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Sheng Heng had been living in a state of constant fear these days, worried that Li Rui and his party hadn't died and that his misdeeds would be exposed before Li Xianyun.
He couldn't bear the thought of Li Xianyun looking at him with the same disgust she held for Murong Ce.
At the same time, he felt certain that Li Rui and his group were doomed to die since the Huahua disease caused the death of many in Persia.
There were many rumors about this epidemic.
The most widespread was that the current rulers had embraced a heretical cult.
This cult required a certain number of people to die en masse within a short period, to serve the purpose of making sacrifices to heaven.
The rulers of the time indeed exhibited many abnormal behaviors: not only would they perform strange rituals during ceremonies, but they would also meet with many peculiar individuals from time to time.
