Imperial Treasure

Chapter 558 - 362: Ghost Goblet, The Fear in the Heart_3

Second Master Gong nodded, and everyone took their weapons in hand, trying not to make a sound...

Yhan Qingwu had already pushed aside a small patch of grass and taken out a miniature telescope to look into the distance...

There was a tree, very quiet, uniquely lacking Corpse Hover... Yhan Qingwu’s expression turned suspicious, it was strange, no sign of that Corpse Driving team?

The others with telescopes also found it odd. Could they have gotten the place wrong?

Was the information misleading?

However, the experienced Mount Mover said, "I feel it’s right here, this place... something’s not right."

"I don’t see anything odd, just the strong stench of the dead bodies..." Third Lady Yin said, frowning, as she alerted the group.

Very strong indeed...

But Sui Yi had already walked out directly.

Second Master Gong was the second to walk out, "Come out, those Corpse Hovers aren’t here."

His vision wasn’t poor. Although he couldn’t pinpoint details like Sui Yi who could see water flick off hair at a glance, he could still clearly make out the presence or absence of people.

A group of people stepped out of the grass. They were no small number—altogether twenty strong, each highly skilled and well-equipped. Even the Corpse Hover wouldn’t dare to confront them.

Therefore, they weren’t very fearful...

Until they saw Sui Yi, who was leading, suddenly pause his steps.

He drew out his Demon Que.

What happened?!

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The movements of Sui Yi put those behind him on edge, wondering if he had discovered some clue?

It must be some dangerous clue, otherwise, the calm Sui Yi wouldn’t have drawn the Demon Que.

Actually, Third Lady Yin had already noticed.

"There’s the stench of corpses, many bodies over there."

"Where? I don’t see them," said the fatty, who was anxious. Despite his size, his movements were very agile. He ran behind Sui Yi in just a few strides.

At this moment, Sui Yi was already standing at a spot, stepping on an edge with a pit ahead.

The fatty took one look and nearly fainted.

"Oh my, what a strong stench of corpse, this must be a Corpse Pit!"

A Corpse Pit? So there was a pit. No wonder the bodies they had seen before had disappeared and, given their line of sight, they indeed hadn’t noticed a pit ahead, so they thought all the bodies had vanished.

Despite his initial shock, the fatty, with his bold nature, looked back and said, "Female knight-errant, these bodies must be the ones we saw before..."

"The Corpse Hover is gone," observed Second Master Gong, now beside him. He saw many bodies in the pit below; the top ones were fresh, not yet decomposed, their skin pale and green, with bloodstains and wounds visible. But one could also see the ones below them rotting away, as Altar Worms wriggled around the edges...

This scene was terrifying enough, let alone the unbearable stench.

If the group wasn’t made up of those accustomed to life-and-death situations, they might have been frightened to the point of vomiting bile...

"Judging by the depth of this deep pit, it must be at least four or five meters deep. There must be at least seventy or eighty bodies stacked up at the bottom," commented Skinny Waist, who had also been involved in shady business in his early years. Killing was something he would deny to outsiders, but his own people knew his deeds. His hands were stained with the blood of no less than five souls. But compared to this pit, he felt his deeds were too damn righteous.

"Truly tragic, hey, old man, is Corpse Driving always like this here? Did everyone acquire such a taste for severity? I mean, even the heads are gone; this is just too..." Xue the Skillful Hand, who usually pursued easy money, abhorred this kind of violent and bloody business. Seeing corpses made him feel it was bad luck. He had meant to crack a joke to lighten the mood but ended up with an odd expression on his face.

Heads?

"Yeah, where have all the heads gone?"

"Just before, those corpses all had heads."

"This..."

The group caught on, and upon close inspection of the disordered stack of headless bodies, indeed, they all lacked heads.

The severed necks were pale, mixed with red, but there was little blood since the corpse had been soaked in water and had swollen. After death, most of the blood had already drained, so there was no blood spray from decapitation. Had they been alive, blood would have sprayed all the way to the second-floor wall...

"Strange."

They hadn’t been much behind the Corpse Driving team, and they had walked briskly. Dealing with those jumping corpses was certainly faster than them, so it had to be the shortcut through the forest. But even then, it couldn’t be that much faster, could it?

"The row of corpses must have been at least twenty. This person had to have driven the bodies here in such a short time, all decapitated, then taken away the heads. It seems impossible to do in such a short time, so the heads of these bodies must still be nearby."

"But if they are nearby, why not just place them in the pit, and why decapitate them at all?"

The group was analytical, and upon discussing, they also found it quite strange. Yhan Qingwu looked at the Corpse Pit and turned around, "Normally, Corpse Drivers respect the deceased the most, carefully avoiding any damage to the bodies, much less decapitate the heads of the corpses they’re driving. Decapitation is a big taboo unless there’s a special purpose or a psychological issue at play. Regardless of the reason, he didn’t have the time to take the heads away, nor is there any evidence of burning. The most likely scenario is that the heads are still nearby and he wouldn’t have left them casually; otherwise, throwing them in the Corpse Pit would have been the most effortless and untroublesome option..."