"Then, shouldn’t you protect too, your uncle?"
Xiaosuisui giggled, revealing two rows of tiny white teeth to Yun Kuo.
"I will also protect Uncle Yun Kuo!"
Yun Kuo gently stroked her little face. His adorable niece’s smile was so delightful, it made one want to reach out and give her little cheeks a couple of playful pinches, didn’t it?
"Then Uncle Yun Kuo thanks the world’s most formidable and wonderful niece."
When Xiaosuisui heard Yun Kuo’s words, she promptly crossed her arms and tipped up her chin, replying, "Sure, sure!"
Her impish expression made Ji Youzhi and Yun Kuo not know whether to laugh or cry!
The cave halfway up the mountainside was sealed by an isolation ward, preventing those inside from exiting and those outside from entering. However, this didn’t deter Xiaosuisui.
She could even break the Array of Heaven, so what was a re isolation ward to her?
After she ford the final hand seal, a ripple spread out, and the ward shattered. Xiaosuisui took the lead and walked in.
Ji Youzhi quickly grabbed her and pulled her behind him for protection.
Xiaosuisui pushed him back. "Seventh Uncle, you don’t need to protect . If a fight breaks out and you get injured first, I’ll be hamstrung."
Ji Youzhi: Why does it feel like my heart has been inexplicably stabbed?
Yun Kuo coughed lightly, hastily covering his lips with his fist to hide his awkwardness.
"Uncle Yun Kuo, you too. When you’re out and about, you both need to protect yourselves. Don’t make worry about you!"
Yun Kuo: Why does my heart hurt so much?
SWOOSH. The Phoenix shrank its body and flew in after them.
"Dafeng, can your Phoenix Fire provide so light?"
Without a word, Dafeng spat out a small fireball. It floated in mid-air, flickering as it drifted ahead of them, illuminating the path.
After they had walked so distance, Xiaosuisui suddenly stopped.
"What’s wrong?" Ji Youzhi asked.
"I hear footsteps ahead. They’re uniform, and there are many of them!"
Hearing this, Ji Youzhi and Yun Kuo imdiately adopted defensive stances.
"Be careful. There’s a fork in the path up ahead. Let’s hide there first."
Xiaosuisui pointed to a spot not far ahead and led the way.
"Careful, don’t make any noise, or the people inside might discover us," Ji Youzhi cautiously reminded them.
The group hid in the fork of the path.
Xiaosuisui had Dafeng retract the fireball, and she hid with them.
The THUMP... THUMP... THUMP... of footsteps passed by them. Hiding in the fork, Xiaosuisui and the others held their breath as they counted. There were five to six hundred people!
These people moved in perfect unison, their faces expressionless, their actions identical.
"Why do these people seem so scary?" Yun Kuo whispered.
Ji Youzhi said, "I feel like they’re not ordinary mortals."
Xiaosuisui said, "Their aura is very similar to Mr. Wu’s!"
Upon hearing this, both Ji Youzhi and Yun Kuo widened their eyes. "Could it be they’ve all been assimilated by Witch Power?"
Xiaosuisui’s expression turned grave. "If they’ve been assimilated by Witch Power, then they’re like Granny Lan."
Yun Kuo’s eyelid twitched. "Does that an they all possess Witch Power on par with Granny Lan’s?"
"That’s hard to say," Ji Youzhi analyzed. "Granny Lan’s situation was different. She lived on Yunzhou Island for all those years. The Witch Power was unknowingly planted in her, unconsciously nourishing her constitution. Later on, her substantial Witch Power was forcibly infused into her by Mr. Wu."
After listening, Xiaosuisui added, "Granny Lan was conscious; she lived as a normal person all those years. So, these people might be even stronger than Granny Lan!"
Hearing Xiaosuisui’s words, Yun Kuo disagreed. "But Granny Lan’s Witch Power was infused by Mr. Wu. Although these people have been assimilated by Witch Power over the years, it doesn’t an every one of them has had Witch Power actively infused into them."
Xiaosuisui thought Yun Kuo’s words made sense too.
"Uncle Yun Kuo also has a point!"
Just as Ji Youzhi opened his mouth to say sothing, Xiaosuisui quickly shushed him. "SHHH! They’re coming back."
"Let’s find a way to capture one. We can take them out and interrogate them!" Ji Youzhi suggested.
Xiaosuisui and Yun Kuo had no objections.
So, as the hundreds of people assimilated by Witch Power passed the fork, the last person in line suddenly had their mouth covered. Simultaneously, they received a sharp blow to the back of the neck and fainted.
Once the procession had moved far away, Yun Kuo and Ji Youzhi carried the unconscious man out of the Mountain Cave.
Outside, the area was overgrown with weeds. They found a relatively flat patch of grass and threw the man down. The shrunken Cyan Dragon flew over and sprayed a mouthful of water directly onto the man’s face.
The man’s eyes snapped open. He instinctively threw his hands up to shield his eyes, squeezing them shut!
Seeing the man’s reaction, Ji Youzhi couldn’t help but think of Mr. Wu’s cloak. Could it be that Mr. Wu, like these people, is also a resident from either side of the Yunhang Coast?
"Who are you? What is your na? Why are you here?" Seeing the man was awake, Xiaosuisui imdiately bombarded him with questions.
However, the man kept his eyes tightly covered with both hands, his body trembling.
Ji Youzhi took a black piece of clothing from within his sleeve and draped it over the man. The man’s trembling subsided a little.
"Are you okay?" Ji Youzhi asked again, tentatively.
The man looked at Ji Youzhi, his eyes filled with confusion and bewildernt.
Seeing such a gaze, the experienced Ji Youzhi couldn’t help but sigh.
"It seems he’s truly without consciousness. In that case, how can we continue this investigation?"
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