# 997
Chapter 998: Following
On top of the tall building.
After watching the entire battle, Lin Qiye slowly opened his eyes.
"How was it?" Shaoping Ge, who was standing beside him, asked with a smile.
"His strength is stronger than I imagined." Lin Qiye couldn't help but exclaim. "It's completely different from the him I knew before."
"Everyone has their own opportunities and growth. Who could have imagined a few years ago that a nameless high school student from Cangnan City would become the leader of a special squad?" Shaoping Ge patted Lin Qiye's shoulder.
"Captain Shao, don't tease me."
Lin Qiye's gaze fell on the distant direction where Fang Mo and the others had left, his eyes flickering with subtle light.
"What? Worried about your troops?"
"I think something's not right about this." Lin Qiye said thoughtfully. "The chaos with those 'Mysticals' just now should be related to one of my students..."
When Shaoping Ge heard this, a hint of surprise appeared in his eyes.
He didn't have Lin Qiye's large-scale spiritual perception. His way of understanding the battlefield was only by monitoring the aura of those "Mysticals," so he didn't know what this had to do with Fang Mo.
"Then what do you want to do? Go get him and put him under protection?"
"...No." After some contemplation, Lin Qiye shook his head. "Growth always comes with some hardships. Being too protective of them isn't a good thing either. Even if I want to protect them, I can't be too obvious...
I'll quietly follow them."
"Don't act unless absolutely necessary." Shaoping Ge seriously instructed. "This关系到陈涵能否接管这座城. If your aura is exposed, we'll have completely failed."
"Don't worry, I won't expose myself." Lin Qiye smiled slightly.
He carried the black box, took one step, and his crimson figure vanished into the night in an instant.
...
The four of them moved swiftly through the empty streets. Only after confirming they were far from the battlefield did they stop to catch their breath and rest briefly.
Meanwhile, no one noticed a wisp of night falling from the sky, merging into the shadows beside them.
"Fang Mo, what just happened?" Ding Chongfeng took a deep breath, looking at Fang Mo walking at the back, couldn't help but ask. "Why did all those 'Mysticals' gather together?"
Su Yuan and Su Zhe also turned their heads at the same time.
Fang Mo was silent for a moment before truthfully saying:
"My constitution is a bit special. To the vast majority of 'Mysticals,' my blood has a fatal attraction... Once exposed to air, it will attract the attention of 'Mysticals' within several kilometers. The more blood flows, the stronger this attraction becomes and the wider the area of effect."
A bitter smile appeared on Fang Mo's face.
"In previous battles, I was also injured, but the scent of flowing blood could at most attract one or two weak 'Mysticals'... I didn't expect the distribution of 'Mysticals' in Shangjing City to be so dense, with so many powerful 'Mysticals' hidden within several kilometers."
Over the past few years, Fang Mo had spent most of his time cultivating in the mountains. Even when he went down to train, he had never come to Shangjing City.
In other cities, even if he was injured and bleeding, having one "Mystical" attracted within several kilometers was already pretty good. In a place like Cangnan, only three or four "Mysticals" would appear in a year, with the strongest being only at the "River Realm" level.
But the density and realm of "Mysticals" in Shangjing City were no joke.
Hearing this, Su Zhe suddenly realized, "No wonder mosquitoes and bugs always seemed to bite you... So you're actually Tang Sanzang?"
Slap—!
Su Yuan slapped Su Zhe's back. "We're discussing serious matters here, can you be serious for once?"
Ding Chongfeng nodded thoughtfully. His gaze fell on Fang Mo's injured arm, where the messy bandages were tightly wrapped around the wound, not allowing a single drop of blood to escape, but even so, blood kept seeping through into his clothes.
His brow furrowed tightly.
"Your wound hasn't been properly treated, just forcefully bandaged like this, that definitely won't work." Ding Chongfeng said seriously. "If you let the wound deteriorate like this any further, you might lose that arm."
Fang Mo's pale lips pressed together tightly. "I can't undo it, or who knows what kind of monsters it might attract..."
"Maybe we could go to the outskirts." Su Yuan suddenly spoke up.
"The outskirts?"
"The density of 'Mystical' distribution is related to population density. The more densely populated an area is, the greater the possibility of 'Mysticals' descending, and the stronger they tend to be." Su Yuan explained. "The center of Shangjing City might indeed hide a large number of 'Mysticals,' but the distribution in the outskirts should be relatively sparse.
Even if there are any, their realms probably won't be as terrifying as what we just encountered. The four of us working together should still be a match for them."
After Su Yuan finished speaking, he glanced at the innocent-looking Su Zhe beside him and his mouth twitched. "Oh... three of us."
Su Zhe: ...Am I not a person?
"Wouldn't this be too risky?" Fang Mo's brow furrowed. "You guys don't need to be dragged into this..."
"What nonsense is that." Ding Chongfeng reached out and patted Fang Mo's back, smiling. "It's not like it's certain death. If we don't even dare to take on this level of danger and watch a comrade become disabled, what's the point of being Night Watch."
"恰好，一天没训练，手也有点痒了，来些敌人练练也不错。" Su Yuan淡淡开口，她转过头，瞪了Su Zhe一眼，"你也痒了……对吧？"
"……啊对对对！我妹妹说的对！" Su Zhe的脸上挤出一抹笑容。
"那就这么说定了，先去附近的药房买些药，然后动身去郊区，给方沫处理伤口。" 丁崇峰一拍大腿，"出发！"
方沫看着眼前的三人，怔在了原地。
他低头看了眼自己的手臂，嘴角浮现出一抹苦笑，一股莫名的暖意，涌上心头。
丁崇峰挽住他的肩膀，带着他快速向远处走去，洁白的雪花在夜空下飞舞，一种无形的羁绊，正悄然将他们连接在一起。
等到他们走远，街道的阴影中，林七夜的身形缓缓走出。
他看着四人离去的方向，嘴角勾起一抹笑意。
"看来，这个假期放对了……"
他身形一晃，化作一抹夜色，悄无声息的跟了上去。