Chapter 662: Chapter 197: A Ghost King! Chilling Actions! (10,000-Word Mega Chapter, Please Subscribe)_1

This place was also a border area of the Great Yan Dynasty, adjacent to the Great Zhou Dynasty, so in terms of climate and other aspects, there was not much difference between the two dynasties.

If it weren’t for the Destiny Coffin leading the way at the front and issuing a warning to Fan Wu and the others, Yun Jiuqing and her companions wouldn’t have even realized that they had stepped within the realms of the Great Yan Dynasty.

Honestly, among the four people, one ox, and one coffin present, only Liu Feng had traveled back and forth between the two dynasties.

For Fan Wu, Yun Jiuqing, Xing Fengzi, Old Blue Ox, and the Destiny Coffin, it was their first time leaving the Great Zhou Dynasty.

In a certain sense,

this could also be considered going abroad.

"I’ve grown up so big, yet this is the first time I’ve left the Great Zhou Dynasty," Yun Jiuqing muttered, "I also wonder how the dietary styles of the Great Yan Dynasty differ from those of the Great Zhou Dynasty."

Liu Feng kindly explained from behind, "The dietary styles of the two dynasties are indeed somewhat different. People in the Great Yan Dynasty can eat spicier food, and some of the ways they cook are also cruder than those in the Great Zhou Dynasty."

The way he phrased it was very nice, but in essence, he conveyed one meaning—the Great Yan Dynasty was a gastronomic desert.

Don’t expect to eat anything particularly delicious in this dynasty.

That was practically non-existent!

After stepping into the territory of the Great Yan Dynasty, Fan Wu and the others continued in one direction for a whole day and night. When Yun Jiuqing and the others began to feel a little weary, structures they had long anticipated finally appeared in front of them!

It was a small village!

Not a very large one.

After nearly ten days and nights without seeing any buildings, suddenly encountering a small village was enough to greatly excite Yun Jiuqing and her companions.

"Daoist Priest Fan! Daoist Priest Fan!" Yun Jiuqing said excitedly, "There’s a village ahead, can we buy some food there and eat something more normal at last?"

She’d had enough of the various kinds of game found in the middle of nowhere, with their dry and tough texture that she never wanted to encounter again in her life.

She was the kind who would rather eat a steamed bun than a tiger.

Xing Fengzi also breathed a sigh of relief, "I wonder if there is a tailor in that village. If there is one, maybe he could help me mend this Daoist robe of mine that has gotten a bit tattered."

Liu Feng, too, showed a smile, feeling that he finally had an opportunity to be of use, no longer just an accessory tagging along.

He spoke up, "Just by listening to their accents in the village, I’ll be able to tell where we are in the Great Yan Dynasty, or we could simply ask them to find out which province this place belongs to."

"As long as we know which province of the Great Yan Dynasty this is, then I will know which direction to head towards the Imperial City of the Great Yan Dynasty. After crossing through the Great Yan Imperial City, we can then head towards a province close to the Shangwu Dynasty."

When he said this, Liu Feng also took the time to explain to Fan Wu and the others, "The provinces of the Great Yan Dynasty are equivalent to the Eastern, Southern, Western, Northern, and Central Regions of the Great Zhou Dynasty."

"The Great Yan Dynasty has a total of seven provinces, two more than the Great Zhou Dynasty, though it’s not as large."

"For instance, one Nanjun of your Great Zhou Dynasty could be divided into two provinces in our scheme."

After hearing his explanation, Yun Jiuqing had a sudden realization, "It sounds like it’s just a change of name, that’s all!"

"That is indeed the case," Liu Feng nodded.

Just as they intended to head towards the village in front of them,

suddenly, the previously quiet Fan Wu spoke up, "There’s a... faint scent of blood ahead."

Such a statement, falling upon the ears of Yun Jiuqing and the other two, immediately made them alert.

A scent of blood?

Hisss!

Although the three of them hadn’t smelled anything unusual, they felt that Daoist Priest Fan would not speak of such things for no reason. That meant the village ahead, belonging to the Great Yan Dynasty, might indeed be somewhat unusual!

Or could it be that something had happened in that village?

Their mindset... was no longer as relaxed as it had been.

Instead, they approached the village with a sense of vigilance.

The road leading to the Great Yan village was relatively smooth, finally obviating the need to use the Destiny Coffin as a tool to forcibly carve a path through the overgrown brush.

"There definitely is a blood scent!" As a slight breeze blew across their faces, carrying with it a faint odor of blood, Xing Fengzi’s pupils shrank.

If even the scent carried by the wind was somewhat strong, what exactly had happened in this village?

"Look over there!" Yun Jiuqing suddenly pointed in one direction, "There!"

Everyone looked in the direction she was pointing.

Aside from Fan Wu, the other two inhaled sharply.

For they saw a corpse hanging on a banyan tree! The body had been violently disemboweled, not wearing a stitch of clothing, not even a shred of cloth draped over it, its brightly colored intestines sloppily spilling out.