Chapter 40 - How Strange

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

As he continued to investigate, Huang Feijiao noticed that there was a thin, long mark left on each person’s neck like a silver thread.

If he had not observed carefully, he would still be wondering about the real cause of death of this group of people.

The people from the large tribes who had come to cause trouble had all been killed by this sword mark. Because of the speed of the attack, not even blood had time to flow out.

In a blink of an eye, over a hundred people had been killed by the sword Qi before they could even react. Not a single one of them survived.

Huang Feijiao was still in shock. This was completely different from the time when the sword Qi killed Suan Ni. Previously, it almost didn’t leave the corpse behind. However, this time, the corpses were still around and intact.

This was simply too terrifying! Fortunately, the person who used the divine sword was not an enemy of Stone Village.

The other residents of Stone Village also started to move around the corpses, staring at them in shock.

Eventually, Huang Feijiao asked, “Village Chief, how are we going to deal with these people’s corpses? Bury them in the ground?”

“Bullsh*t! Do they even deserve to be buried? Just throw them out. If the divine sword didn’t protect us, do you think they would bury us?” The village chief’s tone was cold.

Even if no one in the village was injured or killed, the village chief couldn’t forgive these people.

As the Stone Village residents worked together to transport the corpses away from their village, the team from Cloud Palace had approached to get a closer look at the situation.

When they noticed the bodies being carried by the Stone Village residents, the former was shocked. With that many enemies, the chances of Stone Village winning unscathed was too small.

After all, they did not see the guardian spirit make a move and saw that the divine sword was defending more than attacking.

The old man sensed that something else must have happened when the divine sword was shrinking. Otherwise, how could all the people from Thunder Tribe and Luofu Tribe die just like that?

The people of Stone Village moved the corpses calmly, and the people from Cloud Palace grew suspicious.

“Are they used to doing things like this? Killing cultivators and casually dumping them in the Great Wastelands? Are they really that violent?” Seeing was believing, and for the elder of Cloud Palace, the current actions of Stone Village were all he had to have an impression of them.

The sun’s rays started to stretch across the sky as it set, dying the sky crimson. And right now, Stone Village seemed like an ancient desolate beast, hiding behind the sunset with its mouth wide open as it waited for the rabbit to fall into its trap. That was how the elder of Cloud Palace saw Stone Village.

The only thing the Stone Village people could not dispose of properly was the blood from the corpses that had stained the ground red.

In a short moment, the people of Stone Village had thrown the corpses on the outer perimeter of the desolate mountain forest. The corpses of more than a hundred people stacked like a hill, standing out from the background.

Three Green Scaled Eagles flew over, prompting the desolate beasts from the surrounding vegetation towards the mound of corpses. In a short while, the beasts had eaten all the corpses and there was hardly anything left.

The people of Cloud Palace dared not speak recklessly. They had been waiting for the people of Stone Village to finish disposing of the corpses.

As the red sunset gradually dimmed and the remaining rays of light dissipated, the people of Cloud Palace noticed that the people of Stone Village were about to close the doors to their village. The people of Cloud Palace became anxious and quickly approached them.

“We had waited for a long time for the battle to be over. Since it’s already late, do you mind letting us rest in your village?”

Stone Village’s chief looked back at them coldly. They had indeed not attacked his people and they had spoken more amiably than the ones who had just died.

However, if they were allowed to spend the night in the village, his people probably would not be able to rest well.

No one could predict the consequences of letting these strangers with shocking abilities spend the night.

However, these people were requesting with smiles on their faces. How could he refuse so directly? In the end, Stone Village’s chief reservedly said, “I’m really sorry. It’s not that we don’t want to let you rest for the night. But you must understand. We are simple people and do not have many quarters available to host your mighty group of people.”

“I know what you mean, Village Chief. How about just letting these two children take refuge in your place for the night?” The old man patted the shoulders of the girls on either side of him as he spoke, indicating that he was referring to them.

Before the village chief had time to reply, the old man spoke again. “We don’t really care about ourselves. We’re adults and have endured the hardships of history. But these are just children. You know how dangerous the outside world can be for them. Don’t worry, they are very obedient and easy to take care of.”

The village chief gave it a thought and finally agreed. “Alright, I can let the children stay in the village. As for the rest, we’ll talk about it tomorrow. It’s already late, we need to sleep.”

“Sounds great. We’ll meet you at the entrance tomorrow at dawn. Sorry for the trouble.” The old man smiled and then instructed the children beside him to follow the people of Stone Village.

“You go over. The old man before you will take you in for the night. Don’t worry, Uncle will rest at the entrance of the village and meet you back at dawn.”

The two girls nodded obediently and let themselves be led by the village chief of Stone Village to their accommodation.

The residents of Stone Village had been waiting for the village chief. But it was probably not convenient for them to talk about what happened during the day tonight. So, the village chief told his people who had been trembling in fear for a few hours to go home and have a good sleep.

As for the two girls from Cloud Palace, they were placed in his house while he and Shi Hao rested in another.

However, the village chief was not in the mood to sleep. He decided that it was best to be on guard instead.

The night gradually descended over the entire land and the village fell silent. Only the willow tree at the entrance of the village was emitting small specks of light.

The people from Cloud Palace had no intentions to rest either.

They were observing the ancient willow trees that seemed to be covered in starlight and recalled what had happened today. The flood dragon that had been completely devoured, the divine sword that roamed the sky, and the corpses of the experts from the two tribes that had been completely devoured by the desolate beasts.

This village was definitely not as simple as it seemed. If the cause of this matter had not been clearly investigated, how would he reply to the others?

The various tribes had co-existed in relative harmony over the years.

If they were the only ones to return safely, the other tribes would inevitably be suspicious.

They had to investigate what had happened here and the village itself.

As for the treasure that was about to appear and the disputes between the tribes, those will be coming up very soon..