Hidden Corners

Soon, a faint response came from the distance, and an old brown horse galloped towards this direction at a fast pace.

Not long after, the two got on their horses together and ran at full speed along the loess driveway on the bumpy horseback.

On the black plain, only the last horn of the setting sun is left on the horizon.

It was about to get completely dark, and the light rain slowly stopped.

Li Chengyi sat on the horse, constantly sorting out the memories in his body.

In the 179th year of Shaoyin, the dynasty was corrupt, and the emperor was obsessed with pleasure and wasted his time on government affairs.

The situation everywhere is corrupt and the people are in dire straits.

The level of civilization in this place is the Cold Weapon Age.

These are actually nothing.

What really made him feel important were the various Jianghu and martial arts figures that often existed in Shaoyin.

Compared with the corrupt government, the most dangerous people here are the so-called martial arts practitioners. And...monsters.

I sat on the horse and ran for a full quarter of an hour before it was completely dark.

Right in front of the loess driveway, a towering city wall built of black soil finally appeared.

The city wall more than five meters high forms an irregular circle and protects the black and gray houses inside.

On the city wall, officers and soldiers wearing black leather armor and holding long guns could be vaguely seen patrolling back and forth.

The torches illuminated the dark surroundings from a distance.

The approach of the old horse made the officers and soldiers guarding the gate slightly nervous. They clenched their spears, their eyes tightened, and they were about to speak.

"It's Chen Zhong and Wang Datou's Yichen!" an older officer said loudly.

Suddenly several officers and soldiers moved out of the way.

The old horse also slowed down and walked into the city gate.

Several officers and soldiers quickly came forward.

"Chen Zhong, what's wrong with you? Where are the others!?"

"We went to pick up people from the White Porcelain Chamber of Commerce and met a madman. Except for the two of us, everyone else died." Chen Zhong got off his horse and said with pale lips, trembling.

Li Chengyi turned over and dismounted. The blood on his mouth and nose had dried up, making him look extremely scary.

"I'm fine, go quickly and find a doctor for Ah Chen!" Chen Zhong said loudly.

A group of officers and soldiers were shocked and quickly divided their work. One went to Wang's house to call for help, and the other went to call for the doctor.

Without further explanation, he pulled Li Chengyi onto a wooden stretcher, and the two of them carried him towards the city together.

As night approaches, the streets in the town are deserted and empty.

Torches here also cost money. Ordinary people don't have much money, and only a little oil lamp faintly shines through the wooden window.

The attic houses of wealthy people are much brighter.

But overall, most of the entire town was dark.

There was no moonlight, and it was even impossible to see in some places.

The two officers and soldiers were strong, put two torches on the stretcher, and trotted along.

Soon, they arrived in front of a large courtyard.

The door with its red painted dog head knocker looks quite impressive.

There is a large tree on the left side in front of the door that can be hugged by one person. I can’t tell what kind it is. There is a wooden swing hanging on the trunk, which is swaying in the wind.

As soon as the two officers and soldiers arrived, the door opened automatically from the inside and a group of people ran out.

The leader was a strong black-haired man with a height of two meters and a full beard.

This strong man wore a black wolf-skin cloak with only a gray lining underneath. He was holding a bright silver machete in one hand. When he saw the stretcher, he quickly came over.

"Ah Chen!!" He shouted loudly, "Are you okay!? Let me see!"

Li Chengyi was put down and according to the memory in his mind, he recognized the strong man in front of him.

The head of the Wang family, head-catcher Wang Yifeng.

Even though Wang Yifeng is just a head catcher, the more than ten catchers under his control are all good at sword and gun skills.

These people, together with the hired temporary defense personnel, numbering nearly a hundred people, have become the main force in maintaining law and order in the entire Xinmeng Town.

Even the officers, soldiers and generals guarding the gate had to give him some face.

Li Chengyi didn't need to pretend, just by looking at the blood stains on his face and the pale cheeks that had lost too much blood, you could tell how weak his body was.

That is to say, after his shadow replacement, he merged with this body and swallowed it up. His physical condition quickly improved.

Otherwise, Wang Yichen would still be in a corpse state now.

"Dad, I'm fine." Li Chengyi pretended to have Wang Yichen's previous tone and answered with difficulty.

"It's just that my eyes are a bit blurry and I want to rest."

"Hurry! Send it in quickly. The doctor is already here. Show it to my son quickly!" Wang Yifeng said urgently. He directed everyone to carry Li Chengyi in.

"I just went out of the city for more than ten miles to pick up someone, but something happened. It's getting more and more unsafe outside."

"A while ago, the town general inspected and swept the driveway once, but it just stopped working again."

"Those damn monsters come and go like the wind, and there is no way to stop them. This time, even the prince who captured the head was seriously injured. We ordinary people encountered it, wouldn't it?"

"The Wang family has also suffered. Is it possible that they really have no choice but to practice martial arts!?"

"There's no way to practice martial arts. Isn't Wang Captou great? His son was injured by those crazy monsters."

"Fortunately, the Wang family is very lucky. It is a blessing among misfortunes that we did not contract pinkeye."

Li Chengyi was lying on a stretcher, his powerful hearing listening to the whispers of the people watching the excitement around him.

Combined with fragmentary memories, he quickly understood the general situation of this place.

As for calling someone daddy to someone he didn't know, it was just to disguise his identity. With Li Chengyi's thick skin, he didn't care about it.

Entering the compound, you can see that the Wang family is a small family that has just emerged. Except for a cook, the rest of the family takes care of themselves.

A middle-aged woman with a mole on the corner of her mouth, and a young woman wearing a red-bottomed black-sleeved long coat, hurried up to meet her.

"What's wrong with Ah Chen? Didn't he just go out for a long time to pick up someone? How could this happen? How did he get hurt like this?" the woman asked with a trembling voice.

She wanted to reach out and touch Li Chengyi, but she didn't dare.

The woman is Wang Lin, whose real name is Lin Xiuxian. She is also the biological mother of three children of the Wang family.

The young woman on the side looked ugly and stared at Li Chengyi without saying a word.

She is Wang Yichen's sister, Wang Yiheng.

The two also have an eldest brother named Wang Yijue, who is not at home.

"Hurry up, Doctor Fang is here!"

There were rapid footsteps nearby.

A group of people gathered around an old man and approached.

Then there was a similar process of looking, hearing, asking, and asking. The old doctor’s diagnosis was quite accurate, and he concluded that Li Chengyi had lost too much blood, and everything else was fine.

This also relieved the Wang family present.

"You don't have pink eye, do you?" the officers and soldiers who followed in couldn't help but ask.

"No, although pinkeye is mainly spread through blood, it must be in sufficient quantity." Fang Langzhong explained. "The murderer had only a very short contact time with Mr. Chen, and he did not show any blood. The possibility of being infected is very small."

"That's good, that's good"

The officers and soldiers sighed, "Then I'll go back and report to the Lord Commander right away."

"Thank you." Wang Yifeng clasped his fists.

"The head catcher is being polite, as you should." The officers and soldiers turned around and trotted away.

"Send Achen to rest first. All the clothes on his body must be disposed of to avoid infection." Wang Yifeng ordered.

Immediately, Li Chengyi was escorted by a group of people and returned to his room.

I took off all my clothes and took a shower myself. Then I rubbed my hair dry with a dry towel and pretended to sleep.

Despite his supportive fusion, the body was now bleeding out and must rest.

This is logical.

At the same time, the large number of fragmented memories in his mind also need to be sorted out.

Especially the ones about pink eye, infection, and blood.

These are the things that concern him a lot.

He did not believe that Midran, which the surrounding Black Sea beings were unwilling to enter, would be a simple and backward area.

Lying on the bed, the voices of Wang Captou Wang Yifeng and his wife Wang Lin could be heard faintly outside the window.

Although their voices were very low, Li Chengyi's powerful hearing was still able to hear a general outline.

"More and more people have been infected in the town recently. We killed more than ten people in the past few days, and several more appeared today. This can't continue. Today, Ah Chen actually encountered pinkeye so close to the town. I wonder if Lord Zhenjiang's letter has been sent out?" Wang Lin asked worriedly.

"Even if the blood guards receive the letter, they won't be able to come here so quickly. It will take at least half a month just to travel, and we can only rely on us for this half month." Wang Yifeng said, "You should take good care of Ah Chen. He only knows a few words about punching and kicking, but he dares to wander out of the city. He really doesn't know how to write the word "death".

"Who would have thought that such a close place would be a place where everyone used to go for walks and dig for medicine."

"Okay, don't think too much, there will always be a way. At worst, I will escort you to Yushan County." Wang Yifeng sighed.

"Alas, ever since the Young Emperor's practice of the Divine Limitation Heart went wrong, the world has become more and more chaotic."

"Only Blood Guard can use special weapons and props to kill those blood-bodied monsters. For the rest, no matter how much martial arts you practice, it's useless. How can anyone defeat those monsters?"

"What do you know? That's hope. Tomorrow I'll go talk to the town general and lead people to patrol the area again and use dispersing incense to drive away the bloody monsters.

Okay, let’s not talk anymore and go to sleep. I have to go see Ah Chen in the middle of the night. "

"Uh-huh. Be careful tomorrow."

"I know, don't worry."

The voices quieted down.

Li Chengyi opened his eyes and lay quietly on the bed, watching the mosquito net fluttering slightly in the wind, and gradually had some impressions of the world in his mind.

‘God’s limit. Determination? ’

Just when he heard this word, he felt inexplicably familiar.

A night of silence.

Except for the occasional bursts of weird yelling from a distance outside, most people in the entire town fell into a deep sleep quietly.

For a whole night, Li Chengyi completely sorted out his memories.

I also roughly understand the situation in Shaoyin Kingdom.

The entire Shaoyin Kingdom is located on an endless black earth plain.

There is an extremely terrifying infectious disease here, and its name is pinkeye.

Anyone infected with pinkeye will quickly become murderous and brutal, and their strength, speed, and physique will be greatly improved.

And they will also develop a form called blood body, instantly transforming from human form into a terrifying monster at least three meters tall.

These monsters have different shapes, but they all have one thing in common, that is, their bodies are covered with sticky blood.

Wherever it passes, blood splashes. As long as anyone is splashed with this blood, no matter whether it is a civilian or a martial arts master, he will quickly become a new pinkeye infected person.

In order to fight against these monsters, Shaoyin Kingdom established the Blood Guard Department, which used various strange weapons and props to eliminate various monsters with difficulty.

"There seems to be no clues about the colorful dragon here." After sorting out the information, Li Chengyi frowned.

The main purpose of his coming here is to find the Heart of the Symphony Dragon, but now, this place seems to be