Chapter 282 – Staying Overnight in a Village
After dinner, the three of them continued on their journey. The influx of jianghu martial artists made the city a tumultuous place. The three of them did not want to attract trouble, so they preferred not to stay in Xiangxi for too long.
Recently, the people of the jianghu had been somewhat restless, like agitated fish swimming for their lives in a churning, stormy lake.
Nightfall did not stop the three of them. They maintained a steady pace until they finally found a small village to rest in. Ye Beizhi and his companions weren’t in a hurry to press on after they learned about how messy the jianghu had become. Even martial artists with strong abilities were unwilling to travel all night, so the trio decided against camping in the wild and travelling all night.
Ye Beizhi didn’t say anything, but he roughly knew that the unrest in the jianghu was connected to the Qihuang Society.
The village they found wasn’t large, only consisting of about ten households. Since the sky had darkened, most of the doors were tightly shut.
The three of them led their horses, knocking on door after door.
Some residents opened their doors, only to be surprised by Fang Dingwu's somewhat intimidating appearance. Upon seeing the three of them dressed like martial artists, the villagers waved their hands and shut the doors. Some didn’t even want to open the door and instead shouted through it, urging them to leave quickly.
"This is a mess," Fang Dingwu complained with a gloomy expression. "People aren't what they used to be!"
Ye Beizhi glanced at Fang Dingwu’s full beard and then at the twin swords hanging at his waist but said nothing.
Later, the task of knocking on doors was handed over to Chi Nanwei, as she had a kind and approachable face, more suitable for the job at hand.
It didn’t take long for Chi Nanwei to knock on a door. The door opened a crack, and behind it stood an elderly woman with graying hair. Her appearance suggested that she was easy to get along with.