Bizarre Cultivation: Starting from Being Beaten Up by Reality

Chapter 141 A Death That Cannot Be in Vain

Head Constable Sun lifted Sun San Niang's head and made a light, gentle cut across her neck with his knife, preventing the blood from spurting out immediately. Head Constable Sun then skillfully stepped back a few paces, saying, "This woman is covered in dirty blood, don't splatter it on me."

As he brought the knife down, Constable Sun glanced at Sun San Niang one last time, and her gaze made his heart tighten. She had been trembling with fear and begging for mercy at the beginning, so why did she end up with that sly, relieved expression? And there was no fear in her eyes, only a resolute determination that made people back down.

Officer Sun shook his head. Perhaps he had just misread it; maybe he hadn't slept well the night before and was feeling a bit disoriented.

He walked toward Su Changyi, who was covered in blood.

He stood there muttering like a madman, "Spare my wife, I know nothing. I know nothing, spare my wife."

Officer Sun patted his face with the scabbard. "I'll ask you one more time, understand?"

"I know nothing, please spare my wife."

The constable behind him said to Constable Sun, "Boss, I think he really doesn't know."

Officer Sun glared at him coldly, "Do you think I can't tell? It's just some random chicken waiting for me."

Officer Sun kept a distance from Su Changyi, who was now covered in blood, and asked, "Don't want to die, do you?"

Su Changyi kowtowed repeatedly, pleading, "Please, sir, spare me! I'll tell you everything, I really don't know anything."

Officer Sun picked at his ear with his little finger, clearly annoyed by what he'd heard. "Don't blame me, do you? You must be feeling uncomfortable having such a flirtatious wife, right?"

Su Changyi clenched a handful of soil in his hand. "The official is right. I have no complaints. Thank you, official. Thank you, official."

Sun, the constable, smiled from the bottom of his heart. He knew the man was lying, but he just felt exceptionally comfortable at this moment. The feeling of having the power of life and death over others was just too good.

"Hey buddy, can you help me persuade your fellow villagers?"

Su Changyi struggled to his feet, wiped the blood from his eyes, and turned to the wetland people beside him, advising, "Fellow villagers, you must all trust the officials. If you see anyone suspicious, you must speak up, otherwise my wife's death will have been in vain! You must tell the truth, think of your families, and don't make things difficult for the officials."

There's absolutely nothing wrong with what they said, but if you had to choose a leader for the wetlands, it would undoubtedly be Su Changyi. Everyone in the wetlands knows that he and Sun Sanniang have absolutely no relationship and could never be husband and wife.

He kept repeating, "I can't let my wife die in vain."

The wetland people vaguely understood some of the meaning behind it. Some of them had seen Lin Fan slay the ferocious wolf, some had seen Su Ping escape, and some knew about the current chaos in the Li family.

Su Changyi was shouting incessantly, but none of the wetland people made a sound.

Constable Sun clapped his hands, signaling Su Changyi to stop. Su Changyi knelt down again with a thud, frozen in place like a statue.

The constables scattered and questioned each person, and the only answer they received was "I don't know."

Constable Sun watched coldly from the side. He had a strange feeling. These wetland people looked no different from before, but this group here gave him a sense of tension that made his hair stand on end.

Constable Sun frowned slightly; his intuition as a third-tier martial artist made him exceptionally sensitive. If they attacked together…

No, there shouldn't be any problem. Our side is full of martial artists, and we all have weapons. Even if we can't kill them all, escaping shouldn't be a problem.

Officer Sun was stunned. What was he thinking? Was such an absurd thing even possible?

All the constables gathered together and reported to Constable Sun that none of them had seen it.

Officer Sun came to his senses.

puff.

He grabbed an old woman and killed her.

The old woman's husband was standing nearby, holding the body and weeping bitterly, "Old woman, you can't have died in vain! You can't have died in vain!"

puff!

puff!

puff!

After killing several people in succession, Constable Sun felt that the atmosphere was getting stranger and stranger. No one resisted, and no one cursed, but his martial arts intuition always made him feel that something was accumulating and brewing.

Something was getting increasingly wrong, and Officer Sun subconsciously stopped what he was doing.

"I'll ask you one more time: do you know the whereabouts of those people?"

The answer to him was silence.

Constable Sun deliberately scanned the faces of these people. Most of them had their heads down and their eyes were not visible. Occasionally, he could see one or two people, and there was something in their eyes that he had never seen before.

What should we do next? Should we send the constables to search even further out?

Suddenly, Constable Sun felt a chill run down his spine. An instinctive thought popped into his head: No! If the constables were to be surrounded and attacked by these wetland people while they were searching, it would be extremely dangerous.

He himself was a third-level martial artist, so of course he wasn't afraid of anything. These constables were all first-level, only slightly stronger than ordinary people.

Officer Sun patted his face, wondering what was wrong with him. Why had he suddenly become so timid and hesitant? It must be because he hadn't slept well. He'd be fine after a good night's sleep!

As for capturing the thief who escaped from the Li family, we've searched, killed, and questioned him, but if we can't find him, then he's not here. Haven't we done our best?

"Line up! Return!"

Dr. Lei slept for a long time, and when he woke up, it was already broad daylight.

He stretched and walked to the door, and was startled to see Lin Fan sitting on the threshold. "Ah, brother, your injury healed too fast! Is your body really made of human flesh?"

Doctor Lei, as usual, began to analyze the situation. First, the medicine containing corpse-worm ingredients that his younger brother had taken could help stop the bleeding, and even without the medicine, there would be a permanent residue of its effects. However, that alone was not enough. Doctor Lei had watched Lin Fan transform from a thin boy into his current state, and it was undoubtedly the red pill that had brought about the change. As a doctor, Doctor Lei wanted to advise him to stop taking it if he had the chance.

Lin Fan casually picked up the mud from the ground and threw it a distance away. "Someone just came and told me about what happened yesterday, meaning they wanted us to leave as soon as possible."

Lin Fan then recounted to Doctor Lei what he had heard from Su Changyi.

Upon hearing this, Dr. Lei quickly pressed his hand on Lin Fan's shoulder, "Brother, you mustn't act impulsively..."

Lin Fan pushed his hand away unhappily, "Doctor, what do you think I'm going to do?"

Dr. Lei frantically searched for the right words, "I thought my dear brother was that kind of, that kind of..."

Lin Fan stood up abruptly and patted Doctor Lei on the shoulder, "What do you mean by 'that kind'? I'm not a powder keg that'll explode at any moment."

Dr. Lei thought to himself, "I've always thought it was you."

Lin Fan continued, "Okay, I admit this matter makes me very unhappy, and I don't agree with their way of responding by remaining silent."

"Sigh." Lin Fan sighed, "But it's their choice how to do it, and I don't think I can solve everything by myself."

Lin Fan looked at the incredulous Doctor Lei with an awkward expression. He could only continue to explain, "Doctor, all I want to do right now is go home. I need to eliminate anything that might prevent me from going home. Otherwise, I won't concern myself with anything else. Let's go. If Old Niu and Miss Sun haven't woken up yet, let's carry them back. Otherwise, if we're too late and the caravan leaves, we'll be in trouble."