Chapter 89 Heinous Crimes

"Hoo~ Hoo~"
Yang Xuan and his two companions fled from various exotic beasts and finally arrived at the city gate, only to find that it was extremely quiet outside the gate, with no one entering or leaving.
The city gate was wide open, and there were no soldiers guarding it.
"Strange?"
Ling Chengfeng looked around and muttered to himself, "There's no road here either. Who built this city in such a remote forest? And why?"
"Is there any danger hidden in this city?"
Yang Xuan also felt the strange atmosphere and looked through the city gate at the streets inside the city. Occasionally, he could see pedestrians moving in groups of two or three, whispering something quietly.
Ling Chengfeng hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "Anyway, let's go in and take a look."
"Understood."
So the three of them walked into the city gate cautiously and entered the city.
"Oh no, what am I going to do? All of my ships in the harbor are gone."
"What's going on? We've had so many years of peace. Why are the gods fighting again?"
"The Sea God somehow offended the Four Mountain Gods, and was attacked by them together, escaping with injuries. Hmm, it might not be peaceful around here in the North Mountains."
……
Yang Xuan and his companions pricked up their ears, listening to the discussions of the passers-by on both sides.
Road Xiaoki looked up at Yang Xuan and Ling Chengfeng, blinked his bright eyes, and whispered, "Listen, they are talking about Jingwei. Jingwei is injured."
"Hmm, I heard."
Yang Xuan nodded, with a hint of worry in his eyes.
After all, Jingwei, like Black Grandfather, wanted to help the three of them after learning about the invasion of the world, and crossed the North Sea with them all the way to bring them to this side of Beishan.
If it were not for the sudden appearance of the Four Mountain Gods, Yang Xuan and his companions, with the help of Jingwei, would have easily achieved their goal and waited for time to pass in peace.
"Why are there four mountain gods lying in ambush on the way?"
The most worrying question for Yang Xuan is this. He remembered that before leaving, Jingwei told them that the four mountain gods' target was the three of them.
"Our identity has been exposed."
Ling Chengfeng guessed with a serious expression: "Jingwei said that the sinister force behind the invasion of our world is very frightening. It's likely that they have identified the three of us and want to eliminate us."
"Then why didn't they come find us directly?"
"Since the mastermind is even more powerful than Jingwei, isn't it a god-level existence? If they had come directly to us, wouldn't we have died long ago?"
"It's possible that they can't track our whereabouts."
Ling Chengfeng guessed, "But the mastermind behind knows our purpose for coming to the World of Mountains and Seas, that's why they had the Four Great Mountain Gods ambush us in the North Mountain beforehand, because they knew that we would definitely come to the North Mountain."
"But the mastermind behind this plot probably did not expect that we would be escorted by the sea goddess Jingwei."
"Otherwise, with the abilities of the four mountain gods, once the three of us set foot on the land of the North Mountain, we would be discovered and caught by the mountain gods immediately."

Yang Xuan suddenly nodded in enlightenment, and the three of them whispered as they wandered aimlessly on the street. However, as they walked, they faintly sensed that something was wrong.
"Xiao Qi..."
Yang Xuan cleared his throat and spoke with a lowered voice, his eyes fixed ahead as he asked Xiao Qi beside him, "Can you sneak a peek and see if there's a snake-headed creature with a human body following us from the left rear?"
Luo Xiaoqi has been looking around and now she was facing the left rear. When she heard Yang Xuan said that, she immediately pretended to look at a corner of the wall on the left rear and saw a strange creature with a snake head and human body.
The strange person saw her looking around and quickly hid behind the wall, looking sneaky and not like a good person.
“Yes, hiding behind the corner.”
"Understood."
Yang Xuan nodded and said to Ling Chengfeng, "Chengfeng, did you notice? That person from the Qi She Nation has been following us all the way."
"Understood."
Ling Chengfeng nodded without changing his expression, "Look at the tea house on the right, there is a person from the Yanhuo Kingdom sitting inside. He has been watching us."
Upon hearing Ling Chengfeng's words, Yang Xuan glanced with the corner of his eye and indeed spotted a person in the tea house who looked like a monkey, staring at them.
"What's going on? Why do I feel like we're being watched?"
Yang Xuan broke out in a cold sweat, feeling the malicious gazes all around him, as if unfriendly vibes were emanating from every corner.
"I don't know..."
Ling Chengfeng was also very confused and could not help but speed up his pace, leading Yang Xuan and Lu Xiaoqi forward.
The people behind immediately followed, and the number of people like this increased gradually. At first, there were only one or two, but later, the number slowly increased to four or five, and then to more than ten.
Finally, even the people who were following didn't bother to hide their presence and were just blatantly following behind.
A gust of wind blew by, picking up a pile of fallen leaves and a few yellowed pieces of paper, one of which flew directly onto Yang Xuan's face.
"What is it?"
Yang Xuan reached out to pull off the rice paper on his face, took a look at it, and was instantly shocked with his mouth wide open, growing bigger and bigger until it could fit an egg inside.
What's wrong?"
Ling Chengfeng and Lu Xiaoqi saw Yang Xuan's strange expression and also leaned in to take a look.
As a result, both of them leaned forward to take a closer look and were immediately thunderstruck, frozen in place and unable to move.
On the rice paper in Yang Xuan's hand, there was a skilled painter who had used colored dyes to depict the appearance of two boys and a girl.
There are three people in this picture, and they are so lifelike that they almost look like a photo of an ink painting.
And the three people in the painting are none other than Yang Xuan and his friends!
Who painted them and scattered them on the streets?
Ling Chengfeng and Lu Xiaoqi quickly took action and found that these posters were scattered all over the city streets, all with portraits of three people on them.
"Uncle!"
Ru Xiaqi couldn't resist his curiosity, picked up a piece of rice paper from the ground, and came to the yellow-skinned strong man. He pointed to a long string of unfamiliar characters below the portrait and asked, "What does it say?"
That yellow-skinned person dressed as a hunter, with his arms crossed and his eyes lowering to scan the text on the paper. He then glanced at Lu Xiaoqi.
After pondering for a moment, he muttered in a deep voice: "These three people have committed heinous crimes, destroying the underground world of the Flowing Sand Domain, causing the entire domain to collapse and killing countless creatures."
"And several days ago, they kidnapped the ruler of Qingqiu, crossed into Tang Valley, bewitched the nine phoenixes, and joined forces to attack the Golden Crow, attempting to disrupt the movement of the sun and moon, bringing calamity to the world."
"If you capture the three individuals in the picture, there will be a substantial reward, signed by Mount Kunlun's Jade Peak."
"Huh?"
Road Xiaoki was stunned after listening, nodded mechanically and said, "Thank you."
Then, she returned to Yang Xuan's side with her body slightly stiff, walking with a swaying motion, like a penguin.
"What are you still thinking about?"
Yang Xuan reached out and rubbed Lou Xiaoqi's head, bending down with a smile, leaning close to Lou Xiaoqi's ear and whispered, "Let's run quickly!"