In the room, Tan Manxing sat quietly on the bed, stroking the little white snake on his wrist.
Eyes as calm as water are filled with quiet contemplation.
Tan Zhi...where are you?
She was a little puzzled because Tan Zhi's presence had clearly appeared in Ling Village, but when she asked the village chief and others, they had never seen Tan Zhi.
Although Tan Zhi's life card was still on, in order to avoid any further complications, she decided to leave as soon as possible.
The next morning.
After explaining some things to the village chief, Tan Manxing quietly left the village entrance with Tong Leren.
She said she was taking him but actually Tong Leren forced her to go with him. She was really annoyed by his chatterbox and temporarily agreed to let him go with her when leaving Ling Village.
"Miss Tan, where do you want to go next? I'm planning to go back to Xiangzhen. If it's on your way, I can take you for a stroll."
Tong Leren, who was standing by, looked at Tan Manxing who was walking silently, and couldn't help but ask again.
When Tan Manxing thought of this, he suddenly turned his head and looked at him.
"W-What happened?"
He swallowed uncomfortably.
"What are you doing in Xiangzhen?"
"My home is in Xiangzhen. Of course I have to go back after I finish driving the corpses."
He said this in confusion and then opened his eyes wide in sudden realization.
"You mean you're going to Xiangzhen too!!"
"Um."
Tan Manxing looked at the surprised Tong Leren, not sure whether he was pretending to be stupid or was really stupid.
After the topic, the two continued on their journey quietly when suddenly a shout was heard from behind them.
The scholar from before was waving and chasing after the two of them.
"Brother Tong, Miss Tan, can I follow you?"
He approached, stood in front, clasped his fists, and bowed as he spoke.
"Don't worry, I won't drag you down. If there's any danger, you two can leave me alone at any time."
Tong Leren stood beside him with his arms folded, looking at him like a weak scholar who couldn't carry anything on his shoulders or lift anything with his hands, and asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Why do you want to follow us? It's dangerous to be around us."
He is begging for mercy himself, why should Zhou Yixuan follow him?
Zhou Yixuan looked at the two people's suspicious eyes and quickly stood up and waved his hands to explain.
"Brother Tong, I told you why I came here before. There were so many people around at the time that it was inconvenient for me to explain in detail. I was planning to tell you today, but when I woke up, I heard from the village chief that you had left."
He briefly explained the reason for following her and continued to talk about his past.
"The hatred for the murder of my relatives is irreconcilable. I once vowed to find the murderer. Over the past year, I have traveled all over the country and finally found some clues."
As he spoke, he took out a red face-changing mask from the package behind him, just like the one used by the Red-Faced Man.
"I discovered this near my parents. After my investigation, I learned that there was a mysterious masked sect in the martial arts world. They mastered all kinds of strange witchcraft and poisons. They had been stirring up trouble in the martial arts world for a while, until the major sects joined forces to destroy them. Only then did this evil sect disappear from the martial arts world."
Tong Le Ren heard this and asked a question.
"You don't look like someone from the underworld. Why were your parents killed?"
"They like to torture and kill people in the martial arts world. My parents were sending me to take the exam when I was accidentally caught up in it."
When he talked about his sad moments, he raised his hands to cover his face in a fit of rage.
"I went to the forest to relieve myself, and when I came back I saw them lying in a pool of blood."
"Now I finally confirmed who the murderer is, but he escaped because his sect was destroyed."
"Because this sect has disappeared, the martial arts world has returned to peace, and many sects no longer pay attention to or interfere with the escaped Red Mask."
"But I can't just sit back and watch. My parents are dead, and I haven't gotten my revenge yet. I can't watch other innocent people die."
"After my unremitting efforts, I discovered that the masked man who survived by chance hid in this remote village to recuperate."
"It's a pity that my martial arts skills are not high. If I hadn't met you unexpectedly this time, I might have died in there."
After he finished speaking, the sadness in his eyes had disappeared, leaving only deep hatred.
"Brother Tong, Miss Tan, I see that you two are also people from the underworld. If you are also here to investigate the Red Face Sect, I would like to follow you."
Zhou Yixuan's words left Tong Leren with no point to refute.
He looked at Tan Manxing, the backbone of the team, with a troubled look.
It's all fine with him, after all, this guy knows a lot, and he can listen to some gossip on the way, but they are not going to look for the Red-Faced Man, right?
Tan Manxing refused before hearing it.
She has a deal with Tong Leren, so why is she bringing an outsider along now?
Besides, she came out of the valley to find her junior sister, not to save the world.
She has been brought up in a cold-blooded way and only cares about the people she cares about. What does the life and death of others have to do with her?
After all, these children were killed by poisonous insects in batches and only managed to survive.
Zhou Yixuan watched the two people silently refuse, and secretly clenched his palms and released a bomb.
"Miss Tan, are you looking for someone?"
When Tan Manxing heard this, he looked over with a dangerous look.
Zhou Yixuan seemed to realize that what he said was misleading and quickly waved his hand to explain.
"Don't get me wrong about that Miss Tan. It's just that I've seen someone here dressed like you. She's dressed the same way as you, and even shares the same last name, Tan."
After hearing the words, Tan Manxing was almost certain that the person was Tan Zhi.
"Have you seen her? Do you know where she is?"
she asked quickly.
"To be honest, Miss Tan Zhi is also a kind-hearted person. After hearing my story, she immediately expressed her willingness to help."
"At that time we..."
"Get to the point."
This time, Tan Manxing was in no mood to listen any further and urged sternly.
Zhou Yixuan was ferocious but his expression did not change as he continued to explain softly.
"Actually, two red-faced men came to this village. Because my martial arts skills are not high, she offered to help me."
"Finally, she and I split up. I stayed here, and she followed another red-faced man and left the village."
"We overheard that the red-faced man would go to Xiangzhen later. Miss Tan Zhi and I had agreed to meet there three days later, but I was unexpectedly trapped in the cave."
"I don't know how she's doing now. I see Miss Tan is here dressed like this, is she looking for her? Please take me with you. If anything happens to Miss Tan Zhi, I will be blamed."
After hearing these words, Tan Manxing narrowed his eyes slightly, and without giving him time to react, he suddenly reached out and grabbed his neck.
"You didn't lie to me?"
How could it be such a coincidence that everyone is going to Xiangzhen?
"Miss Tan, I swear! I'm not lying."
"Hey Miss Tan, calm down, you can't kill anyone."
The child who was standing nearby was startled from eating the watermelon and started waving his hands anxiously.
Tan Manxing stared at Zhou Yixuan, whose face was pale from being strangled but who did not resist, and felt somewhat suspicious about his and Tong Leren's identities.
But she didn't show it, she just lowered her eyes and loosened her hand.
"Then let's go."
Zhou Yixuan could call out Tan Zhi's name, which meant he had at least seen her.
Whether the encounter was as he described remains to be seen.
Tong Leren and Zhou Yixuan looked at Tan Manxing who was leaving and understood that this meant he agreed.
Soon the three of them set off together.
After walking about a few hundred meters out of the village, I heard shouting again from behind.
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