Legend of the Great Sage

Chapter 36: 36

Caretaker Liu stuttered, “S- surely not . The Black Wind stronghold is so far away from us . Theyve never come here before…” He had the largest household in the village, so the Black Wind stronghold would come for him first .

“I heard that the villages near the Black Wind stronghold have all strengthened their defences and erected walls . Thats why theyre travelling further away . Now that its almost winter, they also have to stockpile food . Caretaker Liu, your granaries must all be full!”

“Wont the government do something about it?” Only now did Li Qingshan understand something; as it turned out, mountain bandits also had anautumn hunt . To the hunters, autumn was when the wild beasts were plump . On the other hand, to the mountain bandits, autumn was when the villagers who had just harvested their fruits of labor were the plumpest .

“Hmph, the government collects money every year, saying that they need it to deal with bandits, yet its never settled properly . ”

Caretaker Liu said, “T- then, what do we do? Sonny, why didnt you bring more people back with you?”

Li Long glanced at him unhappily . Why wouldnt he want to bring back more people? However, he was only one of his masters disciples, not the master of the school . He could get along well with his brothers normally, but it was impossible for him to make them face off against the bandits of the Black Wind stronghold .

However, he was only accepted under the Iron Lions tutelage due to caretaker Liu many years ago . With that in consideration, he could not just rebuke him . All he could say was,