Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 1342: Chapter 436: Qingxun Treasure Tree, Black Wind General and the Toll, Blood and Rescue (Part 4)

Zhu Yan’s expression was extremely grave as he looked up at the pitch-black night, roughly identified the direction, and promptly flew toward the west.

He flew north for about four or five kilometers and quickly found a squad of about fifty soldiers.

The fifty or so soldiers were fully armed, guarding the entrance of a cave. Upon seeing someone flying over from midair, they immediately became alert, but relaxed upon recognizing Zhu Yan.

A middle-aged man wearing Ten Thousand Forged Armor, clearly the leader, was the first to step forward and bowed to Zhu Yan, ”He Qing pays respect to Lord General!”

Zhu Yan nodded and then glanced inside the cave entrance, speaking coldly, ”I have urgent matters and need to return to the County City first. After delivering the people, you return here.”

”Subordinate obeys the command!”

He Qing bowed and accepted the command, only to realize Zhu Yan had already disappeared.

He turned to the fifty soldiers behind him and directly ordered, ”Bring out the people in the cave. Take them to the Bone-Eroding Path, quickly!”

The fifty soldiers moved swiftly upon hearing the order, quickly entering the cave.

”Animals, get up!”

Smack...

”Stop sleeping, it’s time to move.”

Bam...

”Get up quickly.”

”A herd of animals, get up quickly!”

...

Curses, whippings, commands, beatings... as sounds constantly echoed from within the cave, soon young people about 20 years old were being escorted out by more than fifty soldiers.

These young people, although showing fear and panic on their faces, appeared meek under the threats and curses from the soldiers. However, their physiques were quite good, clearly possessing cultivation, and they wore cotton clothing, with a few even carrying weapons at their waists.

”Move ahead quickly!”

He Qing, leading fifty soldiers, pushed this group of five hundred young people towards the south, toward the Bone-Eroding Path, like herding sheep.

”Sir, spare me! I don’t want to die, I don’t want to die.”

”I am willing to enter lowly status in Bai Shui City, just spare my life, sir.”

”Spare me, please sir.”

Smack...

”If you dare to babble on, I’ll slaughter you right here.”

”Get up, keep moving forward!”

...

Clearly, these five hundred young people knew their fate well.

Most faces were filled with despair, a few couldn’t help but kneel to plead for mercy from the soldiers, but all they received in response were whippings and beatings. After a few rounds, they dared not beg anymore and could only continue moving forward.

The soldiers’ camp was less than five kilometers away from the Bone-Eroding Path, and the five hundred people were escorted to the entrance of the Bone-Eroding Path in just over half an hour.

Seeing the Bone-Eroding Path shrouded in black mist less than ten meters ahead, many young people’s legs went weak. Even those pretending to be calm had their pupils betray their terrified and anxious hearts.

”Alright, get in there!”

He Qing walked directly to the group of young people at the front, drew the Big Saber from his waist, pointed toward the Bone-Eroding Path, and then harshly urged them to enter.

Those young people at the front wore faces full of fear and terror. One was so scared that he turned to kneel before He Qing, clearly pleading for mercy.

”Dare to come again!”

However, He Qing gave him no chance.

With a harsh shout, He Qing directly lifted the young man and threw him into the Bone-Eroding Path.

Whoosh...

The moment he was thrown in, the Black Wind instantly scraped off his flesh, leaving only a skeleton that collapsed on the ground.

”Get in there, whoever dares to babble again...”

”Brothers, we’re going to die anyway, let’s fight them!”

”We have five hundred people, if we fight, maybe there’s a chance.”

”Yeah, don’t listen to them, fight these scoundrels!”

...

In the group, four or five young men suddenly shouted angrily, interrupting He Qing’s threat and seemingly rousing the survival instincts of the other young people. They all turned to look at the armor-clad soldiers around them, their long-repressed anger erupting with furious cries.

”Fight them.”

”We’re going to die anyway, might as well take a bite out of them.”

”Damn Cai Qiu County Guard Army, just a group of murderers.”

”Brothers, fight them.”

...

More than five hundred people were incensed, and after a series of angry shouts, they suddenly charged at the armored soldiers from all directions.

Most of them were without weapons, so they were basically charging at the soldiers bare-handed.

This reckless charge resulted in a terrible fate.

”A herd of animals trying to overturn the sky, leave them breathing, throw them all in!”

He Qing seemed to have anticipated this scene, showing no surprise, he just sneered and issued orders to the soldiers, then lunged into the crowd, grabbing young people to throw into the Bone-Eroding Path.

”A group not even at Cold Resistance Level trying to overturn the sky.”

”Haha, come on, brothers, let’s see who throws the most!”

”Sure, hahaha, the loser buys drinks at Bai Shui!”

”Keep an eye on the ones in the middle, they’re the instigators.”

”There’s also a girl, hehe, save her for fun later.”

...

Following orders, the fifty-plus soldiers surrounded the young people like wolves, ensuring none escaped from the center, and they didn’t even charge in, just grabbed people from the perimeter and threw them in.

In less than a hundred breaths, they had thrown in over half of the five hundred people.