The Demon Concubine of God

Chapter 257 Exploration

Qiu Shui brought Shen Wen back to the cave again.

The two sat by the fire. Qiu Shui looked at Shen Wen, which made Shen Wen feel puzzled. Shen Wen asked, "What's wrong with you? Why are you looking at me like that?"

Qiu Shui asked, "Are those immortal sect disciples looking for you?"

Shen Wen nodded and said, "You saw it too, why are you asking again? I didn't expect you to be so cunning. You must have been following me all along, right?"

Qiu Shui smiled and said, "You can't blame me for this. There are many unusual things about you that can't help but arouse suspicion."

Shen Wen said, "You must be joking. How can I be suspicious of someone as honest as me? I think you are just too suspicious."

Qiu Shui said: "This is the first time I have seen so many disciples of immortal sects and people from the martial arts world come to the mountain in groups to surround and suppress a male lover like you who looks so honest..."

Shen Wen retorted: "You are the male favorite, your whole family is the male favorite."

Qiu Shui said: "Okay, I'm wrong about the last two words. Then you admit that everything I said before was right. Then tell me, why did those people want to kill you?"

Shen Wen felt terrible after hearing this. He felt uncomfortable, embarrassed, and unable to speak. After a while of small movements, he said to Qiu Shui: "Let me tell you a story. There was a man who was both talented and handsome and had a high status. He fell in love with a partner from an ordinary family. Then... do you know what consequences this would bring to that ordinary person?"

Qiu Shui couldn't help laughing and said, "You are talking about you, of course... that man is charming and lovable, he has friends everywhere, oh... I understand, you mean that your friends used the power of your family to stir up the immortal sect and the people in the martial arts world to come to Hongwan Mountain to kill you?"

Shen Wen nodded.

Qiu Shui said: "Then your lover is really of a very high status. Apart from other things, do you know what kind of person can mobilize so many people in the immortal sect? Although some people in the martial arts world will be moved by talent, I have never seen a girl from an official family who has such ability to gather a group of martial arts masters to kill you together."

Shen Wen said: "The analysis makes sense."

Qiu Shui smiled and said, "I think your story is half true and half false. You said before that you were a son of an official family. How can you be considered an ordinary person? And... a man with both talent and beauty and a high status?"

Shen Wen glared at him and said, "Why? You haven't heard of this kind of thing? Aren't you also an old lover with that Mi Erdangjia?"

Shen Wen stopped talking here immediately, he almost let the cat out of the bag.

Mini, the second-in-command of the Mi family, was a man in the first half of his life and a woman in the second half in that world. He was a transgender old sister-in-law.

Qiu Shui's face remained calm, but only he knew how much he hated others mentioning this past event. It was simply touching his sore spot.

This is also a major characteristic of people like him. No matter how well someone gets along with him, he may take their life away at any time because of a certain word.

The atmosphere between the two of them was somewhat cold and silent for a long time before Qiu Shui said, "Since you are being chased by your enemies, you can hide here with me for a while."

Shen Wen immediately put on a smile, but he didn't agree. He said, "I can't drag you down. You have a patient to take care of, and I also have a task assigned by the government. Don't worry, those people have to be careful about the government. I will investigate my case openly. I have been out for several days. I guess we have already discovered that something happened here. Maybe the officers sent are on their way. I am not stupid. Since the higher-ups have given me the task, I will naturally go through the motions. I have thought about it. I will go to the scene of the crime now. Even if I don't investigate anything when I get there, I will just go back to the government and it will be considered as a task. Don't you think this is the truth? Boss Qiushui?"

Qiu Shui took advantage of the firelight and quickly glanced at Shen Wen. He bent down and picked up two pieces of dry firewood and put them into the fire. He said, "If that's the case, I won't force it. I was just talking just now."

Shen Wen said: "I am very grateful to Boss Qiushui for protecting me, and I want to thank you for saving me before. I will repay you when I am in trouble in the future."

Qiu Shui is actually a man of few words. He nodded and said, "Thank you in advance."

The next day, Shen Wen and Qiu Shui saw him off, and they separated for the second time.

Shen Wen went down to the foot of the mountain again, but unfortunately he ran into another group of people. This time there were both martial arts masters and immortal elders, and they seemed more difficult to deal with than last time.

But what Shen Wen didn't expect was that this time, before he could fight with them, a group of other masters jumped out of nowhere. They all looked like ghosts, their bodies were dirty and tattered, but they fought with those people bravely. Shen Wen felt very uncomfortable watching the fight. He saw broken limbs and arms flying in the sky, blood splattering. It was nothing like the aesthetic and horrible fights in TV dramas. It was like walking into a zombie battle at the end of the world.

Shen Wen kept shaking his head as he watched, and finally couldn't help it and ran to the side to vomit.

Big killer! Big killer!

The bone-attacking snakes created by the cultists are simply the most lethal weapons in this world!

So many lives were lost. Shen Wen was anxious, angry, and helpless. He was angry at Qiu Shui's cruelty and at Chu Yanqiu. Who was the instigator behind the scene? Was it one or two people or several people working together? Just because he seduced Chu Yanqiu, they ignored the lives of so many people? This person's heart was too terrible. No! This person was not a human being at all.

Shen Wen watched helplessly as those people were possessed by the bone-attaching snake and turned into zombies, and he voluntarily reported to Qiu Shui.

Shen Wen knew that now was not the time for him to go back and wait for an opportunity to kill Qiu Shui. Although he was not afraid of the bone-attaching snakes, there were too many zombies controlled by those snakes, and their lethality was immeasurable. They could probably tear him apart with just one claw.

After thinking about it, Shen Wen had no choice but to continue going to the valley at the foot of the mountain.

Arriving at the valley, Shen Wen realized something was wrong when he walked into the valley. The valley was surrounded by mountains on all sides. The entrance was lush with vegetation, and the weeds on the ground were so lush that they were half a person tall. However, the further in, the grass became, and the shorter it became. Halfway through, there was almost no grass on the ground.

Shen Wen touched the soil on the ground and looked at it. The soil was fertile and soft. The soil of the whole mountain was red, and the same was true here. He put it under his nose and smelled it. An unpleasant odor emanated, mixed with a familiar smell. Shen Wen couldn't remember where he had smelled this smell before, so he dug the soil and patted his hands to clean them.

Shen Wen walked forward. Not only was there no grass on the ground, but the ground was also cracked. However, when he picked up the soil and rubbed it, it was still soft and semi-sandy. At this time, he could see the mountain wall in front of him. The mountain wall was bare at the height of one person. As it gradually extended upward, some plants and trees grew. Gradually, when he looked from above, he could see the vitality of vegetation.

Shen Wen wanted to look along the mountain wall, looking for caves or ditches. He heard that the body was washed out by rainwater, so he thought it was possible that it was washed out by the flowing water in a cave.

Shen Wen searched for a while and found that there was more and more soft red soil on his feet, so he found a big rock to lean against, pulled off the shoe on his left foot, and used a branch to pick the red soil off the shoe. After he finished picking the red soil on his left foot, he put on and took off the other shoe and picked the other one.

He carefully scraped the dirt off his shoes, and when there was less dirt on them, he knocked them against a stone, and they were clean.

When Shen Wen lowered his head to put on his other shoe, he suddenly saw red water overflowing from the big rock. The water spread out and it was obvious that it was running water flowing, which meant that there was a water source behind the rock.

Shen Wen went around to see what was going on.

Sure enough, I saw a crack in the ground behind the stone, and red water was gushing out from the crack.

Shen Wen's heart immediately tensed up. He did not feel the joy of finding the clue. Instead, he felt that this crisis would be extremely difficult.

The crack in the ground was not as small as a hole. It extended far away until it reached the mountain, where a large hole was found. There was water in the hole, but it did not flow out.

Shen Wen looked at the cave in the mountain and felt dizzy. This was the feeling the cave gave people. He didn't know what strange things were inside. Fortunately, Shen Wen immediately shifted his gaze and looked up at the sky.

It was already late. It would be dark in the valley in another hour, so he had to leave immediately.

After leaving the valley, Shen Wen remembered that there was a cave not far away, so he decided to go there first and take a look, and if possible, stay in the cave.

Just as the sun was setting, Shen Wen found the cave that looked like an earthen kiln. Shen Wen went in and felt that the cave was quite large, and there were caves within caves. Shen Wen came out of the cave inside, looked around and found signs that someone had lived in the valley, including clay pots used for cooking and ashes from burning firewood.

Shen Wen went out of the cave to look for some wild fruits, wild rabbits, dried firewood and other things to use.

But he didn't know what Qiu Shui was doing at that moment.

Qiu Shui had already released six secret bases for the Bone Snake zombies. There were some on the mountain and some at the foot of the mountain. What was even more coincidental was that the cave that Shen Wen found was one of them.

Shen Wen didn't know that the cave was not only a cave within a cave, but there was another cave underneath it. The cave underneath was much more terrifying. Qiu Shui stood in the cave and looked at the villagers who were captured. He counted and there were exactly five of them.

Kawa Bear lay on the ground covered in blood, not knowing whether he was dead or alive. A Kun and A Wang were also tied to the mountain wall with iron chains, with scratches all over their bodies. Not far from A Wang and A Wang Kun, there was a high-legged chopping board as wide as a single bed. Pi Tiao Xia was tied to the chopping board with iron chains. He was awake, but he was struggling and trembling all over. His mouth was stuffed with cloth and he couldn't speak. He looked at Qiu Shui in horror. The black man, Ga Ji Gua, was given special treatment. He was thrown into a pile of zombies and was surrounded by a group of zombies, grabbing and touching him. His tempting fresh blood made the soldiers sweat. Ga Ji Gua was so frightened that he had reached a state of dullness and numbness. He stared straight, like a rag doll that was about to be torn into pieces.