Chapter Seventy Divine Power

  After a night of entanglement, An Zhongzheng came again the next day, this time bringing many civilians, saying they were preparing to cut down trees.

  "You guys are quite efficient." Lin Bei stretched his mouth and let out a yawn.

  Last night, he naturally didn't sleep all night, because the young snakes woke up one after another and crawled away. In this one night, nearly a hundred young snakes ran away, which is one-third of the number of hatchlings. This made Lin Bei feel quite disheartened. On the other hand, it was a blessing for the mountain rats and frogs in the forest. The young snakes were too small and weak to protect themselves. The mountain rats didn't need to be said, even the toads dared to eat the young snakes. They must have had a feast last night. Anyway, no more than ten young snakes could escape.

  An Zhongzhi had already sent a small official under his command to supervise the construction at the school, and upon hearing Lin Bei's question, An Zhongzhi smiled and said: "Since there is nothing else to do, it is only natural that we want to finish building the school as soon as possible, so that my own children can also become scholars."

  "Oh, how many kids do you have?" Lin Bei asked.

  "Four." An Zhongzhi said proudly: "And they are all sons, and there are two grandsons. The people of Xishan Township all say that my family is prosperous."

  Lin Beihong was taken aback, how old is An Zhongzhi? He already has a grandson! However, thinking about it, in ancient times people could get married at 15 or 16, and An Zhongzhi is over 30 years old, so having a grandson isn't that surprising after all. Moreover, they are all young children, it can be said that the family is thriving.

  An Zhong's mention of children also reminded Lin Bei of Lin Rou. Now, no one would sweetly call Lin Bei "Dad" again. Thinking of this, Lin Bei's heart ached and he felt a little breathless.

  "Sir? Sir?" An Zhong's shout woke Lin Bei up, An Zhong looked at Lin Bei with some concern, he could feel that Lin Bei was distracted just now.

  Lin Bei wore a smile that was even uglier than crying, but unfortunately, it couldn't be seen now. Lin Bei thought of doing something, perhaps getting busy would temporarily make him forget these memories.

  "Shall we go to school?"

  "Huh?"

  "Go take a look and help with some things while you're at it."

  "Ah, this way, sir."

  By the time they arrived at the school, the villagers were already working.

  This time, An Zhongzhao called in more than twenty civilians, in addition to the dozen or so hunters from yesterday. They were using iron axes and saws to chop down trees, which would then be stripped of their branches and thrown into the small river, allowing the logs to float downstream.

  "Sir, this is Wang Laicai, the thief catcher in our village," An Zhong said, pointing to a burly man as he introduced him to Lin Bei. "He's usually in charge of catching thieves in our county."

  "Adults and children are all Wang Lai's wealth." Wang Lai kowtowed to the ground, giving Lin Bei a big salute, but Lin Bei dodged as usual.

  Wang Lai Cai, although his name is ordinary, looks quite fierce, with a face full of whiskers, about 1.75 meters tall, bare-chested, thick arms, and a robust physique, looking like a good fellow, at least the most robust ancient person Lin Bei has seen so far.

  Lin Bei was somewhat curious and asked: "How many kilograms of strength does he have?"

  "Great strength, can move a stone mill!" An Zhong praised directly.

  As Lin Bei knew, the ancient stone mill was quite large, roughly the size of a modern round table, weighing around 200 kilograms. Anyone who could move it would be considered to have superhuman strength. It was unexpected that such a strong man would appear here too.

  "Are you skilled in martial arts?"

  "It's just some superficial formulas." An Zhongzhi quoted, and Wang Laicai said very honestly.

  "How about the big head of Bi Zhi?"

  As for Xu Datou, Lin Bei had only heard of him, after all, when Cui Shi and Alan mentioned Xu Datou, they seemed to be intimidated, so this guy must be very formidable. For ancient people, Lin Bei didn't dare to underestimate them.

  During the Three Kingdoms period, there were really many fierce generals. Those well-known to people are not mentioned here. Were there no brave and fierce men in the folk? Of course not, it's just that some people didn't have the opportunity, so they disappeared in the long river of history. Lin Bei rarely met a guy who looked very formidable, so he wanted to take this as a reference.

  At the mention of Xu Datou, Wang Laicai scratched his head and said in a low voice: "Forget it."

  An Zhongzheng explained on the side: "That Xu Datou has been a godly person since childhood, killing a wild wolf at the age of six, and is the number one hero in our Dongxi Mountain Village. Later, he traveled outside and was said to have received teachings from a high-ranking official. Now, he wields a good wolf-tooth club, and with one stick, even a fierce tiger would be crushed into powder. He's extremely ferocious. Compared to Xu Datou, I'm still far inferior as a small official. However, the Cui family's daughter can rival Xu Datou."

  Is that Miss Cui? Ah, it's Cui Lan, right? Lin Bei was shocked. Is this Cui Lan so fierce? Lin Bei really didn't see it coming: "Cui Lan is quite a fighter?"

  Can you fight well? An Zhongzheng smiled and said, "Cui's daughter is also the number one good girl in our Xishan village. However, her strength is not as good as Xu Datou. Our Xishan village and Dongshan village have fought several times over the Chunshui River. If it weren't for Cui's daughter blocking Xu Datou, our Xishan village would have lost badly."

  Wow, Lin Bei finally understands that Cui Lan is actually very capable of fighting. At this moment, he would really like to see the scene of Cui Lan fighting with others, wondering if it's something like digging ears and noses, but then loses his smile, as this is obviously impossible, and it's more likely to be with sticks, knives, and guns.

  "Come on, Wang Caicheng, I'll try your strength." Lin Bei put forward an idea.

  "An adult, how can he possibly compare to an adult." An Zhongzhi didn't think much of it, Wang Laicai had some strength, but the demonic dragon in front of him looked even more formidable, not to mention that he would use demonic magic. Although he hadn't seen Lin Beifeng make a move, An Zhongzhi somehow had faith in him.

  "It's okay, let's give it a try." Lin Bei said firmly.

  Let Wang Lai Cai grab Lin Bei's tail, Wang Lai Cai exerted himself, seeing Wang Lai Cai's neck-swelling expression, Lin Bei thought to himself that this two-hundred-odd jin of strength wasn't anything special. Then his tail moved and Wang Lai Cai was completely unable to withstand the force, being flung off by Lin Bei in an instant; Lin Bei didn't even consider it a light exercise.

  This snake's body was incredibly powerful, and with a point of reference, Lin Bei finally felt the horror of his own strength. Compared to Wang Lai Cai's power, it was like the difference between an ant and an elephant.

  "Adults are truly omnipotent." Wang Lai Cai almost fell, but he was not discouraged at all. Instead, he looked at Lin Bei with a frenzied expression, and it was only natural that he couldn't beat the Dragon Lord.

  PS: Thanks to Chow Sing Chi, Hai and CX Mei X for the rewards. Hai is an old friend, but every time I see him, I subconsciously think of Hai MMM, haha.