CFSMS -Chapter 207 This Child Must Not Be Allowed to Live

“Waaah, Boss Lu, you scared me to death!”

The Sect Master wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and rushed forward, trying to hug Lu Wu.

Thank goodness.

After all, ever since he had brought a rabbit head home for his wife to try yesterday, she had declared that if he ever came home without rabbit heads as an offering, he wouldn’t be allowed back into their bedroom.

Though he was already middle-aged, his nightlife was still quite lively.

He absolutely could not lose that source of happiness.

For a moment just now, it had felt as though the sky was collapsing over him.

Now that his precious ticket home had returned safely, the Sect Master was overjoyed.

Lu Wu dodged his attempted embrace with a look of disgust.

“You’re a married man. Could you at least care about appearances?”

She was only selling rabbit heads, not accepting flesh as payment.

Besides, she wasn’t interested in middle-aged uncles.

She liked handsome young men and beautiful flowers. Old cured meat was too tough to chew.

With the Sect Master’s interruption, the tense atmosphere completely vanished.

After everyone explained what had happened, Elder Jiang and the others finally learned the whole story. Upon hearing that everything had been handled by Grandpa Li, Elder Jiang was astonished.

“Senior, may I ask how we should address you?”

He certainly didn’t dare call the man Grandpa Li.

“My surname is Li. But here in Western Province, I used to have another nickname.”

Grandpa Li’s gaze turned unusually profound as he spoke.

“They called me the Blood Butcher.”

The moment Elder Jiang heard that title, his face went numb.

The loose skin on his face twitched, and his pupils widened.

“Blood Butcher!”

Someone cried out in shock.

“Heh heh he—”

A mischievous mood rising within him, Grandpa Li was just about to let out a sinister laugh and scare everyone when he noticed a little head poking out from beside Lu Wu.

She had somehow grabbed another handful of melon seeds.

Her round almond eyes were wide open. Not a trace of fear could be found on her face.

She was simply waiting to enjoy the gossip.

Listening to stories was one of her specialties.

Grandpa Li immediately lost the urge to laugh.

He nearly choked.

“Ahem. Those are just some stories from my youth. Not worth mentioning. Girl, I’m hungry.”

He quickly changed the subject, unwilling to become the topic of gossip himself.

Unfortunately, the title Blood Butcher carried far too much weight in Western Province.

Several decades ago, disciples from nearly every sect had heard the same warning from their elders:

If you ever encounter the Blood Butcher, never provoke him.

If you accidentally offend him, don’t hesitate—raise a white flag immediately.

And if that still doesn’t work, dig yourself a grave on the spot and bury yourself.

At least that way, you might die with some dignity.

Because once the Blood Butcher made a move, it wasn’t just you who would die.

Back then, the Blood Butcher’s name shook the entire region.

Anyone who offended him would be hunted down no matter where they fled.

And any blood-related family connected to that person would be exterminated as well.

His philosophy was simple:

Leave no survivors.

“That was because that brat tried to kill me first. When he failed, he even tried to use his family’s influence to mobilize people against me.”

Grandpa Li hurriedly defended himself.

“That was self-defense, alright?”

“When an entire clan becomes your enemy, leaving even one alive is just leaving future trouble.”

“What about the Snowwind Manor incident?”

Perhaps because Grandpa Li seemed so approachable around Lu Wu, one disciple couldn’t resist asking.

“Oh, that family?”

“They promised to forge me a sword. Instead, they embezzled my top-grade ore and then accused me of trying to steal their clan’s treasured heirloom.”

“I was forced to retaliate.”

Grandpa Li shrugged.

That ore happened to be a rare mineral the Manor Lord of Snowwind Manor had searched for many years.

Rather than buying it honestly, the man saw that Grandpa Li had no backing and resorted to such despicable methods.

Could he really be blamed for fighting back?

“What about the Yun Tower incident…?”

“Oh, that was a misunderstanding too…”

With remarkable patience, Grandpa Li explained the circumstances behind each infamous event.

Most of the time, the other party had struck first.

He simply adhered to the noble principle of:

If you want me dead, I’ll send you to the underworld first.

And when Grandpa Li took revenge, he did it ruthlessly.

Every time he acted, casualties numbered in the dozens or hundreds.

He rarely left anyone alive.

The cruelty of his methods terrified countless people.

Over time, the title Blood Butcher spread throughout the land.

Later, the Blood Butcher vanished from Western Province.

Some even speculated that an enemy had finally found and killed him.

Back then, quite a few people had celebrated the news.

Who would have thought that he had merely been traveling through Western Province as part of his cultivation journey?

Once his training was complete, he simply returned to Southern Province.

Because the nickname sounded too unpleasant, he buried the title Blood Butcher after returning home.

Now, having exposed his own past, Grandpa Li saw the bright, sparkling eyes of Lu Wu, who was clearly enjoying the gossip.

He instantly regretted it.

Youthful ignorance.

Now that he was old, he still had to become entertainment for a little girl.

“Well done.”

Lu Wu, however, didn’t think Grandpa Li was cruel at all.

She deeply understood the importance of the phrase:

“This child must not be allowed to live.”

Once you’ve made an enemy, if you don’t eliminate the problem completely, who knows when someone might crawl out from some forgotten corner and stab you in the back?

Wasn’t that exactly how those great villainous bosses who exterminated the protagonist’s clan always died?

A moment of carelessness.

A fleeting act of mercy.

They spared the protagonist’s life—

And eventually died at the protagonist’s hands.

Putting the Blood Butcher matter aside for the moment, the Divine Spear Sect gathered its forces and began hunting down the remaining cultists.

The entire sect mobilized.

Even spies who had been hiding within the sect were uncovered.

The sect underwent a complete purge from top to bottom.

But that was their family business.

Lu Wu had no interest in getting involved.

Once she was certain the Divine Spear Sect had everything under control, she led the beast horde back into the mountains.

After all, she still had a stall to run.

Beneath towering ancient trees, the morning mist gradually dispersed.

A new day had begun.

Lu Wu was busy preparing ingredients.

This was her fourth day of setting up shop deep within the mountains.

It was also her fourth day without internet access.

Even someone as powerful as Grandpa Li couldn’t get a wireless connection out here.

All he could do was play with cats and dogs while helping Lu Wu process ingredients.

As the familiar aroma of spicy rabbit heads drifted through the forest once again, a commotion arose among the trees.

One beast after another arrived.

They consciously lined up in front of the stall, waiting for Lu Wu to begin serving.

The rabbit heads, slowly braised over low heat, were tender and juicy.

The meat practically melted in the mouth.

Their enticing color captivated every beast’s gaze.

Their flavor conquered countless stomachs.

The beasts lay sprawled on the ground, savoring their delicious rabbit heads.

Occasionally, traces of black mist escaped from their nostrils.

The ghostly energy had become extremely faint.

The spreading ghost aura no longer had much effect on them.

On the other side of the forest, not far from Lu Wu’s stall, the disciples of the Divine Spear Sect stood anxiously stomping their feet.

They wanted rabbit heads too.

Unfortunately, the beasts didn’t welcome them.

For Lu Wu’s sake, the beasts barely tolerated their presence in the mountains.

But if they tried competing with the beasts for rabbit heads…

Then what awaited them was a full-scale human-versus-beast battle.

A few disciples hadn’t believed it at first.

They had organized a small group and attempted to break through the blockade.

The result?

Their heads ended up covered in bumps.

Only after Boss Lu personally stepped in did the beasts stop beating them up.

Now Lu Wu’s beast customers were increasing in number every day.

Many of them possessed formidable cultivation levels.

There were even several beasts whose presence made Elder Jiang feel threatened.

As a result, a group of old men could only squat off to one side, staring at the stall.

Their eyes had practically turned green with envy.

Yet none of them dared approach recklessly.

Humans weren’t even as fortunate as beasts.

All they could do was wait until every beast had finished enjoying the delicacies before picking at whatever leftovers remained.

What a miserable situation.