After a while, the Taoist nun finally tossed Sang Qian, who had turned into a dried-up corpse, aside with a satisfied expression. The breath from the six straws slowly receded, eventually transforming back into a pair of luscious red lips.
The bright color on his lips was hard to tell whether it was lipstick or blood.
The Taoist nun licked her lips, a look of ecstasy on her face: "The essence of a young man is so delicious, but something feels off about the taste. Is it lacking in yang energy? But that shouldn't be the case. How could someone as lustful as him lack yang energy..."
She stood there in confusion for a long time, but still couldn't figure it out: "Never mind, it's more important to find that Zuan."
As soon as she finished speaking, she spun around and transformed into countless tiny mosquitoes, disappearing into the distance in a dark mass.
After a while, Sang Qian's voice came from not far away: "Huh, it seems like the sound just came from this place, but I didn't see anyone."
It turned out that the Sang family father and daughter had just stopped Pei Mianman and her sister, comforted them, and promised to do their best to help them save Zu'an, which calmed the two girls down a bit.
Immediately afterward, Sang Hong was worried about his son's safety, since they were deep in the mountains and might even encounter members of the Demonic Sect, so he led them in the direction Sang Qian had fled to search for him.
After searching for a while, they suddenly heard a shrill scream in the distance, and they rushed over.
Sang Hong felt his eyelids twitching and his heart pounding with panic. He hurriedly said, "Your brother's screams just now were so shrill. He must have encountered great danger. If we don't find him soon, something terrible might happen."
Zheng Dan frowned and said, "It shouldn't be that bad. His cultivation level is not low. Even if he encounters a powerful enemy, he shouldn't be completely powerless to resist."
"I hope so," Sang Hong replied uneasily.
Just then, a startled cry came from beside them: "Ah!"
"What's wrong?" Everyone turned to look at the source of the voice.
Sang Qian, pale-faced, pointed to the side and said, "There...there's a mummified corpse here."
"A mummified corpse?" Sang Hong said in a deep voice, "Countless adventurers have perished in these deep mountains, so it's not surprising to find mummified corpses. We should hurry up and find your elder brother's whereabouts."
"Oh, okay." Sang Qian nodded and began searching in other places.
Sang Hong arrived at the spot where she had just been standing. He had only glanced at her casually when suddenly his whole body trembled, as if he was about to collapse.
Zheng Dan, who was standing nearby, quickly helped him up: "Lord Sang, what's wrong?"
Sang Hong pointed tremblingly at the mummified corpse: "Doesn't that clothing look familiar?"
Zheng Dan stared intently, and suddenly his heart skipped a beat. It looked like Zu An's clothes from before. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but turn pale.
Sang Hong didn't care about anything else at this moment. He rushed over, picked up the mummified corpse lying on the ground, and examined it carefully. When he saw the other person's appearance, he screamed and vomited a mouthful of blood.
Although Sang Qian had been reduced to skin and bones, his appearance was still vaguely discernible.
Zheng Dan also saw the other person's appearance clearly. When she realized it wasn't Zu An, she breathed a sigh of relief. But when she realized it was Sang Qian, she couldn't help but feel a little sad.
After all, he had been her fiancé for so long, and they had met and chatted quite a few times in Mingyue City. Although she hated him for harming Zu'an during this time, seeing him die so tragically still evoked some complicated emotions in her.
Sang Qian followed the sound and came over. At this moment, she also saw the appearance of the mummified corpse and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise. All the color drained from her face.
She never expected that her brother, who had been so energetic just moments before, would end up like this.
Pei Mianman walked over and frowned when she saw Sang Qian's death. She had never seen anyone die like that before.
"Who did this?!" Sang Hong said through gritted teeth, his eyes filled with deep-seated hatred.
You should know that Sang Qian was his only son, and at his age, he could no longer have another son, so with Sang Qian's death, he was completely without descendants.
He suddenly felt that all his efforts in his life had been meaningless. Even when he was dismissed from his post and imprisoned, he was always confident that he could turn things around.
But now, no matter how many schemes he has in mind, he is powerless to do anything about it.
His only motivation to live was revenge; he was determined to kill the murderer who killed his son.
Pei Mianman replied, "We just searched the area and didn't see anyone else."
She secretly rejoiced that she and Zheng Dan had been with him all along; otherwise, having just fallen out, she might now be considered a murderer.
"Father~" Sang Qian rushed over to support him, her eyes filled with tears. Clearly, seeing her own brother die so tragically, she was also heartbroken.
Sang Hong suppressed his grief and tremblingly squatted down beside his son's body to begin investigating the cause of his death.
At that moment, he was no longer the cunning and ruthless governor of Mingyue City, but a pitiful old man who had lost his son.
Sang Qian was also helping out. When she touched her brother's dry, brittle body, her hands trembled slightly, whether from grief or anger, it was hard to tell.
After examining him for a while, Sang Qian looked bewildered: "Father, we can't find any wounds on my brother's body."
Obviously, because there was only a layer of dry skin left, the tiny wound on Sang Qian's neck was hard to detect.
"Why are there no wounds..." Sang Hong muttered to himself, he didn't understand how his son had died.
Just then, a rapid sound of horses' hooves suddenly rang out in the distance. Sang Hong looked up abruptly, wondering if the murderer had returned.
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