On this day, they arrived at the border of the Xiao Kingdom. Everyone had already traveled for a few days, and Feng Yu's body also didn't allow for things to get tiresome, so they let Shangguan Yi find a place to rest.
"I've just investigated and found that this is the only town around here. I've already found the tavern in this town and have already checked the rooms. We can go there now." Shangguan Yi did things to make them feel at ease, so everyone followed Shangguan Yi to the tavern.
After dinner, Xuanyuan Zhan went to Murong Zhi's room.
"What's wrong? Murong Zhi thought that Xuanyuan Zhan had come to settle the score with him for the matter of him laughing at him previously. He couldn't help but feel panic in his heart.
"Why would I look for you? What's wrong with you? What kind of expression is that?" Xuanyuan Zhan looked at Murong Zhi in puzzlement.
The two of them started to fall silent again. Xuanyuan Zhan was quiet, waiting for Murong Zhi to tell him about the town and the situation of the inn's defense, but Murong Zhi's heart was filled with evil scenes, not thinking about defense at all.
"Eh? You guys are here, I just went to look for Xue Leng, and was prepared to call Murong Zhi to tell him about the situation in the town. Shangguan Yi didn't seem to have noticed Murong Zhi's strangeness, as he raised the cup of tea in front of him and drank it all in one gulp.
"Hmm, I really came here to ask you guys about this. After the fire last time, it means that our whereabouts have probably been watched. The enemy is in the dark, and we need to be careful if we don't know the enemy's background." Xuanyuan Zhan probably gave up waiting for Murong Zhi's answer, and did not know what happened to this person.
When Murong Zhi heard this, it turned out that Xuanyuan Han did not come to find him to settle the score, it was for proper business. Now his heart was at peace.
"Don't worry, there's no problem with this inn's defense timing. The last fire incident was completely accidental. This time, it definitely won't happen again." Relieved, Murong Zhi finally opened his mouth to speak.
"Yes, I looked around during the day when I was looking for an inn. There should have been other families here before this town. We saw some people in their houses still have some food left, I don't know if something happened to this village." Suddenly, no one was left in a deserted town. had also checked previously, but this town did not have any disease or plague. "With all these, it's hard to predict what happened in this town before." Shangguan Yi's analysis of everyone expressed their agreement.
"Could it be that the people in this town haven't left yet, and are only at a place where we can't see them?" At this time, Xue Leng said this sentence, causing everyone to instantly become nervous again.
"You mean this town isn't empty? So what was their purpose in hiding? Is it aimed at us? " Murong Zhi asked hesitantly.
Xue Leng looked at Murong Zhi, and nodded. After all, this trip was extremely important, and they had to consider everything.
"This, I was careless." Shangguan Yi began to frown as well.
"In any case, we have entered this town. We will only rest here for the night. As long as there is nothing that concerns us tonight, we will leave this place tomorrow morning. " Xuanyuan Zhan said. Since he hadn't made a move yet, he couldn't let things get out of hand.
Since Murong Zhi had already arranged for the inn's safety, Xuanyuan Zhan was relieved. Dou Dou had Xue Leng and the others to protect him, while he himself only needed to protect the phoenix feathers well.
When he returned to his room, Feng Yu was already asleep. He must have been tired, and weak. Xuanyuan Zhan sat beside Feng Yu, and looked at this sleeping figure with a pained expression. Xuanyuan Zhan would rather endure the poison from the insect.
Xuanyuan Zhan caressed Feng Yu's face in heartache, he never thought that Feng Yu would actually wake up.
"Did I wake you up?" Xuanyuan Zhan asked in concern.
"No, I didn't sleep much. You didn't come back, so I didn't sleep very well." Feng Yu gently smiled. His smile was so relaxed on his pale face that it made people feel pity for him.
Right at this moment, there was a commotion outside the door, and Xuanyuan Zhan's mind suddenly flashed with the scene where Murong Zhi patted his chest and said that there was no problem with the defense. Is there anything else outside? " As he spoke, Feng Yu had originally wanted to get up from the bed, but was stopped by Xuanyuan Zhan.
"You lie still. Your body is weak now, and the night is cold. "Even if there's me outside, I'll go out and take a look. I'll be back later to accompany you." After Xuanyuan Zhan settled down the phoenix feathers, he went out.
However, everything that was happening before his eyes caused Xuanyuan Zhan to instantly become vigilant. Looking at the few dead attendants lying on the ground, Xuanyuan Zhan realized the severity of the situation.
At this time, Murong Zhi and Shangguan Yi had also rushed over. Looking at the dead guard, Murong Zhi wanted to say something but he hesitated. In the end, it was because he did not defend well enough that such a situation had occurred. A few hours ago, he had said that there was absolutely no problem with his defense.
"Looking at the way these guards died is very strange." Hearing Shangguan Yi say that, Xuanyuan Zhan then realised that these people were not actually killed by some blade or sword. There was only a wound on his neck. The wound looked like it had been bitten.
"Where's Xue Leng?" Xuanyuan Zhan was surprised, and he had a few answers, but he was not sure yet. He just wanted Xue Leng to see the victim's injuries.
"Xue Leng will accompany Dou Dou. We are afraid that if our child wakes up, we will not be able to see him run around, so we let Xue Leng stay behind to accompany Dou Dou."
"What are these people up to? Just by killing a few guards, he managed to escape. " Murong Zhi was suspicious.
"No matter what, Murong Zhi, you still need to strengthen your defense. You cannot let this happen again." Xuanyuan Zhan also didn't have any intentions of blaming Murong Zhi. He knew that this wasn't a problem for Murong Zhi, it was their opponent that was hard to deal with.
After that, he had his followers clean up the corpses in the yard and dismissed everyone back to their homes to have a good rest.
When Xuanyuan Zhan returned to his room, Feng Yu had already fallen asleep. Not knowing whether Feng Yu was asleep or not, Xuanyuan Zhan lightly called out to Feng Yu's ear. Seeing that Feng Yu did not reply, Xuanyuan Zhan knew that Feng Yu had really fallen asleep this time.
Xuanyuan Zhan covered Feng Yu's blanket even more tightly as he watched Feng Yu slowly fall asleep as well.
The next day, when Feng Yu heard Xuanyuan Zhan talk about what happened last night, she couldn't help but feel some lingering fear, and she also mourned for the guards who had died.
Xue Leng had seen the corpse of the guard, confirming Xuanyuan Zhan's guess.
"This is similar to the medicine men we saw at the northwest border." When Xue Leng said this, everyone was shocked.
"You mean there are medics in this town? Could it be the villagers in the town? " Murong Zhi's guess was not wrong. This town was empty, yet it was not abandoned, someone must have turned this village into a medicine man before them.
"However, from the look of the guard's injuries, the other party had directly pierced through his vital organs and bitten through his arteries. He made his move without hesitation. It's even more powerful than the medicine men we met before. " Xue Leng could not help but frown, looks like they met with big trouble this time.
"Who the hell is behind this?" Shangguan Yi remembered that the last time the medicine men in the Northwest Town were under control. It must be the same this time.
"Currently, I don't know much about this medicine man. I can only wait until the next time they appear." Xue Leng always had a bad premonition in his heart.
Thus, they waited at the inn, preparing to catch a turtle in a jar. When the sky darkened, there was finally movement in the courtyard. Seeing that there were human figures, Murong Zhi was the first to rush up. No matter if it was the medicine man or the mastermind, he caught them himself so that he could study them. Yet, he didn't expect that the medicine man wouldn't be able to kill him no matter how hard he tried. Seeing that Murong Zhi was about to be bitten, Xue Leng quickly sprinkled some medicinal powder on him. Just at that moment, Xue Leng realised that this medicinal person was actually dodging his medicinal powder. Without waiting for Xue Leng to go up, the pill person left.
"How is it? Is there any injury? " Seeing that the medicine man had escaped, Xue Leng immediately healed Murong Zhi's injuries. After all, if Murong Zhi was injured by the medicine man, he might not have a way to save him.
However, when everyone heard Xue Leng say that these people were conscious, they did not dare believe him.
"At first, even I couldn't believe it, but when Murong Zhi fought with him, although the other party didn't know much about martial arts, he had clearly dodged it. And when I wanted him to sprinkle it with powder, his actions only served to further corroborate my thoughts. He dodged and escaped. This is different from the other people in the Northwest Town, it seems our enemy is not simple.
After hearing what Xue Leng had to say, everyone became solemn and fell silent.
"Do these people have anything to do with the blood drops?" Feng Yu's words broke the silence.
"That's right, those people from back then were after the Blood Bead. It's not impossible for Feng Yu to obtain it." Xuanyuan Zhan agreed with Feng Yu's point of view, but he did not know anything about the other party.
"These people clearly know our whereabouts, so we don't have any blood droplets on us. Therefore, it is very possible that they have already obtained one." When Shangguan Yi said this, everyone became terrified.
"Then what is their goal this time?" Murong Zhi asked in a puzzled manner, and the matter became more and more complicated.
"We are on our way to the Xifeng Kingdom, so there must be a connection between us and the Xifeng Kingdom." Xuanyuan Zhan thought that this trip to the west wind was not that simple.