Chapter 932: Can you save yourself in 2 years?
Chapter 932: Can you save yourself in 2 years?
There was nothing around, the old man's voice echoed, but no one responded. The old figure felt quite troubled by this, and frowned. He always felt that he had overlooked something important.
While he was thinking, he suddenly smelled a hint of fragrance. His mental anxiety disappeared, but it brought a surge of blood and his breath became violent. A desire from deep in his heart gradually rose, but he quickly suppressed it.
A hundred meters away, Chang Qing fed the old man named Lao Jiu some healing medicine and squinted at him jokingly, "Would you like to see a big show? A really exciting one."
"Big drama?"
The old man was puzzled, but looking at the thousands of tribesmen whose expressions began to look strange, he knew their expressions very well and was horrified. Looking at the gentle young man and girl in front of him, there was a kind of temperament on them that he could not see through, which was definitely not something that ordinary people could possess. His hair stood on end. He had already thought of what would happen next. It turned out that everything was already under the control of these people.
Finally unable to bear it any longer, Old Nine spoke tremblingly, "Masters... could you please spare these people for my sake? I will definitely make them mend their ways, I will."
"Let them go, right? I'm afraid you'll be torn to pieces and eaten alive as soon as you go in, let alone reform. Besides..." Chang Qing's smile became more and more strange: "Why should I let them go! Over the years, there must be at least 8,000 travelers who have disappeared in your town. Will you pay for their sins?"
He squatted down and looked at the old man in the eye, but with disgust: "Now let's talk about you. You are probably eighty years old this year. You have always been an insider, but you ended up being eaten like those old men. Now you risked your life to save us, and you think you have done us a great favor. Do you want us to remember your kindness?
I don't think so. According to what you said, if you had wanted to save people since you were little, you would have done it long ago. It's just that you knew you didn't have much time left, so you just did a good deed before you died."
You've been a bystander, watching everything unfold. You could have stopped it, but for the sake of your clan's friendship, you've allowed it to happen. You've witnessed the deaths of countless merchants. In my opinion, you can't escape responsibility; you're merely an accomplice in this farce. So why should I listen to you and forgive these beasts? Saving you is already even, and you even owe me something...
The old man shuddered, his face darkening as he was struck by the words that touched his soft spot. He knew what he said was right, but looking at his tribesmen who seemed frozen in place, he knelt down hastily and said, "I am willing to exchange my life for the lives of the children of my tribe. I beg Master to grant this."
"I didn't see any trace of the baby in the cradle, so I guess his end is not good. Whether I let him go or not depends on their own luck. I am not a big devil who likes to kill people. If he really wants to repent, I will naturally let him go. As for you, just shut up and watch this show. Don't have any ulterior motives. After all, if you make me angry, the result will be unpredictable!" His voice was cold and full of disdain.
The eyes of Yun Qinghan and the others were extremely cold, and the old man looked as if he had fallen into an icy cave.
Looking behind him, Chang Qing said calmly, "Since you're here, come and take a look. Watching secretly would damage the reputation of the caravan leader."
"Haha, nothing can be hidden from you, brother." A young man from the caravan walked out from behind a tree not far away, leading a great martial arts master and two martial arts masters forward.
Looking at Old Nine on the ground and the townspeople standing stunned a hundred meters away, suspicion suddenly arose: "Brother, you are truly an immortal, but why did you freeze these people in place? And we are standing here, aren't we really afraid that these guys will rush over us like crazy?"
Chang Qing just looked at the young man twice more and said, "What a pity~"
The young man couldn't see the spiritual energy, so naturally he couldn't see the changes in it. It looked like these people were standing guard.
An elder from the Great Martial Sect behind the young man was cursing someone and was about to step forward to argue, but was forced back by Ling Yusen's cold gaze. The Great Martial Sect member was forced to take a few steps back by just a look, and when he came to his senses, his back was already wet with cold sweat.
He knew with a look of horror that these people must not be provoked, let alone have any hostility towards them.
The young man waved his hand to calm the other servants down, then looked at Chang Qing. "Brother, are you sorry that I don't have spiritual roots? That's fine. I'm quite satisfied now. Could you please clear up my confusion?"
They had just arrived and didn't hear what Lao Jiu and the others said.
Chang Qing was surprised to find that the young man was well-mannered. His originally bad mood eased a little, and he patiently explained, "Send your people to four miles away from here. There will be answers to all the questions."
Soon a martial master came over. In just a dozen breaths, his figure appeared with a small and broken baby's corpse in his hand. There were many marks of teeth on it, which made even the great martial master's face change.
Wuzong, who was approaching, vomited with a "wow" sound and said in a trembling voice, "There's a mass grave over there. It's full of corpses that have been gnawed to the point that only bones are left!"
"Eating people?!!" The young man was a little shocked by the news. The acid in his stomach surged, and he took a deep breath and forced it down.
Lao Jiu's face turned even more pale, he was finally discovered.
"What a bunch of beasts!!" The Great Martial Sect raised its foot and was about to kill these people with its own hands to relieve the hatred in its heart.
But the young man pulled him back and asked Changqing, "Those merchants who disappeared in the past are probably all there. These people died in such a miserable way. Looking at their current state, I think you have already come up with a plan to deal with them."
Chang Qing did not hide the fact that "all evil will be punished, and letting them die a 'worthy death' will comfort the souls of these innocent people in heaven."
Feeling the aura approaching, Lao Jiu saw Chang Qing squatting in front of him with a smile, handing over a formation plate. "I am not a person who seeks to kill all enemies or do all kinds of evil. I have set up an illusion for them. They can spend twenty years in it. At the beginning of the illusion, I will make them think that they have provoked a terrifying existence. I will feel pity and let them go. I will warn them not to eat humans and see if they can resist for these twenty years. Everyone will have three chances. Every time they eat a human in the illusion, their external body will lose a third of its sanity. Once the three chances are used up, hehe, it may be appropriate for them to become beasts..."
After twenty years, can you save yourself?
Lao Jiu took over the formation plate, but his fingers were shaking. It was not because he was excited, but because he knew the nature of his tribesmen too well. They absolutely could not suppress the restlessness in their hearts. They knew the ending before it even began. The formation plate in his hand allowed him to overlook a small town, which was full of townspeople who had survived the disaster and looked relieved.
They have begun rebuilding their homes.
The evolution was extremely fast, and only ten breaths were equivalent to one year.
Outside, Yun Qinghan stepped forward, staring at Chang Qing suspiciously and asking, "Did you use your magical powers again?"
Chang Qing raised his hand hastily: "No! I just added some good stuff to those fasting pills. This formation plate is a finished product that can be embedded with spirit crystals. It's not against the rules." At this point, Chang Qing looked at the few people with disdain: "You don't even have the most ordinary means, right?"
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Several people looked away, whistled, and pretended not to hear.
"We need to be more careful. If we break the seal if we encounter a little danger, what's the point of this journey then?" Changqing kept muttering, which annoyed the others.
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