Cao An's eyes fell on Yin Li, who had more air coming out and less air coming in. She was a very beautiful woman.
With her bright eyes and white teeth, her skin like cream, and her oval-like face, apart from being a bit cold, she was definitely a beauty. However, Cao An was helpless because it was this beautiful woman who almost killed him just now.
After confirming that Yin Li no longer had the ability to fight to the death, Cao An knelt down and reached out to grab Yin Li's palm.
"I can kill you, but I can't save you. After all, I only learned the art of Yanshi, not traditional Chinese medicine."
"Hey... I am a beautiful lady, but you are a thief! You can go in peace, I will bury you well."
After hearing what Cao An said, the look in Yin Li's eyes completely disappeared, and she closed her eyes unwillingly. Her ribs were broken and inserted into her heart and lungs. Such injuries cannot be saved by gods.
Cao An took advantage of the situation and sat aside, his eyes were slightly closed, his treasures were solemn, and he muttered words: "The heaven and earth are natural, the odor is dispersed, the cave is mysterious, and the Taiyuan is shining brightly..."
It is clearly a Taoist mantra for salvation.
This is almost a subconscious instinctive reaction. A habit developed over more than ten years will probably not be changed in a while.
What Cao An didn't know was that as he recited the incantation, dense green flames emerged from the void and pounced on the gathering smoke above Yin Li's body. In an instant, like snow meeting the scorching sun, they completely dissipated in the world with an unwilling and shrill sound.
Cao An opened his eyes and looked around suspiciously.
"It clearly feels like there is some kind of sound, is it an illusion?"
He frowned and thought it was an auditory hallucination due to his nervousness, so he carried the woman out of Qianye Town under the cover of night and found a secret house to bury her there without daring to erect a monument.
After doing all this, the sky was already turning white. Cao An carefully dealt with the traces and hurried back. He got back to the stone workshop and closed the door. He was really tired and fell asleep.
The experience of this day was even more ups and downs than the experience of decades in my previous life.
After experiencing life and death, and also experiencing killing and burying corpses for the first time, the mental wear and tear far outweighed the physical fatigue.
Dangdangdang~
I don't know how long I slept, but I heard the ringing of the Demon-Suppressing Bell. It was an ancient bronze bell standing in the center of the town. Normally, there was an old man who took care of him, fed and lived there.
Bronze bells are special. When the bell rings, it brings a kind of panic from the bottom of the heart, making it impossible for anyone to ignore it. In his sleep, Cao An only felt that his hair was standing on end, as if facing a formidable enemy, and he jumped out of bed like a carp.
Got up.
"Three bells? Level three beast tide?"
Like Cao An, he pushed open the door immediately and walked out. Surprised people filled the alleyway.
"How is that possible? There hasn't been a Level 2 beast wave in this town for many years."
"Could it be a mistake?"
"Your mother-in-law made the wrong man, even the demon-suppressing bell cannot be wrong."
"Level 3 beast tide, what can the town do to stop it?"
"It's not like I haven't done this before, so I'll come here anyway."
"You also know that was before..."
Among the crowds of people talking, a burly man stood out from the crowd. Cao An remembered him as the captain of the escort team in Tingzi Alley, and everyone called him Tieniu.
"Quiet, all young men, go home immediately and pick up weapons. Whether you use a kitchen knife or a hoe, as long as it can be used to kill those beasts, pick up the weapons and follow me to the quarry." The man's voice was heard.
All the noise.
"Why? The beast tide is your escort's business, and I'm not a escort, so why should I go with you?" A lean man in the crowd shouted at the top of his lungs.
Before he could finish speaking, Tieniu walked straight towards him and snatched him out of the crowd.
"Mess with you, you bastard. When it's beneficial, you rush forward with green eyes. When something goes wrong, you're the first to run away. This is a fucking third-level beast wave. There are only two hundred people in the escort team.
What are you using to stop me? If you dare to run today, the big knife in my hand will be the first to refuse. Are you going or not?"
After saying that, he threw the thin man to the ground and placed the four-finger-wide blade on his neck.
"Go, go, I will definitely go."
After getting the answer, Tieniu snorted coldly and put away the sword. The lean guy was still frightened, and he understood that Tieniu had really cut himself down just now.
Tieniu turned around and said, "I'm just a blacksmith. I can't say anything big, but one thing I know is that if everyone works together, we still have the possibility to drive away those beasts. If we are not united, we will wait for the whole town.
Let's all be eaten. If there was a chance to escape earlier, but now, the demon-suppressing bells are ringing, it means that the entire town has been surrounded by those beasts. Either fight for your life to survive, or
Let’s just finish playing together.”
This was indeed not an exciting speech, but it was a fact. After Tieniu finished speaking, the men returned to their homes in silence. After a while, they spontaneously walked towards the stone field with their belongings in hand.
Cao An knew he couldn't hide, so he returned home, took out his kitchen knife, tightened his arms around the puppet Dianwei, which was his only trump card, and followed the crowd.
A sentence came to mind inexplicably: Taoist priest, you start with a dog, and you have to pick up all the equipment!
Feeling a little embarrassed, he touched the puppet Dianwei in his arms to comfort him, even though the puppet had no intelligence.
The stone field is at the entrance of the town. The entire town is surrounded by high walls. Although it is not as majestic as a big city, it is better than solid. Since the birth of the human race in this world, the battle with the monsters has not stopped.
However, wherever humans live together, there are high walls for defense.
From the outside, you can see that on the huge rocks piled up into a high wall, there are dense traces of monsters, including claw marks, tooth marks, and horn marks... After Cao An crossed over, he passed by there several times, and it was quite shocking at the time.
of.
Chiba Town has a city height of five feet. There are only two gates in the entire town. They are all closed now, and a depressing atmosphere lingers in everyone's heart.
No one said anything, they all quietly followed their team leaders up the high wall, and the team leaders assigned tasks.
These escorts have almost completely given up on farming. They receive a fixed salary every month, focus on training military formations, patrolling small towns, and have dealt with many monsters. In the current emergency situation, operation and organization are unusually smooth.
It's slippery, which shows the effectiveness of daily practice.
Cao An was assigned to the arrow tower, and there was a stocky guy with him. He had dark skin, knotted muscles on his limbs, and a childish look on his face. If he didn't look too smart, he would definitely be a capable person.
assistant.
Cao An stuck his head out and looked outside the high wall.
With just one glance, he almost couldn't take a breath, and a feeling of suffocation swept through his whole body, as if he had suddenly fallen into the water.
Outside the high wall, there are densely packed black monsters. They are really like a tide of beasts. They are not moving at the moment, but are entrenched on the land several miles away from the city wall, as if they are waiting for something.
"Isn't that tens of thousands? There are only a few thousand young people in the town. Even with the advantage of the high wall, it may not be possible to defend it."
Facing such a battle, Dian Wei in his arms failed to give him much sense of security for the first time.
"Brother Cao, are you scared?" It was the fat man in front of him who spoke.
"Hmm, eh? Do you recognize me?" Cao An didn't remember this little fat man.
"You don't remember me? I am so heavy."
The name Shen Shen was somewhat familiar and deeply embedded in his memory. For a long time, Cao An thought for a moment, "Are you the fat guy from Uncle Shen's family?"
Zhong Zhan smiled and touched his head, "Yes, it's me."
"What happened next? You were still in town, why didn't I see you?"
The Shen family was from outside. At that time, they were renting in another house of the Li family. Cao An was often arranged to deliver some food there. As soon as he went back and forth, he got acquainted with the little fat boy. I remember that he was still white and fat at that time. Old Shen was a middle-aged man who was unsmiling but handsome. He was half a teacher to Cao An. When he taught the little fat man how to read and write, he also taught Cao An a few lessons.
He is also very approachable, at least, compared to Li Lianshan, the country squire who acted like a householder, he was too approachable.
The little fat guy is not very smart and follows Cao An all day long.
The Shen family stayed in the town for about half a year. One day at noon, a large group of soldiers entered the Shen family and left after having a cup of tea. No one knew what happened, except that no one had seen their family since then. .
"They were all sent by the dog officials in the capital city to kill my father and mother. I was taken to General Song Town's house in advance and escaped the disaster. From then on, I became an arrow slave in the town. , Uncle Song wouldn’t let me show up in town casually, saying he was worried that I would be implicated in what happened back then.”
In fact, the town general is not an official position in the town. He doesn't do anything on weekdays. He just maintains a small team of soldiers. If there is no big event in the town, he will not appear. Although there are yamen and officials in the town, they are just for this purpose. Small troop service.
The Arrow Slave, also called the Arrow Tower Slave, was specially trained to guard the Arrow Tower. It was very mysterious. It was said to be a secret matter in the imperial court. Ordinary people did not know about it. Even local officials did not dare to interfere. The military department was always in charge. .The crossbows used in this arrow tower to resist the tide of beasts cannot be pulled open by just anyone.
No wonder he has changed so much.
"So that's it!" Cao An didn't ask any more. According to the situation that year, he either failed in the court battle or was sought revenge by his enemies. In this world, such things are normal.
Cao An slapped his forehead and said, 'Hey...it's another cause and effect.'
"Brother Cao, you don't have to be afraid. I'm very powerful now and I will protect you."