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Chapter 73 Harvest
"what!"
He cried out again as soon as he landed.
At this moment, not only did the pain suddenly strike, but fear followed!
He immediately gritted his teeth and fell silent.
At the same time, enduring the pain in his feet, he rushed towards the cave exit without hesitation!
Only then did he realize that the floor of the outer cave was densely covered with upside-down iron nails!
The pain was excruciating, radiating from the soles of both feet.
But he dared not pause for a moment, gritting his teeth, and rushed out of the cave at top speed.
"Snapped!"
No sooner had he stumbled out of the cave than a huge animal trap suddenly sprang out from the rubble beneath his feet and snapped hard into his sole!
Two rows of sharp iron teeth pierced through his soles in an instant!
"ah--"
This time, he finally couldn't hold back any longer and let out a miserable howl, jumping up from the ground once again.
"Ah!"
He fell to the ground in a disheveled state, unable to hold back his curses.
However, he dared not pause for a moment. He immediately endured the excruciating pain, rolled on the spot, and quickly rolled down the hillside, escaping into the woods ahead.
"You despicable, treacherous little bastard! Wait for me... Ah!"
Just as he fled into the woods, enduring the excruciating pain, and limped away to remove the animal trap and nails from his feet, his foot suddenly slipped, and he plummeted downwards!
In the past, given his reaction speed, he would never have fallen like that.
But now, his body and mind were numbed by terror and pain, and he had a huge animal trap in his jaw. Both his physical and mental reactions were much slower.
Then he screamed and fell down.
Below is a deep pit.
The pit was filled with sharp wooden spears, bamboo tips, and bone spikes from wild animals.
The moment his foot was pierced, he frantically reached out his hands, trying to grab the soil on the pit wall. However, his hands, which he tried to grab, ended up gripping the wall full of iron nails.
"ah--"
The sharp iron nail pierced through his palm in an instant.
He screamed and fell completely to the bottom of the pit.
Then came an even more piercing scream.
His foot was pierced again.
"You little bastard! I'll fuck you..."
Just as he was screaming and about to start cursing, he suddenly heard footsteps coming from above.
He immediately shut his mouth, trembling all over, and looked up.
That terrifying figure, like a cold and cunning beast, slowly appeared above his head, looking down at him.
At this moment, he was terrified and his face was contorted with pain. Just as he was about to speak, the figure above spoke up: "Senior Brother Zhang, didn't you leave? What are you doing hiding here?"
Zhang Gan cursed under his breath, but forced a strained smile, trembling as he said, "Junior Brother Luo... it's my fault for being so stupid, I... I didn't guard against these things... These must be Junior Brother Luo's protection against wild beasts, right?"
"hehe……"
He tilted his head back, forcing a humble, ingratiating smile: "Junior Brother Luo, quickly... quickly pull me up, I'll write you another IOU, five hundred taels, no, a thousand taels! I'm willing to give Junior Brother Luo another thousand taels of silver!"
He gritted his teeth and quietly pulled out a dagger with his right hand.
But the figure above did not reply; instead, it turned and left.
Zhang Gan was stunned, his expression changed, and just as he was about to pull his feet out in pain, the footsteps above came again.
Then, a shadow fell over him.
When he looked up, his expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly cried out, "Junior Brother Luo! No! No! Two thousand taels! I'll give you two thousand taels!"
"boom!"
A huge rock suddenly crashed into the pit from above.
Zhang Gan shouted and hurriedly stretched out his hands to hold up the rock.
The nails in his palm were all shoved into his hand at once, and even the nail heads were almost pushed into his palm by the stone!
Pain and terror, anger and despair surged forth like a tide.
At that moment, he understood that the other party would never let him go again!
He immediately raised his head, ready to unleash the most vicious curses: "You despicable, treacherous little bastard! You... um..."
No sooner had he opened his mouth to curse than a thin wooden spear suddenly emerged from the gap between the rock and the pit wall, and with a "plop," it pierced his mouth and went straight through his throat!
The sharp spear tip pierced straight out from behind his neck!
Zhang Gan's eyes widened instantly, his whole body trembled, and he made a "mmm" sound in his throat.
As a mouthful of blood welled up in his mouth, his hands went limp, and the rock above him fell on his head with a thud, knocking him down and causing him to squat on the ground.
"puff!"
Sharp bone spikes on the ground pierced through his buttocks and body.
His eyes widened, he convulsed a few times, and then died completely.
The blood quickly stained the bottom of the pit red.
Luo Qingchen waited a few more moments before carefully descending, stepping onto the rock, and quickly draining his blood.
Inside the body, the blood in the second health bar immediately increased from 520% to 590%.
He then ransacked the other person's body before leaving the pit.
This time, he did not cover up the pit opening.
Back in the cave, he immediately took stock of his spoils.
Needless to say, there was blood involved.
The two people's silver, plus the 5 taels Zhang Gan had given him earlier, totaled 152 taels.
For him, this was a huge sum of money.
In addition, there were 11 taels on him.
Now, he has a total of 163 taels.
Manager Qiu's 10 taels of silver can be returned immediately upon returning, but as for the senior sister's 500 taels, we'll have to wait a bit longer.
Besides the silver, he also found a book on Zhang Gan's body.
As he was carefully opening the book, a noise suddenly came from the innermost cave entrance.
"Stand still!"
He immediately shouted a rebuke, then put away the books and began carefully picking up the iron nails scattered on the ground.
The little girl stood frozen in place, not moving an inch.
A moment later, he picked up the nails from the ground, checked them carefully again, and then went inside.
"Brother...brother!"
The little girl burst into tears of joy upon seeing him.
Luo Qingchen ignored her and went straight into the innermost cave. She carefully checked the two people's packs and found that apart from pieces of meat, water bags, and medicinal herbs, they had nothing else in them, nor any silver.
"Is this all the money the two of them have?"
"Or should the rest be stored in their respective caves?"
Luo Qingchen pondered for a moment and remembered the two of their waist tags.
With those two waist tokens, he should be able to easily enter their cave and search it further.
only……
He immediately abandoned the idea.
To do that, you must go to Hehuan Peak and find the other party's cave.
He has just entered the sect and is not even familiar with his own mountain. How could he possibly risk going to other mountains?
The journey will undoubtedly be fraught with danger.
Moreover, he didn't want the fact that he had killed two people to be exposed.
"This amount of silver is enough. We can't be too greedy. There's also..."
His gaze sharpened as he looked at the animal skin hanging on the wall.