Chapter 218 Conspiracy

"That's still better than waiting for death. Everyone was scared out of their minds at the time, thinking that Gu Yue Village was going to be destroyed. In the end, we were lucky enough to discover that Gu Yue Village wasn't the target. The army of ghouls was just passing by. Naturally, we implemented all the countermeasures we had been thinking about. The village even expanded the underground warehouse to store grain and other supplies."

Fang Yue understood. This was a case of panic.

But when people are in a panic, they always think about doing something, which is understandable.

"By the way, did you see the second batch of ghoul army when you came?" Lin Ling asked nervously.

Only those who have personally seen the massive ghoul army, like a long dragon, rushing past the village with a rumble, can truly feel what helplessness is.

That number, that strength of the ghoul army, was not something their Gu Yue Village could contend with. They could only retreat again and again!

Of course, if Lord Han took action… perhaps they would have a chance to fight.

Despite being powerless to fight against the boundless ghoul army, everyone in Gu Yue Village had endless confidence in Lord Han, as if as long as Lord Han was there, any crisis could be resolved!

Lord Han was like a faith, a belief, supporting the last line of defense of Gu Yue Village, and it was unbreakable!

"No… we almost chased after the tail of that batch of ghoul army all the way here, and there was nothing ghoul-like behind us. However, the blood hunter and I analyzed that there was likely a powerful ghoul following behind us at the time, so it scared away so many ghouls and made them migrate and run away."

"Then… what about now?"

"I don't know."

Fang Yue spread his hands. He only knew that their team ran ahead of that unknown ghoul and arrived safely at Gu Yue Village, nothing more.

As the two were talking about this, they could already see the patrol team that the blood hunter had mentioned.

"Everyone in front, stop!"

From a distance, Lin Ling shouted.

It would have been better if he hadn't shouted, but as soon as he shouted, one person in the team suddenly whipped his horse and accelerated to break away from the team.

"That should be him!"

"That's Ma the blacksmith! He used something like a human skin mask to change his appearance!"

The blood hunter and Fang Yue shouted in unison, then spurred their horses on.

Because their team was riding specially trained fast horses, while the patrol team that went out was only riding ordinary horses.

So, there was soon a gap in speed.

Even though Ma the blacksmith started running away first, he was gradually caught up by Fang Yue and the others and overtaken.

It's not that Gu Yue Village doesn't give special fast horses to the patrol team, but that the number of such fast horses is limited, and they are only taken out for use when there is a special need. Usually, everyone uses ordinary horses.

"Ma the blacksmith, stop!"

Fang Yue shouted, burning yang energy… Fiery Heart Technique!!

Boom!!

Flames ignited, and Fang Yue faintly felt a comma-shaped mark on his chest. The whole person leaped up from the horse's back!

As Lin Ling and others exclaimed, Fang Yue had already smashed towards the horse in front like a burning meteor.

Bang!!

There was a loud bang.

Along with the horse's miserable wail, Fang Yue directly smashed a large pit in front, and smoke and dust rose everywhere.

When Lin Ling and others arrived, they saw Fang Yue standing calmly, holding a bloodied middle-aged man high in his right hand.

This middle-aged man's face was half Ma the blacksmith's face, and the other half was an unfamiliar face that had never been seen before.

And next to them was a horse with a large hole in its belly, blood flowing out, and ribs exposed, already on its last breath.

"It really is Ma the blacksmith?!"

The crowd that arrived couldn't help but exclaim when they saw the disheveled Ma the blacksmith.

"He really is a ghoul's mole! The Mu Zi incident, it turns out it's not over yet!" Hua Wu Ye said with a grim expression.

"Xiao Ye, let him go, I want to hear how he explains all this! Ten years, ten years of being fellow villagers, is it all fake!"

Lin Ling also stared at Ma the blacksmith with a gloomy face, his eyes suppressing monstrous anger.

People like Fang Yue were fine, they didn't have such a deep bond with Ma the blacksmith, and could even be said to be unfamiliar with him.

But the villagers of Gu Yue Village were different!

They had actually lived in the same village as Ma the blacksmith for ten years! They had ten years of friendship!

Being backstabbed by Ma the blacksmith under such a strong emotional bond made many people furious, and Lin Ling was one of them, because he had always liked Gu Yue Village and believed in the villagers of Gu Yue Village, but the village had human traitors appearing again and again!

The crowd formed a circle, blocking Ma the blacksmith's escape route.

Under everyone's gaze, Fang Yue let go of his hand and threw Ma the blacksmith on the ground.

"Take off the mask, Ma the blacksmith."

"…"

Ma the blacksmith was silent for a moment, then slowly raised his head, stared coldly at Fang Yue, silently took off the mask, and revealed his true face.

"Where's Ma Ling'er?"

"You still remember to care about your daughter, father-daughter affection, it's really touching."

Fang Yue sneered and asked coldly, "What is your relationship with the Wu Yu tribe? Are you also a ghoul from the Wu Yu tribe?"

Wu Yu tribe?

The people present all showed confused expressions to varying degrees, obviously never having heard of this term.

Even Lin Ling and Hua Wu Ye were confused.

But they still knew the word ghoul.

Ma the blacksmith had really become a ghoul's lackey!

"Unforgivable!"

"First Mu Zi, then Ma the blacksmith! You ghouls are really cunning!"

Many people cursed with gritted teeth, but Ma the blacksmith remained unmoved, and suddenly smiled, revealing his teeth.

"Captain Ye, Captain Ye! From the moment you led the escort team back to the village, I knew things were not good, and as I expected, it developed into this situation. But it shouldn't be, it shouldn't be at all! How could Miss have failed? What exactly happened to her in Mo Village? Did she die on the road? Didn't contact the envoy group? Otherwise, why would you be allowed to return to the village alive?"

Ma the blacksmith seemed to have many questions, but Fang Yue didn't intend to answer his questions, just said coldly.

"The Miss you're talking about is Ma Ling'er, right? She's already dead, died in my hands, twice! Once as a human, once as a ghoul! Now, I'm asking you, what is your relationship with the Wu Yu tribe, why have you been lurking in Gu Yue Village for so many years? Why have you been safe for so many years, but suddenly started taking action?"

Fang Yue lied, Ma Ling'er didn't die, she escaped from Mo Village, not knowing where she went.

But there was no need to be honest with Ma the blacksmith about this kind of thing.

Getting information out of Ma the blacksmith was the top priority!

"Miss is dead? Died in your hands? Just you, a mere Houtian third-rate martial artist? What a joke!"