Longevity from Liao Zhai

Chapter 48 Commitment
Countless rats suddenly appeared and surrounded the grain transport convoy.

The cats guarding the car began to fight with the mice.

This time is different from the last time.

Last time, the rats' target was humans.

This time the rats' target was the food in the convoy.

There were hundreds of horse-drawn carriages, and on the carriages were sacks filled with grain.

The rat population far outnumbers the cat population.

Some mice and cats were fighting.

Some rats began to tear the sacks and drag them into the underground river.

Soon, several sacks had been dragged into the river by the rats.

Although mice are small, they can withstand a lot of attacks.

"Hurry and protect the food!"

Captain Leng shouted loudly.

This time, everyone had experience in dealing with rats and was not as panicked as the first time.

What's more, there is Fan Shiyi.

After Fan Shiyi saw the group of rats, he started to draw cats.

One by one, cats emerged from the scroll and joined the battle.

The yamen runners and bodyguards joined the battle, competing with the rats for food.

A sack was about to fall into the water, and several bodyguards chased away rats while pulling the sack back to shore.

Even though everyone tried their best to rescue, several sacks of food still fell into the underground river.

The water in the underground river is very fast.

After the sack went in, it was immediately washed away without a trace.

Captain Leng was anxious.

If the rats get all the food into the underground river, the mission will fail.

These hundreds of carts of grain are related to the lives of tens of thousands of people, and even more so to their official hats.

Once there is a problem with food, it is hard to say whether you will die, but you will definitely lose your official position.

Captain Leng also tried his best to kill the rat.

Suddenly, Captain Leng felt a sense of alarm.

This is a warrior, and this is a warning sign formed by years of fighting.

In the darkness, five dark shadows rushed towards Captain Leng.

Captain Leng quickly dodged to block.

These five figures are the five children born by the rat demon.

These five little mouse monsters all have tenth-grade cultivation.

Captain Leng was confused by the five figures, but he managed to keep his balance.

These five little mouse monsters are half the height of a human.

"I'm so hungry, you look fine."

"This is a human being, of course it's delicious."

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go and eat him."

After discussing for a while, the five rat demons rushed towards Captain Leng again.

"Somebody come!"

Captain Leng shouted loudly.

Captain Leng is a ninth-grade cultivator, but he doesn't even take these five little mouse monsters seriously.

But he still summoned his companions.

Among the yamen runners, there are two who are of the tenth rank.

Captain Leng thought that it was these five little mouse demons that controlled the swarm of rats.

He thought that as long as he killed these five little mouse monsters, the disaster of the rat colony would naturally be resolved.

However, the next moment.

A dark shadow suddenly fell from the wall of the tunnel.

The black shadow was so fast that it appeared in front of Captain Leng in the blink of an eye.

Captain Leng's attention was focused on the five little rat demons and he didn't notice the sneak attack from the eighth-rank rat demon.

The rat demon bit the cold captain.

Captain Leng was shocked and dodged quickly.

Even so, the rat demon still bit his shoulder.

A large piece was bitten off from Captain Leng’s right shoulder.

This big piece contains both meat and bones.

Captain Leng suddenly lost all hope.

Finished!

Captain Leng stared blankly at the rat demon in front of him that was eating his flesh and blood, and his heart sank.

Although this rat demon is not as big as the five smaller rat demons, its aura is very strong.

Eighth grade!

This rat demon is definitely an eighth-grade cultivator.

Captain Leng was sweating profusely.

Firstly, his cultivation is weaker than that of the rat demon.

Secondly, he lost one arm and his strength was greatly reduced.

This arm may be able to grow back, but given the current situation, I don’t know if I can survive.

It was an eighth-grade rat demon, and with one of his arms injured, he was no match for it.

"This one's for you, kids."

After the rat demon finished speaking, he disappeared into the darkness.

The rat demon is going to deal with Fan Shiyi!
Fan Shiyi kept drawing cats, which prevented the rats from dragging away the sacks of grain.

There was deep fear and relief in Leng's eyes. He was glad that Fan Shiyi was on this mission.

Fan Shiyi not only dealt with the rats, but also attracted firepower.

An eighth-rank rat demon, a fourth-rank Confucian, would probably not work.

Captain Leng began to think of running away.

The fourth level of Confucianism means that there is more spiritual energy in the body, but the martial arts and spells are not good, and there is no killing skill.

Leng, a captain with the ninth rank of cultivation, once defeated a fourth rank Confucian.

The rat demon is of the eighth grade.

It probably wouldn't be difficult for an eighth-rank demon to deal with a fourth-rank Confucian.

While Captain Leng was hesitating, two tenth-rank yamen runners followed him.

Five little mouse monsters rushed towards Leng, the captain.

Captain Leng and two tenth-rank yamen runners fought with five little mouse monsters.

However, because of their injuries, the three people had a hard time dealing with the little mouse monster.

"Tenth rank of the escort agency, come and help us."

The cold captain roared.

Fan Shiyi is with the people from the escort agency.

The rat demon is secretly waiting for an opportunity to attack Fan Shiyi.

Captain Leng knew that the escort agency was also in trouble, but he still had to draw manpower from it.

After all, a dead Taoist friend will never die a poor Taoist.

Captain Leng’s call worked.

One of the two tenth-rank officers from the escort agency has arrived.

"Where's the other tenth rank?"

Captain Leng shouted. He wanted two Tenth-Ranks to come, so that five people against five little mouse monsters would not be too stressful.

The escort did not reply, and the grain transport convoy was under great pressure ahead.

It is already a great honor for the escort agency to be able to spare one of its two tenth-rank officials.

In front of the grain transport convoy.

The pressure on the escort agency is not very great.

Fan Shiyi kept drawing cats, and these cats fought mice.

The escorts protected the sacks of grain to prevent them from being dragged away by rats.

"People from the escort agency, protect me!"

Fan Shiyi said.

Fan Shiyi is a mage with low armor, so he can die easily.

What’s more, the rat demon is an assassin, and is simply the nemesis of Confucianism.

Fan Shiyi knew that he could not defeat the rat demon, so he had to have someone to protect him.

Shipin and Zhou Ping from the escort agency and two other people protected Fan Shiyi from four directions.

The people in the escort agency knew that if Fan Shiyi died, the battle would be lost.

Zhou Ping concentrated his mind highly and at the same time spread out the range of his perception of the Sky Spirit Technique.

The tunnel is very dark and can only be illuminated by lamps.

However, Zhou Ping has the ability to borrow the spiritual power of the sky, so he can sense things within a certain range around him without using his eyes.

Moreover, Zhou Ping also has a ghost baby and a ghost bride.

The ghost baby and the ghost bride floated above Fan Shiyi, protecting him.

The tenth-rank officer guarding Fan Shiyi is called Yuan Gong.

Mr. Yuan is also a veteran of the Yan Family Escort Agency.

Engineer Yuan has been on many missions and has narrowly escaped death several times.

But this mission was obviously the most dangerous one. Fortunately, Fan Shiyi was with us on this mission.

Engineer Yuan looked at Zhou Ping. He had heard a little about Zhou Ping.

Zhou Ping is well-known for his cowardice in the entire escort agency.

But Mr. Yuan did not underestimate Zhou Ping.

How could he be an ordinary person if he could be favored by the ghost bride?

And everyone in the escort agency knew that the reason Fan Shiyi was willing to stay with the escort agency was because of Zhou Ping.

Ordinary escorts thought that Fan Shiyi wanted Zhou Ping's kitten, so he mixed with Zhou Ping.

Engineer Yuan was a man of the tenth rank cultivation, with amazing hearing ability. He would occasionally eavesdrop on conversations between Fan Shiyi and Zhou Ping.

The two discussed some issues, such as history. Although Yuan Gong did not understand, he could hear that Fan Shiyi respected Zhou Ping very much.

Fan Shiyi is very respectful to Zhou Ping, which shows that Zhou Ping has some abilities.

Moreover, Mr. Yuan also heard that Uncle Lame was very caring towards Zhou Ping.

Uncle Bo is a cold person.

There must be something extraordinary about the young man who catches Uncle Bo's eye.

Just as Yuan Gong was thinking, he suddenly heard Zhou Ping exclaim.

"underground!"

Relying on the perception range of the Heavenly Spirit Technique, Zhou Ping sensed the rat demon.

Zhou Ping and his companions protected Fan Shiyi from the front, back, left, right and top.

But unexpectedly, the rat demon attacked Fan Shiyi from underground.

Zhou Ping was quick-witted and grabbed Fan Shiyi's hand and left the place.

As soon as Fan Shiyi's body left the place, the rat demon crawled out from the ground.

The rat demon missed its target and was a little confused. It didn't expect that someone could predict its whereabouts.

But after all, he came out from underground and took us by surprise.

It would be a shame if such a good idea was not taken away by one person.

The rat demon chose Yuan Gong.

Kill one first.

On this side, Engineer Yuan was still wondering how Zhou Ping knew that the rat demon would attack from underground.

The next moment, Yuan Gong saw the rat demon rushing towards him.

Yuan Gong hurriedly swung his knife at the rat demon.

The rat demon bit off Yuan Gong's steel knife with one bite, and then pressed Yuan Gong to the ground.

After all, the rat demon is of the eighth grade, while Yuan Gong is only of the tenth grade. The spiritual energy in their bodies differs by several times, and their strength also differs by several times.

The rat demon pressed Yuan Gong to the ground and rubbed him, then opened its mouth wide, ready to bite off his neck.

"My life is over!"

Mr. Yuan felt a chill in his heart. At that moment, he thought of his little daughter who was not even three years old.

The lovely look of my little daughter is still vivid in my mind.

"Alas, I can't grow up with you, my dear daughter."

Mr. Yuan wanted to resist, but the rat demon was too powerful and its movements were so fast that he couldn't react at all.

"boom!"

In a flash, the rat demon seemed to be hit by something, and then rolled off Yuan Gong's body.

"Follow the mind sleeve arrow!"

Fan Shiyi looked at Zhou Ping.

Zhou Ping pulled Fan Shiyi away, and then fired another mental sleeve arrow to kill Yuan Gong.

The sleeve arrow with the mind can kill ten types.

Zhou Ping killed two tenth-grade masters with this hidden weapon!
However, the arrow hit the rat demon solidly, but the rat demon seemed to be fine.

The rat demon flashed and disappeared into the darkness.

This attack gave Zhou Ping a clearer understanding of the power of the Soul Sleeve Arrow.

The sleeve arrow with the mind can kill ten types.

In this kind of high-end game, the effect of the Mind Sleeve Arrow is not very great.

The two escorts hurriedly helped Yuan Gong up.

"Zhou Ping, thank you for saving my life!"

Mr. Yuan said solemnly.

If Zhou Ping hadn't shot this arrow, Yuan Gong would have gone to see his grandmother.

At this time, Yuan Gong already regarded Zhou Ping as someone on the same level as himself.

There are not many tenth-grade officers in the Yan Family Escort Agency, only about ten or so.

Zhou Ping can also have a place in the escort agency relying solely on the ghost bride and the soul sleeve arrow.

"We are all brothers. The crisis has not been resolved yet, so we must support each other."

Zhou Ping nodded slightly, then focused his attention on the range of his perception.

"what!"

Fan Shiyi screamed.

This sight made everyone present nervous.

"Mr. Fan, what's wrong?"

Mr. Yuan asked.

Fan Shiyi shook Zhou Ping's hand away and shook it twice in disgust.

Fan Shiyi hates men touching her body the most.

Just now, Zhou Ping grabbed Fan Shiyi's hand in order to save him.

Zhou Ping and Yuan Gong both twitched their lips.

But his hands were so smooth and soft. Zhou Ping recalled the feeling just now.

When Zhou Ping was daydreaming, a rat sounded in the tunnel.

After the rats' squeaking, more rats poured into the tunnel.

Regardless of their own safety, the rats began to drag the sacks of grain into the underground river.

Not only that, two of the five little mouse monsters abandoned their original battle group and came to Zhou Ping.

In front of the grain transport convoy, an eighth-grade rat demon appeared in front of Zhou Ping with two tenth-grade rat demons.

"There is one more person who must be killed."

The rat demon pushed Zhou Ping and said viciously. A patch of hair had fallen off its chest.

This is the place that was attacked by the Psychic Sleeve Arrow just now.

Zhou Ping sighed. He didn't want to offend humans or monsters, especially powerful enemies.

It feels bad to be remembered by others, but since that's the case, I can only stand.

Xiaobai lay on Zhou Ping's shoulder and grinned at the rat demon.

"Chirp, chirp."

The rat demon's fur stood on end and it roared at Xiaobai.

The rat demon exudes its own demonic power.

This scared Xiaobai to death.

Xiaobai was frightened by the rat demon's aura and burrowed into Zhou Ping's chest, trembling.

"Humph! What's the point of scaring a child?"

Fan Shiyi waved his brush in the air, and two tigers took shape, rushing towards the rat demon.

The two little mouse demons beside the rat demon stood in front of the tiger and bit the two painted tigers into ink in one bite.

"If I reach the third level, this painted tiger will have the cultivation level of reaching the third level!"

Fan Shiyi sighed. Her current cultivation level can only make the things she draws indistinguishable from the real thing, but she does not have the cultivation level to enter the rank.

Two tenth-grade rat demons rushed towards the group.

Engineer Yuan took on the challenge without hesitation and faced one of them.

If a tenth-grade warrior fights against a tenth-grade warrior, there is still a chance of winning.

As for the eighth-rank rat demon, Yuan Gong was helpless and could only leave it to Fan Shiyi to find a solution.

As for the other tenth-grade rat demon, he faced the ghost bride.

The Ghost Bride originally had a ninth-grade cultivation level, but was severely injured and has only now recovered to the tenth-grade level.

The ghost bride can also hold back a tenth-grade rat demon.

Fan Shiyi was a little scared. She was good at singing to the wind and moon, exploring quiet places, and climbing the towering Jade Mountain, but she was not good at fighting.

"Zhou Ping, can you do this?"

Fan Shiyi asked Zhou Ping.

"How can a man say he is incompetent?!"

Zhou Ping stood in front of Fan Shiyi with his sword drawn.

This battle is not only for escorting the convoy, but also to fulfill Xiaoqing's promise.

Zhou Ping promised Xiaoqing that he would take care of Fan Shiyi.

The eighth-grade rat demon rushed towards Zhou Ping.

……

Behind the grain transport convoy were the yamen runners.

This time, among the yamen runners, only Captain Leng was seriously injured, while the others were fine.

Because the rats were busy dragging food into the underground river.

During this short period of time, more than a dozen sacks were dragged into the underground river.

Originally there were five tenth-grade rat demons here, but now there are only three left.

The tenth-rank warrior from the escort agency was about to leave when he saw this situation, but was stopped by the people from the yamen.

The people from the yamen forced the tenth-rank officer of the escort agency to stay here to deal with the rat monster.

(End of this chapter)