C85 Investigation (I)

Inside the Inn, Ling Weigongzhu thought about the three golden leaves. She believed that if she could obtain the Mu Rong family's help with these three golden leaves, she wouldn't have to be afraid of that person. Also, he could easily get rid of that Feng Yu, and she wouldn't have to worry about that person ever coming again.

Thinking about it, Ling Wei wanted to take out the gold leaf to study it. However, she found out that there was nothing in the place where the golden leaves used to be.

Ling Wei thought back to that day when she took out the gold leaf and did not put it back. It was as if she had never seen the three golden leaves again. Ling Wei thought that it should be the girl that came to scare him away, did she know of Golden Leaf's secret?

Thinking of this, Ling Wei could not help but grind her teeth in hatred. She thought that regardless of whether that person knew the purpose of the three golden leaves, she had to find something so important.

"Come out." Ling Weigongzhu said to the empty house. A man dressed in dark colored clothes walked in.

"The three golden leaves that my wet nurse handed me before she passed away have disappeared. That thing has an extraordinary meaning. You must find it for me."

"Yes, your subordinate understands." After speaking, the black-clothed man disappeared from the room.

Xuanyuan Zhan prepared to leave for the ancient town, but Feng Yu was worried about Xuanyuan Zhan's safety so she decided to go with him. Thus, they entrusted Dou Dou to stay in the capital, entrusted him to look after them, and even left him to look after them. Coincidentally, Xuanyuan Feng liked Dou Dou a lot as well, so she readily agreed.

When they arrived outside the ancient town, they immediately discovered the abnormality of the place. The entire ancient town seemed especially quiet and strange, as if it was a dead town.

The people in the ancient town seemed to be wary of them outside of class. Feng Yu went up to ask a passerby to find out why this ancient town was so private every day. Who knew that person would run away in fear? Afterwards, Feng Yu asked a few more people, but they all agreed.

"What are these people doing? Why did they run away when they saw us?" Feng Yu questioned.

"My prince, my princess." Lightning said, "Seeing the way the villagers are, I don't think we can ask much. Why don't we go to the chief's house and ask?"

"But right now, none of these villagers are willing to listen to us. How are we going to find the clan leader's house?" Feng Yu's face was filled with worry.

"Princess, there is no need to worry. Before we came here, we had already investigated everything. This subordinate knows where the Patriarch's family is." Lei Yu said.

"Then we shall not delay any longer. Let's go."

Xuanyuan Zhan and the rest arrived at a courtyard at the southeast corner of the ancient town. Seeing a child coming out of the courtyard, Lei Yu went up to stop him, "Excuse me, is this the clan leader's house?"

When the boy saw that it was a group of strangers, his face filled with fear. "You, you, who are you people?"

"Don't worry, we aren't bad people. We just want to see the Patriarch." Feng Yu said.

When the boy heard Feng Yu say that they weren't bad people, he let out a sigh of relief. "You guys want to see the chief? Wait a moment, I'll go inside and report to him."

"Thank you."

Not long after, an old man walked out, and that child followed behind him. "Patriarch, it's them who want to see you."

"Everyone, what do you need this old man for?"

"Oh, old man, our group passed by this place, and we want to rest a bit more." Xuanyuan Zhan said, "But I see that the people in the village all ran away as if they saw a terrifying person, I don't know why."

"Everyone might not know this, but a lot of strange things have happened in our village recently. Ten people will die for no reason every day, and we can't figure out why these people died." The old man said, "These past few days, everyone in our village has been panicking, no wonder they were scared when they saw you. No one from all the villages dared to come to our village, and now a group of people suddenly came. They thought you were here to harm them. That's why I'm naturally afraid. "

"There's actually such a thing?" Xuanyuan Zhan asked, "Then why don't you guys hide somewhere else?"

"Sigh!" The old man sighed, "We want to as well, but we are located in a remote area, and something like this happened. The old man sighed," We as well, but we are located in a remote area, and something like this happened.

"I advise you all to quickly leave our place in order to avoid attracting a fatal disaster."

"Old man, it's already late, so you should just take us in for the night. Tomorrow morning, we will leave this place." Feng Yu said.

"Fine, you two can stay here for the night. Remember, do not go out at night."

"Yes, yes, yes. Thank you, Patriarch."

That night, Xuanyuan Zhan and the rest stayed at the patriarch's house. In the middle of the night, while the patriarch and the others were sleeping soundly, they decided to head over to the village to investigate.

At night, the ancient town was especially quiet. With the terrifying atmosphere of the ancient town, if a timid person were to be alone here, he would probably be scared out of his wits.

Feng Yu followed Xuanyuan Zhan as she inspected the town. Suddenly, a thunderstorm came over and reported, "My prince, my princess, this subordinate has just discovered a few new graves, they seem to have just been buried recently."

"Could it be the people who died in the town?" Feng Yu looked at Xuanyuan Zhan and asked.

"It's possible. Let's go take a look."

Xuanyuan Zhan and the others came to the place where Lei Yu was found to investigate. Seeing that the soil on the grave was indeed new, it looked like it had been buried recently. Feng Yu felt that something was amiss, and looked towards Xuanyuan Zhan, who nodded at her.

"Dig this grave open for me, I want to open the coffin and examine the corpse." Feng Yu said.

Lei Yushandian looked at Xuanyuan Zhan, and seeing Xuanyuan Zhan nod his head, he followed the princess's instructions and dug up the grave.

In the pitch dark night, a group of people were digging graves. If someone saw this, they would definitely be horrified.

Lei Yushandian dug the grave and took out the coffin inside.

"Open it."

Lei Yushandian opened the coffin, thinking that if he opened it, he would find a body inside that had already started to rot, but in the end, Lei Yushandian pushed the coffin away and discovered that there was nothing inside.

"Empty?" Feng Yu looked at Xuanyuan Zhan.

Intuition told Feng Yu that this matter was not simple, there must be something amiss. Otherwise, why would the coffin be empty? Were they afraid of being discovered?

Although he didn't manage to find anything, he had at least found an important clue. Since the person hadn't been buried with the coffin, then the dead body must have been buried somewhere else. It shouldn't be too far from the town.

The group of people took advantage of the darkness of the night to sneak back into the clan leader's house. The next morning, they bid their Patriarch farewell and left the ancient town. The group of people stayed in an inn outside of the ancient town.

Feng Yu had always felt that there was something fishy about this ancient town, but she couldn't say what it was. Thus, she decided to investigate the surroundings of the ancient town.

Feng Yu had just walked out of the inn, when she saw Xuanyuan Zhan standing outside. Seeing Feng Yu's seemingly wanting to go out, Xuanyuan Zhan asked, "Where are you going?"

"Last night's incident made me feel that this town is not simple. I always felt that the dead people are very likely to be around this town, so I wanted to go and take a look."

"No, it's too dangerous for you to go alone. I'll go with you."

"Alright."

Xuanyuan Zhan was worried about Feng Yu's safety so he went out to investigate with him.

The two searched around the town but didn't find anything. Feng Yu found a mountain in the southwest corner of the ancient town. She thought she could find something there. So, he followed Xuanyuan Zhan to that place.

Feng Yu and Xuanyuan Zhan discovered that there was a cave on the mountain, thus the two decided to enter the cave to take a look.

Just as Feng Yu entered the cave, she felt a chill run down her spine. She couldn't help but shrink back. Suddenly, Feng Yu smelled a strange scent in the air.

"Xuanyuan Zhan, have you asked about anything strange?" Feng Yu looked at Xuanyuan Zhan and asked.

Xuanyuan Zhan shushed her and nodded, indicating that Feng Yu also asked about the strange smell. Xuanyuan Zhan and Feng Yu followed that strange smell and entered the cave.

Walking into the cave, he suddenly discovered that there was a huge medicinal pond inside the cave, and the people inside were all there. The faces of those people were serene, as if they were asleep. The only thing that was different from ordinary people was that their faces were a little green. Feng Yu extended his hand and probed the nose of one of the people in the pond, only to discover that their breathing was normal.

Feng Yu did not dare to make too much noise, afraid that there were other people inside the cave. If they were to be alarmed, it would be bad, but when she lifted her eyes and looked at Xuanyuan Zhan, Xuanyuan Zhan handed him a dagger. Feng Yu held the dagger and sliced open the arm of one of the people, only to discover that that that person's blood had flowed out.

The blood on the dagger dripped onto the ground, causing the grass and trees on the ground to wither. Feng Yu took two steps back in shock, thinking, could it be that these people have been made into medicine men by someone else? But why did these people want to capture these people?

"Who are you people?" Feng Yu and Xuanyuan Zhan had wanted to thoroughly investigate, but they were actually discovered.

That person discovered that someone had secretly barged into the cave and thought that he couldn't let them leave alive, or else the secret of the cave would be discovered.

Xuanyuan Zhan took the opportunity to give that person a punch, causing the three of them to hit each other. Xuanyuan Zhan and Feng Yu glanced at each other, this was someone else's territory after all, staying here would only harm him, and Xuanyuan Zhan took the chance to give that person a palm strike before he could even react. Taking this opportunity, Xuanyuan Zhan quickly brought Feng Yu away from the cave.