The Scum is A ***

6: The Scum Is Smart

"The sword has spirit. It could move on its own by the will of its owner." Chen Han said after Cheng Sheng completely digested the food in his stomach. He doesn't feel sick now unlike earlier that every time he moves he wanted to vomit.

"Yes. Cheng-shidi told us that." Li Tian said and looked at Cheng Sheng whose face looked slightly pale. Then, he turned when they heard footsteps. Fei Yin and Feng Mo were done dealing with the corpses. Their qiankun pouch is in their hand, dangling. The innkeeper is weeping as he followed Fei Yin and Feng Mo.

"My inn..." the innkeeper cried.

Chen Han turned to the innkeeper as the five of them finally gathered. He bowed. "Sir, I heard from the residents that the corpses here are frequently seen?" he asked.

The innkeeper nodded as he wiped his tears. "Yes. It's been a month since the corpses arrived here." He answered.

"What about the sect in this area?" Chen Han asked. Earlier, when he asked this question, the man inside the house looked frightened. Thus, he didn't get an answer.

Hearing this, the innkeeper's face paled. "T-that – " he said as he took a step back from them as if they are the corpses.

Chen Han's brows knit while the four Xinfaxian sect disciples looked puzzled. They didn't dare to hide their identity as cultivators anymore for the sake of protecting the people. However, the innkeeper looked more frightened of them than the corpses earlier. "What exactly happened?" he asked as he grabbed the innkeeper's arm to prevent him from escaping. "The sect in this area... the Dongfang Sect, what happened to them?"

The Xinfaxian sect disciples now noticed there's something wrong with this said sect. Although they were both sects of the east of the continent, yet they are still far apart from each other. Thus, they only heard less of this Dongfang Sect.

The innkeeper's face looked ashen. "The – the... the Dongfang Sect..." he said, his whole body is trembling in fear. "The Dongfang Sect... is killing people." He finally said. His knees became weak and he almost fell to the floor had not Feng Mo grabbed his other arm to prevent him from collapsing.

Li Tian immediately poured him a cup of water and gave it to the innkeeper for him to calm down. Fei Yin gave the seat across Cheng Sheng for the innkeeper to sit. "What do you mean that the Dongfang Sect is killing people?" Chen Han asked. Since Chen Han didn't have time to tell them earlier of what happened to his side, the Xinfaxian sect disciples can only listen on the sideline.

"The Dongfang Sect is a righteous sect." the innkeeper started. "However, they suddenly started killing people." He said.

"When was this?" Chen Han asked.

"A week ago." The innkeeper answered.

Chen Han's expression became strange. A week ago. It's the same time when the strange corpses appeared on Xiwang. He looked at the innkeeper. "How about the walking corpses? When did they appear?" he asked.

"Two weeks ago." The innkeeper honestly answered.

They fell silent. Two weeks ago, the strange corpses appeared here in Dongxin. A week ago, the strange corpses appeared on Xiwang. Then, three days ago, they appeared in Xinfaxian. They looked at each other, the cogs in their head turning.

Fei Yin looked at the innkeeper. "Why did the Dongxin Sect kill the people?" he asked.

The innkeeper turned to him. "Not only the people, but of course the corpses, they kill too." He defended.

"Then, why do they kill the people, too?" Feng Mo asked, frowning.

The innkeeper shook his head. "I don't know." He answered. "However, when they hear that the corpses appeared in some place, they kill the people!" he told them.