Beast Taming: I gained the talent of a spirit pet

“I don’t care about all that. All I know is that when our family was about to starve to death, no one came to help us. Now that we have money, they come to snatch it away. Where were they before? This money was earned by my son with his life. Anyone who tries to take it is trying to take my son's life. They deserve to die!”

Saying this, Mother Gu coldly swept her gaze over the surrounding people.

Some of the people around her who had been harboring small thoughts had embarrassed expressions and looked quite unnatural.

At this moment, some chaotic noises came from outside, mixed with shouts of “The village chief is here!” and “Quick, make way for the village chief!”

An old man with a walking stick and a neatly groomed beard entered the courtyard. Seeing Gu Yuan holding a long sword and about to strike, he quickly shouted:

“Stop!”

Gu Yuan turned a deaf ear, raised his hand, and slashed down, a flash of sword light.

Pfft—

Gu Lao San only felt a chill on his arm, followed by a sharp pain.

Looking down, he saw that one of his hands had been severed at the elbow, blood spurting out.

At the same time, a sharp pain quickly spread from the wound.

“Ah! My hand, my hand!!!”

Gu Lao San widened his eyes, clutching his severed arm and screaming miserably, rolling around on the ground in pain.

Only then did Gu Yuan leisurely shake the long sword, clean off the blood, and return it to its scabbard.

Then, he took out a handful of copper coins from his pocket, threw them on Gu Lao San, and said indifferently:

“Didn’t you want to borrow money? This is all yours. You don’t have to pay it back in the future. I wonder if you’re satisfied?”

Seeing Gu Lao San’s fate, everyone fell silent, afraid to even breathe loudly.

“You little brat, you… you have some nerve!”

The old man with the walking stick was so angry that his face turned red. He pointed at Gu Yuan, his beard bristling, and his eyes wide: “You dare to injure someone in front of me, the village head. Do you even have me, the clan leader, in your eyes? Is there any family law left? Believe it or not, I will punish you according to family law!”

As he spoke, some of the strong men from the village behind him also glared at Gu Yuan, their expressions unfriendly, but they did not dare to act rashly because Gu Yuan was holding a sword.

“Grandpa Gu.”

Gu Yuan smiled nonchalantly: “You know what kind of person Gu Lao San is, right?”

“What is his relationship with you? What is my family’s relationship with you? If I really listened to you, I would really be at a disadvantage today!”

“You…”

Gu Village Chief’s beard trembled with anger. Just as he was about to say something, he heard Gu Yuan continue:

“To tell you the truth, Gu Lao San deserves his current fate! He tried to rob me of the silver that the government compensated me. I should kill this kind of dog! Even if Steward Wu knew about it, he would probably applaud!”

“Considering your age, I only removed one of his arms. Speaking of which, you should thank me for showing mercy.”

Many people widened their eyes, listening with fear and trepidation. They never expected Gu Yuan to be so bold as to talk to the clan leader like that.

Moreover, he spoke so eloquently. Was this still the Gu Yuan who used to speak slowly and be inflexible in his ways?

Hearing the two key words “Qian Manor” and “Steward Wu,” Gu Village Chief, who was furious, fell silent. At this time, a clever fellow next to him quickly recounted what had just happened.

When he heard that Steward Wu from the Qian Manor in the county personally came to apologize to Gu Yuan, Gu Village Chief’s eyelids twitched.

As the village chief and the clan leader of the Gu clan, he had naturally heard of the Qian Manor in the county. This was a well-known powerful family in the county. Even the county magistrate had to be polite to the head of the Qian family.

Unlike the shallow villagers around him who were only eyeing the silver, he saw deeper.

What qualifications did ordinary mountain people have to make the Qian Manor bow their heads?

Therefore, there must be a reason why Steward Wu personally came to apologize to Gu Yuan!

At least one thing was certain—the Gu Yuan in front of him was definitely not simple, and even the Qian Manor did not want to offend him too much.

“Hmph, he brought it upon himself!”

Thinking of this, Gu Village Chief glared fiercely at Gu Lao San on the ground, left a sentence, and left with a gloomy face, supported by the people next to him.

He didn’t know what had happened to Gu Yuan, but even the Qian Manor didn’t want to offend Gu Yuan, so why should he interfere in this matter?!

As for Gu Lao San, this matter was caused by this guy in the first place, and he deserved to be taught a lesson by Gu Yuan!

Anyway, this guy wasn’t his biological grandson, so he wouldn’t feel sorry even if he died.

Besides, he wasn’t dead yet?!

What, Gu Yuan’s attack was too heavy?

Heh.

On the crooked-neck tree in the ancestral hall at the entrance of the village, no less than ten people had hanged themselves in previous years.

In a river behind the village, many people had also sunk, and many pig cages had been soaked. Now, if you go to the river to fish, you might be able to fish up a few corpses.

Gu Yuan had only cut off an arm. In his opinion, it was not a big deal.

Seeing that Village Chief turned around and left without saying a word, Gu Lao San and the other villagers were dumbfounded, not understanding why the clan leader had left.

However, some clever people guessed the reason, whispering there, occasionally looking at Gu Yuan, with a hint of fear, and then hurriedly left.

Only Sun Zhong, with his dark and bright eyes, looked at Gu Yuan, full of envy and admiration.

He only felt that Gu Yuan first waved his sword and cut off someone’s arm, and then confronted the village chief in front of everyone without losing ground, scaring everyone, this skill was extremely impressive!

Then, he was pulled away by Widow Sun.

Gu Lao San, who was originally crying and cursing, was dumbfounded when he saw everyone leaving one after another, and no one paying attention to him.

He didn’t expect that even the village chief wouldn’t dare to interfere in this matter.

Especially when he saw Gu Yuan looking at him with a smile that was not a smile, and his palm was stroking the hilt of the sword, looking ill-intentioned.

In addition to his resentment, he couldn’t help but feel frightened and uneasy, fearing that Gu Yuan would do something else.

In his eyes, the current Gu Yuan was ferocious, vicious, and no different from a ghost!

“You… what do you want to do? Don’t come over!”

His face was so swollen that he could barely open his eyelids. He subconsciously took a few steps back, then grabbed the severed arm on the ground, and fled out the door while Gu Yuan was unprepared, as if there were more than a dozen vicious dogs chasing him.

Gu Yuan did not stop him.

With today’s act of killing the chicken to scare the monkey, coupled with the fate of Dong Gui and Sun Er before, Gu Yuan has established a ruthless persona. I believe that no one will dare to covet these silvers in the future.

In fact, Gu Yuan also knew why these neighbors, who were usually kind, had evil thoughts today.

It was nothing more than the hard times, and the lack of food stored at home for the winter, or even being afraid of starvation. Seeing that Gu Yuan’s family had suddenly obtained such a large sum of money, they naturally had ulterior motives.

People are about to starve to death. In the face of life and death, what shame, what good and evil, what little weak friendship in the past, seems to have become unimportant.

This is understandable, and Gu Yuan can also understand.

But understanding is understanding. Gu Yuan didn’t cause the suffering of these people, so why should he bear their suffering?