Misty Rain of the Old Times

Chapter 304: What You Can Do
The moon is bright tonight, and its water-like moonlight fills the world. The mist in the mountains looks like a light gauze curtain under the moonlight.

In this era, there is less light pollution, and the scenery under the moonlight is very clear, just like the childhood scenes in many people's memories. You can see the surroundings clearly without lights.

But no one appreciated the beauty of the night. The people of Dujiazhuang were in panic, torches were shaking, shouts were heard everywhere, and the beating of gongs and drums startled the night sky. The tranquility and peace of the past were gone.

At the edge of the woods a few hundred meters away from the outermost buildings of Zhuangzi, two huge wild boars were charging around, their stubby limbs making rumbling sounds on the ground, shaking the ground.

Amidst the muffled crackling and rumbling sounds, trees as thick as a man's embrace were directly broken and knocked over by them. The force was extremely terrifying.

Aww! They roared in anger, shaking the heavens. The sound echoed far and wide in the night, startling the birds in the mountains and sending them flying.

Chen Xuan saw the two beasts from a distance, and a strange look flashed in his eyes. They were too huge, like a small mountain. Their body length alone was more than five meters. The big one was more than two meters long, and nearly one meter high at the shoulder!
This is not a wild boar, it's a pig demon!
Although Chen Xuan did not find any monsters in this world, it did not stop him from thinking so. When he saw the two wild boars, Chen Xuan felt that the real Zhu Ganglie from a certain film or TV work in his memory had come into reality, and even their appearance and size were similar.

They were completely black, covered with a thick layer of greasy mud. Their two-foot-long fangs were particularly creepy, especially their fist-sized eyes, which actually emitted a faint blood-red glow in the night!
'They are actually two wild boars with the blood of exotic beasts. No wonder they are so strong and ferocious. I don't know why they ended up here. Fortunately, Du Zijian is a man of peace and harmony and doesn't offend anyone easily. Otherwise, I would have thought that someone was trying to lure them here to destroy his property.' Chen Xuan knew what was going on at a glance.

In front of those two wild boars, ordinary bears and tigers are no match at all. They can be killed with just one poke from their fangs. In a head-on collision, the bears will be smashed into pieces like a sack.

In Chen Xuan's past, in front of these two ferocious wild boars, even the python he encountered when he went north would have to retreat if it was not poisonous.

Among ordinary hunters, there has been a saying since ancient times that there is one pig, two tigers and three bears. When a huge wild boar goes mad, its horror is even greater than that of a tiger and a bear, not to mention that these two are ferocious beasts with the blood of exotic animals.

Bang! Two huge wild boars rushed out of the forest. Their short legs made them unstable and they tumbled into the paddy field, splashing large amounts of mud and water and crushing a large area of ​​rice that was still being filled.

Seven or eight gangsters were scattered around in danger and did not dare to move forward. They could only attack from a distance. However, their bows and arrows and hidden weapons did not hurt the wild boars, but only angered them more, unless they hit their vital parts such as the eyes.

In any case, from Chen Xuan's observation, the most powerful one among those people had a cultivation level similar to Geng Hong when he went north. He was no match for the two wild boars. They would die if they touched them and get injured if they touched them. They didn't dare to move forward at all.

After all, he is from the bottom of the underworld and doesn't have much ability, otherwise he wouldn't take the risk for a mere hundred taels of silver.

Their internal energy was shallow and not pure enough, so they could not concentrate it on their weapons to increase their power. Moreover, their internal energy could not be released externally, making it difficult to increase the lethality of bows and hidden weapons. In close combat, they could not do anything to the two thick-skinned wild boars, so they could only fight and retreat in a tug-of-war.

"Scatter quickly! Don't fight these two beasts head-on, or you'll die!"

"Damn it, why are they coming in this direction? If they enter Zhuangzi, the consequences will be disastrous."

"But we can't stop them at all. They've gone crazy. What can we do?"

"Be careful, this is bad~!"

While they were having a tense conversation, they had already retreated to the fields. Their movements were greatly restricted in the muddy paddy fields. Without advanced light skills, their crude body movements could hardly be used. The smaller wild boar rushed straight towards one of them, ignoring the hidden weapons and arrows shot by others. The man tried his best to avoid the fangs but was still hit by the side of the wild boar's head. He immediately flew backwards like a broken sack, bleeding profusely.

It was only a few hundred meters away, and Chen Xuan arrived quickly after coming out of Qinghe's house. Although most of these people had no connection with him and came for money, their purpose was to get rid of the harm, so they would not stand by and watch them die.

As if appearing out of thin air behind the man who had been knocked away by the wild boar, Chen Xuan reached out to catch him, placed him on the edge of the field, and said, "Is this man okay?"

At the moment of contact, he discovered that the man who was knocked away had only a few broken ribs. Although the bleeding looked severe, it was actually nothing serious. With his rudimentary internal strength, he would be fine after a period of time.

The man stood firm, wiped the blood from his mouth and said subconsciously: "Fortunately, I'm not dead. Thank you..." He finally reacted, his hairs on his back falling. Looking at the hazy figure of Chen Xuan in the moonlight, he said fearfully: "Sir, when did you come? Are you a human or a ghost?"

"Brother, I helped you at least. Isn't it a bit too much to say that?" Chen Xuan said with a smile, but his attention was focused on the two big wild boars. They were still rushing towards others, but people cooperated to attract attention and dodge. In addition, they were too big and clumsy to catch up, so they were moving quickly towards Zhuangzi.

That person didn't have the ability to see the night as bright as the day, and even under the bright moon, it was difficult to see Chen Xuan clearly. But Chen Xuan's words made him feel relieved, and he apologized: "I'm sorry, sir, that's not what I meant."

On the other side, a man with a gun tried his best to avoid the charge of wild boars. When he saw Chen Xuan, he thought it was him. He had seen him at the door of Du's house. He was indeed here to steal the business. But they could do nothing about the two wild boars. They could only try their best to consume the wild boars' physical strength and look for a chance to get rid of them. Is this man looking for death?

This person had been focusing on the wild boar before, so naturally he didn't notice how Chen Xuan came.

At the same time, the 'Three Heroes of Qingyuan' also saw Chen Xuan. Zhu Fang threw two flying knives at the wild boar, intending to attack the wild boar's eyes, but they only stabbed the wild boar's legs, causing a painless injury. At this time, the larger wild boar had already rushed towards Chen Xuan and the others.

Perhaps it was because they had only met once, or perhaps she couldn't bear to see the handsome Chen Xuan in danger, she said to Chen Xuan anxiously: "Mr. Chen, it's you, why are you here? Go away, it's dangerous!" Facing the violently charging wild boar, Chen Xuan took a light step to avoid it, as if he was taking a leisurely stroll in the garden under the moonlight. The two sides passed each other by a hair's breadth, and by the way, Chen Xuan also helped the injured person.

What may seem like a hair's breadth to others is, for Chen Xuan, a distance so great that a wild boar could never touch him.

Letting the wild boar rush to the back without stopping, Chen Xuan noticed that Qinghe and Du Zijian were also running over from the village. He thought to himself that he had to hurry up and not let them fall into danger.

So, in the extremely tense situation, his voice was clearly heard by everyone amid the wild boar's roar. He said, "Everyone, I know you are here to eliminate this pest for the boar's reward. I have no intention of stealing your business, but this is not a solution. If you still have some means to use, please use them as soon as possible to deal with the wild boars. They are too destructive. If you really can't do anything about it, how about I take care of these two beasts?"

Everything needs to be said in advance. These people are taking risks just to make a living. Chen Xuan can naturally deal with two wild boars easily, but taking direct action is equivalent to cutting off their source of income, so it is better to make things clear first. He doesn't want to be cursed behind his back even though he is doing good things.

"It's already this late. If you have any tricks, feel free to use them. It's important to rid the people of this evil. We have no complaints."

"Yes, we are too weak to deal with it, and I hope you can help me get rid of this evil."

"You sound very confident, young master. Why don't you show us your skills..."

People responded one after another, some of them were sarcastic.

As for people, no matter what time it is, there are always some people with dark minds who can't stand seeing others do well even if they themselves are not good enough.

"Xuan'er, why did you run there? Come back quickly, it's dangerous," Qinghe's anxious cry came from more than 200 meters away. She felt weak in the knees just looking at the two wild boars that were as big as hills.

There were farmers nearby holding torches, followed by a large group of people coming towards this side.

Chen Xuan pretended not to hear some sarcastic remarks, and would not bother with the other party even if he knew who said it. After he had dealt with two wild boars, such people would just shut up. He had to keep his thoughts to himself, otherwise he would be a complete idiot.

Since no one objected, Chen Xuan said, "Well, I'll show off my skills. Don't blame me for cutting off everyone's financial resources later."

To be honest, Chen Xuan's figure was so elusive that everyone only saw a flash before their eyes. Before they could react, Chen Xuan had already appeared on the head of the smaller wild boar, like an immortal strolling under the moon. With a light tap of his toes, the terrifying momentum of the huge wild boar's rampage came to an abrupt halt.

This scene was extremely impactful, making people stare with their eyes wide open in astonishment, with expressions of having seen a ghost. His size was too insignificant compared to the wild boar, and his small body, which would have been broken by a single collision, actually stopped the wild boar's momentum!

'Elegance never goes out of style', Chen Xuan thought to himself at this moment, and he immediately used his feet to perform a powerful move, combining the strength of a heavy weight with a long-range strike, and the wild boar's head immediately sank into the paddy field. At the same time, although the wild boar's appearance was intact, its brain had been shaken into tofu pudding.

With a dull thud, the ground shook, and the wild boar's huge body fell to the ground, splashing a large amount of mud.

To everyone's horror, before the wild boar fell to the ground, Chen Xuan's figure moved lightly across the air again, avoiding the splashing mud, and had already arrived at the head of the larger wild boar. He followed the same method and stepped the head of this big wild boar into the paddy field.

The wild boar fell to the ground with a loud bang after its death, but Chen Xuan flew into the air again, his clothes fluttering under the moonlight as he crossed a distance of dozens of feet and arrived in front of Qinghe who was rushing over.

Now he no longer needs to keep a low profile.

They were just two beasts, a little bigger in size. Not to mention making Chen Xuan draw his sword and fight them for real, he could have dealt with them remotely even before at Qinghe's house. The reason he came this time was, on the one hand, to see up close what kind of wild boars were causing trouble, and on the other hand, he wanted to eat pig's trotters.

If I don't show up in person and take action in public, wouldn't it be too easy for others to deal with the two wild boars from a distance?
Du Zijian spent a hundred taels of silver to hire someone to get rid of the pests, but the two wild boars were worth much more than a hundred taels. Chen Xuan could not care less, but he did not like others taking advantage of him. After all, if he was not there, he would have no way to explain himself.

"Sister Qinghe, I'm sorry to have worried you. The two wild boars have been dealt with. I told you that I have become more capable over the years. You should wait for my good news. Why did you have to make this trip?" Chen Xuan smiled at the frightened Qinghe.

At this time, the disaster had been eliminated, but Chen Xuan's two calm and effortless moves to deal with the wild boar that everyone had barely escaped death was too astonishing. For a moment, the surroundings fell into a strange silence, with only the sound of torches burning around.

Qinghe was a little confused at this time. Chen Xuan said that he had become more capable, so she naturally believed him, but she never thought that his ability was so great.

In such an atmosphere, Qing He broke the silence after a while, patted Chen Xuan's shoulder gently, chuckled and said: "Yes, yes, Xuan'er has grown up. You don't know how worried I was before. Look at what you can do."

She wasn't an ignorant country girl. No matter how powerful Chen Xuan was, she quickly accepted this fact. Instead, she felt happy for him. The child she had been back then had grown into a man who stood tall and proud...

(End of this chapter)