Chapter 31 Chapter 106 Turning Back

In the abandoned Earth Temple, because half of the wall was smashed down, the gravel and lime soil were poured all over the ground, making the originally not spacious place even narrower.Both Wang Zongjing and Ximen Yingrui were guarding the door, watching the movement outside the door vigilantly, but it was clear that the surrounding area was quiet, and no imaginary enemy had arrived, or maybe they were just putting on a show for others to see. In fact, it was almost true. Although their faces were facing the door, their ears were all pricked up to secretly listen to the movements in the Earth Temple.

A low muffled sound accompanied by a somewhat painful hum came from the temple behind them. A few moments later, several loud noises were heard, as if a heavy object had slammed into the other side. , causing the Huizuo Temple behind them to shake again, shaking non-stop, as if it was about to collapse. "Sister Hong, Red Maggot..." A few low-pitched shouts came from the temple, and the corners of the mouths of the men standing at the door twitched. Xu Menghong's hoarse voice seemed to be scolding a few words inside, full of anger, and Ao Kui's voice disappeared in a blink of an eye. After hearing a few more strange noises, the temple gradually became quiet.

Wang Zongjing felt that Ximen Yingrui beside him glanced at him, but in the end he pretended not to see it, and stood silently. After a while, Xu Menghong's hoarse and slightly tired voice came from the Earth Temple, saying, "You two come in too." Wang Zongjing and Ximen Yingrui turned around and walked in one after the other, only to see Xu Menghong standing in the middle of the messy underground temple, but Ao Kui, who was tall and burly, was not standing. He just randomly sat on a dirty futon at Xu Menghong's feet, grinning there with a helpless look on his face. Looking carefully, he found that this big man had a lot of new footprints on his body, and several small wounds on his face, which looked ridiculous. I don't know if Xu Menghong, who was in a rage just now, left them on him.Naturally, Wang Zongjing and Ximen Yingrui would not be so confused that they would laugh out loud at the moment. Both of them had stern faces that were more like wood than wood, and they stood obediently aside after entering.

On the other hand, although Ao Kui was taught a lesson by Xu Menghong, he didn't look ashamed or angry. His face was full of remorse, and he sat at Xu Menghong's feet.Wang Zongjing knew that among the four, Ao Kui was the first to follow Xu Menghong. Long before he and Ximen Yingrui joined the small group, Ao Kui was already this sister Hong's loyal subordinate, and was also the most loyal to Xu Menghong. In fact, although Xu Menghong often ordered Wang Zongjing and Ximen Yingrui to do things on weekdays, her attitude was restrained, and she didn't mean to give orders. Yes, but Ao Kui is tall, big, rough-skinned and thick-skinned. He has always been honest and will not talk back, and has always been extremely loyal to Xu Menghong.

Perhaps, these two people also had secrets that others did not know in the past years, but they never mentioned these things, and Wang Zongjing and Ximen Yingrui also tacitly never asked. Xu Menghong stood there sulking for a while, and finally said to the two of them bitterly: "The little ghosts from the Ba family ran away. Ao Kui met a group of strange monks and was beaten by them. Then you saw It's gone." Ximen Yingrui was silent, while Wang Zongjing frowned, and then asked, "Then Bale was rescued by these people?" Xu Menghong glanced at Ao Kui who was sitting on the ground by his feet, snorted coldly, and said, "You tell it yourself."

Ao Kui made a bitter face, and didn't dare to look at Xu Menghong's face. He patted his body and stood up, saying in a low voice, "It doesn't seem to be the case. Before the last group of people arrived, the kid from the Ba family seemed to have disappeared." "Huh?" At this moment, Wang Zongjing and Ximen Yingrui looked at Ao Kui all at once, with some doubts in their eyes, but obviously more puzzled and contemptuous.Ao Kui's face was slightly red, and he didn't hide anything at all, so he honestly told Wang Zongjing and Ximen Yingrui what happened before he passed out.

After Ximen Yingrui listened, a pensive look flashed across his face, and he said, "So, it seems that there are two groups of people? The first group rescued the Ba family kid, and the second group came to stop you ? Is this an accomplice?" Ao Kui was at a loss and shook his head to express that he didn't know. At this moment, Wang Zongjing, who had been silently listening to the slight change in his face, suddenly asked in a deep voice: "At the beginning, you saw a big yellow dog. ?” "Yes." Ao Kui gestured angrily, with a look of unwillingness on his face, and said bitterly: "The yellow dog is extremely big, it is about this tall and big, and it is very rare. I also saw it strangely, I just walked over..."

Wang Zongjing's face was slightly lowered, looking at the ground, letting the inexplicable excitement and surprise in his eyes pass quietly, and after everything disappeared, he seemed to be a little careless: "Then besides this yellow dog, you also saw What, a cat, a pig, or a monkey?" Ximen Yingrui almost laughed out loud when he heard it, and glanced at Wang Zongjing, thinking that this little Wang usually looks taciturn, so it turns out that he is so vicious when he sarcastically speaks. Over there, Ao Kui was stunned for a while, as if he didn't think that there was any other meaning in Wang Dongjing's words, he just shook his head in astonishment and said, "No, I didn't see anything else, I just saw the yellow dog, and then I walked towards the yellow dog When I was passing by, suddenly the back of my head hurt, and my eyes went dark, and I didn’t know what was going on behind me. When I woke up again, the second group of people had already walked over, and the little devil from the Ba family had disappeared.”

A hint of disappointment flashed in Wang Zongjing's eyes, and he shook his head slightly, expressing that he had nothing to ask any more. Xu Menghong snorted, but said: "There is one more important matter, listen to Fang Kui." Both Wang Zongjing and Ximen Yingrui were startled, and looked at Ao Kui in a blink of an eye, Ao Kui glanced at Xu Menghong, Xu Menghong nodded slightly, Ao Kui licked his lips, and said with some uncertainty; "Now that I think about it, when I fought against those four people in the second group, the Taoism they used was very similar to the disciples of Qingyun Sect."

"Huh?" This sentence was really powerful, and immediately attracted Wang Zongjing and Ximen Yingrui. It can be seen that the name of the shadow man of the tree, the leader of Qingyunmen for more than a thousand years, this prestige alone is enough to attract people's attention. After one night, the originally prosperous Bajia in Liangzhou, the huge Gaomen mansion has been turned into ruins, among the ruins, although the fire that engulfed many lives has faded, there are still many fires. Unextinguished, streaks of black smoke floated lightly in the sky, telling the desolation and tragedy of this piece.

The people who frantically slaughtered and fished in troubled waters under the darkness of that night had already disappeared as the night receded. On this sunny afternoon, many people in Liangzhou City gathered outside the Bafu to watch the ruins. With this unlucky family that was wiped out for no reason. There are faint figures, shuttling among the ruins, looking for something and what it means, those who should know are naturally aware of it. On the street leading to the ruins, two boys stood side by side. It was Ba Le, the last survivor of the Ba family, and Xiao Ding who accidentally rescued him. The big yellow dog and the gray-haired monkey followed behind them. He looked a little bored lying on the ground, dozing off. Xiao Ding said softly: "Is that your home?" Ba Le silently looked at the unrecognizable house, a trace of pain flashed in his eyes, he gritted his teeth, and after a long while, he said softly: "Yes." Xiao Ding was speechless for a while, looking at the tragic situation ahead, he finally felt the pain in Ba Le's heart, then raised his eyes, saw those people rummaging in the ruins of Ba's house, frowned, and said to Ba Le: "Those people who are rummaging in your house now are your enemies?" Ba Le looked at it for a while, but smiled wryly, and said: "Maybe, maybe not, I don't know at all." He seemed to remember something, and fell silent again. Xiao Ding gritted his teeth and said in a low voice, "Then what are your plans now?" Ba Le was silent for a long time, and said, "I want to go back." Xiao Ding was stunned for a moment, and said: "But your home is gone, where are you going back?" Ba Le shook his head and said, "I'm not going home, I'm going back to the Earth Temple." Xiao Ding's eyes widened immediately, and he said in astonishment: "Didn't you say that there are bad people over there, what are you going back for?" Ba Le was silent for a moment, and said in a low voice: "There are four people over there, and not all of them are bad people. And... only if I go back, can they help me avenge me." He turned his head, looked at Xiao Ding who was puzzled, and said: "This is an agreement, although I don't know if it will be reliable, but I really can't think of any other way besides this." ※※※ The sun was shining on the city of Liangzhou, and the two teenagers stood on the street, said goodbye softly, and separated from each other. Against the backdrop of this huge city, the weak figure looks like an ant, like the torrent of the world always pushing people forward, except for looking back occasionally, they can no longer turn back even that small step. Ba Le left Xiao Ding, feeling a bit dazed, with thoughts that he didn't even know if he was right, but he walked towards the earth temple helplessly, uneasy.Behind him, Xiao Ding lowered his arm to say goodbye, watching Ba Le's figure gradually disappear into the crowd. Da Huang stood up, leaned close to him, rubbed his huge dog's head against him, wagged his tail, and snorted, while Xiao Hui yawned lazily, as if to appreciate the joys and sorrows of the world. There is no half interest in love and hatred.