Chapter 38: The Robber Who Eats People

  Everyone's support is needed, this way, riders will have more motivation.

  Li Wenjun couldn't help but let out a loud whoop of excitement, but he restrained himself. After all, this was Fengshou Town, where there were many people around. Sun Baicao and his son were still sleeping like the other townspeople, and waking them up would not be good.

  Li Wenjun quickened his pace, heading towards the outskirts of the town. He didn't deliberate on which direction to take, but simply chose one at random and soon left Fengshou Town behind. Before him lay a major road stretching westward.

  There is no moon in the sky, only a few stars scattered about, emitting weak starlight.

  Li Wenjun looked ahead along the road and found that his visible distance, or visual range, had increased significantly compared to before. He could see things within a radius of about 40 zhang (a unit of length) clearly, whereas previously his visual range was only around 30 zhang.

  He looked up at the tall poplar tree with strong desire in his heart. He walked about ten feet away from Harvest Town, making sure not to disturb the townspeople, and stood by the road. He gazed up at the treetop, sank his breath into his dantian, took a deep breath, and leaped into the air, pouncing towards the treetop.

  Li Wenjun was seen drawing a beautiful arc in the air, and then landed on the treetop. However, when he tried to stand on the treetop, his feet were empty, and his body sank, falling heavily onto the treetop.

  With a thud, Li Wenjun heavily fell onto the tree. This fall made him dizzy and his whole body felt like it was going to come apart at the seams.

  Li Wenjun rubbed his chest and got up again, he looked at the treetops, there was no branch that could bear his weight, to stand firm there, he could only step on the tender and fragile twigs or leaves, which required a very high skill.

  Li Wenjun reluctantly tried again, after several consecutive failures, he finally stood firmly on the treetop, looking around with a kind of feeling that one can see all the mountains and rivers at a glance, it was really cool.

  Li Wenjun looked at the row of big-leaf poplars by the roadside, and a surge of impulse rose in his heart. He tapped the leaves with his toes and leaped onto another big-leaf poplar tree. Like this, he kept jumping from one big-leaf poplar to another, heading west without stopping, so fast that it was like flying.

  Listening to the whistling wind in his ears, Li Wenjun excitedly shouted out loud, this feeling was really too cool. If he hadn't cultivated, he might not have had such an experience in his entire life, and he might still be narrow-minded, thinking that this was just a fictional story made up by storytellers.

  Li Wenjun was a relatively calm and composed person, but when he encountered good news, he couldn't help but feel excited and ran around the treetops. Half an hour later, he arrived at a place about ten or twenty miles away from Fengshou Town, which was already quite remote, with no villages within a radius of five or six miles.

  Suddenly, Li Wenjun found a large stone by the road, about the size of a millstone. He was moved in his heart, and flew back and forth among the treetops, which could only prove that his speed had increased significantly, but he didn't know if his strength had also increased with it.

  He leaped down from the tree and walked to the stone, first checking it for any cracks on its surface, confirming that it was a complete stone. Then he stood beside the stone, sank his energy into his abdomen, and raised his palms high up.

  Hi!

  Li Wenjun's tongue burst forth like spring thunder, his palm came down heavily and slapped onto the bluestone.

  The stone is motionless.

  Li Wenjun didn't believe in evil spirits and raised his palm again, slapping the stone twice.

  Crack!

  When he clapped his third palm, a crisp sound came from the stone, and the middle of the stone collapsed downwards. Several fine cracks appeared on the stone. Under his heavy blow, the stone could not withstand it and cracked open.

  Li Wenjun nodded in satisfaction, this stone was seven or eight inches thick, the size of a millstone. In the past, unless he used an octagonal hammer to smash it, it would be difficult to break it. Now, with three palm strikes, it showed that his palm striking power had already reached the level of an octagonal hammer. When fighting with others, if such palms were slapped on someone's body, the opponent would inevitably suffer a broken bone and torn tendons unless they had some special means.

  After trying his strength, Li Wenjun stood in the middle of the road again and threw a punch. By the end, the gathered strength was punched by him on the big leaf poplar tree by the roadside. The big leaf poplar tree shook violently, and a large piece of bark and part of the trunk were knocked down by him, revealing a large scar. This is also something Li Wenjun couldn't do before.

  Li Wenjun was increasingly satisfied, and if he could continue to rely on the bath soup to cultivate, his skills would definitely continue to grow. Unfortunately, he still couldn't form a cycle of qi circulation, nor could he mobilize the spiritual energy within his body, otherwise, he would be able to cast fireball techniques, which would be even more impressive than now.

  Li Wenjun shook his head. All that needed to be verified had been verified. It was time to return to Fengshou Town. After waiting until dawn, he would continue to configure the bath soup and continue his cultivation.

  On the way back, it's not as windy and fiery as when I came out. However, Li Wenjun, who was still unsatisfied, jumped onto the treetop, ready to continue experiencing that flying-like feeling.

  After running back and forth for several miles, a bright light suddenly burst into his field of vision. It was seen that far away from the official road, about four or five miles away, there was a place where lanterns were shining brightly.

  It's late at night and people are quiet, even the roosters are still sleeping in the treetops. Normally, no one would get up and be busy at this hour.

  In addition, Li Wenjun had looked at the map of the entire Sanshan County and clearly remembered that where the lights were lit up, there were no villages or independent courtyards.

  At such a time, in such a place, there were actually lights, this matter looked and felt like it had an unusual air of mystery.

  Something unexpected must have happened, Li Wenjun had just verified his skills and was full of confidence, plus his youthful nature made him somewhat curious, so without much thought, he decided to go take a look.

  Then he changed direction in mid-air and flew towards the place where the lights were burning.

  After about half a stick of incense, Li Wenjun could clearly see the situation in the place where the lamp was lit. It was dark, and he hid in the dark, so he could see it clearly, but the people there couldn't see him.

  The scene before him made Li Wenjun stare with wide eyes. It was a courtyard that wasn't very big, but not small either. The walls and houses of the courtyard were made of straw or branches, without any bricks or tiles. Inside the courtyard, there were more than ten wooden stakes as tall as a person, several of which had people tied to them.

  If it were just people being tied up, Li Wenjun would not be shocked. The problem is that most of these people are dead, and they all died with their chests ripped open, the scene was extremely bloody and nauseating.

  The only one who hadn't been disembowelled was slumped over, weakly hanging his head, and it wasn't clear if he was asleep or had already scared to death, completely still.

  Before Li Wenjun could observe more details, a voice suddenly came from inside the house.

  "It's almost as if the birds are going to fly out of our mouths. Old Three, go get some meat for your brother."

  A moment later, someone came out of the house with a shiny sword and walked straight to the man who was hanging his head. The latter raised his head and begged nervously: "Good sir, don't kill me, my family will definitely raise the ransom."

  "Sorry, silver may be liked by us men, but the belly is more important." The man suddenly stabbed the begging person's chest with a dagger, and in three or two strokes, he dug out his heart. Then, he cut open the person's belly and also dug out their liver.

  "Brother, wait a moment, I'll go and stir-fry two dishes to go with your wine." As he spoke, he brought the freshly dug out, still jumping heart to his nose and took a deep sniff, "Hmm, it's really fresh, it will definitely be fragrant when stir-fried."

  This scene, Li Wenjun's eyes were wide with horror, he had heard from the elderly at home that in times of chaos or famine, there were cases of cannibalism, but he never thought he would witness this bloody scene with his own eyes.

  What infuriated him the most was that Fengshou Town and other places in Sanshan County were no exception, there was no famine, year after year the weather was favorable, grain harvests were abundant, and meat from pigs, cattle, sheep and other livestock was easily available. These people wanted to eat meat, they could have easily raised one or two lambs, but instead they insisted on eating human flesh.

  Li Wenjun gritted his teeth, these people absolutely cannot stay. He wouldn't take the initiative to be a hero, but since he's encountered them, there's no reason to let go. Moreover, Li Wenjun also wanted to use this opportunity to test his skills in actual combat.

  Li Wenjun didn't rush into the yard, he continued to observe the situation inside the yard.

  Soon, he figured out that there were three people in the yard. Two of them sat in the main hall with the gate open, sitting at a table drinking wine. The other one was in the east wing, which was the kitchen, and the person who had just dug out someone's heart was holding a kitchen knife chopping slices.

  Li Wenjun had already come down from the treetops when he approached the courtyard. He picked up a few fist-sized stones from the ground, went around to the east side of the courtyard, and looked through the window of the east wing, searching for the location of the person who was digging out hearts.

  He quickly cut the slices and put them in a wooden basin, carrying it to the window and preparing to scoop some water from the water tank to rinse them.

  The opportunity has arrived!

  Li Wenjun held his breath and focused his mind, took aim at that person, and fiercely threw the stone out.

  The first stone missed and fell to the ground with a thud.

  He suddenly sprang up and quickly lowered his body, hiding behind the wall under the window.

  The east wing was quiet as ever, Li Wenjun waited patiently, he had enough time to drag it out with them.

  They had waited for a good while, long enough to have finished a pot of tea, when a shout came from the main house. "Third Brother, what are you dawdling about? Why haven't you brought up the dishes yet?"