Gazing at the little town, Xiao Yan ignored the dust covering him and hurried down the hillside, then joined the yellow-earth road leading straight into town.
Quite a few travelers walked along the yellow-earth road, clearly coming from the Black-Corner Region. What surprised Xiao Yan, however, was that although they carried traces of ferocity within them, not a hint of killing intent showed on their faces.
Yet the way they concealed that killing intent was far from natural. Instead, they seemed to be forcibly suppressing it, leaving their expressions rather strange.
It really is just as Teacher said. Anyone who comes here has to rein in the ways of the Black-Corner Region!
Seeing their forcibly restrained ferocity, Xiao Yan shook his head and thought to himself.
He slowly approached the town along the yellow-earth road, lush trees lining both sides. Here, the chaotic atmosphere of the Black-Corner Region truly had been shut out completely.
About ten minutes later, Xiao Yan stopped at the town entrance and looked up at the sign above the gate. The name was ordinary, even trite. Had it stood in the Black-Corner Region, it would surely have been torn down the very next day.
"Peace Town"-this was the first town one reached when entering the area surrounding Jia Nan Academy from the Black-Corner Region.
Standing at the entrance, Xiao Yan noticed that some of the travelers from the Black-Corner Region were staring at a large tree a short distance to the left of the gate, their faces deathly pale and their ankles trembling.
The tree was pitch-black, its crown spreading in every direction like claws and fangs bared. In the lingering glow of sunset, it exuded a faint, sinister chill.
Xiao Yan's gaze slowly swept over the tree, and his pupils suddenly contracted. Bodies hung impaled