I am about to die of old age, and I have awakened the character of longevity.

Chapter 66 Plum Blossom Monster, Die!
"Master, I've said everything I can. Now that the immortal treasure is in your hands, please let me go.

I swear, I will never tell anyone about what happened today. Besides, I haven’t even seen the master’s true face…”

The Plum Blossom Monster still had a lucky mentality.

If he saw Xie An's true face, he would definitely know that he had no way to survive.

The problem is that Xie An was masked from beginning to end.

This gave the Plum Blossom Monster a glimmer of hope to survive.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have revealed so much key information before.

In the eyes of the Plum Blossom Monster filled with pleading, Xie An's eyes gradually brightened, and he said something that made the Plum Blossom Monster collapse, "Killing you will be of greater use to me."

"The immortal treasure was lost right under Fang Baiyu's nose. Someone has to take the blame. Otherwise, Fang Baiyu will go around investigating and suppressing bandits, which will be troublesome... I just want to develop quietly."

While muttering, Xie An walked to Zhang Hengshui's body, picked up Zhang Hengshui's sword, and then returned to the Plum Blossom Monster.

hiss!
The Plum Blossom Monster sensed the cold murderous intent in Xie An and suddenly widened his eyes. His heart was pounding as he understood Xie An's plan:
What a vicious old thief!
He killed himself with Zhang Hengshui's knife, then hid Zhang Hengshui's body and put the blame of everything on Zhang Hengshui.

In this way, all the benefits were taken by this old thief, and Zhang Hengshui took the blame...

hateful!

I, the Plum Blossom Monster, was so wise all my life that I even tricked Fang Baiyu. But in the end, I was played around by a masked old thief.

The Plum Blossom Monster tried to struggle, but his limbs were pinned to the hard soil by the armor-piercing arrows, making him unable to move at all. He was extremely unwilling to accept this, knowing that he was doomed, so he gritted his teeth and stared at Xie An fiercely: "You...what's your name!?"

"Nobody."

Xie An uttered four words, then raised the knife high and pierced the chest of the Plum Blossom Monster bit by bit.

"what!!!"

The plum blossom monster let out a miserable cry.

Xie An freed one hand at this time, pulled out the arrow that was stuck in the Plum Blossom Monster and threw it on the ground. As soon as the Plum Blossom Monster regained his hands, he tightly grasped the tip of the knife, trying to push the broadsword out of his body.

But how could a seriously injured Plum Blossom Monster be as strong as Xie An?
puff.

After a struggle, the tip of the knife pierced the Plum Blossom Monster's chest, killing him completely.

When he died, his hands were still tightly gripping the tip of the knife, his eyes wide open, staring at Xie An, looking very scary.

"You, the Plum Blossom Monster, aren't some famous figure in the martial arts world. Killing you isn't something to be proud of. It's not even worth my while to announce my name." Xie An muttered to himself. If the world were to be compared to The Legend of the Condor Heroes, the Plum Blossom Monster wouldn't even be as good as the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan.

It would be interesting to kill someone of Mei Chaofeng's level and have him announce his name before he dies.

call!
Looking at the two bodies lying on the ground, Xie An felt very relieved.

"I've been practicing martial arts for almost a year, and to kill a plum blossom monster... I still need to shoot a few more arrows. I'm still not strong enough." Xie An sighed.

Although he said that, there was clearly a very happy smile on his face.

The plum blossom monster that had been fooling Chen Fu and Fang Baiyu was finally defeated by Xie An.

This is quite perverted!

This place wasn't too far from the Chen Mansion, so Fang Baiyu could find it by expanding his search area slightly. After all, this was one of the main passages from Shuideng Town to Dayin Mountain, so it wasn't difficult to find.

Xie An immediately fumbled around the body of the Plum Blossom Monster.

He took out forty taels of silver.

"It's not much, just make do with what you have."

Then, Xie An began to examine the scene carefully:
First, there were armor-piercing arrows scattered on the ground next to the Plum Blossom Monster. These arrows were military armor-piercing arrows that could be bought on the market, not specially made ones.

Secondly, Zhang Hengshui's broadsword was inserted into the chest of the Plum Blossom Monster. The Plum Blossom Monster held the tip of the sword tightly with both hands, as if he would never let go.

Combining these two points, we have a scene where Zhang Hengshui sneaks up on the Plum Blossom Monster with an arrow, then rushes up to fight the Plum Blossom Monster. In the end, the Plum Blossom Monster pulls out the arrow and fights Zhang Hengshui, but is defeated and dies.

This is also the reason why Xie An had to slowly stab the plum blossom monster to death and pull out the arrow so that the plum blossom monster could hold the tip of the knife tightly.

This phenomenon is called cadaveric spasm, a special form of rigor mortis: it occurs in the moments before death, when the muscles contract forcefully, rapidly forming rigor mortis, fixing the body in its last posture before death.

If you kill the Plum Blossom Monster and then fake the scene, you won't be able to cause rigor mortis.

If he could deceive Fang Baiyu, it would be a good thing. If he couldn't deceive Fang Baiyu, even if Fang Baiyu investigated, he wouldn't suspect him.

After confirming that there were no major mistakes, Xie An carried Zhang Hengshui's body away.

After running ten miles along the forest, Xie An stopped beside a deserted stream.

"The battle at the Chen Mansion is still going on. I have to dispose of the corpses and the magical treasures as soon as possible and rush back. Otherwise, if Master Wei Xiang discovers that I was absent, it will be difficult to explain."

How to deal with Zhang Hengshui's body became very important. Bury it?

There is a risk of being found.

It would be best to burn it. But burning a body... is a huge undertaking. It takes time to find dry firewood, and then wait for the fire to burn out. There's definitely not enough time.

Just then——

Ouch.

There was a sound of wild beast roaring.

Xie An looked back and saw pairs of green eyes appearing from the depths of the forest, staring at him fiercely.

Jackals, wolves, and leopards.

If Xie An had not had such extraordinary energy and blood at this moment, which had a deterrent effect on the beasts, I am afraid these beasts would have rushed up to eat Xie An.

"Yes, this is already at the foot of Dayin Mountain. There are many ferocious beasts on the mountain, and it is said that there are also evil spirits..." Xie An had an idea and immediately stripped off Zhang Hengshui's clothes and threw his naked body to the jackals and leopards in the distance.

"Eat it, eat it. It's best to eat it up completely, without leaving even a hair."

Ouch.

A group of wild beasts immediately rushed up to eat Zhang Hengshui's body.

Xie An breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Zhang Henshui's body quickly disintegrating and disappearing.

He began to think about how to deal with the clothes and the red cloth box left by Zhang Hengshui.

Although on-site burial is an option, there is still a risk of being found.

Although the probability is even smaller than winning the lottery, Xie An still feels that he should be cautious and it would be best to make this wooden box disappear completely!

I had neither a tinder nor a flint with me.

Finally, he found a piece of dry willow wood, split it in half, and then used a large knife to cut off a handful of sawdust. He spread the sawdust on the willow wood, found a hardwood stick, and placed it against the sawdust, rubbing the stick back and forth with both hands.

This is the most primitive method of making fire by drilling wood, which requires a high level of skill and strength. It is quite difficult for ordinary people to do it, but for Xie An, who can lift a thousand pounds with one arm, it is no problem.

As he rubbed it vigorously, the wooden stick began to rotate rapidly on the willow wood, and smoke came out in a short while. With more force, sparks appeared, and in a few seconds, flames shot out and ignited the wood chips.

"Those big wilderness survival streamers in my past life often failed at making fire by rubbing two sticks together. If I were to go back to the modern era and do wilderness live streaming, I'd be the biggest star at least, and there would be no place for Bear Grylls."

Xie An showed a satisfied smile and quickly added some dry firewood. When the fire gradually grew bigger, Xie An chopped the wooden box into pieces with a broadsword and threw Zhang Hengshui's clothes into the fire. In a few seconds, it was burned to ashes.

Xie An swept the charcoal ash into the stream with his feet.

The stream washed away everything, leaving no trace at all.

After completing all this, Xie An glanced into the distance and saw that Zhang Hengshui had been eaten up by jackals and leopards.

Only then did he leave with peace of mind.

……

The battle in the Chen Mansion Ancestral Hall compound finally ended.

Wei Dian, covered in blood, lay on the ground, sighing with sorrow.

After the tragic bloody battle just now, he had been stabbed more than a dozen times, his skin and flesh were torn and blood was gushing out. If he had not been "cowardly" enough and let others charge, he would have been dead by now.

Wei Dian looked at the corpses scattered around and felt a pang of fear in his heart.

The twelve powerful thieves were all killed, but Baiyutang also paid a heavy price, with many deacons killed and the incense master fallen.

Some died, some were disabled.

Extremely miserable.

Wei Dian knew very well that all this was just Fang Baiyu's selfish desire to obtain the fairy treasure.

They, the subordinates, are only paying for the hall master's desires with their own blood and lives.

Even though the incense masters and deacons were in such a miserable state at this moment, Fang Baiyu, the hall master, did not come to comfort them, but went to the backyard.

In the backyard, Fang Baiyu saw the dead Chen Da.

hiss!
Even Fang Baiyu, a giant, couldn't help but frown at this moment.

Chen Da... is actually dead.

And the fairy treasure... disappeared without a trace.

(End of this chapter)