Unlike the prosperity within the city, countless refugees had gathered outside its walls.
They were all Great Flame citizens who had lost their homes because of the rampant Nine Nether Blood Qi.
Yet now they were barred outside the city gates. During such a celebratory occasion, the officials of You Shui County naturally did not want these refugees entering the city and tarnishing its prosperous appearance.
Ye Yu naturally did not care whether these refugees lived or died.
What concerned him was the steadily spreading Nine Nether Blood Qi.
After all this time, the Nine Nether Blood Spring had not been suppressed particularly well. On the contrary, it continued to leak outward.
With his deep understanding of the Nine Nether Blood Spring, Ye Yu naturally knew how dangerous it was. What troubled him was that the Nine Nether Blood Qi was spreading far too slowly.
This completely defied common sense!
"We are still a day's journey from Great Flame's capital. Imperial Guard Nie, let us rest here for the night," Qin Han said.
Hearing this, Nie Xing looked worriedly toward the faint, nearly imperceptible glimmer of blood-red light in the sky.
As a Spirit Transformation cultivator, he naturally understood the terror of the Nine Nether Blood Spring.
But seeing that it still appeared far away, Nie Xing glanced at Ye Yu. When he saw that Ye Yu had no objection, he silently nodded.
At nightfall, the group settled into an inn, but Ye Yu went to Qin Ruoxian's room.
"What are you doing?" Seeing Ye Yu suddenly appear in her room, Qin Ruoxian hastily grabbed a blanket beside her and covered herself with it.
As though he had not heard her at all, Ye Yu walked up to Qin Ruoxian and reached out to touch her cheek.
Qin Ruoxian's face