5: Wake up the bright moon one day, and let it shine on my heart full of ice and snow (ask for monthly reward)

But what was bizarre was that despite the man's body being covered in putrid sores and looking terrifying, a strange fragrance emanated from him.

This scent was enchanting and mysterious, luring people to come closer and smell it.

Even to taste it!

Chen Yuan frowned, suppressing the desire brought by the fragrance, and focused his Minds Eye to carefully observe the man's strangeness.

Under his Minds Eye, he saw that the man's internal organs were entirely covered by a fiery red glow, which was gathering more and more, as if ready to erupt at any moment.

Then, he bent down and placed his hand on the man's pulse.

He tentatively infused True Qi.

The next second, his expression changed slightly.

As his True Qi surged in, the fiery red glow immediately flared up like oil on a fire.

Following his True Qi, it devoured it like a maggot attached to bone, growing more and more.

It was as if it were taking in nourishment.

Chen Yuan's body trembled slightly, and he forcibly cut off the connection, pulling his hand back.

His expression darkened.

This man was beyond saving.

Those monstrous things had already devoured all his vitality.

"Tell me about your husband's situation, from beginning to end, in detail."

He looked at the woman.

The woman looked at her husband on the bed and said sadly,

"My husband's name is Linsheng, a Escort from Youshan Escort Agency. Two days ago, he returned from an escort mission to Wuli Temple and said he encountered something strange, losing some men, but he wouldn't elaborate. The next day, he suddenly developed a fever. I thought he was startled outside and caught a cold, so I got some medicine. But just now, he screamed in pain, and these horrifying pustules grew all over his body, and then he lost his mind. I was scared..."

She hadn't finished speaking,

"Cough cough."

She couldn't help but cough.

Upon hearing this account, Chen Yuan suddenly recalled something recorded in the records:

Youshan Escort Agency, Linsheng, Wuli Temple.

It all matched up.

While he was still pondering, the man on the bed suddenly had bloodshot eyes and lunged up.

He roared and pounced towards Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan's eyes sharpened, and he slapped him back with a palm.

But the next second, the man let out a painful howl.

"Puff puff puff."

The fiery red pustules burst open one after another.

Spraying out fiery red specks of light.

This scene made Chen Yuan think of a word.

Pollen, spores!

And those fiery red specks of light, as if sentient, whistled towards Chen Yuan and the woman.

Chen Yuan's face darkened, his fist aura vibrated, and he waved his fists, repeatedly crushing them.

Seeing these things cling like maggots to bone, devouring True Qi, he rubbed his hands together, igniting sparks.

With a sweep of his sleeve, flames trapped these things.

Slowly burning them away.

It took him a full half-incense stick of time to completely eradicate these things.

At this point, the woman, seeing Chen Yuan's methods, was stunned for a long while before realizing something.

She looked at the bed, her eyes wide with fury.

Her husband on the bed had been completely drained, turning into a dried corpse.

Overwhelmed with grief, she tried to rush over.

"Brother Sheng."

Chen Yuan stopped her.

"My condolences!"

The woman collapsed to the ground, muttering, "How could this happen?" Then she clutched her chest, coughing painfully.

"I'm so hot."

Her breathing began to become rapid and weak.

Chen Yuan's gaze was merely silent.

Looking at the scarlet wound on the woman's shoulder.

He guessed something.

He directly reached out to examine her body.

What a calamity!

"You're infected too."

"I'm afraid you won't last much longer!"

"I can send you off on your final journey!"

Chen Yuan's face showed no joy or sorrow as he told the woman.

The woman, upon hearing this, gave a bitter smile.

Looking up at Chen Yuan,

"That's fine too!"

"Before I die, I want to know, who is the person sending me and my husband off on our final journey?"

Chen Yuan was silent, then spoke,

"Patrolling Mountain Commandant, Chen Yuan!"

The woman was greatly shocked upon hearing this.

She immediately knelt and kowtowed, staining her forehead red.

Then she looked up, seemingly using all her strength,

"This humble woman is clumsy, but she knows that what happened to me and my husband was not a human disaster."

"My husband died a tragic death, and this humble woman's life is also not long. This humble woman humbly requests that Your Excellency uphold justice for me and my husband!"

"Even if this humble woman dies, she wants to die understanding."

"Your Excellency!"

The woman remained kneeling.

Chen Yuan said nothing and walked out of the house.

He left Qingshan County that very night.

Standing by the wild ferry on the river, he blew a clear, short whistle.

A small, black-canopied boat silently cut through the waves from the night.

Chen Yuan boarded the boat, stood with his hands behind his back, and sailed upstream.

A warning sign appeared on his brow!

The encounter just now was somewhat bizarre.

Like pollen spores, it parasitized the host, drawing away all vitality.

Like a maggot attached to bone.

This did not seem like the method of a low-level demon.

He needed to ascertain the situation before making further plans.

Chen Yuan thought of the couple from earlier and sighed.

He was alone in a chaotic world.

He felt his heart slowly becoming cold and hardened.

He looked at the bright moon hanging in the sky, recalling his hometown.

His jumbled thoughts began to surge like waves.

A bright moon rises, illuminating my heart filled with ice and snow, a vast river flowing.

Kill!

Target, Wuli Temple!

Under a bright moon, Chen Yuan cut through the waves.

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