Entering the City

Wei?

Could he be from another county?

The Ten Thousand Mountains were vast.

County towns lay densely scattered within them like black dots. People of every surname could be found there, and Duan Xuan found nothing strange about it.

He swiftly sized up this rather rough-looking man. He was no different from Jiang Meng, likely another fellow wandering the martial world, hoping to carve out a name for himself.

"Wait, this man's aura—there was no way to probe his depths.

Could he be a Hua Force expert?" Duan Xuan knew that if he faced a Hua Force expert now, he would certainly struggle to survive.

Moreover, he had no desire to get entangled with someone of unknown origins. He could only leave this place as quickly as possible, lest the other party turn hostile and use force to make him submit!

"For now, there's no need. Thank you, brother."

With that, Duan Xuan passed by Wei Chaofeng, grabbed Zhao Bastard, and leaped onto the roof beam in two or three steps, vanishing into the night.

This time, he did not stop him. He merely watched Duan Xuan's retreating figure and said with a smile, "This man has a good temperament. He would make an especially reliable companion on the road."

"This farce in Yellow Snake County isn't so boring after all—" Then, wind seemed to rise beneath Wei Chaofeng's feet, and his figure moved so swiftly it seemed to break apart and re-form.

In an instant, he had vanished without a trace.

The corpse left with him as well.

Inner city.

Inside a certain household.

The master of the house lay on the ground, his body bearing a deep claw mark. He had long since stopped breathing.

The only ones remaining in the courtyard were Wolf Soul's three Dark Force