252, Murder in the Dark

The fleeing children were a sister and brother duo, both dressed in tattered clothes, with dishevelled hair and dirty faces, obviously refugees who had escaped from the direction of Zhongzhou. The moment Hou Yuxiao saw them, he immediately used his breath to sense the condition of their bodies, and a glimmer of light instantly rose in his eyes.

For two children under the age of ten, surviving even a minute while being pursued by six martial artists at the Three or Four Levels of Body Opening would be a miracle. Judging by the condition of the brother and sister, they had clearly been on the run for a long time, which was even more astonishing.