Chapter 1796: Chapter 1796 Revealing One’s True Colors
"In our village, we only have this type of elixir. Some martial practitioner who sell elixirs come regularly to sell them to us," said the village chief.
"What do you use to buy these elixirs with?" Ye Liuyun continued to ask.
"Yeah! You don’t seem to have any resources here," Pei Yong agreed, finding Ye Liuyun’s question reasonable.
The village chief let out a sigh and said slowly, "Sadly, we are just too poor."
As he spoke, he poured himself a cup of tea and changed the cool tea for both Zhang Wencai and Pei Yong.
He slowly explained to them: "We have no choice but to cultivate. There is only one kind of elixir we can buy here. As for the resources to exchange for this elixir, you have already seen them."
The village chief paused, letting them consider what he said, and again offered tea to Zhang Wencai and Pei Yong.
Pei Yong couldn’t refuse him. Seeing that others drank without any problems, he also drank. Zhang Wencai simply picked up the tea cup, made a gesture and put it back down.
"Are you talking about those starving people outside?" Ye Liuyun asked directly, tired of waiting for the village chief to get to the point.
"Correct!" the village chief nodded, which shocked them all.
The village chief sighed, "We know that this elixir is refined from the blood of those starving people. However, if we don’t use it, we can’t improve our strength, we can’t protect our village! Ultimately, the villagers will be eaten by the starving people!"
His explanation was quite reasonable, making these martial practitioner even more sympathetic towards the villagers.
However, Ye Liuyun always felt there was something weird about this place, and somewhat doubted the chief’s words.
At this point, a villager arrived with some roasted beans for them as snacks.
"The beans are homegrown, called Rising Sun Beans. Everyone, please have a taste." He enthusiastically handed them out one by one. The martial practitioners felt it rude to refuse, so after making sure it wasn’t poisonous, they all tried some.
Ye Liuyun also grabbed a handful and crushed one to analyze closely, feeling that there seemed to be no problem.
Suddenly, he realized something and cried out, "Don’t eat!"
But it was already too late, several martial practitioners had ingested it.
The Crimson Star grass was not particularly hallucinogenic, and these sprouting beans themselves were harmless. However, when combined, they triggered hallucinations.
What shocked them next was that those villagers changed their faces and directly rushed at them, starting gnashing their teeth and biting.
Noticing Ye Liuyun’s heightened alertness and the onset of the drug’s hallucinogenic effect, they had to take action in advance.
The little girl who was playing with Lei Ming and others suddenly bit Lei Ming’s hand.
Several boys who were teasing the Black Panther also threw themselves on the panther and started biting.
All villagers at this moment swarmed up like mad, regardless of men, women, elderly, or children, opening their mouths and biting.
Their previous kindness had completely disappeared. Right now, they were just as savage as the starving people outside.
"Kill!"
Ye Liuyun was the first to react. He drew his sword and slashed a villager woman to death, then continued to deal with the others rushing at him.
Lei Ming and Man Shu used the Power of Ice, freezing all the people around them.
Ye Tiandao, was the one who always listened to Ye Liuyun and did not allow anyone to approach, ignoring others’ words. Hence, her reaction was the fastest. As the villagers moved, she started slashing with her blade.
Dragon Lady dodged a girl’s bite. Lei Ming, Black Panther, and Man Shu were bitten respectively by the children and the elderly.
With a roar from the village head, more villagers immediately launched their attack on Ye Liuyun and his companions.
Those martial practitioner who had drunk the tea and eaten the beans suddenly felt dizzy, and some were immediately tackled and torn apart by the villagers.
Zhang Wentai directly handed Pei Yong, who was about to faint, to Ye Liuyun for protection.
He then drew his long sword and chased after the village head.
Despite being bitten by the little girl, Lei Ming couldn’t bring himself to harm her.
It was Ye Liuyun who struck out with his sword, ending the little girl’s life.
Black Panther slew the children who surrounded it one by one.
Ye Liuyun also took action, saving several martial practitioners who had yet to be bitten.
For now, aside from Zhang Wentai, Ye Liuyun and their companions, only three martial practitioner were still fighting.
They were surrounded by villagers and constantly attacked.
At this time, Xiao Yunfang also rushed in with her soldiers to rescue Ye Liuyun and the others.
They seemed to have a lot of experience, sparing no one regardless of their gender, age or status. Their actions were very decisive.
Zhang Wentai also captured the village head alive, gouged out his cultivation core, severed his limbs, and pinned him to a wooden board with his long sword - ready for interrogation.
Ye Liuyun, on the other hand, immediately began mind probing to glean information from his Ocean of Consciousness.
As it turned out, their seemingly amiable behavior before was all an act.
The whole village consisted of devil cultivators. However, due to a lack of available resources for cultivation, many did not attain higher realms.
It was not long ago that these people had moved here, constantly migrating to deceive newly arrived martial practitioner at the border who were unfamiliar with the circumstances.
The vegetables they planted were temporarily transplanted from the Village Chief’s Spatial World, and the village was re-decorated.
Their pills for cultivation, named Blood Fiend Demon Pills, or simply Blood Pills, were made from human blood and primordial pills, along with some demonic herbs. Indeed, it was a kind of pill that many martial practitioner here could afford.
They had already deceived many martial practitioner through this method. These martial practitioner were the best materials for refining these Blood Fiend Demon Pills. Even the starving people were a type of material, albeit of a lower quality and with a high toxicity to the pills.
Ye Liuyun opened the village chief’s Interspatial Ring, taking out more than twenty corpses and over thirty Blood Fiend Demon Pills.
There wasn’t anything else valuable.
These corpses had all been bitten by them. The Devil Qi and fiendish blood had infected their virtuoso. These virtuoso were not even acceptable for the Black Panther.
Ye Liuyun revealed the truth to Zhang Wencai, who was so angry that he decapitated him with a single sword strike.
Looking at those bitten martial practitioner, Ye Liuyun observed that both Devil Qi and blood poison had infested their virtuoso, and they were still unconscious.
The few martial practitioner who had not been bitten were merely unconscious, and would likely regain consciousness after some time.
Xiao Yunfang came over to inspect the condition of the fallen martial practitioner. She let the soldiers put a bullet in each of those who had been bitten.
Seeing the surprised expressions on Ye Liuyun and others’ faces, she simply said, "They’re beyond saving."
Later, she checked on Lei Ming, Man Shu and the Black Panther. She didn’t ask for any explanation upon seeing that they were not poisoned.
"The three of them are not poisoned, and the four unconscious martial practitioner were not bitten. Collect all the bodies and destroy them!" Xiao Yunfang commanded the soldiers and signaled for the troops to catch up.
Ye Liuyun was taken aback, initially afraid that she might order the execution of Lei Ming and others as well. Upon seeing she didn’t, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Did you know about the situation in this village before?" Ye Liuyun asked Xiao Yunfang.
He remembered the soldier’s warning. If the soldiers were aware, Xiao Yunfang as the team leader couldn’t possibly be ignorant.
"Yes!" Xiao Yunfang replied straightforwardly.
