In the hall of the manor courtyard
While stroking the Blood Tooth Mushroom Worm, Russell asked Butler Morris to get a bottle of special magic potion from the warehouse.
The label on the bottle reads “Peel the Blood”.
Then he took some blood from the wound on Lone Wolf Lisbon’s neck and mixed it into the test tube of the blood-stripping potion.
“Forehead……”
Lisbon struggled, and his eyes seemed to reveal what he wanted to say, but he couldn’t.
Russell glanced at Lisbon. After experiencing the battle with the Snow Ghost, and facing the dying man again, he could accept it calmly.
“Don’t be stingy. I’ll lend you some of your blood and I’ll send you on your way soon.” He muttered, regardless of whether Lisbon heard it clearly or not.
As long as it is certain that Lisbon is not dead, his blood can cause the blood-stripping potion to take effect.
Stir the test tube evenly and sprinkle with some jade powder.
The blood-stripping potion turned into a thick paste.
Russell then fed this tube of magic potion to the Blood Tooth Fungus mushroom worm to eat. With jade powder as a primer, the Blood Tooth Fungus mushroom worm ate it happily.
After a while, the Blood Tooth Fungus Mushroom Worm trembled, and two drops of blood seeped out from the surface of its skin.
Russell quickly wiped away the two drops of blood with a cloth, and then smiled: “Done!”
These two drops of blood are the blood of Lisbon that the Bloodtooth mushroom worm sucked when Lisbon made a contract with the Bloodtooth mushroom worm. It is with the help of these two drops of blood as a medium that the magical contract between the elf insect and its master is formed.
The nobles regard elf bugs as forbidden animals, so naturally they will figure out how to terminate the contract to prevent their elf bugs from being accessed by ordinary people.
The blood-stripping potion was specially developed to terminate the contract.
“Tom, send Lisbon on the road, and then find a place to burn him.” Russell turned his head and stopped looking at Lisbon.
From the moment Lisbon lured the Snow Ghost into the Black-rumped Snake Manor, Lisbon was a dead person in Russell’s heart.
“Uh…” Lisbon raised his hand with difficulty, trying to stop it.
But Tom, the knight’s retinue, calmly held his head, twisted it slightly, and with a click, Lisbon breathed his last.
Then they were carried out and burned somewhere.
It seems that they are afraid that after the dead are buried, they will be infected by the power of the snow demon and transform into corpses. In Longmian Continent, people will be burned after death. Not only people, but also animals are either eaten or burned after they die.
“Okay, everyone, let’s have a good rest.” Russell stretched.
He did not contract the Blood Tooth Mushroom Worm immediately. After all, he had just broken off the contract and his vitality was slightly damaged, so he had to let the Blood Tooth Mushroom Worm recuperate.
“Sir, all the rangers from Xiangshui River Cave are here, but there are still twenty or thirty wandering souls. Our sisters are going to capture them overnight and hand them over to you for trial.” Katie stood up and said, not intending to rest.
“Okay.” Russell nodded, “Take Kevin with you.”
“Thank you for your concern, sir.”
“In addition, protect the Cordyceps sinensis.”
“yes.”
……
Meimei took a good nap and slept until ten o’clock the next morning.
“Sir, all the practitioners of Xiangshui River Cave are here.” Katie stepped forward and said.
“Those who follow Lisbon to do evil, and those who take the initiative to get blood, select them one by one and send them to follow Lisbon.” Russell gave instructions calmly.
A qualified lord, while possessing benevolent qualities, must also have an iron heart.
There is no need to pay attention to morality when dealing with those who do evil.
“Yes!” Katie responded.
“The remaining rangers and wandering souls who are willing to surrender to me will be incorporated into the cave patrol team and placed under the jurisdiction of Knight Commander Eric.” Russell gave the order again, “Of course, those who are unwilling to return to normal life can be released Go to other caves.”
He had discussed it with Charles and Eric last night.
There is no sweetness to the melons that are forced. Some free people in the caves really don’t want to be restrained. No matter whether they are killed or forced to keep such people, it doesn’t make much sense. It is better to put them back into other caves and continue to give them to the ghost light. River valleys act as buffers.
After selection and persuasion, one of the four rangers in custody was executed, and the remaining three were willing to surrender to Russell.
“Humble Halls (Drucker, Barr), pledge allegiance to the great Lord Russell.” The three rangers knelt on the ground, kissing the toes of Russell’s leather boots, and kowtowing in fear to swear allegiance.
The pledge of allegiance is much lower than that of the Wildcat Sisters and Eric, because this is not a follower’s allegiance ceremony.
It was a serf sale contract.
Russell is not willing to accept anyone as a follower. After all, followers are the lord’s confidants and can share the lord’s glory. It is better to have less than in vain.
The serfs did not have this qualification. They sold their whole body to the lord, took whatever they asked for, and all they got was the protection of the lord.
Immediately afterwards, nine of the more than forty wandering souls were executed, and seven others were unwilling to stay in the manor. The remaining thirty-one wandering souls are all willing to be loyal to Russell, become Russell’s manor serfs, and join the crypt patrol.
For a time, the territorial security strength of Wuyao Snake Manor was greatly improved.
certainly.
Except for the three rangers, Halls, who are ready to fight, the thirty-one wandering souls are not much better than ordinary people.
Before the seed of fighting spirit blooms, the blessing to one’s personal strength is really limited. Only when fighting spirit blooms will there be a qualitative change.
However, the seeds of fighting spirit are easy to breed, but fighting spirit is difficult to bloom.
In fact, as long as most children keep up with nutrition, they can basically breed the seeds of fighting spirit. Even those with good talents and malnutrition can breed them.
For example, the manor’s foreman, Old Hans, the butler Morris, and several male servants, etc., all gave birth to the seeds of fighting spirit. It’s just that after old Hans and Morris became old and frail, their fighting spirit also withered, and they became no different from normal people.
However, before the male servants reach the age of sixteen, their fighting spirit has not blossomed and they have lost the possibility of cultivation.
If the seed of fighting spirit has not bloomed over the age of sixteen, it is basically judged that there is no possibility of the seed of fighting spirit blooming again.
This is also Russell’s predecessor, why he became ruthless before the coming-of-age ceremony, and would rather go crazy than attack the seeds of fighting spirit and let the seeds of fighting spirit bloom – because he was afraid that after the coming-of-age ceremony, he would be declared a useless ordinary person.
In the end, only a few lucky people, a few talented people, can blossom their fighting spirit and embark on the subsequent path of cultivation.
“Katie, Catherine, you two sisters will lead the way. We will go to the Xiangshui River Caves to accept the surrender of the free people of the cave.” After Russell had eaten and drank enough, he was ready to leave to take over the Xiangshui River Caves. “By the way, we will inspect the Xiangshui River. Catacombs.”
Russell has never been to any cave in his life, and he has no idea what the living environment in the cave is like.
(End of chapter)