Chapter 43

  That day, all the mountain bandits saw that the Toad Mountain stronghold was hauling back cart after cart of gold, silver and precious jewels.

  Ten carts in a row. This was the number confirmed by everyone after counting several times. Although it's hard to see what's loaded on the horse-drawn carriages, one can guess that they are definitely gold and silver from Liancheng, priceless treasures.

  But as they watched the Toad Gang haul the treasure back up the mountain, no one had any thoughts of robbery. Through this battle, the Toad Gang has already shown its strength to the Qingniu Mountain bandits, and those who wanted to attack the Toad Gang have retreated in defeat. And now whether Cheng Dairen knows the Five Thunderclap Technique or not is no longer important.

  They could only watch as the Toad Mountain stronghold hauled truckloads of treasure back into the mountains. All they could do was to sweep the battlefield after the Toad Mountain stronghold and scavenge some armor from the corpses, picking up some scattered weapons in the underbrush.

  After returning to the Toad Village, Cheng Dairen immediately went back to his room and checked his information.

  Name: Cheng Dairen (a somewhat famous ordinary mountain bandit)

  Age: 18

  Skills: Triple Axe

  Hidden attribute: a good person

  Fear value: 3000

  Compared to before, the level hasn't changed, it's just that there is an additional attribute of fear value. Looking at the system prompt from earlier, when your system reaches 10,000, you will gain the authority to construct a point tower.

  Cheng Dalai pondered to himself, analyzing with his years of gaming experience that this fear value was similar to system currency. Once a certain amount was accumulated, it could be exchanged for items from the system. And this point would be... Could it be the Martial General's Shop?

  Of course, this is just an analysis by Cheng Dalai himself, and it can only be confirmed after the construction of the station.

  The current fear value is 3000, and there are still 7000 away from the goal, so how can this fear value be obtained?

  Just then, Xu Shenji walked into the house: "Master, we have counted the birthday gifts that were robbed. Do you want to take a look?"

  Cheng Dali followed Xu Shenji out, still pondering the matter of fear value in his heart. This system was obviously a professional version, not even providing a beginner's guide, everything had to be figured out by Cheng Dali himself.

  "Ah!" Looking at Xushenji walking in front of him, Cheng Dalai suddenly let out a loud roar and slapped his shoulder with a big palm.

  Xu Shenji turned his head around, with a look of disgust on his face: "Big boss, what are you doing?"

  Drool, gained fear value 1

  "It's okay, it's okay."

  Cheng Dalai waved his hand, and in his heart, he was still thinking about it. It seemed that this fear value was not difficult to obtain, as long as he could make people afraid. However, Xu Shenji was already very familiar with himself, so of course, he wouldn't be afraid of himself. If he wanted to gain more fear value, he would have to think of other ways.

  Walking with Xu Shenji to the school field, Huang San Yuan was recording the numbers. He did these things professionally, if there was no Huang San Yuan, several people in Ha Ma Zhai were not good at doing these things.

  "Alright, let's get down to business." Huang San Yuan said: "In total, we have ten carts. Three carts of animal hides, two carts of copperware, two carts of herbs, and three carts of silk fabrics. We also got a few horses and some weapons."

  After this battle, the Toad Village gained a lot. Animal hides, herbs, and cotton cloth were all necessities for living here. Cheng Da Lei looked at the pile of supplies in front of him that had accumulated into a small mountain and said: "Can we use those?"

  "Most of it is usable, but not this much." Huang San Yuan said: "Currently there's another problem, the mountain stronghold doesn't have much grain left, and with the weather getting colder, we need to stock up on some winter grain."

  Actually, there are only six people in the current stronghold, and six people can't eat much. The key is that the stronghold also raised several horses, and today's battle caught a few more, with even greater consumption. With the current stronghold's reserves, it won't make it through this winter.

  "Should we exchange these things for food?" Cheng Dairen looked up and said: "We seem to have no other choice, right?"

  Xu Shenji said: "Actually, we used to have a way to sell the loot, but the strength of the Frog Village has been getting smaller and smaller, so this road is also abandoned."

  "It seems we still have to open another way, otherwise the things that come in the future will not be able to be accounted for." Cheng Dalai said, suddenly standing up: "What about Su Qing's side? The family's broken affairs haven't been resolved yet, and the ransom they promised us hasn't arrived. They really think they can just walk away from here!"

  "Will they get into trouble over there?" Huang San Yuan asked.

  Considering the current situation, it's best for Ha Ma Zhai and Su Qing to establish a cooperative relationship. However, after Su Qing returned, there has been no news from her end, and I don't know how the chili peppers are doing in Luo Shi Cheng. What's going on with Su Qing? Is her stepmother really that difficult to deal with...

  Cheng Dalai first asked everyone to move the things they had looted into the warehouse. Anyway, these things wouldn't spoil and it was fine to leave them there for a while.

  While doing these things, Cheng Dairen kept receiving system prompts.

  Roger, received fear value 8

  Roger, received fear value 10

  Roger, received fear value 3

  ……

  Cheng Dalai estimated that this was a matter of his own robbery, and after it was transmitted back to Heishi City, it caused a response. It's hard to say what kind of rumors will be spread about himself. However, wanting to collect 10,000 points of fear value through this is clearly not enough.

  The next day at dawn, Cheng Dairen was still half asleep when Xushenji rushed into his room.

  "The great master, Li Xingzai has run away."

  "Let them go if they want to leave. Do you think they would really stay?". Cheng Dalai yawned and sat up: "I guess it's time for them to leave too."

  "But he left a sword in his room."

  Huh?

  Cheng Dairen sprang down from the kang, reached out and grabbed the sword in Xu Shenji's hand, with a clang, he drew the sword out of its scabbard, the blade cold as water.

  Cheng Dairen had just arrived in this era, and he was eager to get a sword. He also fantasized about wearing a white robe and riding a horse across the rivers and lakes. However, after all this time, he still couldn't manage to grab a sword, and he almost understood why.

  In this era, a sword is more of an ornament than a weapon. With the current forging technology, how much killing power can be expected from a double-edged iron sword? It would become blunt after cutting down a few people. Therefore, in modern times, military generals mostly choose long spears, large knives, and copper hammers... whether they are sharp or not doesn't matter, as long as they are heavy enough to crush people; outlaws and bandits all choose to use large knives, clubs, and whatever materials they can find on the ground, which are cheap and practical for killing people and setting fires, a must-have for both home and travel.

  Swords, on the other hand, are a luxury item. First of all, they are expensive to make, and then you have to take good care of them, or else they will rust and get stuck in their scabbards, which is quite embarrassing. So in this era, scholars wear swords, famous men wear swords, nobles wear swords... even royalty wears swords.

  Li Xingze belongs to which one?

  Holding the sword in his hand, Cheng Dalai slowly pondered in his heart.

  On the official road from Qingniu Mountain to Luoshi City, Li Xingzhe walked in front, and Li Yu'er followed behind him with a puzzled expression.

  "Brother, what were you thinking, wanting to leave the sword with him?"

  "It's just a sword, what can it do for him even if he has it?" Li Xingzhai said casually.

  "Kě nà jiàn......" Lǐ Yuàn ér kuài zǒu jǐ bù, dào tā shēn biān: "Nà kě shì pǐ fū jiàn......"

  Translation:

  "What a sword......" Li Yuane'er quickly walked a few steps to his side: "That's the Matchless Sword......"