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Chapter 398 This is unreasonable (Seeking monthly votes)

"We're all in this together now. If you refuse to save me, I'll just have to drag you down with me."

Gao Wanli gritted her teeth and said, "Let me see it."

Zhu Zhanlei then tore open his clothes.

Gao Wanli examined it carefully.

"Alright, get dressed." Gao Wanli frowned. "Give me some time, let me think of something. This thing... is not simple. If you forcibly take it off, you'll lose your life too."

After Zhu Zhanlei finished dressing, he already hated Xu Miaozhi to death.

Zhu Zhanlei also realized that Luo Gongqiao and his group must have never intended to fight to the death from the very beginning.

They followed behind, keeping a watchful eye on the situation. If the evil spirits became too powerful, they could retreat from Ghost Witch Mountain from dozens of miles away.

You're the only one who's going to suffer.

Xu Yuan glanced at Gao Wanli secretly. If his stepmother were here, she would surely think of a solution immediately.

But comparing Gao Wanli to her stepmother... puts Gao Wanli in a difficult position.

For the rest of the journey, Gao Wanli kept her head down, deep in thought.

In the late afternoon, Old Man Bai led them to a second shack, but still they couldn't find Gao Guanzi.

Gao Wanli knew that Gao Guanzi was most likely either at Tongguan Cliff or in Qidou Village.

But she didn't dare to say it.

Once you go to either of these places, you may never be able to come back.

"It's getting dark, let's stay here for the night."

The shack where Gao Guanzi lived was relatively safe.

Despite the fact that there wasn't enough room for so many people, Gao Wanli still set up the tent.

“Tonight, Zhu Zhanlei and I are going to try something,” Gao Wanli said.

Although Zhu Zhanlei was unwilling, he had no choice but to agree.

Xu Yuan and Bai Laoyan lived in the shack, while the others occupied another tent.

Old Bai slept soundly.

He could tell that Lord Xu was plotting something, but he never asked any questions. He did whatever Lord Xu told him to do.

Xu Yuan was somewhat worried, thinking to himself: I hope Gao Wanli will try harder.

Xu Yuan tossed and turned several times but still couldn't fall asleep, and then he felt that something was not quite right.

Xu Miaozhi was unaware that the so-called "bad guys" did not exist at all.

She and Zhu Zhanlei didn't have any irreconcilable feud.

The idea was only proposed to gain merit.

There was also a mischievous thought about playing a trick on Zhu Zhanlei.

But it doesn't seem necessary to deliberately ruin Zhu Zhanlei's life.

The Zhu family is not to be trifled with.

"Could it be that I'm blinded by a single leaf?" Xu Yuan had a new speculation: "Is there someone who can directly cure Zhu Zhanlei's dragon ailment?"

……

Dozens of miles behind.

Luo Gongqiao led his "large group" stealthily along the way.

Both fourth-rate individuals used methods to suppress their aura, making the group appear to be just an ordinary caravan of mountain goods.

In addition to the two fourth-rate officers, there were also two sixth-rate river management officers.

In addition, there are Miao Yu, Zhu Zhanmei, and Xu Miaozhi.

Apart from that, no low-ranking officers were brought along.

As night fell, they all entered those disguised tents.

Zhu Zhanmei and Xu Miaozhi shared a tent.

Yesterday, Fu Songyu and Luo Gongqiao, who were on the front lines, made contact.

According to "Heminglu", Gao Guanzi could not be found, and the Fu family's secret technique had been used for the first time, but the villain who secretly practiced the Dragon Transformation Technique was not discovered.

Zhu Zhanmei frowned.

After enduring it all day, he finally said to Xu Miaozhi tonight, "If anything happens to my younger brother, the Zhu family and the Xu family will be mortal enemies!"

Then he added, "Miao Yu is in love with my eldest sister. I originally didn't intend to interfere in this marriage, but if my younger brother dies, I will strongly urge my eldest sister to marry Miao Yu. The Xu family and the Miao family will also become sworn enemies!"

Xu Miaozhi chuckled: "You are more composed than I expected. I thought you would have been unable to resist and forced me to resign last night."

Zhu Zhanmei looked puzzled.

……

Xu Yuan suddenly got up and left the shack.

In the dead of night, ghosts howled and wolves howled in Ghost Mountain, and a cold wind and fog rose.

The surrounding vegetation rustled, as if "unwilling to be alone" and wanting to transform into something monstrous, capable of devouring flesh and blood.

Old Bai turned over and went back to sleep.

Xu Yuan suddenly crawled into a tent.

The three captains of the Mountain and River Division were fast asleep and thought that some evil spirit had broken into their tents.

They suddenly flipped themselves up, only to be trapped in a grid of netting, unable to move.

"Master Xu?"

Xu Yuan looked at them coldly: "I have never treated the three of you badly, have I?"

"What exactly does Lord Xu mean?"

"Zhu Zhanlei is my brother. He, Lord Miao Yu, and I have an extremely good relationship. Everyone in Champa knows this. We're practically sworn brothers."

"Today, Zhu Zhanlei's coercion of Gao Wanli was also my idea."

"But then I thought about it at night, and something didn't seem quite right."

"Who among the three of you is it? Please step forward. If you refuse, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

Xu Yuan placed his hand on the tent flap as he spoke: "I'll open the tent and let the evil spirits in. Whether you live or die depends entirely on your own abilities!"

Someone shouted, "No! Please don't!"

"Lord Xu, what are you doing? Explain yourself! We've gotten along quite well these past few days, why are you so ruthless in killing us!"

Xu Yuan sneered: "Why? Because I treated the three of you with sincerity, yet some of you didn't reciprocate!"

Xu Yuan's gaze swept over the three of them again: "Whoever can remove the Dragon's Curse from Zhu Zhanlei, step forward!"

Xu Yuan moved his hand slightly, causing the curtain to sway, and the eerie wind outside, carrying all sorts of strange and sinister sounds, rushed in.

"I'll count to three, one..."

A captain hurriedly said, "Lord Xu, please wait."

He smiled wryly and said, "You guessed right, it's me."

Xu Yuan snorted coldly.

The man hurriedly said, "I had no other intentions; I was simply following orders. These past few days, Lord Xu hasn't looked down on us junior officers; he's made sure we get a share of any benefits. I actually feel quite ashamed."

However, Lord Xu Miaozhi also instructed me that if we really encounter that villain, I will immediately remove Lord Zhu's ailment.

Xu Yuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief; that made sense.

"Tomorrow, help Zhu Zhanlei take it off first. Don't worry, I won't let you disobey orders; it's just for verification. I'll have Zhu Zhanlei put it back on, and we'll continue the mission." Xu Yuan said earnestly, "Those higher-ups are full of schemes; we who charge into battle also need to be prepared!"

The three officers of the Mountain and River Division nodded thoughtfully.

Xu Yuan came out of the tent, but did not go straight back to the shack.

Covered in mud and transforming into an evil spirit, it moved silently in the night and found Tian Jing not far away.

Tian Jing's skill level has improved.

Now it's a sixth-rate evil spirit, considered a major malevolent entity in the mountains.

"How is your Dragon Transformation Technique progressing?"

Tian Jing grinned, and two dragon whiskers had appeared on his lips, swaying in the night breeze.

"With Jiao's help, things went very smoothly," Tian Jing said. "But that's as far as we can go. I can't bear to go any further."

Tian Jing's Dragon Transformation Technique had also reached the sixth level, entirely due to his ascension by feeding on the scales of a dragon.

However, to ascend further, one needs to consume the flesh and blood of a dragon.

Tian Jing couldn't bear it, and neither could Xu Yuan, so when they practiced the Dragon Transformation Technique, Xu Yuan never intended to harm the dragon.

"Come on, let's discuss this. We'll be closing the net tomorrow!"

With the acquisition of the "Dragon's Bane," Xu Yuan's Dragon Transformation Technique will most likely be upgraded to the fifth rank.

(End of this chapter)