Chapter 124

  The troops straggled along the road, like ants carrying grain back to their anthill.

  The vast and dense forest was covered with heavy snow, and before dawn, the treetops were shrouded in a layer of black veil.

  "Hair, hair......"

  Suddenly seven or eight people rushed out of the jungle. The mountain bandit named Er Mao turned his head and saw that they were all familiar brothers of the mountain bandits.

  These people left the stronghold ten days ago, and before they left, they didn't say goodbye to anyone. In this case, there's nothing much to blame them for, after all, everyone is just trying to make a living, as long as they don't do something extreme like setting the granary on fire before leaving, it's fine.

  "Hutou, you guys are still alive?" Er Mao said with some surprise.

  "Alas, don't mention it, I've been barely surviving these past few days." Hu Zi sighed and noticed the sled being pulled by Er Mao and a few others: "What's on this?"

  "Grains, all were transported back by the head of the household."

  "So much food!" Hu Zi stared at the piles of rice bags, his eyes gleaming with greed. He suddenly said: "Er Mao, I have a favor to ask you, let me take these grains away, brother, I haven't eaten for several days."

  "How can this be!" Er Mao said: "At first I told you not to leave, but you didn't listen to me. Now it's too late to say anything."

  "Who the hell knows if he can really bring back grain." Hu Zi begged again: "Mao Zi, please let me take away some grain, even just one bag."

  Er Mao's eyes flickered, but in the end he firmly shook his head: "Tiger, go and ask Da Dang Jia to let you come back, Da Dang Jia has a soft heart, will definitely forgive you."

  "Big boss, which big boss?"

  "Master Cheng!"

  "Hmph, I left when we were out of food, now the mountain stronghold has grain, if I want to come back, how could he possibly agree? Besides, I don't get along with him, so it's better you help me out, save my life. With all this grain, even if I take away one or two bags, no one will notice."

  "This was brought back by Chengzhai, everyone has to rely on these to get through this winter, I won't let you take away a single grain of rice."

  "You're alive, we'll starve to death! Fine, you won't give it to me, I'll take it by force!"

  Hu Zi drew his sword, and from the very beginning, he never put down the sword in his hand.

  Er Mao was shocked and lost his color, the team was scattered, they had long been disconnected from the main team, and there were no other people around at this moment. Because of their need to transport grain, they also did not carry any weapons on them.

  Hu Zi swung his knife at Er Mao's head, but he dodged and stumbled backward, wanting to pounce forward, but how could he withstand the sharp blades of these hungry men.

  Er Mao and the others could only watch as they pulled away with the grain cart, unable to stop them. Thinking that Cheng Da Lei had traveled far and wide to bring back these grains, but just as they were about to arrive home, they lost the grains instead. What face would they have to see Cheng Da Lei?

  Whoosh!

  An arrow flew through the air and pierced a person's back. Two men, startled, turned their heads to look, only to see Cheng Da Lei, Zhao Zi Long and several others rushing over from the front.

  "What's wrong with you? If someone steals from you, just kill him!"

  Cheng Dalai rushed towards Er Mao and several others, shouting, and swung his axe as he charged forward. Zhao Zilong, Zhang Fei, and a few others followed close behind him.

  Huzi and several others rushed to grab the food, but before they could even rejoice, Cheng Dalai and a few others charged over. Huzi and the others had been starving for who knows how long, and at this moment, they didn't have much strength left. As soon as they saw Cheng Dalai, their hearts grew timid, and their legs turned soft.

  "Kill them all, don't let one escape!"

  Cheng Dalai swung his axe and chopped down the person in front of him. These people were like wolves entering a flock of sheep, killing Tiger's group, causing them to flee in disarray.

  Roger, received fear value 881

  Roger, received fear of 666

  Hmph...

  Cheng Dairen's heart skipped a beat, his fear value was about to reach 100,000. After killing Huerle, Cheng Dairen's fear value had been rising all the time, and encountering pirates at sea had caused another surge, now it was approaching 100,000, once it reached 100,000, he could do an eleven-consecutive draw.

  The tiger cub was so frightened that it rushed about without choosing a path, and fell headlong into a snow pit. When it turned its head, Cheng Da Lei was already close in front of it with an axe in hand.

  "Master Cheng, I was wrong! Please spare my life, I won't dare again!"

  "Spare your nonsense!"

  After harvesting another wave of fear value, Cheng Dalai swung his axe down fiercely.

  "Hu zi......" Er Mao shouted out in a low voice, but still couldn't stop Cheng Dairen's axe from falling.

  Cheng Dali and several others picked up their weapons and threw them onto the sled.

  "What's wrong with you guys? Hurry up, you're the slowest among all."

  Cheng Dali wanted to gather everyone together, but unfortunately, these people's physical strength was uneven, and their speed was also fast and slow.

  Once disconnected from the main force and dragging food to walk in this wilderness, it feels like a naked beauty walking into a bandit's lair.

  Cheng Dali and several others in the team went back and forth, trying to hurry everyone along. In the end, after expending a great deal of effort, they finally managed to transport the grain safely back to the mountain stronghold.

  The granary is filled with grain, and the rice mountain is a spectacular sight that everyone has seen today. Everyone is exhausted and panting, but at this moment, these people seem to have forgotten their fatigue, eager to touch the piled-up grain, their faces showing an unusual excitement.

  "Alright, alright." Cheng Dalai roared: "Is that all? Nobody is allowed to touch it anymore. Now... let's cook!"

  These people had forgotten how long it had been since they last had a full meal. With a single order from Cheng Da Lei, everyone became busy. On the Toad Ridge, they buried pots and cooked rice. Before long, the fragrance of rice wafted through the air.

  The mountain echoed with bursts of laughter, these people had been hungry for a long time, and now that they had obtained a lot of food, they didn't dare to waste even a bit, so much so that if a single grain of rice fell on the ground, they would pick it up and put it in the pot.

  Only those who have experienced hunger can truly appreciate the value of food.

  As he gazed at this scene, Cheng Dairen suddenly received a system prompt.

  Hoot! Righteous young man, congratulations on completing the mission, reward...

  "Cheng Zhai Zhu..."

  At this time, Gao Feihu, Xiao Bai Lang, Xiong Da and Xiong Er invited the leader of the mountain bandits from Niushan to come before Cheng Daren. Without saying a word, they all knelt down at the same time.

  "What are you doing?"

  "Brother Cheng Zhai, we've all discussed it," said Gao Fei Hu. "From now on, the entire Qing Niu Mountain should be under your command, Master Cheng."

  "Alright, got it, let's get up." Cheng Dairen said.

  Yuck!

  Things didn't go as planned, but more than 50 fake shops had discussed this beforehand and it was hard to overcome the psychological barrier. But looking at Cheng Da Lei's expression, he seemed to not take this matter seriously at all.

  "Now, brothers of Qingniu Mountain, every one of us owes our lives to Boss Cheng. What we mean is, from today on, everyone will follow Boss Cheng."

  "You... want to join the Toad Village?" Cheng Dairen furrowed his brow.