Chapter 63: The limits of patience

In my eyes, the people in this town are simply too cooperative with this man, Jiazhi. He actually said that these people don’t follow the rules and are deliberately looking for trouble?

In fact, there is no need for this. According to their current power and the character of this reckless man, it is not necessary to be so angry to find fault. Unless he is pretending, if he can pretend to be like this, I can only say that my previous judgment was wrong.

In fact, my judgment was not wrong, because Jiazhi said the reason for his anger and madness the next moment, and the entire town almost echoed his roar.

“Two hundred people, and you can’t find a single one with the bloodline of the Ancestor God? Do you think I’m stupid, or are you too smart? Even if you were chased down from the village above, you wouldn’t be like this! Do you think I haven’t investigated before? At least one in every ten people in your town would have a chance of having the bloodline of the Ancestor God, even if it’s extremely weak… But two hundred people? Not a single one! Even if it’s a coincidence, it can’t be like this.”

Ancestral bloodline? My heart stirred. Was this what Yang Sheng was looking for? What was it for?

I found that Yang Sheng’s research was becoming more and more mysterious. From the Kunlun disaster to the Kunlun remnant soul, now he even wants the bloodline of the Ancestor God? What exactly is he trying to do?

I silently contemplated, and the people in the town became more and more silent. I looked up and finally saw a hint of worry in the eyes of these seemingly numb townspeople, as well as a suppressed anger that finally ‘rebounded’ at this moment. The crowd, which had been standing still, suddenly showed signs of pushing forward.

Jiaozi, faced with the crowd’s ‘disturbance’, just sneered and suddenly jumped off the car like a madman, snatched a pistol from a subordinate guard, and ran back to the front of the SUV in a flash, and then jumped onto the hood of the car in a single bound.

Once he was steady, he fired a series of shots into the sky, as if he was enjoying himself.

The crisp sound of gunshots echoed through the hot and stuffy town. After the crowd temporarily stopped their commotion, Jiazhi put down his gun and said viciously, “Do you think I’m joking? You can resist all you want, but with these guns, there will be rivers of blood here! I just don’t want things to turn out like this until the end.”

While he was talking, Jiezi held the gun and pushed the barrel against the brim of his hat, then continued, “So don’t force me. I advise you… to finally hand over the person we want. Otherwise, not only will there be rivers of blood here, but your mountain village will not escape… Don’t doubt our strength and the power behind us. Since I dare to say it, I can definitely do it! The only thing we are afraid of is the trouble afterwards, but don’t think you can’t handle it.”

The people in the town were silent again… I could guess that the people in the town must have hidden the descendants of the so-called Ancestor Witch, which is why they angered Jiazhi. Now Jiazhi is threatening the people in the town, saying “no” to everything, not giving them any way out. Could it be that they are going to remain silent and hand over the people?

If they do, to be honest, it will be good for me and my master. I believe that if these people get the people with the bloodline of the Ancestor Witch, they will definitely leave. After all, that is the purpose of their siege of the town. At that time, my master and I will not go up the mountain, but at least we can get out of this predicament smoothly.

However, I didn’t want the people of this town to do this.

First, I feel that the more we let Yang Sheng get his way, the more we will be unable to stop him in the future.

Second, I think that these people with the blood of the Ancestor Wushen, once they get to Yang Sheng, will definitely not have a good outcome. These are all real human lives. The ideology I have accepted since childhood makes me unable to accept sacrificing others for my own benefit.

Not to mention doing this, even thinking this way fills me with a sense of guilt.

Because of these thoughts, I temporarily forgot about my own safety and instead worried about the people in the town. I worried that if they continued to endure in silence, they might really have to sacrifice their own people. And even if they sacrificed their own people, Yang Sheng’s power would not necessarily be forgiven.

From the old man guarding the mountain pass, it seems that the people here are very concerned about the village on the mountain. I can only guess that maybe these people, having gained some advantage, will rush to the village on the mountain… I can only judge that Yang Sheng wants these people with a weak bloodline of the ancestral gods, so what about the village on the mountain?

Of course, my judgment may not be right, and it is just a guess, but Jie Zi was dissatisfied with such a silent and forbearing town. What he wanted was not for these people to remain silent, but for them to hand over the person he wanted.

So, in the face of this silence, Jiazhi sneered and suddenly raised his gun and aimed at the little boy who had stared at him before. My heart suddenly kicked to my throat. I couldn’t believe it. Could there really be cultivators who were so “shameless” that they could target ordinary people, let alone ordinary people, but also ordinary people’s children?

The purpose is to intimidate these ordinary people? This is even worse than evil cultivation. Even evil cultivators may kill people in order to practice evil arts, but they would never kill for such a reason!

“No…” Looking at the child who had not yet reacted to what was going on, the child’s mother suddenly turned pale. I felt a strong sense of unwillingness in my heart. I should have hidden myself well, but I finally couldn’t help but want to shout out a “no,” at least to distract Jiazhi’s attention.

I pushed forward, and my master followed suit. I didn’t know if my master blamed me at this time, but I thought he wouldn’t. If he would blame me for this, he wouldn’t have done the same thing.

However, when I shouted, I was too late. I didn’t expect that Jiezi was so cold and ruthless. When he raised his gun and aimed, he didn’t pause for a moment, and he didn’t hesitate to pull the trigger.

The gunshot echoed through the town again, accompanied by my cry of “No!” Poor mother and child, the mother only had time to hold her child in her arms and then turned sideways… But this sideways movement was not useless. In fact, it was very timely in helping the child block the bullet.

The bullet mercilessly hit the mother, blossoming a blood flower on her back… She immediately bent over in pain and then fell to the ground, but this strong woman didn’t even have time to cry out, and she tried to use her hands to push the child into the crowd.

I heard her whisper, “Save my son, save him…”

The child also showed the typical character of the Miao people in western Hunan at this time. Although his eyes were red and he looked like he was about to cry at any moment, he was more concerned about letting his mother push him into the crowd. However, his eyes, which were filled with anger, kept staring at Jiazhi fiercely. I believe that if this child were given a curved knife, he would really dare to hold it and rush to Jiazhi.

“Wow…” The mother and child here were in such a miserable state, but it didn’t touch Jiazhi at all. He actually shrunk his hands, lifted one leg, and posed in an exaggerated manner on the hood of the car, then said, “A cultivator is superior to an ordinary person. I didn’t expect that the first time I used a gun, I could hit so accurately. If it weren’t for that damned woman, that annoying child would have been shot in the head, wouldn’t he?”

He turned proudly and said to the others sitting in the off-road vehicle. The others smiled at Jiezi, but there was no specific response. One of them, who was stretching his legs and covering his face with his hat, said, “Don’t have too much fun and forget the real thing.”

Other than that, these people didn’t react much. Could it be that the children who bullied ordinary people were actually recognized by them? The person who said not to have too much fun was the one I suspected of being the Holy King in my previous judgment of their strength.

At this point, the mother was already injured, and it was too late for me to say anything. I could only stand in the crowd with suppressed anger, silently watching the situation unfold, and at the same time, I was full of anger towards the people of this small town.

I could feel that this scene really angered them, but they were still silent. Aren’t they from the same tribe? How could they… Perhaps there was a bigger reason, but no matter what the reason was, it wasn’t worth sacrificing an innocent mother and child.

Perhaps this is where Chen Chengyi’s mind never turns around, never… unable to distinguish between what is important and what is not, and the only thing he values is his conscience and bottom line.

The reaction of the ‘teammates’ seemed to satisfy Jiezi, but when it was the turn of the Holy King to speak, Jiezi’s face inadvertently revealed a hint of gloom. He seemed to be at odds with the Holy King, so although he did not say anything in response to his words, he suddenly jumped off the car.

He walked towards the mother and son with his pistol in hand, and his voice echoed throughout the town: “What did I just say? I said that I am a man who follows rules. As long as you don’t break my rules, I will keep my promise, but if you break my rules, I will kill your people.”

At this point, he paused, and his eyes suddenly looked over to where I and my master were standing. I and my master quickly lowered our heads at the same time, but we could still catch a glimpse of his sinister smile, as he said, “I just heard someone shout, and the sound came from this direction…” As he spoke, he suddenly pointed his gun in this direction, and then said, “Keep an eye on this little piece of human garbage. Wait a minute, I want to see which one of you has the guts?”

He really heard it, and I really did cause trouble… I heard my master whisper next to me, “Troublemaker.” I was even more uneasy.

But then my master whispered, “But I can’t say you’re wrong.”

Is this encouragement? A smile appeared on my face, and I began to slowly push forward without making a sound. I just hoped that the tragedy that had just happened would not happen again. I could already see that this Jiazhi was a lunatic. If he went over there at this moment, he would definitely continue to do something.

When I almost reached the front of the crowd, Jiazhi had already reached the position where the little boy and his mother had been standing. He suddenly turned around and, with exaggerated gestures, said to all the onlookers, pretending to be innocent, “We have to follow the rules, right? I said before that the people who killed you started with the children, right?

As he spoke, he suddenly kicked the mother who was lying on the ground, and shouted angrily, “But this woman just doesn’t understand.” As he spoke, he was about to kick again. I was so excited that I almost pushed the subordinate guarding in front of me and stepped out.

But this kind of thing finally angered a man standing next to the mother and child. He suddenly stepped forward and knelt down, blocking Jiezi’s kick at the woman and helping her take the kick.

I thought so too. I couldn’t let this poor woman be kicked again. I don’t know if the place she was shot was a fatal wound, but blood was spilling from the wound. At this moment, under her body, which was lying on the ground, there was already a pool of blood. How could she bear Jiezi’s kicks?

“Oh, you’re so bloodthirsty? Fine, I won’t kick her. Give me the child. I said I’ll kill him if I want to, and no one can stop me!” Jiezi was so cold-blooded that he didn’t even look at these people.

The child had already been pushed into the crowd, and at least at this time, his figure could not be seen.

“No, don’t…” The woman still had some strength to speak at this time, and she even reached out and grabbed Jiezi’s leg… Jiezi completely ignored her and just said to the crowd, “I, Jiezi, will do what I say. If you don’t hand him over, I will kill one person every five minutes… According to the rules, I will start with the child. You can also be provoked by me and then resist… Let’s see who will be afraid.”

While he was talking, he paused, looked at his watch, and then shouted at the crowd, “Hand over the child, or else…”

Before he could finish his sentence, the poor mother managed to get up and clung to his legs, crying weakly, “No… please, let him go.”

Jiazi finally looked down at the mother this time, and suddenly put a gun to her head and said, “Since you like your son so much, you can go to hell and wait for him first.”

I couldn’t stand it anymore, so I reached out and pushed the subordinate who was blocking my way… But before my hand could touch him, I heard an exaggerated barking coming from the far end of the street.