Immortality Path: From the Blind Man at the Pharmacy
Chapter 139 - 99, 100. Traveling a thousand miles to say goodbye, the land is full of pits breeding ghost seeds (Big Chapter - asking for subscriptions)_5

Chapter 139: 99, 100. Traveling a thousand miles to say goodbye, the land is full of pits breeding ghost seeds (Big Chapter - asking for subscriptions)_5

The two gazed at each other.

Madam Tong also had a determined look in her eyes, mixed with a hint of stubbornness.

Song Cheng looked around and saw that Miss An, Ying, and Ling were not there before he softly recounted the events of the previous day and expressed his concerns.

"Someone made a move against you?" Madam Tong froze for a moment and then said, "I will investigate. Shanhe Martial Arts Hall and White Camel Estate will join the investigation."

Song Cheng nodded and said, "I hope it’s just a Ghost Servant."

After speaking, he opened the bundle that had accompanied him and displayed the corpses of the Four Blade Ghost Servants.

Madam Tong gravely observed the bodies and said, "I’ll have the people from the Medicine Division take a look."

...

...

Life at Pearl Mountain was very leisurely, and more than ten days passed quickly.

The three major forces of Hanping Prefecture covertly searched every nook and cranny, but they found no trace of the people or events related to "Song Cheng’s encounter with the Four Blade Ghost Servant assassins."

Not to mention them, even Song Cheng himself had already projected his Divine Soul out of his body and had wandered around the prefectural city for a long time.

However, he was usually low-profile and amicable, so there wasn’t anyone in the entire city who held a good feeling towards him that was lower than 60.

’Could it really just be a Ghost Servant?’

...

...

"This is a Ghost Servant?!"

The Iron Cavalry paused, looking at a deep pit enveloped in gray mist.

Within it, there were clearly randomly buried bodies.

The Northern battles were prolonged and deadly, far too many had died to simply burn the remains cleanly.

And the bodies in this pit were clearly hastily tossed in at some unknown time.

Now they lay haphazardly, and it seemed some strange thing was interconnecting and merging between the flesh, involving the nearby stones and metals in a bizarre bloody mesh.

As they observed, eerie noises sporadically emanated from the pit, as if many small spiders were scurrying back and forth.

"Fire!"

The Law Enforcement Elder of White Camel Estate, with his venerable white beard, commanded loudly, "Burn it all."

The Iron Cavalry went out lightly equipped, but they still brought rockets and kerosene, because "Ghost Servants are afraid of fire."

After giving the order, the Elder glanced at the maid whose body was possessed by the Fox Immortal, saw no reaction from her, and then said, "Hurry!"

Hissss!!

Kerosene was poured into the pit, and after dousing it with a bucket, it was ignited by a rocket.

Many Armored Warriors hurriedly gathered firewood from the surroundings and threw it into the center.

A fierce fire blazed within the pit!

Yet, the rising white smoke grew increasingly weak, and the Law Enforcement Elder, upon seeing this, was about to order more kerosene be poured in but was stopped by Fox Immortal Su.

"Let’s continue on our way."

"Fox Immortal?!"

"Pits like this, there should be many." Fox Immortal Su’s voice was calm, as if accustomed to the sight.

She overlooked the pit, her eyes flashing with memories of a time of despair, a time of calamity, when she and Song had been honest about many things, including the fabricated Taoist tale.

However, in that tale of the Taoist, there was one thing she hadn’t lied about.

That was... the Su Family really had fled from elsewhere.

And the original continent had indeed been destroyed by a Ghost Tide.

Now, such a pit on that doomed continent would hardly even count as a "Water Pit Pond."

If she guessed right, now in the vast northern lands, in the slaughtered county towns, there were many such pits, weren’t there?

Doomsday was approaching.

Catastrophe was coming.

"Never mind, let’s hurry!"

Fox Immortal urged again.

The Law Enforcement Elder then nodded his head.

A thousand cavalry continued northward, their supplies of food scarce, already greatly depleted in the search. If they continued like this, they would have to slaughter horses.

As the Iron Cavalry had left not long before, the deep pit ignited by flames behaved as if doused with ice water, and instantly, the hissing noise of it being extinguished was followed by continued odd rustling sounds from within.

...

...

"Sir, please spare my life."

"Sir..."

"Who are you people? We have no grievances against each other."

"Let me tell you, we are from the An Family of Hanping Prefecture. Ever heard of the Northern Region Blade King?"

A group of people were wailing and collapsed on the ground, some begging for mercy, others cursing angrily.

But no matter what they did, two men in black just coldly watched them. If anyone tried to get up, the men in black would quickly step forward and beat them down.

At that moment, one of the men in black coldly said, "If you want to live, confess, what were you doing for the An Family?"

The crowd fell silent for a while.

The man in black then said, "To avoid you colluding in a lie, I will separate you one by one and make you explain clearly.

Think carefully. Only life is your own; there’s no need to die for the An Family or your masters.

Isn’t living good?

You only have one chance. Seize it yourself."

Immediately, the two men in black started to divide their tasks, one watching over the scene, while the other dragged people one by one to the back of a small grove for questioning.

These were, of course, the people who had escaped, Wang Tianchuan, Gao Lin, and laborers returning in hopes of sharing in the spoils.

But they had not expected that even before reaching Hanping Prefecture and before their good days had begun, they would encounter bandits.

These two bandits were extremely powerful, easily knocking down even the Force Realm’s Wang Tianchuan and Gao Lin.

...

Behind the small grove.

All manner of life.

"I confess, I confess, the An Family had us dig a canal to the Jue Tongtang River. I knew the An Family was up to no good. Sir, spare my life."

...

"I saw gray smoke rising from the direction of the Tang River, there must be an evil spirit coming out. After all, I had heard about them before. I... I had no choice. Those two from the An Family were the supervisors, and if I didn’t do it, they would have killed me."

...

"It’s the An Family, the An Family is causing trouble!"

...

Eventually, it was Wang Tianchuan’s turn.

Wang Tianchuan glanced at Gao Lin, who had just been brought back from the grove.

Gao Lin offered a bitter smile and shook his head.

Wang Tianchuan had pretty much understood by then.

Soon, he was taken to the back of the grove, and when pressed for information, he directly said, "Nonsense! It’s all nonsense! We just wanted to slack off, so we strayed there and then ran away! Haven’t you seen people who run away because they can’t continue digging a canal? We heard that the An Family had prospered and wanted to return and have good days with our old master! What’s wrong with that? Isn’t it allowed?"

The man in black sinisterly said, "Think carefully before you speak, as many have already confessed."

Wang Tianchuan said, "Confessed what?"

The man in black said, "Digging through the Jue Tongtang River, releasing evil spirits."

Wang Tianchuan said, "Nonsense, it’s all nonsense! They made it up to save their lives!"

Soon, the man in black brought the previously mentioned laborers for confrontation.

The laborers pointed at Wang Tianchuan, each more vehement than the last.

Wang Tianchuan vehemently refuted them.

At this point, the two men in black exchanged glances, then suddenly drew the long swords at their waists and began slashing rapidly.

However, they did not kill Wang Tianchuan and Gao Lin, who "refused to divulge any information about the An Family, even at the risk of death," but rather those who had confessed.

After a chaotic massacre, all who had confessed were beheaded.

Not far from there, a carriage slowly appeared.

Zhao Hua smiled at the two and said, "Brother Wang, Brother Gao, those who are not our own can never be relied upon completely.

Next time... don’t bring back so many people, just solve it yourself, right?"

"Please, let’s go home."