Chapter 32 (1/2)

Chapter 32: Reunion

Shen Qingqiu sat upright

A corpse, f f f!

I’d just thought “the water’s so clear” and you givecorpse? Don’t slap e used a pole to hook the corpse closer and turn it over It was actually a complete skeleton Because it had been wrapped in black cloth from head to toe with the face sunk underwater, it had escaped his notice earlier

Shen Qingqiu asked, “Junior apprentice brother Mu, do you knohat kind of plague will instantly turn an entire body into a skeleton?”

Mu Qingfang slowly shook his head “I’ve never heard of anything like this before”

A boat rowing upstrea forward Since they’d stopped for a while, the se lifted his pole again and said to those behind hih, five or six corpses floated over Just like the first one, all of theqiu was lost in his thoughts, Liu Qingge suddenly stabbed the pole into the rock wall beside them The thin, brittle bamboo pole was thus inserted into the smooth, seamless stone Once fixed in place, the boat stopped where it was

Shen Qingqiu also noticed there was so different and stood up “Who is it?”

In the depths of the darkness ahead caht at the hull of the boat diure They heard a boy’s voice: “Who are you people? Why are you entering the city through the hidden river?”

Shen Qingqiu said, “That’s what I’d like to ask you”

Even though he was standing on a sant and refined With his green clothes, black hair, and long sword hanging from his waist, every qiu was now very experienced at acting cool and was able to incorporate so man was stunned by his airs and blanked out for a ht now entry into the city is not allowed!”

Liu Qingge snorted “Who are you to stop anyone?”

The boy said, “There’s a plague in the city If you don’t want to die, then scra warmly said, “Little brother, we’re precisely here for that reason……”

Seeing that they weren’t leaving, the boy said angrily, “Do you not understand human speech? Leave quickly! Scra iun cae laughed coldly and pulled out the ba stroke, the opponent was sent flying into the water Hearing the teenager’s curses while splashi+ng in the river, Shen Qingqiu asked, “Shall we fish hiot plenty of breath and energy, why should we bother fishi+ng hi out the ba the boat

The three of theal boat floated on the currents back into the darkness The exit was in the most barren area of the city, in the le person was around They walked towards the center of the city for a while when the tap, tap, tap of so behind them

Drenched like a chicken prepared for soup, the young man from earlier rushed towards them and exclai in! Before, there were a lot of people who caue Some monks, some Taoists, some Hua Palace¹ Each and every one of the for an early death!”

So it turned out that the young ood Shen Qingqiu tolerantly smiled “What do you think we should do since we’ve already entered?”

The boy said, “What else can you do? Follow me and don’t run around! I’ll take you to the senior qiu saw the other two didn’t object They were all unfamiliar with Jinlan City so it would be best if soave a small nod and asked, “Little brother, what is your naYixuan I’m the son of the boss of the Finely-Crafted Weapons shop”

So he was the son of the weapons shop oho had braved death to ask for help froqiu continuously sizing up the young qiu whispered, “This child can stand up after one of your attacks and has a good heart Both of these things are hard to coe said, “Moldable talents are still useless I don’t accept disciples Too troublesome”

As they walked into the radually increased But this “increase” was only in cole street had at most three to four pedestrians, buried head to foot in black cloth They walked hastily, acting like birds frightened by the hissing of a bowstring or fish that narrowly escaped the net Yang Yixuan led thee, situated on the widest ether for a single faarden, an inner hall, and a basement

Great Master Wu Chen was in the base his lower half Upon seeing the group froreeted theqiu said, “Great Master, the situation is desperate so on’t dwell on the rest What kind of plague has eed in Jinlan City? Why did the Great Master stay in town and not send a single e out? Also, why does everyone need to be covered in black cloth?”

Great Master Wu Chen smiled bitterly “What immortal Shen asks is really all the same question”

With that said, he pulled back the blanket covering his lower half Shen Qingqiu stiffened

Underneath the blanket was only a pair of thighs There was nothing below the knee The calves had coe said coldly, “Who did this?”

Wu Chen shook his head “nobody did this”

Shen Qingqiu was puzzled “If nobody did this, then did your legs vanish by themselves?”

Unexpectedly, Wu Chen nodded “It truly is so My legs vanished by thes rapped in black cloth Wu Chen reached out a hand and exerted great effort to pull off the cloth Mu Qingfang hurriedly assisted hihtly uncomfortable”

The black cloth was unwrapped layer by layer, revealing as left of his legs Shen Qingqiu’s breathing hitched

Great Master, you call this “slightly unco, gangrenous flesh spreading from his stumps When the black cloth loosened, a putrid stench wafted out in waves

Shen Qingqiu asked, “This is the plague of Jinlan City?”

Wu Chen said, “That’s right In the beginning stages of this sickness, only a se lasts from 3 to 5 days, up to half aAfter anotherthe body with black cloth to reduce exposure to the open air can you delay its progression”

No wonder every person in the city wrapped theqiu said, “If it takes one , who informed Zhao Hua Temple, rot to rief “I’m ashamed to admit this, but it was only later that I realized that if the infected person stays inside Jinlan City, they can live up to a month or so But if they travel a certain distance froress My two junior disciple brothers rashly left the town to go back to the monastery, and the disease killed them on the spot”

So that’s why people could not enter or leave!

Liu Qingge asked, “What’s the origin of this disease? How does it spread?”

Wu Chen only sighed “This old monk is ashamed We have spent ress towards finding anything about the disease We don’t knohere the plague started and we don’t kno it spreads We don’t even knohether it is infectious or not”

Mu Qingfang stared blankly, “What do you ht suspicion “We’ve all seen the weapon-shop family’s son He has personally looked after Master Wu Chen for so long, but no part of his body is covered by black fabric You can clearly see his skin is unblee that Wu Chen didn’t infect hi The oldtrapped here”

Shen Qingqiu said, “You fang exa with rapt attention as if he couldn’t smell a whiff of the putrid stench He asked, “Has junior apprentice brother Mu discovered anything? Do you know a cure?”

Mu Qingfang shook his head “This doesn’t look like a plague; it actually looks like…” He looked at the others “I qiu left the base back, furiously gripping a long knife S Yixuan angrily said, “Another person entered the town Those so Hua people are theto their deaths!”

Huan Hua Palace probably sent qiu saw that his face ollen like a meat bun and had the heart to tease him “Little brother, I see your skills are quite renored hi brother who sent you flying into the water earlier today He’s incredibly strong, so fighting with him a few more times will be more useful than if you learnt with anyone else”