129: Lanshan County! Lu Xuan's doubts?

“Hmm?”

Lu Xuan glanced at the soldiers guarding the city gate, feeling extremely strange.

Because when he entered the city gate, these guards did not check his identity.

Moreover, the closing time of Lanshan County’s city gate seemed a bit too early.

“Hurry up, Xiao Liu, what are you still dawdling for?”

“It’s almost dark, I’m not waiting for you.”

“Don’t, Brother Chen, wait for me, I’ll be right there.”

“Damn it, I don’t care!”

In the distance, the city gate guards quickly left, followed by a young, hurried soldier.

“Young Master, why are you still here? It’s almost dark, you should go home early.”

“Recently, there have been dirty things lurking in the city; Ren Yiwai’s entire family died!”

At this moment, several middle-aged men passed by Lu Xuan, said a few words to him, and then left together without looking back.

In just a moment, the city gate became deserted and silent!

Lu Xuan, seeing this scene, frowned deeply, still sitting on his horse, motionless.

Everyone in the entire county was afraid and terrified.

Dirty things lurking?

Is it because of the Bloodthirsty Corpse Fiend?

How did this Lanshan County Magistrate manage things? How did the matter of the Bloodthirsty Corpse Fiend become common knowledge?

Lu Xuan had already understood the detailed information about the Bloodthirsty Corpse Fiend on his way here.

Its Rank is Li-level, almost reaching the E Level of strangeness.

Therefore, four years ago, two Blood Refinement Realm Major Achievement Martial Artists and three Huang Grade Xuan Niao Guards who had just entered the Blood Refinement Realm came to eliminate the Bloodthirsty Corpse Fiend.

The Bloodthirsty Corpse Fiend is also a somewhat special Li-level strangeness because its power, which is close to E Level strangeness, gives it a peculiar ability.

The more severe human fear is in a place, the shorter the time it appears.

Because feeding on extremely terrified humans can greatly increase its Yin Qi.

Therefore, this is also where Lu Xuan felt strange.

This Lanshan County Magistrate had also experienced a resurgence of the Bloodthirsty Corpse Fiend four years ago.

The Blackbird Guard who led the team at that time had clearly informed him about the Bloodthirsty Corpse Fiend.

When the Bloodthirsty Corpse Fiend resurfaced, he must do his best to conceal the truth and absolutely not let the common people in the city know about this thing.

Otherwise, once the common people in the city know, they will fall into deep fear.

In that case, the consequences would be unimaginable.

For the Bloodthirsty Corpse Fiend, all the fearful people in the county are its prey.

Now, it is obvious that everyone in the entire city has fallen into fear.

It’s not even dusk yet, and the common people in the city have, by coincidence, hidden back in their homes.

Lu Xuan hesitated for a moment but still gave up on seeking out the Lanshan County Magistrate to punish him.

It’s getting dark now, and Lu Xuan decided to deal with this Bloodthirsty Corpse Fiend first.

It wouldn’t be too late to find that Lanshan County Magistrate then!

With this thought, Lu Xuan rode his Shenfeng Steed and galloped towards the center of the city.

Since there weren't many people on the way, Lu Xuan’s speed was not affected at all.

Before long, Lu Xuan had already arrived in front of a large inn.

However, there were a few waiters in front of the inn, tidying things up, seemingly already closed for the day.

Seeing this, Lu Xuan dismounted from his horse and walked into the inn.

In front of the inn, an older waiter, upon seeing Lu Xuan’s figure, quickly trotted over, a brilliant smile on his face.

The waiter spoke while bowing and nodding towards Lu Xuan, showing extreme enthusiasm.

“Guest, please come in!”

After Lu Xuan entered the inn, he simply scanned the inn with his eyes, then calmly spoke.

“Take good care of my horse, and prepare a top room for me!”

“Also, prepare some food and wine.”

In front of the inn counter, a plump man was the innkeeper of this inn.

Upon seeing Lu Xuan, the innkeeper, like the waiter, jogged over with a warm smile.

“Yes, yes, yes, please wait a moment, guest.”

“You quickly go and clean a top room for this Young Master to stay in.”

“Guest, it’s a good thing you came in time, otherwise we would have been closed.”

The innkeeper’s last sentence made Lu Xuan’s eyes narrow, and then he spoke without showing any emotion.

“Innkeeper, it’s still early, why is your inn closing so early?”

As soon as Lu Xuan finished speaking, the innkeeper’s smiling face immediately fell, becoming full of worry.

“Alas, guest, I can tell just by looking at you that you are from outside the county.”

“Young Master, you really came at an inconvenient time.”

“These past few days, let me tell you…,” the innkeeper suddenly lowered his voice and leaned closer to Lu Xuan, whispering.

“There are rumors of dirty things in the county!”

“Master Ren’s entire big family was killed by that dirty thing.”

“I heard that Master Ren and his family died terrifyingly, all their blood sucked dry, just like corpses that had been air-dried for decades.”

“Young Master, don’t think I’m trying to scare you; these are all true.”

“This is news my good friend in the county yamen passed on to me, absolutely true!”

“So, Young Master, don’t run around tonight; at night, that dirty thing will come out.”

“I advise Young Master to leave here as early as possible tomorrow morning.”

“If I didn’t have a whole family here, I would have wanted to leave here for a while.”

The innkeeper spoke incessantly, thinking that the young Young Master in front of him would also be as afraid as he was after hearing it.

However, there was no sign of fear on the young Young Master’s face.

“Young Master, you must not underestimate that dirty thing.”

“Master Ren was a Refining Marrow Realm Martial Artist, and he still died tragically at the hands of that ghostly thing.”

So it really was the Bloodthirsty Corpse Fiend!

Lu Xuan didn’t pay attention to what the innkeeper said later.

Lu Xuan had now confirmed it.

The people in the county here indeed knew about the existence of the Bloodthirsty Corpse Fiend.

“Alright, I thank the innkeeper for your guidance.”

Hearing Lu Xuan’s reply, the innkeeper finally stopped talking.

Even when he led Lu Xuan to the prepared top room, the innkeeper still said a few last words.

“Young Master, if you need anything, just tell me directly.”

“Remember, absolutely do not make any loud noises at night!”

The night passed without incident!

Sunlight shone through the window paper, falling on Lu Xuan.

At this moment, Lu Xuan was sitting cross-legged on the bed, seemingly having not slept all night.

Did not appear?

That Bloodthirsty Corpse Fiend actually didn’t show up last night?

Late last night, Lu Xuan walked alone through the silent county.

Lu Xuan had been to every part of the county.

However, to Lu Xuan’s surprise, he did not find any Yin Qi.

“It seems I will have to stay here for another day.”