Chapter 39: Your friend Wu Ningxue has died!

Your friend Wu Ningxue has died; as a friend, you may randomly inherit any one of the three portions of Wu Ningxue's estate.

Inheritance One: 【Red Inheritance, 20 second-grade Blood Qi Pills】 Inheritance carries slight risk; the second-grade Blood Qi Pill is a high-quality Blood Qi Pill specially refined by Wu Ningxue's father for her, its efficacy higher than ordinary Blood Qi Pills, but this pill is possessed exclusively by the Wu family's direct lineage in the entire Maple Forest Town and must not be shown to others.

Inheritance Two: 【White Inheritance, 80 strength points】 Inheritance carries no risk, but requires touching Wu Ningxue's body.

Inheritance Three: 【White Inheritance, 80 ordinary Blood Qi Pills】 Inheritance carries no risk.

Wu Ningxue also died!

Fang Xu was slightly startled!

Chu Li and Wu Ningxue obviously did not die at the same time, which proves they were not in the same place.

Wu Ningxue is not at the Fragrant Incense Hall, so she must have returned to the Wu Family; if she died while staying at the Wu Family last night, then the Wu Family Ancestor...

Thinking that the Wu Family Ancestor, a Third Stage Martial Master, might have also died miserably in last night's attack, Fang Xu couldn't help feeling somewhat regretful.

Third Stage Martial Master, after all, the Wu Family Head who has controlled the medicine trade in Maple Forest Town for decades; if that old fellow had died when the Blood Food Stall opened, I would definitely have needed to befriend him.

This way, I might very well inherit the Wu Family's savings accumulated over several decades today!

How much money would that be!

With regret, Fang Xu immediately selected inheritance.

The three portions of the estate rolled quickly, then the light curtain gradually froze.

【Congratulations, you have obtained Inheritance Two, 80 strength points.】

【Touching Wu Ningxue's body yields this inheritance.】

After the prompt appeared, an arrow appeared again below the light curtain, pointing toward the direction of Wu Ningxue's corpse.

"Fang Xu brother?"

Before him, Chu Mu saw Fang Xu standing behind her wheelchair without moving for a while, and she called out doubtfully.

"Huh?"

Fang Xu stared for a moment, then remembered he had promised to take her to the Fragrant Incense Hall, and immediately pushed the wheelchair out of the courtyard gate.

In front of the Fragrant Incense Hall, countless people severely bitten by the creatures gathered at the door; those in front frantically pounded the tightly shut shop door, preparing to enter to buy some medicinal herbs to suppress the pain.

However, no matter how close they were to smashing the door, no one inside opened it.

Fang Xu pushed Chu Mu to the outskirts, seeing the impenetrable crowd, he realized that the clerks in the Fragrant Incense Hall and Chu Li likely had already met with misfortune last night.

"Make way! Make way!"

Pushing Chu Mu, Fang Xu wanted to squeeze inside.

The crowd gathered before the door, seeing it was him, all made way.

After all, last night Fang Xu saved everyone's lives directly or indirectly with a single move of the Fire Dragon Technique; the townspeople already regarded him as a great benefactor, and many secretly decided that each year on this day they would hold a Fire Dragon Festival to commemorate this narrow escape.

Pushing Chu Mu through the crowd, Fang Xu arrived at the gate of the Fragrant Incense Hall, placed his palm on the latch, exerted a little force, and directly shattered the latch inside.

The shop door was opened, and the crowd was about to rush in, but they were stunned by the sight before them!

At this moment inside the Fragrant Incense Hall, large quantities of medicinal herbs were scattered on the ground, powders and ointments everywhere; among these herbs lay three corpses swollen all over to the point where their faces were unrecognizable.

Judging by their clothing, these three were Chu Li and the two other clerks in the shop.

"Grandfather...?"

On the wheelchair, Chu Mu judged by clothing that the corpse nearest to her should be her grandfather, on whom she depended; her face instantly turned pallid, and large tears involuntarily slid from her eyes.

Outside the shop door, the crowd seeing the miserable state of Chu Li and the three others also sighed involuntarily.

Although they were severely bitten, they at least still had their lives, whereas Chu Li and the three...

"Come, two people, help carry them out." Fang Xu said.

Immediately, several youths with not-too-serious injuries stepped out of the crowd, helping Fang Xu lift the corpses of Chu Li and the three out.

As for the items inside the shop, they dared not touch them.

Everything belongs to the Wu Family; if they dared to move even a bit inside the Fragrant Incense Hall today, the Wu Family would surely find out and demand compensation.

"Grandfather!"

Chu Mu struggled to crawl from her wheelchair to Chu Li's corpse, embracing it and weeping bitterly.

Fang Xu hurriedly comforted her from the side.

"Now I am alone......"

After weeping for a long time, Chu Mu leaned on Fang Xu's shoulder, her face full of sorrow, murmuring with tears streaked across her face.

This scene moved many nearby people to tears.

"Mu, I am still here." Fang Xu comforted.

Having decided to accept this inheritance, he will surely need to take good care of Chu Mu in the future.

Hearing Fang Xu's words, Chu Mu's nose soured, she tightly clung to his neck and choked out: "Fang Xu brother..."

A large amount of tears soaked Fang Xu's clothes; he gently lifted her, placed her in the wheelchair, and then called on the crowd to drag the corpses of Chu Li and the three to the center of the town.

At this moment, all the able townspeople of Maple Forest Town voluntarily helped transport the corpses of those who died last night.

These corpses must be disposed of; as the weather warms, improper handling could breed plague, leading to another disaster.

When Fang Xu rushed Chu Mu over, Yun Wan was directing a hundred prefecture troops to gather firewood and fire oil everywhere, while the town mayor Huang Dechuan, unable to attend to his swollen pig-like face, was busy directing the town supervisors to pour fire oil on the firewood and then throw the corpses onto it.

"Fang Xu, thank you for last night." Seeing Fang Xu, Yun Wan bowed slightly.

Fang Xu quickly waved his hands: "Miss Yun, please don't; I also do not wish to see everyone die pointlessly."

Yun Wan slightly nodded, about to speak, but noticed Chu Mu in the wheelchair; her delicate brows furrowed slightly, and her nostrils twitched.

"Who is this little girl..."

Fang Xu gently stroked Chu Mu's head and said: "She is the granddaughter of the Fragrant Incense Hall's proprietor Chu; her parents died early, and Chu proprietor also unfortunately perished last night; I intend to bring her up to depend on each other."

Upon hearing this, Yun Wan hesitated a moment, about to speak, but Huang Dechuan beside her directly flung the torch in his hand onto the huge pile of corpses!

The flames instantly ignited!

"Grandfather!"

Looking at the corpse swallowed by the raging flames, Chu Mu let out a mournful cry like a cuckoo weeping blood!

Yun Wan let out a slight sigh; the question on her lips ultimately went unasked.

The fire grew ever fiercer, repeatedly driving back the onlooking commoners; catching the foul smell in the air, Fang Xu gently patted Chu Mu's shoulder and said, "Mu, let's go."

Chu Mu nodded, tears glistening on her face.

Fang Xu pushed her to the Hall of Far-reaching Aspirations, briefly explaining Chu Mu's identity and his own plans; beside them, Lu Qingluo looked at Chu Mu with pity, took the wheelchair directly from Fang Xu's hands, and said she would take her to rest properly.

"Master, I'll go back first and come later to pick up Mu."

Lu Zhiyuan nodded, saying nothing.

Leaving the Hall of Far-reaching Aspirations, Fang Xu immediately headed toward the place where Wu Ningxue had died, following the arrow indicated on the virtual light screen.

Having left Maple Forest Town, Fang Xu had originally intended to rush to the Wu Family Manor, but suddenly discovered that the direction indicated by the arrow was not where the Wu Family Manor lay.

Could it be that Wu Ningxue didn't die in her own home?!

Fang Xu, feeling a bit curious, immediately followed the arrow's indication and headed in another direction.

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