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Seeing Jiang Ning's nonchalant demeanor, the leader couldn't help but tremble.
Just now, Jiang Ning casually killed all the other bandits in his mountain stronghold.
"Please, Grandpa, spare my life! I will never dare to murder for money again! Please, Grandpa, spare my life!"
He kept kowtowing, hoping Jiang Ning would spare his life.
"lead the way."
Jiang Ning didn't say anything else, just two words.
Hearing Jiang Ning's emotionless words, the leader trembled violently, but still got up to lead the way for Jiang Ning.
He could only pray that Jiang Ning would spare his life because he had led the way.
……
"it is good!!!"
"Little Master's swordsmanship is superb!"
Tianfeng Village.
A group of bandits surrounded an open space, clapping and cheering incessantly.
Two children, both around eight or nine years old, stood in the center of the open space. One of them held a dagger stained with blood and was dressed similarly to the bandits around him.
The other child was dressed plainly, but had several scratches on his body.
At this moment, the child holding the dagger stared fiercely at the person opposite him.
"Hurry up and fight me! If you can't beat me, I'll kill you, and your parents will die too!"
After the child finished speaking, the other child couldn't help but tremble, his face filled with intense fear.
There were many people tied up and left on the ground around this group of bandits; judging from their clothes, they were all ordinary people.
"Your Majesty, please have mercy and spare my son."
One of the couples kept kowtowing and begging to a burly man with a thick beard.
"Ha ha ha ha."
The burly man with thick cheeks laughed loudly.
“My son likes to play, so let him play to his heart’s content. If your son beats my son, I will let you leave.”
After saying that, the burly man shouted to the child inside who was holding a dagger, "Son, if you can't beat that brat over there, don't say you're Zhou Sanchun's son!"
"Dad, don't worry, I can definitely beat him!"
The child with the dagger responded loudly, then glared fiercely at the other side, yelled, and charged forward again.
The boy opposite was terrified and hid in all directions, trying to escape, but the bandits surrounded the central open space, and he couldn't break through no matter what he did. Instead, he was thrown back.
Faced with the bandit children who kept attacking him, this ordinary child could only keep dodging, but being unarmed, he was no match for the bandit children with daggers, and his body was covered in more and more wounds.
"what!"
The child screamed in agony as the bandit boy plunged the dagger into his stomach.
"I'll let you run, I'll let you run."
The bandit child cursed fiercely and kept stabbing with his dagger until the other child stopped screaming.
"Hahaha, I won! I won!"
When the bandit boy saw that the person opposite him was dead, he got up, raised his dagger, and laughed loudly.
"son!!!"
The parents outside, hearing their son's screams from inside, also began to wail in heart-wrenching grief.
Chapter 286: You already know you were wrong (Part 2)
"Dad! I won!"
The bandit boy happily brandished his dagger and ran to Zhou Sanchun, a burly man with thick beard, to claim credit.
"Well done, as expected of Zhou Sanchun's son!"
The bandit Zhou Sanchun picked up his son and laughed heartily.
"Big brother, the boss and his gang really know how to have fun."
Not far away, several bandits whispered among themselves upon witnessing this scene.
These people were captured from nearby villages because they had no food to pay their tribute. Coincidentally, the child from an ordinary family was targeted by the son of the bandit leader Zhou Sanchun, who wanted to fight him, which led to the current scene.
Before this, they had already killed several civilians.
"That's why people say Jiangnan is different from Shaanxi. They know how to have fun in Jiangnan."
"A bandit sighed."
"Speaking of which, I have to thank Yama. If it weren't for him, we probably wouldn't have come to Jiangnan and wouldn't be living such a good life."
Although they were frightened by Jiangning and came to Jiangnan, Jiangning was also partly to their credit.
"Don't just stand here, go up and congratulate the young master. We brothers still have a long way to go here."
The bandit named Lao Hu said something and then headed in that direction.
The other bandits also went over.
……
"Grandpa, it's just ahead."
The bandit from Qingshui Village led Jiang Ning tremblingly to the foot of a mountain.
"Grandpa, the Tianfeng Village you're looking for is on this mountain. Their village is easy to find; the entire mountaintop is their territory. You'll see it as soon as you go up."
The bandit leader pointed to the mountain in front of Jiang Ning with trepidation.
After saying that, he knelt down with a thud.
"Grandpa, please spare my life. I will never dare to commit robbery again. I will definitely turn over a new leaf and start a new life."
"Give me a chance!!!"
The bandit leader kept kowtowing, tears and snot streaming down his face.
"I know I was wrong. I was forced to become a bandit because I couldn't survive. Please spare my life. I was really wrong."
Jiang Ning watched him kowtow repeatedly, slowly shook his head, and walked towards the mountain in front of him.
The bandit leader kowtowed frantically, his forehead a bloody mess, looking utterly miserable. But no matter how much he begged for mercy, the other man remained silent. As he heard the approaching footsteps, his heart pounded wildly. But when he caught a glimpse of Jiang Ning walking past him, seemingly intending to spare his life, a hint of joy rose in his heart.
But the next second.
"You know you're wrong."
Jiang Ning stopped beside him and said something.
The bandit leader hadn't even reacted yet.
Bang!
Jiang Ning raised his hand and struck him on the top of the head, the clear sound of skull shattering echoing.
Jiang Ning stopped and walked away.
The bandit leader stood frozen in place, his eyes gradually unfocused, and the next second he lost control and collapsed to the ground.
On his deathbed, he heard a voice.
"You knew you were going to die."
The bandits' vision gradually blurred as they struggled to find the direction of the sound.
Why...why...won't...give...me...a...chance...?
The bandit leader stared intently in the direction Jiang Ning had gone, but he could no longer make out Jiang Ning's figure.
Jiang Ning did not answer his dying question.
He had heard this kind of talk far too many times; every bandit facing certain death would say the same thing during the suppression of bandits in Shaanxi.
Faced with these people who only repent and beg for mercy when they are about to die, some of the Huashan disciples who followed Jiang Ning in suppressing the bandits would soften their hearts, but Jiang Ning never let these people go.
If they truly knew they were wrong, they wouldn't have waited for him to come and realize their mistake.
After dealing with the bandit, Jiang Ning began to ascend the mountain along the mountain path.
As they made their way up to the mountainside, Jiang Ning didn't see a single bandit, but he did see quite a few footprints.
Continuing along the mountaintop, several loud shouts suddenly rang out from the forest above.
"stop!"
Two bandits jumped out and shouted at Jiang Ning.
Jiang Ning looked at the two and asked, "Is this Tianfeng Village?"
The two bandits exchanged a glance upon hearing this, then looked at Jiang Ning.
"Who are you? What business do you have at my Tianfeng Village?"
One of the bandits spoke up.
Having received an answer, Jiang Ning stopped talking, leaped into the air, and arrived in front of the two in the blink of an eye. Before they could speak, he reached out and grabbed their necks, snapping them twice.
After dealing with the two, Jiang Ning continued up the mountain.
After passing through the forest, Jiangning approached the mountaintop and indeed saw a mountain stronghold, larger than the previous Qingshui Stronghold.
The entire village was surrounded by trees, with bamboo and wooden fences and other barriers around the perimeter. It looked much more formal than the previous Qingshui Village, which only had a few houses and a lone bamboo frame with the village's name hanging at the main entrance.
Above the entrance to the mountain stronghold are the three characters "Tianfeng Village", and below is the main gate of the stronghold.
At this time, there were many bandits standing guard behind these obstacles.
"stop!"
The bandits on guard behind the mountain stronghold's gate saw Jiang Ning walking towards them from the foot of the mountain and immediately shouted to stop him. Some of the bandits had even raised their bows and arrows, aiming them at Jiang Ning. If Jiang Ning continued to walk up, they would immediately shoot the arrows.
"Who are you? What's your name? What brings you to my Tianfeng Village?"
"A bandit asked loudly."
Jiang Ning didn't even look, gripped the sword hilt with his right hand, drew the sword, and his footwork became faster and faster.
"Archery!"
Seeing Jiang Ning's actions, the bandit's face darkened, knowing that he was there to cause trouble, and he immediately gave the order.
call out!call out!call out!
No sooner had he finished speaking than arrows rained down on Jiangning.
Jiang Ning's speed increased, and the arrows all hit the ground behind him. Occasionally, a few arrows would come, but Jiang Ning would casually swing his sword to deflect them. Before long, he rushed to the gate of the mountain stronghold.
Jiang Ning raised his leg and kicked.
Bang!
The gate of the mountain stronghold was kicked into pieces and shattered.
The bandits on guard duty had already charged forward with their swords.
……
"Boss, like father, like son! With such a heroic bearing, the young master will surely inherit the stronghold when he grows up and lead our Tianfeng Stronghold to dominate all the strongholds within hundreds of miles."
The bandit named Lao Hu came up to Zhou Sanchun and praised the father and son.
"Ha ha ha ha."
Faced with his subordinates' praise, Zhou Sanchun laughed heartily, then looked at his son and said, "Son, did you hear that? From now on, you will inherit my mantle and the mountain stronghold. Don't embarrass your old man!"
"Father, I will! Anyone who dares to defy me, I will kill him!"
The bandit boy looked up, his expression full of confidence.