The journey from Capital City to Donghe Commandery was a long one. A desolate stretch of the official road ran for dozens of miles without a trace of habitation. Qi Kingdom had established a relay station halfway along it.
The relay station bordered the Endless Mountains and lay more than a hundred miles from Yunshan County. Since Qi Kingdom had launched a craze for seeking out reclusive experts, many powerful and noble figures from Capital City would enter the Endless Mountains from here.
They would therefore choose to stay briefly at the relay station. For this reason, the station had increased its staff to serve these powerful and noble guests.
On this day, a figure flew out of the Endless Mountains.
He landed directly inside the relay station.
"You are..."
A minor clerk at the relay station saw Xue Wuxin descend from the sky. After his initial shock came wild delight!
My opportunity has come?!
Plop!
He immediately knelt and kowtowed.
"Great expert, Ma Xiao'er pays his respects! I beg you to accept me as your disciple..."
Xue Wuxin froze. Were people from the Border Wasteland all this direct?
The moment they saw him, they knelt and kowtowed, begging to become his disciple?
"Heh heh..."
He let out a sinister laugh and said, "Blood food is unworthy of becoming this one's disciple!"
The clerk froze. Blood food?
Pfft!
Suddenly, pain stabbed through his heart. Looking down, he saw a fine thread piercing his chest, his blood seemingly being sucked away.
"Help..."
Horrified, he had only just tried to call for help when he collapsed, becoming a shriveled corpse.
Xue Wuxin frowned. "The Essence Blood is too poor. In the Border Wasteland, the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy has withered away, and even the people's Essence Blood here has become impure."