"Yuanfeng, do you think this place is really as evil as they preached? There are thousands of people from a state who are dead like this?"

Xu Di, the leader of the Tianjian Sect, did not believe in the situation in Hengzhou. People always like to spread rumors and exaggerate the facts. What is the 100,000 troops going but not returning, and no one in a state survived. Anyway, he has never seen it with his own eyes.

"Come on, you are still attracted by the heavy money given by the court, and told you not to gamble, how much do you owe?"

Li Yuanfeng had long seen through the nature of this sect leader. He always said he would not gamble, but he would gamble again after only three or four days. I really don’t know how such a person would be kind enough to establish a Tianjian Sect to adopt orphans and teach them sword skills. Although he often doesn’t have enough food, he is better than being on the streets and freezing to death and starving.

Xu Di smiled awkwardly, stretched out four fingers and gestured.

"Forty taels?" Li Yuanfeng asked casually.

"Four hundred taels?"

Li Yuanfeng's eyes became wider and wider. Seeing Xu Di nodding shamelessly, he really wanted to draw out his sword and stab the sect leader to death.

"Xu Di, are you crazy? Do you know how long it takes for four hundred taels to eat?"

"I couldn't help it for a while. Besides, there were a lot of disciples in the sect, and there were a lot of money. I just wanted to try it out and stop if I won. Unexpectedly..." Xu Di said softer and softer. If it weren't for Li Yuanfeng, he wouldn't be able to hold on in the past two years.

"That's why you instigated me to come here with you, just for the rewards from the court. Xu Di, you are amazing. You don't even want your life to be gambling. I probably believed you because I was so evil at the beginning. What about the Tianjian Sect? The entire owed money sect!" Li Yuanfeng was really angry. There were more than ten disciples in this sect to support you. You Xu Di, you didn't even mention the money you earned, and you even used it to bet. Not only did you lose the bet, but you still owed 400 taels of silver.

"Oh, this is a mistake, but don't worry. As long as we go to Hengzhou for a walk, not to mention 400 taels, even 400 taels will be affordable. I also plan to buy a piece of land for our sect and hire a group of craftsmen... Hehe, it is more impressive, and when there are more disciples, we can also be called a big sect." Xu Di was not worried. His mind was full of money in the future.

"I think so beautifully. If the rumors are true, aren't we going to the tiger's mouth? Will we go and never return?" Li Yuanfeng was not as optimistic as him. He was still self-aware. Since Hengzhou was so terrifying, although he and Xu Di had some skills, they seemed to be a little short of it.

"Just go to the border town to take a look. If it's really wrong, let's turn around and leave." Xu Di beaten up.

"I don't have any money to give you at a glance. The court should know the whereabouts and conditions of the army sent to Hengzhou. If this money is so easy to make, how can I get your turn?" Li Yuanfeng didn't believe what he said at all. Xu Di was just a jealous person, but it was not entirely for himself. After all, many disciples in the sect were counting on them to support him.

"I look down on those sects that claim to be famous. They say so nicely, so majestic, and countless masters on weekdays. But when things come, they are all afraid of death. They can't make money, so I, Xu Di, can make a profit." Xu Di said loudly. Anyway, there are no outsiders on the side.

"Come on, I can't even beat you with a three-legged skill, and I look down on others. I'll agree first. If there is something wrong, just leave. If you don't worry about death, you have to go in. I won't care about you then." Li Yuanfeng said the words first, and he was really afraid that Xu Di would not know how to live or die.

The two came from Lingcheng, Yanzhou, not far from Hengzhou. They rode two horses and stopped and walked around. At first, they could meet a few people, but when they approached Hengzhou, there were no one on the road, and there were all desolate scenes. The villages passing by were also empty, leaving only a few poultry that had not had time to be taken away, which made the two people who had faded out of their mouths open and eat meat.

After about ten days, I finally arrived outside the border town of Hengzhou.

silence.

Even the sound of birds and insects is silent.

The city gate was half open, and the scene in the city was not really visible, but Li Yuanfeng had already smelled a strange smell, a rotten smell, just like a piece of meat was filled with the smell emitted by maggots after being put in for half a month. Before they could enter, the two of them were already scrambling to spit out their stomachs.

"What's this smell? It smells so bad... I'm so nauseous..." Xu Di covered his face, but the smell still couldn't stop drilling into his nose, and he leaned over and vomited again without even speaking.

"I have a bad idea. Do you want to hear it...don't you..." The scene that appeared in Li Yuanfeng's mind made him unable to help but start vomiting again.

"Don't, you'd better stop talking. My intestines are almost vomiting." Xu Di waved his hand and refused, his face full of discomfort, but his stomach was almost vomiting, and he slowly recovered.

"Can you get in?" Li Yuanfeng gave in. If he turned back at this time, it would be nothing. At worst, he would just come in vain.

"Why don't you enter? I'm very curious." Xu Di walked ahead first and pushed open the gate of the border city.

The stench was far more intense than outside the city. Xu Di felt that he could not breathe for a moment. He only heard two horse neighing sounds. The horse behind him turned around and ran away. No matter how Li Yuanfeng shouted, he would not look back at all.

"This..." Xu Di looked at the two horses that were leaving. Not to mention anything else, these two horses were worth a lot of money even if they were sold, and he still hoped that they would be two of them when he went back.

"What am I saying? If you don't listen when you go back, you have to go in. Now even the horse has run away. Can you still go in?" Li Yuanfeng cursed in a muffled voice, covering his nose.

Xu Di slapped his thigh and said, "Dry food! The dry food is still on the horse!"

When Xu Di reminded him, Li Yuanfeng also came to his senses. He still had seven swords on his horse. The two of them looked at each other and there was only one word in their mind. Chase!

But with their light skills, they could not catch up with the horse that was shocked. They ran three miles away, and they could not even see the shadow of the horse.

"There is no one family in a hundred miles here! Without dry food, how can we go back?" Li Yuanfeng suddenly grabbed Xu Di's collar. He was actually even more angry that his sword was lost.

Xu Di panted and pointed to the border town behind him and said, "Don't be anxious, what's the use of rushing? The boat will naturally go straight to the bridge. There will be a road before the car reaches the mountain. Since we can't turn back, let's go in and see what monsters are doing."

The sun was no longer visible in the gloomy sky, and the wind was blowing coldly, as if it was about to cut off all the flesh of people.

Both of them were holding long swords, one in front and one behind, with a piece of cloth tied on their faces. They were cut off their sleeves. In fact, there was no big effect, so they could only say that they were better than nothing.

The second time I opened the city gate, it was still the suffocating stench.

Just after just probing his head, Xu Di was smoked out and did not see the scene in the city clearly. At this moment, he was looking at it, but he did not see any terrifying scenes, only the empty streets.

The two of them couldn't help but look at each other. They were all ready to see the miserable scene in the city, but the scene in front of them made them feel more and more uneasy.

"Did that monster ate all the people, swallowing them alive and not even leaving a corpse?" Xu Di said half-jokingly, trying to dispel the solemn atmosphere.

Li Yuanfeng was startled and almost stabbed his sword at Xu Di. It was so quiet that Xu Di's voice was obviously not loud, and it was as harsh as thunder in the city.

"How big is this monster's belly to eat all the people in Hengzhou in half a month. Do you think it's possible?" Li Yuanfeng said angrily. He really had no idea now, and he lost all the dry food and horses. How can he go back?

"No one has seen it before, who knows? It's impossible to say that the army sent by the court and the sect masters of Hengzhou were all eaten by the monster in one bite, which caused the scene in front of him." Xu Di felt more and more reasonable.

"If that monster really has such a big appetite, why don't he go to other states after eating Hengzhou? Where does this smell come from?" Li Yuanfeng looked at Xu Di like an idiot. He doesn't think that when he reaches the critical moment, he will be successful and not be able to do anything.

"This... this smell... I understand. People have three urgent needs. Do you think this monster will eat too much..." Xu Di thought for a moment, then slapped his forehead and said.

"Zhengmaster Xu, sometimes I wonder if you lost your brain when you gamble and haven't redeemed it yet?" Li Yuanfeng sighed. He had the time to guess, so why didn't he take down the dry food immediately and carry it with him?

"I'm guessing it, it's so quiet here, so cautious, but then again, where did the smell come from?" Xu Di smiled awkwardly, and immediately changed the subject. He didn't want to talk about his loss at all.

"How do I know, this smell is everywhere in the city."

The border town is not small, even three points larger than the Yinzhou Imperial City. It is impossible for two people to visit them for four or five days. They wander aimlessly, no matter inns or restaurants, houses or government offices, they are empty. Over time, the smell gradually disappears, probably because they are adapting.

The sky gradually darkened, and the two of them still did not see a single living creature, even if they were chickens, ducks, cats and dogs. However, they did not encounter any human-eating monsters. They were disappointed and quite glad.

It was almost winter, and the wind became colder at night. Although both of them were wearing a lot of clothes, they couldn't help but blow like this. Seeing that the sky might rain, they immediately found an inn and planned to spend the night before talking. What surprised them was that although there was no one in the inn, they had all the firewood, rice, oil and salt, and even wine and a lot of pickled items.
Chapter completed!