Chapter 101 - 77: The Black Mountain Thieves Are Too Brutal, They Even Kill Village Heroes!

Chapter 101: Chapter 77: The Black Mountain Thieves Are Too Brutal, They Even Kill Village Heroes!

"Is Yang Jun unable to read the room? Can’t he tell what I’m trying to do?" Zheng Jun wondered.

Hearing Zheng Jun’s words, the two Blood Refining Martial Artists, who were being held by the County Soldiers, suddenly broke free from their restraints and sprinted toward the courtyard wall!

"It wasn’t easy to become Blood Refining Martial Artists! We have bright futures ahead of us; we can’t lose our lives here! So what if we bullied some lowly peasants? Haven’t you, a Captain, also preyed upon the commoners? Cut the crap! At worst, we’ll flee to Black Mountain!" the two men thought with immense resentment.

"Trying to run?" Seeing this, Zheng Jun snorted coldly. He hoisted his Beirong Saber and executed a Slash in the direction of their escape.

The Beirong Saber tore through the air with a WHOOSH, whipping up a massive shockwave of blade light. Zheng Jun disdained to waste his breath on scums who bullied ordinary commoners.

"BANG!"

With a loud blast, the blade light poured down like a crashing wave. The air currents swept out, accompanied by an icy blade wind.

The ruthlessly sharp killing intent instantly enveloped the back of the slower Guardian. Following an explosive CRACK, the man was struck by the blade light and sprayed blood wildly, bursting like a water balloon.

The other man’s limbs went weak from terror, but knowing he could not escape, his eyes widened in rage. "Damn it, I’ll take you down with me!"

The Blood Refining Guardian roared and stepped forward. His face flushed red as his arms thrust out like javelins, unleashing a furious barrage of punches at Zheng Jun.

Zheng Jun neither dodged nor evaded, merely watching the incoming Blood Refining Guardian with a calm expression.

The Blood Refining Guardian was overjoyed. He landed a punch, only to feel as if he had struck a solid wall of iron. His opponent was completely unharmed, while his own hands began to throb with pain.

"HISS!" The Blood Refining Guardian gasped. Before he could even react, Zheng Jun had already made his move.

He threw a punch, and the faint roar of tigers and leopards seemed to echo in the air.

"THUD!"

A low, muffled impact rang out.

With a SQUELCH, the Blood Refining Guardian plummeted to the ground. His body had been reduced to a puddle of bloody mush, leaving only his head intact.

[Attacked. Iron Sand Demon Suppression Skill repayment progress +10. Current repayment progress: 2418/2500.]

Looking at the small ink-wash text hovering before him, Zheng Jun wiped the blood from his fist and calmly ordered, "Chop off the heads of these Guardians and pile them with the Black Mountain Thieves."

He could not bring himself to slaughter innocents to claim merit, but he had no qualms about slaughtering the wicked to do so.

"Yes, sir!" the County Soldiers replied, buzzing with excitement.

The men quickly began ransacking the compound, carrying boxes upon boxes of silver out from the Yan family’s Government Treasury.

After a quick inventory, an exact total was calculated.

Three thousand three hundred and seventy-two taels.

In addition, there was a large stack of land deeds and a chest containing about two hundred Blood Nourishing Pills.

There were also two hundred and thirty-seven bushels of grain.

"Come, everyone gets ten taels of silver and one Blood Nourishing Pill!"

Staring at the silver, Zheng Jun was filled with emotion and declared, "This is extra income. It will not be counted as part of your military merit rewards for the severed heads."

Cheers erupted from the crowd at his words.

It was unrealistic to keep everything for himself. He had to distribute some silver to everyone. There was no way to hide the fact that he had raided the Yan family, so Zheng Jun didn’t even try to conceal it.

What could the other members of the Gentry do even if they found out?

He was in cahoots with the Chief Clerk and the County Captain. His word was law in Black Mountain County. Since everyone was getting a cut of the silver, they would just report to their superiors that the Yan family had been massacred by the Black Mountain Thieves. Would the Gentry really dare to go against the entire military and political leadership of the county?

As for complaining to the higher-ups... If they were truly capable, why would they still be stuck in this backwater valley? The truly prominent, well-connected large families of Black Mountain County had long since moved away.

After all, with Great Demons and bandits roaming the area, no large family wanted to stay here.

"The Black Mountain Thieves are too ruthless—they even killed a Village Hero!" he exclaimed.

Pausing to put on an act of righteous indignation, Zheng Jun continued, "This gang of Black Mountain Thieves doesn’t even fear the County Soldiers! They are no ordinary bandits anymore. We must strike hard and completely annihilate them to return peace and justice to Black Mountain County!

"Captain Yang, lead the cavalry squad and the third unit to stay behind and guard the grain. The rest of you will follow me up the mountain! Today, we must avenge the Yan family and flatten those bullshit Black Mountain United Righteous Thieves!"