Ultimate Path to Heaven

Chapter 36 Invincible Fool

Xiao Jin wanted Ye Bufan to punch him a few more times to inflict further injury, but the current situation didn't seem suitable, so he held back and decided to think it over later.

At this moment, at Lin Yan's signal, Qin Shuang sent a silver thread toward Li Mian, who was still in the midst of the killing... There is still a certain gap between the eighth and ninth ranks. When the silver thread wrapped around Li Mian's arm holding the knife, it instantly prevented him from killing any more.

All the Iron Slaughter Guards were thus somewhat relieved, but they still trembled as they knelt on the ground, unsure whether they were still affected by Li Mian or were afraid of something else.

"I'll give you three paths..." Lin Yan, gently waving his paper fan, made his appearance at the most crucial moment.

"This?" Although it was said to be three paths, Xiao Jin felt that there was really only one path to choose from, and he unconsciously felt a little disgusted with Lin Yan.

They either die, or take the silver, abandon their armor, and go home (which, for the Iron Slaughter Guards, is tantamount to certain death), or follow Yi Gu to "abandon darkness for light" and rebel against that traitor Chu...

Lin Yan described the first two "dead ends" as both good and evil. Even if these Iron Slaughter Guards took the silver, they would still not escape death in the end. For now, they should be grateful to Lin Yan.

As for abandoning darkness for light, Lin Yan's righteous words left them speechless. The Chu Emperor was utterly wicked... and everyone had the right to kill him!

"I think you're the one who wants to take his place." Recalling what Lin Yan had said earlier, Xiao Jin couldn't help but roll his eyes.

What made Xiao Jin roll his eyes even more was that those Iron Slaughter Guards who chose to abandon the darkness and join the light were actually "given medicine" by Lin Yan so that he could control them and turn the other Iron Slaughter Guards against him... What a scheme!

『......』

Xiao Jin couldn't bear to listen any longer and decided to go check on the villagers. He could vaguely hear the sound of rapid hoofbeats... Had the Iron Slaughter Guards come to reinforce them again?

Regardless of the outcome, he immediately looked at Ye Bufan: "Order the Blood Guardians to evacuate immediately!"

After Ye Bufan left to receive his orders, Lin Yan, having finished explaining everything, walked straight toward Xiao Jin.

"Brother Xiao, please rest assured for now. The Eighth Prince, Chu Xiong, has not made any move yet." Approaching, Lin Yan remained calm and composed, still gently waving his seemingly ordinary 'paper fan'.

All of Lin Yan's informants... there are no unusual signs in Huizhou City or even the surrounding area. It seems that only these three Iron Slaughter Guards have come to slaughter the village.

Upon hearing the name "Chuxiong," Xiao Jin's heart skipped a beat, and he even felt a cold sweat break out on his back for no apparent reason.

Same name... coincidence?

"Damn it! What the hell is that?!"

"Brother Xiao?" Lin Yan frowned slightly when he saw Xiao Jin standing there, seemingly lost in thought.

"Where is Chu Xiong?" Xiao Jin asked immediately after regaining his senses.

"He should still be in Huizhou City right now." Lin Yan carefully examined Xiao Jin, and after a moment of thought, continued, "However, the Eighth Prince will definitely leave the Southern Region soon."

"Huizhou... left recently?"

Seeing Xiao Jin seemingly talking to himself, Lin Yan frowned again: "Brother Xiao, what's going on...?"

Ignoring his loss of composure, Xiao Jin asked directly, "May I ask if Valley Master Lin has any way to allow me to move freely within Huizhou City?"

The original owner had no memories of any state capital, and it seemed that under her mother Xiao Muyu's deliberate guidance, she had avoided all state capitals, but Xiao Jin still knew some of the most basic information.

Anyone from outside the city who wants to enter must first have a clear "identity," such as which village or household they come from...

After settling in Qingxi Village, both the original owner and Xiao Muyu received new village household registration cards (similar to ID cards). However, since Qingxi Village was among those targeted for massacre, these village household registration cards were unusable.

"Brother Xiao, please don't joke." Lin Yan, with a paper fan in hand, pretended to sigh, "Although your Xiao family no longer exists, you still have many businesses such as money shops and grain stores. How could you possibly need a mere valley master like me, Lin Yan?"

"this......"

These were all fragments of the original owner's memories, and Xiao Jin was momentarily embarrassed by Lin Yan's sentimental attitude.

Perhaps sensing Xiao Jin's embarrassment, Lin Yan abruptly asked while Xiao Jin was speechless, "Brother Xiao, why are you going to Huizhou at this time?"

After a faint smile, Lin Yan unfolded his fan and gently waved it, quietly waiting for Xiao Jin's response.

Damn it!

Overly sensitive to the sudden news of Chu Xiong, Xiao Jin overlooked many things. He felt annoyed about being around someone like Lin Yan, but he had no choice but to face him now.

"Now that everything has begun, there is no reason for it to stop. I just want to see what kind of person this Eighth Prince is, so that I can deal with him in the future."

These words seemed somewhat cryptic, and Xiao Jin didn't care what Lin Yan understood; he was simply going through the motions.

"Brother Xiao is absolutely right. Once the arrow is released, there's no turning back." As he spoke, Lin Yan's eyes remained fixed on Xiao Jin, who seemed distracted. "I hope our goals align!"

Are our goals aligned?

Having blurted out that remark out of the blue, Xiao Jin truly didn't want to continue the conversation. Fortunately, at that moment, the sound of rapid hoofbeats approached the village...

Hearing the sound and looking into the distance, Xiao Jin saw that the one leading the way was none other than the astute Gou Erchui. He immediately changed the subject: "Could we let those villagers into the valley now?"

Lin Yan did not respond, and walked coldly toward Qin Shuang and her brother, as if Xiao Jin were nothing but air.

"Hey! ...I'm going to fuck your ass!"

"Young Master!"

Just as he was about to get angry, he saw Ye Bufan slowly approaching with the villagers... Even if his balls were hurting, he could only soothe himself.

"All the villagers of Qingxi Village are here. I wonder what arrangements the young master will make?" Ye Bufan only knew that the young master Xiao Jin wanted to save the villagers, but he didn't know how to arrange things, so he looked troubled.

Li Mian, who had already pulled out the arrow, looked at the villagers with a hint of resentment in his eyes, probably feeling that the deaths of the two Blood Guard brothers were not worthwhile.

Xiao Jin, who hadn't noticed Li Mian, looked helplessly at Lin Yan not far away.

At this point, we can only wait and see what the Valley Master Lin Yan's intentions are.

After exchanging a few words with Qin Shuang and her brother, Lin Yan didn't even glance at Xiao Jin and walked straight towards the villagers.

"Is it revenge?" Previously, Xiao Jin had not only failed to respond to Lin Yan's question but had also changed the subject. Now, Lin Yan was completely ignoring him.

"Could he be petty?" they wondered, watching as Lin Yan stopped in front of the villagers.

"The Chu traitors have been exploiting you with their grain taxes, sucking your blood, and now they want to exterminate you all... My Yi Valley can protect you for a time, but not forever..."

The crowd stirred.

"Wonder... Is this guy going to start showing off again?" Xiao Jin thought that Lin Yan's generous words were just showing off.

However, Xiao Jin had to admit that he admired Lin Yan's skill in manipulating people's hearts. He had done so with the Iron Guards before, and now he was doing the same with the villagers.

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Those Iron Slaughter Guards were one thing, but Xiao Jin didn't think these villagers could cause any trouble or be of any value to Lin Yan. So what was the purpose of such pretentious and generous words?

Lost in thought, Xiao Jin decided to 'look' at the system.

His defense value eventually stopped at 20 after his injuries healed, which means that the punch from the ninth-rank Iron Slaughter Guard directly gave him 9 points of defense.

In Xiao Jin's mind, the number of numerical points was not the key; the key was the self-healing of the injuries... He had already healed half of his injuries while he was still in the air, and after landing, he was mostly healed.

"Wouldn't that make us invincible?"

Xiao Jin believed that the system's self-healing ability was absolutely heaven-defying, but... the system also had a non-fatal injury...

"What if that Iron Slaughter Guard had killed me with a single punch..." A cold sweat broke out all over his body. "That idiot is invincible!"