"I finally understand why, with so many people in the alliance, no one wants to come to this city. I thought we had gotten lucky, but we were slapped in the face. How can we find out in this situation? Especially those women, they seem to pounce on Feng Zun the moment they see him."
Shangguan Jing patted her chest with a lingering fear, her face full of fear.
Feng Qing's face looked very ugly. He glanced at Xiao Qingran secretly, and was a little bit unbelievable when he saw that Xiao Qingran didn't react much.
Ah Bai is a divine beast, so it's understandable that he didn't react. Normal people, like Shangguan Jing, were terrified. Why could Xiao Qingran still act like nothing happened?
This doesn't make sense!
Does Xiao Qingran often see people wearing so little?
Feng Qing immediately denied his own guess. It must be her nature. Xiao Qingran was just like that. Even if the sky fell, she would just reach out to hold it up without any extra emotions.
Even so, what other ways are there to find out the news now?
They are so eye-catching.
You can't just come here and do nothing and then go home?
This is not Feng Qing's character.
"Feng Qing, this remote little town is not well-known, right? Few people have come here?"
If it weren't for the wooden inn she was staying in, Xiao Qingran would have suspected she'd arrived in a small Asian, African, or Latin American country in modern society. The people there dressed very openly. She couldn't believe how open they were in such a feudal society.
Feng Qing wasn't sure what Xiao Qingran wanted to know, so he answered truthfully, "In terms of fame, it's certainly not as famous as many major cities. But occasionally, I hear cultivators mention it. I've only heard of this city before, and I don't know what others are talking about. If I had known before we came, I would have asked my subordinates to inquire about it. Speaking of people coming here, I think there should be quite a few."
Otherwise, among the thousands of cities in the four empires, why would only Qingzhou City be talked about, and why had he heard about it several times?
"If that's the case, then there must be other outsiders in this city. Let's wait until dark before going out."
Xiao Qingran had no other choice.
During the day, the local residents outside were watching them closely, and if they dared to inquire about the news, they would soon be alerted.
Feng Qing sighed softly: "This is the only way."
At night, after the four of them had finished their dinner at the inn, they thought they would meet some people outside. However, they found that everything was silent and there was not even a ghost outside.
The temperature during the day is so hot that it almost evaporates people, but at night there is a cold wind that blows on the face and feels like a knife cutting.
The four of them walked around outside, and even though they had some cultivation, they couldn't help but shiver from the cold.
"Let's go back to the inn first!"
Xiao Qingran suggested.
Everyone still remembers the waiter's hesitant look when leaving the inn.
I probably wanted to tell them how bad the weather was outside, but they didn't pay any attention at the time. Now I think about it, they treated me like air despite my kindness.
Now that I think about it, the only people dressed normally, the waiter and the innkeeper, must be normal people. It's just that they don't seem to want to talk much. They're very public when asked questions. They won't answer unless asked.
"Why do I feel like someone is watching me?"
As they approached the inn, Shangguan Jing couldn't help but tell Xiao Qingran. She had been feeling that way all along the way, but she didn't dare to say it out loud. As they neared the inn, she grew a little bolder.
Xiao Qingran and Abai looked at her and nodded slightly: "We are just like you, we must be being targeted by someone."
Feng Qing suddenly shouted, "Hurry up, something is chasing us."
Everyone was shocked and ran towards the inn as fast as they could.
As soon as the four entered the inn, they saw a beast shadow outside the door crashing into the inn's door, making a muffled and shrill sound.
Abai was about to go out to take a look when the waiter suddenly came over.
"Four guests, please return to your rooms! Qingzhou City is not peaceful at night."
Shangguan Jing wanted to ask something, but the waiter walked to the door of the inn and bolted it tightly. He had no intention of talking to Xiao Qingran and the others.
The four of them looked at each other and returned to their guest room helplessly.
"This city feels very strange right now, especially at night. I couldn't see anything outside through the door just now, but I have a feeling that it must be the pair of eyes staring at us before."
If the waiter hadn't locked the door just now, she would have definitely gone out to check.
Whether it is a human or a ghost, we have to confirm it before we can know.
It's so mysterious that I guess no one can sleep well at night.
Ah Bai quietly told Xiao Qingran: "I smell the stench of that Nightmare guy."
Xiao Qingran raised an eyebrow slightly. So, the thing staring at them must be a contracted beast with the Nightmare Beast.
"If we can find out who in this city has contracted beasts, we can narrow down the search area."
Xiao Qingran's eyes suddenly lit up, and she immediately had an idea.
The next morning, after the four of them had finished their meal, Xiao Qingran discussed with the other three and used a magic talisman on herself. No matter who saw her, they would not treat her as a foreigner.
After leaving the inn, I no longer encountered strange looks.
She soon got to talking to the local residents.
"Last night, I heard someone's contracted beast escaped. Did you hear about it?"
The older woman who was shopping with a basket immediately approached Xiao Qingran mysteriously, "Shh, keep your voice down. Isn't this perfectly normal? That person's pet beast is out foraging for food every night. I don't know how many young girls and wives it has harmed. If you want to blame someone, you can only blame the woman who ran out despite knowing there was danger."
Xiao Qingran agreed calmly: "Who said it wasn't?"
The eldest sister seemed to have found a confidant, and she pulled Xiao Qingran aside and started chattering about all kinds of gossip.
"Take the daughter of the old Chen family in the city center, for example. She's always so flirty, with so many men vying to buy her things. They even fight over her until they're bloodied. And yet, she's so smug about it. That's fine, but to show off her charm, she stays out late at night. Isn't that just asking for trouble? Poor old Chen family, they've lost their daughter, and now they're old and nobody cares about them."
"The daughter of the Huang family in East City, if her parents hadn't been partial to her, they wouldn't have forced her to fetch wine for their son in the middle of the night. How could such a good girl be harmed? If I were to say, it was the two elders of the Huang family who committed a sin and harmed their own daughter."
"Just take the young lady from the Wu family..."
Xiao Qingran listened for a while and, to use modern words, felt that this elder sister had distorted values.
When a woman is murdered, instead of blaming the thing that murdered her, people blame the victim. What kind of logic is this?
But after talking for a long time, the elder sister still couldn't tell what had done this good deed.
Xiao Qingran was a little anxious.
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