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It was already dark when the soldiers return to their camp. They didn't touch their new haul yet as they wanted to eat first and then drink for a bit. After that, they would go and enjoy their spoils for the day. And so the soldier's barracks became filled with boisterous laughter and the smell of both booze and food wafted through the air.

Everyone happily shared their meal together while some sat in a corner and tried to circulate their Qi while shaking their heads for their companions' lackadaisical behaviors.

While this is happening, a shadow is currently standing atop a roof while scanning what is happening inside the building.

s.h.i.+n Jiao can see the person he has poisoned having a nice time. The hallucinogen is working perfectly and from his absolute sense, he can see that the poison has already spread to almost all of the soldiers in this building.

He even noticed that some are being spread outside. But of course, s.h.i.+n Jiao didn't care, only those who like to drink booze would be affected, who cares if everyone dies in this city. In fact, on his way here, he had seen many atrocities being committed. If not for attracting the powerful people in this city s.h.i.+n Jiao would have already dealt with them.

According to the information the middle-aged nascent realm general he met, the people who siege the city has around ten nascent realm experts. And for a kingdom like this to have that much nascent realm, it only means one thing; the rebellion was backed by some of the sects in the area.

Hence, s.h.i.+n Jiao would not dare to attract such monstrous existence until he is sure that he can take them head-on.

And so, with that, he decided to observe the situation and would just strike in a critical moment.

"But it seems that I didn't need to do anything… The poison I made is like a virus from earth… let's see you people get yourself out of this one." s.h.i.+n Jiao muttered as he stood silently while the wind blows his coat.

He has currently activated his camouflage hence his figure could not be seen as he stood ramrod straight at a rooftop.

With a smile on his face, he flashed and his figure disappears from his place. He then appears near the cage where the women and the children are being held. s.h.i.+n Jiao can see more than ten cages filled to the brim with people.

When he approached the women and children showed a panic look on their faces. It was as if they are seeing the devil himself going to take them away and would take their souls.

This reaction made s.h.i.+n Jiao felt depressed. The trauma these people have suffered is really too much. Well, he could not do anything about this as this is the outcome of the war. A kingdom without human rights and the law is truly a chaotic kingdom.

"All of you shut up!" s.h.i.+n Jiao shouted in their minds as he uses his spiritual sense.

But this made him squint his eyes in pain as he felt himself almost losing consciousness.

"d.a.m.n it! My mind dantian is not yet fully healed?" he thought.

However, all those who heard his words immediately quieted down.

"Listen, I will take all of you out of here… Don't ask any questions…and don't resist. Because if you do, then I can't help you, okay?"

Hearing his words, the people inside the cages showed confusion in their faces. However, the children were the first ones to act. They all closed their eyes and waited for s.h.i.+n Jiao to do something.

"Sigh… children are really children. Their innocence is either a blessing and strength for them or sometimes their weakness…" s.h.i.+n Jiao thought upon seeing their reaction.

s.h.i.+n Jiao didn't hesitate and extended his hand and absorb the first cage. When the women and the other children saw this, they showed amazement and shock on their expressions.

"Alright, stop thinking close your eyes and follow the children… Don't resist." s.h.i.+n Jiao said as he continues absorbing the rest of the cages inside his ring.

After he was done, he immediately disappears from his location and quickly ran towards the city walls.

Not long later when he reached outside he continues running until he reached the forest area. Upon sensing that none followed him, s.h.i.+n Jiao enters his ring.

Inside he can see the cages where the women and children are currently in. They all showed complicated expressions on their faces upon entering a gray world.

"Alright, everyone, listen up!… you are now in my world. You will be safe here for the moment. But I cannot guarantee your survival in this place. As you can see there is no food here… So I will let you decide what you wanted to do from here." s.h.i.+n Jiao said to everyone.

After his words, everyone turned silent as they didn't know what to say. Suddenly, a woman raised her hand.

"Master… I… I wanted to take my family with me. Can you take them in here too?"

Her words were echoed by some of the women who also raised the same request. This made s.h.i.+n Jiao felt his head ached for a bit. But then a slight tug woke him from his stupor.

"Master… can we help them?" Nao Guo asked innocently.

s.h.i.+n Jiao has already decided to help the little girl, so he would take her with him until he is able to find her a new family.

And since his ring has its own world and is able to absorb people he decided to take her inside. And he also did this to help the others.

s.h.i.+n Jiao is not afraid that these people would tell others, as he is traveling in disguise no one even knows his true appearance.

Out of all the women in this bunch, he saw three who are cultivators who also asked him to take their families. So s.h.i.+n Jiao is a bit cautious towards those three.

He decided to open the gates and let the women and the children out.

As they felt their freedom, everyone showed a happy expression on their faces. But s.h.i.+n Jiao didn't want to dilly dally things, so he looks at them and shouted.

"Alright, we have to act fast. We cannot delay this until the morning. Form a line here and tell that little lady where your families are…" s.h.i.+n Jiao said.

Nao Guo was a bit surprised and showed a questioning look on her face.

"Hey, you wanted to help them, right?" s.h.i.+n Jiao said with a smirk.

…

The next day

The whole capital city was suddenly shaken with a piece of very grave news. This is because many found a lot of soldiers and some mercenaries along with some people die with their mouths foaming and their skin turning pale as if the muscles and the liquid in their body were sucked dry.

It was a clear indication that there is a plague that is spreading throughout the city.

Inside the huge palace chamber, a man is lying on a huge bed with many women sprawled all over the bed. Some are even lying on the sofa and others are on the ground. This man is the new and yet to be crowned king of the Si Kingdom, Linque Ding.

Suddenly, the huge door of his chamber laden with gold decorations was flung open and a tall man wearing a blue robe waltz inside.

When he saw the naked women littered all over the place, his face turned red as he swallowed hard.

"Your majesty I have urgent news… it's really bad out there." The man said with agitation in his eyes.

When Linque Ding heard the man's annoying voice, he abruptly sat up from his bed and coldly glances at the man.

"Chamberlain, who told you to shout? I'm sleeping peacefully and you just disturbed me… I should kill you for this…"

"Your majesty, the kingdom is in chaos! There is a deadly plague which has spread all over the city. Around 50% of our soldiers died along with many other people… if our enemy got hold of this news, then we might be in trouble."

When Linque Ding heard the words of the chamberlain, he was immediately awoken from his drowsy state. He has just painstakingly conquered the kingdom with much bloodshed. How can he let King Rui Murong come back and take back the throne?

He barely won the last time due to the help of the sects and his armies, but now that 50% of them are already gone, how can he fight back?

"Call the elders of the sects and ask them to convene a meeting we should discuss this…" Linque Ding shouted as he jumps up from the bed.

He has shown his true cultivation level in the war as someone in the peak of the infant soul realm. Although it is not strong enough to fight against the current king, with the help of his allies, they were able to defeat the strong king but they were unable to kill him.

But of course, King Rui Murong didn't escape unscathed.

And now that a plague has just spread, Linque Ding suspected that it was the work of King Murong to take back the city. Hence he wanted to ask the help of the nascent realm cultivators in this situation.

…

While this is happening, s.h.i.+n Jiao has already taken the families of those people and bring them inside his ring. When he saw their reunion being too sentimental he decided to go out and go back to the city. His goal is to activate the portal and go to the next kingdom, the kingdom of Er.

But of course to do that he have to end this chaotic situation the sooner the better.

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