Wow, this rough-around-the-edges pregnant wife is something else, she's incredibly ruthless!

Seeing the familiar face before him, Lu Chuan walked towards Meng Tong in a few steps. The man's rugged face was taut, and his eyes were deep and dark.

"This man is... Village Chief Liu Dazhi."

"How did he get here?"

Even Meng Tong found it somewhat unbelievable, then her eyes swept over the man lying on the ground.

They were currently less than a few hundred meters from the inn. Although the commotion wasn't too loud, someone would be coming soon.

"Let's leave here first and find a safe place to talk."

"it is good."

Running down the dark path, the six of them finally arrived at a dilapidated courtyard after many twists and turns.

No one lived there; it was covered in dust and cobwebs.

Lu Chuan walked in front, gently pushing open the slanted courtyard gate, while Sheng Yu closed the gate behind him.

Taking a tinderbox from his sling bag, Meng Tong looked around the courtyard.

There were seven or eight rooms in total, all with the doors open. The six of them easily entered and casually found a secluded spot to squat down.

Sheng Yu stood guard at the door.

"How are you feeling now? Are you still dizzy?"

"I'm not dizzy at all, I even feel like I could run another ten kilometers!"

Shaking his arm, Cheng Mian replied with a smile.

The others nodded in agreement. Even Sheng Zhuzhu, who was in the worst condition, looked energetic, as if she hadn't been the one who had just been half-dead.

The others were unaware of the reason, but Lu Chuan knew perfectly well.

The man looked at Meng Tong with heartache in his eyes.

After resting in the dilapidated courtyard for more than an hour, just as they were eating, they heard a commotion outside.

"Find him! Find him! If you can't find the person who killed the Great Witch, none of you will live!"

"Yes."

A series of crackling sounds startled Meng Tong and his group of six.

However, it was quiet again not long afterward.

"I'll go out and see."

Lu Chuan got up and walked outside, but returned a few minutes later.

"How is it? What's the situation outside? Are they looking for us?"

"It should be. There are people everywhere outside carrying torches and wearing dark red robes."

It turned out that the people in the inn discovered Liu Dazhi's death just minutes after he died.

The whole city is now searching for the six of them, and even those who went to worship the "god" have returned.

They were everywhere, in huge numbers.

With a furrowed brow, Lu Chuan continued, "Staying here isn't a solution; they'll find us soon enough."

"I'll go out and distract them, while you find a chance to leave the city."

“No, how can you hold off so many people by yourself?” Sheng Xiu disagreed. “Let Big Brother go. He’s fast and not easy to catch. Even if he does catch him… just consider him unlucky.”

Sheng Yu glanced at Sheng Xiu speechlessly with his cold eyes, then said, "I'll go! You take good care of your sister-in-law."

In the blink of an eye, Sheng Yu was nowhere to be seen at the door, and less than thirty seconds later, a noisy commotion broke out outside.

"We'll leave in one more minute."

"it is good."

With one arm around Meng Tong's waist, the man lifted the woman up in his arms.

Startled, Meng Tong exclaimed, "I'm fine, you don't need to hug me."

"No."

The man kept a straight face and held her firmly. Meng Tong had to give in after several attempts.

She was indeed quite tired tonight; her powers were almost depleted, and she had been feeling unwell in the area around her heart.

……

Walking towards the outside of the city, the five of them quickly arrived at the city gate in the darkness.

The gate was wide open and no one was guarding it. Lu Chuan looked around warily, while Meng Tong, with her arms around his neck, remained vigilant.

Everything seemed ordinary, but it was precisely because it was too ordinary that it was abnormal.

Standing to the side of a shop, Lu Chuan put Meng Tong down, but his large hand still held her waist tightly.

Sure enough, a large group of people walked in from outside the city not long after. They were all holding torches and whispering to each other. In the middle of them was a horse-drawn carriage.

The carriage wasn't very big, and it didn't even have horses; there were only two people pulling it from the front and two people pushing it from the back.

A man sat in the open carriage. It was dark, so you couldn't see what he looked like, but you could feel the anger of the people around him.

The cursing and swearing grew fainter and fainter in the street until they disappeared completely. Judging from their direction, they seemed to be heading towards some grand hall.

"Should we go over there and see what's going on?"

"Why are you joining in the fun? Let's get out of the city now."

The city gate remained open. After observing for another five minutes, Lu Chuan picked up Meng Tong again.

The five of them then left the city.

They walked north for several miles, and as the sky gradually brightened, they found a place to sit and rest. Sheng Xiu then made marks on the tree trunks.

This is a signal left for Sheng Yu.

Sure enough, Sheng Yu appeared before the five people in less than a quarter of an hour.

To be honest, I'm quite envious of his ability to appear and disappear without a trace.

"How are you? Are you alright? What's the situation inside?"

"It's nothing." The man took the water Sheng Xiu handed him and drank it down in a few gulps. Then he said, "It's a complete mess. I don't know where a group of people came from, and now the two sides are fighting."

"Ugh! This is such a mess."

A look of utter dismay crossed Sheng Xiu's handsome and gentle face. At a time like this, not a single government official had appeared.

This secluded city is truly strange in every way.

"Should we continue selling grain as our next step? It feels like we've been on the run the whole time."

Sitting on the ground eating the meat pie in his hand, Sheng Yu rarely joked around, and Meng Tong, who was sitting next to him frantically absorbing energy, couldn't help but smile.

How ironic!

The perfectly good grain can't be sold.

……

After resting for two full hours, the six of them continued north, this time on foot.

Every time I fly around, it feels like something is missing; I don't really get to know the scenery and culture along the way.

As I walked north along the official road, the turbulent emotions of the previous night gradually calmed down as I listened to the chirping of birds and cicadas all around me.

Sheng Zhuzhu even had the leisure to pick wildflowers by the roadside and give them to Meng Tong.

They traveled for three to five days in this way, and a sudden village appeared between Youcheng and Daocheng.

The village is located in a mountain valley. If you turn into the main road on the right, you will see a gate in less than 100 meters.

The door is made of wood, but there are also walls made of blue bricks on both sides, making it look like a mountain village in the forest.

The four people standing on the wall had already spotted Meng Tong and his group of six. They left three to keep watch while one of them ran inside at top speed.

"Sir, six strangers have arrived outside the village. Four men and two women don't look like good people."

"Oh!"

With a casual reply, a man in his fifties put down his chopsticks and turned to look at them; the others at the table did the same.

One of the men, in particular, was in his early twenties. He had a somewhat effeminate appearance, but his eyes were bright and sparkling.

He stood up, dressed in a white silk robe with a purse hanging from his waist, and said, "Take me there to have a look."

"Yes."