Chapter 35: The Kind Bandit!

  "I'd like to know, apart from you bandits, are there any other forces on this mountain? Are the other four peaks occupied?" asked Leng Ruoxue after a moment of thought.

  "Of course, but here only we are bandits, the masters of the other four mountain peaks are all divine beasts with extremely strong powers, not even we dare to provoke them." The leader of the bandits organized his words and spoke.

  "Oh, what kind of divine beasts are they?" asked Leng Ruoxue with great curiosity.

  "There's a white tiger, two bears, and... I don't know what else." The leader of the robbers thought for half a day before he could come up with three.

  "It doesn't matter, you tell me about the robbers in your robber's den!" Leng Ruoxue changed the subject again and continued to ask.

  "Didn't I just say that we have over a thousand people? What else do you want to ask?" The leader of the robbers asked somewhat impatiently and with great displeasure.

  "I just want to know, how many strong people like you are there in your place?" asked Leng Ruoxue with a face full of admiration. The strength of this bandit leader was above hers, he was a great master, but well! He was a bit foolish, wanting to deal with him was too easy.

  "There are several hundred strong people like me!" The bandit leader said with some depression, originally he thought his strength was already very good, but when he came to Wanshan City, he realized that with his strength in Wanshan City, he could only be a small leader of the thieves' den, and this was limited to their own gang, if it were among the five major forces, his strength would only be suitable for being a handyman...

  "What about those who are stronger than you?" asked Leng Ruoxue relentlessly.

  "It's over a hundred!" The leader of the robbers replied, his gloom deepening with each question, to the point where he felt like banging his head against the wall...

  "Who is the strongest among you?" asked Leng Ruoxue, pretending not to understand.

  "Of course it's our great master." The leader of the robbers said with a face full of admiration.

  "What's his real strength? Is he a Xuan Huang?" Leng Ruo Xue continued to ask, sighing. She was starting to feel a bit embarrassed by her questions, mainly because this little guy was too honest, answering whatever she asked without any hesitation or refusal, which made her feel quite unaccomplished!

  "Really? How did you know?" The leader of the robbers asked back, his ordinary face full of surprise.

  "I was just randomly guessing, and I actually got it right, haha. By the way, how many roads lead to your bandit's den?" asked Leng Ruoxue again.

  "There's only this one!" The bandit chief pointed at the only road that led up the mountain.

  Leng Ruo Xue looked in the direction he was pointing, and that mountain was very high, with a steep body, only one road leading to the top, which could be considered easy to defend but hard to attack. Moreover, if there was any movement on the road up the mountain, the people on the mountain would easily discover it. Therefore, it was difficult to launch a strong attack on the mountain unless they could lure those bandits down the mountain...

  "What... how can we get all of you bandits in the bandit's lair to move out?" asked Cold Snow seemingly unintentionally.

  "Heh heh, just use this whistle and if you encounter any danger, just blow it and someone will come to support you." The leader of the robbers pulled out a small whistle from his clothes and flashed it in front of Leng Ruoxue, but just as he was about to put it away, it was snatched away by a swift shadow!

  "Give it back to me, you damned thing!" the bandit leader bellowed in anger, staring at the small purple fox sitting on Leng Xue's shoulder, playing with his whistle in its paws.

  "You scared my beast!" Leng Ruo Xue complained somewhat discontentedly, heh heh, looks like she was right to summon her treasure earlier, just look at that speed, that stupid bandit didn't even have time to react!

  "The cute master, he's bullying me!" Baby said with a pitiful expression, her eyes welling up with tears.

  "Don't be afraid! He's just trying to scare you!" Leng Ruoxue cooed, her eyes slightly accusatory as she gazed at the bandit leader who was now somewhat at a loss.

  "Huh? I didn't mean to." The leader of the robbers said in a low voice, ...Why is this?! It was clearly him who got robbed, so why is he apologizing?! He's confused!

  "Never mind, we forgive you." said Leng Ruoxue with great magnanimity.

  "Okay, lend me the whistle for a bit and I won't be mad at you." Baby said, then directly put the whistle to her mouth and blew it...

  "Ah! Don't!" The leader of the robbers didn't even have time to stop him, and the whistle pierced through the entire valley!

  Baby blew it and immediately threw the whistle back at the leader of the robbers, destroying the evidence, hehe!

  "Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!" The echoes of the whistle had not yet completely disappeared when dozens of figures suddenly appeared in front of Leng Ruoxue and others, and more were still emerging...

  In less than ten minutes, nearly a thousand people had gathered in front of Leng Ruo Xue and the others, who were surrounded by these robbers.

  "You useless thing! With just a few people, what's the point of blowing whistles?" The leading man scolded with great displeasure on his face. Earlier, when he heard the police whistle on the mountain, he thought many enemies had arrived. But after bringing people down, he found that there were only about ten people, which really infuriated him!

  "The second-in-command, no... it wasn't me who blew the whistle." The bandit leader is so wronged! Wuu... obviously it was that little fox who blew it, why did he take the blame?!

  "The whistle is still in your hand, it wasn't you who blew it, was it me?" the man known as Second Master shouted angrily.

  "It wasn't, it wasn't you who blew the whistle! But, it wasn't me either... uh..." The leader of the robbers tried to explain, but the more he explained, the more confused he became, and in the end, no one even knew what he was saying.

  "Was that blown by a ghost? You tell me, was it your captain who blew it?" The second master glared and asked the crowd behind the bandit leader!

  "Yes...yes..." Those little rascals were so intimidated by the second master that they all stuttered, unable to say anything except "yes", and their reaction confirmed this scapegoat, the unlucky leader of the thieves was doomed!

  "Hum! Your subordinates have all confessed, and you still dare to deny it? You'll be the one who's punished in the end!" The Second Master said viciously.

  "Second master, it's really not me bragging... Waaah... The leader of the thieves is so wronged! Why do they want to frame him?!"

  "Hum! Still dare to be stubborn? Take him away!" The second master coldly snorted, his face full of discontent.

  "It wasn't me, it was that little fox who did it... Waaah! They're framing me!" The bandit leader suddenly thought of revealing the true culprit in his desperation.

  After hearing the bandit leader's words, Er Dangjia shifted his gaze to Leng Ruoxue and others, and his eyes deliberately looked at the small, cute fox a few more times. The treasure naturally cooperated and showed its timidity and grievance.

  "You useless thing, dare to do but not dare to admit, and even frame a fox! Hmph! You've really disgraced our mountain stronghold!" After reading it, the second master was even more furious, and with one kick, he kicked the leader of the robbers far away. In his heart, he was even more contemptuous, thinking that a man who would frame such a timid little fox didn't deserve to be called a man!

  "The second master, wu..." The leader of the thieves, who was kicked to have his four legs in the air, cried out in grievance... Unfortunately, he was ignored by everyone!

  "Hand over all the valuables on you!" Ignoring the leader of the robbers, Er Dongjia said to Leng Ruoxue and others with some dissatisfaction. In his opinion, these people were not even worth considering as prey, because in his eyes, Leng Ruoxue and others looked malnourished. Robbing such people would not bring any benefits!

  "We don't have anything valuable." Leng Ruoxue said, trying to hold back her laughter. Haha, how can this den of thieves be so funny? Originally she thought only the leader of the thieves was a bit foolish, but unexpectedly, this second-in-command is also a weirdo!

  "Nothing? That won't do, you should at least give me something. We can't just busy ourselves for nothing, otherwise, if word gets out, people will laugh at us." The second master said with a conciliatory tone.

  "Really?!" Leng Ruoxue laughed lightly and said, haha, this is still a good-faced bandit! I didn't expect that on the first day of arriving in Wanshan City, I would encounter such a group of top-notch bandits!

  "No way, if you don't have money, then leave the clothes on your body behind! After all, we can't return empty-handed." The second master said with some difficulty.

  "Huh? You want this broken clothes too?" The old man looked at his own clothes with a hole in them, which he hadn't had time to mend yet, and said with some difficulty. Actually, the clothes were torn when he accidentally scratched himself earlier, but since they were in the mountains, he didn't change into new ones. However, unexpectedly these robbers were so poor that they wouldn't even spare broken clothes with holes, alas! This is really miserable!

  "Can't you still wear it after mending? It's better than nothing!" Er Danjia said disapprovingly.

  "You guys are having a tough time, aren't you?" said Leng Ruoxue with utmost sympathy. Alas! She had never seen robbers who even stole broken clothes before!

  "Alas! What can we do? There are many people on our mountain! The master of the house is also a soft-hearted person!" The second master seemed to have met someone who understood him, and he began to pour out his grievances with tears and snot.

  "Huh? What's this about being softhearted?" The old man was extremely curious and couldn't help but ask, would a bandit also be softhearted? Then what kind of bandit is he?!

  "Actually, when we meet people like you, our big boss can't bear to rob them, so he's often cheated. And the brothers on the mountain are often hungry because of his soft heart... Alas, we're really pitiful!" The second boss said with a sorrowful face.

  "Why don't you let someone else be the head of the household then!" Old Man Zhang suggested.

  "No way, the brothers in the mountains only obey him!" The second master flatly refused.

  "Haha, it seems that your big boss is quite popular, huh!" The old man chuckled and said, to be honest, he had lived for so long and seen so many miserable bandits, but this was the first time he had seen one like him!

  "Of course." Er Dong said with a self-satisfied expression.

  "This... second master, right? I want to challenge your great master, would you please go and inform him to accept the challenge?" Leng Ruoxue said after a moment of silence.

  "Huh? Did I hear that right? You're just a junior mystic, yet you dare to challenge our great master? Let me tell you, our great master is the Mystic Emperor! " The second master couldn't help but remind him, in his opinion, Leng Ruoxue was truly too arrogant, their great master could send her flying with just one finger!

  "Thanks for your concern, but I didn't say I'd take action myself!" Leng Ruoxue said with some annoyance. This bandit was being too nosy, meddling too much!

  "Oh, whoever makes a move, if you lose, you'll have to leave everything on your body behind." The second master said after some thought.

  "No problem, but if you lose, this mountain will be my territory from now on!" Lan Ruoxue wouldn't be foolish enough not to fight for her own interests, and besides, she had lured these bandits down the mountain for this very purpose!

  "According to the rules of our Wan Shan Castle, if you win, everything we have will naturally belong to you. Otherwise, it's the other way around!" Er Dangjia said with a smile, heh heh, it's been a long time since someone came to challenge us. Now such an opportunity is even harder to come by than robbing! Who let their big boss's strength be too strong?!

  "Alright, then go and call your master down the mountain to fight immediately!" said Leng Ruoxue with full confidence.

  "You wait." The second master took out a whistle and blew it!

  A moment later, a black shadow quickly appeared in front of everyone.

  "Second brother, what's wrong? Have you run into some trouble?" A middle-aged man asked somewhat urgently. Unless something was amiss, his second brother would never summon him, so when he heard the whistle, his first reaction was that something had happened!

  "Big brother, it's nothing, just someone wants to challenge you!" The second master wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said with some helplessness, "Alas! Big brother is just too tense. He's a mysterious king after all, why can't he ever put his mind at ease?"

  "Dare to challenge me? Who?" The master's gaze first fell on the middle-aged man standing behind Leng Ruoxue and others, carefully sizing him up!

  "It's not him!" Leng Ruo Xue said somewhat helplessly. Alas! They were being ignored thoroughly enough!

  "Who is that? Don't tell me it's you!" The master of the house said with a disbelieving face, in his opinion, the strongest among these people was that whiskered man! The others didn't even have the qualifications to be his opponent!

  "I'm just a junior mystic, do you think it would be me?" Leng Ruoxue couldn't help but roll her eyes and say somewhat speechlessly. In fact, if there weren't outsiders around, she really wanted to fight this man to see the difference between her and Xuan Huang. However, now wasn't the time to show off, after she subdued these bandits, there would be plenty of opportunities for battle later!

  "Huh? Who is that?" The master of the house was bewildered. Were they playing a trick on him?

  "My beast! Come out and fight for me!" As soon as Leng Ruoxue finished speaking, a small white cat the size of a palm appeared before everyone.

  "Huh? You're not telling me that I'm going to fight this little white cat, are you?" The big master was a bit flustered, uh... He didn't want people to say he bullied small animals!

  "Open your cow eyes and take a good look, where do I look like a cat?" Bai Xue shouted in anger. Nima, this great bandit's eyesight is really too poor! This elegant and noble white tiger, was actually seen as a cat by him!

  The master looked up, down, left and right, and finally confirmed without a doubt that it was just a cat!

  "Hmm! That... everywhere is like you, you are just a little kitty!" The master said very honestly.

  "What the hell, what kind of eyes are those? I'm clearly a good tiger!" Bai Xu roared in anger, baring his teeth and brandishing his claws.

  " Tiger?" This time it's not just the big boss, almost all the bandits are looking at Bai Xue with suspicious eyes, as if they're all thinking, this cat... what does it have to do with a tiger?

  Leng Ruo Xue and others also had black lines on their foreheads, thinking to themselves: Bai Xu, your disguise is just a cat!

  "Nima, I can't take it anymore!" Bai Xu let out a mighty roar, his body suddenly growing larger. In the blink of an eye, the palm-sized kitten transformed into a majestic giant white tiger, floating in mid-air!

  "Ah! It really turned into a tiger!" The bandits were shocked, they had never seen a cat that could turn into a tiger before! This was truly amazing! In fact, in the general public's perception, even if it was a beast with a disguise, the disguised form would usually be its original form. So, they never thought there would be beasts whose disguises and true forms were different, this exceeded their understanding!

  After hearing those bandits' words, Bai Xue almost fell from mid-air, damn it! What's the point of becoming a tiger? It was originally a tiger, okay?! These ignorant bandits!

  "Huh? The great master, it won't be the divine beast in that mountain, will it?" A bandit pointed to a nearby mountain, asking cautiously, his eyes fixed on Bai Xue with a hint of vigilance.

  "You are..." The big master looked at Bai Xue with a hint of suspicion, very puzzled in his heart. They had been neighbors with the white tiger on the adjacent mountain for many years, and they had always kept their distance. Today, this old white tiger seemed to have eaten something wrong? However, what he didn't expect was that the white old tiger in the mountain actually had an owner!

  "Stop daydreaming, I have nothing to do with the white tiger in that mountain." Bai Xue said with a hint of dissatisfaction. Humph! It's the most pure-blooded white tiger, how can those ordinary white tigers be compared to it?!

  "Oh!" The master of the house understood now, it turned out they had misunderstood!

  "Hey, let's get started already! I still need to go back and sleep afterwards!" Bai Xu said impatiently. After a while, he would definitely not be able to bear it and slap these lunatic bandits to death with one paw.

  "Alright, you make the first move!" The great master said with a lot of style. Hmm! He had always upheld the spirit of loving and protecting small animals.

  "In that case, I won't hold back! Water Severing Slash!" Bai Xu said, directly launching his strongest attack. A water blade with a daunting chill shot straight at the Eldest Young Master...

  It is now a fourth-level super divine beast, and its strength is just equal to that of the mysterious emperor. Therefore, it can be said that it is a worthy opponent for this great master. So, for this battle, its fighting spirit is particularly high. After all, after advancing to the fourth-level super divine beast, it has not fought against a true mysterious emperor yet! Of course, that stinky qilin is not counted!

  The master of the house saw the sharp water blade and calmly used his strongest earth-based defensive technique to withstand the attack of "Water Melting Slash". However, he was also shocked out of a cold sweat, because he had never thought that this white tiger's strength would be so strong. Originally, he thought their strengths should be evenly matched, but after the fight began, he realized that this white tiger's strength surpassed his own!

  "Wait, stop fighting, I give up!" The master of the house surrendered after just a few rounds!

  "Big brother, you haven't lost yet, why are you admitting defeat?!" The second master shouted in a voice that couldn't understand, w... Big brother can't lose! Otherwise, they won't even have a place to settle down later!

  "I lost, its strength is above mine." The master of the house wouldn't lie, so since he said it, his underlings couldn't help but accept this fact!

  "Big brother, what are we going to do from now on?" Er Dangjia couldn't help but ask.

  "Yes! The great leader, what will become of us brothers from now on?" All the bandits couldn't help but ask with tears in their eyes.

  "Uh... can you please take in these brothers of mine? I know my request is a bit excessive, but I really hope you can grant me this small favor." The head of the household could tell that these people didn't seem like they would slaughter innocent people indiscriminately, so he swallowed his pride and begged. Alas, since they had lost, they naturally had to follow the rules of Wànshān City. He himself was alone and it didn't matter where he went, but a considerable number of his subordinates were family men...

  "If you're staying too, I can consider taking them in." Leng Ruoxue said, although she had the idea of subduing these bandits, but they seemed to be a big trouble, and what she feared most was trouble. Since the master of the house couldn't bear to part with them, it would be better for him to take charge of them after all. After all, what she wanted to subdue most was the master of the house. Moreover, she didn't think her people would stay in Wanshan City forever, this place could only be considered their temporary foothold, and when they left, someone would still need to manage it, and the most suitable person for that would be the master of the house.

  "Big brother, you can stay, it's really great." The second master said happily. In fact, according to the rules of Wanshan City, the losing side must give up their sphere of influence and leave. If they want to take back their own territory, they must rechallenge the opponent and win. So, the second master didn't think that not only did they not have to leave, but big brother could also stay! This was truly beyond their expectations!

  "Can I really stay? Aren't you afraid that I'll find an opportunity to take revenge on you?" The master of the house asked hesitantly, with a tone of disbelief. In his opinion, letting his opponent stay was not a wise move, so even if he was kind-hearted, he would never do such a thing, and therefore, he couldn't understand.

  "If you have that ability, then give it a try." Leng Ruoxue said with a light smile, her confident tone making it impossible to ignore.

  "Hmm! I understand, from now on, you're the master of our household." Upon hearing Leng Ruoxue's words, the master made the most intelligent decision. Although he was kind and easily moved by emotions, he wasn't foolish. He knew that since the woman in front of him was so confident, there must be other secret methods at play. Moreover, losing was just losing; he wasn't someone who couldn't afford to lose, so naturally, he didn't have many tricks up his sleeve. As for why he asked this question, it was mainly because he didn't understand!

  "Those who know the truth are outstanding! And don't call me Big Boss from now on, you're going to be the one in charge here!" Leng Ruoxue nodded in satisfaction and said calmly.

  "Huh? What's your name?" The butler was full of question marks, completely puzzled.

  "My subordinates all call me Miss, you can also call me that! They are all my family." Leng Ruo Xue pointed at Leng Qing Tian and the others.

  "Yes, miss, good day to you gentlemen." The butler quickly fell into his role and said with great respect.

  "Miss, greetings to all the gentlemen." The bandits also rushed to salute and greet Cold Snow and the others. They had always looked up to the Eldest Master as their leader, but now that the Eldest Master was serving under someone else, what about them?

  "Alright, you don't have to be so polite, now take us up the mountain and let's take a look!" Leng Ruoxue said.

  "Yes, miss, gentlemen, this way, please." The butler made a welcoming gesture.

  "You..." Cold as snow on a mountain peak, he turned his gaze towards the middle-aged man with a goatee and asked somewhat hesitantly.

  "Now that you have a place to settle down, it shouldn't be a problem for me to stay overnight, right?" the middle-aged man with a goatee asked with a gentle smile.

  "Of course, no problem." Leng Ruoxue said generously, although she didn't know the identity of this man. However, since he had helped them, it would be too impolite to drive him away as soon as they had a place to stay.

  "Thanks then," said the middle-aged man with a smile.

  "Don't be polite." After saying that, Leng Ruo Xue and others followed those bandits up the mountain.

  When they arrived at the mountain, Leng Ruo Xue suddenly realized that these bandits were even poorer than she had imagined. Moreover, there were many elderly people and children on the mountain, as well as some young women. Every single one of them was filled with curiosity, sizing them up!

  "Ah! Miss, they are the families of some robbers." The steward explained somewhat embarrassedly, alas! Hopefully, miss won't be frightened when seeing these people.

  "Oh." A faint response came from Leng Ruoxue's cold and snowy demeanor.

  "Miss, actually most of these things were robbed back by us." The second housekeeper said with a hint of pride.

  "Did you rob your way back?" Cold-as-Snow looked at the original Second Master with some confusion and asked, what does this mean?

  "Haha, that's what happened. When we robbed them, Big Brother thought they looked quite pitiful, so he decided to bring them back with us too. This way, they'll have a place to stay and won't have to run around everywhere." The second housekeeper explained.

  After hearing the words of the second master, Cold-as-Snow and others had several black lines hanging on their foreheads, thinking to themselves: There are actually such strong robbers in the world, it's truly unheard of, unseen!

  But Leng Ruo Xue couldn't help but feel a little regretful after seeing the actual situation on the mountain, because these bandits were more troublesome than she had imagined. With so many people eating without working, it was no wonder that they often went hungry...

  As the majordomo walked into the hall, Leng Ruoxue sat in the main seat without saying a word. Since she didn't speak, the bandits standing in the center of the hall naturally didn't dare to breathe loudly...

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