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Chapter 115 - 114: The World is Too Crazy, Young Hero Duan Needs to Intensify Efforts! (Seeking Subscriptions)

Chapter 115: Chapter 114: The World is Too Crazy, Young Hero Duan Needs to Intensify Efforts! (Seeking Subscriptions)

At night, only sparse stars hung in the sky.

By this time of year, the weather had already cooled.

After nightfall, not only was there fog between the mountains and forests, but frost had even formed.

Duan Yun sat in an open space, lighting a bonfire.

Little Grey was lying on the ground, already fast asleep.

After days of continuous travel, even the tough donkey was tired.

"Being a Young Hero is really quite a tough ordeal," Duan Yun remarked, poking at the bonfire with his long sword.

In order to quickly eliminate Zhu Xiang and Zhu Heimian, he had traveled for several consecutive days.

He could have stayed at an inn tonight, but he gave up the idea.

At this moment, Duan Yun couldn’t help but reminisce about the subways, buses, and trains of his past life.

Indeed, in this world, if there were trains or subways, he could have easily reached Zhu Yan Manor while eating instant noodles and humming songs. Maybe after wiping out Zhu Heimian’s family, he could even catch a train to Yu State City for a meal of hotpot. It would have been wonderful.

Unfortunately, he was in this absurd world of martial heroes.

Transportation was severely inconvenient, and it was full of lunatics and perverts.

After reaching the border between Yu State and Yun State, Duan Yun found that bamboo was the most abundant plant here.

The graveyard outside Yuzhu Villa had enough bamboo, but here there was even more.

Stretching continuously, resembling a vast green ocean.

Now, in this night, this "ocean" seemed even more profound.

As the wind blew, the surrounding area was filled with rustling sounds, as if many people were whispering secretly.

Duan Yun used to think that bamboo matched well with scholars and scholars’ pavilions, which all had a kind of elegance. But now, his thoughts had changed.

Bamboo matched well with graveyards.

In such bamboo forests, graveyards were invariably present, as was the case in the graveyard outside Yuzhu Villa, and it was even more so at this junction between Yu State and Yun State.

However, the current Duan Yun had long been accustomed to calmly making camp near graveyards.

Young Hero Duan, with his heroic spirit, naturally feared no filth.

But at this moment, he was still pondering one question.

That was whether ghosts really existed in this world.

He felt they probably did, whether it was the Thunder Listening Skill of the Thunder God and Mother Sect, Divine Iron falling from the heavens, or the Red House Mad Women forming connections, always dreaming of returning to the Heavenly Court. All these hinted that this world was not strictly materialistic.

This world was absurd, mysterious, just as profound as this sea of bamboo, hiding countless secrets.

At this time, Duan Yun also became tired, wrapped himself in his clothes, and lay down to sleep.

The night deepened, and all was silent. It seemed that the only things left between heaven and earth were the bonfire, and beside the bonfire, Duan Yun and the grey donkey.

Duan Yun did not sleep deeply. Ever since he entered the Martial World and started roughing it in the wilderness, he had maintained the habit of not sleeping too soundly.

For no other reason than that this world was too dangerous!

Suddenly, Duan Yun woke from his sleep.

He heard a noise, and Little Grey woke up as well.

Looking uneasy, Little Grey stared in a certain direction of the bamboo forest, seemingly afraid.

Duan Yun immediately sat up and placed his hand on the hilt of his knife.

In the night, slight noises came from the bamboo forest.

These sounds were like something chewing on hard objects, which in such an environment, sounded quite eerie.

Duan Yun’s first thought was of the rumor that Xiong Jiapo chews on human fingers like they were beans.

Perhaps there really were bears in this area.

He wasn’t afraid of bears, but what about Xiong Jiapo, who was allegedly eating human fingers?

Duan Yun gently exhaled, still holding the knife hilt, and tiptoed towards the direction of the noise.

His True Qi circulated through his body, filling the space between heaven and earth, thus the noise made by his steps was minimal.

Perhaps even a cat with padded paws would not make less noise than him.

Sometimes the wind blew through the bamboo forest, causing the chewing sound to fluctuate in intensity.

In the darkness of night, and with many shady spots within the bamboo forest, it was easy to get the illusion that many terrifying demons were hiding there.

Duan Yun gripped a bamboo stalk and with a push, his agile body leaped upwards.

From high up in the bamboo, one could see farther.

In the next moment, Duan Yun indeed saw a bear chewing on something.

Not just one, but two!

They were large and small, turned away from him, looking almost human.

But Duan Yun was no longer afraid.

His fear of the likes of Xiong Jiapo had dissipated because this was no ordinary bear, but a national treasure.

Two pandas were sitting there eating bamboo shoots and bamboo, distinctly black and white in color. In this night-time bamboo forest, the noise they made sounded a lot like Xiong Jiapo chewing on human fingers.

It must be said, skin really does matter.

Although both are bears, hearing about man-eating bears easily brings to mind Xiong Jiapo, whereas these pandas right in front of him just seemed silly and rather scary.

Especially since these pandas, one big and one small, also exuded a sense of warmth.

Duan Yun slid down from the bamboo and couldn’t help but recall past experiences of people squeezing into zoos to see pandas.

Unexpectedly, in this realm, he encountered two wild ones.

Wait a minute!

In his past life, giant pandas were national treasures; even if he wanted to steal one for fun, it was only a joke online, otherwise, it would be illegal. But what about in this world?

Catching pandas isn’t illegal here, right?

When Young Hero Duan is free, he must catch two pandas to keep, ideally training one to be a mount.

Otherwise, wouldn’t his journey through time be in vain?

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The next day, Duan Yun arrived in a small city surrounded by green bamboo and discovered the joke about people in Sichuan keeping pandas in every household from the internet had become reality here.

Not every household had one, but in this small city, at least one-third of the families kept pandas.

The teahouse where Duan Yun was sitting even had a panda with a tray on its back, serving tea and snacks to guests.

On his way, seeing multiple people riding pandas was no longer a rare sight.

In Duan Yun’s eyes, this was very cute and stylish, making Little Grey not seem so elegantly handsome anymore.

Upon inquiring, he found out he had arrived in the Mei Family’s territory.

The Mei Family of Yu State was a famous animal training family, particularly skilled in raising pandas.

"These pandas are really easy to raise. After working, they go outside to find bamboo to eat, come back to sleep after eating, and continue working once awake," the teahouse owner explained.

At this moment, Duan Yun gained a new level of respect for the panda that was busy serving tea and fruits everywhere.

It turns out that pandas in this area had become social animals exploited by people.

No, even worse than social animals.

They only get a place to stay; they must fend for food and clothing themselves, and apart from sleeping, they just work.

Compared to the national treasures from his previous life, it was a complete reversal.

Very well, after Young Hero finishes dealing with Zhu Wumian, he must get one too; it wouldn’t be a waste of his strenuous traversal then.

Duan Yun learned that Zhu Yan Manor wasn’t far.

Just beyond two mountains.

"Young brother, are you heading to Zhu Yan Manor’s territory?"

While mixing tea for him, the teahouse owner couldn’t help but ask.

Duan Yun replied, "Yes, I’m going there for some business."

"Young brother, you’re young and handsome; if it’s not urgent, you better take a detour," the teahouse owner said.

"Is Zhu Yan Manor not peaceful recently?" Duan Yun asked, puzzled.

"Has Zhu Yan Manor ever been peaceful? It’s inherently dangerous over there, but I mean anywhere near the manor is best avoided."

Duan Yun, wanting to understand more about that area, asked, "Is there a reason for that?"

"The Zhu Family is extremely cruel, especially the Second Lady Zhu; when she sees good-looking men and women, especially couples, she shaves them down into human sticks. My own niece was once mistaken to enter that area and was shaved to death along with a man."

As he spoke, the voice of the teahouse owner changed a bit.

"Can no one intervene with this indiscriminate shaving?" Duan Yun asked.

"Who dares to intervene? In that territory, the Zhu Family is supreme, who dares to trouble them? Especially the most cruel Second Lady."

"Why does she shave people like that?" Duan Yun asked.

"She says ordinary people don’t deserve to have love, especially those who marry only once in a lifetime; she kills every couple she sees."

Duan Yun exclaimed, "That’s insane!"

"Yes, it’s terrifying. Although you’re alone, young brother, that area is really not peaceful. Don’t risk your life just to do some business," the teahouse owner advised.

Duan Yun nodded and said, "Thanks for the guidance, Shopkeeper."

Hmm, he verbally acknowledged but had already secretly noted down this Mad Woman, Second Lady Zhu.

Thus, his targets for eradication increased by one more person.

This Mad Woman is destined to die!

Now that he heard it, the entire Zhu Family seemed lacking good people; might as well eradicate them all, and it would also benefit the common people.

Otherwise, even falling in love would be a risk.

This world’s evil and crazy people are just too numerous; he needed to intensify his eradication efforts and show no mercy!