Chapter 749: Marquis Zhenyuan's Manor

Bai Liang was speechless, his hollow eyes flashing green. He darted in front of Atius Xiao, knocked him out before he could say a word, and dragged him away in a hurry.

Atius Xiao had no idea how long he'd been out when he finally came to. He found Bai Liang leading him through a small town. On his right stood a row of gray, crooked, leafless trees. Beside the trees ran a narrow river, barely ten feet across. Its pitch-black water looked like tar-thick, bubbling, and reeking. To his left was...