An alchemy furnace fell from the sky

Chapter 582 Plan

"Slay her with your sword, and you'll be rewarded with a hundred gold pieces!"

"Whoever kills this woman will be the sixth leader!"

"Whoever has the ability to capture her alive will be rewarded with her as his wife!"

The second-in-command, Yu Hai, gave three consecutive orders, which excited all the bandits. They rushed towards Li Wuji with shouts of excitement.

"Second Master, this..."

Hou Liang, standing to the side, was very puzzled. Just now at Tianlong Hall, he had clearly opposed being enemies with this female cultivator. Why did he suddenly change his mind?

"If I were to cower like a coward, wouldn't my brothers look down on me? A man should live to fight and avenge himself! A severed head is just a scar the size of a bowl; in eighteen years, I'll be a hero again..."

Yu Hai spoke with great bravado, and before Hou Liang could even process what he was saying, Yu Dajiang suddenly let out a roar and charged forward with the others.

"The boss! The boss..."

Seeing this, Hou Liang hurriedly tried to stop Yu Dajiang. At this time, if something happened to the leader, wouldn't the stronghold be "leaderless"?

But as soon as Hou Liang cried out, a large hand grabbed his arm.

"Second Master, what are you doing...?"

Hou Liang didn't understand why Yu Hai was stopping him.

"Go and fetch that treasure."

Hou Liang was taken aback by Yu Hai's words. He then glanced at Yu Dajiang with concern before turning around and entering Tianlong Hall.

In just over ten breaths, Hou Liang ran out carrying a large, dark brown crossbow.

At this moment, Li Wuji had already engaged in combat with Xu Damang's group of men.

Hou Liang was about to walk forward with the large crossbow in his arms when he was stopped by that big hand.

"Second-in-command!"

Hou Liang shouted it out loud.

"No rush!" Yu Hai said coldly, his eyes fixed on the battle.

"Aren't you in a hurry? The chief has already..."

As Hou Liang spoke, he suddenly realized something. Recalling Yu Hai's inspiring words, he immediately thought of a possibility.

"follow me!"

Yu Hai didn't see Hou Liang's drastic change in expression. He called out and led Hou Liang around to the side.

After the two men circled around and hid, Hou Liang glanced at them and found that more than a dozen of his brothers were already lying on the ground.

Even so, Yu Hai still wouldn't let Hou Liang shoot that arrow.

"You must be wondering, why did I change my mind when I previously opposed fighting?"

Yu Hai noticed the suspicion in Hou Liang's eyes and immediately began to explain in a low voice without hiding anything.

"This battle will inevitably result in many deaths and injuries, and someone needs to take responsibility!"

Yu Hai's words made Hou Liang realize his mistake.

"Xu Damang?"

Hou Liang immediately thought of the fourth leader, who had always advocated fighting that female cultivator to the death.

Yu Hai nodded slightly and continued, "Regardless of victory or defeat, Xu Damang cannot escape his guilt. After this battle, I will expel him from Yaqingshan."

"And then?" Hou Liang's eyes lit up when he heard that Xu Damang was to be driven away. Of all the people in the Dragon Snake Village, Xu Damang was the one he hated the most.

This Xu fellow, relying on his martial arts skills and the help of his brothers, has never taken him, the third leader, seriously. He has been swallowing his anger for a long time! He would be more than happy to get rid of Xu Damang.

"Xu Ermang is now a cripple, so there's no need to say more. As for Yu Dajiang, he's just a brute who acts tough and violent. How can he be considered a leader?"

Yu Hai's words made Hou Liang completely understand that this second-in-command was planning to "use someone else's knife to kill someone"!

Hou Liang felt a chill run down his spine. Everyone else had been outmaneuvered by Yu Hai, so what about him, the third-in-command...?

"Don't worry, from now on you'll be the second-in-command of Dragon Snake Stronghold! We'll share the elixir!"

Yu Hai made no secret of his ambition, and his words also revealed his trust in Hou Liang.

"Then thank you in advance, Boss!"

Hou Liang immediately expressed his opinion, which greatly pleased Yu Hai.

The two continued to observe the battle from the shadows.

As Yu Hai predicted, the people of Dragon Snake Village suffered heavy losses. After all, their opponent was a cultivator, and even without using magic, he was not someone that ordinary people could contend with.

"Boss, with so many brothers lost, what will become of Dragon Snake Stronghold?"

Hou Liang was a little worried about the future prospects of Longshe Village.

"They're all a bunch of idiots! If they're dead, they're dead. We can just confess again," Yu Hai said casually, clearly not taking the lives of his "brothers" from Dragon Snake Village seriously.

"When the time is right, that is, when Dajiang is dead, you release the arrow, and then... uh!"

Yu Hai stared at the fighting crowd, but before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by a sharp pain.

An arrow emerged from his chest, and blood gathered into a thin stream, dripping down the arrowhead.

He recognized the arrow; it was from that large crossbow!

"you……"

Yu Hai never imagined that Hou Liang, who had always been so timid and submissive, would dare to kill him!

Yu Hai turned around with difficulty, wanting to say something, but it seemed as if all his strength had been drained, and his mouth wouldn't obey him.

"I don't want to end up like them! And..."

Hou Liang held the crossbow upside down, revealing a very sincere smile.

"I want to be the boss too!"

Hou Liang took two steps forward, grabbed the half of the crossbow bolt protruding from Yu Hai's chest, and pulled it out forcefully. Blood immediately gushed out along with the bolt.

Yu Hai fell to the ground, his eyes wide open in death.

Hou Liang smiled coldly, wiped the blood off the crossbow bolts from Yu Hai's body, and then nocked the bolts back onto the crossbow.

"Stop it all!"

Hou Liang had just stood up when he suddenly heard Yu Dajiang shout.

He quickly leaned over to look and saw that everyone had stopped.

At this moment, only half of the people from Dragon Snake Village were still able to stand up. They were all panting heavily, staring intently at the female cultivator and the boy who had come with her.

"Young hero, how have you been?" Yu Dajiang suddenly called out, implying that he knew the young man.

Previously, everyone was focused on the female cultivator, but now they realized that this young man was also quite remarkable. Despite having just experienced a "great battle," he had no wounds on his body, and his clothes weren't even wrinkled.

"Thanks to the great leader, we were spared from being fed to the fish," Xu Fu replied with a smile.

"Young hero, you jest! I remember you overpowered all the heroes and became the son-in-law of the Shi family, so this must be the Shi family's daughter!"

Yu Dajiang was extremely relieved that the female cultivator hadn't been hurt. If he had offended the Shi family, they could have easily sent a master to raze the entire Dragon Snake Village to the ground.

"The son-in-law of the Shi family?"

Upon hearing this, Li Wuji raised an eyebrow and turned to look at Xu Fu.

"That's not true! Don't listen to his nonsense!" Xu Fu hurriedly explained. He had forgotten about this incident. If he had known that Yu Dajiang was so foul-mouthed, he would have knocked him out first.

"Young hero, why didn't you tell me you were bringing Miss Shi out for fun? I could have been your host! It's like the flood washed away the Dragon King's temple!"

Yu Dajiang shamelessly called himself "brother," and then called on the remaining people to clean up the mess. He then very politely invited "Miss Shi" to Tianlong Hall for tea.

"Let's forget about it, we..."

"You know what, I'm actually a little thirsty."

Xu Fu was about to refuse, but Li Wuji beat him to it and agreed.

The "great enemy" suddenly became the "honored guest" of the boss, which caught many people off guard, but no one voiced any objection.

After all, they had fought for so long without even managing to hurt the other person in the slightest; even a fool would know they had encountered a master.

These bandits and river pirates may not be good at much else, but they are very aware of the importance of self-preservation.