Scarecrow

"Damn, second brother, have we been getting a bit too arrogant lately?"

A few days ago, I managed to kill the martial arts manager of Renhetang Medicinal Garden, and now he's back again.

"Aren't you sure you won't anger them?" Zhu Kui, who had a mole on the corner of his mouth and a very long, thin face like the sole of a shoe, asked somewhat timidly.

With a round face and a thick black beard, and his disheveled hair making him particularly conspicuous, the second-in-command of the Wolf Stronghold, Jiu Yao, spat and said, "Don't you have a brain?"

Although Renhetang is still a huge place to us, it is no longer the Renhetang of the past.

Having lost two Ming Jin martial artists within a month, it was impossible for him to recruit another Ming Jin martial artist to serve him in a short period of time.

Now that the gap is wide open, it's the perfect opportunity for us to seize the Qi and Blood Grass!

Seeing that Zhu Kui and the other thugs were still hesitant, Jiu Yao suddenly asked, "Are you all afraid of dying?"

Well, let me tell you, you're not dead yet!

The fourth brother, Erbazi, was already dead. At that time, he was accompanied by a black cat who was at the half-step Mingjin level.

As a result, the two were buried under a snow-capped mountain, and we lost four brothers in the process of finding their bodies.

That trap was clearly set by Renhetang; they wanted to wipe out our Wolf Village.

Can you tolerate this grudge?

Can you tolerate it, or can you tolerate it?

His words immediately ignited anger in the group.

"Besides, we don't necessarily want to sit on Renhetang's head and defecate. We just want to borrow some Qi and Blood Grass from him."

Once our leader recovers from his injuries and gets back on his feet, he'll wipe out those bastards from the Golden Leopard Gang.

"Once we take back the hill, we can just return it to him. We can even give them this mountain teeming with game!"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Gui and his three henchmen agreed, saying that the second-in-command was indeed the right person!

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Without further ado, one of the thugs, who was quite agile, obeyed the two men's orders and sheepishly reached out to touch the right side of the abdomen to check the situation.

He moved very quietly and made no sound while climbing the mountain.

However, just as he was about to wave to his companion, a person suddenly sprang up in front of him, startling him.

He lost his footing, slipped, and tumbled down the slope.

"You're worried about something that doesn't exist, so keep an eye on it!" Zhu Kui, the third brother of Wolf Stronghold, grabbed the kid and was about to beat him up.

Pointing to the medicinal herb garden on the hillside, he cried out in alarm, "There's someone! There's someone!"

"How many people are there? Are they martial artists? Did you see them clearly?"

"Second brother, third brother, this kid must be seeing things! I can't see anyone!"

After cursing him as an idiot, Jiu Yao and Zhu Kui concluded that Renhetang had not redeployed its manpower in the herb garden; otherwise, under normal circumstances, they would have already chased after this good-for-nothing and killed him.

So the group mustered their courage and started walking uphill. They were very careful, but they didn't see a single person.

Just as everyone was about to leap in.

Four loud thumping sounds rang out, and suddenly seven or eight incredibly tall figures stood up in the hazy medicinal garden.

Visibility was blurred, and moonlight cast shadows.

The seven or eight figures appeared incredibly tall in front of the group.

Jiuyao cursed, "Damn it! They're down on their luck, yet they still have enough money to buy so many thugs. We've fallen for their trap! Get out of here!"

"Second Brother, aren't you a Ming Jin martial artist? With the rest of us, we might be able to put up a fight!" Zhu Kui was getting a little carried away. The snow grass was right in front of them, no more than twenty meters away.

As long as Second Brother displays his divine power, he will surely be able to kill all these people, and then all the medicinal herbs will be theirs. When we return, Eldest Brother will surely reward him handsomely.

"Screw you, I'm not feeling well today... let's go!"

Just as the two thugs were about to leave, a large rock suddenly came hurtling through the air with a whoosh.

It slammed into the man's chest, causing a deep dent, and he coughed up blood, dying instantly.

"A Ming Jin master! There really is a Ming Jin master in this herb garden!"

Jiuyao was no longer the fearless person he had been the day before. He ignored all his brothers and ran away as fast as he could.

Zhu Kui was also quite frightened when he heard these four words. He thought to himself that it was impossible for an ordinary person to throw a rock the size of a head from more than ten meters away and kill someone.

Once the group had completely disappeared from sight, Duan Xuan clapped his hands to brush off the dust and walked to the fence.

The six or seven people who had been there earlier suddenly collapsed to the ground. How could they be human?

It's clearly a scarecrow. These herbs can replenish qi and blood, attracting not only humans but also wild animals desperately needing to replenish their qi and blood.

So the people who guarded the herb garden made a lot of scarecrows, but unfortunately they were never put to use.

Duan Xuan then set up a small trap on the spot.

Using the method of automatically firing crossbows, the scarecrow was tied to the ground.

He had only pulled the rope slightly, and all the scarecrows stood up at once.

Caught off guard, the group from Wolf Village didn't dare to examine closely whether it was a person or something else.

"I really need to bring the hunting tools over tomorrow."

The scarecrow might scare them for a while, but those guys will soon realize something's wrong! Duan Xuan practiced the Mountain-Breaking Fist one last time, and when he saw the person who came to take his place, he strode back to the martial arts school.

……

Renhetang.

"Young Master, Brother Duan should have just entered the Ming Jin realm not long ago, and his Qi and blood are not as abundant as those of a senior Ming Jin martial artist."

Moreover, his foundation is not yet solid. Letting someone like him guard the medicine garden will likely lead to his early demise, even before the other two!

Zhou Wei sighed, "Alas, raising a child in this world is not easy."

Although these people are martial artists who inspire fear in others, they are still children born of mothers and fathers.

Those beasts in Wolf Village knew that the people guarding the medicine garden at night were from Renhetang.

In order to avoid a complete falling out with us, they rarely bother us at night.

But during the day, those who are on temporary assignments will be in danger as soon as they leave the area of ​​the herb garden.

When I took Brother Duan Xuan to the herb garden just now, I clearly detected that the people from the Wolf Village were hiding not far away.

"As long as you give the order, young master, I will slaughter those suicidal bandits tomorrow!"

The current situation at Renhetang is not optimistic. They are short-handed, and many martial arts masters in the family have been forcibly taken away by other elders.

Now that Ren Yun's sister has gone to ask for resources, only a handful of martial artists remain in the entire Renhe Hall.

There are very few martial artists available, and most of them have limited energy. They can only use the identity of Renhetang to intimidate others. If a real fight were to break out, they would probably be hard-pressed to withstand it.

The reason why family members are sent to take over the herb garden at night is mainly to replant the herbs at night so that they can fully absorb the essence of the sun and moon and grow better.

The second reason was that they needed to take stock of the herbs in the herb garden to prevent the temporary staff who were searching for them during the day from secretly taking them away and keeping them for themselves.

After spending several days figuring out their patterns, the Wolf Stronghold began to relentlessly provoke the martial artists who were temporarily assigned to specific posts.

They successfully lured it out of Renhetang's territory. Taking advantage of their numbers and the terrain, they successfully killed it.

"I originally thought that with the former prestige of my Renhetang, I could persuade Poshan Martial Arts School to send Lin Hu or Liu Mingze to resolve our crisis."

"I was obviously overthinking it." Ren Yun leaned on his cane, his eyes glazed over, his gaze filled with helplessness.

Over the years, he and his sister have worried themselves sick for the family, but they are powerless to help: "Old Zhou, when my father was alive, you were the head of the family and a master of internal energy."

But now my father is gone, and Renhetang has fallen on hard times. I can't lose you too.

Now that you are advanced in years and your vital energy and blood are severely depleted, your deterrent effect is far greater than your actual attack.

Moreover, you've reached the age where you should be enjoying life, and it's my incompetence that prevented you from living a comfortable life.

What does it matter if a few Ming Jin are sacrificed?

But losing you would be worse for the Ren family than losing its pillar; it would instantly lose its support.

I hope you can understand my predicament!

Zhou Wei was well aware of the problems facing the Ren family. In the end, he remained silent, only gazing in the direction of the herb garden, and murmured, "Boy, I hope you can survive. If you don't, I will personally collect your corpse tomorrow!"

Ren Ping also shook his head; he knew that Duan Xuan was most likely not going to survive.

But he felt only a little guilty. All he could do was wait for his sister to bring back the martial arts members who had left the family.

Perhaps in a month, perhaps in half a year, by then the family will be able to reverse some of its decline...

"Old Zhou, please prepare some silver for me. Tomorrow, when the handover personnel return, I will send it to Brother Duan's family. That would be more than enough..."