Chapter 136: Two Groups of forces

Su Yin turned her head, her eyes passing over Master Wan San’s face and finally landing on Nan Jingzhi.

Mr. Wan Sanye stared at the corpses. Although he frowned slightly, he had no other expression.

On the other hand, Nan Jingzhi’s expression became solemn, obviously recognizing this outfit.

Before she spoke, she looked down to the riverbed.

“Wait a minute.”

Su Yin took out the mask from his pocket and handed it to the other party.

Nan Jingzhi glanced sideways, and before the other party spoke, Su Yin added, “New one.”

Nan Jingzhi then took the mask and put it on.

Seeing this, the others put on masks.

In the past few days, everyone has been wearing masks most of the time. Especially when they encounter places where there are many corpses, they dare not take them off.

Only when they reach a section of the road where there are no corpses, do they dare to take them off to breathe.

Zhang Bingliang and Li Rui saw that the three of them had gone, so they had no choice but to follow them.

A group of five people cautiously approached the pile of rotting corpses. As they got closer to the corpses, the smell of rotting corpses made their heads hurt.

Zhang Bingliang and Li Rui couldn’t bear it anymore, so they turned around and ran to the shore, vomiting loudly.

When Wan Sanye heard the sound of vomiting from behind, he felt his stomach churning.

He could bear it before, but the sound of vomiting in his ears was so contagious that he could no longer bear it.

He ran towards them and stood on the shore, vomiting loudly.

Nan Jingzhi’s frown deepened, and the veins on his forehead bulged slightly. He turned his head, faced the three people who were vomiting loudly, and said through gritted teeth: “Keep your voice down.”

The three of them shut up immediately when he shouted. He opened his mouth and didn’t dare to vomit so ‘arrogantly’.

Su Yin took a few deep breaths, suppressed her nausea, and said calmly, “Mr. Nan, did you find anything?”

Nan Jingzhi shook his head and nodded, signaling her to calm down.

Nan Jingzhi crouched down and wanted to search the body, but when he saw the bulging body, he couldn’t do it.

Suddenly, a wooden stick appeared in front of him.

Nan Jingzhi looked at Su Yin in surprise. He didn’t know when she touched a wooden stick in her hand.

He picked up the wooden stick, endured his nausea, and began to dig through the body.

“Boom”…

a bronze medal slipped from the waist of the corpse. Nan Jingzhi picked the bronze medal aside, squatted down, and after seeing the lines and words on it clearly, he threw the bronze medal aside.

Nan Jingzhi walked around several other corpses before leaving.

The three people on the shore weakly put their arms around each other, waiting for the two of them quietly.

When they saw them coming back, they couldn’t wait to follow them and leave the river bed.

The smell here is really unpleasant. When they smell it, they can’t help but want to vomit, but there is nothing in their stomachs. The most they can do is vomit bitter water, which feels worse.

A little away from the river bed, the five people stood beside the withered reeds.

Nan Jingzhi didn’t hide anything, “You should also be able to see that the identities of these people are not simple.”

The other four nodded, but they could guess it by looking at their clothes, but they didn’t know their specific identities.

Even The same is true for the knowledgeable Wan Sanye. In fact, he has a guess, but he is not sure.

Of course he won’t talk nonsense about things that are uncertain.

He was also curious whether the identities of these people were the same as he had guessed.

Nan Jingzhi said, “The corpses on the river bed belong to two forces.”

You can actually tell one thing or two from the clothes. Everyone knows this.

“You should have heard that one of the parties is from King Yun of Yunzhou. As for the other party, it is very mysterious and has no markings.

But the token, interestingly, belongs to King Wu.”

Zhang Bingliang and Li Rui were listening . The words “King of Yun” and “King of Wu” scare me half to death.

These people are all heavenly beings, and they, the ordinary people, are not qualified to see them.

The two of them shocked these princes, but Su Yin and Wan Sanye grasped the key point of the last sentence.

Wan Sanye asked, “Is the identity token with King Yun’s person, or the other party?”

“The other party,” Nan Jingzhi replied.

This means that the mysterious person on the other side pretends to be one of King Wu’s people, but how can he be sure that the person on the other side is not actually from King Wu?

Wan Sanye and Su Yin exchanged glances.

Since Nan Jingzhi said this, he was certainly not foolish and understood the implications of his statement.

“The people of King Wu and the people of King Yun have special marks. This mark is very secret,” he continued.

The meaning was clear. Even some prominent figures and powerful forces might not know it, but a thousand-year-old family like theirs could grasp this information.

Of course, another possibility could not be ruled out: the Nangong family might belong to King Wu, or they could be supporting him.

“These two parties are fighting here. It seems they have a significant motive,” Wan Sanye noted, rubbing his shrinking belly.

“I have heard a rumor.”

Everyone became interested and leaned in closer, eager to hear more.

“I heard that King Yun found a treasure map from the previous dynasty. These people may be fighting over that treasure map.

Of course, this is just hearsay and cannot be verified,” Wan Sanye said, presenting it as an anecdote.

When these words fell into Su Yin’s ears, they took on a different significance.

She thought of the group of people who had previously dressed up as villagers and had “Yun Thirteen” engraved on their identity tokens.

Yun Shisan, Prince Yun’s Mansion…

Coincidence?

No, I’m afraid it’s not as simple as a coincidence.

When they dressed up as refugees, they speculated that they might be hiding from someone.

Now this situation appears here again, coupled with the rumors heard by Mr. Wan San.

Perhaps that rumor was not just a rumor, but information that someone deliberately released.

King Yun has a treasure map in his hand.

Gee, this is a bit exciting.

I had always heard various treasure-hiding legends in movies, TV shows, or in folklore before, but I never thought that I might be lucky enough to witness them with my own eyes.

The major forces are vying for the treasure map, and no one knows who will eventually acquire it.

Su Yin couldn’t help but feel a sense of anticipation, but if she wanted to snatch something, she had no idea how to go about it. It wasn’t as if she thought her life was too long.

Obtaining the treasure map is equivalent to getting a hot potato; there would be no safe place to hide.

Even with a powerful force behind you, you might not be able to hold on to it.

History has shown that anyone who can use the treasures indicated on the map often becomes a target.

All the forces may remain unaware until the last moment. Only when the general situation is established will some news begin to emerge.

Nan Jingzhi glanced at Mr. Wan San and continued, “Perhaps it is because of this legend that King Yun’s people were intercepted and killed by forces from all sides.”

Everyone nodded in agreement.

“This matter involves a lot, so you must keep it secret to avoid attracting unwanted attention.”

Nan Jingzhi warned the group, especially focusing on the newly joined Li Rui and Zhang Bingliang.

As for Su Yin and Wan Sanye, he felt more at ease with them.

Li Rui and Zhang Bingliang understood the signal and expressed their commitment to keep the information confidential.