Chapter 396: City (1/2)

”What do you mean… by the first invasion?” Alex asked confused and a little worried.

”Um, what else could I mean? The first invasion, the one from a month ago. The one we were just talking about,” Ying Wu said.

”Yes I understand that, but the fact that you call it 'the first invasion' implies that there was another one,” Alex asked nervously.

Ying Wu made a weird look. ”Don't you know? There was an invasion just a few days ago,” she said.

”What?” Alex exclaimed. ”There was another invasion?” He was surprised. 'Wasn't I supposed to know when the invasions occurred? Was that time just a coinci—'

”When exactly did it occur?” he asked.

”Like 5 or 6 days ago,” Ying Wu said.

'Damn, It must've been during the time I went back home,' Alex thought. He couldn't know if he felt it or not, but he definitely missed it if he did.

”The sects are all back to their cities right? Is the Capital still okay?” he asked.

”Oh, no need to worry about that. Like I said, the first invasion was truly the strongest. The second one had strong beasts but not strong enough to give F— fighters any problem,” she said.

”Apparently the attacks in the other cities were weak as well, so most of the cities are fine. However, due to the first strong attack on the capital, Mistress got worried that the beasts had someone intelligent amongst them and would come to attack the city with greater amount again,” Ying Wu said.

”So the attacks are everywhere huh? Are the other cities doing well? ” He asked.

”Oh yeah, most cities can handle the beasts even with a non-combat sect. It's the small villages around the empire that are facing the most problems. However, most of them aren't near the forest already, so it's mostly fine,” Ying Wu said.

Alex started to worry a little about his sect. 'Did master not come search for me as much because she learned about what happened back in the city?' he thought.

”Yeah, so you see. It's better to take my mother out of there, despite it having some of the best doctors and Alchemist,” she said.

”Oh, and where are you taking her?” he asked.

”I heard there is a good alchemy sect in Scarlet City, so we were thinking of taking her there,” Ying Wu said.

”Oh, I'm from the Hong Wu sect. If you need any help, just use my name,” Alex said.

The two talked for a while until night fell. However, the caravan still kept ongoing. Alex didn't dare cultivate around people that he didn't trust just yet, so all he did was think about the various things he had learned about alchemy.

Early morning, right before it was time for him to leave, he heard movements. Ying Wu opened her eyes as well, and soon there was a commotion outside the caravan.