Chapter 1064 – The Legendary Iron-Eating Beast Legion (6)
“Th-this is simply unbelievable divine skill!”
Meng Hunyun stabbed at the corpses in disbelief. Each snake lay lifeless, and when he sent a few brave soldiers to cut open the snake bodies, they were astonished to find that despite their exterior looking intact, the internal organs and bones had been violently crushed into mush, the heads reduced to pulp.
After cutting open several more snakes, Meng Hunyun felt a slight twinge of regret.
“I was counting on making a nice snake soup to calm the nerves—”
Never did he expect that the snake carcasses would turn into this ghastly sight, with the venom glands behind their eyes shattered. This snake meat was no longer edible.
A light regret flashed across his mind, yet his eyes brimmed with fervent admiration for his Lord!
Single-handedly, he had annihilated a million snakes!
To achieve such a feat with mere movements, if anyone dared to say his Lord wasn’t the destined wise ruler, Meng Hunyun would be the first to object!
The soldiers in the camp were busy handling the snake corpses. They had to incinerate the snake bodies outside the tents and also dispose of any that had crawled into the camp.
The weather was still cool, but it would soon warm up. If they didn’t hurry to burn the corpses, letting them rot and breed maggots might lead to unknown plagues and illnesses for the soldiers. Thanks to Jiang Pengji’s influence and regulations, all the soldiers had come to a consensus—dirty, rotting corpses carry the miasma of disease; if not properly dealt with, it would spread to the living.
The group of snakes had caused too much havoc, and even the Gaoyue Tribe, masters of controlling snakes, dared not follow.
Thus, when the snake tamers from the Gaoyue Tribe saw flames rising from Jiang Pengji’s camp in the distance, they all revealed relaxed smiles.
To the snake tamers, Jiang Pengji’s choice to use fire against the million snakes seemed like seeking death—if the fire was too small, it wouldn’t deter the snakes, and if it was too large, it could endanger herself. Most of these snakes were poisonous, with various levels of toxicity; some could take a person’s life in just a moment while others would inflict slow, agonizing death—it was nearly an unbeatable situation!
With their arrogance and confidence, the Gaoyue Tribe thought they had the upper hand—only Wei Ci was aware that they had the capital for this. In his previous life, Huang Song had fought the Gaoyue Tribe, repeatedly facing life-threatening situations from the snake attacks which left him suffering significant losses, with the snakes and vermin contaminating the army’s water supply, making matters worse.
However, the arrogant and confident Gaoyue Tribe met Jiang Pengji—
This was not just hitting a wall; it was as if they had kicked a titanium alloy steel plate!
Outside the tents, the soldiers were energetically dealing with the snake corpses, while the people inside had various thoughts, their eyes looking at Jiang Pengji with fresh curiosity, as if they were meeting her for the first time. Jiang Pengji didn’t speak, and no one knew how to break the silence until a shrill and abrupt sound from a flute shattered the balance!
Jiang Pengji’s sharp glare shot straight at Feng Zhen—
Who was awkwardly putting down a bamboo flute.
“What are you doing?”
Music was originally an intoxicating delight, but Feng Zhen’s flute playing was so terrible it left everyone speechless.
Facing the question, Feng Zhen replied, “I saw my Lord using music to command the beasts, and I thought that the song was the key, so I wanted to try it out.”
Feng Zhen’s skills with elegant instruments were not as refined as Wei Ci and Feng Jin, but he could easily handle a flute.
Just now, watching Jiang Pengji play the flute to kill snakes, her pose of “acting cool like the wind” made his heart itch.
He had a good memory; he could remember the entire “tune” Jiang Pengji played.
Jiang Pengji was at a loss for words.
Was her flute playing really that bad?
“Stop playing; the flute tone is just an aid, there’s more to it,” Jiang Pengji coldly dismissed Feng Zhen’s idea, “If controlling animals relied solely on a tune, Meng Clan would have long figured out their secrets and kicked them out, leaving the Gaoyue Tribe to swagger around.”
Feng Zhen thought this might be true, and helplessly set the bamboo flute down.
“When did my Lord learn such divine skills? If you had revealed this earlier, I wouldn’t have been so scared I almost lost composure!”
While he had strong mental fortitude, seeing thousands of snakes crawling towards him almost made his legs go weak. Had he known his Lord had the skill to command beasts, he wouldn’t have had to endure such psychological torment—
Jiang Pengji revealed a high-and-mighty look that screamed “I don’t want to answer.”
Not that she didn’t want to answer; she simply didn’t know how.
She wanted to explain, but others wouldn’t understand anyway.
Wei Ci chimed in, “Recently, I heard my Lord idly chatting about dreaming of a fairyland, hearing celestial whispers as if imparting knowledge—after waking up, you don’t remember anything, only the lingering sound of that celestial music—perhaps my Lord learned the art of commanding beasts during that dream, perfectly countering the Gaoyue Tribe’s plot. This suggests our victory is already destined!”
In ancient times, people believed in the divine right of kings, and the common folk held this belief even more strongly.
If Jiang Pengji had a “heavenly mandate” halo over her head, it usually produced unexpected effects.
Wei Ci was spinning a tall tale, but there was a hint of flattery in his words.
Jiang Pengji was taken aback by the high praises; she shot a complex glance at Wei Ci.
This guy would sacrifice his own reputation to help her maintain a lie.
How silly.
Jiang Pengji said, “Today I saw the snake swarm and suddenly felt an impulse to make them submit and retreat. I accidentally used too much force and consequently left no survivors. I don’t know where this ability came from. With Zixiao’s hint, maybe it was due to that dream.”
It wasn’t a major issue, and Jiang Pengji smoothly diverted the topic.
While Wei Ci and the others were easily fooled, the audience in the live stream was not filled with the ignorance of ancient times!
【Xuan Yuan Mingjing】: Host, are you really going to trick all these loyal little sweethearts? Is your conscience okay with that?
【Not Long Until There Is Time】: Desperately requesting the beast-commanding skill! I’m not asking for you to be as handsome and imposing, just hoping to learn a little essence of the technique!
【Mew Little Yao】: Ahhhh—so curious, how did the host make those snakes die?
Jiang Pengji hadn’t spoken in the live stream for a while, but that didn’t mean she wasn’t paying attention to the bullet comments.
【Host V】: They bit their own tongues and died!
Biting their own tongues?
The audience was nearly at a loss; such a careless answer—who would believe that!
【Clothing Sleeve Scent of Ten Years】: Host, are you bullying us for being less educated again—
No matter how the audience pressured and tempted her, Jiang Pengji remained unyielding.
The snake corpses were blazing away, and the Gaoyue Tribe, feeling uneasy, sent out scouts to gather intelligence. The news that returned sent shivers down their spines.
They had thought their enemies would be devoured by millions of snakes, yet they were completely unscathed!
“T-this is impossible!”
The entire Gaoyue Tribe panicked; their once invincible snake formation wasn’t working.
“Don’t worry, if Liu Xi dares to challenge again tomorrow, we’ll send out our army of beasts; let’s see what she can do to escape!”
The Gaoyue Tribe could command a hundred beasts, and their army was incredibly powerful. If it weren’t for this, Meng Zhan wouldn’t have had to endure them for so many years.
Fighting deep behind enemy lines wasn’t a long-term plan.
This time they sent out millions of snakes; they still had countermeasures.
Next time, if they contaminate the army’s water supply, that would truly be unsolvable.
The next day, Jiang Pengji sent someone to challenge.
She wanted to see what hidden cards the Gaoyue Tribe still had!
