Otherworldly Merchant
Chapter 610: Human Bomb

“One…”

“Two…”

Senior Shuslowly counted. The black corpse seemed to recognize our intention. Hesmirked and thenrushed toward us.Senior Shupanicked and screamed, “Three!”

Immediately, we turned around and rolled down the slope. At the same time, an explosion sounded that shook my eardrums. Itleft me with buzzing ears for quite a long time.

Having rolleddown a couple of dozen meters, I was finally able to pull to a full stop. I turnedto look inthe direction of the black corpse.I was stunned to see that it was now a sea of fire.

“We're lucky that you pulledmy arm. Thetaming masterinstalled dynamite into that black corpse!”Senior Shupointed at the gorge where we were standingon and spoke withfright. “If therewasn’ta slope behind us, we would have beendeadtoday!”

I was bewildered, but soon, I knew the situation wasn’t as simpleas itappeared. If thattaming masterdecided to denote the black corpse from his hideout in the dark, it meant he must be around. He didn’t want us to spot him.

“I’m sure he’s around, but we can’t and shouldn’t chase after him!”

Senior Shuread my mind.

He also regretted it. “Anyway, this place is the border between China and Myanmar. If we move further, I’m afraid wewillget ourselves in trouble.”

Myanmar had countlesstaming masters, and most of them lived in the depths of the mountain rangeson the border between the two countries.Senior Shu’s worries were necessary. However, I was unwilling to give up just yet. On the way back, I feltdepressed.

“Don’t be down. I’m sure thetaming masterwill come to us within three days.”Senior Shucomforted me.

“Are you his father? How do you know?” I was somewhat mad.

Senior Shuburst out laughingand slappedthe back of my head. “We’re here and we’re blocking his way to fortune. Of course, hewould be even more worriedthan us!”

I had toadmitthatSenior Shualwayshada clearer picture of the situation thanme. Afterlistening to histheory, I felt atease. On the way back, we heard people screaming from the trapping pit.Senior Shuand I exchanged looks and the memorycameback to us.Baji and his hunters were still down there!

We had come to save them,butthe tamed corpses distracted us. We had completely forgotten about them. Fortunately, the tamed corpses had just forced them to jump into the pit. Besidessome minor injuries, Baji and his team were all right.

“What happened?” Baji askedas soon ashewas rescued. It seemed he knew that he was bewitchedearlier.

I didn’twaste time.Pointing at the white fox carcass, I told him about the situation, including the explosion caused by the black corpse. In the end, I told them not togoto the mountain to do night watches anymore.

No matter what, thetaming masternow wanted to take revengeonmyself andSenior Shu. Before we gotintothe final battle, we had to ensure thatthegraves on the mountain wouldn’t be robbed again.

Baji didn’t leave. He asked, “Is there anything we could help with?”

The other people around us also expressed their ideas. I didn’t understand what they were saying. However, from their high spirits, it wasn’t hard to guess that they wanted to fight shoulder by shoulder with us.

“Baji, you being safe and sound is the best support you can give us.”

I was touchedand lookedat those honest Achang people. “You know, the difference betweenourtwo professions is as big as the valley between these mountains. You don’t know our job. I’m sorry, but you can’t help us.”

Baji looked lost.However,he soon accepted this fact. They lingered for a whilethendescended the mountain.

After seeing Baji’s team off, I askedSenior Shu, “What should we do next?”

Senior Shuput on a stern faceand gave mea faint answer.“Wait!”

“Butisn’t it a meaningless thing to do right now?”

I was speechless.Howcouldwe just wait? We should prepare something, right?

Senior Shushook his head. “We can’t prepare for this. When thetaming mastercomes, hewillwatch us for a while before showing up. Hewillchoose the best chance to attack. Compared towastingour minds to prepare, it’s better to rest and recover our strength for the next battle.”

In thiskind of situation,Senior Shuhad never missed themark.I tried my best to calm down and returned to the hotel. AlthoughSenior Shusaid that we didn’t need to prepare anything, he had adhered a few talismanstoour windows. While putting up the talismans, he said miserably, “If my life-bound rat was still alive, wewouldn't have beenin such a passive situation…”

Ibecameemotional. “After this case, I’m sure we can find the Undead Grass to save the rat, grandpa!”

Except for those talismans, we didn’t arrange anything else. However, we kept our life-protecting weapons within reachso thatwe could grab them at any time.

I had used up the power of the Sirius Whip while dealing with the white corpse, and itwouldn’t recover within ashorttime. I decided to putthe Sirius Whipinmy bag,the Emei Piercer on the nightstand, and the Yin and Yang Umbrella next to me. I evenputa few talismans intomypockets. After preparing everything, I laiddown and slept.

I had slept through the night and nothing strange had happened. When I woke up,Senior Shuwas still sleeping. I woke him up for a simple breakfast, thenwe wentto the most famous attraction in Tengchong,Heshun Ancient Town.

The Heshun Ancient Town was built in the Ming Dynasty. At that time, the imperial court had sent the army regiments here to base, which also allowed the soldiers in the Central Plains to marry and settle down in this area. After almost one thousand years of progress and accumulation, this place had become a nationwide famous ancient town. Not only was it famous for the beautiful ancient towers,but the most interesting feature of the town wasthe diversity of people living here. Theinner partof Heshun Ancient Town was builtingenuine Hanstyle, and many structures reflected the special features of ancient Chinese architecture. It was worthy of the title of “cultural sacred place.”

While wandering around the place, I felt the spirit of the men from the Central Plains leaving their hometowns to this border area to protect their country. This strong patriotic sentimentalongwith the nostalgia made every brick and tile of the path underneath our feet full of love for the motherland.

“If I can live until I’mof old age, I will buy a house here,” saidSenior Shu.

“Aren’t you still alive and kicking?Why would yousay something like that all of a sudden?”

“You will know later. There are some things you can avoid, andthere arealsosome thingsyou cannot.”Senior Shupatted my shoulderand smiledfondly.

I didn’t feel comfortable when he acted like that. People said thatfifty-year-old men could see the heavens’decision.Senior Shuwas older than fiftyyears already. Did he foresee something thathe wasnottellingme?

I decided to ask him. However, he didn’t say anything, andI had to give up that thought.

In the afternoon, we went to the martyrs’ cemetery. This place mainly commemorated the Kuomintang’s soldiers who had sacrificed their lives during the war against the Japanese. It was also the first cityto berecovered during the Chinese War of Resistance.

The Kuomintang’s soldiers had cooperated with the local peopleand foughtbloody battles for almost four months before they finally wiped out the Japanese army to take the victory.

Tengchongwasthe gatewayto SouthwestChina. Getting Tengchongwas of great importanceto the country. Looking at the historical photos that depicted the bony bodies of the soldiers, I felt their bold, patriotic spirit. They hadpersistently protected their motherland against the invaders. Thinking about a piece of news I had readthat insulted the soldiers, I felt somewhat lost.

In fact, duringapeaceful time, soldiers had more difficulties to deal with than intimes ofwar. People nowadays thoughtthat the army hadbecome a burden to the country!

For three days in a row,Senior Shuand I traveled around Tengchong. After we had visited all the famous attractions, we hadn’t seen thetaming masteryet. I became restless. “Senior Shu, can we thinkof away to lure him out?”

“Be patient. I have a feeling that he will take action tonight.”

Senior Shustroked his mustache. If he didn’thave a serious expression, I wouldhave thoughtthat he was just joking!

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