The sky was overcast, with a light drizzle falling.
"Move aside, everyone move aside!"
"What’s there to see!"
On the dock, the governnt officials of Fengdu County shouted as they pushed through the crowd, then began to carry down corpses from the boat.
All the corpses were covered with straw mats.
"Wife’s old man!"
"Brothers! Step aside, inside is my brother!"
People in the crowd, the bereaved, rushed to squeeze in.
There were won with children and ragged n, all looking panic-stricken, faces pale.
Those watching on the side gave sympathetic looks and stepped aside.
"Hey, don’t move!"
Seeing the woman attempting to lift the straw mat, the governnt official hurriedly stopped her.
"That’s my man, that’s my man!"
The woman scread and struggled, while the child cried loudly.
The onlookers also began to persuade:
"People are recognizing their dead, why stop them!"
"Exactly, unless there’s sothing to hide."
"What do you understand!"
The head of the officials scowled angrily.
Just then, the ragged man suddenly stepped forward and yanked off the straw mat.
Upon seeing, everyone gasped in shock.
"Oh my god!"
So stumbled back, falling onto the ground.
Now they understood why the officials wouldn’t let them look.
The corpses looked like smoked and dried pork, pitch-black, shriveled, with faces distorted and terrifying, mouths open wide.
A chill rose in everyone’s heart.
"This... this is the work of a demon!"
Soone scread, fear spreading through the crowd.
The woman rolled her eyes, fainting, leaving the child, who knew no better, wailing loudly.
"I told you not to look!"
The governnt official head was also annoyed, shoving the man aside, ordering his n to carry the bodies towards the city gate.
"Why are they bringing them into the city?!"
When so townsfolk saw this, they beca dissatisfied, loudly protesting: "Those who died untily deaths should not be moved carelessly, or disaster might befall!"
"We’ve already invited the Daoist of Qingniu Temple!"
The head of the officials irritably waved his hand, scolding: "The County Magistrate has said, anyone spreading rumors or talking nonsense, beware you don’t end up locked in jail!"
With that, he left hurriedly with his n.
In the crowd, Li Yan turned and walked towards the city.
Hearing the cries of children behind him, his expression remained somber. He glanced at the sky, the joy of obtaining treasures on the famous mountain had vanished.
Not regretting.
In that situation, all they could do was escape first.
Besides, he thought the soldier and horse statues array could trap that evil being, furthermore, it was in a hidden cave in Wushan, how could it have followed them all this way?
Li Yan was full of questions.
Aside from that, another matter caught his attention.
The people from Qingniu Temple were coming.
If he recalled correctly, back in Shennongjia, the magician nad Wu Faluo from Ba Shu ntioned that there was sothing off about the people from Qingniu Temple...
...
Just as he returned to the inn, he saw Sha Lifei bragging to others in the hall.
"How about it, no problems, right?"
Seeing Li Yan return, he quickly ca to greet him.
"We’ll talk when we get back."
Li Yan discreetly glanced around.
Having obtained those two peculiar jade stones, the Hook Paper was indeed different. It could indicate surrounding Hook Papers, but only in a specific area, and its direction changed with Li Yan’s movent.
Li Yan understood that this was likely indicating the opponent’s location.
Bang!
As soon as he stepped onto the stairs, he saw soone thrown out, crashing from the second floor and smashing the tables and chairs below.
Wu Ba poked his head out, chuckling foolishly.
Li Yan imdiately understood the reason.
They brought quite a few people, taking over the entire second floor of the inn, and with so many won, even though all were veiled with white gauze, their graceful figures naturally attracted the city’s riffraff.
Those boors, with no sense, eagerly tried to co close.
Li Yan couldn’t be bothered, heading straight upstairs.
Once upstairs, everyone gathered around him.
Li Yan found a room, first drinking a few cups of tea in large gulps, then briefly recounting the events of the mountain.
Since it involved Yin Changsheng, he rely stated they passed smoothly.
The most critical part was the discovery at the dock.
"There’s actually such a thing?"
Wang Daoxuan tugged at his beard, eyes full of disbelief, "Evil Spirit Energy usually stays in fixed areas."
"Like that ’Mist Traveler’, it only haunts near Ba Mountain. Even if suppressed, it would still return."
"This kind of situation is a first."
Bai Huan, beside him, hearing this, shook his head saying: "At that ti the ’Water Tigers’ were completely slaughtered, and hearing how those people died, it seed they were drained of their essence and yang energy. The Evil Spirit must have transford again."
He sighed, "Because of our matters, many innocents were hurt along the way. Young friend, this issue should be resolved by . It might take so ti..."
While they were talking, there were noises outside again.
"Oh dear~"
Downstairs, the riffraff who ca to make trouble finally scrambled up, clutching his waist as he stumbled out, but not before turning back to threaten:
"You lot just wait, this old man will call... "
Bang!
Before he could finish, he was slapped flying by soone.
The unlucky fellow crashed into a wine jar, slicing a cut on his back, grimacing in pain.
He was about to curse, but seeing who ca, he shivered all over, curling up and playing dead, not daring to make a sound.
At the entrance, three n from the Captain Bureau had arrived, led by a Hundred Households, with scorched black skin, triangular eyes, and a goatee.
His gaze, like a hawk’s, swept the room, and the previously rowdy hall instantly turned icy cold.
Li Yan and the others naturally sensed this too, stepping out of the room to stand on the second floor, observing below.
The man from the Captain Bureau also looked up at the group, expressionlessly saying: "I am Liu Qian, a Hundred Households Captain from Chongqing Prefecture’s Captain Bureau. You all seem unfamiliar; may I ask where you’re coming from? And where are you heading?"
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