Excessive ferocity due to caution

Bright Cliff.

A letter was handed to Su Xingcan.

He opened the letter and took a close look, then suddenly froze for a moment.

"Is there any movement?"

Looking at the contents of the letter, Su Xingcan suddenly fell silent, and her expression became serious.

He has a special organization under his command.

Their special responsibility is to roam outside and observe the migration patterns of ghosts.

Every year, a large number of vengeful ghosts launch organized and planned attacks on Bright Cliff.

Therefore, it is extremely important to track their migration patterns!

This concerns the life and death of all the people in Bright Cliff!

At this moment, the letter stated that a large number of ghosts were constantly migrating towards Burial Valley.

Burial Valley is very close to Yashan in the State of Lu. It was the place where the King of Qi attempted to bury alive heroes from all over the world.

Back then, in the Valley of Burial Soldiers, Ren Wudi and Wei Xuezhong fought a fierce battle that shocked all the martial artists in the world!

It was that battle that truly allowed Ren Wudi to forge his own path as a martial artist!

Having personally experienced it, Su Xingcan was naturally very familiar with the name "Valley of Burial Soldiers".

But... why would a vengeful ghost migrate to that place?

"Any news about Zhao Yi?"

He spoke to the messenger in front of him, who was being escorted by men in black.

The latter shook his head, his voice muffled:

"He went to Yinxia Mountain."

"Many of our people have been to that place before, but none of them have come back alive."

Su Xingcan paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back.

"I will arrange patrols here, and I will also inform the adults in Qishan."

"Keep the men in charge of keeping watch, and report back to me immediately if anything happens!"

The messenger nodded, said nothing more, and turned to leave.

Just as he was about to leave, Su Xingcan called him back.

"Old Park..."

The messenger turned around; although his face was covered by a black cloth, the weariness in his eyes told him he was no longer young.

The two stared at each other for a long time, then Su Xingcan said bitterly:

"Be careful, don't... die before me."

Old Pu said calmly:

"Don't worry, I'll take care of you when you die."

After saying that, he stepped over the threshold and strode away.

Su Xingcan took a deep breath, calmed herself down, quickly straightened her clothes, greeted the steward in the courtyard, and then left the place, heading towards Qishan.

Half an hour later, Su Xingcan arrived at Qishan. After climbing the mountain, he stopped in front of a hall and gently knocked on the door.

The main hall in the mountain was built in a very luxurious style, its golden splendor standing out against the lush green mountain scenery, which was quite eye-catching.

After Su Xingcan knocked three times, the palace door opened by itself.

"What is it?"

A dignified voice came from inside.

Su Xingcan bowed deeply outside the palace gate.

"My lords, the vengeful spirits outside have been active again recently. I suspect they may be planning another attack on Bright Cliff..."

Inside the hall, someone gave a cold laugh:

"Last time, when Ancestor Jinxi helped to resolve the troubles from the outside world, you still owe him ten pairs of boys and girls."

"You haven't even paid off this debt yet, and you're already trying to come after us again?"

"Old man, you don't actually think we're some kind of benefactor, do you?"

Su Xingcan was silent for a moment, then said very humbly:

"I have been trying my best to find children for adults this year, but the people in the city are in a state of panic and the birth rate is really limited. There are no children who meet the requirements of adults at the moment."

"I hope that Elder Jinxi will grant this old man some more time..."

Before Su Xingcan could finish speaking, a string of curses immediately erupted from inside the hall:

"Su Xingcan, you old dog! Don't be so ungrateful!"

"There aren't any livestock that meet the requirements for meat? Or are you deliberately covering for them?!"

"In such a vast place as Bright Cliff, you can't even find ten pairs of young boys and girls!"

"What use are you to me?!"

Su Xingcan calmly said:

"That's true. After all, this is livestock offered to Ancestor Jinxi, so it can't be done hastily. That's why I've been carefully selecting it... Anyway, a year or two is just a fleeting moment for you, isn't it?"

Jin Xi sneered:

"Stop trying to be clever here."

"If you do not present ten pairs of young boys and girls to me today, no one in Qishan will intervene further!"

"I think you lowly commoners have become too comfortable and complacent these past few years, and have forgotten your place."

"Only when you scum are once again ruled by fear will you understand what you truly are!"

Su Xingcan remained silent for a while.

"Please wait a moment, Ancestor Jinxi, while I go and make some more preparations... Please be well, my lords."

After he finished speaking, he bowed and backed away.

Bang!

The palace doors slammed shut with such force that they nearly overturned Su Xingcan's aged body.

Staring at the tightly closed palace doors, Su Xingcan clenched his fists tightly, his eyes almost spitting fire, but soon he loosened his fists, swayed, and turned to leave.

……

Clang!

A blade of light, hundreds of feet long, parted the clouds and split the river, annihilating more than a dozen powerful and fierce ghosts!

The curse, accompanied by the stench of decay, wafted through the air, becoming so thick it almost turned into a faint black mist.

Zhao Yi's eyes emitted a divine light, and the vast chanting purified these curses.

Upon seeing this, the rotting heart in his hand suddenly sucked out three large mouthfuls from the black vines!

"You're different from those other types. You're so powerful, you could easily leave. Why risk your life to get involved in this mess?"

It asked Zhao Yi a question.

The latter did not answer its question, but simply said:

"These ghostly things seem to be migrating towards Burial Valley. What are they going to do?"

The rotting heart made no attempt to conceal it, replying directly:

"Assemble."

"Unification of thought."

Zhao Yi squinted:

"What are you doing?"

The rotting heart shakes:

"I don't know about that, it's not like I gathered them."

After a pause, it continued:

"You've demonstrated some of your strength along the way, and I admit you are indeed very strong, but you should also be able to guess that the source of the calamity that destroyed the six kingdoms... is stronger than you!"

"If you're still open to advice, listen to me now and don't go to Burial Valley."

Zhao Yi smiled and said:

"Are you afraid of it?"

Rotten heart:

"It's hard to describe the feeling, but it's definitely not good."

"Whether it's for you... or for me."

Zhao Yi:

"I have a reason why I have to go."

"And I'm not the first person to come here."

They had actually discovered traces of quite a few people along the way.

Many people from Beijing participated in this film project.

A large portion of these people were not there to kill Zhao Yi, but were attracted by the rewards offered during the promotion of the entertainment company's movie.

So they came.

After entering the movie, they were scattered in different places, and some of the actors discovered that the ghost was migrating towards the Valley of the Dead, so they followed it.

As for the fact that someone managed to find this place alive, Zhao Yibing wasn't surprised.

In such a vast capital city, it's not unusual for a few experts of the same realm to emerge.

This time, Fengnan was eager to help Zhao Yi establish his authority and eliminate some of his enemies through the film, so he naturally spent a lot of money on publicity.

"it's useless……"

"No matter how many people go, they'll all die."

The rotting heart spoke with a heavy tone.

"Do you think there weren't enough people who went to find the source of the disaster and disease back then?"

"You can probably guess what happened to them in the end."

"Look at those vengeful ghosts, dazed and confused, living a life worse than death... Do you want to become like that?"

Zhao Yi:

"So you can sense his location?"

The rotting heart paused, startled.

"Feed, feed, feed—"

"Were you not listening to me just now?"

"Why did you go to all that trouble to find it?"

"You can't beat it anyway!"

"You're taking me with you to our deaths..."

P.S.: First update.