Medicine Master Disciple’s Cultivation Notes

Chapter 17: Bandits Desecrate the Gods and Receive Retribution

A group of people busied themselves by the lakeside for half a day. Besides dozens of empty clamshells, they caught nothing.

Xiao Tian was so angry he howled, as if only now remembering that the villagers should have said these stone clams couldn't be caught by hand.

Li Qiuchen hid in the forest and slept. Opening his eyes, he found they were still groping around over there. He couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.

How could people be this stupid?

He'd originally buried those empty clamshells, burying them because he feared others would discover his pearl-extracting technique from the shells. Later, he'd brought the white crane to dig up the shells and throw them in the water, precisely wanting the bandits to notice someone had been extracting pearls here...

They did indeed find them, but completely didn't consider why the shells were empty. They just stubbornly tried to catch them.

This gave Li Qiuchen a helpless feeling of battling wits with thin air.

Could only say stupid people have stupid luck. Because they completely didn't realize this was a trap, they instead perfectly avoided the trap Li Qiuchen had left for them.

Fortunately, out of caution, Li Qiuchen had set up more than one trap.

Seeing the sky gradually darken, Xiao Tian was furious and kicked Er Laizi around like a ball.Er Laizi was kicked until blood spurted from his nose and mouth. Unable to bear it anymore, he repeatedly begged for mercy, "Big Boss, spare my life! Maybe our method is wrong? How about we try what that old thing said?"

Xiao Tian was even angrier. Before, it was you who said they couldn't trust the old thing. Now it was also you saying they should trust the old thing.

You're playing me for a fool?

"Enough, enough, stop fishing! Make a fire and cook!"

The northern frontier's spring seemed warm, but actually the temperature difference was quite large. Right now with the sun setting, the water in the lake was as cold as ice. The bandits who'd long been frozen into dogs climbed ashore one after another, hugging their arms and starting fires.

Xiao Tian grabbed the bloody-headed Er Laizi with one hand and interrogated him coldly, "What did that old thing say again? Repeat it for me!"

"He, he... he said to obtain pearls, you must set up a proper feast, offer three sacrificial animals and fruits, worship the Mountain God, and beg the Mountain God for grace and blessings."

The old man's speech was very skillful, mixing truth and falsehood together, covering up the most critical part about the Mountain Lord.

The bandits didn't know about the Mountain Lord, so naturally they also didn't know about Li Qiuchen's existence.

There was a ready-made stove by the lake with quite a bit of unburned charcoal inside. No one would disdain this kind of ready-made kindling. Of course, no one would examine whether that pitch-black carbon ash was mixed with any strange powders.

The bandits had robbed many things in the village. Busy all day, they were all exhausted. Now seven or eight hands worked together, wishing to immediately eat something hot. But after finally lighting the fire, they were stopped by their leader.

After contemplating for a moment, Xiao Tian had someone slaughter a live chicken, brought a few steamed buns, piled up an earthen platform, and with his subordinates dropped to their knees with a thump. Without a word, they knocked their heads nine times with bang bang bang sounds.

"Mountain God Grandfather!"

As they say, there are only wrongly chosen names, no wrongly called nicknames.

The nickname Xiao Tian really wasn't blown out of proportion. With one shout, he scared countless birds in the surrounding forest into flight.

"Mountain God Great Lord, see clearly! I, Xue Jia, have been orphaned since childhood, living a drifting life... drifting and separated. Originally I secured a proper job in the county town. Who would have thought that with crude speech, I offended my superior and was forced to become a bandit. It's truly bitter!"

"Please, Mountain God Great Lord, show great mercy and bestow dark pearls, giving me and my brothers a chance to reform and turn good. In the future, if we brothers have wealth and status, we'll come back to rebuild your temple and recast your golden body! I can swear to heaven, if my words don't count, let me be torn apart by five horses!"

"Great Lord, show mercy!"

This Xiao Tian did have some knowledge. The words he shouted sounded quite proper.

Unfortunately, no one responded.

Stretching his neck and shouting for a long time without seeing the Mountain God make a move, Xiao Tian hardened his heart and grabbed Er Laizi's head beside him, stepping on it underfoot.

Er Laizi immediately pissed his pants in fear.

"Big Boss... what are you doing? Don't..."

Puchi.

With one slash, head separated from body.

Xiao Tian lifted Er Laizi's head and shouted toward the mountain, "Mountain God Great Lord! Look carefully! We didn't want to disturb the villagers. It's all this kid who was jealous of the village chief's wealth and deliberately ran to tip us off. If you want to blame someone, blame him. Now I've chopped him. Are you satisfied?"

The mountains were quiet. Besides echoes, there was no movement.

Xiao Tian waited a while, then cursed and threw away the head, "Where the fuck is any bullshit mountain god? I've been tricked by that motherfucker again!"

He didn't feel anything, but Li Qiuchen hiding in the forest was somewhat frightened.

At the moment he spoke insultingly of the mountain god, Li Qiuchen clearly felt the forest where he was hiding tremble slightly.

Something really had come.

The bandits by the lake were still making fires. As the firelight rose, those powders mixed in the charcoal were also ignited together.

At first, no one noticed anything amiss. Even when someone kept hugging his shoulders and shivering, eyes glazed over, his companions thought he'd been frozen by the lake water and completely didn't take it to heart.

Until someone looked at the lake surface and giggled foolishly. Someone beside him curiously asked, "What are you looking at?"

"Watching two little people fight!"

"Where? Let me see?"

"Right there!"

Xiao Tian faintly felt something was wrong. Just as he was about to stand up and check, he suddenly felt dizzy and swayed, plopping back down on his butt.

Also feeling something wrong was the instigator, Li Qiuchen.

The medicinal powders I scattered in have this much toxicity? How did I not know?

Could I be some kind of poison-refining prodigy?

That was naturally impossible.

If anything had to be said, this looked more like they'd received "retribution."

Could there really be a mountain god here?

Whether or not there was a mountain god, Li Qiuchen didn't know. But in the current situation, the unprepared bandits were all poisoned one after another, falling into frenzied hallucinations.

It was the perfect opportunity to fish in troubled waters.

Li Qiuchen made a gesture to the white crane toward two bandits in a secluded area kneeling and retching.

A fierce light flashed in the white crane's eyes. It spread its wings and gave a light shake. Two feathers transformed into flowing light and silently shot out.

Sharp feathers sliced throats. The two men collapsed limply without a sound.

After one successful strike, Li Qiuchen didn't rush to add more kills. Instead, he quietly changed positions with the white crane.

Three minutes later, he once again found suitable targets. Raising his hand and pointing, feathers shot out. In a dark corner no one noticed, two more people collapsed clutching their throats.

After changing positions again, Li Qiuchen noticed the white crane's body trembling slightly. Even its footsteps were somewhat unsteady.

"First time killing people?"

He just casually asked. He didn't expect the stupid bird to actually nod but your killing intent was so heavy. You made me think you'd killed people like flies before.

Li Qiuchen irritably patted the white crane's shoulder, "Don't be nervous. It's my first time too."

Wait, I didn't kill anyone. I just instigated. It made the move. What does it have to do with me?

The white crane stared at Li Qiuchen full of suspicion. The meaning was very clear.

Doesn't look like it.

What child plans this thoroughly the first time killing people?

I played too many games in my previous life. Can't I?

Li Qiuchen wasn't guilty at all.

Even a bit excited.

Watching living lives disappear before his eyes one after another, a trace of restlessness faintly emerged from deep in his heart.

Not fear of death, but regret for the passing of life.

Like seeing leftover bird's nest and shark fin dumped into the trash can.

Too wasteful.

How could life be squandered like this?

Calmly soothing this trace of restless emotion, Li Qiuchen selected the third group of targets.

"If you feel uncomfortable, we'll withdraw. Having killed four of them is already enough to avenge the villagers."

The white crane shook its head. Raising its wing, two more feathers shot out.

The bandits trapped in hallucinations completely didn't notice their companions disappearing one by one beside them. They were immersed in the illusions, unable to extricate themselves. They'd even take each other as enemies, drawing weapons and killing each other.

The hallucinogenic power of this medicinal powder far exceeded Li Qiuchen's expectations.

Xiao Tian shouted himself hoarse, slashing the bizarre enemy before him into two pieces with one slash. Scalding fresh blood splashed on his face, finally making his brain recover some clarity.

The eerie silence around him made him shudder.

Turning his head to look, he saw that the thirty to fifty subordinates he'd brought had been completely annihilated.

Li Qiuchen had commanded the white crane to sneak attack seven times in the dark, killing a full fifteen people.

And the remaining bandits had all died killing each other in hallucinations. Among them, six or seven particularly unlucky ones had even died miserably under Xiao Tian's blade.

The night wind blew. Xiao Tian only felt the back of his head was ice-cold and violently shuddered.

"Ghost! Ghost ahhhhh!"

He threw down his blade and ran down the mountain without looking back.

Seemed he'd been driven mad by this bizarre scene.

Never mind him. Even Li Qiuchen and the white crane were hiding in the forest, trembling in fear.

The white crane stumbled out of the forest. With one flap of its wings, all the feathers instantly returned. But the bloody smell staining those feathers made it vomit on the spot.

Just getting a bit of blood, acting like a woman.

Li Qiuchen also felt very disgusted, but he'd seen even more disgusting things before.

For example, the old Hulk who'd lived one hundred and eighty years with eyes covering his body.

So he could barely endure this physiological discomfort.

Forcibly suppressing the nausea, he walked into the pile of corpses and began finishing them off.

Some people weren't dead yet. Either their injuries weren't serious and they hadn't expired, or they'd fallen unconscious and thus dodged disaster.

Although on the surface they seemed quiet, the life energy flowing in their bodies couldn't escape Li Qiuchen's eyes.

Toward these bandits who'd draw their blades and kill at the slightest disagreement, he didn't dare hold the slightest woman's kindness.

Once they survived, with his small arms and legs, he couldn't withstand their revenge.

Either don't do it, or do it thoroughly.

This was called survival wisdom.