Unlimited estates for rural beauty-Chapter 584: Bizarre (5)

"Husband, send him to the space and try the Spiritual Spring there," Feng Xuxu watched as Di An’s legs turned increasingly black and the fur threatened to grow up to his knees; she could not stand by and watch a loyal subordinate die like this.

"Okay," although it was just a single word, it conveyed his concern for his subordinate.

Feng Xuxu grabbed Di An’s sleeve and flashed into the space.

The people in the tent were stunned again. In less than the time it took for an incense stick to burn, they had been shocked twice, and this time it was even more bizarre. Their lady and Di An had disappeared in an instant. Several people gaped, looking towards their lord.

"No one is to utter half a word about today’s events, or death will follow," Dugu Chen’s icy gaze swept over them.

Everyone came back to their senses and knelt down in unison: "Yes, we will not reveal a single word."

Dugu Chen looked at Xuefei: "What about you?"

"A subject will not reveal a single word, or may lightning strike me down," Xuefei bowed his head, with the back of his clothes already soaked through.

After watching him for a moment, Dugu Chen then told them to stand up: "Everyone be vigilant, do not act alone."

"Yes, my lord."

Dugu Chen took out a packet of medicine powder from his sleeve: "Scatter this around the tent."

"Yes, my lord." Xuan Yue took the powder and spread it around in a circle, but as soon as she had finished, the rain washed it away. After trying several methods and still failing, she sighed and returned to the tent: "My lord, it’s raining outside, as soon as the powder hits the ground, it’s washed away by the rain."

Dugu Chen nodded helplessly. Meanwhile, after Feng Xuxu entered the space, she threw Di An into the Spiritual Spring Pool and closely observed his condition. After a while, seeing that the black hair on his leg was no longer growing, Feng Xuxu’s tense heart settled. She grabbed his hand and quietly took his pulse, feeling the heartbeat sometimes too fast, sometimes too slow, or if one didn’t take a careful pulse, they wouldn’t notice that faint heartbeat at all.

Feng Xuxu went to the tower only to not find Xiaobai. She then went to Xiaobai’s nest, and still no sign; finally, she called out with a darkened face: "Xiaobai, Xiaobai, you have half a minute to show up, or I’ll skin you alive and make a great cloak."

Xiaobai was in the mountains practicing with his ’girlfriend’ Blue Fox when he heard his sister’s shrill voice calling him out, threatening to skin him and turn it into a great cloak.

Blue Fox stretched out a paw to cover its mouth and snickered: "Your sister is calling you, you’d better hurry up; half a minute has already gone by."

"Ao..." Xiaobai snapped back to reality and hurtled away in a flash, leaving even leopards in the dust.

"Sister, I’m here." Xiaobai, afraid of being skinned, arrived with his voice preceding him.

By the time Xiaobai, wagging his tail, reached Feng Xuxu, before he could react, his sister grabbed him by the neck, dragging him along while fiercely saying, "There’s someone in the pool; go see what’s wrong with him."

"Someone?" Xiaobai immediately became unsettled. When had a person appeared in the space, and who was this person?

"What are you thinking? I brought him in; he didn’t appear out of nowhere," Feng Xuxu said, rolling her eyes as if she knew what he was thinking.

At the edge of the Spiritual Pool, she threw Xiaobai in her hand down: "Take a good look and see what’s wrong with him."

Xiaobai rolled a few times on the ground before stopping his slight body, looking at his sister with a woeful expression: "Can’t you be gentler? I really don’t know how your husband puts up with you."

"Any more nonsense, and I’ll cut your tongue out for wine."

Xiaobai shook the fur on his body and looked at the person by the pool. He was familiar with Di An; observing the person in the pool closely, he placed a paw on his pulse. After quite a long time, he finally released his grip.

"Sister, he must have been struck by a ’zou,’ but exactly what kind, I need to study further," Xiaobai wasn’t sure yet if it was as he suspected and needed further research.

Feng Xuxu saw that Xiaobai was very serious and knew it wasn’t simple: "Alright, first keep him alive; for the curse, you can take your time."

"En, sister, don’t worry."

Feng Xuxu patted Xiaobai’s tiger head: "He must not die; save him. Qiqi and Yueyue are in the space too, make sure they don’t touch anything on Di An’s body."

"Got it, sister. I’ll set up a barrier in a while. The kids can see it, but they can’t enter."

"Good, I’ll go out now. Call me if anything happens." Feng Xuxu felt that there was nothing she could help with by staying, so she might as well leave the space.

"My lady?" She left quietly and appeared just as quietly, causing everyone to exclaim in surprise.

Dugu Chen turned his head and saw that his wife had come out, asking her eagerly, "How is Di An?"

"His life is temporarily safe. According to Xiaobai, he may have been struck by a ’zou.’

Dugu Chen’s eyebrows knotted: "Do we know what kind it is?"

"We don’t know; we need further study to find out."

Everyone inside the tent went silent after hearing Feng Xuxu’s words, when suddenly, a sharp burst of flute music rang out, even more piercing than the sound before.

"Everyone, be ready."

"Yes, my lord." A group of people lit torches and stepped out of the tent.

Dugu Chen took Feng Xuxu by the hand and hurried out of the tent after them. The torches illuminated everything around them, and once again, the rustling sound rang out. The grass in the distant woods seemed to be flatten by the wind, wave after wave.

"Look, what’s that?" Baihe pointed at the dark mass emerging from the jungle, appearing in large patches almost in the blink of an eye, exiting the forest in pairs and groups, crawling towards the tent.

"My God..." Xuefei exclaimed, goosebumps covering his body, his scalp tensing, every hair standing on end.