Female lead: No, it's me again??

Chapter 186 Run!

"Who do you think can escape?"

"Not only them, but you and I are the same."

At this point, their tone became heavy.

Hearing this, Xuan Li, who was walking past them, couldn't help but ask, "Old men, what happened in your town?"

The two elderly men were dressed plainly, their expressions were sorrowful, and their aged faces were full of vicissitudes.

They turned their heads, looking at Xuan Li and the other person with some confusion, "You're not from Yujia Town, what are you doing here?"

The person in front of them was dressed in seemingly ordinary clothes, but compared to their linen clothes, they were already considered quite luxurious.

The other person was acting strangely.

In such a hot place, not only was she completely shrouded in a red cloak, but Su Yu was also padded with a thick cotton quilt.

Isn't it hot?

"Our sister and I have come this far through our training, so naturally we want to go in and take a look."

Experience?

The slightly thin old man shook his head. "Forget about training. Let's leave here before it gets dark!"

"It's too late, we won't be able to leave."

After saying that, he carried the things away.

He wouldn't say a single word more.

Xuan Li asked, somewhat puzzled, "Where...are they taking that thing?"

Feng Siyue could smell a faint scent of blood in the air.

"Let's follow and see."

By the lake, the elderly men surnamed Zhang and Hong placed a stretcher on the ground. When the white sheet was lifted, a charcoal-colored corpse was revealed, its human form barely recognizable.

The lake in front of us is not large, only a few acres in size, and is irregularly circular.

The town's buildings are mostly built around the lake, forming a long crescent shape.

The sun sets in the west.

Gradually paralleling the horizon, the warm orange glow of the setting sun spread across the sky. The light blue lake, illuminated by the light, should have appeared poetic and picturesque, a lone plume of smoke rising from the desert, its surface resembling a full moon.

The lake that was supposed to be light blue was not actually light blue; it was a deep green with a strong, foul odor.

The two men seemed oblivious to the smell. They lifted the stretcher and slowly lowered the person into the lake. Then they turned around and saw the two men who had followed them.

The two elderly people urged anxiously, "What are you doing following us?"

"It's getting dark, let's hurry back!"

Seeing this, Feng Siyue no longer hid it from the two old men, "Gentlemen, we are doctors practicing in the neighborhood."

"I heard that an unusual epidemic has broken out in Yujia Town, so I came to see if I could help."

Healer?

The two elderly men were taken aback for a moment, then waved their hands at them and said earnestly,

"You two girls, I'll say it again: before it gets dark, go as far away as you can, the farther away from the fishing village, the better!"

Xuan Li was puzzled. "Why? We should have a way to help you, why are you refusing?"

Old Mr. Zhang, who was standing a little further back, sighed.

"To be honest, we had no shortage of healers and even alchemists who wanted to help us, but they all died in the fishing town at night!"

"Ladies, no matter how capable you are, listen to our advice as old men and run!"

They packed up the stretcher and headed towards the fishing village.

Xuan Li took a few steps and pressed on, "If you knew it was dangerous here, why didn't you leave? You could have run away!"

Even if this trial exists in history, don't they have the right to escape in this illusion?

"run?"

Old Liu smiled wryly, "Young lady, this is our home, where can you run off to?"

"And they can't escape either."

The last sentence was spoken in a very low voice.

Xuan Li almost didn't hear clearly.

"Can't run away?"

Xuan Li couldn't understand.

She turned to look at Feng Siyue, who hadn't said a word, and saw her bending over, stirring the lake water with her hands.

Xuan Li was startled and hurriedly went over to pull her hand away. "What are you doing? This lake doesn't look safe at all. What are you touching? Do you want to die?"

Feng Siyue straightened up with the help of the water. "I just feel that the temperature of the lake water and the direct touch of the plague in the water are very real, just like the real thing."

The lake water, stained by the corpses, exuded a bone-chilling cold that seeped into her bones, causing a dull ache in her left hand, as if something had burrowed into her skin.

It was so realistic that it made her uneasy.

Why not burn such a corpse instead of throwing it into the lake?

Aren't there many alchemists coming to town?

It's impossible that they wouldn't even know this.

Xuan Li was somewhat speechless. "It will definitely be more realistic, otherwise how can the trial proceed?"

When she turned around again, the two old men's figures had disappeared at the entrance of the town.

"It seems we'll have to go in ourselves."

"Feng Siyue, given your current condition—you can't refine pills and you're blind—how are you going to pass this trial?"

Xuan Li's concerns were not unfounded. In an alchemist's field, if the alchemist himself has lost his spiritual power and can't see, how can he refine pills?

How do I see a doctor?

"Serves you right for playing the good guy!"

The trial, which should have had a 50% pass rate, suddenly dropped to 10%.

"Things have come to this point, and there's nothing we can do about it. I can't just stand by and watch Brother Yilan and the others die."

"Moreover, it was also a great opportunity for experience."

For Feng Siyue, saving the Yilan caravan and activating part of her bloodline was a win-win situation.

Not a loss!

She won't regret it.

Xuan Li rolled her eyes. "Fine, fine, whatever you say makes sense."