C91

Ever since Wang Dafu returned to the carriage, it had become abnormally quiet, and did not yell at them again. Even his ears had become a lot quieter.

Soon, they crossed the barren mountain and landed in a small town on the far side of the mountain.

What was strange was that although the sky had darkened, it was not too late. However, there was not a single person on this street. The shops were all tightly shut, and the atmosphere was very strange.

"Strange, is this a ghost city? Why can't I see anyone here?" Mu Lingxi looked around, puzzled.

At this time, Wang Dafu opened the curtain of the carriage and asked: "Then, where should we stay tonight?"

This was already the tenth time he had asked such a question. Everyone was probably driven mad by his question!

Based on the current situation, it would be impossible to find an inn to stay at.

"Shut up, we're looking." Ye Zhuozhuo interrupted him, as though she did not want to hear any more of his nagging.

"Look, an inn is open up ahead." At this time, Qing Xuan's gaze landed on a light that was not far ahead. "Today, we have a place to stay."

"That's weird, why is it only open in this place?" Su Xiruo muttered, as though he was suspecting something, but seeing that they were all so happy, he followed along.

Entering the tavern, but there was no sign of life, all he saw were over 10 corpses lying around. Ye Zhuozhuo, who was the first to run in, was shocked and immediately ran back into Mu Lingxi's embrace.

The rest of them went up to check on the corpse. It was stiff, and its face was ashen. The blood in its body seemed to have been sucked dry. It looked like it was about to die.

It was as if he had died a long time ago.

Su Xiruo looked carefully and found that there was a sinister wound on the deceased's neck. She must have died from being drained of blood, which meant that, near the town, there were many spirit beasts that drank human blood!

"This should all be the work of the spirit beasts. It seems that most of the people in this small town have already moved out, or have lost their lives." Su Xiruo explained to them.

Looking at the furnishings in the inn, one could tell that many places had already been covered in dust. It was obvious that no one had come for a long time.

In other words, this small town could be considered to have become a real ghost town, with only a few people living inside.

"Right." Just then, Xiao Muran suddenly thought of something, "I have indeed heard that there is a uninhabited region behind the mountains, and that there lived to absorb human blood. I had only heard of it once, but I did not expect that it was actually true!"

"Then what should we do?" Ye Zhuozhuo panicked a little, and said, "Let's avoid this place as soon as possible. There are no people here, and it's not for fun!"

Even if she took a detour, she didn't want to face this uninhabited mountain range directly.

"Yeah, I also think that we don't need to fight those spirit beasts directly. Mu Lingxi then brought up his own suggestion, "However, it's already very late today, since the little town is rather far away from Mt. "Xiruo, what do you think?"

After thinking for a moment, Su Xiruo agreed, "Alright."

After all, if the six of them were only spirit bats coming, they would still be able to cope with the six Heavenly Spirit Master attacks.

However, Wang Dafu was a little displeased: "This damned place is too scary. No, we must have someone keeping watch, otherwise, I won't be able to sleep!"

Hearing this, everyone wanted to slap him.

"Don't worry, there will be people keeping watch." Xiao Muran said snappily, "But the main thing is not to guard you, it's to guard the medicinal ingredients and gold."

Their mission was to escort the medicinal ingredients and gold in, to escort Wang Dafu, but it was only to do so on the way. They never thought that this guy would really take them seriously, even going so far as to give him someone to watch over him.

"Qing Xuan, Nangong Yi." Su Xiruo instructed indifferently, "Today, the two of you will take turns to stand guard. After the others clean up the corpse, you should go and rest."

After settling down, just as Su Xiruo was about to go rest, he saw a black figure slowly approaching from outside, wearing a silver white mask, with his head lowered.

Su Xiruo could not see the other party's face clearly, but from the figure, it should be a woman.

Just when she had made all the preparations and raised her vigilance, the other party took off her mask. "Sister Cyril, it's me!"

"Su Biyue." Seeing Su Biyue, Su Xiruo was surprised: "What are you doing here?"

Their Divine Ranked Class Two should have taken another route, so to be able to see Su Biyue here, it was really strange. Could it be that their Divine Ranked Class Two had sent them here to gather information?

In short, they did not come with good intentions!

"Sister Cyril, don't misunderstand, I have no ill intentions." Su Biyue knew that she suspected him, and immediately displayed a sincere look, "The reason why I'm here, is not because I'm entrusted to it by Senior Sister Gu Jingrou. On the contrary, I'm here to help you guys."

Su Xiruo smiled noncommittally: Why did you come to help us?

"Sister Cyril, I've long since said that in my heart, I've always treated you as a friend." Su Biyue walked a little closer, looked into her eyes, and said, "Even though I was unfortunate enough to not be in the same class as you, I have been thinking about you the entire time. Even if I have offended you with Divine Ranked Class Two, I want to tell you this matter!"

"What is it? Tell me!" Su Xiruo was curious as to what she wanted to tell him.

Su Biyue looked around to make sure that there was no one around, then sat down and lowered his voice: "Tonight, I accidentally heard Senior Sister Gu Jingrou and the others discussing that they were coming to ambush you, so I rushed here overnight to call you guys over. It's because I hope that we can all be friendly, and I don't want anyone to be injured!"

Her tone of voice was filled with righteousness, but it did not affect Su Xiruo in the slightest.

The Academy does not have a rule that we cannot ambush each other. Since that's the case, you do not need to come and tell me about this. I will not be grateful to you, and you may also lose Gu Jingrou's trust. She had a nagging feeling that Su Biyue was up to no good.

Su Biyue bit his lower lip, he did not think that she would have such an attitude, and after a moment of awkwardness, he forced a smile: "Sister Cyril, no matter how you think of me, I only have one final goal, and that is to let everyone be alright. If you think that I can trust you, I'm very happy, but if you think that I can't, then you can choose to not believe me."

Her meaning was simple. If she was willing to believe it, she would believe it. If she wasn't willing to believe it, then so be it.

"Su Biyue, you should return quickly." Su Xiruo tactfully ordered them to leave, "If we were to be late, I'm afraid we would be suspected."

"Thank you for your concern, sister. I won't stay any longer." Su Biyue laughed, then turned and left the empty inn.

Su Biyue looked at Su Biyue's back, and sank into deep thought.

Even though she did not really believe Su Biyue's words, but for this kind of thing, she would rather believe it than not. If by any chance, Su Biyue was sent by them to scout the situation, wouldn't her whereabouts be completely exposed?

"Xiruo." Suddenly, Qing Xuan's voice came out from behind her.

Su Xiruo turned his head around, only to see Qing Xuan frowning slightly as he asked: "Who were you talking to just now?

Just now, he seemed to have heard something, but as soon as he came over, he didn't see anyone else.

"He has already left, but I'm afraid we won't be able to sleep peacefully tonight." Su Xiruo seemed to have an idea in his mind.

"What do you mean?" Qing Xuan did not understand.

Therefore, Su Xiruo explained the reason simply, "People from the Divine Ranked Class Two may come to intercept our medicinal ingredients in the dead of the night. Although they might not come, it is still necessary for them to do some preparations!"

"How despicable." Hearing that, Qing Xuan was also furious, he immediately asked: "Then what do you plan to do?"

The corner of Su Xiruo's mouth lifted, and from within the Storage Ring, he took out something that looked like a black seed, and said with a smile that was not a smile: "Since they want to come, then I'll properly serve them!"