined by that villain is her…”
Zhao Pu’s eyes were red, and his fists clenched until his knuckles cracked, showing his imnse anger.
“I’ll avenge you!”
Ye Fan sighed inwardly and said solemnly.
He decided to stay temporarily, to rid Qinghong City of this scourge, as a small retribution against the Qing Family!
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