Zhao Cheng was overjoyed and quickly followed, then heard Yang Taozhi whisper, "Men are really untrustworthy. Last night he was calling out 'Cai'e,' but today he's already having an affair."

"Sister, that's not quite right. I do like this girl; she's not only dashing and beautiful, but she also has a strong sense of chivalry. It's hard not to like her. But... that doesn't stop me from also liking Cai'e!"

"Scumbag."

"Yes, yes, he is a jerk, but you can just target me, sister. Don't be prejudiced against all men, or it will affect your chances of finding a man in the future."

"I'm not looking!"

"You can't predict matters of the heart. Maybe one day you'll fall in love with a man at first sight."

"Then I'll just fall in love with one and kill them."

Yang Taozhi snorted coldly and said in a sinister tone, "You dog of a man, you'll only slow down my sword-drawing speed."

Zhao Cheng: "..."

Yang Taozhi led the way, and Zhao Cheng couldn't slow down even if he wanted to. Along the way, the two didn't encounter any bandits or wild animals.

In the late afternoon, a village hidden in the forest came into view.

"Could it be a bandit's lair? We've found it already?"

Yang Taozhi remained calm, but spoke with considerable pride: "Searching for people and locations requires extensive experience, which cannot be learned from books."

Zhao Cheng didn't reply, because the two of them hadn't even entered the village yet when they smelled a strong stench of blood.

Yang Taozhi had obviously smelled it too, and quickly walked towards the village.

When the scene in the village came into view, both of their expressions turned somber.

Underground, on the roof, in the water tank...

The place was littered with corpses lying haphazardly!

The village was small, and the buildings even seemed crowded together, but looking around, there were as many as forty or fifty corpses!

Zhao Cheng was somewhat bewildered.

The bandits went down to capture women last night, how come they were slaughtered during the day?

And they slaughtered them so thoroughly!

Yang Taozhi, with her keen senses, suddenly turned her head to look at a group of corpses lying together.

Sure enough, one person's body trembled slightly.

"There's a survivor!"