Chapter 1811

He did. "Gu Chen smiled meaningfully.

Everyone's expression changed. The Craftsman couldn't help but ask, "What did he say?"

"Why should I tell you?" Gu Chen glanced at him coldly and said in disdain.

The Craftsman had been targeting him all along the way. Why would he be nice to him?

"You …"

The Craftsman was furious. He wanted to attack, but Master Peach Blossom was looking at him from afar.

Attacking a companion during a mission was a taboo. It was unreasonable and would affect one's advancement.

He had to find the right time to do it. He could only endure it.

"Brother Chen, that's not nice. You and I are companions. If you want to work together, you can tell us, right?" Lady Storm eased the atmosphere. She was a woman after all, so it was easier to talk to her.

"Just ask Master Peach Blossom." Gu Chen smiled. Master Peach Blossom didn't tell him anything about the mission. What could he say?

"He won't say." Lady Storm said helplessly. This was really interesting.

"He has his reasons for not saying. You'll find out sooner or later. Why are you in such a hurry?" Gu Chen casually said. Then, he found a place to sit cross-legged and cultivate. He no longer paid attention to the crowd.

Everyone looked at each other. Because of Gu Chen's words, they all had strange thoughts.

Master Peach Blossom told Gu Chen about the mission in advance but didn't tell them. What did this mean?

They weren't easily fooled. However, Master Peach Blossom's previous reaction was too strange. It increased the credibility of Gu Chen's words.

Gu Chen was cultivating with his eyes closed, but he could also feel the strange atmosphere in the scene. He smiled inwardly.

He said it on purpose to make everyone suspect that Master Peach Blossom was in cahoots with him. As long as this thought was planted in their minds, they would subconsciously reject Master Peach Blossom.

That way, Master Peach Blossom could only lean towards him.

Gu Chen casually set up a trap for Master Peach Blossom. Unfortunately, he was completely ignorant.

After enough rest, everyone continued on their journey.

In less than half a day, they passed by the Wild Fox Kingdom.

As the capital of the Ze Kingdom, Wild Fox King City did not have tall and wide city walls like Peidu, nor did it have magnificent buildings.

The entire Royal City was situated in the middle of a swamp and was surrounded by forests. The city was built using local materials, and there were unique wooden houses everywhere.

There were no city walls around King City. Instead, there was a kind of miasma unique to this swamp.

A large patch of purplish-grey miasma surrounded King City. Only the Wild Fox clansmen were naturally immune to the poison of the miasma and could freely enter and exit King City.

If people from other clans wanted to enter and leave King City safely, they had to obtain the approval of the guards and consume a special anti-poison pill.

Naturally, the miasma could only stop ordinary creatures and cultivators. True experts would not fear it at all.

Wild Fox King City was bustling with noise, and even the outskirts of the city were bustling with activity.

Unfortunately, when Layman Peach Blossom passed by this place, he did not stop at all. He continued moving deeper into the swamp.

This scene made the ominous premonition in the hearts of the assassins come true. Their destination was indeed the Desolate Swamp!

Countless Wild Fox soldiers gathered at the border between the Ze Kingdom and the Desolate Swamp, as if they were guarding against something.

From time to time, rare beasts would escape from the Desolate Swamp in a panic. There were many of them. Some belonged to the Toad Clan, some to the Crocodile Clan, and some couldn't be identified.

The Desolate Swamp was vast, and its internal environment was special. It bred all kinds of strange clans. Even the most knowledgeable person in the world couldn't completely identify them.

At the moment, on the border defense line of the Wild Fox Army, corpses of rare beasts could be seen everywhere in the mud that was piled up with rotten leaves all year round.

The corpses were piled up like a mountain, emitting a terrible stench. However, the soldiers of the Wild Fox Army turned a deaf ear to it. They were constantly on guard in the direction of the Desolate Swamp.

"What's going on?"

In the distance, a group of assassins from Innocent Pavilion stood on the crown of an ancient tree. They looked at the battle formation at the border, their faces full of surprise.

Gu Chen recalled the excuse that Ze Kingdom gave when Pei Kingdom asked for help from Ze Kingdom. Looking at the situation, Ze Kingdom's words weren't baseless. The Desolate Swamp was indeed not peaceful recently!

"In the past few months, there have been many waves of beasts escaping from the Desolate Swamp, attacking the border of Ze Kingdom. This caused the Wild Fox Clan to be on guard," Taoist Master Peach Blossom said, looking in the direction of the Desolate Swamp.

"Escaping? Those clans have been staying well in the swamp. Why are they suddenly escaping in such a large scale? What's the reason? Could it be that the rumors are true, and the curse really exists? "Tu Xiong said, his face full of fear.

"Curse? Legend has it that there's a mysterious and unknown curse in the Desolate Swamp. Anyone who enters will be cursed and disappear mysteriously. When they reappear, they'll turn into corpses outside the swamp and die a miserable death. "

"The rumor of the curse only targets outsiders. The curse has existed for a long time. How could it only now cause countless clans to escape?"

Taoist Master Peach Blossom shook his head, denying Tu Xiong's guess.

"If it's not a curse, why would those beasts be filled with fear in their eyes? Why would they throw their lives away and run into the muzzles of the Wild Fox Army?"

Everyone asked suspiciously, staring at Taoist Master Peach Blossom. They realized that their mission might be related to this.

"The truth is that a Golden Godly Crocodile appeared in the Desolate Swamp. It slaughtered crazily in the swamp, forcing the other clans to flee." Taoist Master Peach Blossom said, sighing.

Everyone's eyelids twitched. The environment of the Desolate Swamp was dangerous, and the clans that were born were not weak.

How powerful was the bloodline of the Golden Godly Crocodile that could make so many clans flee in fear? How terrifying was its strength?

"Our mission wouldn't be to assassinate that Golden Godly Crocodile, would it?" The craftsman asked tentatively. Taoist Master Peach Blossom's tone made it hard for them not to think too much.

"That's right. That's our mission!"

Taoist Master Peach Blossom did not deny it. Everyone's heart sank.

Entering the Desolate Swamp, where danger lurked everywhere, and facing the possible curse was one thing, but they also had to assassinate an unprecedentedly powerful Golden Godly Crocodile. No wonder this mission was rated as a dream!

"Who's the employer? What's the price? Isn't this sending us to our deaths? "Lady Storm could not help but ask. She did not understand why Honesty Pavilion would accept such a mission.

No matter how dangerous the Golden Godly Crocodile was, it was only limited to the Desolate Swamp. They just had to avoid it. There was no need to provoke it. Was the employer crazy?

Although Honesty Pavilion had accepted all kinds of missions, they had always evaluated the risks.

For a mission like this, unless the reward was heaven-defying, they would not accept it at all!

Moreover, even if they accepted it, they should have sent a large number of killers to deal with the various dangers in the swamp. Why did they only send the six of them?

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