Chapter 474: What is He Trying to Do? (2/2)

As long as the soul-devouring bugs were still here and that jade vial was still here, there would come a time for it to be used.

When Lin Shuxuan saw his reaction, he curled his lips in annoyance helplessly, then started looking around.

A lot of citizens had already discovered the soul-devouring bugs in their homes, but they didn't realize how severe the matter was and just used things to kill the small bugs. However, after that, larger bugs flooded in. Before the citizens could do anything, the bugs started attacking everything that was alive.

After the soul-devouring bugs started attacking, waves of screams filled the air. At first it was just a couple, but as more screams filled the air, the citizens finally realized that something was off. The soldiers that had been putting up the announcements now struck the gongs to have the citizens evacuate.

However, the result was as City Lord Xu feared. Although these bugs were fearsome, the citizens refused to leave the city.

”Why should we leave!?”

”Where's the city lord?”

”Why didn't the city lord send you guys to exterminate the bugs instead of getting us to leave?”

”I'm not leaving! Why do we have to leave? All of my trade goods are still in the city!”

”City Lord! City Lord! Hurry and save us!”

A lot of people had already gone to the city lord's residence to demand an explanation.

The entire city was in an uproar and citizens filled the streets, but no one was willing to leave.

City Lord Xu had already arrived at the city gates with the four large clans. When he saw this, he sighed heavily, then cupped his fist towards Xiao Siyuan. ”Xiao gongzi, you guys should leave first! I'm the master of North Hara City, so I can't leave just like this!”

Xiao Siyuan saw that City Lord Xu was crestfallen and knew that he was worried about the imperial court blaming this incident on him. The punishment for the crime of abandoning the city and fleeing was harsh. A light sentence would end in his family being executed unto the third generation, a harsh sentence would involve up to a ninth degree relation. Regardless of whether the sentence was light or heavy, City Lord Xu didn't desire any of those results.

Hence, Xiao Siyuan didn't try to dissuade him and just said, ”City Lord Xu, take care. We'll be leaving first.”

City Lord Xu sighed softly. ”Xiao gongzi, you should take care as well.”

”Wait!” Just as Xiao Siyuan was about to leave the city, a shout came from behind him.

Xiao Siyuan turned around helplessly, but then reacted with surprise to the person that had arrived. ”Elder Yu?”

Elder Yu nodded towards him, then walked past him to the family heads. ”Do you mean to leave just like this?”

”Elder Yu, what do you mean by this?” The family heads were all still severely ill. Stronghold Master Lin's condition was better than the rest, so he spoke for them.

”Please don't misunderstand. What this Yu means is that the entire city is currently in an uproar right now. There are man-eating bugs everywhere and the people bitten are starting to attack other people. If things go on like this, it'll become a huge calamity! Everyone here has ability. How can you leave by yourselves when the citizens are in trouble? This Yu rushed over to ask you families heads to work with the martial arts alliance to come up with a counterplan!” After Elder Yu hastily said this, he bowed deeply towards them.

The family heads looked towards him with shame. After hesitating for a while, Bai Luoqing finally spoke. ”It's not that we don't want to help, but…”

She looked around to make sure that there were no outsiders before saying quietly, ”While we were recovering from our injuries, Bai Feiyun drugged us. Right now, there's not even a trace of inner strength in our bodies, so though we have the desire, we don't have the strength.”

Bai Luoqing extended her hand in front of Elder Yu, worried that he wouldn't believe them.

Elder Yu glanced at her. Even though he felt that this was improper, he still placed his fingers on her wrist. The moment he felt her pause, his facial color changed drastically and he looked towards them with shock. ”You guys…”

”Haa. If it weren't for this, how could we abandon so many innocents to flee on our own? Speaking of it now, this incident is actually our fault. If it weren't for the fact that we kept investigating the mysterious person, the mysterious person wouldn't have been led to North Hara City.” Stronghold Master Lin sighed.

Bai Luoqing said, ”It can't be put that way. Even if we weren't involved, based on how ambitious that person is, he still wouldn't have let off the citizens of North Hara City.”

When Elder Yu heard them discuss the mysterious person, he couldn't help but ask curiously, ”You guys know who the mysterious person is now?”

If it was earlier, they would've only been able to say that they didn't know, but now, they all looked towards the city lord's residence. Elder Yu looked over as well and his face filled with shock. The originally majestic residence had already been reduced to rubble and the four people that had been fighting so intensely earlier were already gone.

When they saw this, all of them had a bad premonition. Bai Luoqing hastily said, ”The mysterious person is Lan Jia! Earlier in the city lord's residence, Baili Yu, Mu Ye, and Su Yi had been fighting him, but even working together, they hadn't been able to take him down. There's now no one left that can stop him!”

Elder Yu was stunned by this sudden onslaught of information. His mind went completely blank.

The mysterious person was actually Lan Jia? Hadn't he already died?

And how did he end up colluding with Bai Feiyun? What exactly happened for Baili Yu, Mu Ye, and Su Yi to be unable to defeat him even when they were working together?

It took him quite a while to snap out of it. He looked towards the city lord's residence as he exclaimed, ”Lan Jia? What exactly does Lan Jia want to do?”