A man in the martial world, a reincarnated sword immortal.

Chapter 64: River Pirates of the Han River!

Before long...

Zhong Yuan had already appeared before the village.

He remembered that three months ago, Zhang Erniu had led him along this mountain path.

This village has only three to five households.

In front of the house flows a clear tributary of the Han River. The mountain people live by hunting, and although their lives are poor, they rarely have any trouble.

The mountain air is very humid, and suddenly there are flames and thick smoke in the village.

It doesn't look like an accidental fire; it looks like someone deliberately set it on fire.

As Zhong Yuan flew by, he could vaguely see the two thatched huts that were ablaze.

Seven or eight men dressed in short blue cloth jackets and carrying single-edged knives were killing people.

The man at the head of the group had a face covered in pockmarks and a piece missing from his left ear. He walked up to a thatched hut, kicked open half of the wooden door, and cursed loudly.

"You old codger, you have money to celebrate your birthday, but no money to make offerings?"

"Did you dare delay paying your wedding gift money until today this month?"

"I think you're tired of living!"

A gaunt old man emerged from the thatched hut, his back hunched like a bow, clutching half a basket of freshly caught black snakes, his white beard trembling incessantly.

"Master Ma, snakes have been hard to catch in the mountains lately, and my grandson has a high fever. We've spent all our money on medicine."

"How about you give me three more days? I'll definitely gather the money in three days, okay?"

As the old man finished speaking, he was about to bow when a girl of about thirteen or fourteen years old, with two pigtails, suddenly appeared beside him. She grabbed the old man's clothes, stared at Ma Wu with wide eyes, but dared not utter a single word.

Ma Wu laughed and pushed his father-in-law away.

The old man was already thin and weak, and he couldn't withstand such a blow. He immediately fell on the threshold, and a bloody gash appeared on his forehead.

The little girl screamed and rushed over to hug her father-in-law, looking up and crying, "You're bullying me!"

"My grandfather works hard catching snakes, why should he pay you money?"

"On what grounds?"

Ma Wu kicked over the old man's snake basket, spilling half a basket of snakes onto the ground. Ma Wu's henchmen drew their knives and began hacking wildly, instantly turning the place into a bloody mess, with the stench filling the air.

Ma Wu squatted down, pinched the little girl's chin, and sneered, "Little brat, still so stubborn."

"Because I have a knife!"

"If you don't pay up today, we'll burn down your kennel and sell you to a brothel!"

The old man struggled to his feet and lunged at Ma Wu to grab his knife, but was kicked in the stomach by two henchmen. He immediately curled up on the ground, unable to get up, and coughed loudly incessantly.

Ma Wu stood up, dusted off his clothes, spat a glob of phlegm onto the haystack, glanced sideways at the crooked thatched hut, and said to his henchmen, "Burn it all down!"

"Let this old bastard see if the rules of the Han River Gang can be broken."

One of the henchmen responded and took a piece of red-hot firewood from the fire nearby.

They led the firewood to the old man's crookedly piled up by the door.

When dry firewood meets an open flame, it bursts into flames in an instant.

Before long, flames had shot up more than ten feet high and then burned the thatched roof.

Thick black smoke billowed straight into the sky, and with a gust of wind, the flames swirled sideways, even setting the bamboo fence beside the house ablaze.

The little girl cried out as Ma Wu slapped her to the ground, causing half of her face to swell up.

The old man lay on the ground, watching the flames lick the roof, and spat out a mouthful of blood, cursing in a hoarse voice.

"Robbers...you bunch of robbers..."

Ma Wu raised his foot and stepped on the old man's chest, laughing loudly, "Swear, swear all you want."

"If you can't pay, we'll just carry your little granddaughter back to the boat and let the brothers have some fun; that'll be considered payment."

With that, he waved his hand, about to order his men to carry the little girl on the ground.

At this moment, the old man suddenly found a burst of strength and bit down directly on Ma Wu's leg.

Ma Wu is in pain!

He raised his knife directly.

He cursed loudly.

"Old man!"

"court death!"

immediately.

With a swift movement, he raised his sword and stabbed directly at the old man.

The old man was stabbed to death, blood flowed all over the ground, and he collapsed and could not get up.

Ma Wu sneered and shouted to those around him, "Carry the little girl away!"

Over there, a woman rushed out, crying and shouting.

"Luan Luan!"

A henchman stepped out from the side and stabbed the woman through the heart with a knife.

Those men all had half a wave embroidered on their collars, and each of them was ruthless, their every strike deadly.

It's obvious they came with the intention of killing him to silence him.

Moreover, after killing people, they didn't forget to throw the corpses into the fire.

It was clearly an attempt to destroy the evidence.

Just then.

Suddenly, someone rushed down the mountain path, carrying a fork, and shouted.

"You bunch of beasts!"

"I'll fight you to the death!"

Zhong Yuan had already approached and was looking closely.

The man was none other than Zhang Erniu, who had led him to Snake Valley that day.

Zhang Erniu was holding a pitchfork, his eyes were bloodshot, and his face was full of anger.

They charged toward one of the men dressed in blue cloth.

However, they haven't gotten close yet.

People surrounded him from both sides and began to slash at Zhang Erniu.

Just as the two men's long knives were about to strike Zhang Erniu.

The arms of the two men wielding long swords were instantly cleaved in two.

The severed hand, still clutching the long knife, fell to the ground.

Then came the most agonizing screams.

"Ah~~~"

The two men whose arms had been severed were writhing on the ground in excruciating pain, their veins bulging.

Zhong Yuan stood in front of Zhang Erniu, with Xiao Hong perched on his left shoulder, her eyes fixed on the group.

With his eyes red and swollen, Zhang Erniu now resembled a wild bull.

Upon seeing Zhong Yuan, she was overcome with grief and cried out, "My lord!"

"Save my daughter!"

Zhong Yuan looked up and saw that the pockmarked man was holding a little girl in his hand, looking at them with a fierce expression.

Seeing that Zhong Yuan was causing trouble.

Over there, Ma Wu, who had been standing there watching the show, was carrying a long knife.

He pointed his sword at Zhong Yuan!

"Pretty boy!"

"You dare kill members of my Hanshui Gang!"

"They're really asking for trouble!"

"Da Hong, Er Hong!"

"All of you, get up here!"

The words fell.

The remaining men then gathered around Zhong Yuan.

The pockmarked man held the little girl in one hand and carried a long knife in the other, looking wary.

A cold glint flashed in Zhong Yuan's eyes as he raised his sword and unleashed the Lingbo Weibu technique.

It leaped and shifted, disappearing in a blur.

In the blink of an eye, seven or eight swords had been thrust out.

Amidst the flashing swords, each strike was already aimed at the throat.

They killed all the members of the Han River Gang.

The pockmarked man's eyes were filled with horror.

His face was filled with disbelief.

Even if he were a complete idiot, he would know that he had met a master.

Immediately.

He raised his long sword and held it in front of the little girl, shouting at Zhong Yuan, "Don't come any closer!"

"Spare my life!"

"I won't kill this little brat!"

Before Zhong Yuan even landed, his figure had already flashed away.

In the blink of an eye, they appeared behind Ma Wu. Ma Wu only felt a blur before his eyes and had no time to react.

Zhong Yuan raised a finger and touched the back of Ma Wu's forehead.

Bang!

In the blink of an eye.

True energy exploded.

A bloody hole instantly appeared on the back of Ma Wu's head.

He fell straight backward.

Zhong Yuan grabbed the little girl and shoved her forward, instantly reappearing in front of Zhang Erniu.

Zhang Erniu was seen kneeling on the ground, wailing loudly.

"father!"

"mother!"

"Your child is unfilial; it is your child who has ruined you!"

When the little girl saw Zhang Erniu crying, she also knelt down and started crying along with him.

Zhong Yuan looked around and saw that there were only three or four households nearby, all of whom had long since died.

A single fire burned everything to the ground.

After Zhang Erniu vented his emotions, he led the little girl to kneel down before Zhong Yuan, kowtowing three times.

"Thank you so much, my benefactor!"

"To avenge the blood feud of my entire family of sixteen."