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Chapter 10 Collecting Souls
Looking at the continuous flow of black spiritual power in the consciousness space, Wang Chao's smile flashed across his face before he withdrew his attention and returned to reality.

That spiritual power is indeed important.

However, now is not the time to study these things.

He glanced around at the crowd, met their gazes, and then looked back at the boy, letting out a soft sigh.

"Sigh~, I hope I won't be Wu Laogou's son in my next life, causing trouble in the village."

"What? No."

The boy was startled by what he heard and abruptly looked up at the dynasty.

However, the dynasty did not give him another chance to speak, and his long sword suddenly slashed diagonally.

"Pfft!"

Blood spurted from his neck. The boy, filled with despair, covered his wound with his hand, slowly collapsed to the ground, and after struggling a few times, he lost consciousness.

Previously, Wang Chao only wanted to stop Wang Dahu from continuing his madness.

So without much thought, he immediately took action to stop it.

It's not that they really forbade him from killing the boy.

Moreover, regardless of whether the boy had done anything wrong, his hatred for Wang Dahu and Wang Chao was undeniable, and Wang Chao would naturally not leave such a potential enemy alive.

As for the fact that he is just a teenager and Wang Chao possesses extraordinary abilities, there is no need to worry about him at all.
Haha, who can be sure what the future holds?

At least for now, the dynasty does not have the confidence to ignore everything.

Then he needs to act with caution.

Upon seeing the boy lying dead on the ground, everyone's expressions changed slightly, and they all looked at Wang Chao with a sense of awe, but then returned to normal.

Just as Wang Chao said, this boy is the son of Master Wu. They robbed Master Wu's house and even tried to kill him. Keeping this boy alive would only be a disaster.

As for how to be certain that the boy was Wu Yuanwai's son.

Ha, just three villages in total, such a tiny place.

The young man was not some pampered young lady who never left her home; everyone naturally recognized him.

After killing the boy, Wang Chao couldn't help but twitch his lips as he felt the waves of negative spiritual power surging wildly from the boy's body.

After a brief silence, Wang Chao wiped the bloodstains off his body, then sheathed his sword and was about to say something to Wang Dahu and the others.

However, Wang Chao's lips parted slightly, but then he abruptly stopped.

Within the field of mental perception, a double image suddenly appeared on the lifeless boy.

Before Wang Chao could fully sense it, the superimposed figure suddenly rose up and stood beside the boy's corpse, scattering specks of light.

At this moment, Wang Chao finally saw the figure clearly. It was the phantom of a boy, whose body was transparent and illusory, ethereal and scattered, and whose face was exactly the same as that of the dead boy.

"This is... a soul?!"

At this moment, Wang Chao was extremely surprised. So there really are souls in this world.

That's true. If this world has no soul, then how could he have traveled through time?
However, the boy's soul seemed somewhat dazed and blank, as if he had become mentally impaired.

After standing there in a daze for a moment, the boy's soul slowly turned to look at Wang Chao and the others.

In the next instant, as if stimulated by something, the boy's soul screamed silently and charged towards the dynasty.

Upon sensing this, Wang Chao was startled and prepared to dodge.

However, the two sides were already close, and the boy's soul was light and his speed was far beyond ordinary.

In the blink of an eye, he had already made contact with Wang Chao's body.

The next moment, before Wang Chao could react, the boy's soul, like other spiritual forces, suddenly entered his body and appeared abruptly in his consciousness space.

Wang Chao couldn't help but frown slightly, his expression shifting several times.

Before Wang Chao could fully process what was happening, Wang Dahu had already come up to him and patted him hard on the shoulder.

"You can't blame yourself for that. After all, he's Wu Laogou's son, and we have a blood feud with him. He can't be kept alive anyway."

"Yeah yeah!."

"That's right, Brother Wang, you can only blame him because he's Wu Laogou's son."

"Ah~?"

Hearing everyone's repeated words of comfort, Wang Chao was speechless. His change in expression just now was not because of killing the boy.

However, he didn't explain anything. He simply trapped the boy's soul in a corner of his consciousness space for the time being, then smiled at everyone to indicate that he was alright.

Subsequently, Wang Chao had the Wu family, along with their servants, gathered together.

Then they sent people to gather the surrounding farmers, or rather, the tenants.

His dynasty also had to learn from its "predecessors" and carry out a campaign to overthrow the local tyrants and distribute land.

As for whether it's suitable or not.

Hehe, anyway, he can't take it with him.

It would be better to distribute those fields, and even the wealth and food that cannot be taken away, in order to gain some good reputation.

After that, Wang Chao prepared to lead a group of people to collect the bodies of those who died in battle and to deal with the corpses of the Wu family guards who had been killed.

But just as everyone had taken two steps, they saw a woman dressed in fine silk robes suddenly rush out from around the corner, staring blankly at the dead boy.

After a long while, the woman's eyes reddened, and she staggered forward, embracing the boy's body and wailing loudly.

"My son, my son, you heartless robbers, he's still just a child!"

Seeing this, Wang Chao and the others couldn't help but frown slightly. Looking at the woman crying so pitifully, everyone turned to look at Wang Chao.

A mother who has lost her son always evokes sympathy.

Therefore, everyone looked at the dynasty.

Feeling the gazes of the crowd, Wang Chao frowned even more deeply. Were they asking him to make the decision?
Just then, Li Hu, who had been following behind Wang Dahu, suddenly stepped forward. After hesitating for a moment, he finally spoke to Wang Chao:

"Chief, we now have a blood feud; we cannot let him live."

Wang Chao glanced at him in surprise, a smile appearing on his face, and nodded slightly.

"Seeing her pitiful state, let's send her to reunite with her son."

"Yes!"

Li Hu readily agreed, picked up his blood-stained longsword, and walked towards the woman.

When Li Hu approached, the woman who had been crying her heart out finally came to her senses and looked at Li Hu with fear mixed with hatred.

"What are you doing? Don't come any closer! My son works in the county government; he won't let you get away with this!"

Unfortunately, Li Hu completely disregarded the woman's threats.

Even if they let her go now, Wu Yuanwai's son wouldn't be able to let go of his hatred for the destruction of his family.

That being the case, what else is there to say?

"Pfft!"

Upon approaching, Li Hu ignored the woman's threat and, without any expression, swung his sword, decisively killing her.

Seeing this, Wang Chao stepped forward and patted Li Hu on the shoulder.

Li Hu's blood-stained face twitched as he forced a smile.

Wang Chao's eyes swept over the woman, and through his spiritual perception, her soul slowly drifted out.

Originally, when he saw Li Hu, he was going to rush towards him.

However, at this moment, Wang Chao inadvertently shifted his body, and the woman's soul directly collided with him, instantly being absorbed into his consciousness space.

After this incident, Wang Chao continued to lead the group in collecting the bodies of the fallen.

Wherever the dynasty went, it would personally take action.

Upon witnessing Wang Chao's actions, everyone felt a surge of emotion.

Although it was a short time, Wang Chao had already accumulated enough prestige by leading the attack on Wu Family Village and taking the lead himself. Even if he didn't take action, no one would think there was anything wrong with it.

However, when it came to brothers who had died in battle, Wang Chao would always personally take charge and carefully check to see if anyone was still alive.

Surprisingly, the dynasty did discover some survivors.

One of them wasn't even injured in battle; he fainted from hunger and exhaustion, coupled with the mental stimulation of the fight.

If it weren't for the dynasty's careful inspection and the presence of its mental field sensing ability, it might have been dragged away and buried by someone else.

As for the Wu family guards, they were simply glanced at and sometimes even stabbed, with no intention of checking or treating them.

Thus, with both grace and authority, the people's gaze toward the dynasty became increasingly awe-inspiring.

In fact, dynasties did not actually practice benevolence to establish their authority.

Wang Chao simply wanted to check on the other dead after discovering that the boy's soul would appear after his death.

In this process, the attitudes toward one's own people and those toward the enemy are naturally two different ones.

As the dynasty had predicted, all the other dead also had souls formed.

However, apart from those recently killed, whose souls appeared relatively intact and possessed some instincts.

The souls of those who died young are incomplete, and even their most basic instincts are gone.

The first person to die didn't even have a soul; there was only a rapidly dissipating glimmer of light.

Sensing the souls, remnants, and lingering thoughts within the space of consciousness, after some contemplation and comparison, Wang Chao gradually came to understand.

In this world today, there is an immense power to suppress and erode extraordinary powers such as the soul and spirituality.

Once they leave the protection of their bodies, they will be quickly obliterated.

Only under his mental field of perception can these spiritual powers of the soul exist for a relatively long period of time.

But in the end, it will be erased.

After collecting the last corpse, Wang Chao arrived at an open space in front of the Wu family compound.

At this moment, the tenant farmers and peasants who were able to move had been gathered together by the crowd. They looked at Wang Chao and the others who walked out with numb expressions, yet with a hint of hidden expectation.

Stepping onto a makeshift wooden platform, Wang Chao looked down at the emaciated crowd below, their expressions blank and numb, and couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

This is only the beginning of the disaster. If more time passes, it's hard to say how many of these people will survive.

It seems that the scene of people eating each other is really about to unfold.

Moreover, even without a dynasty, people driven to the extreme will still storm Wu Family Village, right?

Sometimes, people will do anything to survive.

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