Such a daring person was either a fool or someone with real ability.
Xue Zhaotian sized up Li Zongjiu and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.
"Arrogant enough. Take a look."
Xue Zhaotian threw the scrolls on the table to Li Zongjiu. Xue Zhaotian wanted to let Li Zongjiu do whatever he wanted. Before he knew his strength, Xue Zhaotian would let him be arrogant. If Li Zongjiu did not have the corresponding ability, then Xue Zhaotian would let him know how powerful he was.
Xue Zhaotian liked this kind of straightforward character very much.
"Insect plague?
Do you have samples of those insects? "
Li Zongjiu looked at the scrolls in his hand and frowned after reading them. In addition to the previous situation, this sudden insect plague seemed to have been premeditated. Therefore, Li Zongjiu guessed that it was very likely related to those people.
Southern Xinjiang Poison Sect.
Last time, Li Zongjiu had only killed a small fry. Now, these people from the Southern Border's Poison Cult were truly on the move.
These people from the Poison Sect were obviously not strong, but they could control these insects with ease. Moreover, even a small insect could cause a great disaster.
Back then, Li Zongjiu directly went to ask Nan Sheng for help because of the small Blood Poison Insect.
This showed how difficult it was to deal with these insects. Now that these insects had made a comeback on such a large scale, Li Zongjiu had to stop them because it was very likely that they would be overrun. However, before he saw it, Li Zongjiu could not be sure.
After all, there were many reasons that could cause this insect plague.
"No, but their village chief will be here soon."
The village chief was not invited by them. Instead, he rushed to the pass overnight. When the incident happened, Xue Zhaotian had already sent a small team to investigate the situation. No matter what, the safety of the remaining people was the most important thing.
"Sir, the village chief of Xi Ding Village is here!"
Zhao Jie brought an old man over.
There were some stains on the old man's body and he looked a little flustered. When he saw Xue Zhaotian, he was very excited and immediately pounced on Xue Zhaotian.
"How dare you!"
Zhao Kuang was about to stop him, but Xue Zhao Tian waved his hand, indicating that it was fine.
"Sir, you must save our village!"
"Get up first …"
Xue Zhaotian wanted to help the old man up, but the old man grabbed his hands. Xue Zhaotian's heart skipped a beat, but he didn't attack the old man directly. He believed in his own strength. This old man couldn't hurt him so easily, no matter what method he used.
However, at this moment, Li Zongjiu had already made his move.
Li Zongjiu stepped forward.
He sent the old man flying with a single palm strike.
While rolling on the ground, Li Zongjiu flicked his finger and a black flame shot towards the old man on the ground.
Seeing Li Zongjiu's action, Xue Zhaotian was enraged.
No matter what, these people were their bread and butter. How could he hurt them? If a soldier didn't care about the people, then what was the use of him?
"You …"
However, before the order to capture Li Zongjiu could come out of his mouth, he saw the old man's body gradually burning. Hundreds of black beetles emerged from the old man's body.
These beetles frantically fled, trying to put out the flames on their bodies.
For these insects, they were most afraid of these terrifying flames.
However, no matter where they ran, there was no way to put out the flames. In the end, they were burned to ashes.
Zhao Jie held his sword and stood in front of Xue Zhaotian.
Although Xue Zhaotian's strength was likely to be stronger than Zhao Jie's, he still had to fulfill his duty as a guard.
The two of them watched as so many insects jumped out of the village chief's body. This scene clearly shocked them.
"Impossible. The village chief definitely didn't die before. If he didn't die, where did these insects come from?"
Zhao Jie suddenly said. Thinking about it carefully, it was a little scary. How could such a thing happen?
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"These are Southern Border insects."
Li Zongjiu said. At this moment, a black beetle ran towards Li Zongjiu's feet. Then, Li Zongjiu caught the insect, and the flames on its body gradually extinguished.
He carefully observed it for a while.
He found that these insects were a type of poisonous insect from the Southern Border Poison Sect. They were called Blood Beetles.
They lived on blood.
They were born with tough armor.
If they had enough blood to grow, their bodies would grow bigger and bigger. In the end, they would be able to swallow an entire cow.
It was that terrifying.
It sounded ordinary, but that was only if there were only one or two of them. What if there were thousands or tens of thousands of them?
It would become a real army of Blood Beetles. Even if they ate the walls of Wuding Sheng Pass, it would only take a few minutes.
"These are Blood Beetles. They live in the blood. Looks like the people in this village are all dead."
Li Zongjiu said indifferently.
He handed the insect over to Xue Zhaotian.
Xue Zhaotian took the insect. Although there was a burnt smell, he could see that the insect was still kicking its legs. Obviously, it wanted to escape from his hands. It had such a tenacious vitality.
"It's the legendary Gu. Who put the Gu? I'm going to destroy him!"
"Let's burn the village first. Once these insects leave the human body, they must find fresh blood and flesh within an hour. Only with fresh blood can they continue to live."
Li Zongjiu said indifferently.
Even though he was used to seeing death in his previous life, he was still very unhappy when such a thing happened. Killing countless people did not mean that he killed the innocent.
The people Li Zongjiu killed were all his enemies. They deserved to die.
There were also some people he did not like.
Under some circumstances, even Li Zongjiu could not bear to kill them.
Therefore, Li Zongjiu hated this kind of situation where ordinary villagers were killed.
However, the Poison Sect of Nanjiang was very secretive. It was not easy to find them.
Moreover, these people liked to hide in the dark. If one was not familiar with them, or if they came to find them personally, it would be very difficult to find them.
If they were hiding in the city, it would be easy to find them. However, if they were hiding in the mountains, one would have to search inch by inch to find them.
"How do you know so much about these insects?"
Xue Zhaotian stared at Li Zongjiu. He seemed to want to find a flaw in Li Zongjiu's body.
"Just read more books."
Li Zongjiu waved his hand and said.
"I've already told you the method. If you don't stop it in time, it will become a disaster. Hurry up."
After saying that, Li Zongjiu turned and left.
His arrogance shocked Xue Zhaotian and Xue Zhaotian.
"My Lord, should we capture him and bring him back?"
Zhao Zhao did not expect that things would turn out like this.
That Li Zongjiu actually dared to swagger away just like that, as if he didn't put them in his eyes.
What does he think this military residence is? He can come and go as he pleases.
"No need."
Xue Zhaotian looked at the departing Li Zongjiu.
"Where did you say this kid came from?"
Xue Zhaotian looked at Zhao Zhao.
"His hometown is Luo Xia City, but he rides a red maned horse from Thousand Horse City!"
"It's related to Thousand Horse City. I haven't seen such an imposing young man in a long time."
Xue Zhaotian couldn't help but comment. He was obviously amazed by Li Zongjiu's performance. As long as Li Zongjiu did not do anything to endanger Wuding Sheng Guan, Xue Zhaotian would not cause trouble for Li Zongjiu.
As for the matter of dispelling the insect plague, it was their job to begin with.
Li Zongjiu had only given them a few pointers because they had captured the Blood Strike Guards.
"Gather all the soldiers with fire elemental energy and lead them to Xi Ding Village immediately. You will be in charge of leading the team and watch over the Blood Strike Guards. Lock them up for half a month before letting them go!"
"Yes, sir!"
Although Zhao Zhao did not understand why the Blood Strike Guards had to be locked up for such a long time, he had to follow the orders.
Li Zongjiu returned to the inn.
He happened to see San Tong waiting in the hall.
San Tong was pleasantly surprised when he saw Li Zongjiu return.
"Young Master!"