Sword from the Immortal Mountain

Chapter 93: One Life for One Life

Seeing the two women blocking his way, Ye Yanke became unhappy: "Are you trying to steal the credit?"

The plump Junior Sister Cai raised her eyebrows and said, "What merit are you trying to steal? This snake is called 'Xiao Hong' and is a mountain guardian spirit beast raised by my Chimei sect."

When these words were spoken, all the elderly people in the village were shocked, looked at each other, and were speechless.

Ye Yanke was stunned: "So, this snake demon came to the village to devour people. Was it you who ordered it?"

The tall Senior Sister Liu explained, "Of course not. It was Xiao Hong who secretly escaped down the mountain, came here and took up residence, and then did something wrong."

Ye Yanke raised his eyebrows and said loudly: "It didn't just do something wrong, it ate a lot of people and committed a serious crime."

Junior Sister Cai said dissatisfiedly, "That's because Xiaohong's intelligence is not yet fully developed and she is still ignorant. She is just a snake, how can she know how to distinguish those things? When she feels hungry, she naturally needs to eat. When she was in the mountains, Xiaohong ate only the best animal meat and blood."

Ye Yanke's face flushed red, and he angrily said, "From what you said, this snake demon is justified in eating people?"

Junior Sister Cai rolled her eyes at him and said, "Now that Xiao Hong has eaten everything she ate, what else can we do?"

Ye Yanke stepped forward and said, "If you kill someone, you must pay with your life. Even the snake demon must pay with his life!"

"you dare!"

Junior Sister Cai gave a delicate cry, and walked forward with her head held high. She flipped her hand and a black leather whip about ten feet long appeared.

Ye Yanke seemed not used to arguing with a woman. He stood there with his neck stiff: "Get out of the way. My sword has no eyes."

Junior Sister Cai snorted coldly: "What? From the look of you, do you want to kill me?"

"I won't kill you, I'll only kill the snake demon."

"That's not OK."

When the two were at a stalemate, Senior Sister Liu stepped out and said, "Xiao Hong fled without permission and made a big mistake. I, the Red Eyebrow Sect, have my share of responsibility. Now that the matter is done, there is no point in talking any more. We should discuss a solution."

Ye Yanke felt that the woman's attitude was reasonable, so he asked, "How do you want to solve this problem?"

Senior Sister Liu's bright eyes turned and her gaze fell on him: "Excuse me, who are you?"

Ye Yanke clapped his heavy sword and said, "I am Ye Yanke, a chivalrous man from the Jianghu. I heard that there was an evil spirit in Datang Village, so I came here to slay the evil spirit."

Senior Sister Liu said, "Oh," then you are not the victim.

Ye Yanke was speechless. He was indeed not the victim. All those eaten by the snake monster were people from Datang Village.

Senior Sister Liu said calmly, "If you are not the victim, please step aside and let me talk to the real victim."

As he said this, he walked up to He Agui and the others and bowed slightly: "Red Eyebrow Sect disciple Liu Wan greets all of you, that one is my junior sister Cai Mei."

He Agui and the others were suddenly at a loss as to what to do and quickly returned the greeting.

Liu Wan swept her eyes around, with dignity: "Here, first of all, I would like to apologize to everyone on behalf of Xiaohong. It caused a great disaster and caused great losses to the village. But as the saying goes: the dead are gone, and the living should live. Therefore, my Red Eyebrows sect is willing to compensate every household in the village. For each life, I will compensate you with thirty strings of money. This price is very fair. As for other damages, we also have the money to pay for them."

Thirty strings of cash, or thirty taels of silver, is indeed not a small sum in this world. For example, fishermen in Datang Village may not be able to save ten strings of cash after fishing for a lifetime, after deducting various expenses and taxes.

I can only think of my children and even grandchildren who died tragically in Shekou...

The old people in Datang Village could not help but feel heartbroken and tears welled up in their eyes.

They have lived here for generations, and although their lives are tight and hard, at least they have a home and hope in life.

When the snake demon came, everything was destroyed.

What’s the point even if you get more compensation?
Liu Wan's eyes sparkled as she said loudly, "My dear fathers, the dead cannot be resurrected. With the money, you can rebuild your homes, and your relatives who are stranded outside can also come back. Isn't this a good thing? In addition, I, the Red Eyebrows, can guarantee that such a thing will never happen again, and will give Datang Village shelter."

"If you can buy life every time something happens, then human life is too worthless."

Chen Jin suddenly spoke. Liu Wan looked at him and asked, "Who are you?"

Chen Jin said calmly: "Chen Jin, a scholar preparing for an exam."

"A candidate taking an examination? Are you a scholar?"

"good."

Cai Mei heard this from behind and shouted, "He's just a poor scholar. This matter has nothing to do with you. Shut up and stop talking nonsense."

Liu Wan agreed, "That's right, Mr. Chen, you are just a passerby, it's none of your business."

Chen Jin sneered and said, "Master Ye saw injustice and drew his sword to help. I also couldn't stand it, so I had to speak out to express my grievances."

Liu Wan sneered: "I am discussing with the victims. How to decide is up to them. What qualifications do you, the outsiders, have?"

Then he looked at He Agui and said, "You are the village chief, you are highly respected. Please take the lead and say whether you agree with the compensation plan of the Red Eyebrow Sect. I would like to make a special statement here. We do not have that much money on us. We have to ask the headmaster for permission after we go back and then send the money to us."

Facing her condescending tone, He Agui felt angry and wanted to say "I disagree". However, he looked at his elderly fellow villagers and the ferocious snake demon...

He knew very well that neither he nor the entire village had the right to choose or refuse.

If you offend the Red Eyebrows, how will you survive in the future?

Thinking of this, He Agui swallowed his anger and bitterness and said, "Fairy Liu, we need to discuss this."

Liu Wan nodded slightly: "Okay."

Cai Mei said impatiently, "Hurry up, it's getting dark, don't delay. Xiao Hong is seriously injured, we need to take it back to the mountain to heal as soon as possible. Also, my sister has promised to pay so much money, which is very kind. If you want to raise the price, don't blame us for being ruthless."

When He Agui heard this, he couldn't help but clench his fists.

But it soon loosened again.

At moments like this, once you step back and relax, it will be difficult to be tough again.

Several people gathered together and discussed in a low voice. They soon reached a consensus, and the result was not surprising: they had no choice but to accept it.

Some people are also worried about what will happen if the two women turn against each other after taking the snake demon away?
But they really couldn't do anything about it.

Faced with the Red Eyebrows, ordinary villagers had little room for bargaining and could only hope that the other party would be trustworthy and kind.

Liu Wan was not surprised to get the reply of "yes". In her opinion, this was expected, so she and Cai Mei would start to treat the snake demon with medicine first, and then take it back to the mountain.

At this moment, Chen Jin stepped out and said, "You two, I forgot to tell you that I am also one of the victims."

Liu Wan was stunned: "Who are you?"

Chen Jin pointed at the bloody horse corpse on the ground and said, "This horse is mine."

Cai Mei snorted coldly: "Ten strings of cash is more than enough for a horse like this."

"This horse of mine is a good horse for pulling carts."

"So what? I'll give you twenty strings of cash, enough for you to buy two horses."

Chen Jin said coldly: "I don't want money."

Chen Wan looked him over and asked, "What do you want?"

Chen Jin said word by word: "If you kill someone, you must pay with your life. If you kill an animal, you must pay with your life. Horses are animals, snakes are also animals, so it's just right that one life is worth another!"

(End of this chapter)