Chapter Eight Has a Female

  Another chest was shot, and the nearly perforated pawn was sent over. Lin Xiao continued to use his violent methods to give emergency treatment to the pawn. Lin Xiao roughly and crudely rolled the pawn on a piece of oilcloth, applying all sorts of strange medicines and ointments. As the bleeding from the pawn's wound stopped, its moaning grew louder, until it let out an earth-shaking scream like its comrades!

  Xue Wu couldn't bear to watch anymore. Even if he was a ruthless and cunning killer who had come through mountains of corpses and seas of blood, he still couldn't bear it. He felt that his sons under Lin Xiao's hands didn't seem like wounded soldiers who had suffered heavy injuries, but rather like pigs tied up on the chopping block during Chinese New Year! Even their cries of pain were all the same.

  Fuming, Lin Xiao arrived at Ling Ba Tian's side and told him about the Blood Five's plan.

  Ling Ba Tian raised an eyebrow in surprise and asked: "Until now, none of the young men who were sent over have died?"

  "Right!" The furious Blood Five nodded.

  "Oh, let him do as he pleases then!" Ling Batian smiled and said: "This kid has a good hand. Just now, I sent over 97 injured men, among whom 12 were definitely going to die. How could they still be alive? Not bad, taking in this kid isn't a loss."

  "But he..." Xue Wu wanted to complain about something.

  Ling Ba Tian glanced at him and said calmly, "Old Five, don't forget that what our Blood Kill Path needs is a hundred-battle-hardened iron-blooded hero. Hmph, suffering some hardships will be beneficial for their cultivation. At least after they enter the sect and pass the 'Blood Sea Refining Body' trial, it'll be much easier! You should wish that little brat would be even more ruthless, the more painful the better!"

  As soon as he heard the four words "Blood Sea Refining Body", Wu's face changed instantly, and he clapped his hands excitedly, laughing loudly: "How could I forget this trick? Ha ha ha, got it, let him struggle!"

  Ling Ba Tian laughed a few times, then turned his head towards Shenjia Fort, which was in the midst of a bloody battle.

  Hundreds of Pawns had already surged onto the city wall, and were pressing the defenders of Shen Family Castle back. The Pawns were ruthless in their attacks, having cultivated the Blood Kill Magic, which was vastly different from orthodox martial arts. Every move they made seemed to carry a fierce and brutal energy that would stop at nothing, even if it meant both sides suffering heavy losses. The defenders were no match for them, and often fell to the ground with just one exchange of blows.

  What made those Shenjiabao's soldiers even more fearful was that these crazy pawns, after cutting down the enemy, would often add dozens of knives to the enemy's body, and they had to cut the enemy into a vague meat sauce before rushing towards other enemies with a ferocious smile. They seemed to enjoy the bloody atmosphere on the battlefield, so they had to create an even thicker bloody atmosphere on the battlefield.

  In a brief moment, the 800-strong garrison of Shenjiabao was annihilated. More than 400 garrison troops were killed on the spot, and the remaining 300-plus men fled in all directions.

  The eight thousand men let out a cheer and surged forward like a tide through the open city gate.

  Ling Ba Tian coldly gazed at the Shen family fortress, which was shrouded in screams and pleas for mercy. He calmly said: "The Third Prince's intention is that, apart from sending Shen Guan Shou's direct lineage to Fei Yun Guan to threaten Shen Guan Shou, all other members of the Shen family are to be executed. Xue Yi, go take care of this matter."

  Xue smiled faintly and said: "Boss, actually, if we were to attack Fei Yun Guan, why would it need to be so troublesome?"

  Ling Ba Tian lazily smiled and tilted his head, saying calmly: "Is there such a cheap thing? The price given by the Third Prince is not worth our Blood Kill Path risking our lives for him. Step by step, we must make the Third Prince understand one thing - without us, he can't do anything, and only then will he obediently become our most obedient puppet!"

  "Great job, Boss!" Blood lightly patted Ling Ba Tian's butt.

  Ling Ba shook his head and said calmly, "It's the order of Lord Yingming, this isn't my idea. Alright, go and release the killer. Hmm, not a single copper coin is allowed to be left behind."

  Xue nodded slightly and was about to enter the fort with his men when Ling Ba Tian suddenly stopped him: "Forget it, I'll go with you. You go kill people, I'll search for treasure. A place as big as Shenjia Fort, if there's no hidden underground chamber or secret room that we can't find, then it would be a waste."

  Xueyi's face twitched a few times, and he forced out a smile, obediently following behind Ling Batian.

  Lin Xiao's palm slapped heavily on the thigh of a wounded Pawn, who had been stabbed by a knife. The pain was so intense that the Pawn let out a loud "Ah" and fainted.

  Wiping off the fresh blood on his hands, Lin Xiao turned his head to look at Xue Wu standing behind him and calmly asked: "What are you going to do with that village in front of us after taking it down?"

  Xue Wu's eyes lit up, and he looked at the hundreds of wounded soldiers lying on the empty ground with satisfaction, responding casually: "Just helping people do things, killing people, catching people!"

  Lin Xiao's body trembled slightly, he looked up at the pale blue moon in the sky and took a deep breath: "I'm going in."

  Xue Wu furrowed his brow: "Where are you going?"

  Lin Xiao pointed at the almost depleted medicine and said coldly, "There's not enough medicinal ingredients. A large manor like this must have a pharmacy."

  He slapped his forehead and laughed loudly: "I'd forgotten about this, we're the Overlord's troops. In the past, we rarely stockpiled medicine, and those few military doctors were only good at treating livestock diseases. Hmm, alright, I'll take you in."

  Lin Xiao tied his small package around his waist and followed Hei Wu in a slow pace towards Shenjia Fort.

  Young Lin Xiang had already made up his mind, he couldn't stay in the Ba Wang Zei's lair. He couldn't use his medical skills to treat these bandits, and then let them go on to kill more innocent people after being saved by him. So, he wanted to find an opportunity to escape. Although he didn't have much experience in the Jianghu world, Lin Xiang had learned a lot about it from those who came to seek treatment at Hui Chun Tang over the years. A big stronghold like Shen Jia Bao must have a secret passage for escape.

  Even if he can't find a secret passage, it shouldn't be too difficult for him to find a secluded spot to hide in such a large estate.

  First escape from the tyrant's death. As for what happens next, Lin Xiao can't control that much anymore.

  Perhaps going to Beijing, which is still relatively peaceful for now, would be a better choice. With his medical skills, at least he won't starve there.

  Kyoto, ah, several princes have been fighting for years, but no one dares to make a big move near Kyoto, after all, that is the old nest of the Yuan Dynasty.

  Perhaps Kyoto is one of the few peaceful places left in the world today?

  Under the moonlight, Lin Xiao, dressed in a green robe, had slowly walked into the gate of Shenjia Fortress.

  When Lin Xiao walked into Shenjia Fort, those domineering pawns looked at him with a subtle and grateful gaze.

  This gaze made Lin Xiao's emotions extremely complicated. These bandits were not good people, but he had saved their lives and they were grateful to him. However, this gratitude made Lin Xiao feel like his whole body was being scorched by fire, the more painful it was, the more unbearable it became. He had saved over a hundred bandits, how many more people would die at their hands in the future?

  It's really too difficult for a young man to understand some of these principles.

  Shenjiabao has fallen into chaos, with the 8,000 strong Ba Wang army appearing in every house, arresting everyone and bringing them to the central drill ground of Shenjiabao. This place was originally used by Shenjiabao for training its guards and holding family gatherings, but today it was surrounded by nearly a thousand Ba Wang soldiers. Thousands of Shen family members with frightened faces were huddled together on the drill ground like sheep waiting to be slaughtered. Many people still didn't know what had happened, their faces numb as they stared at the blood-stained soldiers around them, occasionally making meaningless murmuring sounds.

  Lin Xiao walked slowly along the edge of the playground, looking at the Shen family members in the playground and couldn't help but frown and ask: "You are all about seeking wealth and power, aren't you?"

  Xue Wu said carelessly: "This time, it's a matter of life and death. The Third Prince of the Great Yuan Kingdom wants us to kill everyone in Shenjiabao except for the direct descendants of the Shen family."

  Lin Xiao's body suddenly stiffened, he stood still in his tracks, slowly turning his head to look at Blood Five.

  Xue Wu gazed at Lin Xiao, a flash of sharp light in his eyes: "Don't look at me, there are some things that you people can't understand."

  "So, I dare ask, what kind of people are you, to decide the life and death of thousands like this?" Lin Xiao angrily stared at Blood Five, asking in a low tone.

  He lowered his head in contemplation for a moment, before answering very seriously: "We, and you, are not the same kind of people. So, your anger, sympathy, and intolerance, have no meaning to us." He forcefully pushed Lin Xiao's shoulder, saying lightly: "You're now the military doctor of our King's Pawn, your purpose is to heal the wounds of our sons. Apart from this, you don't have the power or qualifications to interfere with anything else. Little kid, do you know what's most important in this world?"

  Xue Wu suddenly felt that he needed to instill some correct concepts in Lin Xiao, so he asked Lin Xiao a question that seemed like pure nonsense to him.

  What is the most important thing in the world? Lin Xiang opened his mouth, but couldn't speak. Lin Shan and the doctors at Hui Chun Tang had all told him that the most important thing for a doctor was a heart full of kindness and compassion. But it was clear that such a heart would be utterly laughable to people like Ba Wang Zhu.

  Xue Wu looked at Lin Xiao with a very serious expression and said in a very solemn tone: "In this world, fists are the most important! If your fist is big enough, you can have everything. If your fist is not big enough, you will die without a place to be buried!"

  "Nonsense!" Lin Xiao clenched his fists and opened his mouth wide, wanting to argue something.

  Xue Wu gently rubbed Lin Xiao's head, her gaze piercing like lightning, causing Lin Xiao's eyes to ache severely. However, Lin Xiao stubbornly lifted his head, even though the pain in his eyes brought tears to his eyes, he refused to bow down in front of Xue Wu. Xue Wu nodded in approval, retracted the divine light from her eyes, and coldly said: "If your father's fist was big enough, he wouldn't have been killed by Jiemo Gate's Wutian Lord!"

  Lin Xiao's entire body was stiff, and for a moment he became like a stone statue. Even Blood Five couldn't sense the slightest bit of life energy from him.

  Xue Wu touched his lips with a somewhat dazed expression. Had he recently made great progress in his magical powers, to the point where even just one sentence could be fatal?

  But Lin Xiao's big eyes blinked, he let out a heavy sigh and said faintly: "So, Father really is dead. Jiemo Gate, no heavenly order? Alright!"

  A cold glint flashed in Xue Wu's eyes as he smiled somewhat excitedly: "Actually, you can consider joining our Blood Kill Demon Path!"

  "Blood-killing Devil Way?" Lin Xiao lightly shook his head and said faintly: "I don't like this name."

  "But we're strong enough!" Xue Wu clenched his fist and laughed loudly: "I think your foundation is pretty good, maybe in the future you can cultivate to success, at that time a mere Wutian Lord will be nothing?"

  Lin Xiao coldly laughed and looked up at Xue Wu, asking: "Are you his arch-nemesis?"

  Blood Five's eyebrows furrowed, and he spread his hands out in a helpless gesture, saying, "I'm no match for him."

  He nodded slightly and Lin Xiao smiled: "So, he is not just a humble master of the Untouchable Command."

  Turning around, Lin Xiao didn't give Blood Five a chance to speak, and he walked along the horse track at the edge of the playground towards the main house in the center of Shenjia Village. Blood Five tilted his head, grinned, and with a somewhat indignant palm, shattered a stone pillar by the road into powder. He spread his two long legs and followed Lin Xiao. As they walked, he whispered, "Blood Killing Demon Way? What a great name! How can we say that we are also the first-ranked Blood Killing Demon Way of the Chongyang Star Magic Ranking? Although Chongyang Star is not considered anything in the entire cultivation world, our Blood Killing Demon Way is really not weak!"

  Chattering incessantly, Blood Five followed Lin Xiang to the gate of the Shen family's mansion, just in time to see several Blood Armor Guards leading a large group of Overlord Troops, escorting out a bunch of pale-faced Shen family members.

  Xue Wu Guai burst out laughing and shouted: "Second Brother, how did you manage to get a whole bunch of old mice out?"

  The thin and pale Blood Two sneered with a complacent smile: "They tried to sneak away through the secret passage, but I used my Earth Listening Technique to find them out. Aren't they all looking gloomy now?"

  Escaped into the secret passage, but was searched out by the 'earth listening' technique?

  Lin Xiao's body trembled slightly, and he silently walked past those Shen family members.

  Xue Er raised an eyebrow, scanning Lin Xiao with a puzzled gaze. Xue Wu shrugged and said softly, "The military's medicinal supplies are running low; he went to the Shen family's pharmacy to get some medicine."

  Xue Er nodded suddenly enlightened and said calmly: "This is a serious matter, huh. Children, let's go!"

  With a wave of his hand, a group of fierce and menacing men dragged the direct descendants of the Shen family out of Shen's fortress, pulling and tugging them along the way.

  Just now, on the playground that Lin Xiao and others had just passed through, a burst of mournful cries and the sound of knives entering flesh 'puchi' suddenly rang out. The massacre of the Shen family's collateral relatives has begun.

  Lin Xiang covered his ears, trying to block out the cruel sounds. But perhaps it was psychological, even though he covered his ears tightly, he still felt countless wails of despair entering his ears. He even felt that his own hands had a faint layer of bloodstains, from saving those pawns, who would go on to kill even more people in the future!

  He came to the pharmacy door of Shenjia Fort like a walking corpse, and Lin Xiao slowly pushed open the large door of the pharmacy. As Lin Xiao had expected, the Shen family, who started with military service, had a very large scale of pharmacy in the fort, storing a huge amount of medicinal materials. He took a deep breath, walked slowly into the pharmacy, followed by Blood Five leading a team of brutal soldiers, lighting up dozens of torches.

  Distant sounds of rummaging through boxes and cabinets kept coming, accompanied by the continuous sound of many bottles being smashed.

  Ling Ba Tian's voice echoed in the sky above Shenjia Village: "Be careful, don't let a single copper coin go to waste! Damn it, I said it, not a single copper coin is allowed to be wasted! Money, do you know what money is? Money is the thing that this old man likes the most in this world!"

  As soon as Lin Xiao walked into the pharmacy, he noticed that something was amiss. Some of the originally neatly stacked medicinal materials had been swept to the ground in a seemingly hasty manner, and several medicine baskets had also been knocked over, with their contents spilled all over the floor. Lin Xiao couldn't help but glance at one of the baskets with a hint of regret, which contained a jar of top-grade "Golden Thread Liquid", a rare and precious remedy for burns that was now also overturned on the ground.

  He let out a sigh and walked past a medicine shelf. Suddenly, he heard faint breathing sounds coming from behind a pile of medicine baskets.

  Xue Wu also sensed the movement behind the medicine basket, he drew out his long knife and was about to stab over.

  Lin Xiao hastily blocked Blood Five's path and with one hand knocked over several medicine baskets onto the ground.

  A little girl, no more than eleven or twelve years old, with a round face as white as a sheet and a body trembling like a small bird in the cold wind, emerged from behind a rolling medicine basket.

  Xue Wu's long knife bypassed Lin Xiao's body and was placed on the little girl's neck.

  Lin Xiao pushed away Blood Five's long knife with one hand, and wrapped his other arm around the little girl's body, which had become stiff and cold with fear.

  He glared at Wu Xie and shouted loudly: "What are you going to do?"

  Xue Wu said faintly: "This little girl doesn't have the gold chain that only legitimate children of the Shen family wear, according to Boss's words, I should kill her!"

  The little girl opened her mouth in shock and tightly grasped Lin Xiao's body with both hands.

  Lin Xiao's eyes flashed with large pieces of blood light, and he seemed to hear the groans and wails of those Shen family relatives on the playground.

  He gazed at Blood Five and said with unwavering determination: "If she lives, I live; if she dies, I'll fight you all to the death!"

  Xue Wu Zhang opened his mouth, suddenly put away his sword and nodded vigorously at Lin Xiao, saying: "Kid, you've got guts! This chick is yours now!"

  After finishing speaking, Xue Wu turned around and walked out of the pharmacy with big strides.