"This place was originally called Chuilu Mountain, but many years ago, many wanderers gathered and built a blacksmith village in the mountain..."
With her black hair hanging down like silk and satin, and wearing a light skirt and armor, the second young lady looked dashing today, and her brows were full of energy when she spoke.
"They usually make a living by making iron. The forges and furnace blowing rooms built around the lake in the mountain occupy a huge area, so this mountain also got the name of Tao..." She pointed to the tower at the end of the road ahead, although it was far away.
It's still far away, but the outline of the village is already vaguely visible.
We must find out the situation here and kill the evil thieves and demons.
This is what they have to do next. From now on, she no longer needs to suppress her power. Instead, she must actively use it to fight and tame it during the battle.
Although I don’t know if this method will work in the end, it does seem to make sense, and... at least the girl thinks it suits her temperament and likes it very much.
Blindly suppressing the blood boiling riot is easy to say, but in practice it is a very torturous process, especially when this process is repeated over and over again, it is really exhausting. She has also been exhausted in the past two years.
I feel somewhat exhausted physically and mentally.
But now that she could finally stop suppressing herself, she naturally felt proud and even more energetic.
Face it, accept it, control it... This is definitely a tactical strategy that suits this daughter of the martial arts family.
"Such a big village makes a living from ironmaking, no wonder the old man takes it so seriously... But something happened to the village a few days ago?"
Gu Mo looked at the mountain road ahead, and saw a flat loess road winding to a village in the distance. The trees on the roadside were as big as an adult's arms. They were towering green mountains, ancient pines, and lush trees. The morning sunshine was just right.
Through the gaps in the trees, patches of mottled light fall.
The village looks very big, with the houses stretching in groups at the foot of the mountain, surrounded by wooden fences and doors. It feels very much like the original Shisanying Village.
And there were streaks of black smoke rising inside, and at first glance there were three or five of them.
"Indeed, that's why father wanted to send someone to check..." The second lady nodded, but her eyes looking at the village in front of her became a little cold, "But in today's world, it's often either thieves or demons who cause trouble, or both.
That’s all.”
She also saw the streaks of black smoke. There were still people making iron in the village, which was obviously unusual.
After a little reasoning about this situation, it is not difficult to imagine what the situation is like. The daughter of the Wu family suddenly couldn't help but have a cold face and became murderous.
"..."
"..."
The black-haired girl on the other side pursed her thin lips and was carefully studying the village in front of her.
She was quiet, but also extremely sensitive - there was an unusually heavy smell of blood and burning, but the evil spirit was a bit weak and only entrenched deep in the mountains. In the outlying villages at the foot of the mountain, there were only human beings.
The smell, but also tainted with the smell of blood and killing.
Hidechiyo is kind-hearted by nature, but that does not mean he is simple or naive.
She could probably imagine what happened. The village was robbed. She didn't know whether it was the demons who caused trouble and started killing people first, and then bandits seized the opportunity to enter this treasured land, or... the demons were simply the robbers who attracted them.
Yeah, use those monsters to attack the village and try to reap the benefits.
After all, the dangers of human beings cannot be underestimated. She has seen many similar things before. After all, her main job is to eliminate demons, so naturally she often comes into contact with commissions related to demons and ghosts.
However, it is often discovered that what appears to be trouble caused by demons and ghosts may actually be someone harboring evil intentions secretly.
"Then let's go over and take a look now..."
Gu Mo withdrew his gaze from looking at the surrounding forest environment, nodded gently, patted the horse's head, and a group of three horses approached at a brisk pace.
They had just approached the village and before they reached the gate, someone on a tall sentry tower in the village had already spotted them with sharp eyes. They immediately picked up the gong under their feet and struck the warning, while also opening their mouths to think.
When I wanted to scream, a sharp arrow pierced my throat the moment I opened my mouth.
"Woo...ho ho..."
The man's eyes widened, and no matter how hard he tried, he could only make a sound like leaking air. His eyes showed confusion, fear, despair, disbelief, and other emotions. He struggled hard but still fell down weakly.
The strength of the body quickly disappears along with the disappearance of vitality.
In the end, these slight noises naturally did not attract any attention...
On the roofs of rows of houses not far away, there are several strong and burly figures squatting on them, sweating profusely with tools, repairing the broken roofs under the scorching sun. They are so busy that they even sweat.
I didn’t have time to wipe it off, so I naturally didn’t pay much attention to the situation here.
Probably they didn't expect that the "eyes" that were supposed to keep them on guard would be removed before they could even make a sound.
"My archery skills are good."
The second lady's eyes were slightly bright. She looked sideways and saw someone lowering the long bow in his hand. The sharp arrow just now was shot by him. Although the distance was not too far, he was able to fire the bow so quickly and unparalleled on the horse.
, killing directly with one arrow is quite remarkable.
"It's okay, okay, as long as you have hands..."
Gu Mo said very modestly that he once practiced the art of archery with Master Lai Guang in the dojo, and he barely had a basic foundation. Now it is easy to pick it up again. And compared with the hard work and pain he once felt.
It’s difficult, but now I feel it’s as simple as looking at lines on the palm of my hand.
The comprehensive improvement of ability values, even though the current body is not as good as my original self, it is still far behind in terms of muscle strength, nerve response speed, body coordination, calculation ability or sensory perception accuracy, etc.
The shocking world of extraordinary people.
With the substantial improvement of basic attributes, things that once seemed very difficult to do have naturally become extremely easy and casual.
While they were talking, the three of them had already approached the entrance of the village.
Unexpectedly, there was no one guarding the gate.
Maybe the mob was complacent, or maybe they felt that someone in the sentry tower inside was condescending and on guard at all times, so there was no need to allocate people to take charge of these things. When approaching the main entrance, the second lady deliberately slowed down the horse.
, when he arrived, he jumped directly——
She climbed over the gate easily and landed in the village without making any sound. She looked around, pulled out the sword from her waist with a cold face, held the sword upside down and walked forward.
Hidechiyo who was behind him sighed softly, and then looked hesitantly at the young man on the horse next to him.
"Let's go in together. The rest will be hard for you, Axiu... You have to take care of your sister and protect me." Gu Mo also calmly dismounted and said teasingly with a smile.
But the black-haired girl just stared at him, then nodded seriously and hummed softly.
He couldn't help but froze for a moment, then shook his head with a dumbfounded smile.
The two tied their horses to the big tree next to the main entrance of the village, and followed them into the village. The village had obviously been robbed a few days ago, and some houses had been burned to the ground with only ruins left.
There are mottled and solidified dark blood stains on the ground in many places.
There was no one in the outermost circle of houses, but I saw that every household had been broken open and all the belongings inside had been looted.
Corpse...
Bodies of villagers are scattered everywhere, whether in the houses, in the corridors between houses, or even hanging down from the roof. They are covered with stab wounds or died from arrows...
It’s not clear what’s going on inside, at least the outside can prove it was a man-made disaster.
Moreover, the current weather is extremely hot, and now several days have passed. The skin and flesh of the corpses have gradually deteriorated, the corpses have swollen and even infested with maggots, and the stench is overwhelming... The bandits who have occupied this village have no consciousness at all, or even no consciousness at all.
Plan to deal with this problem.
Basically all the manpower has been concentrated and arranged to do things they think are more important.
The second young lady was full of murderous intent. After all, even if this was not a civilian in Meinong, she would be furious if she saw such a thing anywhere. Naturally, she had no reason to let go of these thugs at the moment. She secretly caught one of the thugs who was counting them.
The room full of bald gangsters with swords and swords, after questioning to confirm that the facts are correct——
Then he beheaded the begging opponent with a single blow, and then began the process of eradicating the rebellion.
After all, they are just a group of gangsters who can be defeated easily from the front, let alone such a ghostly and secret attack... Anyway, the "eyes" were pulled out from the beginning, and the unwary gangsters were not warned and were still immersed in it.
In their delusional dreams.
Capturing such a large blacksmith village and obtaining a large number of fine armors and weapons out of thin air that had not yet had time to be transported is of great significance in this cold weapon era, especially during the troubled times of the Warring States Period.
Their ambitions instantly swelled to the point where they were almost lost. They were no longer satisfied with just being a group of roaming bandits as before. They suddenly discovered that they and others could get more... at least they felt that way, and they probably started to dream about digesting it.
With this batch of equipment, take control of the village and then recruit troops.
If you are too scattered, have no vigilance, and are all carried away by the ecstasy, the result will be that the real owner comes to your door and kills them silently one after another.
There was not just a sentry tower outside the village, but on the roofs and high slopes, any "eyes" that might have noticed the problem were knocked out by an arrow flying at lightning speed. There was no possibility of issuing an early warning.
In this way, the robbers died one after another silently.
That's it, Gu Mo used his bow and arrow to kill, and the second lady chopped melons and vegetables unparalleled along the way.
No one can resist, and the cooperation is very tacit.
But the black-haired girl behind her frowned slightly unconsciously, always feeling that something was not right, why she didn't need her at all now... It was clear that less than a month ago, she was still protecting her.