The pork butcher is smoother than a pig butcher!

Chapter 35 Killing is Saving

Zuo Wenxuan is really stubborn.

The masters of the Soul-Snatching Sect used every torture method they knew.

They couldn't get the secret map out of him.

Even threatening Lu's innocence and the lives of the twins was useless.

When Atu arrived, the entire family of four was unconscious.

If it weren't for the smell on Zuo Wenxuan's feet, which matched that stinky shoe...

Atu was starting to doubt that he had chosen the wrong person.

Most members of the Soul-Snatching Sect are skilled with knives.

Those with exceptional skills can remove a person's flesh without touching major blood vessels.

Today, Zuo Wenxuan and his companions encountered just such a skilled knife user.

His chest, abdomen, and thighs were covered in cuts and scrapes, and his whole body looked like a blood gourd.

Perhaps due to excessive blood loss and shock, his eyes were tightly closed.

Lu Shi lay motionless on the ground, her half-hidden dress revealing bruises.

Both twins had a section of their right hand fingers cut off, and they fainted from the pain.

Everything indicates that they suffered inhuman abuse.

Meanwhile, those who abused them were still discussing their actions nearby:

Thief's Disciple A:
"Sixth Brother, we've probably really gone in the wrong direction! Zuo Wenxuan's cowardly behavior doesn't seem like he's faking it."

Thief's Disciple B:
"Either our information is wrong and there is no secret map at all, or the family head has kept something secret and handed such a confidential matter over to someone else."

Cao Liu first nodded, then shook his head:
"The news can't be false; the employer has already paid a deposit of 100,000 taels of silver!"

The other four were excited:

"What? Ten thousand taels!"

"Therefore, the secret map is real, and it must still be in the hands of the Zuo family."

"What's so difficult about that? The Zuo clan only has about three hundred people left now. We can kidnap a few every few days and ask them. I refuse to believe that we can't get any useful information even after going through the entire clan."

Cao Liu quickly stopped him:
"If we did that, the imperial court would have issued a nationwide arrest warrant for our thieves' gang. Those officials should have realized what we did last night."

Furthermore, the leader of the Thieves' Guild has ordered that we must not take lives lightly!

"We, the Soul-Snatching Sect, don't have such rules. Our attacks are either fatal or severely wounded. So tell me, are you going to continue kidnapping people or not?"

"Sixth Brother, I have a small suggestion. When we were searching the prison last time, we didn't find that pork vendor, right? How about we kidnap her whole family tonight?"

"Hmph, I think you've been blinded by beauty! That pork beauty is pregnant."

"Hehehe, a man who isn't a womanizer isn't a real man. So what if she's pregnant? If she doesn't cooperate, we'll send her to the Drunken Moon Pavilion to work as a prostitute after we're done."

If they hadn't mentioned "Pork Beauty," it would have been fine, but their repeated use of the name caught Atu's attention.

After Gan Minglan revealed that she had a biological son, she had already told Atu about the situation in this world and the original owner of the body.

Atu once mocked its owner, saying that the nickname "Pork Beauty" was far more rustic than its own name, "Atu."

King Atu was furious!
You've ruined my search for this target, and that's bad enough.

They even had the audacity to plan to kidnap its owner!

You can tolerate a rat, but I, the Great King, cannot tolerate it.

My owner won't let me use my claws?
It indicates that the problem is not serious.

After discussing their plan for tonight, the five men were exhausted.

He took the straw mat that the villagers used to kneel while kowtowing in the ancestral hall, spread it on the ground, and lay down on it fully clothed.

Before long, two of them started snoring.

This is the moment Atu has been waiting for.

It smiled and revealed two long, large front teeth.

The front teeth, enhanced by the metal elemental power, once had a bite force of up to 1000 kilograms when tested in a post-apocalyptic base.

It can easily bite through concrete and steel bars.

Now?
It pounced forward.

"Crack."

With a single bite, he easily bit off an Adam's apple, skin and bone at the same time.

He even bit through the trachea! The first person Atu killed was that knife expert from the Soul-Snatching Sect.

The strongest smell of blood was emanating from this person.

Those skilled at making a living by risking their lives are usually mentally prepared for the fate that most of them will die a violent death in their line of work.

But I never dreamed that I would die from the mouth of a marmot.

Cao Liu and his group were far less skilled and vigilant than him, and were even less aware of the approaching death.

By the time Atu swaggered away from the ancestral hall, all five of them were already dead beyond any doubt.

Each person had a bloody hole the size of a duck egg on their Adam's apple.

Fresh blood gushed from the cave entrance, staining the ground red.
After leaving the ancestral hall, Atu dared not linger and quickly returned.

Half an hour later, its unique cry reached Gan Minglan's ears.

"Chirp, Master, we've found the target. It's in a village about 60 miles to the southeast. I've killed all the bad guys. If that stinky shoe's owner had arrived any later, he probably would have been dead."

Gan Minglan was furious. What happened to the promise not to kill anyone?

This is not the time to set rules for this guy.

She pretended to go out to receive a message, and when she returned, she found the two head constables.

"Quickly gather ten people to come with me to search for them. If we delay any longer, Zuo Wenxuan's family might be in danger."

The leader surnamed Huang was sweating profusely with anxiety: "Is the news accurate?"

Gan Minglan: "It's believable! He gave me the approximate location, and I can guide you there."

"Alright, alright! If you bring them back safely, I can grant you one request, provided it doesn't violate the rules."

Gan Minglan was overjoyed and ordered them to gather all the officials and set off immediately.

A-Tu, hidden in the shadows, guided Gan Minglan with his unique voice.

In order to save time, they even borrowed the messenger horses from the post station.

"drive"

"drive"

"drive"

Gan Minglan was secretly relieved that all the children in the Gan family had learned to ride horses.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have had the chance to learn this in her previous life.

Zuo Wenkang wanted to object, but he also knew the priorities.

Since it involved the lives of all his people, he gritted his teeth and remained silent.

The Zuo clan members said: "Butcher Gan is such a good man; he saved our lives again."
The group of eleven rode for half an hour and arrived at the village.

Fortunately, they arrived in time.

The strong smell of blood in the ancestral hall attracted the attention of the villagers.

Some of the bolder ones went together and opened the gates of the ancestral hall.

Then I saw a pile of corpses.

The villagers were in an uproar:
"Good heavens! Where did this plague come from? Why must he die in our Yang Clan Ancestral Hall!"

“This matter is extraordinary. We should quickly invite the village chief and clan head to discuss it.”

"Oh dear, these two adults and two children are still breathing."

"It's good that he's not dead; this man must be the murderer!"

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When everyone arrived at the ancestral hall.

What they saw was Zuo Wenxuan, completely naked, being bound hand and foot by the villagers.

His miserable state shocked Gan Minglan and the others.

The villagers were surprised to see the officials arrive so quickly.

They quickly threw him to the ground.

"Sir, sir, we need to report this to the authorities. This man committed a crime in our Yang family ancestral hall."

"Yes, yes, yes! He killed five people and injured a woman and two children."

(End of this chapter)