22: Chapter 22 Po Yi Town

Nie Ning followed Raimond back to the convoy, and after a brief explanation of the cause and effect, the group set off again.

However, unlike before, this time Raimond invited Nie Ning to share a carriage.

Seeing this, the two knights from the Barton Family looked at Nie Ning differently.

After all, Raimond represented the City Lord's Mansion, which was why they were willing to accept this transport mission even with insufficient personnel, preferring to recruit Nie Ning into the team.

In truth, they just wanted to use this opportunity to establish a connection with the City Lord's Mansion.

But now it seemed that Nie Ning not only possessed keen insight but also appeared to have other qualities that Raimond valued.

Unlike the Barton Family's hidden agenda, the reason Nie Ning was willing to share a carriage with Raimond was simply to obtain some information about Transcendents.

Having transmigrated for two years, Borton was the only person he could talk to.

It is better to go out and ask for advice than to work behind closed doors; naturally, Nie Ning also wanted to exchange experiences with other Transcendents.

The only downside was that Raimond's words were filled with invitations for him to join, which left Nie Ning feeling very helpless.

For him, besides the resources needed for cultivation, everything else was dispensable; otherwise, he wouldn't have lived in the woodshed of the Hervis Family all this time.

But he could rely on Borton for cultivation items, and he enjoyed the feeling of freedom, disliking being constrained by rules and regulations.

...

On the subsequent journey, the convoy encountered robbers several times.

But with Nie Ning's previous performance, everyone implicitly trusted his words.

With the help of 'Malice Perception', they were often able to detect danger in advance.

And in order to speed up the process, Raimond even took action personally, demonstrating the formidable strength of an Intermediate Knight and ending battles quickly like autumn winds sweeping away fallen leaves.

In the end, the group didn't have much trouble, and they arrived at their destination, Poyi Town, on the second evening.

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Poyi Town.

Surrounded by mountains and rivers with beautiful scenery, it was a small town with a population of about thirty thousand.

At this moment, the entrance to Poyi Town was guarded by fully armed sentries, forming a standoff with a group of townspeople.

There were bloodstains at the town entrance, and many townspeople looked lethargic with multiple wounds on their bodies, clearly caused by trying to break through the blockade and leave Poyi Town.

As the convoy arrived, hope for survival appeared on the faces of the townspeople, and they all rushed forward, frantically trying to seize the life-saving supplies.

Just then, a flash of sword light flickered, and several townspeople who had rushed to the very front fell into pools of blood.

"Anyone who dares to take another step forward will die!"

A knight wearing armor walked forward with a sword in hand, sternly shouting at the crowd of townspeople.

Nie Ning watched this scene quietly.

Use harsh codes in troubled times.

Although he felt pity for the townspeople's plight, at least two thousand people had gathered at the town entrance; if a stampede occurred, it wouldn't just be these few people who died, and dealing with it then would only be more troublesome.

Under the threat of force from the guards, order was quickly restored in the area, and the convoy slowly drove into Poyi Town.

In the following time, Nie Ning and the others helped transport supplies, while the distribution was handled by the local mayor.

With this, Nie Ning's escort mission was considered complete.

Now he just needed to wait for the Barton Family members to leave together so he could get the darsya grass to make the promotion potion.

...

Arranged by the mayor, Nie Ning and the others stayed in the town's guesthouse.

"Brother Fox, do you want to go out for a walk?"

Just as Nie Ning was lying on the bed resting his eyes, Leighton's voice came from outside.

Thinking he had nothing to do, Nie Ning got up, opened the door, and went to the streets of Poyi Town with Leighton.

Due to Nie Ning's previous performance, Leighton's attitude towards him had become much kinder, and the two chatted happily along the way.

Similar to Raimond, Leighton also held the idea of inviting Nie Ning to join the Barton Family.

After all, knights were scarce everywhere; even an Elementary Knight was enough to deter petty thieves.

Nie Ning could only refuse this, then shifted the topic to Poyi Town.

Walking along, Nie Ning saw many townspeople suffering from black sores.

These townspeople had faces full of pain, scratching their black sores from time to time, with foul-smelling black pus constantly oozing from their bodies.

Clearly, the impact of the blackwater disease was not limited to the surface.

And the treatment medicine brought by Raimond could actually only play a palliative role.

Because the time since the discovery of the blackwater disease was too short, being able to develop corresponding palliative medicine was already the limit.

"Sigh, Brother Fox, it's best not to hold too much hope."

Seeing Nie Ning looking dazed, Leighton sighed and said slowly.

"What does Brother Leighton mean by that?"

Nie Ning asked, looking at Leighton with some curiosity.

According to Raimond, the blackwater disease hadn't even been around for a month.

And since the City Lord's Mansion was able to react so quickly, the blackwater disease shouldn't be a big problem.

But listening to Leighton's tone, it seemed a bit different from what he thought.

"Things from the church aren't so easy to solve. In fact, those medicines have limited effects; they are just a stalling tactic. The final result is highly likely to..."

Leighton stopped mid-sentence, but its eyes revealed a trace of sorrow.

It had traveled north and south and had seen this kind of thing more than once.

But except for very rare cases, most ended with only one outcome: the death of all involved personnel.

After all, this involved gods; things from gods aren't easily cracked by ordinary people.

For a moment, Nie Ning fell silent.

Previously, because Raimond didn't say these things, Nie Ning subconsciously thought a cure had been developed.

Now that he thought about it, the medicine was just a facade used to stabilize the townspeople's emotions, to prevent them from escaping Poyi Town and causing greater chaos.

Right and wrong could no longer be spoken of.

If no cure had been developed, these townspeople would likely be trapped here to die.

Nie Ning was powerless to change this; after all, he was just a knight.

Nie Ning suddenly thought of something, looked at Leighton, and asked, "Has no one tried to get the antidote from the Nales Church?"

"Those church members hide very deeply; heaven knows where they are hiding."

Leighton shook its head, its words filled with lament.

"Well, it's been found now."

Nie Ning said suddenly, for no reason.

Before Leighton could understand what Nie Ning meant, it saw Nie Ning walking towards an old man lying on the ground by the roadside.

The old man was dying, black pus flowing all over his body, and no one dared to come within five meters of him.

"Are you from the Nales Church?"

Nie Ning squatted in front of the old man and asked, full of curiosity.

Let alone the old man, even Leighton behind him was stunned by Nie Ning's question.

It had thought Nie Ning had discovered something, but this?

If cults were that easy to find, the world would have been at peace long ago.

"My lord, do I look like one?"

The old man gasped for breath, saying in a dejected and helpless tone.

As he spoke, the old man scratched the black sores on his body, as if he were in great discomfort.