Senior and Junior Brothers

"There's smoke over there. Could it be there?"

"Come on, let's go take a look!"

"Keep up, hurry up!"

Amid a clatter of disordered footsteps, a large squad of official runners from Nandao County's prefectural office hurried to the end of this street. But when they arrived, only smoke that had not yet fully dispersed remained, along with an unmistakable scorched smell.

"What was burned here just now? Could it be connected to the suspect's escape?"

"Who would burn things here in the middle of the night?"

The official runners lingered around the area for a moment before continuing onward.

Those black-clothed figures had already left Nandao County Town carrying Xu Niu's ashes. All Ji Yuan could do was preserve Xu Niu's remnant soul; his physical body could no longer be saved.

Ji Yuan had now arrived at the residence with the ancestral hall and underground passage. Standing in the courtyard and looking over the now-quiet compound, he stirred his divine sense and entered the dreams of those infected with the insect plague.

Only half an hour later, Ji Yuan left the residence. He circled through Nandao County, taking away every insect he could find along the way, then sped straight south. As the scenery beneath his feet raced backward like lightning and wind, he reached a great camp behind the Zuyue Army a little over an hour later. After pausing briefly in the air, he flew toward the next location, searching place after place in this manner.

These insects were an exceptionally rare kind of evil art. Although the spread of the insect plague appeared spontaneous, the caster could influence or even control every single insect.

Ji Yuan flew over many great camps and could sense that more and more people had been infected with the insect plague. He