After being demoted, my 300,000-strong army trampled the imperial city!

"My family has some influence in Fufeng City, and we also have rivals in the market, but I don't know which one is specifically targeting me," Liu Shenmiao said sadly.

"Can we continue our journey?"

"The losses are considerable. There's a small town ahead; let's head there to rest first."

"can."

Chen Futu told the driver to continue, but Liu Shenmiao hurriedly asked, "May I travel with Mr. Qin?"

She was clever; the guards commander was dead, but Chen Futu was still alive, so she was safest with this Mr. Qin who was hitchhiking.

Chen Futu thought for a moment and asked the person inside the carriage, "Ni Chang, Miss Liu would like to ride with you."

"Master, whatever you wish, I'll do it."

Lian Ni Chang remained as serene as ever. She hadn't even bothered to make a move. With her quasi-emperor cultivation, she could kill those men in black with just a breath. Her purpose in being was to protect the Holy Emperor; the lives of the others were none of her concern.

Seeing that he had received permission, Liu Shenmiao breathed a sigh of relief and ordered the guards to collect the bodies of the guard commander and his companions and take them away together.

Once the caravan set off, Liu Shenmiao and her maidservant saw Lian Ni Chang resting with her eyes closed inside the carriage.

Lian Ni Chang's appearance shocked Liu Shenmiao. It was the first time she had seen such a beautiful and elegant woman. However, she couldn't understand why this woman, who was Mr. Qin's maid, was resting inside the carriage while Mr. Qin, the master, was sitting outside.

Lian Nishang noticed her thoughts and said, "My young master rarely goes out, and he's in a good mood. He wants to see more of the world's scenery, so he won't have any of your rules."

"I see."

Liu Shenmiao wanted to say something more, but seeing that Lian Nishang kept her eyes closed and exuded a distant aura, she refrained from asking any further questions.

And so the carriage traveled on to a small town to rest.

Liu Shenmiao booked rooms and also had coffins purchased to house the fallen brothers.

Liu Shenmiao was a cautious person, and she deliberately asked for the room next door at the inn.

After the meal, Chen Futu lay on the bed and slept soundly, while Lian Nishang floated by the window and meditated, surrounded by demonic rules, making her appear both righteous and evil.

Around midnight, a series of screams and horse neighs came from outside the inn.

Ding!

[Detection indicates the first stage of the Beginning of the A Clan has begun. Host, please suppress the unrest. Reward: Martial arts cultivation will be raised to the peak of Saint King.]

The system notification echoed in his ears. Chen Futu frowned, turned over, and continued sleeping.

Lian Ni Chang seemed oblivious to the commotion outside and continued meditating as if nothing had happened.

"Help!"

"The corpse... the corpse is alive!"

The noise in the inn grew louder and louder. Liu Shenmiao and her maid next door were screaming. The maid shouted for the guards to check the situation, which resulted in another round of screams and chaos.

"It's so noisy! Can't a person get any sleep?"

Chen Futu grumbled in dissatisfaction.

Lian Ni Chang suddenly opened her eyes, and the demonic laws on her body abruptly disappeared.

Boom boom boom!

There was a loud knocking on the door and Liu Shenmiao's urgent call, "Mr. Qin, is Mr. Qin home!"

Lian Ni Chang waved her hand, and the door opened by itself. Liu Shen Miao and her injured maid rushed in, still in shock. Immediately afterward, a guard lay dead in the corridor, blood splattered everywhere.

"Ho ho ho!"

Several swaying figures rushed outside the room. At first glance, they were the group of guards who had died during the day. They were dead, but black smoke was emanating from their bodies and their seven orifices, and their faces were more ferocious than the last.

Liu Shenmiao was terrified and dragged the stiff maid to the bedside. In this horrifying situation, only Chen Futu was still sleeping like a dead pig.

"Offending the master is an unforgivable sin."

Lian Ni Chang strode towards the door, and the group of ugly figures, their black fingernails raised, pounced on her.

Liu Shenmiao closed her eyes in shock, but the group of people turned to ashes the moment they got close to Lian Nishang.

"People, where are people?"

Hearing no screams, Liu Shenmiao peered through his fingers and discovered that Lian Ni Chang was unharmed.

"I'm going out to take a look. You all stay here and don't make a fuss or disturb the master's rest."

Lian Nishang walked out of the room, and in the blink of an eye, the chaos outside disappeared, as if everything that had just happened was an illusion.

Ding!

[Congratulations, host, on completing the first stage of the Anecdotes: Suppressing the Turmoil. Reward: Cultivation breakthrough to the peak of Saint King.]

"Understood, back off."

Chen Futu didn't even bother to lift his eyelids.

Yes, he made money while lying down.

[Please do not lie down, host. Please try to do things yourself.]

"Is there a difference? Ni Chang's attack is an instant kill, and so is mine."

[The system has detected that the host is not satisfied with the difficulty of the next anecdote. The system will adjust the difficulty of the next anecdote to Quasi-Emperor level.]

"No, no, no! I'll do it myself, okay?"

Chen Futu sat up abruptly, all sleepiness gone.

This system is inhuman! It's already dangerous enough, how can we play if it gets even more difficult!

Moreover, Chen Futu has already realized that this so-called Jia Clan seems to be related to the earth vein curse, and it is definitely a major event that can affect the entire martial arts world, not just a simple anecdote.

[This difficulty adjustment is rescinded. Please complete the anecdote yourself.]

"Tch, fine, do it yourself if you want."

Chen Futu yawned and looked up. Liu Shenmiao was standing by the bed with a pale face, and the maid behind her was staring straight at the back of her head. Her face gradually lost its original color and turned ashen gray. Her eyes also turned a dull gray, and black gas was spewing out from her seven orifices.

"Are the creatures tainted by the curse of the ley lines the A race?"

Chen Futu was extremely surprised. The scene was terrifying, yet he could clearly sense that the curse aura had assimilated the severely injured and dead maid into another form of life. This transformation was very strange, and it gave him a vague understanding.

"Mr. Qin, what's wrong?" Liu Shenmiao was unaware that his maid had died.

Chen Futu pointed behind her with a wicked grin. She subconsciously turned her head and met the eyes of the maid who was described as ugly as a vengeful ghost.

"ah--"

The impact was so great that Liu Shenmiao's eyes rolled back and she fainted.

Before she was captured by the maid, Chen Futu remotely summoned her to the bed, and then suppressed her with the wordless stele, locking the maid who was about to pounce, rendering her unable to move.

Chen Futu got out of bed and observed carefully. Just then, Lian Ni Chang returned and exclaimed in surprise, "Is this the Jia Clan you mentioned?"

Chen Futu said, "It's a bit strange. If the black aura is a curse of the earth's veins, why wasn't the White Night Clan affected and didn't turn into this thing? When the caravan was attacked during the day, the living people also had this black aura on them, but it could be dispelled."

Chen Futu was becoming increasingly curious. This Jia clan was very mysterious. Perhaps it was really related to the earth's veins, or perhaps it involved some top secrets.

Based on observations, it is highly unlikely to be human-to-human transmission; otherwise, the world would have been extinct long ago.

After much deliberation, there was only one possibility: these guards, including the maids, were originally members of the Jia clan, but their bloodline was awakened by the curse of the earth's veins.

Next, Chen Futu took the maid into his system space. She was a corpse, not a living being, so she could be stored and studied when he had time.