Before Anduo Zebu could voice his feelings, Wei Ying saw Wu Ya approaching him, barely concealing his excitement.
"Ready?" Wei Ying's tone also carried a hint of impatience, a far cry from his previously nonchalant and lazy demeanor.
Wu Ya immediately handed him a soaked handkerchief. Without a second thought, Wei Ying took it and tied it around his face.
Although he might have looked a bit comical, Wei Ying didn't care about such things.
After everyone who was going to enter the city with Wei Ying was ready, they finally pushed open the dusty door.
Pushing aside the dust, they were greeted with a scene of desolation.
Looking at the once - vibrant small town reduced to a dying state again, Wei Ying was itching to tear Hu Yanzhuo Riqian into pieces.
"My lord...?"
Suddenly, he heard someone calling him from behind. Wei Ying immediately turned around and saw a gaunt man looking at him excitedly.
Wei Ying was taken aback for a moment, and then recognized someone from his features.
"Zhao Yue?" Wei Ying squinted his eyes in disbelief.
This man was none other than Zhao Yue, whom Wei Ying had ordered to stay behind.
The once - energetic and burly man was now disheveled and emaciated, with sores starting to appear on his body.
Wei Ying, seeing all this, silently gritted his teeth.
Then, without thinking, he instinctively reached out his hand to help the man up.
"My lord!" Wu Ya exclaimed in horror.
Seeing that his lord seemed to want to help him up, Zhao Yue immediately pushed hard against the ground with his legs and backed away a few steps. After reaching the wall, he said urgently, "Don't... don't come near! My lord! If you touch me... you'll get infected too! I'm just a low - life. It doesn't matter if I die. But... the people of Chuanzhou are still waiting for you to save them!"
The hand that was about to reach out stopped in mid - air. There was a storm of darkness in Wei Ying's eyes.
"I will save all of you!" Wei Ying looked at Zhao Yue firmly.
Zhao Yue felt a warmth in his heart and just wanted to cry.
But... as a real man! How could he cry!
So... Zhao Yue turned his head away and didn't look at Wei Ying anymore.
But... those useless tears just couldn't be controlled!
Seeing this, Wei Ying naturally understood his thoughts and didn't say any more sentimental words. He quickly but carefully observed the people around him before continuing, "Are all these people the city guards?"
Zhao Yue took a breath, turned his head back, and replied, "Yes, my lord... When a few of the brothers still had the strength, we held on to the city gate tightly, afraid that any civilians would rush out... Later... when we heard that an army was coming from outside, we finally relaxed and stayed here... waiting..."
To die...
He never said the last word.
Their Lord Ning was here, which meant...
They didn't have to wait for death anymore!
Wei Ying calmed down and looked around again. Finally, he noticed something was wrong.
Where was Wei Zhi?
Wasn't she also guarding the city gate with Zhao Yue?
Thinking of this, Wei Ying asked in a slightly cold tone, "Where... is Wei Zhi?"
The light in Zhao Yue's eyes instantly dimmed. After taking a few deep breaths, he slowly said, "Miss Wei Zhi... locked herself in a room over there..."
Hearing that it wasn't the terrible outcome he had imagined, Wei Ying felt relieved.
"Why didn't you bring her out?"
"She locked the door from the inside, and there seems to be something propping it up. With our... current strength... we can't push it open..."
Saying this, Zhao Yue lowered his head guiltily.
"What happened?" Wei Ying thought that Wei Zhi shouldn't be such a self - defeating person!
Her will to survive was stronger than anyone else's!
Zhao Yue shook his head.
He didn't know why Miss Wei Zhi had locked herself up.
Seeing this, Wei Ying ordered the others to go around and check on the civilians' conditions, while he took Wu Ya and Anduo Zebu to the place Zhao Yue had just pointed out.
A dilapidated small house.
When they reached the house, Wei Ying didn't think twice and kicked the door.
Amid the flying dust, they finally saw the scene inside the room.
This house must have been a cloth shop before.
There were still dozens of bolts of cloth lying haphazardly inside.
But now these bolts of cloth were...
Torn to pieces.
In the corner where the dust had settled, a figure was trembling.
Wei Ying frowned and walked towards the figure.
"Wei Zhi?" After stopping, Wei Ying tried to make his tone gentle.
The figure suddenly stiffened, and then started trembling even more violently.
"Wei Zhi?" Wei Ying called her again patiently.
The once - serious and cute little girl who never smiled easily had now become so timid. Wei Ying knew that Chu Qing liked her very much. If Chu Qing saw Wei Zhi like this, she would probably be more heart - broken than he, her real master.
Finally, the figure spoke in a muffled voice, "My lord... don't come near... I'm very dangerous now..."
Wei Ying frowned and asked, "Why did you lock yourself up?"
Wei Zhi stiffened again, and then slowly raised her head.
After seeing Wei Zhi's appearance, Wei Ying was completely stunned.
Her face was covered with scratched wounds. Some of the wounds had scabbed over, while others were still bleeding and even deep enough to show the bone.
The once - beautiful young girl had now become a hideous mess.
Wei Ying took a deep breath and couldn't say a word for a long time.
Seeing the horrified expressions on the faces of the people in front of her, Wei Ying immediately buried her head between her curled knees.
"My lord... I've become a complete useless person."
Originally, even though Wei Zhi had lost her internal energy, she could still serve Wei Ying with her superb disguise skills.
But now, her tattered face couldn't withstand any more damage.
Wei Zhi sobbed softly, and Wei Ying and the others couldn't say a single word of comfort.
Wei Zhi was naturally strong - willed. Now, everything she had valued most had turned into a bubble. And as a girl, her most important asset, her face, was also ruined...
Wu Ya, who had been silent for a long time, couldn't bear it anymore and said, "Don't be afraid. I'll definitely come up with a way to save you. Can you tell me why you... look worse than Zhao Yue and the others?"
She had always had better endurance than Zhao Yue and the other men.
Anduo Zebu, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said in a deep voice, "Miss, did you take any poison or... have to take any medicine before?"
Wei Ying remembered what had happened in Fengyue Villa and immediately answered for Wei Zhi, "She was forced to take the Power - Dissolving Powder by Hu Yan Longhao!"
Anduo Zebu frowned and said seriously, "It seems that there is something in this Power - Dissolving Powder that conflicts with this... strange disease. So... this young lady is suffering much more than others."
After hearing this, Wu Ya suddenly looked at Anduo Zebu coldly:
"You're from Xiliang! Do you have any way to save her!"