AWB Chapter 137 There wasn't even time to mourn the passing of the Ancestor.
Chapter 137 There wasn't even time to mourn the passing of the Ancestor.
The giant deer, resembling a skeleton, turned around, and the other pests followed behind it. The giant deer's pace quickened, and it gradually began to run, with the pests following behind it like a wave, rushing in one direction.
"Thank you!" Su Ping said, pointing to the back of Lin Fan's head.
Lin Fan turned his head and shook his head. "I'm not here to save you. But there is something I don't know if you can help me with. After tonight, the Li family will be in turmoil and won't have time to care about you for a while. You should leave here. Before you leave, call your companions and go check on the Lin family members. If they can still walk, take them with you."
Su Ping looked at Lin Fan with some surprise, "How did my benefactor know that most of them have the surname Lin?"
Lin Fan's head floated in the air, his eyes looking into the darkness, "Because I also have the surname Lin."
Su Ping opened his mouth, paused for a moment, and squeezed out a few words, "I'm sorry..."
The thought of pointing at this person and saying that he was the one who killed so many of them, calling him a bad person, sent waves of nausea through Su Ping's stomach. Because he was clearly the villain who tormented the Lin family every day.
Lin Fan suddenly reached out a hand and patted Su Ping on the shoulder, saying, "Don't think too much. In this world, not many people can resist going with the flow."
Su Ping's breathing quickened, his face flushed, and his eyes gradually hardened. "No, Brother Lin. Many of the wetland people who were captured like me refused to be the adults' lackeys. They resisted until their last breath. Not everyone is like us, living a life of ignominy."
Lin Fan was taken aback when he heard him say something like that.
Su Ping finally dared to look up at Lin Fan's head, which was floating in the air, and stared into his eyes as he said, "Brother Lin, don't worry. I will go and persuade my companions, even at the cost of my life, to take the Lin family members who are still able to move with them."
After saying this, Su Ping cupped his hands in a respectful gesture to Lin Fan, then turned and left.
……
Huffing and puffing.
Dr. Lei was sleeping sprawled out in the carriage, snoring loudly.
Snapped.
In his sleep, he suddenly felt a pain in his cheek, covered his face, and sat up abruptly. "Wife! I was wrong, I will never do it again!"
When he opened his eyes, they were bloodshot. He looked vaguely at the dark carriage and sighed.
"Doctor, how can you sleep at your age!"
"Huh?" Doctor Lei then noticed Lin Fan's head floating in the air.
"Xian, Xian-brother? What happened to you? Have you become a ghost?" Doctor Lei's voice trembled.
Lin Fan quickly lifted the invisibility cloth, then immediately closed it again, indicating that his body was still intact. "To make a long story short, I am Lin Fan's clone; my main body should be fine for now. Didn't I send Chen Ergou to find you earlier?"
Dr. Lei stroked his beard, his memory returning. "Oh, right, Er Gou woke me up once, I think he said something, but I don't remember. Then, uh... I fell asleep again."
Lin Fan's face was as white as paper, his skin sagging as if he were about to collapse at any moment. "I don't have time, Dr. Lei, please, take Xiao Yi with you to the wetlands to wait for the main body. If the main body escapes, its condition probably won't be good. Please!"
After Lin Fan finished speaking, he melted away like ice water, quickly turning into a pool of blood.
Doctor Lei hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward and lifted the concealment cloth, revealing only a single finger. "Wow, what kind of magic trick is this, my brother? It's amazing!"
Doctor Lei rewrapped his finger with the concealing cloth and tucked it into his pocket. He jumped off the carriage and kicked Chen Ergou, who was sleeping against it, "Ergou, get up!"
Roar!
Seeing the chaotic state of the Li family mansion, Niu Dadan knew that the opportunity Lin Fan had mentioned had arrived.
"A beast tide?" Niu Dadan looked at everything outside the prison door with a puzzled expression.
The deformed beasts roamed freely in the spacious courtyard, engaging in a chaotic battle with the Li family.
What exactly happened? Wasn't Brother Lin arrested? And these scourges have been suppressed by the ancestor's black dragon for years, so how did they suddenly go berserk?
Niu Dadan's mind was in complete chaos. He was not good at thinking to begin with, and now he only felt his head getting slightly hot.
"Never mind!"
Niu Dadan decided to take action, and he bit down on the blood pill he had been holding in his mouth.
Two jet-black horns sprouted from Niu Dadan's head, and he instantly grew several feet taller. His nose was moist, and his nostrils were exposed, constantly exhaling hot breath. The bindings on his body were instantly stretched to bursting.
The hand, like a bull's hoof, ripped open the dilapidated prison door.
Outside, chaos reigned, and no one paid any attention to Niu Dadan. Not to mention that most of the Li family members outside had transformed into humanoid beasts and were fighting with other beasts.
This upright minotaur was inconspicuous among the monsters and demons in the area.
A small canine beast, having just killed its opponent, bared its teeth at Niu Dadan.
Niu Dadan frowned; he didn't really want to fight the other party.
The little dog hesitated for a moment, sniffed Niu Dadan, and then turned and left to find other members of the Li family.
Niu Dadan breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that his past interactions with these harmful beasts and his crazy act of burning down their enclosure to rescue them had not been forgotten.
Finally, a member of the Li family noticed Niu Dadan, who was not being attacked by the beasts. A wolf-like, two-legged beast charged over, brandishing a sword.
Niu Dadan casually tossed him away, then weighed the heavy iron sword that had landed in his hand. The seven-foot-long double-edged sword was still somewhat easy to handle.
Lin Fan's cell door was as fragile as paper, easily torn open. Niu Dadan, being a member of the Li family, was imprisoned in a much better place than Lin Fan.
Lin Fan, bleeding from all seven orifices, forced a smile at Niu Dadan.
"Brother Lin, you're just staying in jail, how did you end up making things even worse?"
As Niu Dadan spoke, he clumsily untied the ropes binding Lin Fan with his large, hoof-like hands.
Lin Fan's eyes regained their light as he looked at Niu Dadan, "Old Niu, when did you arrive?"
Niu Dadan was stunned. Wasn't he just smiling at me? What's wrong with him? Has he lost his mind?
However, Niu Dadan often saw Lin Fan talking to thin air, so he wasn't surprised and casually said, "Just arrived, just arrived, I haven't seen anything."
Lin Fan wiped the blood from his face, and just as he was about to stand up, he swayed twice and fell down again.
His head felt like it had been smashed by a sledgehammer, his brains felt like they had been churned up by a blender, and his whole body ached. If it weren't for the Soul-Suppressing Pearl temporarily suppressing the pain, he probably would have passed out immediately.
Right, how long have I been using the Soul-Suppressing Pearl? If I don't remove it soon, it'll cause trouble. But fainting from the pain in my current state would also be a problem. If only I had that gray pill right now. Doctor Lei's words sounded nice, but he can't follow me everywhere. Lin Fan still wanted to get that pill back. Side effects aside, it could truly save his life in a critical moment.
Just as Lin Fan was struggling with his decision, Niu Dadan took out a golden pill and handed it to him, saying, "Brother Lin, you are more seriously injured, so take this first."
"what is this?"
"Spirit Beast Blood Pill, but it's a rather special kind. It won't allow you to transform into a beast, but it also doesn't have any bloodline requirements; anyone can use it. If you're injured, it can heal wounds and replenish deficiencies. Healthy people can use it to strengthen their bodies. Each person can only use one pill..."
Before he could finish his rambling, Lin Fan swallowed the yellow pill. Now, there was no need to worry about side effects.
After finishing his meal, Lin Fan felt hot all over and his face flushed. "Ah, ahh," he kept panting, as if he was in great discomfort.
Fortunately, Lin Fan's wounds were healing visibly, much faster than any magic pill. However, Lin Fan felt like he had a high fever, his head was spinning and then throbbing, and the veins on his head were bulging as if they were about to burst.
Taking advantage of the moment, Lin Fan reached down to his crotch, and Niu Dadan quickly turned his back. Lin Fan then took out the Soul-Suppressing Pearl and temporarily placed it aside.
"Aaaaaah!" The pain that had been temporarily suppressed suddenly erupted. Lin Fan screamed and writhed on the ground like a maggot. His newly healed wounds were torn open again, and blood gushed out.
"Ah, I'm going to die, no, ah, it hurts so much! Damn the Li family, I'll kill you all! Ahhh..."
Lin Fan shouted for a while and finally calmed down. His clothes were stained red with blood, but he looked much better than before, and the bleeding had stopped.
I raised my hand and looked at it. A long growth of flesh had grown on the side of my missing little finger. It seemed that the bone wouldn't grow back, and it looked strange.
Niu Dadan glanced at Lin Fan's fingers and asked, "Can Doctor Lei cure this?"
"Do you think he's a god? If I still had that finger, maybe I could be saved. I don't want to think about it anymore, I need to take this opportunity to escape."
As soon as Lin Fan stood up, he felt dizzy again. He felt very hot, as if he had a fever of over 40 degrees Celsius, and he couldn't muster any strength.
Without even thinking about his physical condition, Lin Fan picked up the Soul-Suppressing Pearl from the ground and swallowed it. A gentle breeze blew into his mind, and he felt much more comfortable.
The two rushed out of the simple stable together, and Niu Dadan casually tore off a piece of clothing belonging to the Li family and handed it to Lin Fan to change into.
After changing into a black outfit, Lin Fan finally looked less broken. Apart from the bloodstains on his face that hadn't been wiped clean, he was barely presentable.
With his tall and upright figure, mature and steady face, and the large scar on his face, Niu Dadan couldn't help but say, "Brother Lin, you really do look like a member of the Li family now."
Lin Fan was taken aback. He hadn't yet shaken off the image of the Li family's rough farm clothes and their playful beast-taming techniques. Looking at his black clothes, he muttered, "So this is what the Li family is like now."
The mysterious realm is, after all, just an illusion; what happens inside seems to have no impact on reality whatsoever.
Niu Dadan, with his tall and imposing figure, bowed to Lin Fan. "Many thanks to Brother Lin for his righteous help this time. I will remember it. I suspect Ruolan might be in the Li family, and I would like to take this opportunity to go and look for her again."
Lin Fan looked up at the crescent moon hanging in the sky and said, "I also need to go find some things. We'll meet here when the moon is high in the sky and leave together. If I'm late, don't wait for me. If you're late, I won't wait for you either. Also, do you know where the Li family patriarch lives?"
Niu Dadan frowned slightly. No matter what the situation, the ancestor was always the most dangerous. "Brother Lin, even without the Black Dragon by his side, the ancestor is probably not easy to deal with."
Lin Fan shook his head. "I reckon he's already dead, otherwise these pests wouldn't have come here."
Niu Dadan felt as if he had been hit on the head with a heavy hammer. He realized that there was something wrong with the black dragon, otherwise the beast would not dare to leave its cage. But he never expected that the problem was because the ancestor had died.
Niu Dadan didn't believe it, but he didn't necessarily want to stop Lin Fan. Brother Lin always had his own plans, so he pointed him in a direction, and then the two of them headed towards their goal.
After being simply tidied up, Li Youtian was placed on his bed. The old man, dressed in his burial clothes, lost his life, and his once full cheeks quickly became withered.
Before the Li family could even mourn their ancestor's passing, and before the messenger to announce the death could even set off, a pack of monstrous beasts rushed in.
The guards at the gate stood solemnly, protecting the symbol of the Li family inside. Fortunately, the beasts, driven by instinctive fear, did not approach.
One of the Li family guards sighed, about to say something to the person next to him to ease his nerves, which were on the verge of breaking down.
Swish!
A dark red scythe tore through the paper window, spinning like a dark red moon as it flew past him.
The Li family guard reacted quickly, taking a step back. Only a small, finger-length cut appeared on his face.
He had just breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the world before him turn dark red, as a sea of blood surged down, engulfing everything.
When he opened his eyes again, he had turned into a bright red fruit.
Bang!
Crushed and dripping into the soil, the deformed and twisted Crane Spirit Trees, resembling painfully wailing humans, burrowed into the soil to absorb its flesh and blood, rapidly growing taller.
"what!"
He only uttered a single cry, and the scene before him receded like the tide; everything that had just happened was merely a fleeting illusion, yet it still sent a chill down his spine. Before him stood the familiar stone slabs.
He felt a wave of dizziness and fell headfirst to the ground. He barely managed to lift his head and look around. The guards with him were all lying sprawled out in various undignified positions.
Only one member of the 'Li family', wielding a dark red scythe, walked past them and pushed open the door to the patriarch's room.
The guard didn't dare breathe, afraid the man would discover he was awake and confirm he had indeed entered the house. He immediately crawled on all fours towards the courtyard. He needed to find someone—anyone—to report to an elder about what had just happened: a suspicious person had entered the patriarch's room!
Lin Fan sensed the emotions of the awakened guard even outside the house. Not only him, but many guards were waking up one after another. The red sickle was still too weak for these people who possessed some level of cultivation; as a farming tool, its killing efficiency was rather low.
Therefore, the most urgent task is to find other things.
Sure enough, Li Youtian had placed Liu Feng's belongings in his room in a conspicuous spot, and Lin Fan immediately retrieved his black knife and the porcelain bottle containing the "power pills," along with some silver and other miscellaneous items.
Lin Fan tied the black knife sheath to his waist and sheathed the knife.
Take out a powerful pill and swallow it.
Pushing open the door, one sees Li Quwan and many members of the Li family dressed in black surrounding the house.