My Substitute CEO Bride

Chapter 409

Bradley looked into the woods with growing concern. “Could they have run into danger?”

Though pale, Finn tried to reassure them, saying, “Ken is a grandmaster expert. He’s capable of taking on a group of black bears single-handedly. Let’s keep calm and-”

“Oh no, something’s happened!”

Finn’s words were cut off when they heard Derek’s shout from a distance. Everyone immediately stood up and rushed toward him.

“What’s going on? Where’s Ken?” Bradley asked as he looked at the two distraught individuals,

Nico, catching his breath, said, “Ken… Ken went deep into the woods to look for herbs but then I… I smelled blood. It smelled much stronger than ordinary blood… I suspect it’s from undead corpses.”

Bradley’s expression suddenly changed. “Why would there be undead corpses so far from the main peak?”

“Melody, come with me,” Nash said and quickly ran toward the forest.

Melody followed closely behind. By now, it was completely dark outside, but thanks to the moonlight and both of them being Profound Reality Realm martial artists, they could see clearly through the black of night.

voice. Ken was holding several ginseng plants in his

scared us to death. We thought the undead corpses got

“Undead corpses?”

looked puzzled. “I

though Ken did not see anything, there was still the strange, eerie scent of blood lingering

are undead corpses nearby,” Nash

others saw that Ken had returned safely, they could not help

anything?” He then looked at

They don’t even leave any bones!” Bradley’s

chilly breeze swept through the

thought it might be an injured animal or

why they would be finding traces of undead corpses this far out. “That’s good. Let’s take turns sleeping tonight,” he said

with ginseng no longer tasted appetizing to everyone at the conversation about undead corpses. Only Nash enjoyed the meal, slurping the stew and

but ask, “Aren’t you afraid

picked up some meat from the pot with his spoon and replied with