Steam Era: The Lord of 'Puluo' Chapter 1318 617: Barren Land (Part 2)

"Black rash?" The old lady had never seen anything like it, "Did you mistake it?"

Yue Xingde was about to speak when he suddenly felt a little itch on his cheekbone and reached up to scratch it.

With that scratch, his cheekbone swelled, and a rash the size of a fingertip surfaced from the cheekbone.

What he said before was correct; the rash was black, with black fluid underneath its translucent skin, and there were small floating red spots within the fluid.

Yue Xingde touched his cheek, his body shivering, while the old lady immediately distanced herself from the eldest son.

She glanced at Liang Zhongde, and quickly at her eldest son: "That foreigner doesn't dare to kill the innocent."

The eldest immediately understood what Song Demei meant.

Cui Tiq did not dare to kill the innocent; handing the guilty over to Cui Tiq gave Song Demei a moral advantage, enabling her to suppress Cui Tiq through Virtue Cultivation Technique, and when the peddler asked in the future, this incident would serve as evidence of reason.

The eldest stepped forward to tie up Liang Zhongde, who was frightened to tears: "I was following orders, he refused to come with me, so I killed him..."

The eldest didn't let him speak further, first stuffing Liang Zhongde's mouth, then leading people to the western edge of the village.

Song Demei instructed the second eldest: "Send all your men out, call people from other villages."

"Mother, this foreign devil is crazy, I'm afraid no one will dare come to us."

Song Demei was very confident: "Under great reward, there must be brave men. Tell them when calling, as long as they show up today, each will be rewarded with an Ocean Dollar!"

The second eldest hurriedly went to call people, while the eldest escorted Liang Zhongde to the western village entrance, encountering Cui Tiq on Pai Fang Road.

"Wronged have heads, debts have owners, I've brought the killer, you may handle it as you wish today!" The eldest pushed Liang Zhongde in front of Cui Tiq.

Cui Tiq removed the cloth from Liang Zhongde's mouth and asked: "Who ordered you?"

Liang Zhongde cried: "It was Song Demei, it was her..."

Yue Xingde shouted: "Little bastard, you must face what you did alone. How did my mother tell you? How did you act yourself? Do you dare to recklessly bite people here?

In our De Song Cliff, we don't produce ones like you. Before you speak, look at your conscience, don't ruin our virtue cultivation's reputation just because of your fear of death!"

The eldest used the Virtue Cultivation Technique, speaking powerfully, but Cui Tiq didn't hear a word.

He walked past Liang Zhongde, continuing towards the eldest.

Liang Zhongde turned to glance at the eldest, his face full of black rashes, growing rapidly and distorting his features.

The rash came viciously, with every additional red spot in the town, it felt like a needle drilling inside his body, extracting flesh and blood.

"Spare me, I was wrong; it wasn't me who wanted to kill him, I was following orders..." Liang Zhongde kept pleading, but Cui Tiq did not glance at him.

The eldest retreated while shouting: "We don't want to fight you, this matter originally has nothing to do with us. If you kill the innocent here, you defy the peddler's orders, and if you dare to harm us, the peddler will surely not forgive you..."

The eldest's voice grew weaker, his rashes increased, breathing filled his mouth with rashes.

He stopped speaking and could not move.

He leaned against the archway and sat down, his whole body like mud, piled on the ground.

He was still alive, his eyes could still move.

Cui Tiq walked into the village, surrounded by more and more onlookers.

They dared not approach Cui Tiq, only dared to stand afar, pointing and gesturing:

"Why have you come to us? Find who did it, ask them!"

"We haven't offended you; you're just bullying honest people..."

Their voices were smaller than mosquitoes'; the second eldest, Yue Congde, shouted: "Louder, make sure that foreign devil hears you!"

They were using the Virtue Cultivation Technique, Ethical Act.

Yue Congde hoped they could temporarily suppress Cui Tiq using Technique, but it seemed meaningless.

No matter how loud the voices, it didn't matter; Cui Tiq couldn't hear.

Rashes appeared on faces of the Virtue Cultivators, transforming like mud, piling on the ground.

Cui Tiq slaughtered all the way to the mansion, killing so many, the peddler would surely disapprove, Song Demei felt the time was right, she led her men out: "Foreign scoundrel! Life for life, we've handed you the culprit, what more do you want? Are you planning to eradicate us on De Song Cliff!"

Cui Tiq walked towards Song Demei expressionlessly.

He hesitated not a bit, which differed from Song Demei's earlier expectations.

Seeing verbal suppression ineffective, Song Demei decided to directly confront Cui Tiq.

Virtue Cultivation and Disease Cultivation clashed upfront, unlikely to gain an advantage, but Song Demei was a cultivator above the clouds, skilled in technique.

She initially used an advanced Virtuous Achievement maneuver to pressure Cui Tiq.

Expecting Cui Tiq to dodge, he surprisingly didn't avoid, enduring it, staggering and collapsed.

Has this foreigner lost his mind?

If he's lost his mind, he'll be easier to deal with!

Song Demei looked down at Cui Tiq: "End today's matters here. Seeing that you were momentarily confused, I won't argue with you,

quickly cure the villagers' ailments and leave De Song Cliff promptly. Even if the peddler blames you, I can speak some words in your favor..."

Cui Tiq bearing the Virtuous Achievement rose from the ground.

His bones creaked audibly, seemingly snapping several.