Chapter 215: Evil Practitioners
The hound rushed inside the dark cave. However, when it stepped inside, the view inside the cave changed instantly.
It wasn’t a dark and narrow cave. The interior was broad, lit up with luminous torches. At the center of the cave, a man sat with closed eyes.
Around him, the ground was addorned with a bloody pentagram, with a human skull at the each node of the pentagram.
The person’s eyes opened as it saw the hound returning.
” What? You almost got caught by those yamen bastards?”
The person and the hound share a soul bond. Therefore, he could feel the experiences of the hound.
” Those bastards, they came here so fast. Not to mention, they managed to see you?”
” Damned mutt! You almost ruined my plan!”
The person snarled as he threw a stone at the hound. The Dark Bog Hound whimpered as the stone smashed on its face. However, it took the hit head on, making it tumble a few steps back.
” So? You managed to get some blood and spiritual energy?”
The person walked towards the hound and snatched a small pearl from its neck. When he looked at it, he saw it was empty.
” Wh-What the hell? You killed a person yet, you didn’t have any blood and spiritual energy?”
The person clenched his fist as his eyes turned red from anger.
” Fuck! What a stupid fucking dog!”
” But, This should be impossible… No, Those bastards…They baited my hound.”
The person rested his palm on the hound’s head, making it flinch from pain. However, the person didn’t care as he saw through the hound’s memories.
” How strange. To think the yamen guards would make a scarecrow which can attract the Dark Bog Hound. Even if it’s smeared with human blood, the hound would rather attack living people than dead ones.”
” What kind of blood did they use?”
The person sighed as he stomped his feet.
” Fuck! To think there would be a delay in our plan. If we got a bit more sacrifices, then the Blood Controlling Staff would have been completed.”
” I guess I have already collected enough human sacrifices. I shouldn’t make the yamen guards suspicious. I have collected enough spiritual qi anyway.”
“Let me hunt some demonic beasts to gain blood qi.”
The person was sure that no one chased after his hound. If someone would have entered the cave, he would have known immediately.
” Only a few days… And then, we shall start the carnage in the Nanhai City.”
” And Cai Family…Hehe, They are going to be our food.”
Meanwhile, Jia Hao stayed in the village with a serious expression. Not long after, Old Yang arrived with a few Cai Family guards.
” What happened, Young Lord? I heard some dark monster is wreaking havoc?”
” Old Yang, Let me return to the mansion first. We shall discuss later.” Jia Hao spoke.
” Also, Deploy the guards here. Tell them to keep the villagers safe and secure.”
” Yes, Young Lord.”
Old Yang didn’t ask anything as he led Jia Hao back to the carriage.
Cai Yunhai was surprised when Jia Hao requested to meet him.
” Heh, I hope you aren’t here to complain about my decision?” He chuckled when he saw a serious expression from Jia Hao.
” I have solved the case of the village. It was a dark monster naked Dark Bog Hound.” Jia Hao replied.
” What? So fast?”
Cai Yunhai almost jumped from his seat when he heard that. ” Not to mention, a dark monster? Not a demonic beast?”
” It was a dark monster controlled by someone. It’s killing the young and healthy people and stealing their blood and spiritual qi.”
” Stealing blood and spiritual qi?” Cai Yunhai’s gaze turned serious as he looked at Jia Hao.
” Evil and heretical cultivators? It sounds like something those scums would do.” Cai Yunhai gnashed his teeth with anger.
” Evil practitioners?” Jia Hao asked in a curious voice. ” You mean, those who kill humans and use unorthodox methods to cultivate the martial path?”
” You are right.” Cai Yunhai sighed. ” Although the method is cruel, the effects are definitely faster than orthodox martial arts.”
” A martial artist might cultivate for one year with minor improvement. But an evil practitioner can cultivate for a single month and his strength would increase explosively.”
” Even among the same realm, those heretics might be more powerful than normal martial artists masters.”
” Of course, the Evil path has its own downside. Most of the time, with the sudden increase of strength, the practitioner forgets to polish his energy and solidify his foundation.”
” That makes the future progress slower and slower, making the practitioner have a hard time ascending to the next stage.”
” Not to mention, those heretics are more prone to fall into qi deviation or demonic impulses, making them turn into dangerous beings without any conscience.”
Jia Hao thought for a moment and nodded. ” I believe it’s one of those heretics. I already found its lair.”
” But I didn’t go inside because it set up a magic formation around the cave. If I had entered inside, he would have gotten the alarm.”
Cai Yunhai nodded. ” You did the right thing. It’s unwise to walk into an unknown trap without thinking twice.”
” Anyway, Since you have gotten the location of his hideout, We shall send someone to kill him.”
” Yes, Father in Law.” Jia Hao nodded. But his eyes fell on a golden scroll before Cai Yunhai.
” That…That looks like an imperial edict?” Jia Hao asked in a probing voice.
” Haah, Don’t even ask me about that.” Cai Yunhai sighed. ” It’s an edict from Prince Li Yuan. He said he needs to borrow our remaining Silver Lightning Cavalry for an eastern expedition.”
” It would be a small scale skimmerish and the army shall return in one month.”
” As compensation, he promised us three hundred thousand taels of gold and complete accommodation of the army.”
Jia Hao’s face turned ashen when he listened to Cai Yunhai. He clenched his fist as he realized what Li Yuan was up to.
‘ It was all that bastard’s doing! He is the one behind everything!’
Putting all the pieces of the puzzle together, Jia Hao finally managed to grasp the complete scheme behind the destruction of the Cai Family.
First, the Cai Family’s Silver Lightning Cavalry already had been reduced by half when he came here.
Now, after taking over the businesses of the Cai Family, Cai Family’s financial condition would have worsened.
And now, the three hundred thousand taels of gold was something the Cai Family would definitely agree to.
‘ Cai Yunhai might be thinking that lending his army for a month without any causality is a good deal. But, he didn’t know that a dark beast tide was coming towards the Nanhai City.’
‘ After taking away the Silver Lightning Cavalry, only the foot soldiers would have remained. And with them and those backstabbing bastards of Nanhai City, it would be a matter of time till the dark monsters would have razed the Cai Family.’
Taking a deep breath, Jia Hao tried to calm his heart as he discovered the grand plan behind the dark monster tide.
‘ To think Li Yuan and the evil heretics are colluding together. But it sounds right.’
The heretics would get sufficient sacrifices from the Nanhai City and Li Yuan would get complete control over the Nanhai City and Silver Lightning Cavalry.
And even if the Silver Lightning Cavalry had gotten the news, by the time of their return, the Cai Family would have already died.
” Father in Law, What do you think? You want to agree?” Jia Hao asked in a light voice.
” Well, If it was a few weeks ago, I would have agreed.” Cai Yunhai spoke.
” But now, I need your opinion. I am sure something is fishy here.”
” What do you think, Son in Law? Should I agree?”
” Hehe, Of course.” Jia Hao spoke with a light smile.
” But, Father in Law, it takes some time to get the letter, yes? And some more time to gather the army. Then another few days to group then, train them a bit and send them to expedition…”
” Hmm, you want me to delay the letter?” Cai Yunhai looked at Jia Hao. ” You know, I can completely refuse it.”
” That would be good. But we still need a pretense to keep.” Jia Hao explained.
” Not to mention, There is going to be a big thing happening in a few days.”
” What do you mean by that?” Cai Yunhai asked in surprise.
” A tidal attack of dark monsters.”
” WHAT?”
Cai Yunhai’s face became alarmed as he stood up. ” Jia Hao, Do you understand what you are saying?”
” Father in law, I have my own sources of information.” Jia Hao spoke in a serious voice.
” However, I have linked many clue and the recent murder cases in the village. That’s the place where the dark monsters going to attack.”
” Then the withdrawal of the Silver Lightning Cavalry…They want to weaken us?” Cai Yunhai’s expression turned dark.
” Motherfuckers! Do they think monster tides are a joke?”
” Calm down, Father in Law.” Jia Hao replied with a calm voice.
” Rather than acting recklessly, we should make a rational decision.”
” Thankfully, I already have a plan.”
Jia Hao rubbed his palm as he smiled.
” How about answering our enemies properly?”
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Sorry for not being able to post chapter yesterday. My leg got sprained and I felt like dying.
