My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 87 Willow Tree
Outside Daliushu Village, Ninglang County, Nanyang Prefecture.

In the evening, Kuituo, accompanied by more than a dozen burly men, swaggered to the village entrance.

"Master, what are we doing in this village?" asked a dark-faced man with a scar on his right cheek.

"Do nothing, just stay one night and leave." Kui Tuo stroked his full beard, looking puzzled.

He received orders from Zhang Ye, the head of the family, as soon as he woke up in the morning. He was to bring more than ten people to stay overnight in Daliushu Village.

They didn't mention killing anyone or demanding protection money; they just told him to be careful and pay attention to his safety. They gave him these instructions for half an hour before letting him leave.

He's still completely baffled.

"Is something going to happen to this village?" a long-faced man behind him asked worriedly.

"I heard that a lot of people died mysteriously at Tianqi Hall a couple of days ago."

"It's said they all went to some strange and unusual places."

Upon hearing this, everyone felt a chill run down their spines and stood at the crossroads, constantly peering into the village.

Under the big willow tree at the village entrance, five or six elderly people were leisurely gathered together, playing chess and chatting.

Seven or eight children with runny noses were playing around.

One of the children, wearing a patched shirt and with his bottom bare, walked to a small pile of soft mud, lifted the hem of his shirt, and urinated.

Before he had even finished urinating, a chubby little boy rushed over, grabbed a clod of wet mud from the ground, and ran off.

The little brat yelled at the chubby boy while he was peeing, "Goudan, come back quickly! That's not fully soaked yet, it's not set properly!"

Krito and the group of burly men: "..."

What could be so strange about this run-down village!

“Indeed, it’s not well-formed.” The scarred-faced man said with an air of experience.

Everyone immediately turned their attention to the scarred man, their gazes becoming increasingly strange.

"Was it really not watered thoroughly?" the big man asked, looking aggrieved.

Kuitu: "..."

What kind of contestant is this?! Why are you researching pee and mud for no reason?!

Seemingly noticing the commotion at the village entrance, the peeing boy stared blankly at the group.

Kui Tuo grinned at the child, his face covered in a thick beard, looking fierce and menacing, which immediately frightened the child into tears.

"Haha! Let's enter the village!"

……

"Have you come here, sirs? Is there something you need?" a gaunt old man at the village entrance asked, bowing respectfully.

"Just passing by," Quito said casually. "Where can we stay for the night?"

The old man chuckled and glanced at the wailing little boy: "No one in the village would dare to take you in."

Kui Tuo knew that his group looked menacing and that ordinary people would not dare to let them into their homes.

"Is there no inn in the village?" the scarred man asked.

"There's a small shop by the bridge on the east side of the village, but unfortunately it only sells food and drinks. If you want lodging, you'll have to spend the night at the local temple on the north side of the village," the old man said.

“Then let’s stay at the Earth God Temple,” Kuituo said casually.

He didn't care about the poor conditions; as long as he could make it to tomorrow morning, his mission would be complete, and he could rest for a while.

"Let's go eat first, it's on me!" Kui Tuo waved to his men.

"The leader is so generous!" More than a dozen subordinates cheered and jeering.

……

Fifteen minutes later, Krito arrived at the Earth God Temple with his men. His expression was somewhat displeased.

The only meal consisted of coarse-grain pancakes, mixed with grass roots.

There's no shortage of meat; an old sheep just died yesterday. Unfortunately, it wasn't prepared properly, and it was both tough and gamey.

Alcohol is like vinegar; it's so sour it makes your teeth fall out and completely disgusting.

Kui Tuo sighed, having missed Chen Xiao Ge for several days now...

The group ate very little before hurrying off to rest at the local earth god temple. The temple consisted of only one main hall, its walls peeling and dilapidated.

Fortunately, the ground was relatively clean. In the middle was a sculpture of a kind old man.

Kuituo arranged for a few people to find some dry grass to spread on the ground, and then had someone find firewood to light a campfire. He then arranged the order of the night watch. He went to the window at the entrance of the main hall and lay down comfortably on the newly laid dry grass.

I just wanted to rest my legs, but I ended up falling asleep while resting.

I slept for an unknown amount of time before being awakened by a burst of lively conversation.

When I opened my eyes, I saw a bonfire burning in the open space in the middle of the earth god temple.

A dozen or so burly men sat in a circle around the campfire. Someone seemed to have told a joke, and they were laughing heartily.

A skinned goat, skewered from head to tail, is being roasted over a fire, its golden-brown skin sizzling with oil.

"The leader is awake?" The long-faced man saw Kui Tuo sitting up and raised his hand to greet him.

"Almost done, Chief, come and have some." The scarred man held a small, curved knife about the length of his palm, making incisions on the roasted lamb and sprinkling on seasonings. An enticing aroma immediately filled the small earth god temple.

Beside the campfire beside Scarface, a pile of skeletons astonished Krito. Looking at the sheep skulls piled high on top, he couldn't help but laugh and curse, "You had food and didn't even call me?!"

"It's not my fault. They don't believe in my cooking skills and insist on tasting it for the leader first," the scarred-face rogue said with a smile, casually cutting off a piece of crispy-on-the-outside, tender-on-the-inside mutton from the lamb leg and handing it to the approaching Kuituo.

I hadn't eaten well to begin with, and now that I smelled the aroma of roast lamb, my stomach started growling uncontrollably.

"I didn't know you had this skill." The enticing aroma kept wafting into his nose. Kui Tuo looked on in astonishment.

"It's an ancestral method, please excuse my poor skills." Scarface chuckled.

Kuituo brought the meat to his nose again and smelled it, then couldn't help but exclaim, "It's almost as good as Brother Chen's cooking!"

He was about to put it in his mouth when he said that.

But then it suddenly stopped.

He took a closer sniff of the roasted lamb leg and exclaimed, "Why does it smell so much like Brother Chen's cooking?"

He had eaten Chen Mu's roasted lamb leg before. It was miles better than Sihailou. That's why he shamelessly went there to freeload again and again.

Since you're paying for food anyway, it's definitely more cost-effective to eat at Brother Chen's place.

But this is a dilapidated village on the outskirts of town. How could Brother Chen possibly come here to grill meat for him?
Thinking of this, my mind suddenly cleared. It was as if a blindfold had been suddenly lifted from my eyes. Only then did I feel something warming in my chest.

He suddenly remembered that he and his men had camped and barbecued more than once. But Scarface had never lifted a finger! How did he suddenly acquire such superb skills?
He looked up in confusion. He found that, without him noticing, more than a dozen of his men were all silently watching him with the same smiling expression.

"Master...eat." Scarface held up his small curved knife, his face all smiles and kindness.

Kui Tuo froze instantly, his scalp tingling.

The object on my chest suddenly became scalding hot, like a red-hot iron!
"I'm really holding my pee, you guys eat first, I'm going to relieve myself!" he said, rushing out of the earth god temple.

After running seven or eight meters, I couldn't help but look back.

He saw more than a dozen men standing side by side at the entrance of the local temple, staring at him expressionlessly.

Krito immediately got goosebumps.

That's fucking creepy!

Through the gap between the legs of the group, Krito once again saw the pile of bones by the campfire.

But what they discovered was that the smooth sheep's head was actually a bloody human head with a scarred face!
But when he looked again, the bones that had covered the ground had vanished!

"grass!"

Krito turned and ran!

……

Shanglinfang, Chen Residence.

Jie Jia slowly picked up a slice of tender boiled fish: "The protective aura is obtained by stimulating the bloodline."

"Invulnerable to swords and spears, indestructible. Apart from being difficult to control, it is even more resilient than armor."

Chen Mu drooled with envy.

His power is already so great that he is invulnerable to swords and spears, and his protective aura is even more powerful than armor?
Those born into prominent families are truly blessed with good fortune.

(End of this chapter)