I Slay Gods and Demons in the Deceit Night
Chapter 119 - 97: Ancient Hidden Dangers, The Tragedy of the Elderly Martial Artists!

Chapter 119: Chapter 97: Ancient Hidden Dangers, The Tragedy of the Elderly Martial Artists!

Upon hearing this inquiry, Lin Yan’s heart felt somewhat conflicted as the question directly addressed him.

However, this was also within Lin Yan’s expectations.

His purpose in deliberately taking the main road was to converge with the various forces of Qifeng Prefecture in pursuit of the "murderer" and to participate in the manhunt, contributing his modest effort and compiling some meritorious deeds to report.

"A brash big man on a white horse?"

Lin Yan shook his head slightly and said indifferently, "I have never seen such a crude fellow."

Yuan Tongye, expressionless, looked down at him, scrutinized him for a moment, and then withdrew his gaze, no longer paying attention.

Only the Deputy General beside him moved half a step closer on horseback and said solemnly, "Shortly after you left the city, a brash big man assassinated Wang Yuan, the city commandant, and fled on horseback!"

"This person is extremely vicious. If encountered, do not act rashly; you must light incense to signal a warning and gather the surrounding brothers to join in the attack!"

As he finished speaking, the man reached into his robe, pulled out a long incense stick, and tossed it over.

Lin Yan caught it smoothly and thought to himself, "They just want me to light incense to signal, it seems they don’t regard me, the mere flag commander of Linjiang Square, highly and don’t intend to let me participate in the hunt."

"By the way."

At that moment, the Deputy General frowned and asked, "Did you leave the city on foot?"

Lin Yan, with a calm tone, responded, "I was originally on horseback, but because I missed the closest medium-sized Pure Land to High Willow City last night, I had to take shelter in a small-sized Pure Land, so... "

The young girl who was following Mr. Lu had also left the city on horseback, swapped for Lin Yan’s Jiao Linma, yet did not leave her original mount behind.

This was because the nearby Pure Lands, even among the smaller ones, belonged to the narrower category and couldn’t accommodate large horses.

This explanation had been settled on the day before.

He had thought that by saying this, the Left City Guard Army within the city would leave him a horse.

But unexpectedly, this group of cavalry, after understanding the situation, rode ahead directly, completely ignoring the foot-traveling flag commander.

Watching the rolling dust, Lin Yan felt quite helpless and thought to himself, "Unwilling to leave me a horse and yet asking why I am on foot without a horse? What a waste of breath!"

Continuing along the main road.

Up ahead was a fork in the road; the road on the left led to Qifeng Prefecture City and could also go to Li City.

The road on the right led to Feng City.

Lin Yan looked at the horse tracks on the road and was somewhat surprised, "This Great Commander Yuan, isn’t he supposed to be pursuing the ’murderer’? Why is he heading straight to Feng City? Is he so certain that I, the murderer, would be on the road to Feng City?"

Without paying much attention to it, Lin Yan continued along the road to Qifeng Prefecture City and, about an hour later, saw a merchant convoy resting and preparing to gather ahead.

This was obviously a convoy heading to High Willow City, with a considerable number of people.

But nearby there was no large Pure Land to accommodate everyone.

Therefore, these convoys usually divided their troop into several, even more than a dozen groups, scattered across various Pure Lands, waiting for daylight to regroup.

But at this moment, the leader of the merchant convoy evidently had an unpleasant expression, looking quite distressed.

Nearby, a young man slowly approached, a knife slung at his waist.

Subconsciously, the company’s guards prepared to draw their knives in defense.

But then they saw the leader suddenly stretch out his hand and say, "It’s the Flag Commander of the Observatory, coming from up front, probably from High Willow City..."

They were escorting various goods to do business in High Willow City.

Upon seeing the flag commander from High Willow City, the leader immediately went to meet him personally.

"Have seen the Flag Commander, I am the second shopkeeper of Fengyi Trading Company, named Pan Liao."

"High Willow City, under the Outer South Bureau, Linjiang Station Flag Commander Wu Chang."

Lin Yan waved the flag in his hand and said, "Do you have spare horses to lend temporarily?"

"Yes!"

This second shopkeeper Pan Liao quickly agreed and immediately ordered someone to bring over a horse.

"I will temporarily leave you with this item, and when you go to High Willow City, if needed, you can temporarily use a horse from Linjiang Station."

As Lin Yan was about to take out the item, just at that moment, he heard someone shout in the distance, running towards them hurriedly."

"Not good! Second Shopkeeper, they are all dead! Killed by someone with a knife!"

"Hmm?"

Lin Yan, hearing this, frowned deeply.

But he heard Pan Liao suddenly let out a sigh of grief, yet without much surprise.

At this point, with no group yet arrived for the gathering, he had already anticipated that a mishap had occurred.

In their eyes, this seemed to no longer be considered a rare occurrence.

"What happened?"

Lin Yan glanced around and couldn’t help but ask.

"Replying to the Flag Commander, my merchant convoy consists of forty-two people, with twelve carts of goods."

Pan Liao’s expression grew increasingly distressed as he sighed, "The nearby Pure Land cannot accommodate all of us and our goods, so we usually spread out and enter various Pure Lands."

"Sometimes we can’t make it in time, and being harmed by evils in the dark is a common occurrence."

"But to be targeted like this, attacked outside of Pure Land, such incidents, although not uncommon, still happen."

He turned his head and instructed, "Collect their bones and bury them on the spot."

"Yes."

The others’ voices were evidently subdued.

However, the man who had just spoken suddenly shook his head repeatedly and said, "They weren’t robbed; the goods are still there. Brother Gao and the other guy were guarding there, waiting for us to come back and retrieve them.’

"They weren’t robbed? Nor harmed by evils? Didn’t you say they were killed with knives?"

"It was a knife wound, but the goods are still there."

"What?"

Shopkeeper Pan, quite shocked, had traveled extensively over the years but had never encountered such a bizarre incident.