Chapter 45

Chapter 45: Strange Night

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

After walking out of the courtyard, Han Zhao brought Xu Ling to an abandoned mud hut at the edge of the village.

“Junior Brother Han, why… why did you bring me here?”

When Xu Ling saw Han Zhao bring her to a place with no one around, she seemed to have thought of something. Her eyes flickered and she couldn’t speak properly.

Han Zhao quickly walked forward. Xu Ling suddenly closed her eyes and raised her head.

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Tap, tap!

Han Zhao snatched the meat pie from Xu Ling’s hand and threw it to the ground.

“Junior Brother Han?!” Xu Ling opened her eyes and looked at him with a puzzled expression.

“Senior Sister Xu, do you believe me?”

Of course I do.

“I think there’s a big problem with this village. The moment I entered, I felt my hair stand on end as if something very terrifying was about to happen. Until now, my intuition has never been wrong.”

Han Zhao explained.

“So that’s why you were so abnormal just now?” Xu Ling reacted. Junior Brother Han was indeed not an anxious person. Although he was cautious in the past, he would not have done such a thing just now.

“Then what should we do now? We can’t convince others with just this reason,” Xu Ling continued. Only she was willing to believe Junior Martial Brother Han’s words. The others definitely wouldn’t believe his so-called intuition.

“I know that.” Han Zhao nodded. He frowned and looked serious.

“I can’t control the others. I just don’t want anything to happen to you. From now on, don’t eat the food here or even drink water. When you sleep at night, take the initiative to tell the others that you want to be on night duty and stay with me. Do you understand?”

“Alright!” Xu Ling nodded heavily and agreed.

“Yes.” Han Zhao’s brows relaxed.

Wait! Junior Brother Han said that the others don’t care and only care about me! What is this? Is he hinting at me… Xu Ling blinked her big eyes and recalled what Han Zhao had just said. Her ears burned.

Han Zhao was thinking about tonight’s plan when he suddenly saw Xu Ling in a daze. He couldn’t help but ask, “Senior Sister Xu? Senior Sister Xu!”

“Hmm? Hmm, what?” Xu Ling came back to her senses.

“You must be hungry. I still have dried jerky here. Eat some.” Han Zhao took out the food he brought and handed it to Xu Ling.

“There’s still Junior Brother Han’s warmth on it…” Xu Ling took the long strip of dried meat and subconsciously smiled, revealing two shallow dimples.

After the two of them finished their dry food, they returned to Chen Liu’s house together.

The martial artists saw that Xu Ling’s face was red and her eyes were filled with envy and jealousy towards Han Zhao.

Soon, the sky turned completely dark.

Because they had to travel early tomorrow, Zhang Linlu asked the martial artists to quickly sleep.

In the room, seven men were squeezed together on a large bed.

Martial artists had a fast metabolism and were prone to sweating.

Han Zhao had internal energy and was immune to cold and heat. It was not likely for him to sweat and stink if he did not shower for half a month.

The others were different.

Once they took off their coats and shoes, the smell of sweat, odor, and feet instantly filled the entire room.

“Wang Zimin, your f*cking feet stink! Hurry up and put on your shoes!” At this moment, a scolding came from the next room.

“Don’t you like to eat stinky tofu? You can’t even stand this little taste?”

“Cut the crap! How can this be the same? If you don’t wear shoes, I’ll take off my pants! ”

“No, no, no! I’ll wear it! I’ll wear it!”

“Wang Zimin, what are you afraid of! Don’t you know Iron Anal Technique?” The martial artists laughed.

“Lord Zhang, you guys sleep first. I’m on night duty.” Han Zhao took the initiative to ask for night duty.

The smell in the room was like a slop bucket that had been exposed to the sun in summer. It was really indescribable.

Even if there was no danger tonight, he did not want to sleep in the same room as these people.

“Alright, I’ll take over for you in the second half of the night.” Zhang Linlu nodded and quickly got into character.

Before Han Zhao could walk out of the room, someone had already fallen asleep and was snoring.

“Phew…” Han Zhao walked out of the room and took a breath of fresh air.

It felt good.

He came to the stone block in the courtyard and sat down.

“Creak!”

The door to the leftmost room was pushed open. Xu Ling, who was dressed neatly and had a long saber at her waist, walked out. After nodding at Han Zhao, she sat down beside him.

After a while, snores sounded in all four houses. Some were fast and low, and some were slow and loud. There was even one who barely breathed as if he was dying.

At this moment, the door of the rightmost house opened. Wang Zimin, who had just been ridiculed for his smelly feet, walked out in his undergarments.

Seeing that Han Zhao was on night duty with Xu Ling, he couldn’t help but snort when he passed by.

As if thinking of something, Wang Zimin walked forward. “Han Zhao.”

Han Zhao nodded and asked, “Using the toilet?”

“Don’t mind what happened before. I was just fooling around with you,” Wang Zimin said.

“I know you’re joking.” Han Zhao nodded.

“Hehe.” Wang Zimin suddenly lowered his voice and smiled wretchedly. “Let me tell you, that Aunt Tao definitely likes you today. Do you believe me?”

“How so?”

“I heard from the old man that his five sons haven’t returned for seven years. Heiwa is only five years old this year. What do you think?” Wang Zimin chuckled and winked.

“I see,” Han Zhao replied calmly.

“Why? You’re not interested?”

“I heard that Aunt Tao coaxed Heiwa to sleep with his grandfather. If you don’t want this luck with women, I won’t stand on ceremony.”

“It’s hard to say if it’s luck or calamity.” Han Zhao frowned and glanced at him.

“Aren’t you going to the toilet? Aren’t you going?!”

“It’s boring.” Wang Zimin saw that Han Zhao’s expression was serious and Xu Ling did not react. He could only leave resentfully.

“Do you want me to get someone to accompany you?” Han Zhao asked again.

“Are we going to the toilet together?” Wang Zimin waved his hand. “It’s better not. I can’t pee with someone standing beside me.” When Han Zhao heard this, he stopped talking.

After Wang Zimin left, Han Zhao closed his eyes to rest.

Xu Ling was so tired that she kept nodding. She had been traveling for the past few days and had not slept well last night. She had not eaten her fill for dinner and felt a little tired.

Most importantly, Junior Brother Han beside her emitted a faint masculine aura, making her feel very comfortable. She immediately became even more sleepy. However, when she thought of what Han Zhao had said in the evening, she could only force herself to stay awake.

After an unknown period of time, Xu Ling’s head leaned on Han Zhao’s shoulder and she fell asleep.

Wang Zimin hadn’t returned yet.

At this moment, Han Zhao frowned. He felt that the Essence Soul Bead that had already stopped absorbing Yin energy had changed again.

The Yin energy in the air began to increase.

Although he knew the outcome, he did not know what the monster looked like or what its abilities were.

Moreover, at some point, the snoring in the courtyard had all disappeared.

Han Zhao patted Xu Ling’s face and woke her up.

“Junior Brother Han?” Xu Ling’s eyes were drowsy.

“Something happened!” Han Zhao reminded and stood up.

“What?” Xu Ling’s sleepiness was completely gone. Her right hand was already on the hilt of the saber.

Han Zhao pulled Xu Ling into the house.

“Lord Zhang, wake up!” Han Zhao shook Zhang Linlu hard, but he realized that his body was stiff and cold, like a dead pig. There was no reaction at all.

Slap!

Han Zhao suddenly slapped Zhang Linlu’s face. The other party’s chubby face immediately swelled, and the corner of his mouth was broken, with blood flowing out.

“Ouch!” Zhang Linlu cried out in pain. He covered his face and shouted, “Who hit me?!”

“Lord Zhang! Get up quickly!” Han Zhao lowered his voice.

“Han Zhao, what’s wrong?” Zhang Linlu hurriedly got up.

“There’s something wrong with the food we ate tonight! Everyone else is unconscious!”

Han Zhao quickly explained.

Zhang Linlu jumped up from the bed and pushed the others on the large bed hard. As expected, they did not wake up.

“What’s going on? Everyone clearly ate dinner.” Zhang Linlu frowned. As a quasi-Martial Master in the Blood Tempering Realm, he had actually fallen for it.

Just like before, Han Zhao slapped each of the unconscious people and pinched them hard.

Through physical contact, Han Zhao discovered that Yin energy had actually accumulated in the bodies of these martial artists.

At this moment, everyone woke up in a daze.

“Is it dawn?”

“I feel so cold. My body can’t exert any strength. Could it be that I’ve caught a cold?”

“Me too. What’s going on?”

After they woke up, they felt their bodies stiffen and turn cold.

“Something happened!” Zhang Linlu lowered his voice. “Call the others and leave this place quickly!”

“Wang Zimin, what are you doing?” At this moment, a martial artist who was putting on his clothes exclaimed.

She didn’t know when Wang Zimin had returned, but he was standing outside the open door without moving.

“Wang Zimin, come in quickly!” Zhang Linlu hurriedly lowered his voice and was about to step forward.

“Don’t go over!” Han Zhao grabbed him.

“What’s wrong?” Zhang Linlu didn’t understand.

Han Zhao looked at Wang Zimin and pointed at his feet. “Wang Zimin, why are you tiptoeing?”

Under the bright moonlight, Wang Zimin was like a ballet dancer. His toes touched the ground, and his body was tense.

“Tiptoe?” Zhang Linlu was stunned and looked at Wang Zimin’s feet.

Because there was a threshold blocking it, he did not notice it at all just now.

Under normal circumstances, no one would judge people first.

After Han Zhao’s reminder, Zhang Linlu also realized that something was wrong.

Wang Zimin’s entire body was tense. His face was pale, and his eyes were

“Hehe.”

A child’s laughter suddenly sounded, causing Zhang Linlu’s heart to turn cold.

“Big Brother, you’re really careful!”

A head popped out from behind Wang Zimin. It was Heiwa. His short figure was hiding behind Wang Zimin, so he couldn’t be seen from the front.

“Big Brother, come and accompany me…”

Swoosh!

Han Zhao grabbed the saber by the bed and threw it at Heiwa’s head.

Pfft!

Blood splattered as sharp weapons entered his flesh.

Heiwa retracted his head, and Wang Zimin’s body took the initiative to go up to him. He was stabbed by the saber.

“Big Brother is really ruthless!” Heiwa’s teasing voice sounded.

At the same time, his short figure expanded rapidly like a balloon. Soon, his shirt completely burst. A large amount of muscle growth piled up, and thick and black body hair covered his entire body. His head, which was less than a meter, instantly exceeded three meters. His entire body looked like a mountain of muscles.

“It’s not fun. I’m not playing anymore.”

Heiwa stretched out his fan-like hand, lifted Wang Zimin’s head, and pulled out the saber in his abdomen.

The saber that could originally be held by an adult with both hands was like a toy saber under his huge body. He casually threw it to the ground.

“I’m a little hungry!” Heiwa patted his stomach.

As he spoke, he raised his head and opened his mouth. The muscles on his face stretched in all directions like the mouth of a python. Under everyone’s terrified gazes, he swallowed Wang Zimin from his feet to his head.

During the swallowing process, one could even see the protrusion of Wang Zimin’s body at his throat.

The muscles in Heiwa’s throat kept squirming, and Wang Zimin’s body quickly disappeared.

However, his stomach did not look swollen at all.

“Who’s next?” Heiwa tilted his head and sucked his index finger, revealing an “innocent” expression.

The head of a doll grew on the three-meter-tall giant’s body, looking very strange.

Moreover, what he did was so ferocious and terrifying..