Under the cover of night, the group made their way up the mountainside, at which point the roars of wild beasts echoed from behind.

Ma Shan finally realized something was wrong, and at that moment, the bandits who had been fleeing back rushed over in a panic.

"Brother, something bad has happened! Someone has gone around to the back of the mountain and disturbed the wild animals. We dare not go in anymore."

Those are man-eating beasts; even if they had a lot of courage, they wouldn't dare.

As he spoke, Ma Shan glanced down again, and suddenly all the torches below the mountain went out, plunging everything into darkness.

"Oh no!" Ma Shan shouted, "Run!"

Sometimes people react quickly to danger, but Mashan reacted a little too late.

The soldiers who had been lying in ambush nearby all rushed out, and the torches were relit.

"Catch them all, don't let a single one escape." Xu Wen rushed to the front, throwing his spear straight at Ma Shan.

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Fortunately, Xu Genshan sent people to disturb the wild animals in the back mountain, driving all the bandits together. In addition, the Xu family brought a lot of people, so they captured all the bandits without much effort.

There were actually thirty or forty bandits hiding on this mountain, which was not a small number.

Fu Man'er took the man into custody the moment she was caught in Mashan, because she wanted to find out about Xu Yi through Mashan.

"What else is there to ask? It's all about the winner and the loser. I accept being captured, but if you want to know Xu Yi's whereabouts, I have no answer."

Ma Shan knew that he was going to jail for being arrested, and Xu Yi's whereabouts were currently unknown. These people were just anxiously waiting here, but they knew nothing about it.

He just wanted to watch these people get anxious; it made him feel better.

"Will you talk or not!" Before Fu Man'er could speak, Xu Wen suddenly raised the spear in his hand, and the sharp spearhead went straight into Ma Shan's calf.

The feeling of flesh being forcibly squeezed open was unpleasant. Ma Shan screamed and fell to the ground, clutching his calf.

Xu Wen pulled the spear out again with force, and a bloody hole instantly appeared on Ma Shan's calf, with blood flowing out from his hand.

"Speak, or not?" Xu Wen stared coldly at the person on the ground, raising his spear once more.

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Ma Shan was terrified. If he dared to say a word against it, he might not be able to leave the mountain unscathed.

"Tell me, tell me." Ma Shan gasped in pain, but dared not delay, and hurriedly recounted what had happened that day.

Upon hearing that Ma Shan and his men had injured Xu Yi, Fu Man'er swung her leg and struck Ma Shan's head, knocking him to the ground.

Ma Shan convulsed for a moment, then became unresponsive. The officers waiting nearby dragged him away.

"Let's go." Having learned the general location, Fu Man'er didn't linger and immediately led her people there.

The burning torches illuminated everything before them: fallen branches lying haphazardly on the ground, and blood visible to the naked eye.

The strong smell of blood instantly filled everyone's nostrils, and Fu Man'er felt a churning in her throat, as if something was about to burst out.

"Man'er?" Lu Sheng was closest to her and saw her face turn deathly pale in an instant.

"It's nothing." Fu Man'er suppressed the discomfort in her chest and waved to Lu Sheng. These two words were probably the most she said today.

"Find someone first."

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This place clearly witnessed a fierce battle; large patches of blood and deep claw marks indicated the presence of wild animals.

If he were facing a human, Xu Yi might have a sliver of hope to survive, but if it were a wild beast, well…

Fu Man'er's eyes sharpened, and she dared not think any further. She turned around and began to search.

They didn't bring many people with them, so in order to be quick, everyone basically split up and acted separately.

Lu Sheng took two steps forward, then looked back and found that Fu Man'er was nowhere to be seen.

"Man'er, Man'er." After calling twice more without getting a response from Fu Man'er, Lu Sheng panicked.

Before going up the mountain, she solemnly assured Fu Man'er that she would be comfortable, but how could she have disappeared in the blink of an eye?

"Man'er." After calling twice more without any response, Lu Sheng was about to call others to help search when he heard a faint voice.

"I, I'm here."

Even with Lu Sheng's excellent hearing, he could only barely hear the words, but he couldn't pinpoint the location of the sound.

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"Man'er, where are you?" Lu Sheng immediately froze, holding his breath.

This time, Fu Man'er's voice was a little louder, "I'm downstairs."

Lu Sheng recognized the location and was about to rush over when Fu Man'er below seemed to know what she was doing and shouted with all her might.

"Watch out, there's a big pit down there."

It was thanks to Fu Man'er's timely reminder that Lu Sheng would have really slipped and fallen in this overgrown place.

Fu Man'er's voice came from this big pit. Lu Sheng held a torch in one hand and pulled aside the branches next to him with the other. Soon she saw the people below.

"Sister Lu Sheng, I've found my brother." The firelight shone through.

Fu Man'er raised her head to look at Lu Sheng. "He...he bled a lot," the little girl said with a trembling voice, tears streaming down her face.

Lu Sheng also saw Xu Yi lying next to Fu Man'er. Fu Man'er was crying so hard, her condition must be extremely bad.

"Man'er, wait for me, I'll call someone over right away."

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Lu Sheng didn't dare go far. He stood still and shouted at the top of his lungs. The people he brought were all martial arts experts with good hearing. Soon, they came over in twos and threes.

The pit was steep and precipitous, with smooth sides, making it impossible to climb out. Xu Wen and the others could only use ropes and vines to go down and pull people out.

"I'll go down and carry my brother up." Xu Wen slid down the vines without hesitation.

Xu Yi was injured, and if he were tied up with ropes and pulled up, it would probably cause him to get hurt again. The best way is to carry him up.

Fu Man'er helped to drape Xu Yi's body over Xu Wen. She had only held Xu Yi for a short while, and her clothes were already stained with a lot of blood.

She was already bandaging Xu Yi down there, but he had too many wounds and blood kept flowing out.

"Man'er, wait for me, I'll come and bring you up." Lu Sheng was extremely worried about her, seeing that she was absent-minded and swaying. He was afraid that she would lose her grip on the vines, so he waited for Xu Wen to come up before going down to bring her up.

"No need, I can get up by myself." Seeing that the people above were already helping Xu Yi up, Fu Man'er reached out her trembling hands to grab the vines. Just as she was about to exert force, she felt a wave of dizziness.

"Man'er! Man'er!" The person above seemed to be calling her anxiously. Then, Fu Man'er completely lost consciousness and collapsed to the ground.