#79 - Why don't you worry about whether I'm hurt?

"Awake."

Dazed, Xu Ming opened his eyes. The first thing he saw was Wu Yanhai sitting at the head of his bed.

"Where is this?"

Xu Ming wanted to sit up, but as soon as he made a move, he felt like his whole body was being torn apart, and the pain was unbearable.

"Don't move. You're seriously injured. It's a miracle you survived," Wu Yanhai said slowly. "This is the Xinping County government office."

"How many days have I been unconscious?" Xu Ming asked.

"About three or four days," Wu Yanhai said.

"What about Xiong Hai and the others? Are they still alive?"

"Don't worry, they're alive. None of them died. This mission can be considered a relatively successful one."

"That's good..." Xu Ming breathed a sigh of relief.

"A lot has happened while you were unconscious."

Wu Yanhai told Xu Ming what had happened during that time.

"We were indeed schemed against. The original Lord Liu had already died. His body was found in his mansion, and his entire face had been cut off.

The Lord Liu we saw was an imposter.

People from Wudu came to investigate and initially determined that the fake Lord Liu was in league with Shen Sheng. The souls of those who died around Xinping County had no trace of residue.

When a person dies, there will be some traces of the soul, more or less.

But their souls were completely stripped away.

These people's souls were likely used to perform some unknown ritual. What exactly it is is also under investigation.

In short, our mission is complete. As for the other things, it's none of our business.

Those who came from Wudu will handle it."

Xu Ming nodded: "How was the fake Lord Liu discovered?"

"I don't know. You'll have to ask your sister," Wu Yanhai said coldly. "Your sister does have a few tricks up her sleeve."

"My sister? What sister?" Xu Ming was taken aback.

"It's only been a few years, and you've already forgotten your own sister?

Your sister is Xu Xuenuo from your Xu family. She also came to Xinping County and killed the fake Lord Liu.

Otherwise, we would have returned to the county office seriously injured, and we would probably have been dead."

Although he didn't want to admit it, Xu Xuenuo had indirectly saved him and his group.

Otherwise, in his condition, without any precautions against Lord Liu, and with Lord Liu being in cahoots with Shen Sheng, it would have been too easy for him to kill them all.

"Xuenuo came? It's been a long time since I've seen her. Is she still here?" Hearing this name, Xu Ming was indeed a little nostalgic. It had been many years since he had seen her.

"She's gone. Your sister has returned to the sect. If you want to go, you can only go to the Myriad Sword Sect to see her, but the Myriad Sword Sect is not too far from here."

"Forget it." Xu Ming shook his head. "I won't disturb her cultivation. She needs to reduce her karma with the Xu family. If I go, and it delays her cultivation, then I'm not a qualified younger brother."

Wu Yanhai's mouth opened slightly, wanting to say, "You and Xu Xuenuo are not biological siblings. Even if you go to see her, it probably won't cause any karma."

But Wu Yanhai thought about it and decided against it.

After all, this was someone else's family matter, and it might even be a family scandal. It wouldn't be good for him to bring it up.

"Was she injured?" Xu Ming asked. "It shouldn't have been easy for her to kill Lord Liu, right?"

Wu Yanhai sneered: "I carried you so far, why aren't you worried about whether I was injured or not?"

Xu Ming was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Then, brother, were you injured?"

"No!" Wu Yanhai stood up, kicked Xu Ming's bed, turned around and walked out of the room, "She wasn't either!"

In a small village near Xinping County.

Cultivators and warriors from the imperial court were investigating the attacked village, while the officials and soldiers of Xinping County were handling the corpses according to instructions, so that the dead could rest in peace.

Because Guang Yin was one of the parties involved in this incident, and the least injured.

Therefore, Guang Yin naturally came along.

Although Guang Yin was useless and couldn't help much, at least it gave the Blood Floating Pagoda team respect, highlighting the attitude of "I will give you an explanation and will not let you get hurt for nothing."

Guang Yin kept wandering around this village.

Looking at the blood stains and various rotten limbs on the ground, Guang Yin frowned.

As he walked, Guang Yin found a bench in front of a courtyard, with a piece of embroidery next to the bench, and the needlework on the embroidery was not yet finished.

In Guang Yin's mind, he imagined a woman sitting at the entrance of the courtyard, embroidering while waiting for her family to return.

This was a very harmonious village.

But now, it has all been destroyed.

Walking into this courtyard, Guang Yin had just pushed open the door when he saw a kitchen knife coming at him.

Guang Yin dodged to the side, slapped upwards with his palm, knocking the kitchen knife out of the other party's hand, and then grabbed the other party's wrist.

"Let go of me! Let go of me!"

This was a little girl with braided pigtails, a head shorter than him, and looked only eleven years old.

"Who are you? What are you doing here?" Guang Yin asked

"Who are you! What are you doing here!" the little girl retorted with red eyes.

"I... I am from Wudu, responsible for handling the monster attack incidents in the villages near Xinping County," Guang Yin said.

"I am from this village! This is my home!"

As she spoke, the little girl's tears couldn't be controlled, and fell down like rain, as if she had lost all her strength and collapsed on the ground.

"Why did you come so late!

My mother died, and my brother also died...

Everyone in the village is dead...

Only I am left... Only I am left..."

"Child, where are your parents?"

"My parents were eaten by monsters... I ran away alone... Wuwuwu... I ran away alone... Only I am left, only I am left..."

Looking at the little girl's appearance, Guang Yin thought of himself a few years ago.

A few years ago, he was also alone, walking aimlessly, not knowing where to go.

Until a man knew that his parents were all gone, and asked him to go to the Wu Kingdom military camp and enter the Blood Floating Pagoda.

"I'm sorry, we're late..."

Guang Yin, who was only fourteen years old, squatted down like a big brother and stretched out his hand to the little girl.

"If you don't mind, would you like to come with me? I am also alone. My parents were also killed by monsters two years ago.

Although we are both alone.

But one person plus another person is two people."