Chapter 760: Chaos in the city, the first to arrive

Shangyuan City was particularly lively today, because everyone in the city knew that something big had happened.

First of all, the famous Bauhinia Mercenary Group was completely wiped out. From the leader to his subordinates, no one came back alive. People speculated whether they had encountered some powerful spirit beasts in the depths of the Cloud Beast Mountains.

After all, everyone knew that they had entered the depths of the Cloud Beast Mountains. Even if something really went wrong, it was not a surprise. It was just that there was no one alive, which made people a little suspicious.

There were many different opinions about this matter. Although most people believed that it was done by spirit beasts, some more rational monks were very clear that although the spirit beasts in the Cloud Beast Mountains were extremely fierce, they would not kill them all. Generally, they would just drive away human monks or kill almost all of them, and then no longer care about them.

So another saying became more popular, that is, the Bauhinia Mercenary Group was assassinated by someone.

If this is true, I am afraid that Shangyuan City will not be at peace. After all, the strength of the Bauhinia Mercenary Group can be regarded as the top three in the entire Shangyuan City. If they can wipe out the entire Bauhinia Mercenary Group, then the opponent's strength is at least one or two higher.

Therefore, the whole Shangyuan City is in panic. Those idle mercenary groups that were originally planning to go to the Spirit Beast Mountain Range to make some money have stopped working. No matter how generous the reward is, of course, it is not as important as life.

The security in Shangyuan City has also been strengthened. People entering and leaving the city gate must undergo strict inspections, even mortals are no exception.

In addition, Wen Hao, the leader of the Jackal Mercenary Group, took the entire mercenary group out and has not returned yet. Although there has been no bad news, people are also speculating whether they have suffered the same fate as the Bauhinia Mercenary Group?

At the city gate, Liu Qingrou had put on the purple veil again without knowing when, but the passers-by, just seeing her graceful figure and the vague face under the veil, kept their eyes on this place for a long time, reluctant to leave.

On the contrary, Ye Chen stood beside Liu Qingrou, which really seemed a bit out of place. Although Ye Chen was a little handsome, he was naturally not considered good in the eyes of these people, so they all cast jealous eyes at Ye Chen.

Liu Qingrou smiled with a hint of apology, and Ye Chen responded indifferently, then became alert.

When the two came out of the canyon, they did not find any trace of Wen Hao, so it was particularly strange. Logically speaking, Wen Hao should be guarding the exit of the canyon, and there was no need to leave.

However, it was a good thing that no enemy was found. The two of them quickly packed up and prepared to rush back to Shangyuan City. Ye Chen was anxious to go back to the village to see if Xiaoxue was really taken away, while Liu Qingrou was anxious to return to Jinling College to report the failure of her mission.

However, along the way, Ye Chen was still quite vigilant and was always careful whether Wen Hao would suddenly appear from a corner.

However, when he learned that Wen Hao had not returned to Shangyuan City, he was a little confused. It was impossible that Wen Hao was killed by the spirit beast in the Cloud Beast Mountain Range, right?

Ye Chen smiled bitterly and immediately took Liu Qingrou into the city.

Although he had never seen the name of Fairy Liu in person, he had heard of it, so the soldiers guarding Shangyuan City did not make things difficult for the two. Instead, Liu Qingrou seemed a little curious. She had lived near Shangyuan City for several decades, but she had never seen Shangyuan City so alert.

The city lord Zuo Tianyi was just too timid, so he didn't care much.

The two of them took a short rest in Shangyuan City and prepared to separate.

Although Liu Qingrou's spiritual energy has not recovered yet, no one dares to touch her in Shangyuan City. After all, the other party still has to take into account the reputation of Jinling College, so Liu Qingrou is also ready to go back alone. Ye Chen did not stop her because he was also anxious to go back to the village to take a look.

After the two of them exchanged greetings for a while, they officially separated, but Liu Qingrou still stood there, looking at Ye Chen's back as he left, but she felt indescribable in her heart.

At the same time, in the canyon in the Cloud Beast Mountains, a group of dozens of people looked at the dark canyon below and frowned.

"Is it here?" The leader gestured with the map, and said impatiently: "Is the information given by Zhao correct? The Yin Qi below is far less than what he said. Can there really be so many soul-eating beasts?"

The person next to him thought about it, jumped up and said: "Maybe the Qilin beast has eaten a lot of soul-eating beasts, so it is much weaker now. If we go down now, we may just find an opportunity!"

"Then you hurry up and find a way." The leader patted the shoulder of the person next to him impatiently and said: "I believe you should also know how much the leader cares about this matter. If we can't even handle such a small matter, then there is no need to go back."

The eyes of the person next to him instantly became more alert, as if waking up from a dream, and nodded repeatedly and said: "That's natural!"

A group of dozens of people were groping on the edge of the cliff. Their efficiency was not very fast, but they did not let go of anything. Wherever there was a place to step on, someone had stepped on it, so many people fell down. It was obvious that these people would not survive.

However, the leader did not feel any pity. In his eyes, these people seemed to be less useful than tools. He just sat aside and continued to watch everything.

"Found it!"

Until a man who looked a little fat shook his hand slightly and said excitedly: "You can go down here!"

The leader stood up quickly, and even did not have time to shake off the dust on his pants, and walked over.

However, the smile on his originally excited face gradually solidified, and his brows wrinkled slightly. Looking at the footprints at this "only intersection", there was a hint of anger in his eyes.

"Could it be that someone got there first?"

"No, let me go and see first!"

The leader gritted his teeth slightly, as if he did not believe in evil, and quickly called dozens of people to rush down.

However, when those dozens of people reached the ground, they saw that underneath the thin mist there was actually a pile of ashes!