章 192: Chapter 14 Repaying the Li Family's First Act of Kindness (7K Double Chapter)_3

Everyone was already accustomed to his sudden appearances and disappearances and didn't pay him much attention, focusing instead on the new arrival outside the courtyard.

Li Hongzhuang took a close look, and couldn't help but be slightly stunned, "Chu Jiuyue?"

She recognized the visitor; it was he who had come to deliver the imperial edict in person when her father had received orders during her childhood.

As Chu Jiuyue rode into the frontier pass and saw the devastation as well as the pockmarked and cratered ground, his eyes also couldn't help but grow more solemn.

The soil here was reddish-brown, as if it had been soaked with countless fresh bloodstains.

He looked out and quickly spotted the chaotic encampment, with many tents torn and heaped together.

On the other side, however, was a dark mass, shockingly a mound-like pile of Demon corpses, some of which were already showing signs of decay.