Ancient Dragon Elephant Technique

Chapter 1018: Chapter 5: Oppression

The mayor’s mansion was located to the northwest of the town, covering an area of over a hundred mu.

This mayor was not a simple character. It was said that he was once an Inner Sect Disciple of a Great Sect but later retired after getting injured during a mission.

After leaving the sect, he bought a piece of land and built this town.

...

A group of people drove their carriage to the mayor’s mansion. Lin Feng sat on the carriage, pondering whether to find an opportunity to ask Li Yuan’er about this region, since he still didn’t know where he was.

Soon, everyone arrived outside the mayor’s mansion. The Third Housekeeper appeared, a thin middle-aged man with a slightly gloomy gaze.

He asked, ”Did Miss buy your prey?”

”Yes!” Uncle Dashan quickly said.

”Alright... follow me.” The Third Housekeeper led the way.

They arrived at the backyard and unloaded the Red Demon Pig King.

The Third Housekeeper took out a stack of silver notes.

Uncle Dashan examined these silver notes, his expression changing. He cautiously said, ”Sir, the silver notes seem not right.”

The Third Housekeeper’s face suddenly darkened. He said, ”What’s wrong with the silver notes? Could it be that a grand aristocratic family like ours would use fake silver notes?”

Uncle Dashan said, ”I didn’t mean that. Miss said she would purchase the Red Demon Pig King for fifteen thousand taels of silver, but there are only five thousand here.”

Upon hearing this, Lin Feng sighed. Uncle Dashan and the others were mountain people.

The mountain people were simple and didn’t understand the crooked and evil ways.

Clearly, the Third Housekeeper intended to privately embezzle ten thousand taels of silver from the sale of the Red Demon Pig King.

”How dare you! Do you think I, the Housekeeper, embezzled your money? Count again and see if the amount is correct.” The Third Housekeeper’s tone was threatening.

”What’s the commotion here?” At this time, Li Yuan’er and others approached.

”Reporting to Miss, a group of mountain villagers didn’t know their place and disturbed Miss. Please, Miss, forgive them.”

The Third Housekeeper quickly nodded and bowed.

At this moment, Er’gou and several other young men were quite dissatisfied, wanting to expose the Third Housekeeper’s embezzlement of ten thousand taels of silver notes.

But at this moment, Uncle Dashan, Old Smoke Pole, and others realized that they were just mountain villagers. If they told Li Yuan’er, she might help them retrieve the other ten thousand taels, but would Li Yuan’er punish the Third Housekeeper for a few mountain villagers?

Clearly not.

So if they exposed this matter now, it would only deeply offend the Third Housekeeper.

Uncle Dashan, Old Smoke Pole, and others signaled Er’gou and several other hot-blooded youths not to speak.

”Get rid of them.” Li Yuan’er said casually, giving everyone a faint glance, her gaze pausing slightly on Lin Feng.

She was a bit perplexed, feeling that this young man seemed somewhat different from these mountain villagers, but Li Yuan’er didn’t care.

She left with several of her companions.

”Get out quickly,” the Third Housekeeper said coldly.

”Let’s go...” Uncle Dashan said, not daring to stay here any longer.

The group left.

Er’gou discontentedly said, ”Uncles, why didn’t you let us tell that Miss that the Third Housekeeper embezzled our ten thousand taels of silver notes?”

Uncle Dashan sighed and said, ”That person is not someone we can afford to offend. Getting five thousand taels is already a huge fortune. We can only hope to return safely.”

Upon hearing Uncle Dashan’s words, Er’gou and several other young men also realized the situation, sighing softly. In the Mortal World, it is indeed a wise saying that the people do not fight against the rich.

Everywhere in the Mortal World, this holds true.

Wu Family Village’s people were the commoners.

And the Third Housekeeper was the rich.

Fighting would only lead to a dead end.

...

Lin Feng shook his head slightly, fearing Uncle Dashan’s hope for a safe return might be in vain.

That Third Housekeeper was not a kind person.

...

In the mayor’s mansion, at the backyard.

The Third Housekeeper called a servant and said, ”Go inform Liu Xing to have his men watch those people. On the way...”

The Third Housekeeper made a throat-slitting gesture.

”Yes!” The servant quickly acknowledged and hurried away.

...

”Uncle Dashan, let’s go to a restaurant and improve our lives,” Er’gou said, scratching his head.

”Yes, Uncle Dashan, let’s taste some delicious food here.”

A few young men eagerly looked at Uncle Dashan.

Uncle Dashan grinned and said, ”Alright, today we can fill our bellies.”

The young men immediately cheered excitedly.

Although they said they wanted to improve living conditions, they couldn’t go to those high-spending restaurants. They came to a small eatery and tied their carriage outside. Worrying about their carriage being stolen, they opted to dine under an outside canopy.

There were a total of twelve people. Uncle Dashan ordered six dishes and one soup, four vegetarian dishes, two meat dishes, and the soup was tofu soup.

As much steamed bread as you could eat.

Each person ate with great enjoyment.

For people from the mountain village, this was already quite luxurious food. Lin Feng, who had stayed in the mountain village for a while, knew how tough life there was.

After the meal, they went to purchase salt, grain, and other necessary items, filling three carts, mostly with grain. In the depths of the mountain, the winter was longer, and this grain was for the entire village to get through the winter.

”Uncle Dashan, let’s buy some weapons. Look, these spears are blunt and can’t pierce the beasts’ bodies anymore.” Er’gou said.

”Sure, buy!” Uncle Dashan nodded, spending a thousand taels of silver to purchase a batch of weapons, which made everyone excited. Holding the newly purchased weapons, they were all reluctant to put them down.

Lin Feng was unable to find a bookstore or similar place in the town to gather information about this region, so it seemed he had to seek other means.

After buying all sorts of things, they set off for their return.

At night, the group hid in a mountain valley to rest, leaving two people to watch the night.

In the latter half of the night,

Lin Feng opened his eyes and left silently.

Three miles away, more than twenty bandits dressed in black were heading towards the valley where they were.

In the depths of the mountains, there were many bandits, and these bandits often had connections with wealthy families in some towns, cooperating with each other.

”Boss, look, there seems to be a person over there.” Suddenly, a bandit pointed towards a rock ahead.

”Huh? Isn’t that the kid from Wu Family Village? This kid looked a bit different from the young men of Wu Family Village; I noticed at the time.” Another person said.

”Shoot him.” The bandit leader, who was the Liu Xing mentioned by the Third Housekeeper, said coldly.

Immediately, someone took out a bow and arrow to shoot Lin Feng.

However.

The bandit exclaimed in surprise, ”Boss, that kid has disappeared!”

”Poof.” The next moment, the bandit holding the bow and arrow lost his head.

”Not good, this guy is ruthless, retreat quickly!” Liu Xing shouted in terror.

Lin Feng raised his right hand, slicing through the Void, Sword Qi rampant.

Poof! Poof! Poof!

The bodies of several bandits were instantly torn apart.

Liu Xing was merely a mortal, having never seen such a way of killing. He was already terrified to the point of madness. He knelt on the ground, crying in fear, ”Mister, please, grievances have a source, debts have a debtor. We only came under the Third Housekeeper’s orders, please spare us...”

Poof!

Before he could finish speaking, Liu Xing’s head rolled off.

Lin Feng’s expression was indifferent, ”Don’t worry, the Third Housekeeper will soon accompany you all to Hell as well.”

Lin Feng took a step forward, arriving hundreds of meters away in an instant.

In half a quarter of an hour, he had already seen the small town shrouded in darkness.