Chapter 2: The White Dragon's Corpse (Part 2)

  Rainwater, pattering down on the bluestone rocks, splashing water droplets everywhere.

  This is an ancient rock with rugged annual rings, the years have washed this stone into gray, and it also has a faint blue color, which will give people a sense of vicissitudes. The shape of the rock is very irregular, with jagged teeth overlapping each other, forming various shapes.

  Looks scary.

  "Big brother, it's about time, can we make our move?"

  It was almost midnight, and the rain was very heavy. Behind a hill not far from the camp, a group of people gathered together, holding knives, guns and bows and arrows.

  The first man was over eight feet tall, sturdy and robust.

  Wearing a veil, wearing a straw raincoat, holding a treasured sword in his hand. He seemed to have not heard his companion's words, and he looked into the distance with his hands shading his eyes.

  "Liu Ji, I'm asking you, why aren't you speaking up?"

  The speaker was a woman, also wearing a black raincoat and a veil, holding a treasure sword in her hand. Although she couldn't see her face clearly, she had a heroic spirit of a heroine. She walked to the man's side and pushed him slightly with some annoyance when he was deep in thought.

  "Sister-in-law, don't rush... Bāng must have a plan, we just need to follow his arrangements. When the time comes, we'll naturally take action."

  It can be seen that this guard is extremely respectful to the leader.

  The woman said discontentedly: "Jun, it's already late now. If we don't take action soon, we won't make it back in time and people will become suspicious."

  It seems like she still wants to say something more.

  But at this moment, the leader suddenly raised his hand, and Huan and the woman simultaneously closed their mouths, quietly looking at the man. The people behind him also became quiet all of a sudden. One by one, they gripped the weapons in their hands tightly, and a look that was close to madness flowed out from their eyes.

  "Get moving!"

  The leader had barely finished speaking when he charged out at the head of his men.

  Behind him, the bandits closely followed... Dark clouds obscured the moon, thunder rumbled, rain poured down and wind howled together, drowning out the chaotic footsteps.

  At this time, people in the camp were still fast asleep.

  The horses suddenly became restless, whinnying and prancing about. The two dogs lying by the carriage pole, a pair of sandy-haired hounds, opened their eyes with a start and began barking furiously at the sky. Several slaves stumbled out, half asleep, to calm the horses and hounds, but these beasts not only failed to quiet down, but grew even more frantic. This unusual commotion instantly caught the attention of the young girl.

  "Auntie, you get on first... something doesn't feel right!"

  As she spoke, the girl stood up and ran over hastily, asking as she ran: "What's going on? Why are these beasts making such a racket?"

  "Miss, I don't know!" The servant grabbed the reins and jumped onto the carriage shaft. "I don't know what's going on, it suddenly started making a fuss!"

  Hiss

  An arrow suddenly appeared out of the darkness and hit the slave's head right on target.

  It's clear that the arrow had a great deal of force, and it actually shot through the slave's head. The tremendous power lifted the slave's body off the carriage shaft, and his head fell into the muddy water. The restless horses trampled on the head, making it bloody and indistinguishable from the mud and water. Suddenly, a strong smell of blood filled the air.

  It's a thief!

  The girl suddenly came to her senses and cried out in a shrill voice: "Thief! Thief... there are thieves attacking!"

  After four hundred years of war, Pei has never been at peace. From very early on, this place belonged to the border area between two countries, with Qi and Chu constantly colliding. Sometimes Pei was a territory of Qi State, sometimes it was under the control of Chu State, it can be said that it was extremely chaotic.

  For the nobles, this is just a fief, a fat and fertile one.

  Losing or gaining face is a matter of face. This issue of face, sometimes can be preserved, sometimes cannot be preserved, all belong to normal.

  It is precisely for this reason that Pei has always been in a state of "three no's" (no government, no law, and no order), resulting in the prevalence of bandits. From the Sishui River to Weishan Lake, there are nearly 80 large and small bandit groups. The larger ones have several hundred people, while the smaller ones have only three or four members.

  These bandits were mostly subjects of Pei, ordinary civilians during the day and robbers at night, with no one to manage them.

  The girl's cry immediately awakened the people in the camp. More than a dozen men jumped onto the cart, just picked up their weapons, and the bandits rushed over. The leading man shouted loudly, leaped onto the cart, his sword gleaming with cold light, cutting down two slaves into a pool of blood.

  "Big Black, stop him!"

  The girl shouted at the sandy-haired hound. The two hounds had already leapt out before the girl's voice was heard.

  Due to its extremely loose skin, this hunting dog is less likely to be injured when biting and fighting, so it's often raised as a fighting dog.

  The two mastiffs in the girl's home were also raised as fighting dogs and were extremely ferocious.

  The masked man, although somewhat skilled in martial arts, was also at a loss when faced with the attack of the two fierce dogs. Just then, a burly man rushed forward. Without saying a word, he strode forward, let out a tiger's roar, and punched one of the dogs flying. The dog crashed into the muddy water, let out two mournful howls, twitched its limbs twice, and then died.

  The sturdy Han swung a black club and smashed another dog's head, causing its brains to splatter.

  From head to toe, this guy only let out a tiger's roar and almost didn't speak. And the leader was even more carefree, as soon as the strong man appeared, he didn't bother with the outcome of that fighting dog. It was very clear that he had great faith in the strong man's martial arts abilities and also trusted him greatly.

  However, the slaves in the camp were all extraordinary people who had emerged from brutal killings.

  Although there were many bandits, they couldn't do anything for the time being. The master of the Lv family blocked the leader's attack and shouted for others to come and help. But in doing so, the Lv family's combat power was all concentrated on the front line, unknowingly revealing a weakness.

  A female bandit, accompanied by over a dozen people, bypassed the front of the camp and burst in from the flank.

  At that moment, the cries of killing, shouting and wailing filled the air. The master of the Lyu family, who was resisting in the camp, suddenly panicked, waved his sword and shouted loudly: "Who are you people? Under the clear sky and bright sun, how dare you do such a thing? Aren't you afraid of being pursued by the authorities?"

  "Some of the bandits laughed and said, 'Investigate? Who will investigate? The Chu State has already been destroyed, and the Qi State is also gone... As for the Qin army, they have no time to come and take care of this place. Hehe, killing you all, we can live a carefree life. As for what happens later, it has nothing to do with us.'"

  The speaker had a five-foot-long strong bow on his back and held a copper mallet as thick as a bowl mouth, with fresh blood dripping from the mallet.

  Just as he was speaking, the bronze club had already knocked down two people and rushed to the front of the Lü family master. "Quickly, quickly take action, this guy will be left for Xiao Di and Tuzi to deal with."

  The leader burst out laughing and didn't answer, turning around and rushing into the camp.

  The girl at this time, with her brother holding a weapon, was entangled with the thieves who rushed into the camp. The leader led more than a dozen people to rush into the camp and shouted at the thief who was killed by the girl: "Wan, don't get entangled, I'll deal with this chick!"

  The implication is: Hurry up and grab things!

  The leader of the group appeared, making the originally chaotic camp even more uncontrollable. He killed the girl and her brother with his sword, leaving them somewhat disheveled. Although the leader was no match for others, he had the upper hand against the siblings in front of him. As for the thieves he brought along, they were all skilled hands who rushed forward to block the guards in the camp.

  In this way, those thieves who had rushed in earlier, under the leadership of the female thief and Juan, began to search for valuables.

  "Good girl, what's the point of this? Put down your weapon and we'll just ask for some money. Your family has a lot of wealth, why not share some with us?"

  The leader's tone was tinged with a teasing note.

  The girl didn't answer, instead she lowered her head and desperately resisted the leader's attack.

  "What are you going to do? Don't touch my son!"

  A shrill cry came, the girl stole a glance and was suddenly shocked. It turned out that Liu Qian did not listen to the girl's words and stayed by her son's body all the time. The woman thief didn't know why she walked towards Liu Qian's body.

  Qian Wei rushed forward to block her way, but was kicked to the ground by the female thief.

  "A dead person, how can they use such good silk? It's better to give it to your mother and make two new clothes!"

  The female thief had her eyes on the brocade wrapped around Liu Quan's body and wanted to take it away. However, how could Madame Quan allow her to touch her son's corpse? After being kicked over, she hugged the female thief with both hands and shouted loudly: "Don't let you touch my son, don't let you touch my son."

  "Die, you old witch!"

  The female bandit flew into a rage, threw Qian Ni to the ground and raised her treasured sword ready to kill her.

  The girl involuntarily shouted: "Stop!"

  His spirit was shaken by the leader's sword and he fell to the ground.

  Something strange happened at this time. A thunderstorm came from the dark clouds, and a silver snake appeared and disappeared in the cloud layer.

  A flash of lightning tore through the dark clouds.

  A brilliant white light descended from the sky and struck the treasure sword in the female thief's hand.

  Rumble

  A massive lightning bolt struck the female thief, turning her into a charred piece of charcoal that fell straight into the muddy water. The sudden turn of events shocked everyone. The leader was the first to react, shouting loudly as he rushed towards the female thief. However, at this moment, his expression changed.

  "Watch out, big brother!"

  No sooner had he finished speaking than a string of thunderclaps burst forth, and the dense dark clouds in the sky formed a huge circular shape that kept rotating.

  Clouds piled up, layer upon layer, a brilliant column of light gathered in the dark clouds and shot down from the center of the round disk. The thunderous sound shook people's heads dizzy... Lightning struck on top of a giant tree that required four people to surround it, instantly splitting it in half, and flames burst forth, like a huge torch appearing in the rainy night.

  A burst of bright light splashed over Liu Jian's corpse...

  The leader was knocked flying as if by an invisible giant hand, spitting out a mouthful of blood, and crashed to the ground with a thud, losing consciousness.

  Rainwater, pounding on the burning big tree, steaming out layer after layer of smoke.

  That smoke was extremely strange, gathering together in strips, threads, and strands, hanging down and floating on the ground.

  This bizarre scene left people shocked and amazed.

  But what happened next made people's hair stand on end and their hearts skip a beat.

  All of a sudden, in the midst of the smoke and fog, Liu Quan's corpse sat up from the ground with a loud "huff".