Chapter 242: Chapter 242
Shu’er was already too tired to listen, so she took a sip of Spiritual Spring Water.
As she drank more Spiritual Spring Water, it started to make certain modifications to her body.
For example, the efficacy of Spiritual Spring Water was higher for her.
Moreover, the side effects were also smaller.
Also, she felt as if her physique had slowly improved.
She felt that she was more sensitive to danger than before, her vision was better, and even her hand speed was much faster than before.
Furthermore, by regularly drinking Spiritual Spring Water, her skin became increasingly translucent, without a trace of impurity.
Not to mention herself, even the White Tiger in the space was now approaching the size of an adult tiger.
This was something she only discovered recently, probably due to the accumulation of the amount consumed.
When these people thrust their long spears at her, she grabbed the spears from their hands.
Then snatched them away, pointed the spears at these people, and quickly thrust forward, killing several people.
Seeing these people twitch and die, the fat man who had already run far away changed his face color.
Now he regretted it a bit, if it weren’t for that black-robed man saying Shu’er won’t return, he wouldn’t have dared to occupy this place.
He hurriedly looked at the others and shouted loudly.
"Men, men, quickly, block Mrs. Pei, don’t let her hurt me, and under no circumstances open the door! I’ll go call for help."
As soon as he said this, everyone surged towards Shu’er, and there was no trace of fear on Shu’er’s face as Lin Yu also stood by her side.
Shu’er smiled and said, "Are you sure you want to repay kindness with enmity?"
Her question was forceful, and some people stopped, then were called by the people around them.
"Don’t stop. If we stop now, then we’re dead too. We can only fight for this place, it can only be ours if we fight!"
This place was truly in a terrible state before it was built.
But once the walls were built, everyone’s safety was assured, and only then did they pay attention to this place.
They discovered that the soil, which should be very poor, was actually well-cultivated and appeared red, and the crops grew well. Even the back mountain where they stayed before was planted with fruit trees.
It was believed that by next year they could bear fruit.
Thinking of this, the greed in their hearts grew uncontrollably.
Shu’er threw the long spear out with a smile, piercing two people at once.
She directly treated the long spear as a javelin to throw.
She threw more and more as those who fell increased gradually.
Lin Yu and Lin Hong both began to imitate Shu’er in throwing the spears.
In the end, all the people in this area were down.
Shu’er divided the people into two groups: one to chase people, and one to open the city gates.
Once the gates opened, the Desert Mountain People rushed in.
They looked at how their Deserted Mountain had been ravaged into its current state.
With rage boiling inside them, they immediately wanted to fight these people desperately.
Meanwhile, another group rushed towards the depths of the Deserted Mountain.
They saw the stone house was closed and someone knocked on the stone door. Follow current ɴᴏᴠᴇʟs on novel·fire·net
A trembling voice came from inside.
"Who... who is it? Is it the Young Madam?"
When it came to the words "Young Madam", there was a noticeable expectation in the speaker’s tone.
Shu’er noticed something was wrong and nodded.
The stone door quickly opened, and Shu’er found inside were some old, weak, women, children, and a few men too, but they were all sickly and weak.
Their faces still had a trace of fear.
Seeing Shu’er, they naturally showed a glimpse of dependence and surprise.
Someone spoke with a sobbing tone.
"Young Madam, you finally came back. You have no idea what Zhang Hu did. Several women were taken and violated by them."
Shu’er was shocked at heart, feeling Zhang Hu and the others were indeed terribly hateful.
The other Desert Mountain People could not wait to tear Zhang Hu to pieces.
She said, "Then those who did not succumb, where are they now?"
The woman wiped her tears: "They are all hiding in the stone house, but there are only about three hundred still, and most are the old, weak, women, and children."
Those making trouble outside are mostly young and strong men, and there were about 180 of them.
But now, with the Desert Mountain people, plus these women, their number is a full five hundred. They, five hundred, really need not fear those 180.
Shu’er looked towards the refugees around Zhang Hu, noticing some had faces with unwilling expressions.
When they looked at Shu’er, their eyes were full of pleading.
Thinking about this, these people were probably just forced conscripts.
Shu’er said, "If you know you’re wrong at this moment, then step forward, I will not hold it against you."
Their eyes lit up wanting to step out, but were pulled back by those beside them.
Shu’er took out the crossbow hidden on her, and shot it at those who pulled others.
The person immediately clutched their heart and fell to the ground twitching.
Shu’er said, "Rest assured, when I say I won’t retaliate against you, I mean it."
A portion of people stepped forward, and Shu’er counted, there were as many as a hundred people.
Now, the remaining people’s faces also turned ugly.
Seeing this, some others also stepped forward, five hundred against eighty, there was no hope at all.
The last fifty who remained stared at her with hatred, surrounding Zhang Hu firmly, clearly being his loyal subordinates.
Shu’er smiled slightly, then spoke to Lin Yu and Lin Hong.
"Send these people to the military camp to be slaves. Killing them would be too easy, we can’t let them off so freely."
These people, upon hearing of becoming slaves, were filled with fear, they’d rather be killed, sparing them the torment in the military camp.
Then she looked at the 100 or so who stepped forward.
And the 100 exiles who followed.
She said, "Now, you will build new houses outside the gate by yourself. If you pass the inspection, you will be allowed into the inner city. If not, then you will be expelled. If you don’t wish to stay at the Deserted Mountain, you are naturally free to leave."
Some wanted to leave but were reluctant due to the Deserted Mountain’s conditions.
Plus, their families were still inside the Deserted Mountain.
After everyone left, Shu’er began organizing the Deserted Mountain with everyone.
The fields hadn’t been badly damaged, only the crops in the field were seriously destroyed, most of them were eaten by these people.
Since the stone house was early occupied by the old, weak, women, and children, it was orderly, but the food consumption was incredibly severe.
The people were somewhat shy, always helping to tidy things up.
The Desert Mountain people gritted their teeth in resentment.
"These refugees, they don’t remember the Young Madam’s kindness at all."
"It’s not just that; they’re repaying kindness with enmity."
"If it weren’t for the formidable Young Madam, they would have already been killed by these people."
Shu’er didn’t speak; if she wanted competent subordinates, she would inevitably filter out some unqualified ones in the process.
She couldn’t cease expanding her forces because of a few dregs.
One can’t give up eating for fear of choking, otherwise, she would never develop.
After all, on the road to success, there are always various stumbling blocks.
When faced with difficulties, just solve the problems.