Full-Level Fierce Person
Chapter 391 - 230 Ransom_2

Chapter 391: 230 Ransom_2

Sui Yanqing and Luo Junqi’s bodies had already been tampered with by Fang Zhixing, sealing off the flow of Qi-Blood within them.

Over time, their bodies naturally became paralyzed and immobilized.

Fang Zhixing didn’t have to worry about them escaping.

"Once they wake up, I’ll use them for a few experiments," he said.

Fang Zhixing yawned and closed his eyes to sleep.

The night passed quickly.

By the time the sun was high in the sky, Fang Zhixing had woken up and turned to the room next door.

"Mm~"

The two hostages had already woken up and were struggling nonstop on their beds.

As soon as they saw Fang Zhixing, they immediately glared at him with wide eyes, furious!

Fang Zhixing reached out and removed the cloth from their mouths, then calmly sat down.

That cloth, which he had picked up from the ground, was already moldy, and its vile stench was imaginable.

The two young masters of nobility couldn’t tolerate such a smell and were coughing and retching so hard they were nearly vomiting bile.

Luo Junqi, after spitting a few times, gradually recovered and, glaring at Fang Zhixing, bellowed angrily, "I am a member of the Luo Clan, do you know the consequences of kidnapping me?"

Smack—

Luo Junqi’s neck jerked violently, and five bright red finger marks appeared on his cheek.

The slap was so harsh, it almost knocked the breath out of him.

After a long while, he managed to twist his neck back into place and finally catch his breath normally.

Luo Junqi’s face turned from green to white, no longer daring to make threats.

Seeing this, Sui Yanqing wisely shut his mouth and didn’t dare to let out a peep.

Fang Zhixing spoke indifferently, "Do you know where you are?"

Sui Yanqing slightly lowered his head and obediently replied, "Please, Hero Zhang, enlighten us."

Fang Zhixing spoke slowly, emphasizing each word, "This place is Yulan County Town."

"Impossible!"

Luo Junqi exclaimed in disbelief, "Ten years ago, Yulan County Town suddenly underwent a drastic change, shrouded in mist, and since then, no one has been able to get close to that town."

Fang Zhixing’s mind stirred and he asked, "When a county town disappeared just like that, did the Prefectural Governor inquire about it?"

Luo Junqi continued, "At that time, we were in the midst of chaos, with the Great Rebel Greed Wolf sacking cities every other day; who cared about the small Yulan County Town. Hmm, almost a year after the chaos ended, my father wanted to settle some refugees in Yulan County, so he sent people over to take over the town, only to find that it had already been engulfed in mist.

Moreover, oddly enough, you could see the town from a distance, but no matter how you tried, you couldn’t get close to it; the more you ran toward it, the further away it seemed to get."

Fang Zhixing understood.

This was someone else’s perspective of the Yulan Forbidden Zone, strikingly different from what he had experienced.

Fang Zhixing pressed on, "Then what happened? When such a big incident occurred, how did your father deal with it?"

Luo Junqi replied with a sneer, "What else could he do? Following the Court’s usual practice, when encountering such bizarre events, they report everything to the ’Sky Observation Department.’"

Fang Zhixing, his interest piqued, asked, "What did the people from the Sky Observation Department say?"

Luo Junqi answered, "The Sky Observation Department sent someone who said that Yulan County Town was gradually turning into a Restricted Area and advised us not to interfere.

They said to just wait patiently and when the Restricted Area was fully formed, we would naturally be able to enter the Yulan County Town again."

Fang Zhixing took a deep breath and hurriedly asked, "What exactly causes the formation of a Restricted Area?"

"How would I know that?"

Luo Junqi huffed, "Besides those goddamned folks from the Sky Observation Department, there are probably few people in the world who have a clear understanding of how Restricted Areas come into existence."

Fang Zhixing nodded in understanding and said, "I’ll tell you the truth; it was by a stroke of misfortune that I mistakenly entered Yulan County Town."

Having said that, he untied the leashes from the two men and seriously added, "You can try to escape from this town. If you have the skills to leave, I’ll grant you your freedom."

The two nobles looked at each other, skeptical.

Suddenly, they walked out limping and hobbling.

Fang Zhixing’s lips curled slightly as he sat in the room waiting.

It was a full two hours before Luo Junqi and Sui Yanqing returned.

Exhausted and gasping for air, drenched in sweat, their faces were filled with incomprehensible expressions.

Luo Junqi, panting heavily, asked, "How on earth can we leave this place?"

Fang Zhixing was silent for a moment before responding honestly, "Previously, someone else was trapped here, but after she fell asleep and had a dream, she mysteriously left. You might as well try this method."

"A dream?!"

A baffled Luo Junqi became even more perplexed.

Sui Yanqing’s eyes flickered and tugged at Luo Junqi’s sleeve.

The two immediately went to the adjacent room and closed the door.

Sui Yanqing whispered, "I once read a piece of strange news in an ancient book that in the olden days, a woodcutter went into the mountains to chop wood, but a heavy fog suddenly rose, and he lost his way. Feeling tired and sleepy, he lay down and fell asleep, having a dream.

In said dream, he happened upon a woman in distress, saved her, and won her affection, only to discover later that the woman was the daughter of the regional commander.

He married her, became a high-ranking official, and enjoyed all the riches and honors.

Latterly, he abruptly woke from the dream to find his ax’s handle had rotted away.

Upon returning to his hometown, he realized that a hundred years had passed and all those who knew him had long since died."

Luo Junqi listened with a frown and criticized, "You just like to read these nonsensical accounts of oddities.’

Sui Yanqing continued, "I haven’t finished yet. Still remembering everything that happened in the dream, the woodcutter went to search for his wife, and astonishingly, he indeed found a grave with tombstones that bore both his and his wife’s names, indicating that he was an empty tomb."

Luo Junqi stared blankly and exclaimed in amazement, "Are you suggesting that the woodcutter’s dream was real?"

Sui Yanqing nodded, "I used to be skeptical, but now I suspect that story might be true. The ancients once proposed the concept of ’Primordial Spirit leaving the body.’ Perhaps, within this newly-born forbidden zone, we might just be able to do that."

Luo Junqi’s expression shifted, and after pondering, he nodded, "You try it first."

Sui Yanqing lay down, regulated his breathing, and gradually succumbed to sleepiness.

He fell asleep.

Almost simultaneously, Fang Zhixing also fell asleep, stepping out of the room to wait.

But moments passed.

Fang Zhixing had yet to see Sui Yanqing emerge from the room.

On the other hand, Luo Junqi was growing impatient, nudged Sui Yanqing, and woke him up.

"How was it, did you dream anything?" Luo Junqi asked eagerly.

Sui Yanqing smacked his lips and said blankly, "I slept soundly, it seems I had no dreams."

Luo Junqi was momentarily speechless.

Seeing this, Fang Zhixing mused to himself, "It seems that, aside from me, outsiders are unable to dream here."

Half a month whizzed by.

Luo Lifu and Sui Jiefu were ready, carrying the ransom, they made their way to the designated location.

Next to the overgrown official road stood a giant willow with a girth wide enough to require five people to embrace.

Looking up, they saw a bedsheets hanging from the tree with the message written on it:

"Place the ransom under the tree, retreat a kilometer away."

Luo Lifu looked around, his brow tightly furrowed.

Suddenly, he transformed, sprouting eight eyes and eight long limbs.

With a flick of his finger, he shot out a strand of spider silk across the sky.

Then, Luo Lifu leaped onto the silk, standing aloft, surveying the surroundings.

Unfortunately, he detected nothing out of the ordinary.

At that moment, an elderly man in black came forward, discarding his outer garment, his body suddenly swelled, and a pair of majestic eagle wings emerged from his back.

With a whoosh!

The elder in black soared into the sky, circled for a few rounds, scanning the area within a ten-mile radius.

Soon, he approached Luo Lifu and reported, "Prefectural Governor, this place is deserted, not a soul in sight."

Luo Lifu hummed in response, gently landing on the ground.

Sui Jiefu and the others immediately gathered around.

Luo Lifu’s expression was somewhat grim as he said sternly, "The kidnappers have asked us to withdraw a kilometer away. If we don’t comply, they probably won’t show up at all."

Sui Jiefu evaluated the situation and responded, "A kilometer, with my speed, it would take but a breath’s time."

He turned to the elder in black and added, "Old Zheng can fly, faster than me."

The elder in black, his eagle eyes gleaming, declared coolly, "As long as the kidnappers dare to come, they won’t be able to escape my sight."

Luo Lifu thought it over and nodded, "I’ll lay down a spider web around the area. If the kidnappers touch any of my silk strands, I will detect it immediately."

After speaking, he arranged for personnel, positioning them to the east, west, south, and north for concealed ambush.

Time flew swiftly, and darkness fell in a blink.

Luo Lifu, Sui Jiefu, and others waited in silence, their patience slowly waning to nothing.

Suddenly!