After the clan leader left, Chi Fei whispered a reminder: "Zhang Fan, no one can be told about the forbidden area. I haven't even been inside."
Zhang Fan tilted his head back and drank a glass of wine, raising an eyebrow: "What, is there treasure inside?"
Chi Fei's fair fingers quickly landed on Zhang Fan's lips: "Don't talk nonsense, it really is a tomb inside, and that place is very eerie."
She spoke her last sentence very softly, but Zhang Fan still heard it clearly.
Zhang Fan didn't continue the topic. He suddenly stood up and pulled Chi Fei up, saying, "Now that we've eaten and drunk our fill, let's go for a walk. We've been here for so many days, and I haven't even had a chance to explore Miao Jiang Valley yet. Why don't you take me there today?"
Chi Fei followed Zhang Fan and took another step forward, leading the way.
The temperature in Miao territory is lower than in Taohua County, and the temperature is pleasant, neither too hot nor too cold.
The bright moonlight poured down, casting a silvery glow over everything, making it look as if veiled, hazy and mysterious.
The two unknowingly arrived at the entrance to Miao territory. Zhang Fan said, "Last time, people from the Heavenly Dragon Sect managed to sneak in. It seems this formation isn't very stable."
Chi Fei: "Everything was very stable before, and no outsiders ever came in. It's only in the last two days that we've become a little lax."
Zhang Fan: "Could someone have infiltrated before? Or is there a mole in Miao territory?"
Chi Fei: "There's a higher chance there's a traitor. Didn't the clan leader say that the formation might have fallen into disrepair over the years, which is why the people from the Heavenly Dragon Sect were able to take advantage of it? Didn't a puppet come in a few days ago? I guess that's when the puppet caused the problem."
"How did the puppet get in?" Zhang Fan looked directly into Chi Fei's eyes.
Chi Fei paused, a hint of confusion flashing in her eyes: "Is there a problem with one of our own people?"
She thought of everyone in the village, but couldn't figure it out, and felt that no one was the problem.
Seeing Chi Fei's furrowed brows and troubled expression, Zhang Fan smiled slightly: "Alright, it's normal for formations to have problems after a while, don't think about it anymore."
Chi Fei thought this possibility was more likely and didn't notice that Zhang Fan's eyes narrowed slightly.
On the day the scarecrow entered Miao territory, he took advantage of everyone's grief to check the formation.
The formation was flawless, and there were no signs of attack.
There's only one possibility: there's a spy in the village.
And the answer to who this spy is is obvious.
Zhang Fan glanced back and saw a dark figure following him in the woods a few hundred meters away, the other party concealing its presence.
Ordinary cultivators, unless they deliberately try to sense it, would never discover that someone is watching them from such a distance.
However, what the other party did not know was that Zhang Fan's eyesight was extraordinary, only slightly inferior to that of an eagle, and he could see things about 10 kilometers away.
In addition, he could see as clearly as if it were daytime at night, so Zhang Fan spotted the other party immediately upon their appearance.
Zhang Fan chatted with Chi Fei without making a sound. Chi Fei looked up at Zhang Fan, whose features appeared even more profound under the moonlight. The moment their eyes met, Chi Fei's heart raced, as if it were about to burst out of her chest.
She felt her cheeks burning and she could hardly breathe, so she had to look away.
Zhang Fan put his arm around Chi Fei's shoulder, smoothed the messy hair at her temples, and whispered in her ear.
The shadowy figure in the distance watched the two intimately stomping their feet. They didn't know what was wrong with them today, but the mosquito-repelling herbs on their bodies were completely ineffective, and the worms were all falling into a coma.
"Buzz buzz buzz!" The mosquito hummed a song, and the shadowy figure grew angrier with each swipe, its hand becoming increasingly fierce. As it swatted, it forgot what it was doing.
The shadowy figure suddenly looked up, only to find that Zhang Fan and Chi Fei had already disappeared from sight.
Startled, she looked to her left, but there was no one there. She immediately looked behind her, but it was still empty. Suddenly, the dark figure stood up, and two people appeared in front of her. She was so frightened that she fell to the ground.
Hearing the familiar voice, Chi Fei finally recognized the figure in the shadows: "Chi Mei? Why are you following us?"
Chi Mei patted her chest, her eyes darting around, and said, "I...I like you, so I'm following you."
Zhang Fan leaned down, his eyes icy, his voice filled with oppressive force: "If you're lying, you might as well feed the dogs."
Chi Mei trembled slightly, her trembling gaze betraying her panic: "We don't have any dogs in our village."
Zhang Fan: "There aren't any in the village, but I keep a dog. It's actually a wolf, and it loves to gnaw on women with delicate skin like you."
Chi Mei's face was deathly pale, and her body trembled like a leaf, but she still persevered.
"Woof—" Zhang Fan imitated a dog's bark.
"Ah!" Chi Mei let out a heart-wrenching scream, clinging to Chi Fei's leg and begging for mercy: "Holy Maiden, save me! I don't want to be fed to the dogs!"
This place is far from the village, and the women drank quite a bit today. None of them heard any cries for help. In other words, even if Zhang Fan killed someone, no one except Chi Fei would notice.
She was bitten on the butt by a dog when she was a child, and the fear of dogs that comes from the depths of her soul has taken over her mind. Now she can't think at all; there is only one thought in her mind: don't get bitten by a dog.
"Do you want to live?" Zhang Fan's voice was icy and extremely threatening.
Chi Mei nodded vigorously: "Yes, I want to live."
"Now I'll ask you questions, and if you lie, I'll unleash my dogs on you."
With two lines of clear tears on her face, Chi Mei hugged Chi Fei's leg and nodded repeatedly: "Quick...quickly ask."
"Why did the clan chief send you to spy on me?"
Chi Mei suddenly looked up, her eyes filled with disbelief: "You... how did you know?"
Zhang Fan remained calm, as if everything was under control: "Of course it was calculated."
He said that to show off; he had no idea what the clan leader's purpose was.
There are two possibilities: either the Miao chieftain's abilities surpass his, or a barrier was placed in the room during their conversation, isolating everything.
The Miao people mainly practice Gu magic and don't value cultivation. Zhang Fan felt that the second possibility was more likely.
Chi Mei swallowed hard: "The clan leader is afraid you'll go to the forbidden area."
It sounds reasonable, but it would be easier to prevent him from going to the forbidden area and have Chi Fei monitor him instead.
Zhang Fan narrowed his eyes slightly. Why was this matter kept from Chi Fei?
Chi Fei helped Chi Mei, whose legs were weak, to her feet: "We were just taking a walk, we didn't go into the forbidden area."
After regaining her senses, Chi Mei looked around warily for a long time before realizing that she had been tricked and there was no dog at all.
She said angrily, "Zhang Fan, you've gone too far."
The moon has already climbed halfway up the sky; it's getting late.
There is a magic array in Miao territory, which is like a circle surrounding Miao territory. When outsiders enter, they will be disoriented by the fog and end up walking to the outer edge of the magic array. However, the sky over Miao territory is the same as the outside world.
On the way back, Zhang Fan got bored and started chatting: "I've traveled all over Miao territory and I haven't seen any forbidden areas. You guys just made this up to fool me, right?"
Chi Fei and Chi Mei looked uneasy: "I don't know either."
A hint of surprise flashed through Zhang Fan's mind.
He couldn't have predicted whether the two were telling the truth or lying.
Could it be that his divination abilities have disappeared?
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