74: Feixian knocks on the gate in a hurry (please read it later)

At the same time, outside, in Qingshan County, as the sun set in the west, a cry of alarm came from the city.

“Oh my goodness!”

“This is bad!”

“This whole family is dead!”

In a certain civilian house in the East Market, a Yunlu County resident ran out in a panic.

The constables responsible for this area of the street, hearing the sound, quickly rushed over.

Just then, a whooshing sound cut through the air.

Two figures flew down and landed in front of the civilian house.

One was slender, the other burly.

It was none other than Lian Nishang and Qin Hu!

“My Lord!”

The constables who arrived dismounted quickly.

Lian Nishang, however, said nothing and entered the house with Qin Hu.

Inside the inner room, on the bed, a couple and a child lay with their eyes closed, their expressions peaceful, as if they were merely asleep.

Lian Nishang and Qin Hu felt the pulses of the family of three.

They had already vanished.

They were dead.

Qin Hu’s expression was grim.

This feeling of being powerless to stop it was truly infuriating.

“Damn it,” he cursed.

“Before, those who died fell in the street; now, it’s those inside their homes.”

Lian Nishang’s eyes flickered.

This indicated that the situation was rapidly deteriorating.

Just then, another cry of alarm came from outside.

It seemed more people had died.

The two exchanged a look and quickly flew out.

In this interim, outside Qingshan County, high above, a black eagle, about a meter long, spread its wings and flew rapidly.

Its sharp eagle eyes pierced through the floating clouds, seeing Qingshan County below, and suddenly, with an eagle cry, it swooped down.

“Li!”

At this moment, on a certain rooftop, Qin Hu, who was rushing towards the source of the alarm, stopped abruptly, his face filled with surprise and doubt.

Then, he looked up.

He saw a completely black eagle swooping down from the sky.

Qin Hu’s expression hardened.

It was a Patrol Mountain Eagle.

A messenger from the Fu Gate.

It was a tamed exotic beast, capable of traveling thousands of miles day and night with excellent endurance.

Could it be that Liu Ming had rushed back to the Fu Gate, informed them of the situation, and the Fu Gate would send people to resolve it?

That fellow just packed up and left, so he did something decent for once.

As Qin Hu thought this, he raised his hand.

The Patrol Mountain Eagle swooped down from high altitude, and as it neared, it flapped its wings backward, stirring up a strong wind.

Then, a pair of sharp talons, like pliers, grasped Qin Hu’s arms.

On one of its legs, a red ribbon tied with a lacquered letter was clearly bound.

Qin Hu untied the letter, his eyes narrowing, and unfolded it.

But the next second, the burly man’s face instantly changed dramatically.

“Lord Qin, what’s wrong?”

“What news came from the Fu Gate?”

Lian Nishang naturally recognized the Patrol Mountain Eagle and, seeing Qin Hu’s loss of composure, quickly flashed to his side.

Qin Hu turned his head, his expression incredibly solemn, looked at her, and said in a deep voice:

“News came from the Fu Gate. At the Fu Gate front line, the Feixian Sect suddenly went mad yesterday, gathering forces and beginning to attack the gate.”

“It’s an emergency, the Fu Gate has summoned me back!”

After speaking, he handed the lacquered letter in his hand to Lian Nishang.

Lian Nishang’s face became grim upon hearing this.

She took the letter and read it.

“Last night, Feixian attacked the gate. It’s an emergency. Return quickly to guard the gate!”

It was stamped with the great seal of the Fu Gate.

Lian Nishang’s hand trembled, shattering the letter, her eyes filled with surprise and doubt.

“How could the Feixian Sect suddenly go mad?”

“If there were any unusual movements, the Fu Gate’s scouts would surely have issued an early warning.”

Qin Hu’s face was extremely grim.

“I don’t know the reason. Something unexpected that we don’t know about must have happened.”

“Otherwise, these madmen wouldn’t be so sudden.”

As he spoke, he felt as if one thing after another was happening.

Each more difficult than the last, and the consequences more severe, making it hard to breathe.

Just then, a voice suddenly came from outside the city gate.

“This commoner requests an audience with the Yunlu County Commandant!”

Qin Hu and Lian Nishang exchanged a glance.

Then they leaped and flew, turning into afterimages, heading straight for outside the city gate.

At this moment, outside the city gate, an old man with a goatee stroked his beard, his expression somewhat solemn.

Then, he sighed.

How did things turn out this way?

Beside him, knelt a fellow with his hands tied behind his back, a broad forehead, and fierce eyebrows.

“Old man, I advise you to be sensible. Our Feixian Sect members are about to flatten this place, you…”

The old man with the goatee directly gave him a big slap.

“Shut up!”

Just then, two figures crashed down from the city wall, landing in front of the old man with the goatee.

Two sharp gazes fell upon him.

“Yunlu County Patrolling Mountain Commandant Lian Nishang. Who are you?”

The old man with the goatee was somewhat surprised to see Lian Nishang.

He had seen her on the river when he was nearing Qingshan County and had even written a casual note about it.

He cupped his fists in a perfunctory bow.

“This old man is but a Storyteller who travels around. A few days ago, I passed through Qingshan County and settled here. However, some things happened later, alas…”

He looked as if he didn’t know where to begin.

“Oh? Then who is he?” Lian Nishang looked at the person kneeling beside him, head bowed.

“A scout from the Feixian Sect!”

“They want to retaliate against Qingshan County.” The Storyteller’s voice deepened.

After the Storyteller escaped, he separated from the old man and his grandchild. When he went back to retrieve his luggage and prepare to leave, he encountered the great change in Qingshan County. Later, he sensed the aura of Qin Hu and others, and fearing further complications, he stayed outside the city to observe the situation in Qingshan County.

Just now, by sheer luck, he stumbled upon a scout sent by the Feixian Sect.

So he captured him, leading to the current scene!

“It’s the Feixian Sect again!” Qin Hu had just received news of the Feixian Sect’s mad attack on the gate, and now seeing a Feixian Sect scout, he gritted his teeth.

However, he quickly realized the peculiarity of the situation and asked the Storyteller.

“Why would the Feixian Sect send scouts to Qingshan County and seek revenge?!”

As he spoke, his eyes were burning.

The Storyteller’s face twitched, recalling some unpleasant memories.

“You two should know the local Patrolling Mountain Commandant Chen Yuan!”

“And I had a edge with this Lord and was invited to his home as a guest.”

“And this Lord, two days ago, personally killed three Divine Envoys of the Feixian Sect thirty li east of the city, outside the city. I saw it with my own eyes.”

“And, that Lord seems to have obtained an important item from the Feixian Sect. I heard it was a golden scale.”

“This old man guesses that the Feixian Sect is probably furious about this…”

The Storyteller omitted some “minor details” and recounted what he had seen and heard in the past few days.

And Qin Hu and Lian Nishang, upon hearing the Storyteller’s account, both changed their expressions, almost gasping in cold air.

They naturally knew about the Twelve Divine Envoys of the Feixian Sect; they were the top combatants in the Feixian Sect, apart from the four Venerables.

Each of them was deeply infused with demonic seeds, at Body Profound Perfection, and had much blood of the Fu Gate’s Patrolling Mountain Commandants on their hands.

But Chen Yuan had killed three of them at once and even taken an important treasure from the Feixian Sect?

Suddenly, the two of them had an epiphany.

All their doubts seemed to have an answer.

The Feixian Sect’s sudden mad attack on the Fu Gate was probably related to this person!

But right now, it was an emergency, and they still didn’t know what had become of him.

…

Meanwhile, in the Visualization Space, Qingshan County, which had been dragged into this strange place, was now eerie and terrifying, filled with demonic shadows.

At this moment, a family of four, a couple holding lanterns and protecting two children aged seven or eight in their arms, looked at a figure outside, filled with surprise and uncertainty.

“Thump.”

“Thump-thump.”

The figure outside the door was knocking, the sound growing more urgent.

“Who is it?”

The husband demanded.

At this late hour, one person knocking at the door was truly eerie.

The figure, however, remained silent.

Instead, the dull knocking sound grew more urgent, like a death knell.

The husband among the couple mustered his courage, picking up an iron fork.

“Stop knocking. If you don’t leave, I won’t be polite.”

As he spoke, the dark figure vanished.

The man was surprised. Although the fork in his hand was trembling, he still went to the window.

Then, he poked a hole in the window paper with his hand and looked outside.

Outside, it was pitch black.

But the next second, a pair of blood-red eyes appeared in his field of vision.

“Ah!”

The man screamed in fright, falling backward and retreating repeatedly.

Just then, a gust of cold wind whistled out from the window hole, extinguishing the candle in the room.

Immediately after, with a creak, the door opened.

A pair of scarlet eyes magnified in the terrified eyes of the family of four.

Just then, pink petals flew in, suddenly controlling the demonic shadow.

Then, a Purple-Clothed Woman of unparalleled grace appeared.

“Your lights are out. Those ghostly things will take your lives. Come out quickly and follow me!”

Seeing this, the family of four quickly rushed out, trembling.

They saw that many people were already following behind the woman.

There was also a donkey, a Squirrel, and a fox.

A peculiar combination.

At this moment, faint screams came from the surrounding mist, making these people shiver.

Cries were intermittent and continuous.

And just then, “tap, tap, tap” footsteps came from all directions within the mist.

The Purple-Clothed Woman’s face changed dramatically.

“This is bad, these ghostly things have appeared.”

Then she turned her head and shouted:

“Everyone, hold hands, close your eyes, and don’t move.”

The crowd was momentarily in a panic.

Someone cried out, “My child, my child is gone.”

This caused great chaos in the crowd.

The Purple-Clothed Woman quickly shouted, “Don’t move!”

The next second, she saw the mist surging towards the crowd.

“Not good!”

Her face changed dramatically.

But just then, a sound that shook heaven and earth suddenly rose.

Immediately after, the dark night sky seemed to be torn open, suddenly illuminating.

Only a silver stream of light was seen descending from the sky!

“Boom!”

A colossal sound echoed.

A silver spear fiercely impaled a grotesque, decaying figure to the ground!