I am already immortal, why should I ascend to become an immortal?

Chapter 7 Li Ying, Death
He glanced at the bodies of Zhao Laosan and Zhao Laoer lying on the ground.

Jin Chan continued to do the same thing and took out two fireflies and smashed them with a wooden stick to destroy the bodies.

After doing all this, he picked up a few broken baskets on the ground and walked down the mountain.

On the way back, Jin Chan walked very carefully for fear that the fireflies would spontaneously combust.

I didn't even dare to shake my body too much.

As a result, a journey that originally only took an hour ended up wasting twice as much time.

It was not until the sun rose above the horizon in the east that he returned to the door of his home which was exposed to wind and rain.

After entering the small shabby house.

Jin Chan quickly spread the huge animal skin hanging on the wall on the ground, and then picked out the fireflies in the basket one by one.

But the strange thing is.

The red maggots that were still wriggling when they came down the mountain had now become extremely shriveled and lifeless.

A slight touch turned it into clumps of residue.

Just when Jin Chan was about to try whether the remnants of the firefly could still be ignited.

Outside the house, there were the sounds of more than a dozen people's hurried footsteps.

Judging from the sound, it seems to be less than a hundred meters away from here.

"Is something wrong with you?"

In order to prevent the firefly from being exposed, his intentions were discovered by the villagers.

Jin Chan opened the door first a second before the group of people broke in.

He blocked everyone's view with his body.

"Brother Jinchan, when did you come back?"

Li Ying raised her fist high in the air to knock on the door.

Behind her stood more than a dozen strong young men.

These people were holding farm tools, but it was not known whether they were used for hoeing or to fight the cicadas.

"I went into the mountains to hunt last night and just came back!"

Jin Chan covered his mouth with his right hand, yawned, and spoke in a pretentious manner.

If it happened on a normal day, no one would care if Jin Chan did not come back overnight.

After all, no one has been able to leave Peach Blossom Spring in these hundreds of years.

It’s just that this year’s picking festival is a little special, and coupled with the opening of the underground fire altar, this has caused the villagers to worry.

They were afraid that the golden cicada would disappear at this critical juncture, thus shattering the villagers' dream of immortality.

"Boy, stay at home these few days and don't run around."

A dark-skinned young man holding a sickle in his hand shouted in an unhappy tone.

Jin Chan knew this person.

He is a famous filial son in Taohuayuan.

It is said that his mother was pregnant at the age of 40 and spent half her life to give birth to him.

Because she was an older mother and had a difficult delivery, her body became increasingly thinner and thinner, and she was unable to do even the simplest things like chopping firewood and cooking.

Otherwise, during the annual picking festival, people would scramble to grab the few pounds of meat from the cicadas to use in treating hidden illnesses.

I guess he has passed away long ago.

"understood!"

Jin Chan did not argue, but just responded calmly.

But in his mind he was planning how to burn down the Peach Blossom Spring.

Turn these hypocritical guys into roasted suckling pigs.

"let's go!"

People come quickly and leave quickly.

Although the cicadas cooperate very well during the annual cicada picking festival, this time we are just in case.

Two people were left to guard nearby.

"Brother Jinchan, can I come in and sit down?"

At this time, Li Ying was standing alone at the door, pointing inside the house and asked.

"Xiaoying, I'm exhausted after a long night, I'm really sleepy!"

Jin Chan immediately refused.

He didn't want Li Ying to see that the room was full of fireflies.

"Brother Jinchan, don't lie to me!"

"Look at your trouser legs!"

Li Ying pouted her lips, looking like she knew everything.

"Pants?"

Jin Chan frowned and lowered his head to look.

He saw that the corners of his trousers were stained with the blood of the three Zhao brothers.

Even some of it splashed onto my clothes.

However, the blood has formed into a black scab, which is not easy to detect without careful observation.

"This is the blood of a wild beast, there's nothing strange about it!" Jin Chan lied.

"Brother Jinchan, I don't understand you. You won't starve to death, and you won't go hunting at all!"

As soon as Li Ying finished speaking, she bent down and slipped into the room directly from Jin Chan's armpit like a loach.

But as soon as I entered the house.

I was startled by the densely packed shriveled fireflies on the ground.

"This"

Li Ying is not stupid, she is even a little smart.

After a brief moment of surprise, he came to his senses.

According to the arrangement of the village chief, the three sons of Zhao the Butcher should be responsible for fishing fireflies these days.

But the firefly appeared in this place at this time.

In addition to the bloodstains on Jin Chan's clothes, it is not difficult to guess that Jin Chan has had a conflict with the three brothers of the Zhao family.

As for whether there were any dead people, Li Ying, who was timid by nature, didn't dare to think about it.

And just during the short period of time that Li Ying was stunned.

Jin Chan had quietly closed the door.

His right hand reached behind his waist and grasped the handle of the dagger.

Now there are only two choices before Jin Chan.

One is to persuade Li Ying to conceal the fact that he had killed the three Zhao brothers by appealing to her will or selling her body.

The other one is to kill to silence the witness.

But if he chose the latter, his plan to burn down the Peach Blossom Spring could not be delayed any longer, and he would probably have to implement it reluctantly tonight.

"Xiaoying, I had no choice but to do this. You know Zhao the Butcher's family!"

Jin Chan showed a helpless expression.

But his feet were moving closer to Li Ying step by step.

"Brother Jinchan, did you kill them?"

"Even if the three brothers of the Zhao family have bullied you over the years, they are still from the village and your clan. How can you be so heartless?"

In Li Ying's simple understanding.

Sharing cicadas is a very common thing.

Chopping, cutting, and bleeding are merely bullying, and are essentially no different from the petty fights of ordinary people.

"Sakura."

Just when Jin Chan tried to persuade again.

However, Li Ying pushed him away, and her eyes became different from before, with a hint of resentment and blame.

"I'm going to tell the village chief about this. Brother Jinchan, you disappoint me so much!"

After saying this, Li Ying ran towards the door.

Once these words were spoken, the outcome was already determined.

Sudden.

Chi!
The severe pain from her back made Li Ying turn her head and look back in disbelief.

Jin Chan was seen holding a sharp dagger that was shining with silver light and pulling it out from his back.

"Brother Jinchan, you..."

Li Ying's eyes widened, and a trickle of blood flowed from the corner of her mouth.

She couldn't believe what was happening.

Jin Chan, who loves himself the most, would actually do such a thing.

Feeling the blood flowing out of the body, the body gradually becomes colder.

Li Ying panicked!

She was so afraid that she would die.

Following the instinct of survival, Li Ying opened her beautiful mouth.

As usual, he bit towards Jin Chan's arm.

She knew that if she could eat a bite of cicada meat or drink a drop of cicada blood at this moment.

Maybe you can still save your life.

Just when Li Ying's pearly teeth were only two centimeters away from Jin Chan.

A pair of big hands grabbed her neck and pushed her to the ground.

"Brother Jinchan, I am still young and don't want to die. Please save me and let me have a bite."

Li Ying had only said half of her words when Jin Chan ruthlessly blocked her mouth.

Looking up, I saw a pair of indifferent eyes, as cold as the lake water in December that pierces the bone marrow.

With grievance and unwillingness.

Li Ying never understood until her death.

Why is it that Brother Jinchan, who is usually sweet-talking and gentle to the core, could be so heartless.

Isn't it just sacrificing yourself to let the whole village live forever?
Jin Chan clearly said that he was willing to do this!

(End of this chapter)