Chapter 320: 234: Great Peril

Chapter 320: Chapter 234: Great Peril

Until Ma Gu and Wei Zian had dealt with the remaining mountain bandits, the stout middle-aged master and his disciples could finally regain their composure.

Looking at the courtyard full of corpses, as well as the still composed Lu Qing and the slightly sighing elder doctor,

The stout middle-aged man couldn’t help but realize

that he had truly misjudged this time.

Doctor Chen and his party were truly masters of concealing their capabilities.

No wonder they dared to bring a little girl on their travel; it turned out that Lu Qing and his companions’ strength was formidable.

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The group of mountain bandits they faced earlier was fierce and not weak in strength.

The bandit leader had barely reached the Internal Organ Realm.

The dozen or so bandit leaders following him were also martial artists, with several even at the Muscle and Bone Realm.

Adding those occupying the high ground, wielding strong bows and hidden weapons.

One could say that with the situation just now, even he, being close to the Internal Organs Realm Great Success, didn’t have full confidence in protecting everyone in the courtyard.

Yet, the dire circumstance of such an encirclement was instantly disintegrated and defeated by the joint efforts of Lu Qing and his companions.

This left the stout middle-aged man utterly astonished.

Whether it was Ma Gu’s fierce and powerful saber technique, Lu Qing’s miraculous hidden weapon skills, or Wei Zian’s sharp stick technique,

All of it took him by surprise.

There was also Lu Qing and their decisive killing.

All this made the stout middle-aged man feel a sense of mystery towards Lu Qing and his companions.

“Young Master Lu, I really didn’t expect your skills to be so remarkable. I was really worrying too much,” the stout middle-aged man exclaimed.

“Just a few petty thieves. With Senior Xu’s strength, taking care of them must have been simple. It’s us who are showing off,” Lu Qing replied with a smile.

Xu Ping and the others were rendered speechless upon hearing this.

Though those mountain bandits appeared vulnerable in front of Ma Gu and the others, the Qi-Blood power they unleashed was genuine.

Some of their cultivations were even higher than theirs.

They knew if they had faced those fierce bandits themselves, they certainly wouldn’t have had much chance of winning.

Such a group of brutal bandits, in Lu Qing’s eyes, were merely petty thieves, leaving Xu Ping and the others at a loss for words.

“Master, we have to deal with the corpses again.”

Ma Gu, looking at the corpses in the courtyard, scratched his head and said.

“Yes, it really is bothersome.”

Lu Qing looked around at all the corpses, speaking somewhat helplessly.

The number of corpses this time, compared to those of the Flowing Cloud Sect disciples they had killed on the road two days ago, was even greater.

Thus, burying them would be even more troublesome.

He felt he really needed to hasten the completion of his method for destroying corpses and eradicating traces.

Otherwise, handling the corpses after each battle was proving to be too time-consuming.

Hearing this, Xu Ping and her fellow disciples shivered inwardly.

They had already found it strange earlier that Lu Qing and his companions’ fighting was too decisive.

The coordination among the few of them was also incredibly tacit, not at all like the killing mentality young people should have.

Hearing their conversation now made them feel even chillier.

What did he mean by having to deal with corpses again?

Did it mean that Lu Qing and his companions had also killed many before?

Lu Qing didn’t notice the expressions of Xu Ping and her companions.

He said to the stout middle-aged man, “Senior Xu, we still need to rest here tonight. Having so many corpses here isn’t really appropriate. I wonder if you could have a few of your esteemed disciples help us move these corpses out for burial?”

The stout middle-aged man nodded, “Of course, Wen Bin, Wen Wu, you guys help out and move these corpses outside.”

“Yes, Master.”

The disciples of the stout middle-aged man responded in unison.

“Ah Qing,” at that moment, the elder doctor suddenly spoke, “The girl’s head should be properly buried.”

“I understand, Master.”

Lu Qing glanced at the young girl’s head that had fallen to the ground, sighed, packed it in a cloth bag, and prepared to find a good spot to bury it after they moved outside.

Taking advantage of the daylight that hadn’t completely faded, everyone began to busily move the corpses out of the courtyard.

As Xu Ping was a girl and had already been quite terrified earlier, she didn’t need to help with the heavy labor.

As the corpses in the courtyard gradually diminished, Xu Ping’s heart and spirit also stabilized a lot.

She looked around and saw Little Yan holding Little Li, quietly staying beside the elder doctor without any panic on her face.

She felt curious and puzzled.

Suddenly, she remembered that when the mountain bandits had surrounded the Mountain God Temple earlier, Little Yan didn’t seem to show much fear.

At least she was much more composed compared to herself.

“Little Yan, aren’t you scared? There are so many dead people here,” Xu Ping approached Little Yan and asked softly.

“Not scared,” Little Yan shook her head, “They were all bad people, and besides, brother and Little Li will protect me, so Little Yan is not scared.”

Xu Ping was taken aback, not expecting Little Yan to respond like that.

However, Little Yan’s words touched her heart.

“Little Yan, from what you say, did bad people try to hurt you before?”

She inadvertently ignored that Little Li would protect her, as mentioned by Little Yan.

In her view, this was just a little girl being sentimental about a playmate.

When she was little and slept alone, she felt that the rag doll her mother made would protect her.

“Yes, a lot, but they were all killed by brother and Uncle Ma,” Little Yan nodded seriously.

Xu Ping took a deep breath inwardly.

She had not guessed wrong—Lu Qing and the others had indeed experienced many life-and-death fights before with their utterly decisive killing methods.