Fu Yao's words sounded very rude, and Xie Lian involuntarily stepped forward to stand in front of San Lang to protect him. Seeing this, Fu Yao's facial expression looked even worse than before, "Your Majesty, don't you remember where you are ?!"
"I know exactly where I am." Xie Lian answered slowly.
"Then how dare you still stand next to him ?!" Fu Yao shouted.
"Because ... If I stand next to him, the snakes won't come near me." Xie Lian answered earnestly.
"..."
Hearing that answer, San Lang let out a 'pfft' sound and burst out laughing.
Fu Yao's facial expression became even more gloomy, "YOU--"
He looked gloomier and gloomier, his face suddenly turned black, and it was not only his face, but Xie Lian's entire line of sight dimmed to darkness.
The flame curtain and fire ring created by Fu Yao suddenly went out completely!
Xie Lian heard San Lang's little laugh and said "Useless!" Before gripping his shoulder to pull it back. Immediately afterwards, Xie Lian heard the sound of the sudden rain falling that unceasingly struck above them, like a storm that hit an umbrella.
Needless to say what was happening, it was a flood of snakes who came flushed and hit them madly after the barrier as their last form of defense disappeared. An open umbrella blocked the snake's rain and Xie Lian could smell the thick smell of rotten blood. He was about to take a step to fight but San Lang stopped him, "Don't move. No lowly life dares to approach us."
His tone of voice sounded so confident; the first sentence is gentle and friendly, but the last sentence has a layer of arrogance there. Xie Lian looked unconcerned, but hearing Fu Yao's angry roar at the other end, sounding as if he was filled and surrounded by snakes, he shouted, "San Lang!"
San Lang immediately replied, "No."
Xie Lian didn't know whether she should laugh or cry, "How do you know what I'm going to say?"
"Don't worry too much, he can't die," San Lang said.
At that moment, another roar came from the other side of the hole, "Such a crime! If you want me to die then ask them to bite and kill me in an instant! What is all this ?!"
"Not me!" Ban Yue cried. It seemed that Ke Mo had awakened from all the blows he had received previously, found himself covered and surrounded by countless snakes, and believing it was the result of Ban Yue's actions he growled angrily.
"Fu Yao, can you light and spit fire again? Do it again!" Xie Lian shouted.
Fu Yao said while gritting his teeth, "The trash next to you limits my power, I can't light anything!"
Xie Lian was afraid, and San Lang said, "That's not my doing."
"I know it's not you." Xie Lian said, "But that is exactly what seemed wrong. Both Ban Yue and Ke Mo were bound by the Divine Straps; they could not use their strength. My strength was exhausted, and you did not limit anyone's strength, that is. There was a sixth person in this hole. ?! "
"What is the sixth person?" Fu Yao demanded, "Nobody followed me! I thought you were fooled-"
"Who is there?" Ban Yue suddenly said.
"Ban Yue, what happened? Is there someone there?" Xie Lian asked.
"Someone—" Ban Yue's voice disappeared in the middle of the road; whether it was because his mouth was tightly closed by something, or he had lost consciousness completely unknown. Xie Lian shouted again, "Ban Yue, are you alright?"
Fu Yao still struggled against the snakes around him, and threw spiritual energy in all directions, twinkling here and there in the dark. "Be careful! That girl might have cheated you!"
If he were in a different situation, Xie Lian might also be suspicious that someone had been cheating here, but because all the trials and problems that had happened so far in the Small Road Inside Ban Yue were his secret from the heavenly officials, and with warnings over and over what Ling Wen had given him before, everything was definitely not that simple. The problem that everyone was referring to and worried about should appear now, meaning that if there really were additional people in the hole where they were right now, Xie Lian was afraid they were there to be silenced at this time.
"Maybe not." Xie Lian shouted, "I'll save him first!"
Xie Lian was just about to run through the flood of snakes in the hole when he heard San Lang's voice next to his ear, "Alright."
Xie Lian felt a hand grip his shoulders tightly, and in an instant they shot forward. Xie Lian realized with the admiration that was there that the boy was able to break forward and attack but still with an umbrella in one hand, and himself in the other hand that was still holding Xie Lian's shoulders tightly. In the darkness, a silver glow crossed his vision once again, making a clanking and clanking sound, when suddenly, a sharp sound from two swords clashing sounded in everyone's ears.
"Oh?" San Lang said, "There really is a sixth person. Interesting."
Xie Lian didn't know how San Lang was controlling his weapon, or what kind of weapon he was using, but whatever it was, surely their weapons were now facing each other!
The other party remained silent, and Xie Lian could only hear the sound of metal scraping other metals as the battle intensified. From time to time there will be sparks igniting in the dark, but every time a spark arises the light will only appear for a moment, it is difficult to see who is the face that would have been the sixth person in the hole. Listening to the sound of the fight that was still ongoing, Xie Lian could feel Ruoye gripping his arm tighter, and he muttered to calm Ruoye to stroke him to remain obedient, "Don't be afraid, calm down. Calm down a little." He felt Ruoye loosen his grip, and Xie Lian shouted again, "Ban Yue, are you conscious? Can you answer?"
No one answered, and Fu Yao said, "Maybe the girl who is fighting right now is that girl."
"No. The one who is fighting San Lang is not Ban Yue!" Xie Lian said.
When San Lang fought Ke Mo in the darkness before, his footsteps looked bright and seemed to play around, playing with Ke Mo. This fight also took place in the dark, but Xie Lian knew that San Lang took this fight more seriously. The other party who fought against him was now very skilled in martial arts and weaponry; Ban Yue was small and weak, just by looking at his arm anyone could judge and see it clearly and he knew that his arm was not his forte, so it was impossible for him to fight against San Lang at this time.
Fu Yao clicked his tongue, "Someone who will betray his own country isn't he different from Xuan Ji, why do you still trust him?"
"Fu Yao, can you not be so annoyed?" Xie Lian said "You ... wait. What did you just say?"
Fu Yao hit using his other fist, and threw a bunch of snakes that attacked him, "I said, why do you still trust him as you trust the trash next to you!"
"No, that's not it - you mentioned Xuan Ji. You said the name Xuan Ji!" Xie Lian said.
Stupid, stupid, stupid!
Xie Lian can't believe it took all this time to connect all the dots!
"Stop fighting," Xie Lian shouted, "No need to hide anymore. I know who you are!"
After hearing his words, the clang of the sword which had been collided stalled for a moment but then resumed. Xie Lian patiently said, "Do you think I'm lying, Little General Pei?"
"Who are you talking to?" Fu Yao said in disbelief, "Little General Pei? Don't be crazy. Who do you think he is? If he goes down, everyone will know and realize it."
"You are absolutely right," said Xie Lian, "But if it wasn't her true self who went down?"
In the dark, the sword that had been fighting then stopped.
Xie Lian breathed and said calmly, "It took too long to think about all this. I should have noticed it from the start."
He knew that for nearly two hundred years there was something that caused havoc but no heavenly official cared, and no one dared talk about it, so there must be one or several officials who wrapped up and covered up this scandal. But he was not accustomed to many officials, so he did not dare to stick and discuss the matter with anyone.
Just when Fu Yao mentioned Xuan Ji's name reminded him of something. When He thought about Xuan Ji, it was not difficult to link him with two General Pei with him, and the north was their territory. Fu Yao once said in passing that before his rise, General Little Pei had slaughtered a city.
Which city?
That could be the only kingdom of Ban Yue!
The heavenly court will not look one-sidedly at something like this; everyone needs to shed blood if they want to do great things. But slaughtering a city is not at all noble, and if the story on this issue spreads too far it will affect the number of new people who believe, so of course there will be some things covered up after the increase. So even if everyone knew something like that had happened, they might not know the details or not bother to know the details. Besides, if it wasn't for deep revenge, who would have the time to care and dig into his past and offend his supporters behind him?
Xie Lian spoke slowly, "The muddy face said there was someone among us who had visited this fort fifty to sixty years ago. At first I thought he was lying to deceive us into approaching, but, his words might contain the truth."
"In that group of people, the one I suspect the most is you. The caravan is following you, and you can take it anywhere. I have never seen a scorpion snake in the years when I lived on the border of Ban Yue, and when they were just looking for a place random protection from the sandstorm, the snakes then appear? I ask you to accompany looking for fern ShanYue with us, but right before we leave, you give instructions on the location of the ruins to others so they can follow our steps if they can't just sitting quietly waiting. Previously on the wall, I had said that if something happens, I will advance first; but what are you doing? You who always look calm suddenly jump, die without meaning. "
Xie Lian continued after the pause, "Your actions seem strange and illogical, and it took me a long time to realize who you are. Right, General Little Pei? Or should I say, A-Zhao!"
It was a long silence before a voice that sounded quite cold said, "Are you not suspicious that the mud face might be talking about the boy in red next to you?"
A stream of fire suddenly ignited in the Sinner Hole.
Under the light of that flame, two bloody silhouettes were revealed. One of them was San Lang, dressed in red, straight and standing with his weapon tucked. The other was a young man dressed modestly with a sword still held tight, still in a ready position.
The plain-clothed young man was covered in blood, looking as if he was also dressed in red. His expression was cold and quiet, carrying someone on his shoulder - it was A-Zhao!
To be fair, whether it was General Pei Little who was his true figure or A-Zhao, looked patient, calm and his impression of being together never changed; it's just that, Xie Lian never descended that thought so he didn't connect the two.
The one he carries on his shoulder is Ban Yue. It seems like he had called out and asked the snake to steal it during the chaos. Now that his identity was revealed, he no longer needed to create chaos, and the flood of snakes stopped bombarding them. He sheathed his sword and gently placed Ban Yue on the ground. Beside him, Ke Mo looked stunned, "Who are you? Aren't you supposed to die when falling from above before ???"
A-Zhao did not look at Ke Mo, instead looked at San Lang cautiously. "Ke Mo, you really haven't changed in hundreds of years," he said in Ban Yue's language.
Perhaps this irritating tone of calm was too familiar, Ke Mo's face immediately puckered angrily, "... IT'S YOU !!! PEI SU !!! PEOPLE PLAINS ARE SMALL!"
If it wasn't for the Gods' binding straps that tied him tightly, Ke Mo would rush to bring him to fight.
No wonder when Ban Yue's army cursed before, the words 'bitch' mixed up with another curse sentence. Not because they directed those words at Xie Lian, but because he was a person from the Central Plains, and that reminded them of General Pei Su, who in turn was connected with Ban Yue, so they indirectly cursed him too.
"Did Ban Yue teach you how to control a scorpion snake?" Xie Lian asked.
He suspected that if Ban Yue truly did not control the scorpion snake that attacked passers-by, and there was no real reason why they no longer obeyed him, then the only other explanation was that there was someone else who could control them.
When there are two people who control the same group of snakes, then of course half of them will not listen to Ban Yue's orders. This is simple logic.
"He didn't teach me," said Pei Su, "But how did he do it, I can learn it myself."
Xie Lian nodded and said, "Little Pei General is very smart. If I guessed correctly, you two have known each other for years, right?"
Ban Yue was intimidated and ignored by other Ban Yue children when she was young, and only middle-class children would want to play with her. Although Xie Llan did not remember any of them, he remembered that many of the children came from military families, and many also enlisted in the army as they grew older. Maybe Pei Su is one of those children. If not, it will be difficult to explain how a quiet and gloomy child like Ban Yue can make friends and cooperate with the enemy General. It was only a guess, but with Pei Su's reaction, he had not guessed wrong about this.
"Did Ban Yue really give you all the information, join you, and open the castle gates?" Xie Lian asked.
"It is true." Replied Pei Su.
On the other hand, Ke Mo clicked his tongue and shouted, "Shrewd Pei Su. Take off this rope, let me fight you to death!"
Pei Su said calmly, "First of all, we fought to death two hundred years ago, and you lost; second, how could I be cunning?"
Ke Mo shouted, "IF YOU DIDN'T WORK SAME, HOW WOULD THE NATION BE WE CAN LOSE ?!"
"To Mo, don't deny." Pei Su said, "I only had two thousand troops with me at the time, but those two thousand are far superior to your four thousand. If you open the gate, you will definitely be defeated."
Xie Lian couldn't help but sympathize and think, 'Attacking the country with an army of two thousand? Was Little General Pei intimidated more than what happened to me when he was in the army? "
He did not think Pei Su was lying but thought it all sounded strange, and asked, "If it definitely brings victory, why should collude with Ban Yue?"
Pei Su stopped thinking about Ke Mo and returned to using the Han dialect, "To enable me to destroy the kingdom."
Everyone except Ke Mo was stunned.
Xie Lian felt the whole ordeal was strange, but still calmly continued his question, "What do you mean? Why should you destroy the kingdom if your victory is near?"
"Since my victory is near, we must immediately destroy the city." Pei Su said, "Because the night before the surprise attack, there was a secret meeting between many large Ban Yue families who decided on the plot."
Whatever the reason, that would sound shocking and disturbing, and Xie furrowed her brows. "What plot?"
Lian Pei Su proceeded slowly, "The people of Ban Yue have a violent nature, and hate the people of the Central Plains to their bones. Even knowing that they will be defeated, they will not admit it. So the entire population of the kingdom, young, old, women, and men, all unite to gather this matter. "
"What?" Xie Lian could guess but he was not sure, and the word that came out of Pei Su's mouth confirmed his suspicion. "Explosives."
Pei Su slowly said each word, "They have decided that if the kingdom falls, then each citizen will carry their own explosives on their bodies, flee to the Central Plains, head to the crowded areas, and blow up the suicide bombing means that even if they have to die, they will have to drag as many people of the Central Plains to death with them. If the kingdom falls, then they will terrorize the country that caused their downfall! "
Xie Lian immediately turned towards Ke Mo, summarized what Little Pei General had roughly explained to him in Ban Yue's language, and asked, "Is this true?"
Ke Mo looked daunted and probably thought there was nothing wrong with that, and said with a high head, "That's right!"
San Lang raised his eyebrows and commented, "How vile."
He said the words in Ban Yue's language, maybe on purpose. Ke Mo replied angrily, "Vile? What is your right to call us vile? If it wasn't for the attack, we wouldn't be forced to do that. You destroyed our nation, our land, our brothers and sisters, so we took revenge. How could all it's wrong ?! Where are we going to show their faces !! "
Pei Su responded coldly, "Really now. How about we open all the truths that have happened?"
He tilted his head and said, "How many times did Ban Yue start riots near the border? How many caravans and travelers who went to the Western Plains from the Central Plains were ambushed by Ban Yue? You deliberately protected the bandits who terrorized the Central Plains, and killed our soldiers who went to annihilate them under the pretext of illegally crossing the border. How could it not be cruel? "
Pei Su spoke in a hurry and his tone sounded calm, but every word he issued was sharp like a knife. Ke Mo argued, "What about you? Why not say that you forcibly occupied our land first?"
"Borders always don't contain clarity, so how can you say we forcibly occupy your land?" Pei Su replied.
"The lines are clearly drawn! It was you who didn't take care of yourself!"
"The line was drawn by Ban Yue, the Central Plains never agreed to it. And the borders of your territory have an oasis for your own saving, leaving us only a desert land, nonsense."
Ke Mo's face turned red, "Oasis is ours! It's always ours!"
Both parties have their own stories; just listening to them argue makes Xie Lian confused. This enmity made him remember how badly he had been beaten in the middle of both sides, and he could feel the pain on his face that reappeared. Pei Su seemed to have fought enough with Ke Mo, and knocked him down once more with a punch. Then he turned towards Xie Lian, "So that's how it is."
Pei Su took a deep breath, "There are many things in this world that cannot be clearly defined or resolved. You can only fight."
Xie Lian sighed, "I will agree to the first part."
San Lang on the other hand said, "Hm. I will agree to the last part."
Xie Lian watched Ban Yue who was lying on the floor with her head bowed for a moment and said, "I can't say who is right or who is wrong, so I won't say anything. No matter the reason why Ban Yue opened the gate, he was clear open it, and therefore He must take responsibility for it. So that's why he was hanged in the Penitents' Hole by the soldiers? Once they died, everything was over. "
Pei Su returned to his calm expression, "Yes."
"Any debt that is due while still alive must be paid while still alive. If there is still chaos after death then that is another story completely different," Xie Lian said.
"Ban Yue doesn't cause chaos." Pei Su said quietly.
"General Little Pei, does that mean you admit you have lured all those who pass from the Small Road Inside Ban Yue to the ruins?"
Pei Su was silent for a few moments before saying in a low voice, "Yes."
"Why?" Xie Lian asked.
This time Pei Su did not answer. Xie Lian pushed him harder, "It's been almost two hundred years. You need to give the right reasons, an answer for people who are hooked."
Pei Su still remained silent and expressionless. He responded to every question given to him before, but now it seemed he had made a decision, and stopped responding to it altogether. Xie Lian wanted to continue to interrogate when at that time, a strange sound was heard.
The voice came from above their heads, howling and groaning like crazy winds screaming. When the sound came closer, Xie Lian was able to confirm - it was really a scream of the crazed wind!
The gusts of wind came too suddenly, too aggressive, and before Xie Lian realized it, his entire body leaned on something, and he began to float!
This sudden hurricane enters the Sinner Hole from above, sweeps it down, and pushes everyone into the air!
Xie Lian immediately grabbed San Lang who was closest to him and shouted, "Be careful!"
San Lang caught him too, his face did not change. They spin in the air, their bodies quickly rise, and once they come out of the hole, they stop, and immediately start falling. Xie Lian released Ruoye and persuaded him in the midst of this chaos, "Alright, alright, it's all over. Hurry up, my good Ruoye, come out and help us!"
After the two pats he gave, Ruoye finally reacted. However, with nothing in the air that could be taken apart from the gigantic Sinner Hole below, Ruoye flew once and shrank back to its original size. Feeling helpless, Xie Lian could only adjust his form to land in the air. If like before, he would make the first head crater three feet to the ground, but this time, right before they touched the ground, San Lang reached out and gave him a pull, and he actually landed with his flat feet touching the ground! When his shoes touched the ground strongly, he didn't even believe it a bit. But that feeling disappeared very quickly when a silhouette dressed in black came staggered in front of him.
Xie Lian saw who that person was and happily called out, "Nan Feng!"
Indeed it was Nan Feng, but Nan Feng looked so messy. It looks like he was rolled up in poop ten times before being thrown into a den of beasts to spend the night. His clothes looked messy and ragged all the way; hearing the call from Xie Lian, he just waved his hand and quietly wiped his face, unable to speak.
Xie Lian looked at him from the bottom up, "What happened? Did the two women defeat you?"
At that moment, two figures appeared behind Nan Feng and walked over.
8. One of them was a female cultivator dressed in white with a ponytail whip in her arm, and she greeted Xie Lian cheerfully, "How are you, Your Honor."
* This can also be interpreted with a shaker, but the flavor vampli that is meant by the shaker as vampli as drawn = horse whip whip.
Even though Xie Lian did not know and did not recognize who this woman was, the correct etiquette had to be maintained; but he didn't know how to handle it, so he could only smile and wave. "Greetings, fellow cultivator."
The woman in black beside him glanced at Xie Lian coldly but didn't seem to care about her. When his eyes turned to San Lang, he stopped, seemed to think silently he was a doubtful figure, and paid attention.
The wind had previously blown everyone out of the hole, and the two women walked past Xie Lian, heading straight for Pei Su. He saw them approaching and did not look surprised; after all, he had seen them in the city when he was still playing the role of A-Zhao. He knelt down where he was, bowed his head to the female dresser in white, and called calmly, "Master Wind Master."
Xie Lian was stunned to hear those words.
And here he thinks that he is a threatening demon or monster, who knows that is actually a heavenly official? And that was the Wind Master, who issued ten thousand merits at once in the communication array!
But now that he thought about it in detail, there was nothing out of the ordinary in his place. At that moment he said something along the lines of, "Where did they all go? Do I have to dig and kill them one by one?" And made him think he was chasing after them. In fact, this "they" might not mean them (Xie Lian's group); that could mean warrior Ban Yue. Only, Xie Lian thought she was alone in this investigation and naturally thought the female cultivator was a strange and evil person.
For heavenly officials who could easily share ten thousand merits, Xie Lian could not help but feel anonymity. He elbowed Nan Feng, "Why don't you tell me this is the Wind Master faster? And here I think he might be some kind of snake spirit or a ferocious scorpion spirit. Embarrassing!"
Nan Feng's expression darkened, "I didn't know it was the Wind Master. I've never seen a Wind Master like this before. The Wind Master is always ... never mind."
It sounded as if the Wind Master did not have the same appearance while in the court of heaven, no wonder. Xie Lian understood. He asked, "How did the Wind Master come to the Small Road Inside Ban Yue?"
"To help," Nan Feng said. "When we saw them walking on the streets before, they were actually looking for that Ban Yue warrior."
Xie Lian remembered now that the first time he asked about the Small Road Inside Ban Yue in the communications ranks, amidst the silent silence, it was when he suddenly let go of the ten thousand merits given by the Wind Master that distracted everyone's attention. . The Wind Master might have noticed his question by then.
As Xie Lian pondered over the matter, Wind Master bowed before Pei Su, "General Little Pei, what you have done this time may have crossed the line."
As a heavenly official, he would release a copycat to cause havoc on the Ban Yue Inner Road for nearly two hundred years, lure many pedestrians on the wrong path to head toward the ruins, and they die at the mouth of Ban Yue's army, no matter how he could spin it, it was no small matter. Pei Su did not argue, only lowered his head and said, "This young man knows."
The Wind Master swept over his fan, "As long as you understand. Contemplate yourself and think about it. We will talk about this problem in heaven."
"I understand." Pei Su said quietly. Finishing the conversation with Pei Su, Master Wind put a small fan into the collar behind his robe, stood up, and smiled at Xie Lian. "Your Majesty, the Crown Prince. I have heard a lot about you."
For Xie Lian, "Hearing lots of things about you" is really not a good thing, but after all it was a small talk, so he replied with a smile, "I'm sure it's nothing. I also heard a lot about you , Mr. Wind Master. "
"Sorry for the previous one, by the way," Mr. Wind said.
Xie Lian stopped, "Before? What happened before?"
"Aren't you all experiencing a big wind storm in the desert?" Xie Lian could remember the mouthful of sand in his mouth and answered, "Yes?"
"I started it." Said the Wind Master.
"..."
The Wind Master continued casually, "The windstorm was intended to stop all of you from going near the kingdom of Ban Yue, but you were not carried away and thrown away by the windstorm, and finally ended up at Ban Yue."
Something sounds wrong.
The Wind Master started a windstorm to prevent them from going to the Small Road Inside Ban Yue, but suddenly they reappeared in the middle of it all. What does all this mean? But Xie Lian did not respond, waiting to see what others would say. After a long pause, the Wind Master continued, "But in connection with all these trials, I will recommend His Majesty to mind your own business and stop placing your hands in a place that is not yours for you to handle."
Xie Lian stole a glance at Ban Yue who was curled up on the ground, and she felt scared.
He was already worried that if this scandal reached the court of heaven, officials could easily clean up and negate the truth, add blows to places that did not exist, and make Ban Yue blamed while Little Pei escaped without the price he had to pay. With the sudden appearance of the Wind Master, telling him not to question this matter, wouldn't this friendship between them make them protect Little Pei?
Without changing his expression, Xie Lian stepped forward to stand in front of Ban Yue, hid it behind him, and said warmly, "But I have put my hand into this business, I cannot possibly leave it now. Besides, there are still many things that have not been explained by the General Little Pei. "
The Wind Master watched his movements and smiled, "Don't worry. You can take Head Reverend Ban Yue with you."
That is unexpected. Xie Lian was stunned, and the Wind Master continued, "When you were all in the hole, we had heard everything from up here. Even though the Head Reverend had turned into the 'Threat' level, when I was exploring the city I saw that he had drawn a line of arrays to trap Ban Yue's army and release all the captured humans.He did not hurt anyone, and even saved the humans.The only thing I will take is General Small Pei and Ke Mo, you don't need to worry I will blame this mistake only on certain people."
Since the other party had spoken directly like this, Xie Lian stopped worrying about what had been on her mind before and said an apology, but Master Wind said, "No, it's only natural to worry."
The woman in black looked like she could not stay for just a longer time, and spoke, "It's finished? When it's finished then let's go."
The Wind Master denied, "Tsk! Why hurry? The more you hurry, the more I want to talk! Uh!" However, he turned and smiled, took out a folding fan from his waist and said, "Your Majesty, if there is nothing else, we will see and see you again in the court of heaven?"
Xie Lian nodded, and the Wind Master opened the fan. On the fan there is a word for wind 'Feng' which is italicized, and three slashes like the wind behind it. This must be a spiritual tool used by the Wind Master. He fanned forward three times, and back three times. Suddenly, a gust of wind blew from the flat ground.
The wind blew dust and sand, and Xie Lian used her sleeve to block the debris that had been flown by the gust. When the wind died down, the two women, Pei Su, and Ke Mo all disappeared, leaving only Xie Lian, San Lang, Nan Feng, and Ban Yue who were fast asleep.
Xie Lian dropped her sleeve, still a little confused, "What just happened?"
San Lang casually walked over, "A pretty good thing."
Xie Lian watched him, "What is it?"
"Yes. The Wind Master is trying to help you by telling you not to get involved."
Nan Feng walked closer, "That's right. You've dug too deep in this business. The only thing left to do is file a complaint with the Great God. Don't get involved anymore."
Xie Lian understood, "Is it because of General Pei?"
"Right." Nan Feng said, "This time you really offended him."
Xie Lian laughed, "I know I will offend someone someday sooner or later, I don't think it matters who he is."
Nan Feng furrowed his brows, "Don't think I'm kidding. Apart from the Great Martial Palace Hall, the most powerful martial palace after that is Ming Guan. General Pei really appreciates Little Pei, and always tries to hold Quan Yi Zheng. He will come knocking for make and look for trouble. "
"Quan Yi Zheng is the god of war who rules the west, isn't he?" Xie Lian asked.
"It was one of them." Nan Feng replied, "Quan Yi Zheng is also a new official. He went up around the same time as Pei Su. He was young, and small. But he was very strong. General Pei wanted Pei Su to take all supporters in the west, and he did well for himself, especially in the last few years. Now with you dragging this scandal out in the open, it doesn't look good to Pei Su, maybe he will even be banished. If he is banished, it won't look good to you either. "
Xie Lian rubbed his forehead, mentally noted that from now on he had to be more careful when eating, drinking, and walking. But San Lang, did not consider it a big problem. "Don't worry. Pei Ming is too arrogant. He won't do anything cheating."
Nan Feng looked at San Lang and said, "Yes. General Pei won't do anything cheating, but still. Keep an eye on yourself."
"What about the Wind Master?" Xie Lian asked, "He told me not to get involved, so he will file a complaint? Doesn't that mean he will be the one who offended General Pei? I can't allow that. Let's call him back. Nan Feng, do you know the word for the arrangement of his personal communication? "
"You don't need to worry about the Wind Master," Nan Feng said, "General Pei can hurt you, but he won't touch it. He might be younger than you but he is much more successful in heaven."
"..."
Xie Lian was not surprised in silence, but instead thought, 'Who in heaven is more failing than me? I never thought there was someone like that. '
San Lang laughed, "With that support, of course he succeeded."
"Are you talking about women in black?" Xie Lian asked.
"No," San Lang replied, "But that woman in black should also be one of the elemental masters who make up 'Wind, Water, Rain, Earth and Thunder'. Maybe it's good that we shouldn't offend her either."
The Wind Master can start a whirlwind from zero, he is clearly strong. But the woman in black is stronger. Xie Lian remembers the way he looked at San Lang as if he found something on him, and felt rather worried. "I agree."
But still, there were words that Xie Lian swallowed. He thought, 'Even with strong support you might not succeed. Back in that day, Prince Xian Le had the support of the Great God who ruled the three kingdoms for thousands of years. And what? Take a look! He still failed! '
Xie Lian took her fallen straw hat, patted it clean, saw that the hat was not damaged, she was breathing in relief. He tied it back around his neck and actually looked at Nan Feng. "Did you fight with the two women so far?"
"Yes. We fight all the way." Nan Feng answered, and his face looked dark.
Xie Lian patted his shoulder, "Thank you for your hard work." Suddenly, he remembered another one who was working hard, and turned, "Where is Fu Yao?"
"Isn't he watching over the injured?" Nan Feng answered.
Xie Lian did not remember. He saw Fu Yao after being blown out of the Sinner's Hole. Actually, since A-Zhao revealed his true voice was no longer heard from him, If he had not left then, he would have left when the wind blew.
Fu Yao could take care of himself, Xie Lian was not worried, but hearing Nan Feng say "hurt", he was shocked and both of them shouted at the same time, "Fern ShanYue!"
"The sky has just been clear, there's no need to hurry." San Lang said.
There is no such thing as "no need to rush" when it comes to saving someone's life. Even if at that time the time filled was longer than 24 hours, who knew if something happened during their rescue time? Xie Lian did not have time to think about Fu Yao. He hurriedly carried Ban Yue on his back, and ran towards the palace courtyard.
Once in the palace, Xie Lian laid Ban Yue, and immediately took some large plants of ShanYue's fern. The mud face was still on the ground, its face falling apart between its white bones. In the past Xie Lian must have buried him, but first, he was in a hurry to save people, and second, the man was buried in the ground for fifty to sixty years, he certainly did not want to go back. But the dead merchant corpse that had died there disappeared, and Xie Lian stopped, curious. At that moment San Lang emerged from the palace with a small clay pot.
Xie Lian looked at him and smiled, "Master Bless You, San Lang."
All inhuman creatures can be stored in clay pots. Ban Yue was weak and wouldn't wake up, so Xie Lian shrunk it and put it in a clay pot. Their group continued to gather ferns, and hurried back. It's been around eight hours since they left.
Returning to where Fu Yao had drawn the protective circle there, Xie Lian saw that there were many people still inside the circle, afraid to get out. The old man who had taken the pill from Nan Feng looked fine, and after applying the potion to the wound, he could stand and walk after resting for a while. It's just that Xie Lian didn't think there was a need to tell them what herbs were and how to grow them.
After some time, the merchants all seemed calm, and began to wonder where the Tian Shen group had gone and why they had not returned. Xie Lian was too busy picking herbs before and didn't care about Tian Shen and the others. He only thought about returning to the ruins to look for them when he heard the sound of a boy shouting gege and uncle approaching. Xie Lian turned her head, and was quite sure it was Tian Shen. The boy carried a large bushel of fern ShanYue on his arm, and behind him there were two merchants following him, all looking breathless.
As it turned out, when they were still above the walls of the Sinner Hole, Ban Yue swept the Ban Yue soldiers, and captured Tian Shen and the merchants. They were scared, but Ban Yue only took them down away from the hole, and directed them where to go before sending them back on their way. They ran away, took medicinal plants, buried the bodies of traders who had previously died, and ran back, but somehow they were still slower than Xie Lian.
However, Xie Lian was forced to escort the caravan out of the Gobi desert, and end this journey.
Before they said goodbye, Tian Shen sneaked to find her and whispered mysteriously, "Gege, I have a question for you."
"Ask," answered Xie Lian.
"You're a god, right?"
"..."
Xie Lian was surprised.
In the past, there was a time when he shouted and announced to the world, "I am a god! I am the crown prince, Your Majesty!" And no one will believe him. This time, he didn't even say anything and the other party asked if he was a god, to his surprise.
Tian Shen immediately added, "I saw you using a spell! Don't worry, I won't tell anyone."
'How do you know. Certainly no one will believe you ... 'Xie Lian thought.
Tian Shen continued, "If it wasn't for you, I would have been thrown into the pit by those ugly demon warriors. When I got home I promised to build a small temple for you and worship you."
Xie Lian watched him pat his chest and made a 'very large, very large' hand gesture, and could not help laughing and smiling, "Then, thank you very much."
Even though the children did not know how much work had to be done to build a temple, receiving such a promise, fulfilled or not, was still a happy event for Xie Lian. The time came to say goodbye Xie Lian waved his hand at the Karavans and walked in the opposite direction.
Nan Feng pulled out another Distance-Shortening Array and sent them all back to the Pu Qi Temple. Opening the door, Xie Lian pulled out a straw mat, spread it on the ground, and collapsed like a corpse. He did all of this in one breath. San Lang sat next to him, with his hand supporting his chin, and watching him. Xie Lian sighed, "How long will we be gone?" "
Around three, up to four days. "San Lang replied.
Xie Lian sighed again, "Only three, to four days, why is my body so tired."
Since he climbed, he always worked to the bone like a dog, not lying. It really is!
After he finished sighing, Xie Lian looked up, "Eh? Nan Feng? Why haven't you reported it back yet?"
"Report back to where?" Nan Feng asked.
"Aren't you a junior official from Nan Yang Palace? Aren't your generals going to miss you after three, or four days?"
"My gender is not in the palace now, so he will not miss me." Nan Feng answered.
Xie Lian rolled over and got up, "Alright. It would be better if you stayed."
"What are you doing?" Nan Feng asked.
Xie Lian looked at him cheerfully, "I will cook you food. As a reward for your hard work. It's been a long time since I cooked ah!"
Nan Feng's face immediately turned pale. He raised his hand, held two fingers together and touched his temple, as if receiving personal communication from someone. He got up and turned, "I-There's an emergency at the palace, I have to go back, see you later."
Xie Lian waved his hand, "What? Nan Feng, don't go! How can there be an emergency all of a sudden? I really want to thank you for everything-"
"THERE IS AN EMERGENCY STATE!" Nan Feng roared like scared, and ran out the door. Xie Lian sat back on the mat looking sad and looked at San Lang, "I don't think he's hungry."
There was an explosion loud enough to be heard before San Lang could answer, and Nan Feng who suddenly returned, after slamming the door in a hurry. "YOU TWO...!!"
Xie Lian and San Lang sat together on the mat and both of them raised their heads to look at him, "What's wrong with both of us?"
Nan Feng pointed his finger at San Lang, then at Xie Lian, his words stuck in his throat, unable to come out to speak. Then finally saying, "I'll be back!"
"Thank you." Xie Lian said.
Nan Feng pointed his finger at San Lang threateningly for the last before leaving, unwillingly leaving Xie Lian to stand with San Lang. Xie Lian crossed her arms, tilted her head like San Lang, and said, "Looks like there really is an emergency."
He turned to look at the boy next to him and smiled cheerfully, "He's not hungry, how about you?"
San Lang smiled cheerfully, "Then I'm starving."
Xie Lian excitedly stood up again, turned to clean the altar table, and said, "Alright then. What would you like to eat, Hua Cheng?"
behind him, there was a moment of silence. Then after that a small laugh was heard.