Chapter 306: The Hidden Smell (2/2)

Xue Wei looked at them with narrowed eyes, a playful smile flittering across his lips.

”Nah, I don't think we should,” he said languidly, ”we are fine together, she is not one to be overwhelmed by danger, and her cultivation base is shockingly high, so she is safe. It is much more fun to go together so that we do not get lost,” Xue Wei answered, not even caring if his excuse made sense.

Hearing his answer, the villagers exchanged glances with one another, but they quickly returned a smile on their faces, and nodded their heads, ”We will look together,” they said with smiles, ”Are you not thirsty after looking this long? Let us take a short break; we have some delicious sugary water for you to drink.”

”Sorry, we are not thirsty,” Xue Wei answered with a cunning smile, and even the King, who had not sensed anything at the start, was starting to feel alert when she saw and sensed that Xue Wei and the other's had their bodies taut and ready to burst out with energy at any moment.

The King had grown up in Yan Dalu. Although she was used to schemes and underhanded tricks, she had not been in many life and death situations. Fortunately, she was very quick to pick up on the subtle signs that Xue Wei and his friends were showing.

The more they searched, the more things were starting to make them worried. In the beginning, they had still run into members of the crew and delegations, but now the only thing that was left was citizens of the village.

The villagers were leading them around in a ring, they looked at the same places again and again, but saw no signs of Luoluo and Xue Wei started to feel worried.

”So what exactly have you put in the food and drinks?” he asked straight forward after a bit of time, his question stunning the villagers and make them back up filled with dread.

Xue Wei knew that Luoluo was a foodie. If she was offered food, she would eat it no doubt about it.

She had likely already fallen to their schemes, and he was starting to feel worried.

”There... There is nothing in the food and drinks,” one of the villagers said, but he still backed up in fear.

”Oh?” Xue Wei chuckled slightly as he took a step forward, his arm shot out like a snake and grasped the villager by the throat, ”why don't you drink it then?” he continued to ask, and pulled a glass of sugary water from the tray, pouring all the drink into the mouth of the villager.

The villager coughed constantly, his face was filled with dread as he tried to close his mouth, but Xue Wei broke his jaw before he poured another glass into the mouth of the villager.

Before he managed to finish pouring the third glass into his mouth, the man became limp, his eyes rolling back in his head, and his breathing evened out.

”So it is a sleeping drug,” Xue Wei said casually as he pinched the throat of the villager, killing him on the spot.

Seeing the sudden display of cruelty, all the villagers in the surroundings retreated with fear in their eyes. Even the King was slightly uncomfortable.

”Don't pity them,” Xue Wei said, ”they have spiked our drinks. They clearly have some ulterior motives to do so, not to mention the stench of human blood on this island is so strong. They must have something planned.”

”For now the most important thing is for us to find Luoluo and the others,” Lin Xiao sighed, he too had once been against any unnecessary cruelty towards humans, but having traveled with Xue Wei for as long as he had, he understood now, that humans were not as innocent as he once thought.

Xue Wei flew into the air to get a better overview of the ground, and there he found that a group of villagers were driving three carts that were covered with black fabric.

”I think I found them,” he said to the others as he shot towards the carts.

Treading on air, he, Hei Gou and Lin Xiao all rushed to the carts, and the first thing that greeted them was an arm that was visible underneath the black fabric.

The villagers that were pulling the carts were shocked when they saw the three descending from the sky above, their legs started to tremble, and their eyes widened in shock.

They fled away from the carts as quickly as they could, and Xue Wei quickly reached out to remove the fabric, only to see that their crew members and others were stacked like goods on the carts.

There were a full seven carts, and all of them were filled with crew members, delegation members, and even Luoluo was there.

”What do we do now?” The King asked tentatively as she looked at the people, even Xue Wei was frowning.

”Let us all return to the ship,” he said after considering for some time, ”We need everyone to wake up before we can decide what to do.

”If they do not wake up soon, then we will unleash a massacre until they start telling me how to wake them up.

”If they keep their mouths shut, then we will just kill every single person until not one remains, and then we will search their village for the antidote.

”But most likely, this is just a common sleeping drug,” he argued, ”as a common sleeping drug, they should wake up on their own after a short amount of time.”