Eternal Life Starts as a Hunter-Chapter 118 - 91: Blood Saber Ancestor

She might have been better off not inquiring, for once she did, she was nearly scared out of her wits.

Those people wouldn’t normally talk about such things, but now in their panic, they naturally let slip some of their usual taboos and secrets.

At this moment, when the landlady said, "They can’t escape anywhere," she was actually worried about her husband, Lady Yan, and the people she knew being unable to escape.

Li Yuan had heard her say these things before, and now he understood she was suppressing her fears this whole time. Hiding in the cellar now, with only dim light in sight and a suffocating atmosphere surrounding them, her fears erupted, causing her to babble.

So, he took the panicked beautiful woman into his arms, letting her sit on his thigh, and softly comforted her, gently soothing her, which finally calmed her down.

However, he also knew in his heart that Sister Xue was right.

He had nowhere to run.

This world,

Is complicated where there are people.

Terrifying where there are none.

The deeper into the Central Plains you go, the more it becomes a meat grinder...

Shanbao County was just a remote corner of a county.

Let’s just hope this time no one discovers it was him who took action.

He leaned back slightly, closed his eyes, and used ants to observe the outside.

When night fell, he saw someone knocking on the door and another climbing over, shouting, "Junior Brother Li, Junior Brother Li, it’s alright now, the Sect Leader is back!

Junior Brother Li, are you there?"

Li Yuan recognized the person, it was indeed an Inner Sect Disciple, but fearing it might be a trick, he chose not to go out.

After the Inner Sect Disciple left, he looked at everyone and suddenly instructed, "Remember, as soon as I saw the signal fireworks, I’ve been hiding with you all in the cellar.

Otherwise... if the Sect Leader knows I went out and saw the invaders yet ran away, I fear he’d blame me. Do you all understand?

Aunt Wang, Xiaojie, everyone..."

The crowd responded one after another.

After a long while, Tie Sha personally went from house to house, finally calling out the hidden families.

Seeing Tie Sha, Li Yuan also breathed a sigh of relief, then he led his family out of the cellar, having left the Horse-Cutting Blade hidden inside.

When Tie Sha saw Li Yuan, he visibly relaxed, but then his expression became complex and puzzled, and he asked, "Are you alright?"

Li Yuan smiled wryly, "Sect Leader, forgive me, as soon as I saw the fireworks signal, I hurriedly hid in the cellar with my family..."

Tie Sha waved a hand and said, "Brother Yuan, let’s walk a bit."

Li Yuan looked worriedly at Lady Yan and the others.

Tie Sha smiled, "The city is safe now."

Only then did Li Yuan nod and walk beside Tie Sha.

The two strolled away, leaving the residence.

Outside, the moonlight was like frost, shining on the cold puddles.

Their boots passed by, splashing muddy water.

The moonlight scattered, like dazzling fragments of silver.

Li Yuan’s face was full of confusion as he softly asked, "Sect Leader, what happened?"

Tie Sha suddenly said, "The secret passage slabs of the Demon Breeding Pavilion were crashed open from inside, and many of the invaders outside were bitten to death, yet all the Demon Dogs were properly locked in their cages..."

Tie Sha’s tone suddenly became cautious, "Brother Yuan, I’m saying... is it possible... that you brought those demon beasts out?"

Li Yuan was full of surprise, "I... I didn’t... if only I had that ability. Among those beasts are the Black Marquis and Strange Species, I still can’t control them..."

Saying this, he showed some shame, lowered his head, and said, "Sorry, Sect Leader."

Tie Sha was silent, then suddenly smiled, "What are you sorry for? You were right, in such situations, hiding is the best choice!

I’ll tell you, Brother Yuan, here’s what happened..."

Immediately, Tie Sha narrated the story from beginning to end, inserting "Blood Saber Ancestor" at the most crucial core point.

Li Yuan listened, bewildered in his heart, but on his face, he was both admiring and excited, "Our Blood Saber Sect actually has an Ancestor!!"

"Yes."

Tie Sha nodded solemnly, then added, "It’s just a pity that the old man is as elusive as the dragon, once guiding me years ago, now appearing again to save our Blood Saber Sect but without showing up. Alas... it’s just that Mr. Tie has shallow fate."

Saying so, he patted Li Yuan’s shoulder, "Brother Yuan, rest tonight, come to the Blood Fury Hall tomorrow morning for a meeting.

If they’re weak, we’ll take advantage, let’s discuss annexing the Sun Family."

"Yes, Sect Leader!" Li Yuan respectfully replied.

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A moment later...

"Sect Leader, in this old man’s opinion, actually, to know the truth, you just need to take Li Yuan for a walk in the Demon Breeding Pavilion.

If he can control Black Marquis or Strange Species, the attitude of Black Marquis towards him will explain everything.

Beasts... are much more honest than people."

Elder Ding stroked his beard, standing in front of the window.

Tie Sha at the side said, "So Elder Ding thinks I should test it this way?"

Elder Ding laughed heartily, "You’re not stupid, why set yourself up to die like this?" 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

After laughing, Elder Ding fell silent, his expression serious, "If it’s him, then he isn’t Li Yuan, who on earth is he?"

Tie Sha said, "It hasn’t been confirmed it’s him... but this time we owe it to him for not having Blood Saber Sect breached, he is our great benefactor."

As they talked, outside on the empty ground, flames roared, burning bodies.

Tie Sha glanced out the window, and in a deep voice said, "He is the Blood Saber Ancestor... after all, besides you and me, no one knows the Ancestor has already passed away."

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Ten days later, as the rays of the morning sun pierced through the dark clouds falling over Shanbao County, thousands of households were still in the tranquility of sleep...

Leaves fell from trees, flying with the wind like scattered yellow paper money...

Amid the screeching sound of cart wheels, batches of new people were being transported to the Black Market.

Within the thick, ominous curtain, a shrill scream suddenly echoed.

Followed by more screams...

The sellers hurriedly uncovered the live goods’ black shrouds, seeing distorted women’s faces, pale like golden paper, bleeding from seven orifices, clearly someone had secretly given them poison ahead of time.

Many of these women were from the Wei Family, while some were from the Sun Family.

The seller, accustomed to death, yet now stood dumbfounded.

And in the air, curses filled with malevolence echoed from all directions.

"I curse you, you will not die a good death!"

"I curse you to end up just like us!"

"Curse! Curse!"

"Curse!!"

The seller’s hands and feet turned cold; he wanted to prevent the suicides, hurriedly calling for people to rush towards the shrouds, but only saw one death after another.

When he reached the last iron cage, inside was a daughter of a Sun Family Elder; the girl smiled at him bizarrely, then placed a green pill into her mouth, and said without any warmth, "You... all... will... die..."

Perhaps the poison’s onset, with intense pain, made her scream horribly, "Everyone... will die!"

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Note 1: Felt today’s writing was a relatively complete piece, cut it anywhere and it feels disjointed, so merged two Chapters into one.

Note 2: Slacking off and coding at night, asking for monthly votes~~