Mysterious Shender
⁇ : Former Nanxi Army, Fu Cha Maorong

The strange and crazy man slowly walked around Xi Wei while growling. And, the sapodilla-skinned youth felt that there was something strange about him. Not in a bad context, of course.

He is not someone who studies Black magic. But, why would he have to eat human flesh and drink their blood? Some kind of poison? Or, disease? No, not really. Judging from his place of life that was filled with Illusory Magic, he must have once cultivated. What happened to this guy? thought Xi Wei.

There was no time to think any longer, the man went forward attacking Xi Wei.

Xi Wei dodged the man's attack. He's clucking pissed. "Oi!" yells. "Can you say it first when you want to attack? I'm getting into trouble like this."

The man was angry and his attacks became increasingly blind. His attack was very similar to the claw attack of a savage creature. Perhaps because of that he was referred to as the Beast Beings of the Meifang Bamboo Forest.

Having no other choice, Xi Wei ended up using the sword that was still wrapped in its sheath. Instead of killing the man, he was more curious about what had happened to him.

The man reached out his hand to strangle Xi Wei's neck. The young man directly hit his hand and retreated a few steps back.

"You're crazy, huh? I heard that whenever anyone comes in here you eat meat and drink their blood. Tasty good? Why don't you come with me and go to Meifang to get some food?" ask Xi Wei.

Right after Xi Wei said his sentence, the man roared furiously. He looked towards the young man and let out a long shrill that hurt the ears.

Xi Wei clucked. This guy's crazy. What was wrong with taking him to Meifang? Rather than him eating a human here, his inner.

Xi Wei turned around to attack and beat up the man. Each of his attacks could be repelled easily, as if the man did not feel any pain all over his body being beaten by the young man. The man instead tried to snatch the sword from Xi Wei's hand.

Xi Wei did not remain silent. With all his strength, he kicked the man's stomach until he was pushed a few steps back. It would be very difficult to defeat him with just a physical fight like this. His skin is very hard, already level with the Giant Venomous Snake I fought! thought Xi Wei.

Using the opportunity when Xi Wei's vigilance weakened, the man managed to claw his left arm. The young man grimaced, then realized that in the long nails of the man was tucked in poison.

The poison? Xi Wei clucked in annoyance. His hands felt like a tingling sensation, then slowly burned. He realized what poison the man had after seeing the towering bamboo trees from the corner of his eyes. Black Bamboo Poison. Damnit damnit! Here alone I can be trapped in Illusory Magic, how could I forget that inside a bamboo forest like this there would be Black Bamboo Poison?

Xi Wei started to seriously face off against his opponent. He didn't have much time to serve the man. If not treated immediately, the Black Bamboo Poison will spread throughout the body and make it paralyzed.

Dodging the man's attack, Xi Wei opened the large wooden box he was carrying. He took out an ordinary needle and stuck it into his left arm. Every time a needle pierced through his skin, he felt extreme pain.

Damnit damnit! Had I had acupuncture needles, this pain would have diminished a lot, inner Xi Wei. He was a little sorry for not buying acupuncture needles in the drugstore first.

Xi Wei held the man's arm, then managed to snatch something from him. A strange bracelet that was already opaque and dull. This…? I think I know him. This bracelet.

The man groaned loudly, which made Xi Wei aware of the information from the bracelet he had already snatched.

I already know! This bracelet, this bracelet belongs to the former Emperor Service Army. The bracelet that binds the brotherhood among its soldiers. Former emperor, meaning. This person was a member of the Nanxi Army.

"You! You're a member of the Nanxi Army, right? Tell me!" yell Xi Wei. "Tell me what happened inside the Palace first!"

The man stopped attacking Xi Wei. Eyes widened. It seemed that it was true that he used to be a member of the famous King Service Force, Nanxi Army.

"Tell me, where is Father now? You must know because you're Nanxi's army. Tell me!" Xi Wei urged the man to tell him where Xi Chen was right now.

Instead of answering, the man shed tears. He wanted to talk, but he couldn't do it.

Xi Wei rubbed the dirty bracelet until he could see the engraving of the man's name. Fu Cha Maorong's. The young man knew, Fu Cha Maorong was a deputy general in the Nanxi Army. He had heard Xincai tell him about the Nanxi Army.

Maorong stopped attacking Xi Wei. As for the young man, he vomited blood, which was pitch-black in color. The poison had already managed to escape Xi Wei's body.

Now was the time for Xi Wei to ask about everything she wanted to know, but realized that the Maorong was already contaminated by the Black Bamboo Poison. His tongue became groaned, definitely unable to answer the young man's question.

"You can still write, right?" Xi Wei asked. He took out a piece of paper, a bottle of black ink, and a brush from inside the wooden box, then gave it to Maorong.

Maorong nodded her head. With trembling hands, he picked up a brush and paper. He waited for Xi Wei to ask him. Especially after hearing the word 'Ayahanda' from the mouth of the sapodilla-skinned young man, he came to believe that Xi Wei was the son of Xi Chen—.

"What are you doing in this bamboo forest?" ask Xi Wei. "I heard from the surrounding population that there are wild creatures that roam and like to eat meat and drink human blood. Is that you?"

Maorong thought for a moment, then wrote down the answer on paper. When it was done, he showed it to Xi Wei.

Xi Wei read it.

「True. I live here. Having already been exposed to the Black Bamboo Poison, my body was often in pain. If you don't drink blood, it won't heal. Therefore, at every opportunity and meet the bad guys I always kill them.」

"It's good of you, I think you killed a good man. I almost chopped your head off knowing you committed a crime. But that also cannot be allowed. Why don't you go to the village and ask the healer to help you there?"

Maorong wrote down the answer to Xi Wei's question.