The area where Jun Changxiao was located had a mountain called Ridge Mountain.
On the mountain was Ridge Stockade, which gathered approximately three to five hundred bandits who made their living year-round through murder and robbery.
How many innocent people had become souls beneath their blades?
Heaven’s sins can still be forgiven, but one’s own sins cannot be survived.
This saying was absolutely correct.
Because at this very moment, inside the stockade, every single bandit whose hands were stained with blood lay dead on the ground, the flowing blood emitting a foul stench.
“Thud!”
The Ridge Stockade chieftain’s legs went soft and he knelt on the ground, his eyes full of terror and despair.
So many subordinates, all killed clean in such a short time—what kind of important figure had that damned second-in-command provoked by going down the mountain to rob?!
He hadn’t really provoked any important figure—he’d just provoked the Tiegu Sect, provoked Jun Changxiao.
“Friend… friend…”
The Ridge Stockade chieftain’s voice trembled as he begged for mercy, “Please… please spare this dog’s life!”
He didn’t want to die—he wanted to live!
“Spare?”
Standing before him, Jun Changxiao pointed to the right and said, “Ask them if they agree.”
There lay a pile of corpses, recently deceased.
Judging from their clothing, there were common people, merchants and travelers, and many children.
Their bodies bore countless wounds, clearly tortured before death.
Those female corpses with even a bit of beauty were barely clothed—they had clearly been violated while alive.
“Friend… friend… they… they’re all dead, how… how can I ask…” the Ridge Stockade chieftain said.
“Go ask in the underworld’s courts.”
Swoosh—
As soon as the words fell, Lu Qianqian struck with her sword, directly severing the Ridge Stockade chieftain’s head.
Jun Changxiao shook his head and said, “For scum worse than beasts like this, killing him with one sword is really too merciful.”
Let it be solemnly stated again: Our Sect Leader Jun isn’t exactly a good person, but he’s not a bad person either.
When encountering such utterly conscienceless bandit organizations, they should be completely annihilated without any mercy.
You could say he was eliminating evil for the people.
But in reality…
Li Qingyang came to report, “Sect Leader, we’ve found the treasury.”
Jun Changxiao said, “How much?”
That’s right—exterminating these bandits was because he couldn’t stand their inhumanity, but the real purpose was to plunder their wealth.
Li Qingyang said, “Fifty thousand taels of gold, three million taels in banknotes, and various materials.”
Jun Changxiao stroked his chin and said, “On the road to Mount Hua, are there still more bandits? If so, we’ll specifically take those routes.”
He’d gotten addicted to plundering.
“Sect Leader.”
Li Qingyang handed over a sheepskin scroll and said, “We found a treasure map in the vault.”
“Treasure map?”
Jun Changxiao took it and unrolled it to look. Complex terrain was drawn on it.
This was clearly a map, and in the central area of the map was a prominent red X marking.
In the lower right corner of the map was a line of small text that read: “My treasure—do you want it? If you want it, come find it here.”
How damn straightforward!
Jun Changxiao casually stored it in his spatial ring and complained, “Do you think you’re the Pirate King? Making me run off to search with just one sentence?”
For this kind of map emanating an ancient aura, he paid it no mind whatsoever.
“Whoosh! Whoosh!”
The stockade was engulfed in flames as Jun Changxiao led his disciples away in style.
“Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing hidden quest [Eliminating Evil for the People II], receiving 500 contribution points.”
“Ding! Contribution points: 1950/5000.”
Jun Changxiao was startled and said, “This Eliminating Evil for the People actually has a part two!”
When he’d exterminated Black Wind Stockade, he’d completed [Eliminating Evil for the People] once. Now, having exterminated Ridge Stockade, it was still [Eliminating Evil for the People]—truly unexpected!
The System said, “Epic quests all have part twos, so naturally hidden quests would too.”
“Could there be parts three, four, and five?” Jun Changxiao said.
The System said, “The host needs to explore this himself. Even if I knew, I wouldn’t tell you.”
“Damn.”
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If there were bandits on a certain road, they’d specifically take that road.
This had originally been a casual remark by Jun Changxiao, but after completing Eliminating Evil for the People II, he truly put it into action!
“Whoosh! Whoosh!”
After traveling several hundred li, a bandit stockade on an unnamed mountain peak was consumed by raging fire, and the bandits who had committed every evil all met their end.
“Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing hidden quest [Eliminating Evil for the People III], receiving 500 contribution points.”
“Ding! Contribution points: 2450/5000.”
As expected!
Jun Changxiao said joyfully, “As long as I exterminate these utterly evil bandits and brigands, I can complete Eliminating Evil for the People quests. Judging from parts one, two, and three, this is more like a series quest!”
Search! Keep searching!
Originally they’d been heading to participate in the Mount Hua Martial Discourse.
After Jun Changxiao discovered the pattern of the Eliminating Evil for the People hidden quests, he focused his attention on finding bandits and brigands.
Unfortunately, after riding the Hurricane Wolf King for several hundred li and crossing several mountain peaks, he only found one more bandit organization.
“Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing hidden quest [Eliminating Evil for the People IV], receiving 500 contribution points.”
“Ding! Contribution points: 2950/5000.”
After exterminating the third evil force, Jun Changxiao received another reward, making him think gleefully, “Earning contribution points is too easy!”
“If there’s an Eliminating Evil for the People 999, in the future I won’t need to do anything else—just roam the world hunting bandits!”
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The next day, Jun Changxiao led his disciples riding Hurricane Wolves, continuing to search mountains for bandits and brigands, practically wishing they would hurry up and rob him.
Others tried their best to avoid them, even praying not to be discovered when traveling.
His proactive searching was quite an operation.
Hard work pays off.
Jun Changxiao found another group of bandits on a mountain peak, and the scale was quite large—a full five hundred-plus people.
The bandit leader’s cultivation was impressive, actually reaching First-Rank Martial Venerable level.
Inside the stockade’s great hall, Jun Changxiao sat on a tiger-skin chair with his legs crossed and said, “With such cultivation, instead of seeking a respectable position, you became a bandit and outlaw—isn’t that rather beneath you?”
The bandit leader was a middle-aged man. Although Li Qingyang’s Cold Edge Sword was pressed against his neck, he held his head high and said, “Kill or torture me as you please.”
“Oh?”
Jun Changxiao was rather surprised.
Though this person was a bandit, he lacked any violent aura. Instead, he gave the impression of being military.
Jun Changxiao rubbed his nose and said, “You’re a soldier?”
A trace of pain flashed through the bandit leader’s eyes, though he concealed it well, saying, “If I were a soldier, how could I be here as a bandit?”
“Sect Leader.”
Jiang Xie said, “Though these bandits are somewhat weak, they’re very disciplined—clearly they’ve undergone strict military training.”
Jun Changxiao looked at the bandit leader, stroking his chin and said, “So this fellow isn’t just a soldier—he’s very likely a general.”
Jiang Xie said, “A general reduced to banditry—this is a man with a story.”
Jun Changxiao stood up, walked before the bandit leader, and said, “When I came in, I saw no corpses and no bloodstains. You shouldn’t be that kind of utterly conscienceless bandit, right?”
“This Xue has never killed the innocent—only those officials and nobles who harm the common people.”
The bandit leader said proudly.
Jun Changxiao clasped his fists and said, “So you rob the rich to aid the poor, acting on Heaven’s behalf—my respects, my respects.”
“Sect Leader.”
Li Qingyang transmitted via voice technique, “This person probably isn’t completely wicked. How about we let him go?”
Jun Changxiao said, “The sect still needs over two thousand more disciples. Letting him go is impossible—at the very least, I should recruit him for our use.”
“That’s excellent,” Li Qingyang agreed.
Jun Changxiao looked at the bandit leader and said, “Being a bandit in the mountains is really beneath you. Join my Tiegu Sect and work with me on great endeavors.”
Tiegu Sect?
The bandit leader was startled and said, “You’re talking about the Iron Bones Clanging Sect?”