Chapter 261 You Are Not the Leader of the Village, Are You?

"Don't be afraid, old man!" Qin Yu stepped forward and said, "We are all disciples of Xuantian Sect. We are here to eradicate the stronghold and get rid of harm for the people."

"You must have been bullied by the stronghold on weekdays. You can choose not to say anything now, but you and your descendants will be bullied and plundered by the stronghold in the future."

"Think about it carefully!"

Qin Yu pulled Hao Ri and turned away.

"Wait, young heroes!" The old man's voice came from behind.

"Are you really here to help eradicate the stronghold?"

"Of course, otherwise why would I come all the way here to chat with you?"

The old man showed bitterness on his face and walked to the edge of the field and sat down.

"There is indeed a stronghold on the mountain to the west, called the Big Stronghold!"

"In the past, we kept to ourselves and farmed honestly. There was nothing good in the village, and people from the stronghold generally did not enter the village."

"As long as we hide our daughters, nothing will go wrong."

"But for some reason, the bandits suddenly came down the mountain a year ago, and our good days are gone."

"Why?" Qin Yu asked.

The old man's voice became choked: "A year ago, the robbers in the mountain village suddenly rushed into the village, burning, killing and looting, searching every house, and took away all the women under the age of 40 in the village."

"My son was hacked to death by the robbers to protect my daughter-in-law... woo woo woo..."

The old man suppressed the grief in his heart and said intermittently: "I only have a two-year-old grandson to depend on."

"It's outrageous!" Haori said angrily: "Why don't you report to the police?"

"I went!" The old man said bitterly: "Everyone who went disappeared, and no one came back."

"After that, the young people in the village began to die inexplicably, leaving only a group of us old people with half-grown children barely alive."

"Is there something strange?"

Qin Yu looked at Haori, Haori understood what Qin Yu meant, and shook his head slightly.

"This place is surrounded by mountains. There should be only a few ways out. As long as the robbers block those roads, no one can get out alive."

"The government probably didn't get the news here."

"No, you misunderstood me."

Qin Yu asked the old man: "Are there any young people in your village now?"

The old man shook his head bitterly, "No, not a single one."

"All dead?" Qin Yu took a breath, "Why did they die?"

"Some went out to report to the authorities and disappeared, some fell to death while hunting in the mountains, some were bitten to death by wild beasts, and some died of illness. The last three young people were killed by bandits who entered the village a month ago to protect us old people."

Qin Yu looked at Haori and said: "The villagers have lived here for generations, and it is impossible to If there are problems like falling off a cliff and hunting mistakes in a short period of time, it must be the bandits who are causing trouble. "

"I just can't figure it out."

"If the robbers are afraid that these people will report to the police, why don't they kill all the people in this village?"

"If they only kill the young and strong, the elderly may also go out to report to the police."

"If they want to keep the people in the village to work for them, then they will definitely not kill all the young and strong laborers and leave only the elderly and children."

"You know, it's not easy for these elderly people to support themselves, and they have no extra value at all."

"And now this group of bandits killed the most valuable young and strong, leaving a group of elderly and children."

"So, I think there is something fishy here."

"It makes sense." Hao Ri also noticed that something was wrong.

"Generally speaking, bandits will not attack nearby villages."

"Just like rabbits do not eat grass near their nests, bandits also need young and strong people in the mountain villages to replenish fresh blood."

"But these bandits are deliberately killing young and strong people, leaving only the elderly and children!"

"There must be something wrong when things are abnormal!"

At this moment, even the knowledgeable Hao Ri couldn't figure it out.

"Once the bandits are captured, we will know what their purpose is."

Qin Yu looked at the old man and asked, "Old man, how strong is the mountain stronghold, do you know?"

Qin Yu just wanted to give it a try, and did not expect the old man to really give an answer.

But he didn't expect the old man to nod.

"There are eight foundation-building stage and eleven Qi-refining stage in the mountain stronghold. Among them, the village owner is in the late foundation-building stage, and three deputy village owners are in the middle foundation-building stage!"

Hao Ri said disdainfully: "A mere late foundation-building dares to be so rampant, watch me kill them!"

The old man listened to this domineering voice, and his eyes suddenly flashed with hope.

"Young man, what realm are you in?"

"I... have reached the Great Perfection of Qi Refining Stage!"

Old man: "???"

"Ah? If I remember correctly, it seems that after Qi Refining Stage comes the Foundation Building Stage?"

"Yes, but what does this have to do with me destroying them?"

The light of hope in the old man's eyes gradually faded.

I thought I met a young man from the Jianghu, but I didn't expect to meet a fool.

"Young men, the owner of the mountain stronghold is cruel and ruthless, you should run away quickly!" The old man persuaded.

Although the old man also knew that these people would not be able to escape once they entered here.

But he still had a fluke, "If you can leave here, you must report to the police and avenge my son!"

"No need to report to the police, just wait and see, I will bring the head of the village chief to your door tonight."

"Go away, you brag!"

Qin Yu pushed Hao Ri aside and looked at the old man with a smile.

"Old man, you know a lot, you are not the... village chief!"