The night was dark, and the burned wood in the cave entrance became charred black, and the remaining fire light flickered on and off, gradually dissipating.
Wei Changtian stood in the court hall for a while, then slowly walked back to the county government gate.
At this time, all the bandits in the county government office were dead, leaving only dozens of men, women, and children gathered inside the gate, with horror written on their faces.
Most of them are women and slightly less men. They are all captured by bandits for fun or doing odd jobs.
Once the bandits were dead, they should have been able to regain their freedom, but the "locked dragon" that had not been removed blocked their way.
You can obviously see every plant and tree outside the county government office, but people can't get out. It's like there is an invisible wall that separates the inside and outside of the county government office.
Ordinary people have never seen such a situation, so it is normal for them to be frightened at the moment.
"Whoa!"
With a wave of his hand, Wei Changtian removed the dragon-locking barrier, and said calmly in the nervous eyes of a group of people:
"You can leave now."
"..."
After looking at each other in confusion, someone tentatively touched the gate of the county government office and found that the "wall" just now no longer existed.
"Thank you so much, young hero, for saving your life!"
The man shivered and shouted, then ran out of the county office and disappeared into the night without looking back in the blink of an eye.
To be fair, his thank you was a bit perfunctory.
But this does not mean that this person is heartless.
After staying in "hell" for so long, and now I can finally escape and see the "light" again, I think anyone else would have a similar reaction.
And this is indeed the case.
Seeing that someone had escaped, the others no longer hesitated and rushed out one after another.
The sounds of gratitude, thanks, footsteps, all kinds of sounds were noisy and chaotic, and disappeared in a short period of time.
Within ten seconds, the inside of the county government gate, which was originally crowded with people, became empty, except for one person who was still standing alone.
It was the girl who was in the concierge before.
"Why don't you leave?"
Looking into the girl's eyes, Wei Changtian was a little confused.
"I......"
The girl lowered her head.
This action seemed to involve the wound on her neck, causing her body to tremble slightly.
"Both my parents were killed by bandits, and my home was burned down. I, I have nowhere to go..."
"..."
Taking a step closer, Wei Changtian didn't say anything to comfort him. He just asked calmly after a moment of silence:
"Do you know there are several gambling houses run by gangsters in the east of the city?"
"Know."
"Take me there."
"Okay, okay!"
After guessing what Wei Changtian was going to do, the girl's eyes suddenly became brighter.
She nodded immediately and agreed to Wei Changtian's request without hesitation. Even the pain from the wounds on her body was temporarily ignored because of her excitement.
"Okay then, I'll go find a horse."
Nodding slightly, Wei Changtian prepared to go to the stables to get a horse first.
However, after taking two steps, he suddenly stopped and threw a small porcelain bottle to the girl.
"Take a pill from the bottle to heal your wounds."
"I do not need......"
She hurriedly caught the small porcelain bottle and held it tightly in her hands. The girl opened her mouth to refuse.
But Wei Changtian had already turned around and quickly disappeared deep into the county government office.
"..."
He stared blankly at the gradually blurring back figure, and then looked at the exquisite porcelain vase in his hand.
The girl has never seen such exquisite objects, but she knows that this porcelain bottle alone should be worth a lot of money.
What's more, there is also the elixir in the bottle.
Her mood suddenly became extremely complicated, and she didn't know what she was thinking while standing there.
Until not long after, Wei Changtian appeared in her sight again riding a horse.
"Benefactor, this thing..."
Some staggered at a trot to greet him, but the girl still wanted to return the elixir to Wei Changtian.
However, the latter just glanced at her and immediately interrupted:
"Get on your horse and lead the way."
"Yes Yes......"
The words reached her lips and she swallowed them back. The girl felt her body light up, and the next second she was lifted onto the horse by Wei Changtian.
The girl is very thin, so it is not crowded for two people to ride on the same horse.
But physical contact is inevitable.
Wei Changtian could clearly feel that the girl's body had become stiff, but he didn't say anything. He just urged his horse to leave the county government office full of corpses.
The streets outside were still dark, and the moon was at its zenith, glowing with a bright white light.
...
...
A quarter of an hour later, the rapid sound of horse hooves gradually slowed down, and the maroon horse stopped at the corner of an alley.
After taking a look at the brightly lit gambling stall not far away, Wei Changtian got off his horse and took the girl with him.
"Just wait for me here. I'll be back soon."
"good......"
The girl nodded, and then saw Wei Changtian walking slowly towards the gambling stall without looking back.
Walking five feet away, the shadow comes out of its sheath.
After walking ten feet, a hundred long swords suddenly appeared.
Walking to the door of the gambling stall, the dragon lock fell down.
He slashed away several thugs guarding the door with his sword, and immediately walked into the gambling house that was already in chaos...
The original shouts mixed with curses and threats turned into the sound of weapons clashing, then wailing and begging for mercy, and finally turned into dead silence.
From the time Wei Changtian entered the gambling stall to the time he walked out of the gambling stall, it only took a few dozen breaths.
The light coming from the window of the casino was still the same, but there was a faint hint of blood.
And there was not even a trace of blood on Wei Changtian's body.
"Let's go, Nuanxiang Tower."
Walking back to the girl step by step, Wei Changtian only said one sentence.
The former seemed to have adapted to such a scene of "gods descending to earth". He just nodded slightly and closed his eyes, letting Wei Changtian lift him onto the horse again.
that's all.
From the county government office to the gambling house, to the brothel, to the martial arts hall.
From the south of the city to the east of the city, to the north of the city, to the west of the city.
Within an hour, Wei Changtian "visited" all the bandit gathering places mentioned by the woman before, and left no one alive.
Regardless of whether they were men or women, humans or ghosts, all the bandits in these places lost their lives overnight, and even their souls could not re-enter the reincarnation.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Tonight is the first time Wei Changtian uses "soul capture", and he captures the souls of nearly a thousand bandits.
The expected feeling of guilt did not appear, but the expected surge in strength also came to nothing.
The reason is nothing more than two points——
First, the level of these bandits is too low.
Second, Wei Changtian's level is too high.
"Soul-taking" can only absorb a small part of the deceased's cultivation. If the person's realm is extremely low, the amount of cultivation that can be absorbed will be "less and less".
In addition, Wei Changtian is now at the third level, and every small step forward in his cultivation requires a huge amount of internal energy.
Therefore, just like a cup of water pouring into the sea, the sea level will naturally not rise significantly.
But this doesn't mean that Soul Capture is useless.
But the internal energy absorbed from a lower-level third-level warrior is just a "cup of water", but what about an upper-level third-level warrior? Wouldn't it be a giant lake or even a vast ocean?
Besides, although a cup of water is small, what if there are ten thousand cups of water, one hundred thousand cups of water, or one million cups of water?
As long as enough warriors die, Wei Changtian can also greatly improve his own cultivation through soul-stirring.
For example, a battlefield with mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
"call......"
The last black mist struggled to pour into the palm of his hand. Wei Changtian raised his eyes, looked around, and breathed a sigh of relief.
Killing was very simple, but the multiple locks he used to prevent the gangsters from escaping consumed a lot of internal energy, making him finally feel a little tired at this moment.
Fortunately, it's finally over now.
Shaking his head, he put Liu Ying back into the star scabbard and walked out of the martial arts gym called "Tianju".
The girl was waiting outside with her horse. When she saw Wei Changtian coming out, she asked softly:
"Benefactor, where to go next?"
"That's enough. The groups of bandits in the city are all dead."
Wei Changtian shook his head: "The state government will send people to deal with the scattered ones."
"..."
When she heard that all the bandits in the city were dead, the girl was stunned for a moment, and the hand holding the horse trembled for a moment.
She stared blankly at Wei Changtian, and after a few breaths she suddenly fell to her knees, kowtowing her head heavily with tears streaming down her face.
"Dong, dong, dong..."
The sound of the forehead hitting the soil was dull and depressing, but the sound contained a completely opposite emotion.
There is gratitude and relief.
The cold wind blew by, blowing the girl's ill-fitting brocade robe.
Wei Changtian watched all this silently, and did not immediately stop the girl's movements, but waited for a few breaths before preparing to help the girl up.
However, before he could reach out his hand, he saw the girl suddenly raised her head.
In the desolate moonlight, she looked deeply at Wei Changtian with a desperate look, then closed her eyes, bit her lips tightly, and used all her strength to hit a piece of bluestone next to her.