Bearing the blue sky

How dare he?!

Zhu Ge was startled.

This is not just tyranny, this is utter disregard for human life!

This is a being at the second realm!

A being at the second realm can completely protect the land within a radius of several hundred miles from invasion by alien races and safeguard the human race for survival and reproduction.

As a result, he was killed by the fisherman in the straw raincoat?

"call out!"

The black shadow that smashed the black-bearded man's head flew back, and Zhu Ge then realized that it was a palm-sized fishhook, with black patterns and brass intertwined.

"The big shot! The big shot has been killed!"

"The Jingzhe official has killed someone! The Jingzhe official has killed someone!"

"Oh no, the red rice seeds must have been discovered!"

Those cultivators at the first level immediately panicked.

"What nonsense are you all spouting!" The remaining second-realm youth turned around and shouted coldly, then cupped his hands to the fisherman in the straw raincoat and said:

"We do indeed possess a grain of low-grade spirit-level red rice that originated from the terraced fields, but it has already been planted, and this should not be categorized as taxable!"

The young man's eyes were filled with tears, yet he still tried to suppress his voice:

"Although the Jingzhe official is in charge of taxation, my ancestors included officials of Guyu, Mangzhong, and Qingming, so I am not a rootless duckweed."

"Shouldn't the official in charge of the Awakening of Insects give an explanation for disregarding my father's life like this?"

Angry, yet rational.

"Oh? Your ancestors were among the top officials in the country? That's right." The fisherman in the straw raincoat narrowed his eyes, then said, "But he said it himself, swearing on his life."

"Your choice: his life or another 30,000 shi of red rice!"

"If you wish to pay taxes, then prepare 30,000 shi of red rice. I will report today's events truthfully and ask my superior to punish you."

"If you think your father deserves to die, then die."

Then, the fisherman in the straw raincoat casually asked, "By the way, what did you call your father before?"

The young man was taken aback, then frowned and said, "My father passed on the knowledge of the Mohist lineage, making us mechanical engineers. So what if we call him 'Master Ju'? It's just a title of respect for us."

"Heh, is that the reason?" A glint flashed in the eyes of the fisherman in the straw raincoat:

"The Mohist school has only had one contemporary master from beginning to end. If I find out that you have committed the crime of impersonation, it will not be resolved by the death of one person."

"We won't." The young man said with a gloomy face.

"My father's death was all due to his careless words. However, today is the day of the Awakening of Insects, and there are many insects. We have closed the three villages of Menglapo. Please, Awakening of Insects official, leave."

As he spoke, the young man bowed deeply in greeting.

"Hahaha, very good, very good." The fisherman in the straw raincoat laughed heartily, then turned and left with Zhu Ge.

Zhu Ge sat by the side of the boat, looking back.

The young man ignored his father's corpse beside him, staring intently at the figures of the fisherman in the straw raincoat and Zhu Ge, as if he wanted to remember them and take revenge later.

This fisherman in the straw raincoat... Zhu Ge was inwardly annoyed.

This is utterly disregard for human life!

In a time of chaos, the fisherman in the straw raincoat didn't target other races; instead, he kept thinking about how to exploit other humans.

But Zhu Ge didn't show it at this moment, and instead started acting as always.

After all, even a second-stage Mohist expert was killed like an ant in front of the fisherman in the straw raincoat.

If Zhu Ge wants to kill him in one blow, she needs to wait until the spider web is woven so that the fisherman in the straw raincoat cannot escape.

"Zhuge, did you see that?" The fisherman in the straw raincoat asked, his voice tinged with a hint of glee. "To have the power of life and death, isn't that exhilarating?"

"I hope that one day I can be like that too," Zhu Ge said with longing.

"Haha! You're lucky, you just happened to run into someone who's missing a canine tooth," the fisherman in the straw raincoat laughed.

"And this clan is the most united, so it is impossible for them to be used by me."

"Moreover, seeing how powerful they are, they might one day come to Yuanyang City and compete with us for resources."

"Let's just kill them outright. Then they'll be able to only frantically try to save their lives during the Awakening of Insects, and it's unlikely they'll be able to go to Yuanyang City."

"And in the future? By the time some of them reach the third realm, I may have already stepped into something even stronger."

What a cruel heart... Zhu Ge outwardly agreed, but inwardly she thought the fisherman in the straw raincoat was a madman.

The next two days were simple.

Six villages along the Jinshui River, five villages near Banban Bridge, and some villages in flat areas such as Caoba and Huaba, totaling more than thirty villages, all pay taxes.

The fisherman in the straw raincoat, as the official in charge of the Awakening of Insects, used his power to the fullest extent.

They might kill anyone who disagreed with them, or they might be treated to fine wine, meat, and beautiful women.

Scorning human lives, raping women's families, drinking wine and meat.

For the fisherman in his straw raincoat, the journey was truly delightful.

Zhu Ge, who was mostly silent at the beginning, became a subordinate who could talk about anything with the fisherman in the straw raincoat.

Sometimes they would actually do some henchman work, such as signaling the villagers to offer wine and meat.

Thus, the fisherman in the straw raincoat seemed to have truly come to regard the blessing song as his "canine tooth."

Until the very last stop.

……

"The river mouth pass is just ahead!"

The fisherman in the straw raincoat was already young, and his complexion was much rosier than it had been a dozen days ago.

"Hekou Pass? Our last stop?" Zhu Ge's eyes lit up, and she licked her lips. "Wouldn't there be lots of freshwater seafood here?"

"Hahaha, shut your gluttonous mouth!" The fisherman in the straw raincoat said sternly, giving a warning.

"This place is not under the jurisdiction of my Yuanyang City, but is under the jurisdiction of a border general. Be careful after you enter the border, and don't cause me any trouble."

"What kind of trouble is this?" Zhu Ge's eyes darted around.

"A man dressed in silk and satin, wearing armor and carrying a spear." The fisherman in a straw raincoat smiled.

"Oh~" Zhu Ge's voice revealed a tone of "I understand".

It means that, apart from the powerful and wealthy, everyone else can be "eaten and fat" by Zhu Ge.

They prey on the people, they prey on the villagers!

As they approached, a building resembling the Great Wall gradually came into view in the distance.

The fisherman in the straw raincoat also stopped his boat in the appropriate spot, hovering in the air, and bowed to the other side in a distant gesture.

"I am a fisherman in a straw raincoat, an official from Yuanyang City, and my entourage have been traveling a long and arduous journey. May I rest for a while at the border?"

The fisherman in his straw raincoat sounded weary.

Before long, a figure appeared at the border not far away and flew towards them.

"It is springtime, and the earth is teeming with insects. I did not expect that the official in charge of the Awakening of Insects from Yuanyang City would come from afar. I wonder if he has brought military supplies?"

The newcomer's voice was deep and resonant, filled with a sense of power and majesty.

When the person flew right in front of him, Zhu Ge felt as if he were seeing a bear.

This nearly two-meter-tall man had a square face and wore armor covered in countless sword and claw marks, exuding an aura of iron-bloodedness.

"My name is Li Zhongguo, and I am the garrison commander of Hekou Pass. I have just met the official Jingzhe." The man before him clasped his hands in greeting.

"Greetings, Garrison Commander Li Zhongguo." The fisherman in the straw raincoat bowed, then smiled bitterly, "On this journey, all I've seen is desolation and starvation for miles around. Taxes? Almost nothing!"

"Alas, the people's lives are filled with hardship..." Li Zhongguo sighed upon seeing this, then looked at Zhu Ge beside the fisherman in the straw raincoat: "And who is this young man?"

"My name is Zhu Ge. Greetings, Commander Li." Zhu Ge clasped his hands in a respectful greeting.

"I am Can Fang, a fisherman in a straw raincoat. Although I am just a warrior, I am willing to serve fishermen and do my part for my human race."

"Canine teeth?" Upon hearing this, Li Zhongguo's expression shifted, and he bowed respectfully: "Greetings, Zhu Wufu. Thank you for your trouble!"

As he spoke, he looked at the fisherman in the straw raincoat: "Please come with me into the pass for a chat and a few days of rest."

"Thank you for your trouble!" the fisherman in the straw raincoat bowed.

Immediately afterward, Li Zhongguo led the fishermen in straw raincoats and their boats into the border region.

Upon entering the border region, Zhu Ge frowned almost imperceptibly.

Beneath those scarred stone walls, maggot-infested corpses and skeletons were piled haphazardly together, with some bows and arrows or knives and forks on top.

"River monsters are rampant in the river, and we don't know if our soldiers on the border can survive this spring."

Li Zhongguo sighed, "Nowadays, not only is the food supply exhausted, but there are also fewer and fewer blacksmiths."

"But if we cannot defend Hekou Pass, the southern Yue barbarians will come out in full force, and then the three prefectures and eighteen cities of Yunjiang will likely suffer devastation..."