Sword Shatters Stars

Chapter 81 What makes so many people stay here?
The four clones performed their tasks very well, and clearly never revealed their names from beginning to end.

and so--

Gao Zhiyong is clearly Lin Xiufei, the peerless sword saint is Zhao Youyue, the blood-handed puppet is Renxing, and the poisonous snake is Fang Yuan.

Judging from the fact that all the martial artists who attacked the clones escaped, they must have used an unstoppable escape technique.

'The clones cannot see the location of the Heavenly Martial Heart of the Heavenly Martial Warriors; otherwise, it would have been impossible for all the Heavenly Martial Warriors who were attacked to escape...'

Lin Xiufeng confirmed this, but also felt quite regretful.

If the clone could see the location of the Heavenly Martial Heart, few of the dozen or so Heavenly Martial warriors who were attacked would be able to escape.

Why did it come to this? Although the commotion was huge, the Heavenly Overturning Organization actually lost not a single Heavenly Warrior!

However, those Heavenly Warriors escaped by being unstoppable, but they lost a huge amount of Heavenly Martial Power.

Without sufficient supplies, they probably wouldn't dare to fight back.

"So, all these groups of four are a tribute to Youlin Feiyue?"

Zhao Youyue felt a sense of pride, but at the same time, she felt as if she had stolen the glorious achievements of the clone.

"How many people active in the central region of Dream Continent don't harbor resentment towards the Overturning Heaven Organization? Even though Youlin Feiyue is gone, everyone wants Overturning Heaven to know that there are still thousands upon thousands of Youlin Feiyue groups that could emerge at any time!"

Among the four chatting, the tallest man was in high spirits, seemingly dreaming of becoming the next leader of Youlin Feiyue.

Why is there a character called the Bloody Hand Doll? What does it mean?

Renxing is very concerned about her nickname. Although she is not as tall as Zhao Youyue, she is just as beautiful!

They're just different types, so why is one a peerless swordsman and the other a bloodthirsty puppet?

"It's said she's very beautiful, the same type as you, exquisite and pretty like a doll. She likes to gouge people's eyes out with her bare hands when she kills them, and her hands are often stained with blood, so she's called Blood Hand."

Renxing immediately cheered, "That's more like it, a great nickname!"
Then he asked, "What about the poisonous snakes?"

"The venomous snake strikes with deadly intent, grabbing the testicles, gouging the eyes, stabbing the anus, tearing off the ears, stabbing the neck, piercing the heart and lungs. After a single blow, he retreats behind his teammates. The Heavenly Warriors of the Sky hate him to the bone."

Lin Xiufeng couldn't help but laugh; it really did sound like Fang Yuan's style.

Fang Yuan didn't show any particular expression, seemingly disliking the nickname "Viper."

Lin Xiufeng didn't actually like the nickname "Gao Zhiyong" either, as it didn't fit his usual low-key style. He thought "Shuai Zhiyong" was much better.

Zhao Youyue chatted with the group of four for a while longer, and hearing their dislike for Fantian in their words, she asked out of curiosity:
"Then why are you coming to the Second Elder's City?"

The group of four said helplessly:

"You have to take a break. It's so uncomfortable to be constantly soaked in the rain while traveling without catching your breath."

"Besides, although Fantian is treacherous, the larger villages are better. They know some of the tricks and rules, so they don't ask for prices when they go in, don't wander around, and don't talk badly about Fantian in the village, so there's not much trouble."

"The Second Elder City has many good things to trade, which smaller villages don't have."

Lin Xiufeng felt that the conversation had gone on long enough, and since the four people on the other end were actually eager to continue their journey, he suggested:

"We've kept you waiting for so long, why don't you continue on your way?"

"Let's go, together."

“Sure, let’s chat as we walk.” Zhao Youyue accepted the invitation, and the group of eight walked and talked as they headed toward the Second Elder’s City.

Lin Xiufeng noticed that no one asked each other's names or introduced themselves.

Fang Yuan and Ren Xing were used to it. They would often walk on the road, chat for a few minutes, and then never see each other again. Meeting without recognizing each other was the norm.

Once inside the village, the group of four asked them where they wanted to go.

Knowing it was time to part ways, Zhao Youyue said she was just wandering around aimlessly and told them to go about their business and not to worry about her.

The tall woman in the group of four then said goodbye and left, indicating where she was going.

The two men kept turning back, clearly unwilling to part so soon.

He laughed and said, "I bet those two women are jealous, so they don't want to continue walking with us."

"It's not good for us to continue acting with them. If we run into the Heavenly Warriors of the Heavenly Overturning Organization and they recognize us, it will implicate them."

Zhao Youyue shared the same idea as Lin Xiufeng. The group asked passersby for directions to the pharmacy, found it, and then stopped asking the staff questions, simply looking silently at the bone meal displayed inside.

Then they discovered there were also medicinal herbs.

Lin Xiufeng deliberately turned his head to look at the wooden sign behind the door. Sure enough, it was just as sinister as the fourth, fifth, and sixth villages, deliberately hung in the dim light where no light could reach.

Clearly, this is a tactic that has been popularized by the Tianfan organization.

The bone meal here is limited to one type: scallion bone meal.

"The scallion, resembling a sheep with red mane, about the size of a small horse, lives in groups, enjoys nibbling on its stems and fruits, and is herbivorous and non-aggressive."

'Lü Zirui's fourth, fifth, and sixth villages only supply tortoise bone powder, and the beasts there are non-aggressive mutants. Could there be a horde of mutant beasts controlled by Fan Tian nearby?'

Lin Xiufeng had this suspicion at the time, but later he got some turtle bone powder in the village, and then a series of things happened. He figured that if it existed, it would have been moved long ago, so he lacked the motivation to look for it.

Right now, I'm worried about Fang Yuan and the capricious Tian Wuli, but I'm full of motivation!
After leaving the pharmacy, Fang Yuan suggested buying a few sets of straw raincoats and bamboo hats, since many Tianwu Po who came and went dressed like this, which would also make it easier to conceal their identities.

They were dressed, but the claw knife handles and handguards peeking out from their necks were still conspicuous.

Wearing four sets of straw raincoats and bamboo hats, he indeed became inconspicuous.

The exchange was indeed not cheap, but Lin Xiufeng and his group had dried tiger-dragon meat.

The shopkeepers' eyes lit up, and they rushed to recommend even more tools.

Lin Xiufeng and his group didn't need anything and left directly.

After restocking the shop with some more alcohol and wandering around for a while, they found that it didn't seem like there was any place in the village where mutated beasts were hiding.

The group searched upstream along the river, eventually entering the mountains.

From a distance, the river flows down between the two mountains.

The group climbed up the hillside and looked out over the river.

Under the cover of rain, the mountains and forests on both sides of the river became hazy, and at first glance, nothing special could be seen.

"Split into two groups and search upstream along both sides of the river. If there are any mutated beasts, there should be traces of them drinking water by the river."

Fangyuan and Renxing went to the other side of the river in pairs.

Lin Xiufeng and Zhao Youyue held hands and searched along the mountainside by the river.

After walking for a while, we climbed a hillside and discovered a valley path on the side below the hillside, leading further into a valley.

"Let's go down and take a look!" Lin Xiufeng perked up, feeling that the terrain was very suitable.

The two descended the valley at the foot of the mountain and found many footprints of mutated beasts on the road. Following the footprints, they walked to the riverbank and found an open area where the river met the water and sloped in.

Lin Xiufeng looked at the slopes on both sides of the valley and felt even more certain that he had found it.

"It doesn't look like it was formed naturally; it must be terrain that has been artificially altered."

"Yes, what a coincidence! There's a road that leads from the foot of the mountain to the river, and I've never seen it anywhere else. Plus, there are so many footprints."

Zhao Youyue saw Fang Yuan and Ren Xing crossing the river.

The four of them walked together along the valley path.

They hadn't gone far when Fang Yuan suddenly dodged to the side.

The group immediately retreated and instead searched the mountains and forests on both sides from above the valley.

Lin Xiufeng carefully crept through the mountains and forests and discovered some sentry posts.

He avoided disturbing them and went around them.

After finally getting through the forest of a mountain, we saw the situation in the valley below.

It is a flat valley surrounded by mountains on three sides, with only one valley road leading to the river.

On the other side, there used to be a road, but it was blocked by trees.

In the middle of the area, a group of mutated beasts had gathered.

(End of this chapter)