Chapter 376 - Theres a Femme Fatale in the Mountain (1/2)

“After we disembarked, some of us were dabbed with a certain milk-white liquid, which made the toxic insects stay away from us. But the amount was limited. In addition to them, only five of us who have reached the level of Transforming-strength, were coated with the liquid. Almost half of the rest died in the forest, but the five of us survived.”

It was not until then that Xiao Bing realized that the skeletons he saw on his way here must have been that of his companions.

Xiao Bing asked, “Why did they capture you? What was their purpose and where is the rest of the group?”

“Mountain top. You should jump from the cliff…”

“Jump?” The man’s words sent cold fingers down Xiao Bing’s spine. “Doesn’t that mean certain death?”

“They will survive death.”

“What do you mean by that? What’s in that cliff? Why did they take you there?”

“Blood… Snake… Tonics. We are not tonics! We are humans!!!”

Zhen Qiao suddenly cried out, quivering all over. Xiao Bing did not know what to do. He wanted to probe for more, but this man was already at the verge of insanity. Xiao Bing surmised that this information would be all that he could get.

When Xiao Bing was about to speak, Zhen Qiao stopped crying. His body stiffened and he fell to the ground.

Zhen Qiao had died.

Xiao Bing stood up and his face stern. According to Zhen Qiao’s words, they had been taken by Feng XIII and his men. And they were all covered with a certain cream that repelled the insects.

But what did he want from them? It seemed to have something to do with tonics, according to Zhen Qiao’s words.

Xiao Bing had taken a look at the cliff. It was deep and bottomless. Even he could not clearly see the bottom, yet Zhen Qiao had asked him to jump from the cliff. The fall would definitely kill him, even though he was at the Void-breaking level. Besides he did not know if Zhen Qiao had said it, due to his state of madness.

Normally, when Xiao Bing controlled one’s mind temporarily, the person would only tell the truth. But this concerned his life. It never hurt to be extra careful.

Xiao Bing decided to put this aside first. He dug a pit with his knife, and buried this man, since he was a soldier from the Cathaysian State. Xiao Bing would not allow this man to rot in the wild.

Then Xiao Bing filled the pit and stepped on it, to even out the soil. He murmured to himself as he looked at the earth beneath his feet, “Zhen Qiao, that’s all I can do for you. May your soul rest in peace. I promise you that I’ll avenge you, as long as it does not affect my mission.”

Xiao Bing sighed and resumed searching in the forest. But no clues could be found afterward. As it was getting dark, Xiao Bing began returning to the top. But he found another drop of blood on his way back. He did nothing, but watch. Soon after, he saw another centipede approaching it and licking the blood. Xiao Bing watched it intently.

As expected, the centipede’s body began expanding. Later it fell from the branch, as it had become five times bigger. But then it wriggled like a snake. But the moment it reached the branch, it suddenly exploded.

It was that man’s blood.

Xiao Bing took a deep breath. He stared at the front, with a complicated look in his eyes. He found himself at the mountainside.

This meant that Feng XIII indeed did bring that man to the mountain top!

But did they really jump from the cliff?

Xiao Bing came to the top again, worries churning in his mind. He walked to the edge of the cliff, and cast a glance at the bottomless void down there. “Damn, I feel so dizzy…”

“Did they really jump from this cliff? Joint suicide? But why was Zhen Qiao lying there?”