Chapter 625 - 454: Just an Oath of Allegiance

Upon hearing Zhao Mingtang’s words, the old eunuch’s face changed slightly, secretly crying out that things were not good.

The words he had spoken before, although the people of Riverbend Village may not have believed them, they still held onto hope in their hearts.

What if?

If by any chance Zhao Mingtang kept his word, it would be a joyous outcome for all.

But now with this promise, unless one is a fool, it’s impossible to think that Zhao Mingtang could truly fulfill it.

Adding feet to a snake drawing, courting death, this Zhao Mingtang is a perfect example.

The old eunuch wanted to curse.

If you can’t speak properly, don’t you damn well know to keep quiet?

Saying nothing could let these people from Riverbend Village continue quarreling, and maybe even buy quite a bit of time.

Well, it’s too late now; those mud-legged peasants have thoroughly realized that Zhao Mingtang was just fooling them.

Sure enough, a villager gritted his teeth and said, "Bah, brothers, this guy is treating us like fools."

"In the past, who knows how many people starved to death in our village, but those people of the Zhao Family were so cold-hearted that they never allowed us to hunt."

"Hunting was not allowed, nor was fishing. Besides farming and mining for the Zhao Family, we weren’t allowed to do anything else."

"Now this guy has fallen into our hands, desperately promising us benefits to save his life. Words spoken at such a time are absolutely untrustworthy."

"Brothers, the one who lets us and our families fill our bellies is Lord Immortal. Before Lord Immortal, don’t you remember how Zhao Family those parasites bullied us?"

"This guy is just giving us what we deserve, and we still have to gratefully thank him with smiles?"

More and more people came to their senses, looking at Zhao Mingtang with eyes full of murderous intent.

Now Zhao Mingtang was truly frightened, immediately hiding behind the old eunuch and stammered, "Wa-wait, what else do you vile people want, as long as this young master can do it, I’ll give it to you. Whether it’s money, Spiritual Artifacts, Cultivation Techniques, you name it."

The more eager he became, the clearer the people of Riverbend Village could see his hypocrisy.

"Enough!"

A plain-looking villager from Riverbend Village, one who would go unnoticed in a crowd, stepped out and tearfully berated, "Stop pretending in front of us. I’ll never forget when my younger sister was seriously ill three years ago, I wanted to hunt some game to secretly sell for her treatment."

"But as soon as I caught the game, you found me. You not only took my catch but also imprisoned me. By the time I was released, my sister was already... already..."

At this point, the dignified man couldn’t help but shed tears.

Others had more or less experienced similar situations.

Once one person took the lead, it almost became a criticism session against the Zhao Family here.

Zhao Mingtang was unable to shed tears, he wanted to explain, these things had nothing to do with him at all.

He, a serious young master of the Zhao Family, disdained bullying ordinary folks.

But most of these problems started because of the rules set by the Zhao Family, and he could not shake off the connection no matter what.

Zhou Kunshan had been racking his brains, thinking about how to continue stirring the villagers, preventing them from being deceived for a moment and releasing the major scourge that was Zhao Mingtang.

Yet before he could come up with a plan, the situation had rapidly deteriorated.

Many people in Riverbend Village, with red eyes, gritted their teeth and roared in anger.

"Kill him! Kill him!"

The encirclement began to tighten again, and this time even the old eunuch felt the suffocating pressure.

Zheng Yi nodded in satisfaction, these fellows didn’t let him down.

Zhou Kunshan was right, just now, that was indeed a test from Zheng Yi to them.

If these people couldn’t pass this hurdle, the more dangerous things later would be out of the question.

Zheng Yi himself was a bit surprised that the person who broke the deadlock was an unremarkable nobody, rather than Zhou Kunshan whom he had high hopes for.

Seeing that their anger had been thoroughly provoked, Zheng Yi finally made his next move.

He nodded slightly toward a big tree beside him.

With a whoosh sound.

A head flew out, landing between Zhao Mingtang and the people of Riverbend Village.

Upon seeing this head, the old eunuch’s face turned brilliant with color, red then white, then black then purple, like a constantly flashing neon light.

Zhao Mingtang didn’t know what was going on, but the old eunuch understood very well.

This head clearly belonged to the guard he had secretly sent out to report just before.

Hanging on the head were icicles, freezing the dread and unease on his face.

Feng Haitao descended from the tree, kneeled on one knee, and cupped his fists toward Zheng Yi, "Lord, the person who tried to report has been dealt with by me."

Zhou Kunshan’s heart trembled silently, Feng Haitao had no idea how long he had been hiding there, just waiting for this opportunity to arise.

Indeed, the Lord had planned everything meticulously.

Thinking about his incompetence earlier, Zhou Kunshan felt even more depressed.

Clenched his teeth and yelled, "Brothers, follow me, tear this bastard who fooled us to pieces!"

The people of Riverbend Village swarmed forward like a pack of wolves catching the scent of blood.

The old eunuch desperately resisted, but being heavily injured and exhausted, even though the people of Riverbend Village’s cultivation was no match for him, under the absolute disparity in numbers, the powerful eunuch could only fend off just a few moves before someone sneakily struck him unconscious with a stick.