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Chapter 313 The formation is activated
Chapter 313: Formation Activated
"This should be the formation. That damn formation is still activated."
Hu Qing said in a low voice, with a certainty in his tone, “The blood and energy in Zhao’s body was forcibly extracted by some kind of formation.
This kind of method is definitely not something an ordinary person can do. I now suspect that we alerted them last night, causing their plan to be advanced."
Gu Yang nodded in confusion, his brows furrowed.
"If that's the case, then this formation must be incomplete. Otherwise, why don't Sima Tianxing and Sima Xingzhe have any problems?
They live in the same mansion as the Zhao family, so if they are attacked indiscriminately, they will not be spared."
The two were silent for a moment, trying to sort out their thoughts, but they could not find a reasonable explanation.
Hu Qing pondered and said, "Perhaps, this formation only works on certain people.
There might be something special about Zhao, or she might have come into contact with something that made her the target of the formation."
Gu Yang shook his head: "It's useless to guess now, we have to find more clues.
Since Sima Tianxing and Sima Xingzhe are fine, what about the other people in the mansion?
For example, does the butler have similar symptoms?"
A glint flashed in Hu Qing's eyes: "That makes sense. Let's go check on the housekeeper, maybe we can find something."
The two immediately decided to go to the housekeeper's room.
They arrived outside the housekeeper's room and knocked gently on the door.
A low cough was heard from inside, followed by the housekeeper's somewhat weak voice: "Who is it?"
"It's us, Hu Qing and Gu Yang." Hu Qing responded.
"The door...is not locked, come in by yourselves," said the butler breathlessly.
Gu Yang slowly opened the door and saw the housekeeper lying on a chair, his face pale and his breath barely ebbing.
Compared to Zhao's haggard appearance, his condition was obviously better, but not much better.
His once robust body now looked somewhat shriveled, and he looked up at Gu Yang and the other man with a pale and skinny face.
He forced a smile and asked, "My two lords, what's the matter?"
Hu Qing carefully observed the housekeeper's expression, then took his pulse and observed that his blood, flesh and energy had been drained from his body just like Zhao's.
He took out another quarter of the Qi and Blood Pill and fed it to the butler, and the butler's body became fuller.
"Sir, you don't have to give me this precious elixir. Give it to Madam first. She is weak and needs it more." The housekeeper said, holding Hu Qing's arm.
"I've already taken it, it's useless. Don't be too happy, it doesn't have any effect..."
Before Gu Yang could finish his words, he saw the butler's body sag again.
The butler lay back in his chair weakly, his face ashen.
Hu Qing's doubts grew even more intense, but he remained calm and said, "We came to check on your condition. The cure is still under development, so please wait a while."
The housekeeper sighed and shook his head. "Thank you both for your concern. My old bones can still hold on. But the Madam...ah, it really makes me feel distressed."
Gu Yang took the opportunity to ask: "Butler, did you suddenly feel any abnormality in your body today?
Or, has anything strange happened in the mansion?"
The housekeeper frowned, thought for a moment and then said, "Nothing strange has happened, but I just feel a little tired today and couldn't sleep well this afternoon.
Maybe I’m getting older and my health isn’t as good as it used to be.”
Hu Qing and Gu Yang looked at each other and had some vague guesses in their minds.
"Please rest more, we won't disturb you." After Hu Qing said this, he and Gu Yang left the housekeeper's room.
After Hu Qing and Gu Yang left Sima Xingzhe's mother's room, they went to check on several sick maids.
Their symptoms were almost identical: they all looked pale and thin, lying weakly in bed, as if their vitality had been drained away by some invisible force.
The two of them sat powerlessly on the threshold of Sima Mansion, looking at the quiet night outside.
The streets of Deepwater were deserted, even the occasional passers-by on weekdays had disappeared without a trace.
The whole town was eerily quiet, like a dead city.
"Something's wrong, it's very wrong." Hu Qing said in a low voice, frowning.
He suddenly thought of something, stood up abruptly, released his spiritual sense, and expanded his perception range to the maximum.
The image of half of Waterdeep Town instantly appeared in his mind.
However, when he saw the sky clearly, his scalp suddenly felt tingling.
"Gu Yang, quickly open your spiritual sense and take a look!" Hu Qing urged in a low voice, with a hint of urgency in his tone.
Upon hearing this, Gu Yang quickly opened his spiritual sense.
Although his perception range was far less than Hu Qing's, it was enough to see the scene in front of him clearly.
Above Deepwater Town, dense blood-red lines were intertwined like a spider web, and each blood line was connected to the body of a townsman.
Those blood lines extended from the heads of the townspeople and finally converged in a certain direction outside Deepwater Town - exactly where the pool of water they discovered today was.
"This...what's going on? Why are there so many blood lines? What on earth are these?" Gu Yang widened his eyes, his tone filled with disbelief.
Hu Qing's face was terribly gloomy, and he whispered, "The formation has been activated prematurely. Those blood lines must be draining the vitality of the townspeople!"
Gu Yang's heart sank when he heard this.
He quickly scanned the situation in Sima Mansion and found that except for Sima Xingzhe and his father, everyone else was connected by blood lines.
And those maids who fell ill were the result of having too much vitality extracted.
"No wonder they are so pale, thin, and weak..."
Gu Yang said in a low voice, with a hint of anger in his tone, "This formation is so vicious!"
Hu Qing nodded, with a bit of coldness in his eyes: "It seems that the people on the flower boat can't wait any longer.
They activated the formation in advance, intending to drain the vitality of everyone in Deepwater Town at once."
Gu Yang clenched his fists, his tone firm, "We must stop them! Otherwise, the entire Deepwater Town will be doomed!"
Hu Qing pondered for a moment and whispered, "The most important thing now is to find the core of the formation and destroy it.
Otherwise, even if we kill the people on the flower boat, the formation will not stop."
Gu Yang nodded, his eyes filled with determination: "Then let's go to the pond! That must be the core of the formation!"
The two of them quickly stood up and ran towards the pool of water.