Jiang Ping'an picked up the cracked Treasure Basin and looked inside.
Inside, there was only the money and Spirit Stones he had put in.
"Where are the horses? Why did they suddenly disappear? Does the Treasure Basin like to eat horses?"
As he thought this, the Treasure Basin flashed with a green light again, and several dead horses appeared before him.
Jiang Ping'an was stunned, his little heart pounding wildly.
"Does the Treasure Basin also have the ability to store things?"
"Put the things away!"
As his voice rang out, the horses were collected inside.
"It really can store things!"
He tried with other items; it could store not only horses but also Spirit Stones, money, and branches!
He also experimented with mice and insects, but it didn't work. However, if he killed the mice and insects, they could be collected.
In other words, the Treasure Basin could store most non-living things!
Understanding this powerful function of the Treasure Basin, Jiang Ping'an was overjoyed.
From now on, he wouldn't have to worry about things being stolen, nor would he have to carry heavy packages. He could just put them in the Treasure Basin and carry them; it truly was a good treasure.
"Hehe~"
Jiang Ping'an was in a cheerful mood.
He touched the jade pendant at his waist, which was engraved with incomprehensible patterns and shimmered with a green light.
It was thanks to this amulet that he was able to kill these guys this time.
If not for the amulet's protection, even if he could kill those soldiers, he would definitely be injured.
The protective shield was struck several times, and a lot of energy in the jade pendant was consumed.
He must replenish it quickly later; this was a life-saving item.
Jiang Ping'an hummed a folk song and skipped back to the village.
In the next few days, a group of soldiers came to the village to investigate the missing soldiers.
Just as Jiang Ping'an had guessed, because he had killed everyone, the other party did not find him.
Who would have thought that a fourteen or fifteen-year-old child possessed the ability to kill ten soldiers?
When the soldiers arrived, Jiang Ping'an told them about the village, asking them to suppress the bandits and avenge the villagers.
However, the soldiers ignored him and turned to leave.
Although the soldiers didn't find him, Jiang Ping'an was not careless and remained very cautious.
Because he still had a group of enemies: the bandits.
He had accidentally let one escape before, and he didn't know when they would come for revenge.
Four days later, relying on the Spirit Stones he had duplicated these days, Jiang Ping'an successfully Breakthrough from Qi Cultivation second layer to Qi Cultivation third layer.
The next Breakthrough would require at least eighty Spirit Stones; the demand for Spirit Stones was increasing.
These four days, besides Cultivating, he practiced with his saber, familiarizing himself with how to wield it and how to fight.
He also didn't forget the amulet, injecting Spiritual Qi into the jade pendant every day to increase its energy.
Just like that, two more days passed, and trouble still came.
A large group of bandits surrounded the village from all directions.
"Second Boss, this is the place. Look, smoke is still coming from the chimney. Brother Leopard and Brother Dao died here."
A shifty-eyed bandit bowed and stood respectfully beside a burly, terrifying strongman over two meters tall.
The strongman held a wolf-tooth club thicker than a human leg, his expression ferocious.
"Daring to kill our King Mountain bandits is simply courting death! Everyone inside, come out and die!"
Jiang Ping'an, who was Cultivating in his room, slowly opened his eyes.
He had discovered this group of people even before they entered the village.
After Breakthrough to Qi Cultivation third layer, his five senses were enhanced, allowing him to hear and see things from afar.
He patted the Spirit Stone powder off his body and unhurriedly stood up and walked out.
Seeing that delicate, youthful face, both the strongman and the bandits were stunned.
"Are you messing with me? This kid can kill Little Leopard?"
The two-meter-tall strongman grabbed the shifty-eyed bandit and cursed angrily.
The shifty-eyed bandit was scared out of his wits, "Second Boss, it really was him! I saw him holding a saber and searching Brother Leopard's body for things!"
"Get out of here!"
The strongman, known as Second Boss, threw the man away and looked up at the young man again.
"Where are your adults! Tell them to get out here!"
He didn't believe that this young man had dealt with their five skilled men.
"It's just me at home." Jiang Ping'an's eyes were calm and indifferent.
The strongman frowned, "Then who killed our men?"
"I don't know. When I came back, your men were already dead at my doorstep," Jiang Ping'an lied.
"Damn it! What a wasted trip. Kill this kid and go rob other villages."
The strongman was extremely disappointed, cursed, and turned to leave, ordering his subordinates to deal with the young man.
Jiang Ping'an narrowed his eyes, clenched his fists, and prepared to act.
"Da da da ~"
Just then, urgent hoofbeats came from afar.
"Soldiers! Second Boss! There are soldiers!" a bandit shouted in terror.
"Run! Run quickly!"
A bandit was about to flee when an arrow pierced the Void Realm, instantly piercing through the bandit's head.
In just a short while, a large group of soldiers surrounded the area.
The bandits' faces changed drastically in fear, and they gripped their weapons tightly.
"Don't panic!"
The Second Boss was the calmest, his expression serene. He walked towards the soldiers, "Who is the leader?"
"Me!"
A burly soldier, riding a fiery red warhorse and clad in metal armor, stepped forward.
"So it's Captain Cui Xiao, long time no see." The Second Boss greeted the newcomer, clearly knowing him.
"You heartless bandits, how dare you appear openly! Men, prepare to kill the bandits!" Cui Xiao shouted.
"Captain Cui, don't be in such a hurry."
The Second Boss smiled, took a backpack from his back, and respectfully handed it over, "Here are today's spoils: three hundred taels of broken silver, some copper coins, and various jewelry."
A look of satisfaction appeared in Cui Xiao's eyes as he took the backpack and placed it on his horse's back.
"Get lost. Don't let me see you again next time."
"Thank you, Captain Cui, for your mercy. Let's go!" The Second Boss gave the order to his subordinates.
Although he was pained to lose the stolen silver, it was better than losing their lives.
"These bandits are the murderers who slaughtered our village! Are you just going to let them go?"
A still somewhat childish voice rang out.
Everyone looked at Jiang Ping'an in unison.
"Idiot."
The Second Boss contemptuously glanced at Jiang Ping'an and left with his men; the soldiers did not stop them.
Jiang Ping'an clenched his fists, staring intently at the large group of soldiers before him, shouting emotionally:
"You are soldiers, responsible for protecting the people! They are bandits, bandits who slaughtered our village! Why don't you kill them!"
It was only right and proper for the people to pay the soldiers and for the soldiers to protect the people, but these people didn't do so. Instead, they took the bandits' money and let them go!
Cui Xiao's expression was indifferent; he completely ignored Jiang Ping'an and said to his subordinates:
"Hurry up and harvest the grain in the rice fields. Everyone in this village is dead. Later, go to the county to get these lands registered under my name."
He had come today because he heard that everyone here had died and the farmland was due for harvest. These fertile fields couldn't be wasted; they were all money.
"Oh, by the way, this kid's family also has farmland. Deal with it. Otherwise, if one of these many fields isn't mine, it will make me very uncomfortable."
Cui Xiao spoke the most chilling words in the calmest tone.
"Hahaha~ I always believed that only a few soldiers forced my parents to their deaths. I always believed that bad people were only a minority. Hahaha~"
Jiang Ping'an laughed, crying as he laughed, his father's sense of justice collapsing around him.
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