Tomb raiding: Intercepting Yin Xinyue and building a family of immortals

Chapter 436, Part 2: A Good Job as Head of the Household

The cold wind howled through the branches, and a few snowflakes fell with the wind, landing on Tang Ping's face.

He never imagined that one day he would run into a powerful outsider on his own turf.

His heart was colder than that of the three northeastern provinces today.

Upon hearing Su Chen's words, he stood up shakily and looked at him, asking a question.

"You...you're going to let me go?"

"If the wound on your wrist isn't bandaged soon, it could be fatal."

Su Chen glanced at him and spoke coldly.

This is his attitude.

Seeing this, Tang Ping endured the pain and tore off a piece of his clothes, tightly binding his remaining half of his hand. He then clasped his hands in a fist salute, mounted his horse, and rode away, disappearing into the wind and snow.

After watching him leave, Su Chen slowly went to help the village chief up.

"Village chief, don't worry, the problem has been solved."

"A sin!"

The village chief looked in the direction Tang Ping had left, slapped his thigh, and burst into tears.

"Good heavens, you might as well kill us."

"What do you mean?"

Su Chen was puzzled. The villagers around him didn't look at him well, as if they were blaming him for everything, which left Su Chen confused.

I don't quite understand these people's behavior.

“If you let him go today, he will come back tomorrow and cover the sky, and we will all die.”

The bandits were fierce and vengeful.

He suffered a great loss in Liujia Village today. Next time he comes, it won't just be him who dies.

Instead, they will all die.

Su Chen then realized that he was blaming himself for not eliminating the problem completely.

Even if Tang Ping were killed here, it would be the same; the death of the bandits could not be concealed at all, and they simply stopped trying to hide it altogether.

Su Chen understood the village chief's meaning and didn't waste any more words. He spoke to Partridge Whistle.

"Let's go, let's silence them."

In the mountains after a heavy snowfall, these hoofprints are an inescapable clue.

Watching Su Chen and the others leave along the route Tang Ping had taken, the village chief's smile faded.

Only at this moment did he truly realize that his guess was correct.

Standing before him were never ordinary people, but beings far more ferocious than bandits.

Thinking about what he had just done, he felt his legs go weak.

The village is doomed.

……

Niuti Ridge gets its name from its shape, which resembles a cow's hoof and has a deep crack.

This place is full of mountains, and even if you know it's a territory that blocks out the sky, ordinary people simply can't find its trace.

When Tang Ping returned covered in blood, the hundred or so bandits in the mountains were dumbfounded; they had never seen anything like it before.

They were called bandits, but to put it bluntly, they were just a group of bandits who occupied the mountains.

Zhetian was known for his domineering nature within a hundred miles, and no one had ever dared to go against him. Even other notorious bandits didn't have the guts.

What is happening right under his nose is nothing short of a provocation against him, to be precise, a provocation against him.

Seeing this scene before him, how could he continue to endure it?

When someone was treating the pain in his wounds, he asked aloud.

"Who did it?"

"A group of outsiders, but they're quite capable."

Tang Ping gasped in pain and spoke slowly.

“In Liujia Village, I mentioned the name of the head of the gang, but they didn’t take you seriously at all.”

"Damn it, does he think I'm too easy to talk to? He doesn't take me seriously at all. I'm going to kill him!"

Zhetian was a burly man with a thick beard. He threw his mink hat on the ground and pulled out a gun from his waist.

"Brothers, follow me! That bastard dares to set foot on my turf, I'll teach him a lesson today—the title 'Covering the Sky' isn't just for show!"

"Boss, these people are quite difficult to deal with, you must be very careful."

Tang Ping thought of the skills of Black-backed Sixth Brother and Partridge Whistle, which were far beyond what ordinary people should possess, and quickly reminded them.

By this time, Zhetian was already furious. Tang Ping being beaten was like a slap in the face to him, so how could he continue to endure it?

After waiting for a while and seeing no movement outside, he couldn't help but curse again.

"Where are they? They're all dead!"

It was quiet outside, with only the howling wind sounding like ghosts wailing and wolves howling.

Tang Ping sensed something was wrong and had a bad feeling. Just as he was about to sit up in bed, a hand pressed him back down.

"Second-in-command is indeed very capable. If it weren't for following you, I wouldn't have found this place so quickly."

Su Chen's voice, tinged with a faint smile, rang out. Tang Ping turned his head and saw a face that sent chills down his spine, causing his voice to tremble as he spoke.

"You...why are you here?"

"Who are you?"

Hearing the commotion behind him, Zhe Le Tian turned around and saw only a strange young man.

He asked with some suspicion, and from Tang Ping's fearful and shocked expression, he guessed the identity of the person who came, and his face darkened even more.

"So you're the unruly outsider?"

"According to your local customs, I should be here to pay my respects at the mountain, but I don't intend to take over the mountain. I just want to find something to do and then leave."

Su Chen looked at the person in front of him and said in an annoyed tone.

"I think the boss will give me face, right?"

"What about the rest?"

A bead of cold sweat trickled down his forehead. He hadn't even seen Su Chen's back as he entered. Now that everything was quiet outside, he had a vague idea of what would happen.

Su Chen smiled without saying a word, then looked at him and asked.

"Can we talk properly now?"

"What a formidable dragon crossing the river!"

"Covering the sky" said through gritted teeth.

He hooked a long bench over with one foot and sat down opposite Su Chen with an air of nonchalance, much like Guan Yu attending a meeting alone.

But this is his village, and there's a hint of pretense in his demeanor.

Su Chen looked at the person in front of him, shook his head slightly, and slowly spoke.

"You flatter me. I'm here for someone."

"Who?"

He squinted, guessing that the person in front of him was coming for him.

However, he overestimated himself.

Su Chen waved his hand and said with a smile.