Feeling the Resentment Aura in this place, Huo Hai immediately frowned. Most people probably would not like staying in a place like this. As Huo Hai walked onward, he could scarcely see anyone on the road.
It was broad daylight, yet the few villages he passed all had their doors and windows shut tight. If not for the Star Gu discovering signs that some of the houses were still inhabited, one might truly have thought these villages were dead.
Even so, most of the houses appeared to have been unoccupied for a very long time.
By evening, when the Star Gu passed through another village, it finally saw people furtively running in from afar. They looked like thieves, but their clothing was no different from that of ordinary villagers. It was simply more tattered, making them look more like beggars than commoners.
By the time Huo Hai arrived, these people had already sneaked into several houses, quietly opened the doors, then bolted them from the inside. That was not all—they had even hung fake locks outside. What exactly were they trying to conceal?
All the villages he had passed seemed to be the same. There was not even a single town along the way. This was far too strange. Huo Hai narrowed his eyes slightly, flashed forward, and followed one household inside.
This household consisted of only a male and female villager, along with a child of seven or eight. "What exactly is going on here? Why are all of you acting so sneakily?" Huo Hai's voice sounded from behind the three of them.
The three of them turned deathly pale and immediately spun around, dropping to their knees and kowtowing. "My lord, we truly did not mean to hide. Please show mercy, my lord. Only people like us are