“So many women, if there are no men, how do they have children and continue the village?” Zhang Rongfang asked again.

“Right!” Mo Qingyu also realized. “Even in many cities, the majority are normal families where people marry and start families. Although in Dan Province, there are far more women than men, it’s not as if there are no men at all!”

“So… there’s something wrong with that village!” Zhang Rongfang’s face darkened, and he turned swiftly to head back to Ranxin Village.

If there are no men, what do they rely on to continue the village?

There is only one answer—abducting men, using them for reproduction, and then disposing of them.

Very quickly, the group returned to the village entrance, and the female hunter on the tower was slightly taken aback and shouted a few words in the mountain dialect.

Zhang Rongfang ignored her and directly walked into the village.

The village chief, Zheng Chunjuan, wasn’t in the village chief’s residence but was watching a group of young girls playing, hands behind her back.

Her face was kind, eyes bright, exuding a harmonious and peaceful aura.

“Why have you returned, esteemed guests?”

Seeing Zhang Rongfang and the others return, Zheng Chunjuan asked with a puzzled expression.

“I would like to ask the village chief a question.” Zhang Rongfang stepped forward. “Why are there no men in your village? Not a single man?”

“Men?” Zheng Chunjuan was stunned.

Suddenly, a faint fragrance wafted towards Zhang Rongfang and the others.

Hiss…..

In an instant, Zhang Rongfang took a deep breath.

He opened his mouth wide, and with immense lung capacity, he inhaled all the fragrance around him.

Everyone around faintly felt their clothes being lifted slightly by the airflow.

“It seems….” Exhaling, Zhang Rongfang’s gaze turned icy, “I’ve found the right place.”

“!!??” Zheng Chunjuan’s mouth fell open.

Just now, what did she see!!?

This guy… actually inhaled all the Enchanting Fragrance into his body!

And he was unfazed and unharmed!!?

“Children! Someone’s causing trouble!!” Suddenly, Zheng Chunjuan realized and shouted loudly.

However, before she finished speaking, a tall figure appeared before her.

Zhang Rongfang, who had just been five meters away, suddenly was right in front of her.

He raised his single hand.

Bang!!

Zheng Chunjuan’s body flew sideways, crashing through the wooden wall of a small building.

“Kill him!! How dare he hit Granny Juan!!” A group of young girls’ eyes flashed with ferocity, and they all pulled out small bags from their waists, throwing them at Zhang Rongfang and the others.

These small bags, rotating in mid-air, scattered a large amount of powder.

Dizzying and captivating powder drifted everywhere; they were all poisons!

Zhang Rongfang sidestepped to avoid the powder, flicking the soil with his foot.

Poof.

Large chunks of dirt were kicked up, sweeping out.

The shattered dirt clods struck the young girls like bullets, thudding against them.

In the blink of an eye, a group of girls lay down.

At this moment, the surrounding female villagers who were working outside gathered around.

Over a dozen women spread out their body technique, leaping high, wielding curved blades, aiming viciously at Zhang Rongfang.

The rest held pitchforks and hoes, aiming at Zhang Rongfang’s head.

They surrounded him on all sides, forming a faint formation for combined attack.

From their proficiency, it was clear this was not their first time doing it.

Moreover, judging by the weapons they wielded, Zhang Rongfang smelled a sweet, fishy odor. Evidently, many of these weapons were poisonous.

“Since you all want to die, I’ll oblige.”

His eyes turned somber, and with a fierce step, he charged forward.

Bang!!!

Several women in front were knocked flying, their bodies breaking bones all over, unable to even scream before fainting away.

Not only that, but the remaining women arriving from behind were also dispersed by Zhang Rongfang.

Though he hadn’t engaged yet, when he did, Zhang Rongfang was secretly surprised.

This village actually hid at least a dozen Super Grade experts!

And they were extremely skilled in using poison, their weapons mostly laced with it.

Clang!!

As Zhang Rongfang paused, more than ten kitchen knives shot out, slashing at his back and chest.

But it was futile; they all clanged with metallic sounds.

He casually grabbed a woman on his right, squeezing her neck, bending over, gathering strength.

Throw!!

The woman was flung out like a cannonball, smashing through a group of approaching village women.

Over a dozen people fell with broken bones.

Five spat blood and died; the rest were gravely injured.

Finding this method the easiest, Zhang Rongfang grabbed another woman, ignoring her struggle, holding her legs, and swung hard.

With a whistling spin, the woman swept and collided with another group of women. Again, creating a bloody scene.

This repeated several times, in the blink of an eye, the village’s women casualties soared to seventy.

Zheng Chunjuan was helped to her feet from the corner with difficulty.

“Stop!!”

Her eyes widened helplessly at the littered limbs and bodies around, cold with distress, tears uncontrollably flowing from her eyes.

Bang!!

Another body was shot like a cannonball, killing and injuring over ten more, as Zhang Rongfang flexed his arm.

He walked towards her slowly.

The surrounding female villagers retreated in a circle, faces showing frightened, trembling expressions.

“You devil!! Stop! Your companions are in my hands!!” Zheng Chunjuan mustered her strength and shouted loudly.

A group of strong women behind her were dragging the unconscious Mo Qingyu and others forward.

“Oh?” Zhang Rongfang tilted his head slightly, his eyes faintly red. The blood here instinctively made him want to consume it.

But fortunately, this urge wasn’t strong, and it wasn’t a compulsion to replenish flesh, just a simple craving for the pleasure of sucking blood.

“Companion? Then go ahead and kill him.” Zhang Rongfang spread his hands and continued to walk step by step towards the other party.

“You, you…!!?” Zheng Chunjuan’s voice trembled. When she saw the strongest Ninth-Grade expert in her village helpless as a baby in front of him, she realized she had truly hit a wall this time.

Furthermore, what terrified her the most wasn’t even this.

It was that their greatest reliance, their best top-grade poison, had no effect on this man at all!

Swish!

In the blink of an eye, Zhang Rongfang appeared before her as if teleported.

He slapped with one hand.

Boom!!!

Zheng Chunjuan was sent flying, her bones shattering on one side of her body.

Even though she was a Ninth-Grade expert, she seemed like an ordinary person who had never practiced martial arts in front of him.

The dozen or so high-dose mixed poison powders she secretly scattered only made him sneeze slightly.

“No! Don’t hurt Granny Village Chief!!”

Just as Zhang Rongfang was about to approach and interrogate the old creature again.

Suddenly, from one side of the villagers, ran out a young girl with a delicate appearance.

“What do you want to ask!? I’ll tell you!!” The girl shouted loudly, her face full of tears and snot,

“Very well, that’s much more sensible.” Zhang Rongfang believed he had been too gentle before, so people always thought he was easy to talk to.

So, he remembered the lesson this time.

In the future, he could choose a more direct approach.

He once again threw out the portrait of Ding Yu.

“His name is Ding Yu, he is mine. Find him. I can spare your lives. If you can’t find him.”

He curled his lips, revealing his white teeth.

“Then you all can forget about living.”

The girl picked up the portrait, took a closer look, and immediately trembled.

“I know… I know him!” She responded loudly without delay.

“He was sold by the village chief to the people of the Five Cauldrons Sect!!”

“Five Cauldrons Sect? Where are their people?” Zhang Rongfang squinted his eyes.

“I don’t know… We can only contact them briefly, they have always been very mysterious. The contact point is in Black Dragon City!”

“Take me there.”

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Ding Yu woke up again; it was already dark.

He watched as Lan Siyi, standing beside him, contentedly put on her clothes and skirt, and he let out a weary sigh.

He thought switching to a different person would be much easier.

Who would have thought… this Lan Siyi was extremely skilled in martial arts! Even stronger than him!?

Thus, he met his downfall.

“Stay in the room and rest well, you’re not allowed to go anywhere.” Lan Siyi got up, fastened two curved knives crossed on her back. Then she put on many earrings, and large strings of colorful necklaces.

Then she changed shoes and went out.

“Be sure to bathe and wait for me tonight.”

Boom.

The door closed, not locked.

Trust me this much?

Ding Yu was taken aback.

He was, after all, a Super Grade expert; allowing him to move freely like this, weren’t they afraid he might run away?

But as soon as he moved, his whole body felt numb and weak.

“I knew it…” Ding Yu felt like crying without tears.

Ever since arriving in Dan Province, he had been plagued by misfortune, with no outlet for his martial prowess.

Laboriously sitting up, he looked around the empty stone chamber, letting out a long sigh.

Although he had sent out the information once before, the lord on the other side must be disappointed, right?

He was clearly sent to investigate the main drug intelligence, yet he ended up like this, even faking a message claiming he’d found the main drug clue, just to find someone to rescue him.

At that moment, Ding Yu felt unbearably sad.

As he wallowed in self-pity, his gaze suddenly landed on several bookshelves in the corner of the room.

‘Books?’ He suddenly froze.

He could read, and the books… books kept in a bedroom were certainly frequently read.

Perhaps…

A thought arose in Ding Yu’s mind.

He quickly stood up, slowly moving step by step towards the bookshelves.

He began carefully examining the titles.

“Poison Scripture Third Edition,” “Cyan Sheep Medical Canon,” “Wangchen’s Ten Profound Records,” “Compendium of All Medicines,” “Five Cauldrons Sacred Heart,” “Worldly Holy Medicine”….

The book titles all related to medicine.

Ding Yu swallowed hard.

Taking a deep breath, he shakily reached out, pulling out one of the books.

He didn’t want to tremble, but he couldn’t control it; he was purely terrified of poison. Who knew if these books were also laced with toxins?

Hiss.

Fortunately, by the time he pulled out a Worldly Holy Medicine book, he was unharmed.

“Thankfully, the books one often reads don’t have poison. Otherwise, regularly taking antidotes would also damage the body.”

Ding Yu sighed in relief and quickly flipped through the book.

Soon, he perked up and found the crucial medicine information the lord needed—the Three Sects Enchanting Fragrance!

Most importantly, beneath this treasured medicine description, it was noted in small print that the Five Cauldrons Sect had a dedicated plantation for cultivating it! It can be used to refine the three most top-grade poisons.

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