Chapter 83: Chapter 62: Miniature Spiritual Ore, the Baby-eating Mink Appears

Listening to Qiu Ming’s tone, I almost thought Liou Tao was coming for him, proposing to hunt down Liou Tao.

Liou Yuan squinted and watched Liou Tao’s figure disappearing in the snowstorm, shook his head and replied, "I don’t know what kind of magic this guy has mastered, he’s extremely good at concealment. And since there’s some distance, it’s not that easy to chase him."

If Liou Tao had entered this alley, Liou Yuan would certainly have taken action.

Now if I chase after him, it would be futile and might alert him, making it difficult to do anything against him in the future.

"Let’s make a note of this first. We’ll discuss it when we return to the sect after we slaughter the Baby-eating Mink."

"There are plenty of ways to deal with him!"

Qiu Ming wasn’t one to back down, hearing the chill in Liou Yuan’s tone, he nodded fiercely in agreement: "Alright!"

The two waited another incense stick’s time in the alley, confirmed Liou Tao had gone away, and then without delay, set out towards Yongquan Town.

On the way, Qiu Ming suggested they find a place to wait for Liou Tao again, saying it’s possible he might follow them again.

Liou Yuan directly rejected the suggestion, responding, "That guy is very cautious and knows we’re in the alley waiting for him."

"Once exposed, he won’t follow to his death again."

Liou Yuan’s analysis was spot on, hearing Qiu Ming clicking his tongue in praise.

"You’re too crafty, kid, Liou Tao isn’t half as cunning as you."

Liou Yuan returned a disdainful look to Qiu Ming.

The two climbed mountains and crossed ridges, braving the wind and snow, finally reaching the entrance to Yongquan Town before midnight the next day.

Yongquan Town is nestled between two mountains.

Heavy snow fell during the day, and now the town is already blanketed with a foot-high of snow.

Normally, at this hour, ordinary people should be resting.

However, every household had oil lamps lit, with dim candle flames flickering in the snow-covered town, outlining the ancient and orderly structures amidst the darkness.

Occasional dog barks echo softly in the deserted alleys.

Liou Yuan and Qiu Ming stopped ten zhang away from the town entrance.

Although this small town seemed dilapidated, the residents here all have ancestral ties to the Five Extremes Mountain.

Thus, this town is protected by an array.

Liou Yuan pressed his palm forward, immediately a circle of invisible barrier rose, blocking their path.

"It’s just a basic array; together, Qiu Ming and I can break it within one incense stick’s time."

Liou Yuan sensed the feedback from the array’s power on his hand, judging the potency of this array.

Compared to the array in Yanhe City, this one is vastly inferior.

Of course, it’s enough to fend off scattered Star Evil.

After all, this area is still within the range of the Five Extremes Mountain, where strong Star Evil won’t appear.

"That Baby-eating Mink must have a way to break this array, which is why Yongquan Town had no choice but to seek aid from Five Extremes Mountain."

Thinking of this, Liou Yuan signaled to Qiu Ming beside him.

The latter understood, stepped forward until his tall frame nearly touched the barrier, then shouted into the array with his voice amplified by spiritual power: "Disciple Qiu Ming of Five Extremes Mountain, sent by the sect to exterminate demons, open this broken array."

His naturally loud voice, further enhanced by spiritual power, resounded through the town like a drum.

Previously shut doors in the town opened with a series of clatters following the sound.

In no time, under the guidance of an old man with a cane, a team of about a dozen strong young men emerged from the town, stepping through the snow. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

"Do the visitors carry the sect disciple’s token?"

A lean middle-aged man summoned the courage to shout at Liou Yuan and Qiu Ming outside the town.

Qiu Ming pointed to his waist, revealing the black iron token.

...

Seven or eight tung oil lamps were lit in a cellar dug beneath the earth, providing light to the small space.

The pungent and unpleasant smell of tung oil spread through the space with the flickering flames.

Liou Yuan and Qiu Ming sat above, with the elderly of Yongquan Town and capable young men seated on the sides.

With respectful voices, they recounted the events that had occurred in Yongquan Town over recent times.

In the center sat a group of children, ranging from one or two years old to six or seven years old.

In the eyes of the slightly older children, one could see fear and unease.

Younger children curiously looked at Liou Yuan and Qiu Ming, two strangers.

Listening for a long time, Liou Yuan roughly understood the course of events.

The children’s disappearance began happening only two months ago.

From noon onward, the children vanished.

Initially, the town’s residents didn’t pay much attention, thinking the children were just playing and forgot to return home, as is typical for mountain children who often play and don’t come home.

After all, this area is under the jurisdiction of the Five Extremes Mountain sect, and it’s considered safe.

It was only when the neighbors were about to extinguish their lights at night that the parents of the missing child panicked, called upon the townspeople to search the mountains high and low, but the result was predictable.

Meanwhile, as the town’s young men who left home, yet another child disappeared during this interval.

This incited fear among the residents.

Children were forbidden from leaving their homes, and everyone shut their doors and windows nightly.

The vigilant efforts were somewhat effective, yet after a month passed, another child vanished.

In just a brief moment when the parents turned around, the child who was just lazing on the bed vanished into thin air within the house.

This kind of incident has occurred five or six times.

Moreover, the frequency is increasing.

The townspeople eventually realized they might be confronting something ghostly, prompting a hurried dispatch of strong young men from the town to journey over mountains to the foot of Five Extremes Mountain, where they contacted people from the sect.