Could it be that I am the cruel villain?
Chapter 129 - 104 Southern Border Witch [4K]

Chapter 129: Chapter 104 Southern Border Witch [4K]

"It seems like she had a rough time yesterday."

Alone, he walked out of the city gate.

Holding the commission in his hand, he flipped it over and over again. It had the detailed address of the village and even a simple map. However, he felt that things weren’t as smooth as they seemed, always feeling a bit suspicious.

It just so happened that someone hurriedly delivered the commission to him as soon as he arrived. It just so happened to require a realm similar to his own, and was located about 200 miles away from Shuangfeng City, not too far nor too close, just a day’s journey.

He examined the mud seal on the commission carefully; it was indeed the handiwork of the Immortal Pavilion. Although it was somewhat coincidental, such commissions had to be verified before being issued.

It could either be local officials seeking help, or someone desperately escaping death and seeking rescue, and they must leave a case record. Should there be any inaccuracies or other discrepancies, the person who issued the commission would bear full responsibility.

Of course, there was another scenario where the issued commission could not be completed, like the current situation with Jiang Feng. In fact, there was also a recorded murder case associated with Mr. Jiang, but his name wasn’t mentioned in that particular case so far.

So, no matter what, the commission couldn’t be forged.

"There are mysterious wolf packs appearing around He Village, their bodies decaying and oozing poisonous blood, and the mountains are littered with rotting flesh. Recently, some villagers were attacked and managed to escape, but there were no fatalities..."

"I hope I’m just being overly cautious."

The sky turned darker as the sun set.

In the woods, there was still the figure of a young man running. He took a sip from his gourd; his current realm of Qi Refinement was still far from reaching the stage of Fasting. He glanced at the commission in his hand and then at the boundary marker by the roadside; it seemed he had arrived just in time.

After all, He Family Village was only 200 miles from Shuangfeng City. With his pace, he could reach it in a day. Discovering unusual wolf packs around the village was indeed a matter of life and death; arriving a moment earlier was better.

But...

"Who exactly is following me?"

The young man stopped in front of the boundary marker, his eyebrows tightly knitted.

He hadn’t felt anyone following him when he just left the city, but after traveling about a hundred miles, he distinctly felt as if he was being watched.

It wasn’t that others were showing traces, but rather a sixth sense. Previously, his senior sister had taught him how to follow without leaving traces: not to stare at the target but to use peripheral vision to watch the person needed to be monitored. Even a slight lingering of the gaze could easily alert the target.

"Is it that person from before?"

Images from the day flashed through his mind.

If someone harbored resentment over his shortcut and chose to follow him, it made sense. After all, suffering under Xu Fu and not finding an outlet for his anger, it was normal to pick on a Soft Persimmon.

But how did they know where he was going?

Moreover, it was clear that they only caught up to him after he had started half of his journey. No one else had seen the commission except him and Xu Fu, so it couldn’t possibly be Manager Xu betraying him, could it?

Another possibility was that the person in the wilderness didn’t make a move because if they attacked with their cultivation, wouldn’t it be secure? Did that person plan not to return to Shuangfeng City after attacking him?

Since the person behind didn’t reveal any traces, he couldn’t force them out. If he wasn’t mistaken, perhaps the person was waiting for him to take action and snatch the results.

"Indeed, there are no pies falling from the sky."

Wa ——

Wa ——

Crows circled over the village, emitting piercing cries.

As night was about to fall, in He Family Village, many children played and frolicked in the village, running all the way to the edge of the village.

"Hey! You kids, what are you doing? Don’t run out of the village! Beware of the wolves eating your hearts. Go, go, go, go back, all of you go back!"

A few men armed with harpoons shouted sternly at the village entrance. They were patrolling nearby and managed to immediately dampen the spirits of the excited children, all of whom unwillingly returned.

Watching the children go far away, the men sighed with relief. Soon, the howling of the wolf pack could be heard in the distance, causing them to tighten their grip on their harpoons urgently. Recently, the entire village was in a constant state of fear, with the howling of the pack sometimes echoing even in the dead of night.

River Village had several hundred inhabitants, making it a large village in this area. According to the hunters from the mountain, they had seen dozens of wild wolves, not only in large numbers but also with rotting bodies covered in decaying flesh, which was a terrifying sight.

Among them, a villager, driven by curiosity, smelled the rotten flesh on the ground, trying to identify the animal. Just smelling it caused him to vomit violently and nearly faint on the spot; if not for others accompanying him, he might have died right there on the mountain.

This eerie phenomenon immediately made the villagers suspect the Southern Border. Overnight, a few brave and trained individuals were sent to State City for help, following the same protocol as when Qingshui County had once sought aid.

With State City not far from the Southern Border and recalling a major war that occurred there twenty years ago, many villagers had experienced it and had to temporarily evacuate the village at that time.

But the current phenomena all suggested that it might be the Gu Poison left by the Southern Border; given the scale of the wolf pack, they couldn’t handle it. Even risking killing off the wolves, the strong men of the village would likely die off entirely.

"Ah, what should we do, with the wolf pack howling nearby as if in heat every day, not knowing when they will come down from the mountain."

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