Chapter 迷药

"Lord Han…"

"It's a sleeping draught. There's something wrong with Deyun Village."

To work, sleeping draughts usually need someone nearby to light the incense.

Lord Han obviously thought of this too, and gave Fang Yue a look towards the outside of the tent.

Fang Yue looked towards the tent entrance.

If he hadn't looked, he wouldn't have been so shocked.

He saw a dark figure, through the tent curtain, picking up a person who was unconscious, and slitting their throat on the spot!

The unconscious person was like a chicken or duck being slaughtered, blood splattering on the tent. The amount of blood was so great that there was no way to save them.

His face darkened, and Fang Yue rushed out.

Just as the dark figure pulled open the tent curtain, Fang Yue's hand passed through the curtain and accurately grabbed the figure's neck.

"Ugh, ugh, ugh?!"

The dark figure seemed frightened, struggling frantically, but Fang Yue's grip on their neck was so tight that they couldn't breathe.

Only then did Fang Yue notice that this dark figure was actually the fat guard who had been guarding the gate!

"Speak! Why did you kill my men!"

Looking at the team member on the ground, whose neck was bleeding profusely and who was already dead, Fang Yue asked with a gloomy face.

"Ugh, ugh, ugh!"

The fat guard tried desperately to pry Fang Yue's hand away.

Seeing this, Fang Yue gave him a little room to breathe.

But as soon as the fat guard could speak, he immediately screamed.

"A'Cai! There's a fish that got away! There's a fish that got away!!"

The voice was extremely loud, spreading into Deyun Village.

As for his own people in the tent, they were all still unconscious from the sleeping draught.

"Shut up!"

Fang Yue slapped the guy unconscious.

Looking around, there were two bloodstains at the tent entrance.

One bloodstain was from when the fat guard slit the throat of Fang Yue's team member who was keeping watch.

The other bloodstain should have been from another team member, but his body was nowhere to be seen. Instead, there was a trail of blood being dragged across the ground.

The direction of the dragging was towards Deyun Village.

Fang Yue's expression darkened. He knew that Lord Han was right, there was definitely something wrong with Deyun Village!

After hesitating, Fang Yue didn't rush into the village. Instead, he returned to the tent.

Inside, Lord Han had somehow fallen from the table and was hitting Lin Ling's head, trying to wake him up.

"Lord Han, is there any way to wake them up?"

"It's hard to say. This is a sleeping draught that even Lin Ling has fallen victim to, although Lin Ling's serious injuries are part of the reason. But without a doubt, even martial artists can be affected by this sleeping draught. The strongest in the team is Lin Ling, followed by Wu Wu. Lin Ling's body hasn't recovered, so he couldn't resist the sleeping draught. We can only try to wake up Wu Wu first."

"How do you wake her up?"

Fang Yue quickly asked. He was in a hurry to chase after the other thin guard. If he wasn't worried about Lin Ling and the others' safety, Fang Yue would have rushed over already.

"Slap her face. Pain is the best stimulant!"

Fang Yue: …

Lord Han is telling me to hit her, it's not like I want to.

Silently going to Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu's side, Fang Yue slapped her face, changing her sleeping position from sleeping on her left side to rolling over and sleeping on her right side.

A bright red handprint appeared on Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu's adorable face.

"Still not awake?"

Fang Yue was a little depressed. Finally, under Lord Han's encouraging gaze…

Smack!!

Another slap directly knocked Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu off the bed, rolling twice before stopping.

Fang Yue felt the pain just listening to the crisp sound of the slap. Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu couldn't still be unconscious, right?

If she was still unconscious, then the method Lord Han said had a problem.

Because Fang Yue suspected that if he slapped her two more times, Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu would be killed on the spot.

"Mmm…"

Just as Fang Yue was thinking about whether to add more strength, Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu finally made a groggy sound.

"Wu Wu! Wake up!"

Fang Yue quickly shook her a few times. Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu slowly opened her hazy eyes and yawned, "Brother Ye? Is it dawn? I don't have class today…"

"Who cares if you have class, wake up, we're still in the game!"

"Game… Ah! That's right, I fell asleep in the game. How did I get woken up? Wait, wait! It hurts, it hurts, it hurts!!!"

Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu seemed to suddenly realize something, covering her cheeks that were swollen on both sides, her eyes welling up with tears.

"Brother Ye, what happened to me? Am I possessed by a ghoul? Was I attacked by a ghoul?"

"Uh… yeah, but don't worry, I've already killed the ghoul, it's just that the injuries on your face will take time to heal."

"Oh! Oh, oh! Brother Ye protected me!!"

Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu's cheeks were swollen like she had been stung by wasps, but she still said excitedly, though the occasional hissing sound made it easy to empathize with the pain she was enduring.

"That's right, that's right, what's the situation now? Since the ghoul was driven away by Brother Ye, why did you wake me up?"

Fang Yue then remembered the important matter and quickly told Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu about the Deyun Village guard attacking them.

"There's such a thing?! That's too hateful! It's one thing to not let us enter the village, but they even want to kill us. Are they trying to defy the heavens!"

Lord Han then frowned and said, "No… I suspect those two people aren't from Deyun Village, but night thieves!"

"Night thieves?"

Fang Yue was stunned for a moment. It was the first time he had heard this term.

However, with Lord Han's explanation, he quickly learned what night thieves were.

The so-called night thieves are horse thieves, bandits, and robbers who live by plundering the resources of other villages.

They don't rely on the geocore to survive.

They rely on plundering resources such as traveler's supplies, horses, and soul lamps, wandering around in a guerrilla style.

Their targets are mostly lone travelers or small teams with few people, robbing and killing them.

When the resources are plundered, they leave immediately, not giving the Qing Si, the guard team, or other forces a chance to counterattack.

Because of their high mobility, it's not easy to catch them.

Today they might be in Guyue Village, and tomorrow they might be in Manshui Village.

That's still good, since they have villages as targets, and their movements can be tracked.

Some of the more ruthless night thieves, after firing a shot, will hide in the wilderness and not show their faces, which is the most troublesome.

It's one thing that their whereabouts can't be found, but they're also particularly dangerous.

The danger of night thieves, plus the danger of the wilderness, and the threat of ghouls.

Under the triple threat, basically no one is willing to take the initiative to look for trouble with night thieves.

However, a group of robbers without geocore protection mostly don't live long in the wilderness. After being active for a period of time, they disappear without a trace, and no one knows which corner of the wilderness they died in.

Moreover, these people are basically wanted fugitives by the Qing Si and Qing Guo, who are powerful, ruthless, and have no bottom line! Dealing with them is also troublesome, requiring a lot of manpower and resources to spend.

Therefore, these night thieves are hated by everyone, but it's very difficult to catch them.