Capítulo 1504: Chapter 1493: Ambushed During an Ambush
Just as Lin i was eager to show her loyalty, Ma Fei’er caught sothing off in the words,
“Ah Fan. You… she just said she’s yours?”
Noticing Ma Fei’er’s odd expression, Ning Fan thought it was bad luck and hurriedly transmitted his voice to say, “Fei’er listen to , things aren’t as you imagine.”
Ma Fei’er replied in a sowhat flustered tone, “I didn’t think that way.”
If Ning Fan listened carefully, he could detect the self-contradiction in Ma Fei’er’s words.
“This operation to annihilate the Corpse Herding Sect, Lin i cooperated very well and seems to have a desire to repent, so I plan to let her go. But thinking it over, I felt a bit uneasy, so I plan to keep her around for observation for a while.”
“I see, Ah Fan you are truly a good person.”
At this mont, Ma Fei’er’s good impression of Ning Fan could be said to be overwhelming.
In Ma Fei’er’s view, Ning Fan kept Lin i at his side entirely to reform her, which shows such a noble and virtuous deanor.
“Good person?”
Ning Fan’s expression turned peculiar; in the relationship between n and won, being hit with a good person card doesn’t seem like a good thing.
Ning Fan hesitantly asked, “Fei’er, you don’t really think I have sothing with Lin i, do you?”
“What is this ‘sothing’ you are talking about?”
Ma Fei’er covered her mouth with a laugh, transmitting a question back.
If it had been Lin i’s forr allure, she might really have thought in that direction, but now…
“Nothing!”
Ning Fan sighed and said to Lin i, “Lead the way.”
Lin i asked in confusion, “To where?”
“Didn’t you say Hu Family is fishing just now?” Ning Fan laughed, “Then we’ll bite the bait ourselves.”
“But I’m just guessing, what if I’m wrong?”
Lin i felt a little embarrassed, since she spoke so confidently earlier.
Ning Fan asked again, “Do you know where Hu Family is located?”
“I do. It’s at Hu Family Village, two hundred miles away.”
“Is the whole village occupied by Hu Family mbers?”
“It is and it isn’t.”
Ma Fei’er added, “Although everyone at Hu Family Village shares the surna Hu, the true practitioners of witchcraft are only one branch, the rest are all ordinary people. So even knowing their base, it’s always hard to locate which branch practices witchcraft.”
“Alright then, let’s head to Hu Family Village now, and pay extra attention to conditions along the road.”
Hu Family Village is similar to Mo Family Village, deeply tucked away in a deserted mountain area, without a proper road.
Lin i previously received orders from Lin Batian and had tracked Hu Family’s trading representatives.
The path the three are walking now is the sa one Lin i tracked before.
In fact, this can’t be called a road at all, it’s entirely about wading through waters and threading through forests.
If not for Lin i’s good mory, walking on such steady steps, Ning Fan would have thought he was wandering into so deep forest.
Given Lin i’s current impaired physical condition, walking such a path is really unbearable.
Luckily, Ning Fan occasionally used True Qi to help her recover her constitution.
Considering that Hu Family might be secretly spying, Ning Fan did not use Aerial Mastery to hasten the journey, he also wanted to use this to draw out Hu Family’s scouts.
At least on the section closest to Mo Family Village, Ning Fan was not eager to rush.
Along the way, the three seed like they were sightseeing, with Ning Fan chatting with Ma Fei’er and also staying alert to move in all directions.
Except for traces of activity from snakes, insects, rats, and beasts, there wasn’t a hint of any human presence.
After voicing these findings, Ning Fan wondered, “Could we have misunderstood before? Hu Family is not testing, but provoking?”
Ma Fei’er queried, “Why is it provocation?”
“Even if Mo Family Village has no relation at all with the Corpse Herding Sect, the Corpse Herding Sect wouldn’t sit idly by, and would definitely retaliate against Hu Family Village. After all, you should look at the owner when hitting a dog.”
As they were speaking, Lin i realized, “Young Master Ning, you an Hu Family is hoping for the Corpse Herding Sect’s retaliation, and then finish them off completely.”
“That should be it.”
Just as he spoke, a hint of embarrassnt flashed across Ning Fan’s face, and he grumbled discontentedly, “These people really don’t give face, slapping in the face this quickly.”
“What’s wrong?”
Ning Fan said calmly, “We have guests.”
Ma Fei’er looked around in confusion, only to find a flock of startled birds taking to the sky over the forest, without sensing any human presence.
“There seems to be sothing in the forest.”
Through watching the startled birds, Lin i, who had lost her cultivation, also noticed sothing amiss.
Soon enough, a rustling sound ca from the forest, growing louder, like a torrent rushing down.
Upon seeing what was making the sound, Ma Fei’er scread and dove into Ning Fan’s embrace, scared.
Lin i, pale-faced, fell sitting on the ground; if not recognizing her status as unworthy, she too would have wanted to dive into Ning Fan’s embrace.
Despite this, Lin i still hurried to Ning Fan’s side, seemingly intending to cling to his legs to strengthen her sense of safety.
Holding the trembling Ma Fei’er, Ning Fan didn’t laugh at her fearfulness.
Sotis, fear isn’t directly related to one’s power, but to whether the mind is strong.
The scene before them, let alone Ma Fei’er at True Origin Realm, even those at Heavenly Gang Realm might lose their stance from fright.
Looking ahead, the ground was covered with all kinds of crawling creatures, venomous snakes, spiders, centipedes…
These crawlers are typically… forget won, even ordinary n would fear seeing them.
This was secondary; the most crucial matter was.
The rustling sound they heard was caused by the movent of these crawlers.
There were simply too many crawlers, densely packed together like moving carpets, looking out seed to be endless, ravaging utterly like a sea of creepers.
If a person with trypophobia witnessed this scene, they’d surely collapse on the spot.
Aside from their nurousness, these crawlers are highly venomous, just like Africa’s army ants.
Ning Fan saw very clearly: a wild boar failed to evade in ti; after the crawlers had passed, only its skeleton remained; they even gnawed on their own kind.
Witnessing this scene, Ning Fan rembered the bones found near Mo Family Village.
Moreover, these crawlers seed like a disciplined army, with a ticulous attack target.
From all directions, they surrounded the three people, enclosing their location into a solitary island.
Upon detecting the abnormal noises from within the forest, Ning Fan realized it was Hu Family’s doing.
Though the mountain isn’t lacking these species, when have they ever amassed in such dense numbers?
“No wonder Hu Family hadn’t shown their hand earlier; turns out the trap was set here.”
The trio was now in a forest; prior terrain was open and not suited for an ambush, but forests are different, suitable for crawlers to hide.
Moreover, this forest is the only route to Hu Family Village, otherwise one would have to climb over the surrounding mountains.
“It seems Hu Family has fully calculated against the Corpse Herding Sect, even aware of Lin i’s tracking. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have set up ambushes here.”
In that instant, Ning Fan figured out many things.
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