"This is Happy Village?"
Lu Qing stood on a large tree, looking at the village in front of him, his eyes revealing a strange meaning.
Xiao Li stood on his shoulder, her black figure almost blending into the shadows of the trees.
After leaving the market, Lu Qing, following Ma Gu's directions, quickly found a village in a mountain valley.
However, he did not act rashly immediately, but planned to sneak in after dark.
Silently, Lu Qing crept to a large tree not far from the village gate, climbed up, and lay in ambush.
After advancing to the minor completion stage of the Qi and Blood Realm, his control over his body increased significantly.
By deliberately concealing his aura, no one could detect him at all.
As for Xiao Li, needless to say.
The Black Night Fox is a natural hunter, with a stealth ability far superior to that of humans.
If it really hides, it will be very difficult to find its trace even if it is right next to you.
If Lu Qing hadn't known Xiao Li's location, he probably would have been kept in the dark as well.
Perhaps because they never expected anyone to cause trouble, the guards at Happy Village were not very tight.
At the gate of the village, only two people stood there casually.
Lu Qing used his supernatural abilities to investigate and discovered that the two were also peripheral members of the Black Wolf Gang, realizing that he had come to the right place.
He remained calm and quietly lay in wait in the tree, waiting for night to fall.
"Damn, this is so boring. Why are we the two of us guarding the goal again today?"
Just as Lu Qing was about to close his eyes and rest to recharge his energy...
Suddenly, one of the two guards at the gate spat and said indignantly.
"Say less. Who else in the village is the least senior, you and I? If not the two of us, who else could be the gatekeepers?"
Another guard lazily walked through the tunnel.
"Then why is it that little rascal Er Gouzi, who came into the village with us, is living the high life inside?"
The first guardian was still unconvinced.
“That lady is the top courtesan in our village now. How can we compare?” the second guard continued.
"What a load of rubbish! She's just a whore, does she really think she's some famous courtesan from the city?" the first guard scoffed. "And I heard that Er Gouzi's sister was sold to our village by her parents, and they even used the money to build two new houses."
"I never expected that this Er Gouzi would not only fail to find a way to redeem his sister, but would instead come here to continue sucking her blood. He's really not human! No, I mean his whole family is not human!"
The second guard did not speak again.
Although he wasn't a good person, he also felt that what Er Gouzi's family had done was truly inhumane.
Lu Qing listened quietly in the tree without making a sound.
Whether they were too ashamed to talk about Er Gouzi anymore or simply had lost interest in the conversation, the two guards suddenly fell silent and didn't speak for a long time.
Just when Lu Qing thought they would remain quiet forever.
Suddenly, the first guard spoke up again: "That kid Wang Fu is the best. He can follow Fifth Master and Seventh Master around. No matter what lucrative business there is, he can get a share. I heard that he went out with Fifth Master and Seventh Master early this morning. I'm afraid he has some good business to do again."
Lu Qing's heart skipped a beat, realizing that the Fifth Master and Seventh Master the guard mentioned must be Han Wu and Zhao Xiong.
“I know about that. It seems there was a slight mishap with what happened in Jiuli Village before, and Fifth Master and the others went to handle it,” the second guard said.
"Jiuli Village, isn't that the village where that big idiot Lu Ming lives?" the first guard asked curiously. "What happened there?"
“When Fifth Master and the others went to take Lu Ming’s land, they didn’t expect that the villagers of Jiuli Village would actually embezzle some silver and not hand it over in full. That’s how Fifth Master found out.”
"Have those scoundrels from Jiuli Village lost their minds? How dare they deceive Fifth Master?" The first guard stared wide-eyed in astonishment. "Now, Fifth Master will have to teach them a lesson. He hates being lied to the most!"
"So Fifth Master and Seventh Master took Wang Fu and the others out this morning," the second guard said, somewhat puzzled. "They should be back by now, why haven't they shown up yet?"
"Perhaps Fifth Master hasn't had enough fun yet. You know, when Fifth Master is unhappy, he likes to torment people. Right now, he's probably still in Jiuli Village punishing those troublemakers!" the first guard said nonchalantly.
The second guard thought it made sense; among the leaders, Fifth Master's thoughts were always the most unpredictable, and he was also the most capricious.
Since he came back late, he must have had his reasons, which are beyond the comprehension of us lowly underlings.
"Compared to that, I envy Wang Fu and the others. Since they are going to Jiuli Village with Fifth Master and the others to demand an explanation, they will probably be able to make a lot of money."
"Unlike us, we're exposed to the wind and sun, and we don't get any benefits from it," the first guard said enviously.
The second guard remained silent.
How could he not feel envious?
But what could they do? They were useless and not strong enough, so Fifth Master looked down on them.
Lu Qing overheard these conversations and gained a lot of information.
However, hearing the envy in their voices, he felt a little strange.
I wonder what their expressions would be if they knew what had become of Han Wu and the others.
The more they talked, the more a sour feeling arose in their hearts, and they fell silent again.
However, this silence didn't last long, as the first guard couldn't stand the boredom any longer.
"You just said that Fifth Master and the others went to Jiuli Village, it must be because of Lu Ming, right?"
"I heard Wang Fu and the others mention it a couple of times, so it should be."
"Speaking of which, Lu Ming is really incredibly stupid. He actually thought that Fifth Master wanted to befriend him and do business with him, but little did he know that what we at Happy Village are after is his family's land and his beautiful wife," the first guard mocked.
“I heard that Fifth Master initially wanted to lure him into gambling, but Lu Ming was stubborn and said that there were family rules that forbade gambling. So Fifth Master pretended to do business with him, which was a waste of a lot of effort,” the second guard said.
"What a pity. After all that effort, we only got a little land. We finally managed to lure that woman Lu Ming out, only to have her drown herself." The first guard lamented. "I heard that Lu Ming's wife was quite pretty. If she had really come to our village, she would have attracted a lot of customers. It's a shame she drowned. Wang Fu and the others are really useless; they can't even keep an eye on a woman!"
"That's why Fifth Master is so angry this time. He's worked so hard for so long to get such a small amount of land, and those scoundrels from Jiuli Village actually dared to intercept it. No wonder he's furious," the second guard said.
"Given Fifth Master's personality, those unruly villagers in Jiuli Village are really in for it this time. He's probably venting his anger over there right now!" the first guard said gloatingly.
Lu Qing listened quietly to their conversation from the tree.
He finally understood how Xiaoyan's parents had been driven to their deaths.
Moreover, it became clear that the Black Wolf Gang members who died that morning had not told the truth.
Even these two gatekeepers knew the cause of Xiaoyan's parents' death, so it's conceivable that everyone in the entire Happy Village probably knew about it.
Those scoundrels' cries and pleas for mercy were nothing more than an attempt to distance themselves from the situation and hope that Lu Qing would spare their lives.
For the rest of the time, Lu Qing continued to listen to the two guards chatting casually.
Through their conversations, I gradually realized just how filthy and corrupt this Happy Village was.
As he listened to these conversations, Lu Qing's murderous intent gradually rose.
His gaze toward the two guards below slowly turned cold.
Although these two were just gatekeepers, Lu Qing knew from their conversation that they were no good people either.
They didn't go out to do evil, not because they were unwilling, but because they had no opportunity.
At this moment, Lu Qing desperately hoped that night would fall soon.
