Chapter 2267: What I Hear May Be False, But What I See Must Be True
The Blood Rain was unusually pleasing tonight; it seemed like normal rain for once. Each raindrop hit the barrier with a crisp sound. Before, the rain used to be a massive downpour with no seeming end. Tonight, the attacking Bloody Bats seemed to be gentler. After trying to penetrate the barrier for a while, they flapped their wings and left instead.
Every time the Blood Rain came, the citizens would naturally become more anxious. Occasionally, the rain of blood or the bats would fall through the cracked parts of the barrier and hit any unlucky ones.
When the time came, all the troops would draw up in a battle array. Also, the here people would not get a good night sleep. They would go to bed fully dressed, so they could run if anything went wrong. To their surprise, the Blood Rain was rather mild tonight. Driven by a sudden sense of excitement, they were hopeful about the disappearance of the rain. Was the calamity about to be over? Would the rain grow milder and milder? Would it finally be gone for good?
The people were starting to get tired of their confinement within a city. Also, fighting the beasts for survival was not the kind of life that they wanted. They wanted the peace that they used to have.
Animatedly, the topic became widely discussed among the people. Gu Xijiu sat on a tree and started to drink wine from a bottle gourd. For some time now, she had been fairly occupied. There was no time for her to rest, or to properly enjoy a drink. Getting drunk was not even an option. However, she needed to drink her sorrow down tonight.
"Master, don’t worry. Prince Nianmo does not have another fiancée. There must be some misunderstanding," the Firmament Stone convinced her.
"I know," Gu Xijiu answered briefly.