Chapter 244: Greed Harm People, Snake’s Wrath!_1
Woodcutter Shi Lei was the first person Su Mu met in this dungeon world.
When they first met, he was in his early thirties and was considered young and strong.
Now that eleven or twelve years had passed, Shi Lei, who was not yet forty-five years old, was already a little hunched. His face was also filled with wrinkles left behind by the wind and frost.
People would believe that he was sixty years old.
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On this day, Shi Lei and Shi Zhu from the same village went to the county to sell firewood.
After selling them, the two of them bought some things and then prepared to return to the village together.
However, when he reached the city gate, he saw a large group of people gathered there, as if they were reading some notice.
Seeing this, Shi Zhu became interested and said to Shi Lei,”
“Brother Leizi, let’s go and see what’s going on over there. It’s quite lively!”
Shi Lei was in his early thirties, full of energy and curiosity.
“Don’t. It’s almost dark. Let’s go back as soon as possible. Be careful not to encounter ferocious beasts at night.”
“Ah, just one look, just one look is enough! It’ll be quick.”
Shi Lei was somewhat unwilling, but under the pull of the stone pillar, he could only follow.
“The Seventh Princess is seriously ill and needs a great medicine. She was rewarded with a reward of 100,000 taels and was granted the title of Marquis of Ten Thousand Families! A reward of ten thousand for providing reliable clues, and the title of Marquis of Thousand Households!”
“This is a great medicine. A thousand-year-old snake demon’s snake gallbladder?”
When he saw the words on the notice, the stone pillar’s heart began to beat rapidly.
His blood surged, and his face turned red. He was so excited that he almost jumped up!
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“Brother Lei Zi, is the mountain god on the mountain near us a thousand-year-old snake demon?”
Shi Zhu tried his best to suppress his excitement and asked Shi Lei in a voice that only the two of them could hear.
Shi Lei did not expect the notice at the city gate to be this.
He was slightly stunned, and a greedy look flashed in his eyes.
But soon, Shi Lei calmed down.
He grabbed the stone pillar’s hand and forcefully dragged him out of the crowd. When there was no one around, he shouted in a low voice with a serious expression,
“Zhu Zi, don’t let your imagination run wild. That’s the Mountain God!”
Hearing this, the stone pillar anxiously roared,”
“Brother Lei Zi, the reward is ten thousand taels! A Thousand Households Marquis!”
“The two of us will split the credit equally, and we will be able to enjoy endless glory and wealth for the rest of our lives!”
“We get up early every day to chop wood. What are we doing? He wouldn’t be able to earn much in his lifetime!
The stone pillar was extremely anxious. His face was as red as a piece of iron that was about to melt, and his voice was trembling.
“Pa!”
Upon hearing this, Shi Lei finally couldn’t hold it in anymore. He raised his hand and gave him a tight slap.
” Zhu Zi, have you forgotten?!””
“There was once when you were chased by a wild wolf and almost got eaten. In the end, it was the mountain god who saved you!”
“If you use this method to exchange for glory and wealth, aren’t you afraid of being punished by the heavens? Will you be at ease for the rest of your life?”
Shi Lei’s slap stunned the stone pillar.
He was stunned for a few seconds, then lowered his head and said timidly,
“I’m sorry, Brother Lei Zi. I, I…”
Seeing that the stone pillar seemed to have admitted his mistake, Shi Lei sighed and patted his shoulder to comfort him,
“I understand, I understand.”
“In this world, how many people don’t want glory and wealth?”
“But not everyone has such a fate. It’s not bad to be ordinary. At least you don’t betray your conscience and can live a stable life.”
“In a few days, it will be my grandson’s one-month-old birthday. Remember to come and have a drink. Ah!”
Thinking of his newborn grandson, Shi Lei couldn’t help but smile.
However, at this moment, the stone pillar suddenly raised its head. The axe in its hand that it had obtained at some point in time ruthlessly chopped down on Shi Lei’s head!
The stone pillar had been chopping firewood for twenty years, and it was unknown how many times it had swung its axe.
It was his first time killing someone, but he felt that it was much easier than chopping firewood.
Shi Lei screamed as his head was split open and blood splattered everywhere.
He instantly lost all his strength, so weak that he twitched on the ground from time to time.
Shi Lei’s eyes, which were covered in blood, were filled with disbelief.
He had never expected that this village friend whom he had watched grow up and brought to chop firewood with him would actually kill him!
Was greed really that terrifying?
Before he died, Shi Lei could vaguely hear the stone pillar murmuring.
“I’m sorry…I’m sorry…”
“But I don’t want to be a woodcutter forever. I don’t want to chop wood anymore!”
“I swear, this is the last axe I will swing in this life.”
“Brother Leizi, I’m sorry.”
” I want to be a Thousand Households Marquis!!!”
After saying that, the woodcutter who had chopped firewood for his entire life stumbled towards the government office with his bloody axe.
Excitement, guilt, fear, all kinds of emotions filled the stone pillar’s head, causing him to lose the ability to think for a moment. He walked forward like a zombie.
However, before he could even reach the halfway point, he was captured and escorted to the government.
Fortunately, their destination was the same.
After seeing the official, the stone pillar shouted with all its might.
“I know where there is a thousand-year snake demon!”
Hearing this, the county magistrate was stunned for a moment before being overjoyed.
“Hurry up! Quickly tell me what happened!”
The county magistrate helped the kneeling stone pillar up and asked anxiously.
“My name is Shi Zhu, I live…”
A storm began.
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A few days later, several villages at the foot of the nameless hill held a sacrificial ceremony to worship the two mountain gods.
Just like in the past few years, only one of the two Mountain Gods had come.
However, this time, the villagers were no longer panicking. Everything went according to plan.
On the other side, while the bear demon left, a group of people quietly came to the mountain.