Strange And Troubled Times: Eternal Life Begins From Marrying A Wife

Chapter 33: Strange Lines

"Just that I don't have much money on me. Can you give me this month's money first?" Hu Qingya looked at Qin Feng expectantly.

"Alright, tomorrow morning I will send the money to my father-in-law," Qin Feng nodded slightly.

"Thank you, husband," Hu Qingya's face was filled with excitement.

"This gratitude is not enough," Qin Feng smiled at Hu Qingya.

Hu Qingya blushed. Seeing Qin Feng's expression, she naturally knew what he wanted to do.

"Then, as you wish," Hu Qingya blushed even more.

Qin Feng put down his chopsticks and carried Hu Qingya into the room.

A night of silence.

The next day.

Just as the sky was brightening, there was a hurried knocking on the door.

"Who is it?" Qin Feng's face turned very bad.

He had just finished the battle at midnight yesterday and had hardly slept for a few hours.

"Qin Feng, hurry up and go on a mission!" came the voice of Xiao Ma from outside.

"Go on a mission?" Qin Feng looked puzzled.

He had been a guard for almost three months.

Apart from going to Soft Wind Mountain to guard the miscellaneous tasks, they had no other missions.

Unexpectedly, they had to go on a mission today.

Qin Feng quickly put on his clothes, picked up his knife, and walked out of the room.

"Let's go, Captain Jiang is waiting at the martial arts field!" Xiao Ma's face was very serious.

Obviously, this matter was very serious.

When Qin Feng and Xiao Ma arrived at the martial arts field, many guards were already standing there.

But these guards were all yawning, as if they hadn't slept well.

"Is everyone here?" Jiang Yong looked down at Xiao Ma.

"Captain Jiang, all the guards are here!" Xiao Ma stepped forward and said.

"Everyone, set off, to the ventilation alley!" Jiang Yong said, then walked quickly towards the outside.

"The ventilation alley?" Qin Feng was slightly stunned, instantly remembering what Hu Qingya said last night.

Because there was an anomaly there, Hu Qingya wanted to move.

The ventilation alley was under the jurisdiction of Eternal Peace Medicine Manor.

Because most of the families living there were relatives of the miscellaneous tasks of Eternal Peace Medicine Manor.

So whenever something big happened in the ventilation alley, Eternal Peace Medicine Manor would step in to resolve it.

The ventilation alley was not far from Eternal Peace Medicine Manor.

It only took a few minutes for the group to arrive at the ventilation alley.

In a house at the entrance of the alley, many onlookers had gathered.

"Why are you all crowding here?"

"Quickly move aside!"

Xiao Ma shouted loudly.

Seeing the guards from Eternal Peace Medicine Manor arriving, the onlookers quickly made way.

Qin Feng and the other guards also saw the situation ahead.

They saw more than ten bodies lying at the entrance of the courtyard.

The blood on these bodies had all disappeared, turning into dried corpses.

Jiang Yong took the lead and walked over. Xiao Ma, Qin Feng, and the others quickly followed behind Jiang Yong.

"Xiao Ma, check the bodies," Jiang Yong waved his hand.

Xiao Ma quickly squatted down.

"These lines?" Qin Feng quickly noticed that there were some small lines inside the nails of several bodies.

These lines looked similar to the lines on Commander Liu's body.

"Could the deaths of these people be related to Liu Jin?" Qin Feng fell into deep thought.

"Captain, I didn't find anything unusual!" Xiao Ma stood up and said.

"Hmm?"

Qin Feng looked at Xiao Ma with a puzzled expression on his face.

Even standing outside, he noticed the lines on the nails.

Why didn't Xiao Ma notice anything?

"Bring the body back to Eternal Peace Medicine Manor and regroup!"

Jiang Yong waved his hand and led the way towards Eternal Peace Medicine Manor.

"Brother Qin, this is an Anomaly!"

"We only earn one or two taels of silver a month, why risk our lives!"

"These Anomalies are not something we can handle!"

Xiao Ma patted Qin Feng's shoulder and then walked to a dried corpse.

Upon hearing Xiao Ma's words, Qin Feng instantly understood.

They were just a group of guards.

Earning only one or two taels of silver a month, they didn't need to fight Anomalies at all.

Those Anomalies would naturally be dealt with by the strong individuals from Eternal Peace Medicine Manor.

Now all he needed to do was to quietly develop and diligently cultivate his skills.

Following Xiao Ma's lead, Qin Feng picked up a dried corpse and headed towards Eternal Peace Medicine Manor.

Just as they arrived at Eternal Peace Medicine Manor, they saw Vice Commander Liu Jin standing there with a group of guards.

"Greetings, Vice Commander Liu!"

Jiang Yong hurriedly ran up to Liu Jin.

"Very well, hand over these dried corpses to us!"

Liu Jin pointed at the dried corpses.

"Yes, sir!"

Jiang Yong's face lit up with joy upon hearing this.

Originally, he had no intention of getting involved in this mess.

Now that Liu Jin had taken over, he was naturally very happy.

"Hand the dried corpses over to Vice Commander Liu!"

Jiang Yong waved his hand.

After Qin Feng put down the dried corpse, he carefully examined Liu Jin's clothes.

Soon, Qin Feng noticed that there were several missing lines on Liu Jin's pants.

"It's likely that Liu Jin is the Anomaly responsible for the incidents in the ventilation alley!"

"And Liu Jin is probably a Pseudo-Corpse Anomaly!"

"He has been drinking the blood of these more than ten commoners, probably to maintain his human form!"

Qin Feng had already formed a conjecture in his mind.

However, Qin Feng did not speak out because he was still unsure of Liu Jin's strength.

"Take these bodies to the back mountain and burn them!"

Liu Jin shouted loudly.

"Yes, sir!"

The guards behind Liu Jin carried the dried corpses and headed towards the back mountain.

After the guards dispersed, they entered Eternal Peace Medicine Manor in groups of two or three.

Some sat on the ground drinking.

Some ran back to take a nap.

There were hardly any people practicing martial arts in the training ground.

Qin Feng did not enter Eternal Peace Medicine Manor, but instead headed towards the ventilation alley again.

He was planning to give the five hundred wen he earned this month to Hu Qingfu.

"Help! There's an Anomaly, everyone run!"

"..."

Just as Qin Feng entered the ventilation alley, cries of alarm came from all directions.

Immediately, more than ten commoners ran out of the alley.

"Isn't this Uncle Hu's house?"

Qin Feng's expression changed slightly as he hurriedly ran towards Hu Qingfu's house.

Arriving at the entrance of Hu Qingfu's house, Qin Feng saw that a large hole had been broken in the gate.

Through the hole, he could clearly see several corpses lying in the courtyard.

The blood on these corpses had already been sucked dry.

Qin Feng was about to push open the door when he suddenly sensed a familiar Anomaly aura coming from behind.

Qin Feng turned around and looked towards the back.

He saw a half-human, half-tree Anomaly.

Except for its legs, the rest of the Anomaly had turned into trees.

Qin Feng drew his long knife and looked at the half-human, half-tree Anomaly with vigilance.

"Rustle."

The Anomaly seemed very excited when it saw Qin Feng.

In the next moment, several branches flew out from the half-human, half-tree Anomaly and quickly charged towards Qin Feng.

The speed of the branches was extremely fast, and in just a few breaths, they arrived in front of Qin Feng.

In front of the branches, there were also suction cups.

"So this Half-Treant Anomaly relies on suction cups to suck blood!"

Qin Feng unsheathed his long knife.

In that instant, he unleashed the Five-Tigers Gate Breaking Saber technique.

(End of this chapter)