Strange And Troubled Times: Eternal Life Begins From Marrying A Wife

Chapter 27: Black Water Cult

Three days later.

Jiang Yong, accompanied by Qin Feng and Xiao Ma, returned to Eternal Peace County.

As soon as they arrived at the Liu Mansion, Jiang Yong saw Liu Xunwen standing outside the gate with a smile on his face.

"Greetings, Young Master Liu!" Jiang Yong bowed to Liu Xunwen.

"Well done this time!" Liu Xunwen said with satisfaction. "Recruit another group next month!"

Liu Xunwen seemed very pleased and then handed a package to Jiang Yong.

"Thank you, Young Master Liu. I will make sure to satisfy you next month!" Jiang Yong said excitedly, holding the package.

"Alright, you can go now!" Liu Xunwen said, while also sizing up Qin Feng, Xiao Ma, and the others.

"Thank you, Young Master Liu!" Jiang Yong bowed to Liu Xunwen and quickly left.

"Next month, there will be another escort mission!" Jiang Yong announced loudly when they arrived at an open space.

"Would you all be willing to join as escorts?"

"Captain Jiang, count me in as an escort!" someone said.

"I'm willing too!"

"A couple of silver coins for just a few days, where else can we find such a good opportunity!"

...

The faces of many men were filled with excitement.

One by one, they were willing to help Jiang Yong with the escort mission.

"Qin, my friend, will you come next month?" Jiang Yong asked Qin Feng, who was not far away.

"Captain Jiang, I have to return to my hometown next month, so I'm afraid I won't have the time," Qin Feng replied without hesitation.

He knew about Jiang Yong and Liu Xunwen's conspiracy.

On the surface, they were helping Liu Xunwen with the escort mission.

In reality, they were selecting blood offerings for the Pseudo-Corpse Anomaly, Liu Xunwen.

Even without this matter, Qin Feng wouldn't have joined the escort mission.

After all, he didn't even have enough time for cultivation.

How could he possibly go on an escort mission?

Seeing so many men agreeing, Jiang Yong didn't make things difficult for Qin Feng.

He just asked Qin Feng to join the next time he had time.

"Let's go, today I'll treat everyone to flower wine!" Jiang Yong announced loudly.

"Thank you, Captain Jiang!"

"Captain is generous!"

"Haha, I haven't seen Xiaohong for a long time!"

...

The men were very happy.

They didn't expect that by completing one escort mission, they not only earned a couple of silver coins but also got treated to flower wine by Jiang Yong.

Qin Feng didn't go with them.

After all, Jiang Yong's intentions were impure.

And Qin Feng still had to go to Hu Qingfu's house to bring Hu Qingya back.

Qin Feng bought more than ten kilograms of coarse grains from the grain store and slowly made his way towards Hu Qingya's home.

"Uncle Hu, why didn't you say anything before marrying Qingya off!"

"What future does she have marrying a guard? It's better to marry me, Scar!"

As soon as Qin Feng arrived at Hu Qingya's house, he saw Scar Face, accompanied by Dog Egg and a few other lackeys, causing trouble in front of Hu Qingfu's door.

"Get lost! Qingya has already married a guard from Eternal Peace Medicine Manor!" Hu Qingfu shouted loudly.

"Uncle Hu, that guard has been on the escort mission for so long and still hasn't returned. He's probably dead in the wilderness!" Scar Face said with a smile.

"Better to marry Qingya to me!"

Just then, a stone flew quickly from a distance and hit Scar Face's hand hard.

"Ouch!"

"Who dares to ambush Scar Face!"

Scar Face shouted angrily.

"It's me."

Qin Feng walked over with a gloomy expression on his face.

In Qin Feng's heart at this moment, he had already sentenced Scar to death.

However, there were too many people around now.

Killing Scar and the others would cause unnecessary trouble.

Only by waiting for a secluded place and killing Scar and the others would there be no trouble.

"Are you the bodyguard?" Scar's face slightly changed.

He looked at Qin Feng for a moment before leaving with a few of his henchmen.

"Sir, this Scar is so annoying, he comes here to harass me every day!"

"And he said you were already dead!"

When Hu Qingya saw Qin Feng approaching, she said with a face full of grievances.

"I'm back, aren't I!"

Qin Feng quickly patted Hu Qingya to comfort her.

After comforting Hu Qingya, Qin Feng handed the food in his hand to Hu Qingfu.

"Uncle Hu, Qingya has been under your care these past few days. Here's some food, take it and eat!"

"Haha, no need, no need!"

"In the future, when you go on a mission, you can bring Qingya over."

Hu Qingfu's face was full of smiles.

"Thank you, Uncle Hu!"

Qin Feng arched his hand and then asked, "Uncle Hu, where does Scar and the others live?"

"That Scar, that scoundrel, lives at the end of the street corner!"

Hu Qingfu pointed to a house at the far end of the street corner.

Qin Feng silently noted down the location of Scar's house.

He was ready to kill Scar and the others in the afternoon.

In the evening.

Qin Feng held a knife and quickly ran towards the street corner.

A few minutes later, Qin Feng arrived in front of Scar's house.

Just as Qin Feng was about to enter, he heard Scar and Gou Dan's voices.

"Gou Dan, have you contacted Ye Shao?"

"Scar, don't worry, I've already contacted Ye Shao!"

"What did Ye Shao say?"

"Ye Shao loves fresh blood and flesh from newly breakthrough Martial Artists. It won't be long before Ye Shao goes to trouble that bodyguard!"

"Great! Once that bodyguard is dead, I'll go and marry Qingya!"

"..."

"Bang!"

At this moment, a loud noise came over.

The tightly closed door fell directly to the ground.

"Who dares to kick my Scar's door!"

Scar's words were cut off as he suddenly froze.

Because he saw a familiar figure standing outside the door.

Scar's legs went weak and he almost fell to the ground.

Gou Dan's face turned pale and he sat directly on the ground.

"Are you two talking about me?"

Qin Feng walked towards them with a smile.

"No, we weren't talking about you."

Scar shook his head repeatedly.

"Then who is this Ye Shao you mentioned?"

Qin Feng asked again.

"Ye Shao is the second young master of the Ye family!"

"We are Ye Shao's followers. If anything happens to us, Ye Shao won't let you off!"

While Scar retreated, he used the threat of the second young master of the Ye family to intimidate Qin Feng.

"Is that so?"

Qin Feng swung his long knife forward.

The long knife passed through Scar's head.

"Bang!"

Scar's head fell from above his neck.

"Spare me... spare me!"

Gou Dan's crotch was wet.

"Can you tell me when Ye Shao plans to deal with me?"

Qin Feng approached Gou Dan with the knife in his hand.

"I... I don't know!"

Gou Dan's head was covered in sweat.

"Since you don't know anything, then you can die!"

Qin Feng's long knife directly pierced Gou Dan's stomach.

"Hiss!"

Gou Dan fell to the ground without any sound.

Qin Feng carefully searched on Dog Egg and Scar's bodies.

Before long, Qin Feng had three taels of silver, a wooden token, and a map of Eternal Peace County in his hand.

"Black Water Cult, Ding Fifty-Five!"

Qin Feng frowned slightly as he looked at the wooden token in his hand.

He had heard of this Black Water Cult before.

They were a terrifying force.

Disciples of the cult were spread throughout Great Wei.

The largest rebel group in Great Wei was the Black Water Cult.

"I didn't expect Scar to be a member of the Black Water Cult!"

As Qin Feng spoke, he poured out some oil.

With this oil, he could definitely lure the Drum Maker Anomaly here.

With the help of the Drum Maker Anomaly, the Black Water Cult would never be able to find out the cause of Scar and Dog Egg's deaths.

"Scar had contact with Young Master Ye."

"It's possible that this Second Young Master Ye is also a member of the Black Water Cult!"

"It's better to go out as little as possible!"

As Qin Feng walked, he began to ponder.

Although he had never seen this Second Young Master Ye before, Qin Feng knew that he had a strong appetite for the flesh of martial artists.

It was clear that he was not a normal person.

He could be a Pseudo-Corpse Anomaly, just like Liu Xunwen.

Guardian Courtyard.

Qin Feng walked in from outside.

"Master, the food is ready, please come in and eat!"

Hu Qingya quickly took the long knife from Qin Feng's hand.

"Okay!"

Qin Feng nodded slightly and sat down at the table.

As they talked, they also whispered to each other.

After dinner, Qin Feng opened the map he had obtained from Scar.

As soon as he opened the map, Qin Feng's expression changed slightly.

Because he found that his former village, Xiaogang Village, was marked with a red cross on the map.

"Four crosses, and all of them are villages destroyed by anomalies!"

"Could it be that Xiaogang Village was destroyed because of the Black Water Cult?"

Qin Feng looked at the map in his hand and fell into deep thought.

He had originally thought that Xiaogang Village was destroyed by anomalies.

But today, he saw the map he obtained from Scar.

Only then did he realize that Xiaogang Village was destroyed by the Black Water Cult.

"Black Water Cult!"

Qin Feng silently remembered this name.

But now, Qin Feng's strength was still very weak.

He was no match for the Black Water Cult at all.

"What does the Black Water Cult want by using anomalies to destroy villages?"

Qin Feng looked at the map in his hand and fell into deep thought once again.

After thinking for a long time, Qin Feng still didn't understand the intentions of the Black Water Cult.

Then, Qin Feng found a brazier and threw the map and wooden token into it.

Early the next morning, Qin Feng entered the martial arts arena and began his daily practice.

He was already very familiar with the Eternal Life Withered Tree Technique.

His cultivation progressed quickly.

In the blink of an eye, the sun had already slanted to the west.

[Eternal Life Withered Tree Technique: Introduction (425/500) - Revitalizes the withered, prolongs life, increases qi and blood]

"Just over seventy points of proficiency, and I'll achieve Basic Accomplishment!"

A smile appeared on Qin Feng's face.

Although Qin Feng still didn't know how strong he was, he believed that he was definitely stronger than Ninth Grade Martial Artist Jiang Yong.

"Brother Qin!"

Just as Qin Feng was about to finish, Xiao Ma hurriedly ran over.

"Ma Ge, what's going on?"

Qin Feng looked at Xiao Ma not far away.

"Qin Feng, tomorrow we will go to Soft Wind Mountain to collect herbs. Captain Jiang wants you to distribute the bamboo baskets tomorrow!"

After Xiao Ma finished speaking, he handed a bamboo tube to Qin Feng.

Inside the bamboo tube was specially made pig blood from Eternal Peace Medicine Manor.

Even if it was washed with water, it couldn't be washed away.

"Ma Ge, I'll go to the warehouse early tomorrow morning!"

Qin Feng took the bamboo basket from Xiao Ma's hand.

Early the next day, Qin Feng appeared in the warehouse.

"Qin Huwei, please come in!" The warehouse servant smiled and invited Qin Feng inside.

"Thank you, you may go now!" Qin Feng waved his hand.

"Yes, sir!" The warehouse servant quickly left.

Qin Feng took out a bamboo tube and carefully dripped a drop of pig's blood onto the bamboo basket.

"Qin brother, are you still used to it?" Jiang Yong walked in with a smile.

"Captain Jiang, greetings!" Qin Feng quickly stood up.

"We're brothers, no need to be so polite!" Jiang Yong patted Qin Feng's shoulder and then sat down in front of a chair, pouring tea.

"Qin brother, have some tea!" Jiang Yong pointed to the tea in front.

"Thank you, Captain Jiang!" Qin Feng slowly sat down.

"Qin brother, the task given on the bamboo basket is for more than ten, but you only need to drip fifteen each time. You don't need to worry about the lives of these servants!" "After they die, they can be summoned again!"

"There are not many other things in Eternal Peace County, but there are a lot of refugees!" Jiang Yong seemed to not care at all about the lives of those servants.

"Thank you for your guidance, Captain Jiang!" Qin Feng raised his tea cup.

"Qin brother, after this herb gathering task, there will be another escort mission. Do you want to participate?" Jiang Yong put down his tea cup and smiled at Qin Feng.

"Captain Jiang, I won't participate in the escort mission this time!" Qin Feng said, "My wife has been feeling unwell recently, so it's not good for her to travel far."

Although Qin Feng said so, he had already cursed Jiang Yong in his heart.

Jiang Yong's invitation for Qin Feng to participate in the escort mission was not really an escort mission at all.

It was a sacrifice of Qin Feng to Liu Xunwen.

He couldn't understand why Jiang Yong was so fixated on him when there were so many people for the escort mission.

"In that case, take good care of your sister-in-law!" Jiang Yong didn't force him and then instructed the warehouse servants to distribute the bamboo baskets.

"Qin Feng is really comfortable!"

"While we work hard as servants, he just sits there drinking tea!"

"He's a guard now, his status is much higher than ours!"

"I wish I could be a guard!"

"... "

Many servants looked at Qin Feng, who was sitting there drinking tea, with envy.

A few months ago, Qin Feng was just like them, a servant.

He used to do a lot of odd jobs every day.

But now Qin Feng had become a guard, only needing to sit there and drink tea, earning one or two silver coins a day.

While they worked hard for a month, they only earned one hundred wen.

Qin Feng didn't pay attention to those servants.

He drank tea while watching the warehouse servants distribute the bamboo baskets.

Only after confirming that the bamboo baskets with pig's blood were not given to Hu Qingfu and Zhang Han did Qin Feng relax.

Half an hour later, the bamboo baskets were distributed.

Qin Feng followed Jiang Yong to the servant square.

But when he saw Liu Cheng, Qin Feng's eyebrows slightly furrowed.

Liu Cheng was in charge of the herb gathering tasks, and each person would take turns to do the task.

"Captain Jiang, Lao Cheng had some trouble, so I will take care of the herb gathering task this time!" Liu Cheng greeted Jiang Yong with a smile.

When they heard that Liu Cheng was in charge of this herb gathering task, Xiao Ma, Jiang Yong, and many other guards were all delighted.

Because Liu Cheng was very generous.

He would always treat them to a big feast.

And there would be good wine.

Seeing the excited crowd, Qin Feng sighed softly.

Compared to Liu Cheng, Qin Feng preferred another steward.

Although that steward wouldn't treat them guards to a big feast, he also wouldn't endanger their lives.

(End of this chapter)