Bai Lu's situation was not much different from Yunwen's. She also had an invaded wound, and the virus directly infected her entire body, causing her to suffer from paralysis. Both of them were unable to speak, but they actually disliked each other, so as to arrange a "bed", they chose another one for her.
After leaving her here, I gave some instructions to Lingshang, and then hurried back to arrange work at the post station and West Island. West Island was okay, as the Kunks were all human and could manage themselves. I tried to explain to the female leader, and she understood what I meant. The main thing was the Dragon City Post Station, as the hyena people would only understand what they were supposed to do if they were told to. Therefore, in addition to arranging inspections and supervision, they had to stay and do more work.
Among them, the blacksmith shop, free market, farmland area, city guard arrangement, private school arrangement, patrol arrangement, etc., all need to be checked. In addition, if you find out something unusual, such as a blocked channel, someone visiting, or a problem with a transaction, you must solve it in time and issue orders. The two most important things here are herding sheep (taking the little fox out for a walk) and distributing daily food.
Once these things are done, all the important tasks will be basically completed, and the supervision of this small town will be basically completed.
In the evening, when everyone gets off work, I can ride my bike back to the Castle District to see how the girls are doing.
Unfortunately, after returning, the girls in the castle were not in good condition. Their physical conditions deteriorated seriously. Yunwen's fingers, elbows and even arms were all limp and unable to move. Bailu's entire left side of the body showed abnormalities, and her respiratory system began to be affected. She kept breathing heavily.
Although Ling Shang has cultivated a human body, she is powerless against this contagious disease. She has tried several treasures to suppress it, but it is useless in the end. For example, her Zhenming Umbrella could have used the spirit she had stored in the past to exchange for the residual spirit in order to try to transform the virus for herself, but after purification, the virus would begin to spread again, and the Zhenming Umbrella could only be used in moderate amounts, otherwise it would just be a broken umbrella.
Next is the Yinxi Pot. This thing is even more mysterious. The evil energy in it provides the virus with a suitable growth space environment, so using the Yinxi Pot actually stimulates the growth of the virus. Ling Chang was so scared that she dared not use it any more. In an emergency, I also tried to use the Jinque Sword to scare it, but this is a living virus after all, not an evil spirit, so the idea of killing the evil and driving it away is not very effective here.
Therefore, the method of finding a way to suppress the virus through medicine and treasures has basically failed. The only way left is Su Yuexi. I hope she can ask some useful information from her godfather, or find a suitable detoxification method from the many books in Zijing Cave. This is the last thing we can do.
And if this method doesn't work, then all we have left is to ask Cheng Feng in the Black Mountain Cave for the antidote.
In addition, the two girls who know how to cook now are basically exhausted. Lingshang and I know nothing about that, so we can only wait for Su Yuexi to come back and cook for us.
However, it was already late at night and I still hadn't seen Su Yuexi coming, so I decided to go out and look for it. I temporarily placed Sanfu in the stable at the city gate to prevent it from being infected. Now I also planned to ride it to Zijing Cave.
But at this moment, there was a strange noise in the air. I looked up and saw Su Yuexi falling from the sky. As soon as she landed, she immediately collapsed in my arms. I heard her coughing and there was also the sound of some gunpowder splashing on the ground. Such a loud noise meant that she should have been seriously injured.
Without saying a word, I quickly picked her up and carried her into the castle. During this time, her body was cold, and I could hear blood flowing out of her body, probably from her waist area. The blood flowed to my wrist, and I could feel the warmth under the coldness.
He hurriedly carried her into the house, shouting, "Lingshang, come and help!"
As I was shouting, I saw Hu Lingshang also lying on the ground, covering his shoulder. There was a scar on his shoulder, and it was also bleeding. There were clanging sounds coming from all around, and it seemed that someone had come. I put Su Yuexi down and rushed to the window to look. I only saw the bushes outside swaying, but I couldn't see the person clearly.
Helplessly, I could only walk back and hug Ling Shang and Su Yuexi upwards at the same time.
I quickly went to the middle room on the second floor to take a look. Fortunately, Yunwen and Song Bailu were fine.
"It was a masked man. He kept chasing me when I was on my way here. He was very fast and had eight soft hands like octopus tentacles. He could use eight weapons at the same time. He cut my waist." Su Yuexi said.
"I saw the same thing. He held eight blades and swung them around at will. There was no way to defend against him. Fortunately, you came back and shouted, otherwise I would have been dead." Hu Lingshang said.
"Eight hands, and it can slide so fast? Is this guy a squid?" I asked.
Fortunately, although that guy had so many tricks, he didn't kill me after all. But now I have a new understanding of Cheng Feng. It's like playing chess. If you can just take away the Xiang and Shi beside me, then wouldn't it be easy to defeat me?
In addition, based on my understanding of him, he may have two or three intentions in doing things. Therefore, I have to think about whether this interception and assassination has any other deeper meaning. After all, this is his style of doing things. Thinking of this, I think the biggest possibility is that he wants to restrain my actions. After all, I have to take care of the girls here and a lot of important things to do in the city. I have no time to consider his next move.
This should also be a kind of restraint.
In this way, he basically achieved his goal. To make an analogy, it was equivalent to him and I being his enemy, and at this moment my hands and feet were tied up by him, and I could only let him do whatever he wanted. This was simply too cruel.
Just when I was covering my head at a loss, Su Yuexi came up to me and put her hands on me. At this moment, she had already wrapped her wound with bandage and looked a little haggard, but at least she could move, unlike Yunwen and Bailu, who could not even move much.
"Don't be depressed, Brother Zhou Bo, we do have good news. I think the reason they wanted to kill me to silence me this time is mainly because they were afraid of what I was going to say next, and they wanted to stop me from saying it, so they stopped me halfway. Ling Shang was hurt because what I was going to say was also related to her, so they attacked from both sides, and now thinking about it, this matter is extremely beneficial to us." Su Yuexi said.
I seemed to realize something and asked quickly, "Beneficial? Could it be..."
"I found a way to alleviate the toxicity." Su Yuexi said.
My head buzzed and I looked up at Yunwen. The humming sound from her mouth became clearer and clearer. It seemed that she couldn't wait to get rid of that terrible disease in her body.
It turned out that this was Cheng Feng's third purpose. In addition to removing my strength and restricting my actions, he also wanted to prevent me from learning key information. This move was so ruthless and steady that it was hard to defend against.
"Then tell me quickly, I will immediately find the relevant materials to alleviate the current dilemma." I said.
"The material is..." Su Yuexi was about to say, but heard a sharp buzzing sound behind her. Fortunately, I heard the strong wind in advance and immediately blocked it with my elbow. Then I saw the octopus man behind me holding eight swords. Like the masked man before, he was also dressed in rags. His clothes seemed to have not been changed for hundreds of years. They smelled rotten and there was also a fishy smell from the sea.
In fact, I had roughly guessed this. Based on Cheng Feng's style of doing things, the purpose of his arrangement would definitely be completed. When Su Yuexi just said that she knew the materials, I roughly expected that some things would definitely appear. After all, his primary goal was to prevent the spread of information. How could he leave without achieving his goal?
"Brother Zhou Bo, their weak point is the spine. Only if the spine is pulled out will they truly die!" Su Yuexi said.
“I see.” I replied.
It seems that Su Yuexi has indeed done her homework, so next I have to give Cheng Feng a counterattack. After all, it is a game of chess, and it requires give and take, doesn't it?