73: Chapter 73 The Black Water Demon! Xiao Feng's Guilt!

Bringing Wangcai along, Qin Muyuan directly barged into Qinghua County, which was shrouded by the Demonic Domain.

As soon as he entered, Qin Muyuan immediately had a different feeling.

The entire world was grey and hazy, as if he were placed inside a world with 99% humidity, feeling extremely sticky all over his body.

At the same time, bursts of mumbling came from not far away, carrying a voice that made people feel very uncomfortable to listen to.

Qin Muyuan turned his gaze to look.

He discovered that it was not this Demonic Domain acting up, but that there were truly "people" uttering mumblings not far away.

Those were the commoners of Qinghua County wearing ordinary cloth short garments.

Toward some of those faces, Qin Muyuan even had a bit of an impression.

These people were the commoners who cheered for him after he previously fought his way out of Baiyun Martial Arts Hall.

However.

Now, within the eyes of these commoners of Qinghua County, the spiritual light of past days was gone, replaced instead by a layer of pitch-black, turbid liquid.

Not only their eyes, but even from their nasal cavities, mouths, and ear canals, fishy-smelling and viscous black water was oozing out.

This black water seemed to have a life of its own, manipulating these already dead commoners of Qinghua County as they ran step by step toward Qin Muyuan.

The speed was not fast for Qin Muyuan, but if it were for ordinary commoners with no martial arts at all, that was swift beyond compare!

It even reached a sprinting speed of eleven seconds per hundred meters.

"Aowu aowu aowu!"

Seeing this, Wangcai roared and howled repeatedly.

"Demon Puppet? Corpses killed and manipulated by demons?"

Listening to Wangcai's voice, Qin Muyuan extended one hand, and a blood-colored long saber suddenly appeared in his palm.

He looked toward these commoners who had already been killed by demons and bowed slightly.

"Rest in peace, NPCs."

"When your data is regenerated, I will create a world for you that is no longer turbid!"

As his voice fell, Qin Muyuan took a step, and his entire person rushed out like a bloody shadow!

The long saber flashed like blood light, and the commoners manipulated by the black water instantly collapsed.

Qin Muyuan passed through the streets of the county town and hurried toward Xiao Mansion.

...

On the other side.

Inside Xiao Mansion.

Xiao Chang and Xiao Feng were hurriedly arranging affairs right at the main gate.

On one side, they commanded household servants to reinforce the mansion's defenses; on the other, they instructed maidservants to go to the storehouse to move supplies, making the scene extremely busy.

After being busy for a long time, the two of them were finally able to rest temporarily and return to the main hall to rest.

At this time, a household servant entered to report: "Master, the remaining grain in the storehouse is already not much..."

Hearing this, Xiao Feng frowned, pondered for a moment, and then instructed: "Go and retrieve the grain temporarily stored in the western side room as well, and distribute it to everyone."

The household servant acknowledged the order and left quickly. Xiao Feng looked toward his back, worry emerging on his face.

Originally, the stored grain in the mansion could still support the entire Xiao Family for more than a month.

However, when the Black Water Demon disaster previously broke out, the Xiao Family looked at those displaced commoners outside and truly couldn't bear it in their hearts, so they took them into Xiao Mansion.

These surrounding commoners had once extended a helping hand to the Xiao Family when the Xiao Family was demoted and fell into hardship by Your Majesty.

At this moment, facing the demon disaster... their Xiao Family could even less sit by and watch them die!

However, after saving them, problems followed closely behind.

Although these commoners entering Xiao Mansion could enhance defensive strength and manpower, they also accelerated grain consumption.

Fortunately, Xiao Chang suddenly remembered those high-ranking officials and noble dignitaries who had been slain by Qin Muyuan.

He led a team of guards to the homes of these dead high-ranking officials and noble dignitaries, moved the grain they stored back to Xiao Mansion, and only then resolved the urgent crisis.

"It's just that if this Black Water Demon lingers and refuses to leave, sealing off the Demonic Domain for as long as half a year, even if all the grain in the city is scavenged, it still won't be enough to consume!" Inside the main hall, an elder of the Xiao Family still said with worry.

When the Black Water Demon first appeared, it descended upon Heishui County of Xiaoshan Country, which was separated from Qinghua County by two mountains.

At the moment of its appearance, it devoured all the local commoners.

Immediately after, the Black Water Demon spread toward the interior of Xiaoshan Country, leading to the destruction of Xiaoshan Country, which frequently confronted Huoyun Country tit-for-tat.

And after destroying the entire Xiaoshan Country, the Black Water Demon suddenly changed direction and marched toward their Huoyun Country.

Qinghua County, which was close to the national border, bore the brunt of it.

After devouring a large number of commoners from Xiaoshan Country, the appetite of the Black Water Demon seemed to have finally subsided somewhat.

Therefore, nowadays its Demonic Domain only enveloped the entirety of Qinghua County, and did not launch large-scale killings against the people inside the county.

It merely manipulated Demon Puppets to patrol in fixed areas, while its demon body remained stationed at the center of the county town, with its intentions unclear.

But even though the Black Water Demon seemed full at the moment and didn't launch killings against them, those of them trapped within the Demonic Domain would still find it very difficult to hold on for long...

Just as everyone in the Xiao Family was worried and distressed in the main hall, a surge of passionate clamor suddenly came from outside.

Hearing this, Xiao Chang and Xiao Feng instantly stood up from their chairs.

"Are the Demon Puppets coming again?!"

A trace of shock and doubt flashed in their eyes, and they hurriedly led a group of Family elders to rush out of the main hall.

Then... they saw a person who should not have appeared here at this very moment.

That person had black hair and black eyes, carried a thick aura of bloodshed on his body, and wielded a weapon that seemed to be forged from fresh blood.

Beside that person, there was also a huge wolf demon whose size reached over four and a half meters, its wolf fur stained with blood, looking majestic and imposing.

This combination of a man and a wolf, just by standing there, brought people an extremely strong sense of oppression.

"Little Qin Brother?"

"Brother Qin?!"

The instant they recognized these two, both Xiao Feng and Xiao Chang paused their steps, dumbfounded in place.

"Yo, we haven't seen each other for half a day, how come you two look as haggard as if you indulged in excessive debauchery?" Qin Muyuan turned his gaze to look at the haggardness on the faces of the two, smiling and teasingly saying.

Half a day?

Hasn't several days already passed?

Xiao Chang was stunned once more, but after hearing Qin Muyuan's greeting, he quickly recovered from his shock:

"Brother Qin, you... didn't you head to Xiniu Prefecture? Why did you suddenly appear here?"

"Didn't I say before setting off, after killing the emperor, I'll let you sit on that imperial throne." Qin Muyuan grinned:

"So, I came back to Qinghua County, preparing to take you guys for a stroll in the Huoyun City imperial palace."

Hearing this, Xiao Feng simply took it as Qin Muyuan's joking words.

The ruler of a nation would inevitably be protected by thousands of great armies and powerful Martial Artists; how could he be killed just because someone said so?

Furthermore, Qin Muyuan had left for less than seven days.

How could it be possible in seven days time to fight through the entire Huoyun Country and kill the current Huoyun Country emperor?

Seeing Qin Muyuan appear here at this moment, Xiao Feng couldn't help his emotions surging.

Projecting his own feelings onto others, he deduced the reason why Qin Muyuan returned:

Most likely, while midway, Qin Muyuan suddenly heard that Qinghua County had suffered a demon disaster.

Immediately, Qin Muyuan turned around and rushed back, wanting to rescue all of them in the Xiao Family from this disaster.

Such an action, if it were changed to himself, he would certainly do the same.

Only.

Xiao Feng looked toward Qin Muyuan with a complex expression, and said in a solemn tone:

"Little Qin Brother, you... really shouldn't have returned to Qinghua County, and even more shouldn't have come to save us..."

Nowadays, the entire Qinghua County has been completely shrouded by the Black Water Demon's Demonic Domain; this place can only be entered and cannot be exited.

The Xiao Family people cannot escape, and can only wait here for the Black Water Demon to leave on its own after eating its fill.

Life and death hinge entirely upon the mood of that Black Water Demon and a few parts of one's own luck.

But Qin Muyuan was different.

"You were originally outside the Demonic Domain and could extricate yourself at any time; you truly shouldn't have stepped into this dangerous place to take risks..."

Xiao Feng let out a heavy sigh, and the eyes with which he looked toward Qin Muyuan were filled with guilt.