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.

you guys here?” came a voice. Ken was holding several ginseng plants in

tense nerves relaxed then. “You scared us to death. We thought the undead corpses

“Undead corpses?”

“I didn’t

see anything, there was still the strange, eerie scent of blood

Nash spoke up. The three of them

that Ken had returned safely, they

you didn’t see anything?” He then looked at Bradley

do. They don’t even leave any bones!” Bradley’s tone was grave.

breeze swept through the

I thought it might be an injured animal or something,

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

at the conversation about undead corpses. Only Nash

Melody saw this, she could not help but ask, “Aren’t you

meat from the pot with his spoon and replied with a smile, “What’s there