Chapter 5: The Great Spirit of Han

  Outside Li's courtyard, more than a dozen people were waiting. The villagers of Fu Jiao Village were all poor and struggling to make ends meet, and what they valued most was mutual support. When something happened at Zhao Ba Jin's house, everyone in the village who could help came to lend a hand.

  Zhao Ba Jin looked to be around forty years old, with a sturdy build, holding a stick in his hand, anxiously waiting at the door. Behind him stood two men, one an old man whose age was indistinguishable, who could have been seventy or fifty years old. Next to the old man stood a young man, who looked about a year younger than Li Qin, or maybe just a few months.

  Li Tiandao: "Which direction did that beast run off in?"

  The young man pointed north and said, "He ran into the forest. Jing Ge, are you healed? I've been thinking of avenging you these past few days, but my dad won't let me go."

  Li Qin hummed, in his memory, the young man's name was Xu Xiaoni, and the old man was his father, named Xu Laoni. Xu Laoni, like Li Tian, had a son late in life, and at home, Xu Xiaoni was the only precious child. Xu Xiaoni wanted to go reason with the rascals, but Xu Laoni couldn't bear to let him go. The rascals' backing was strong, and ordinary people couldn't afford to offend them.

  Li Qin nodded and said: "Let's talk about revenge later, let's help Uncle Zhao find the sheep first!" Then Li Tian ran north.

  To the north of Fu Jiao Village is a large forest, and beyond the forest to the north is a grassland where few people live, wild beasts roam about, with wolves being the most common.

  The villagers of Fu Jiao Village shouted and ran out of the village, Xu Xiao Ni lit a torch and ran in the front, shouting: "There are bloodstains here, it must be sheep's blood!"

  Along the bloodstains, the crowd chased all the way into the woods. At this time, winter had passed, but the spring in Beidi County came late, and the trees had not yet sprouted new buds. The moonlight penetrated into the forest, and it was not particularly dark.

  Suddenly, Xu Xiaoni pointed ahead and exclaimed: "Sheep, isn't that Uncle Zhao's sheep?" He ran over with his torch to take a look.

  "Li Tian shouted: 'Don't go over there...'"

  Before the words were finished, a beast roar was suddenly heard in the forest, and a golden leopard rushed out from behind the tree. The leopard was huge with a long tail, weighing over 100 pounds, staring with its eyes wide open and baring its teeth, making a move towards Xu Xiaoni!

  Xu Xiaoni was so frightened that she let out a loud cry and fell backwards onto the ground, the torch in her hand also falling to the ground!

  Li Tian shouted: "Pick up the torch!" He held his gun with one arm and rushed forward to save Xu Xiaoni.

  Li Tian knew that at this time of year, the wild beasts were the most hungry and ferocious. Otherwise, this leopard would not have dared to sneak into the village to grab sheep. It was not that it couldn't run away, but rather it couldn't move anymore, yet it couldn't bear to give up its prey, and its desire to protect its food was intense. Xu Xiaoni held a torch in his hand, and the leopard didn't dare to pounce on him. But if the torch were to leave Xu Xiaoni's hand, the leopard would really pounce!

  Li Tian rushed to the rescue, not caring about anything else, and charged forward with his gun. The leopard, seeing this, abandoned Xu Xiaoni, opened its bloody mouth, and pounced on Li Tian!

  Li Qin saw it from behind and shouted: "Be careful!" He raised his bow to shoot the leopard, but he had never practiced archery before. Even with the memories of his previous master, in the urgency of the moment, he couldn't shoot an arrow instantly, nor could he even quickly pull out an arrow from his quiver.

  The villagers behind also shouted in unison when they saw the situation, but everyone was frightened by the sudden appearance of the leopard and stopped in their tracks, unable to rush over at the first time!

  In just a flash of time, the leopard pounced onto Li Tian's body!

  Li Tian's gun was not a regular long gun with a blade, but just had an iron head on the front end. It was usually used as a pointed mouth shovel for planting seeds in holes and couldn't be very sharp. Li Tian was also at a disadvantage. When the leopard pounced, his gun tip stabbed into the leopard's shoulder, but it slid to one side, only piercing some fur. The leopard was ferocious, its momentum not weakened by this shot, and it continued to pounce on Li Tian, knocking him down!

  Li QIN saw Li Tian being knocked down, and suddenly, a fierce aura burst out of his body like a volcanic eruption! For the original owner of this body, the one who was knocked down was his father, the closest person in the world. Although the memory had weakened and was no longer enough to control Li QIN, at this most critical moment, it finally burst out once again!

  Li Qīn's mind had almost gone blank, except for the determination to kill this leopard, no other thoughts remained! With a loud roar, Li Qīn threw down his bow and arrow, and charged forward with his bare hands!

  Li Tian was knocked down, but the combat skills he had practiced since childhood were still there. His knee protruded and hit the leopard's belly, slowing down its momentum. The leopard's bloody mouth also bit off target, missing his neck!

  The leopard bit down, but didn't cling to the fight, it only injured people and took the sheep just to fill its belly. It jumped off Li Tian's body, turned around and wanted to escape. Food is important, but not as important as life, for wild beasts there is no concept of fighting to the death.

  Ke Liqin rushed over at this time, just like a leopard, he roared and pounced on the leopard, actually knocking it down, riding on its body, swinging his fists and hitting hard, accurately hitting one of the leopard's eyes, fist to eye burst!

  The leopard let out a loud roar, startling the four woods, and with all its might, it lifted Li Qian up and ran away. In the chaos, it didn't run far before crashing into a tree, letting out repeated roars, rolling over, and then getting up to escape again!

  Li Qin sprang up from his seat, his whole body boiling with rage and indignation, and roared as he chased after him!

  Li Tian lay on the ground, shouting: "Son, son, don't chase! A person in a hurry is desperate, a dog in a hurry jumps over the wall. This heavily injured leopard is absolutely not to be chased. If you can't catch up, it's fine, but if you do catch up, it will really cost you your life!"

  Zhao Bazhen rushed over to support Li Tian, while Xu Xiaoni and others behind him shouted and chased after them, fearing that Li Qinxian would have an accident!

  Li QIN and the villagers were fighting a leopard here, but they startled a giant in the forest. The giant was originally hiding in the tree, lying on a large branch, sleeping quietly, but was awakened by the distant voices.

  "Damn it!" the giant cursed, "I ran all the way from Chenliu to get here, and now you're still chasing me? This time I won't show any mercy, I'll definitely kill a few more of you!" He jumped down from the tree, straightened his body, rubbed his hands together, and the sound of cracking joints echoed through the air.

  This giant was tall and sturdy, with a head that was over nine feet in height, even taller than Li Qian. His waist was several feet around, and just by looking at his build, he could swallow Li Qian whole! He had long arms and legs, and the tattered robe revealed his muscular thighs. Standing upright, he was like an iron tower, as if a giant spirit!

  Looking at his appearance, his brown face, the sides of his cheeks and chin were all covered with a messy and long beard, his eyes slightly bulging, emitting a fierce glow, standing in the forest at midnight, he didn't look like a living person, but rather an evil spirit!

  The giant hummed and said, "It's actually a dog... Ah, it's a leopard!" He saw something rushing towards him from the front, thinking it was a dog, but found out it was a leopard! Although he had an unusually large courage, even the largest courage couldn't exceed the range of human courage. Suddenly seeing the ferocious leopard charging over, how could he not be startled?

  Fortunately, he reacted extremely quickly, dodging to the side and immediately kicking the leopard with a heavy kick, right in the middle of its front leg pit!

  A leopard, already starving and wounded, with a dizzy brain and one blind eye, was kicked by a heavy foot, sending it flying into the air for over a meter before crashing to the ground!

  The giant kicked the leopard flying, but he retreated several steps. He wasn't afraid of the leopard, but discovered that another person was rushing towards him from behind, not much shorter than himself!

  The person who came after was naturally Li Qin, he roared and pounced on the leopard, riding on its back, one hand pressing down on the leopard's neck, the other fist clenched, aiming at the leopard's head, fiercely pounding down, just a few times later, the leopard spat out fresh blood!

  The giant let out a loud cry, thinking to himself: "How did I run into such a fierce person, even more ferocious than me!" Just then, the man who had been smashing the leopard's head suddenly looked up and glared at him with a fierce gaze!

  The giant involuntarily retreated two more steps, thinking to himself: "This kind of ferocious person must not be my sworn enemy. If my sworn enemy were as ferocious as him, I wouldn't have been able to escape even to the borders of my hometown Chenliu, let alone all the way to Beidi Commandery!"

  Distant voices were heard, and it seemed that many people were running over. The giant hesitated for a moment, turned around and left. He didn't want to meet others, resting in the forest was just to avoid trouble!

  The giant strode away quickly and disappeared into the depths of the forest in the blink of an eye.

  Li QIN took a glance at the giant, but he didn't have any special thoughts. In this situation, it was impossible for him to have any thoughts anyway, as he was still riding on the leopard's back! His fists didn't stop, using all his strength to pound and smash, in just a moment, he had already smashed out dozens of punches, while the leopard had long since gone limp, not moving at all, having died thoroughly after just over ten punches.

  Xu Xiaoni and the others rushed forward, seeing Li Qin still fiercely pounding away. They all came up to watch. Xu Xiaoni called out: "Brother Li, don't hit anymore! This leopard's head is already smashed!"

  Li QIN punched a few more times, and then slowly stopped his hand, panting. Just now when chasing the leopard and hitting the leopard, he didn't feel tired, but as soon as he stopped, all his strength was drained away, and he fell to one side. Xu Xiaoni hurriedly supported him.

  At this time, Li Tian also ran over, his chest clothes were scratched by the leopard's claws, and there were a few bloodstains on his chest, but they were not serious, just superficial wounds that did not affect his movements. When he ran over, he saw Li Qin being supported by Xu Xiaoni, and was shocked and exclaimed: "Son! My son! What's wrong with you? Where are you hurt?" He thought Li Qin had been scratched or bitten!

  Li Qin panted slightly and said: "Me? I'm not hurt, Father, don't worry. The leopard didn't bite me, on the contrary, it was I who killed it!"

  For some reason, after experiencing a life-and-death test, he actually opened his mouth and called Li Tian "Dad", and there was no longer any resistance in his emotions. It was as if his thinking and the memories of his previous owner had completely merged, and his body could also be fully controlled by him, unlike before when it was always a bit awkward!

  Li Tian sat down beside him, tears streaming down his face. He grasped Li Qin's arm and choked out: "You silly child, even if your father is bitten to death by a leopard, you can't chase after it, it's too dangerous! If something happens to you, your parents won't be able to live on!"

  Li QIN hastily comforted Li Tian, telling him not to worry too much.

  Xu Lao suddenly said: "Li Dage, your son is fine, the one who's in trouble is this leopard. Look, its head has been beaten to a pulp!"

  Zhao Bashen exclaimed: "Li QIN, what's that on your hand, a fist or an iron hammer? How did you smash the leopard's head into mush?"

  Xu Xiaoni exclaimed: "Jin Ge, from tonight on, I admire you the most, you are simply the number one tough guy in our Fuping!"

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