C95 Return to the Village

Zuo Feng looked at Shen Die's beautiful figure dressed in white, and muttered to himself. As for the words that Shen Die said before she left, how could he not understand it?

However, he did not know if he could overcome the current predicament. How could he give the other party unrealistic promises?

What he did not know was that Shen Die, who was walking with her back facing him, was already crying. Although he didn't say much to Zuo Feng, he was muttering to himself.

"Do you know, I've only become a disciple of Senior Fantasy, so I hope to help you bear some of the burden." "You have to come, you have to find me."

The teenage boys and girls were ignorant of each other. No one knew if they would still be in the same frame of mind when they met again after so many years. However, the unique nature of this couple also meant that what they were going to experience would definitely be extraordinary.

A huge gust of wind blew from the hill, and a huge black figure suddenly appeared like a bolt of lightning. However, it immediately flew into the distance after it tore through the sky. Zuo Feng still had not seen the full extent of this powerful flying mount, but just a glance at it was enough to shock Zuo Feng.

The last time was in the dark, and Zuo Feng had only caught a glimpse of it. This time, he finally understood how terrifying this mount was. Its size was so huge that it looked like a small attic. It was probably only a little smaller than the demonic beasts he had seen in the Heaven's Screen Mountain Range. The sunlight shone on the surface of the mount, faintly reflecting a cold light.

Zuo Feng let out a long sigh of relief. Although the huge mount had made him feel emotional, it was insignificant compared to the pain he felt when he left.

"Ancient Desolate Land!"

Zuo Feng muttered these words to himself as he slowly took out the necklace that Shen Die had given him. In his mind, he saw the Black Cloud Sect, a sect that he had almost forgotten about. Zuo Feng lightly smiled and tied the necklace around his neck.

The part of the pendant on the necklace was an old-fashioned metal plate. It was hard to tell what it was made of, but after putting it on, it could actually cover the pitch-black protrusion on Zuo Feng's chest. The change in his chest was too astonishing. Zuo Feng did not want anyone to see it, so he was very satisfied with the effect of the necklace to block the mark.

Quietly closing his eyes, Zuo Feng took a few deep breaths and tried his best to get all his emotions out of his mind. When he opened his eyes again, his eyes were filled with determination and persistence. He casually glanced at the corpse on the ground, then rushed into the surrounding forest.

"..."

There were some junk lying on the grass in the forest. Judging from the traces left behind by the bonfire, the campers had left for a few days already.

A young man walked into the camp with light steps. He would squat down from time to time to carefully examine the camp, and from time to time, he would turn his head to listen to something. After a long while, he slowly straightened his body and muttered to himself.

"It seems like they have left here for at least a day. From the looks of it, they are moving towards Yan City."

The young man who was talking to himself was Zuo Feng, who had come all the way here. He sensed that there might be an ambush in the direction of Yan City, so he decided to turn around and come here. The main thing was to retrieve what he had hidden here, and to see if the remnants of the bandits were still here.

To his disappointment, the bandits who were stationed here had long since left. Zuo Feng looked around for a long time, but other than seeing where the enemies were going, he didn't find anything else. He shook his head helplessly and left quickly.

Without even needing to look at the marks he left behind, Zuo Feng had easily found the tree where he hid his items. Not too long after, Zuo Feng climbed down from the tree like a beggar escaping from the wasteland, carrying three large bags with him.

After descending from the tree, Zuo Feng lowered his head and thought for a moment.

He also knew that the remaining bandits only had a little more than twenty people left. In addition to that, the ones who were killed by him and the beasts only had a little more than twenty people. 'In that case, the only ones left in this forest are the grey-clothed men from the Heavenly Empire Empire. They still have an ambush in this area, and it's still quite risky for me to return to Yan City.

After weighing the pros and cons for a while, Zuo Feng had a new plan in mind. After determining the direction, he rushed into the dense forest.

When Zuo Feng arrived outside the village, it was already getting dark. He stood outside the village quietly for a while, then walked into the village with big steps. He had already investigated the surroundings in detail, and just as he had expected, the grey-clothed man did not arrange any people to ambush them.

The outer area of the Balance Mountain was very wide. They had to send people to search for Teng Xiao Yun and arrange people to stop him. Plus, they had lost a lot of people, so it was hard for them to reach the Zuo Family Village now.

'I'm afraid their attention has started to shift towards Yan City now.

Zuo Feng guessed in his heart that from the direction that the bandits left in, they were probably going to Yan City. Then the grey-clothed man would probably start their next step, which was to contact their spy, Zhang Yu, through the bandits.

'Looks like they're about to make their next move. Although I don't have much feelings for the City Lord's Mansion, no matter what, my people still need the City Lord's Mansion's protection. I should reveal some information to them.

Zuo Feng thought about this as he returned to the village. The current Zuo Family Village was not much different from when he left. After seeing this scene, Zuo Feng also felt slightly more at ease.

Although there were very few wild beasts in the village, he didn't want the people in his village to be eaten by them. He came back this time because he wanted to bury the corpses of the villagers.

Zuo Feng roughly checked around the village, found a relatively intact house, and then took out some rations to eat. After the meal, Zuo Feng didn't want to think about anything else. After all, he hadn't had a good rest during this period. Besides being unconscious, he had also been resting on the tree for a few hours.

When Zuo Feng opened his eyes again, it was already late in the morning. Zuo Feng had already finished all the dry food on his body, so he started rummaging through the house.

After searching for a while, Zuo Feng really did have a great harvest. Not only did he find half a bag of food, but he also found a large piece of dried meat. Zuo Feng didn't really know how to cook, so he just threw the food and dried meat into the pot. What he didn't expect was that the taste was pretty good.

After breakfast, Zuo Feng started to get busy. He carried the corpses of the villagers out of the village one by one. He found an open area not too far from the river and moved the corpses here. This time, it was already noon.

After resting for a short while, Zuo Feng started to dig, as it was much more difficult than lifting corpses. Even with his peak body strengthening stage strength, he was still drenched in sweat from exhaustion.

This time, there were nearly two hundred people left in the village, and he had almost brought them all out. However, there were some corpses that had been burned together and could no longer be separated.

"We grew up together, so I believe you won't mind living together in the future."

Zuo Feng mumbled to himself as he threw the bodies that couldn't be separated into a hole. After that, he started to bury the corpses until the full moon was in the sky. Only then did he finish burying all the corpses.

Looking at the graves, Zuo Feng didn't show any expression of sadness. It seemed that after his death, his heart had become much stronger.

"You can rest assured, I will personally repay the debt of blood owed by the village of Zuo. I will definitely try my best to protect your family members as well. Maybe we won't be able to return home for the time being, but this place that belongs to us will definitely be rebuilt. If you know about it after you die, then wait here for our return. "

After saying that, Zuo Feng respectfully kowtowed three times to a grave, stood up, and walked towards the village in large strides. After returning to the house that he had slept in and eating up the rest of his breakfast, he left the village with his three bags.

Zuo Feng did not pay any attention to those dead bandits. Their deaths could be said to be their own fault, and to be eaten by wild beasts was also the result that they deserved.

After Zuo Feng left the village, he walked quickly along a familiar path. Soon, the sound of water could be heard. As they got closer, the sound of water gradually became louder, until it was like a massive waterfall.

When Zuo Feng arrived at the edge of the lake, he couldn't help but think back to more than a year ago when he was ambushed and almost killed by Zuo Lie. That time, not only did he not die, but he had even obtained a new fortuitous opportunity.

All his fortuitous encounters seemed to have started from here. Therefore, Zuo Feng had another important reason to return to the village, and that was to come back here again.

He already knew the origins of the items in the cave behind the waterfall, but his own body was closely related to it, so he had to uncover the secrets within. Although he did not have much confidence in opening the stone block, he still wished to try it again.

After all, the strange protrusion on his chest had caused some changes again. If he didn't figure out the reason behind it, he wouldn't be able to relax.

Zuo Feng found a secret place to hide the three big bags and started to climb towards the top of the mountain above the waterfall from the side. Although he had already reached the great circle of the Body Strengthening Stage, Zuo Feng knew that he still could not climb up the waterfall.

After half an hour of work, Zuo Feng, who had already arrived at the top of the mountain, finally finished preparing a rattan rope. Just like last time, he once again slowly fell down the waterfall. This time, he was quite familiar with the route and quickly found the cave behind the waterfall. With a leap, he jumped into the cave.

It was different from the last time. After he entered the cave, he quickly found the stone block that was not too different from the one on the mountain wall. He took out his dagger and slowly dug a little bit of the stone pillar out of the cliff wall. After that, he used a lot of effort to lift the heavy stone pillar out.

Zuo Feng tilted his head as he carefully examined the surface of the stone block. The stone block seemed to have been polished many times, and no other traces could be seen. It was impossible to see the texture of normal stones.

He swung his fist with all his strength, channeled spiritual energy into it, and slashed with his black dagger. Zuo Feng tried every method he could, but the stone block did not change at all. This was also within Zuo Feng's expectations. After all, according to Zuo Feng's guess, Teng Xiao Yun was an expert who had reached the Qi Refining stage.

Even his master was unable to use brute force to break it open, so it was normal that he couldn't open it himself.