Chapter 250

He approached the kneeling night thieves.

Fang Yue asked, "Do you have any other accomplices?"

The first night thief trembled, tears and snot running down his face as he said, "No, no! Qing Si (Azure Silk) sir, it's just us."

A flash of fire.

As the speaking night thief's head hit the ground, the wound had already been cauterized shut by the high temperature.

*Thump.* The headless corpse fell to the ground, causing the other night thieves' pupils to shrink as they shivered uncontrollably.

Fang Yue expressionlessly walked to the next night thief.

"Do you have any other accomplices?"

"No! No! No!" The night thief shook his head like a rattle drum.

However…

*Buzz!*

A blaze of fire, and the head moved house to face the sun; the second charred headless corpse fell.

"Ah, ahhh, ahhh!"

One of the night thieves kneeling in line seemed unable to withstand the pressure and turned to flee, only to be pierced by Fang Yue's fire feather and become the third corpse.

The escaping fellow didn't even warrant a glance from Fang Yue.

Next.

"Do you have any other accomplices?"

"I-I don't know, I don't know!"

*Sizzle!*

The head rolled, the body fell.

"Do you have any other accomplices?"

"..."

A flash of fire, a body fell.

"Do you have any other accomplices?"

"Big brother, big brother, please spare me, I beg you..."

A flash of fire, the sound stopped, the body fell.

He asked them one by one, and no matter what their answer was, Fang Yue executed the night thieves with a head chop.

The dancing girls, who had initially been somewhat afraid, became excited with reddened eyes as they watched Fang Yue continuously kill the night thieves.

"Thank you, Qing Si (Azure Silk) sir, for avenging the thousands of people in Deyun Village!"

"Thank you, Qing Si (Azure Silk) sir!"

When Lin Ling and the others entered Deyun Village and arrived at the guardhouse, this was the scene they witnessed.

"Xiao Ye!"

Fang Yue had already killed all but the last two night thieves. Hearing Lin Ling's voice, Fang Yue paused.

Lin Ling quickly walked toward Fang Yue, and upon reaching him, raised her spear and struck each of the two night thieves in the head.

Before they could even react, Lin Ling's spear pierced straight through their heads, killing them instantly.

Fang Yue was momentarily stunned.

"What? You thought I was still going to interrogate them?"

"Uh…"

"Xiao Ye, you're a drifter, you don't understand much. Remember my words: when you encounter night thieves, kill them directly, without asking for any reasons. Don't listen to any of their nonsense. Night thieves are no longer people; they're just a different kind of bizarre creature wearing human skin."

Apart from Jing Yan, who was also a drifter, Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu (Sky Pale Paper Kite Dance) looked somewhat bewildered, but all the other villagers seemed to agree with Lin Ling's words.

If Fang Yue hadn't witnessed the misery of Deyun Village along the way, he probably would have found it difficult to understand this sentiment.

"Lord Han, how should we deal with these Deyun Village survivors?"

Killing the night thieves wasn't a problem, but deciding what to do with the survivors was a difficult question for Fang Yue.

Leaving them to their own devices would most likely mean certain death.

But taking them with the team—unfamiliar and untrustworthy—who knew what they might be thinking? It wouldn't be good if they burdened the team.

"Bizarre creature?!"

Seeing Lord Han's appearance, the surviving dancing girls of Deyun Village were all frightened into stillness.

Fortunately, Lord Han didn't seem to mind, or perhaps he had become accustomed to such reactions along the way.

"Take them with the team for now, drop them off at the next village, and then notify the Qing Si (Azure Silk) to handle it."

Lord Han was thoughtful and thorough, and Fang Yue and the others naturally had no objections. However, the dancing girls unexpectedly asked,

"Isn't the Qing Si (Azure Silk) sir returning to Qing Si (Azure Silk) County to report for duty? We've discussed it and would like to follow the Qing Si (Azure Silk) sir back to Qing Si (Azure Silk) County."

"Qing Si (Azure Silk) sir?"

Lin Ling looked around strangely, "Who?"

"Him!" The dancing girls pointed at Fang Yue, and everyone was immediately bewildered.

Helpless, Fang Yue could only explain the situation, which cleared up the misunderstanding.

"So you're also refugees fleeing to Qing Si (Azure Silk) County…"

The dancing girls immediately felt a sense of kinship with Fang Yue and the others.

Fellow sufferers on the same path.

Having all experienced disaster, lost their village, and become lonely wanderers, they wanted to go to Qing Si (Azure Silk) County to start anew.

"In that case, you should be able to understand our feelings even better. We'll go to Qing Si (Azure Silk) County together, and we promise we won't burden you!"

They were pleading with Fang Yue, but they didn't know that Fang Yue relied entirely on Lord Han and Lin Ling's arrangements when it came to these kinds of issues.

Lin Ling pondered, "Actually, it's on the way, so taking them along would be…"

"Next village, drop them off."

"Uh, if Lord Han says so, then that's what we'll do."

And so, the matter was settled.

The dancing girls seemed unable to accept this. In their eyes, Fang Yue was the strongest in the team.

Lin Ling, on the other hand, was the highest in status, the captain of Guyue Village.

But what did that head count as?

Could it be that everyone had been bewitched by this bizarre head?

The dancing girls were suspicious, but no one paid attention to their rumors.

The people of Guyue Village were of one mind and heart; no outsiders could sow discord.

Seeing that it was backfiring and even making themselves unpopular with the team, the dancing girls shut their mouths.

Although Deyun Village had been looted by the night thieves,

the night thieves hadn't had time to take away the resources before they were killed by Fang Yue.

Therefore, the resources of Deyun Village were still in the village.

Fang Yue had originally said that he would buy some supplies, carts, and so on, through trade.

But the dancing girls all shook their heads.

"Qing… Ye (Night) sir, you saved our lives. Compared to life, what do these things matter? Take whatever you like."

Although the dancing girls were somewhat dissatisfied with the team's unwillingness to take them to Qing Si (Azure Silk) County,

they were actually very grateful to this team in other respects. After all, without this team passing by, they might all have died.

After searching the village, the number of carts was restored, and even expanded, to the point where everyone had a horse-drawn cart.

What was this called? This was called a windfall!

However, Fang Yue and the others didn't take everything. They only took some necessary supplies. Carts and horses were essential, and leaving them in the village would mean certain death for them since no one would take care of them. It would be better to take them away and put them to use, and at most, they could return some of them to the dancing girls at the next village.

With everything prepared, Lord Han suddenly seemed to remember something and said, "Xiao Ye, go cut off the head of [Duan Long Tou] (Severed Dragon Head) and wrap it in cloth to take with you."

"Ah? Why?"

"He's a night thief wanted by the Qing Si (Azure Silk). You killed him, so you can exchange his head for a bounty, merit points, and an internal evaluation. We're newcomers to Qing Si (Azure Silk) County, so the sooner you can gain a foothold, the more secure everyone else will be."

That's right, I'd forgotten about that. I was also driven mad by this Boss Dao.