Chapter 144 - 4.9 Going To Marry?
Lu Yizhou’s breathing was calm and measured as he threaded through the dark forest. Now that the sun had descended down the horizon and darkness veiled the sky, the entire space looked thoroughly uninhabited. Not only was there not the sound of small animals or insects prancing around, there wasn’t even the faint rustle of trees and leaves as if the forest was thoroughly bereft of life. It made the conversation a few distance away drifted clearer to Lu Yizhou’s ears.
"...think he’s here?"
"Judging by the location..."
"Woah! What is this?!"
It seemed like they had found the tiger carcass that Lu Yizhou had left in the open. The group made a louder ruckus yet still within the range of hushed whispers. Lu Yizhou counted. Three, there were three men. His grip on Hexue tightened and his eyes hardened in repressed fury. He had been waiting for the signs of people for hours. If... If they were those who had hurt Heimo, who had inflicted such severe injuries on him and even poisoned him... There would be no mercy.
Lu Yizhou stepped forward enough to make his presence known.
The sharpest of the three snapped his head in his direction. "W—Who’s there?!" He lifted the torch — no, it was a spiritual fire on his palm — higher. The other two gasped and hastily took on a defensive stance, hands flying to their swords. "H—Hello?! Is there someone here?!!" The spiritual fire illuminated their faces and only now Lu Yizhou could see that they looked young, not even older than twenty. Youthful features and wide, bewildered eyes looking around in muted panic like deers caught in the headlights. They resembled three newborn fawns.
No, his gut instinct denied, they couldn’t be the people who managed to hurt Heimo so badly. He allowed his grip on Hexue to relax as he walked into the light.
"Gasp! J—Jingxue-Jun!"