Chapter 749 - Guardian of the Blood Hall (1/2)

“Hiss, it’s so cold!” Lin Mengya said.

Although she was dressed in a thick fur cloak, she still felt the weather was freezing cold.

The Nation of Dongxia was quite an interesting place. They seemed to have experienced the change of the four seasons on the way from Jiang City.

When they arrived at the foot of the snow mountain Qijue Peak, she felt as if she had come from a place in late spring to a place in severe winter.

“Young master, perhaps the frosty weather helps you get a lot better. At least before you come downhill, you don’t have to undergo acupuncture again.” As Qian Hua said, he put away the silver needles.

He was keenly aware of Lin Mengya’s current condition.

However, even he, who had studied poison for decades, thought her health condition quite a knotty problem.

“Thank you for your help these days. Sir, when we arrive at the town ahead, they will probably come. You don’t have to go with me. If you care about me, wait for me for half a month. If… if I don’t come downhill, just go far away and never come back,” Lin Mengya said.

She, still dressed as a man, adjusted her clothes.

Lifting the curtain of the carriage, she found it lifeless outside.

All of a sudden, she felt sorrow and heroism, as if these withered plants were seeing her off.

If Long Tianyu or Qinghu was here, they would certainly say something of bad omen.

She was aware that it was very likely to be a one-way trip.

It was difficult to use the Seven Poisons Sacred Grass to neutralize the poison in her body.

Apart from that, Qian Hua had told her that the Candle Dragon Cult members waiting for her at the foot of the mountain were not just ordinary minions.

Dying on the mountain was probably the best ending to her life.

“Young master, let me go with you. Before I came here, Baili Rui repeatedly told me that I must take you back. At worst, the two of us may be captured by the Candle Dragon Cult,” Qian Hua said.

After thinking it over, he still decided he could not let Lin Mengya take the risk alone.

Shaking her head, Lin Mengya remained composed.

She turned around and softly got out of the carriage parked by the roadside.

It was snowing outside. Lin Mengya gathered her cloak and walked unhurriedly down the only road leading to the town.

It was very quiet all around. Apart from the sounds caused by the carriages and horses following her to escort her, she could hardly hear any other sound.

Not far away, there were a few scattered houses that looked especially conspicuous at the foot of the snow-white mountain.

However, it was quiet all round.

Lin Mengya walked vigilantly to the center of the town that was abnormal.

Even if no one came out, there should be some smoke and fire on such a cold day.

However, she did not see any here.

Lin Mengya felt that she had to get up the nerve so that she could suppress the urge to turn around and run away.

She walked straight to the largest courtyard in the town.

After checking around carefully, she only found a spiral of smoke rising out of this courtyard.

Meanwhile, she saw no smoke rising out of the other new or old houses.

Lin Mengya was stunned, thinking that the residents in this town were doomed to be innocent victims the moment they were targeted by the Candle Dragon Cult.

The Candle Dragon Cult’s way of doing things was as cruel as she expected.

With a “creak”, the door of the courtyard was pushed open.

A figure as dark as a crow appeared in Lin Mengya’s sight.

That person had a very robust build, wearing a copper mask.

Lin Mengya and he stared at each other for a long while before she was surprised to find that the copper mask turned out to be the man’s face.

That was to say, the face beneath the mask might be badly mangled, but there was no way it could be a complete human face.

Lin Mengya’s heart skipped a beat. How ruthless was the Candle Dragon Cult that trained Qinghu and the copper-masked man in front of her in such a cruel way?

“Please come in,” the copper-masked man said in a hoarse and low voice, from which she could not tell his specific age.

Lin Mengya pondered for a moment, then stamped into the room.