Chapter 612: Chapter 0612: Magic Artifact and Weird Creatures (Additional 6600, Seeking Monthly Tickets)


    Merging viges into the city?


    Although everyone in the vige aspires to be a city dweller, definitely not in this manner!


    People in Xiaozhai Vige have nothing of their own, their only means of getting food is through the cultivation of the surroundingnds.


    What could they do once they have no reserves left and are taken to the city?


    There certainly aren’t any surplus farnds in the city for them.


    For people in the prime of their life, the best oue would be serving as ves in a wealthy household. Women and children would rely on luck. The old, weak, sick and disabled could only wait for death!


    “Inspector…”


    The elderly vige head leaned on his staff and roared, “Leave us a way out…”


    “Silence!”


    Zhou Quan frowned and shouted ferociously.<div>


    A group of soldiers behind him immediately struck their swords against their shields, intimidating the vigers.


    “That’s how the world goes, no one knows when a minor demon might harbor a ‘Demon’… Now that your vige has lost its protective strength, what can you do?”


    Zhou Quan spread his hands: “Vige head, you tell me! Going to the city may be tough, but at least it provides a way to survive, right?”


    “Land is the root of the people, we cannot abandon it…”


    The elderly vige head pleaded desperately.


    “The officials in the city mean well. You don’t want to appreciate it, there’s nothing about that… Stay here then…” Zhou Quan’s lips twisted into a cruel smirk: “But no matter what, I have to take your ‘Magic Artifact’, as per thew.”


    “What?”


    Xu Changqing, who was down below, was rmed.


    Magic Artifact!


    This was essentially the defense system of the vige. The lords of Qingyang City made this decision, they intended to abandon Xiaozhai Vigepletely.


    “No!”


    “We can’t let this happen!”


    “They are trying to kill us!”


    Down there, the vigers were agitated.


    But Zhou Quan only sneered, made a gesture, and the soldiers behind him unsheathed their swords, pointing at the vigers, instantly cing them under control.


    “Your Vige Protection Squad has suffered heavy casualties. Your vige is already doomed, it will take at least ten years to recover… Instead of wasting manpower and resources to support it, better to disband it.”


    Zhou Quan chuckled: “Anyone disagrees? Step forward!”


    He wielded thew to kill, truly self-righteous.


    Even if Wang Hu and others were still there, they might not dare to resist, let alone now when many strong workers of the vige had suffered heavy casualties.<div>


    “Anyway, I have made it clear. The Magic Artifact, I am taking it today. It’s not even yours to begin with, it was a gift from the city. As for whether you want to seek protection from your rtives, or follow us to Qingyang city, or even seek refuge in other viges, it’s up to you.”


    Zhou Quan picked his ears and went straight to the vige temple.


    Xu Changqing and others followed behind him, their faces pale.


    “Magic Artifact?”<div>


    Su Lu said in his mind: “Wait until the Magic Artifact shows up, then you go ahead and take a look… But be careful not to expose yourself.”


    “All right.”


    Xu Changqing agreed, squeezed through the crowd, stood outside the line formed by many soldiers, and kept his eyes fixed on the temple.


    Crack!


    He wasn’t sure if it was his illusion, but he seemed to hear the sound of shattered wood.n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om


    “Ancestors, your descendants have failed you.”


    The elderly vige head was in tears, and if it weren’t for people holding him back, he would have already dashed his head against something and died.


    Suddenly, a sense of cold dread swept through.


    “Charge!”


    A shout erupted from inside the temple, it was Zhou Quan.


    After a faint explosion, a figure was flung out.


    It was Zhou Quan!


    Despite the blood at the corner of his mouth, he wasughing joyously. Held tightly in his hand was a ck… finger bone?<div>


    There seemed to be some natural patterns at the tip of the finger bone.


    “Indeed… a Weird Creature, a Magic Artifact! Ha ha… With it, even if I face ghosts, what is there to fear?”


    Zhou Quanughed wildly, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with a handkerchief: “Let’s go!”


    He worked tirelessly, pushing for the dissolution of Xiaozhai Vige, all for this ‘Magic Artifact’!


    Having acquired what he wanted, he left the vige without looking back, taking his men with him.


    …


    “The official’s actions are chilling.”


    Xu Changqing watched coldly, fully understanding Zhou Quan’s purpose.


    “So that’s a ‘Magic Artifact’? It’s just a ‘Weird Creature’!” Su Lu murmured in his mind.


    “‘Weird Creature’?”


    Xu Changqing asked in his mind, “What’s that?”


    “Based on my observations, it should be something left behind by a powerful demon… no, ghost after death. They are quite eerie, hard to destroy and many need to be ‘Sealed’… The ones with lesser side effects, or can be used by specific people, are ‘Magic Artifacts’!”


    Su Lu slowly said: “Among the demons and ghosts, ghosts are more powerful than demons. They emit a ‘Breath’ that ordinary demons dare not approach… The officials probably use this method to protect the safety of the vige.”<div>


    “The Soul-binding Demon before was protected by an Immortal, of course, Immortals don’t fear ghosts!” Xu Changqing nodded, understanding one of his doubts.


    “Now, the vige has lost its protection, we’re done!”


    …


    That night.


    Weeping could be heard from every household.


    Xu Changqing, as one of the remaining members of the Vige Protection Squad, was called to the temple by the elderly vige head to engage in important business.


    This represented the elevation of his status in the vige, although such elevation was useless and came at the expense of arge number of deaths among the young and strong.


    A dim light flickered, casting weak rays.


    More depressing than the dim light was the scene in the temple.


    Many ancestral tablets were broken, collected by the teary-eyed elderly vige head.


    “Everyone saw it, that damned official was only coveting our Magic Artifact! Qingyang City is not a good ce, our vige has lost its protection, disbanding is inevitable… What should we do next?”


    The elderly vige head choked on his words half way though: “Everyone…let’s discuss.”


    “Other viges also suffered losses in this disaster…” A middle-aged man rubbed his palms: “Perhaps they will take some people in.”<div>


    “Old Qian Three, don’t you know, this time of year, which vige has surplus food to support idle people? Yes! Qingniu, Sanshi Vige may take some of us in, but they only need strongbor, or a few families rted by kinship…what about the rest when they have all gone?”


    Another middle-aged woman screamed: “Both of your daughters are married in Qingniu Vige, but what about us?”


    “Don’t leave… so, stay here and wait for death?”


    Old Qian Three yelled: “The Magic Artifact is gone, and in noter than three days, when the ‘Breath’ fades away, demons will invade! By then, it will be as dangerous in the vige as it is in the wilderness!”


    Seeing this, Xu Changqing was very worried.


    “Grandpa…what should we do?”


    He asked inwardly.


    “Difficult…very difficult.”


    Given the productivity level of ancient times, other viges or even Qingyang City would be reluctant to take on a group of old, weak, sick and disabled people, it’s only natural.


    “Besides here, no other ce will give yound and housing, you may not even be able to sell yourself into very…” Su Lu said: “The best thing to do is to find another ‘Magic Artifact’, one with clear ownership, such that even that Zhou Quan has no excuse to plunder, unless he wants to ughter the entire vige…”


    “How is that possible?”


    Xu Changqingughed bitterly: “Didn’t you say it before, grandpa? It is the remnant of the ghost!”