Chapter 41: What You Fear Will Come

  Chapter 41: What You Fear Will Come

  Ning Chong originally refined the Dilong fruit, which took about a day, but this Bone Jade Blood Coral, although only a small section, was far more effective than the Dilong fruit. Ning Chong gritted his teeth and persisted in refining it, and before he knew it, three days had passed in a flash.

  These three days felt like ten years to Ning Chong, and if not for his exceptionally strong willpower and determination compared to others of the same age, he might have given up several times under such intense pain.

  It seems that there is no connection between Ning Chong's sneak attack and the deaths. In the past three days, no new bodies have been sent to the mortuary tent, and people in the camp have a natural aversion to it, subconsciously avoiding it. Naturally, no one would come near the tent casually, let alone enter it.

  Thus, this camp was quiet all the time, creating a good environment for Ning Chong to cultivate his bones, jade and blood coral.

  After persisting for four days, Ning Chong finally discovered that the medicinal effect of the Bone Jade Blood Coral was gradually weakening, and the pain his body was suffering from also began to alleviate.

  Ning Chong was slightly surprised, and estimated that he had already refined about three-quarters of the medicinal properties of the Bone Jade Blood Coral. With another day or so, he should be able to fully refine the Bone Jade Blood Coral!

  I just hope that for the rest of this extra day, this camp remains as quiet and peaceful as it is now, without anyone disturbing us...

  Ning Chong had hoped so, but the reality was often contrary.

  At dusk on this day, Ning Chong's Lianhua Bone Jade Coral had reached its final critical moment. Just then, a faint sound of footsteps was heard coming from afar.

  A moment later, Ning Chong's body was still unable to move, but his eyebrows furrowed because he clearly heard the footsteps getting clearer and clearer, heading towards the mortuary tent, and the voices of the approaching people were also clearly audible.

  Two people came, and all I heard was the two of them chatting and laughing together.

  "Haha, Wang Ma Zi is such an unlucky bastard!"

  "Yes, that kid who was ordered by Lord Black Panther to be searched for has disappeared into thin air and can't be found. But he's also stopped ambushing our brothers, and in the past few days, no more brothers have died at his hands. Originally, I thought we could finally have a peaceful day or two in this morgue tent, but who knew that Wang Ma Zi, that idiot, would actually provoke a ferocious demonic beast during the search? Now look what's happened - they've all been bitten to pieces!"

  His brows furrowed tighter and tighter, his heart racing with anxiety: "Damn it, so these two are bringing new corpses to the camp... I'm at a critical moment in refining the Bone Jade Blood Coral, if they interrupt me, the consequences will be unthinkable! What... what should I do..."

  Although anxious, Ning Chong's body was completely immobile at this time and there was no temporary solution.

  Only heard those two people getting closer to the mortuary tent while continuing their conversation:

  "Right, Old Bai, that Wang Ma Zi seems to have quite a bit of property in Qing Shi Town! This time we need to be clever and make our move at the first opportunity. We can't let others get the meat while we don't even get any soup!"

  "Don't worry! We'll learn from our mistakes. Once this mission is over, we'll head back immediately and take away all of Wang's valuable things!"

  "Haha, that's great! Oh, and Wang Ma Zi's aunt is pretty good too. Although she's middle-aged, she's well-maintained, so I'll reluctantly accept her! Haha!"

  "You're just a damn good-for-nothing, fine! That aunt is yours, and Wang Mazi's daughter will be mine. Although she doesn't look great, she'll do for warming the bed!"

  "Ah, right, Old Bai, this Wang Mazi also has a 10-year-old son, how should we deal with him?"

  "Hmm, simple, just see how he behaves. If he dares to be disobedient, kill him directly; if he listens, sell him as a slave!"

  ……

  The two of them chatted back and forth, discussing the filthy business of plotting against others' property and wives, but they spoke with ease, as if it were a perfectly normal thing to do.

  Ning Chong was somewhat aware of this.

  So, on the continent of Shenwu, teams composed of adventurers like the Black Tiger Mercenary Group can be found everywhere.

  In this world, martial arts are flourishing. Even farmers who till the soil are casually skilled in punching and kicking. Those martial artists who have no future prospects for advancement, but are not at peace with living ordinary lives like normal people, are everywhere to be found. They only need to casually wield a weapon to become mercenaries, going out on adventures to make a living.

  These mercenaries are not only numerous, but also large in scale, mixed with good and bad. They often do things that risk their lives, adding blood to the blade, without knowing whether they will die the next moment.

  Naturally, for these mercenaries, it is absolutely impossible to make any demands on their moral conscience. They only pursue temporary wealth and pleasure.

  It is precisely because of this that many of these mercenary groups and hired soldiers, although they have the formal title of mercenaries, in reality do not differ much from bandits and robbers. In the Xuan Yuan mountain range, murder, plunder, rape, and arson are all basically committed by this type of hired soldier.

  It can be seen that this kind of thing, where a brother who was originally part of a group has his property snatched away by the crowd after he dies, is not something unusual. The fact that these two people can talk about it so brazenly and without restraint is very good evidence.

  However, Ning Chong couldn't care less about the conversation between these two people now, because at this moment, the two of them were even closer to the mortuary tent, and he had to think of a way to deal with it.

  At this time, the sky was dark and gloomy, Ning Chong blended in with a group of dead people, not too conspicuous. After those two entered the camp, it's possible they wouldn't discover anything unusual about Ning Chong.

  But this probability, Ning Chong really didn't dare to take the risk. Because once discovered, it would mean that he was completely finished, even if not because of being injured or killed by friendly fire, he would be quickly surrounded by the mercenaries of the Black Tiger Mercenary Corps.

  This is the stronghold of the Black Panther and Black Tiger mercenaries. Once surrounded, a tragic ending is almost certain.

  But what else can be done?

  Knitting his brows tightly, he continued to refine the Bone Jade Blood Coral while rapidly thinking in his mind.

  Just as the two were only a few steps away from the camp, Ning Chong realized that he could only slightly move his muscles at present and had to put most of his energy into refining the Bone Jade Blood Coral to ensure no problems arose. He finally made up his mind to scare them off with a strange and eerie ghostly appearance.

  These mercenaries, due to their unbridled lifestyle and the erosion of their conscience, paradoxically believe in ghosts and gods more than ordinary people. They probably hold onto the mindset that they won't be punished by ghosts and gods after death.

  Ning Chong thought that if he could scare away these two people, even if they told others about the strange occurrences in the mortuary tent, others would likely be even more afraid to approach the tent and wouldn't come to investigate out of curiosity.

  So this method should work!

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