8mi 052 There is a road at the North Gate.
052 There is a road at the North Gate.
"Wu Shuiyan, was it you who made them kowtow to me one by one using my golden statue?"
The head priest lowered his head even further: "Apart from the God Lord, you, the Crimson Fire God General, are the strongest in the Black Mountain Range."
As for the others, I fear they wouldn't be able to withstand the backlash and would die.
The Crimson Fire God General in the sky had a face as ugly as if he had eaten excrement.
Isn't the Crimson Fire God General afraid of death?
"Hmph, flattery won't work. You may escape death, but you can't escape punishment!"
The Crimson Fire God raised his right hand and swung it down fiercely.
The brilliant will-o'-the-wisp coalesced into a molten lava whip, which lashed out with a "crack!" at the temple keeper's face.
It immediately burned a charred, blackened scar where the skin and flesh were torn apart.
"Thank God for the punishment."
Wu Shuiyan said calmly, black water wriggling at the wound, devouring the power of the ghost fire.
It healed completely in just two or three breaths.
Upon seeing this, the Crimson Fire Demon General narrowed his eyes, a hint of apprehension flashing in his azure-gold pupils.
The human being Wu Shuiyan is getting stronger and stronger.
"Let's go, send that old bastard who's been dead for ages back to hell."
……
"Achoo!"
Ning Kui rubbed his nose, his face extremely pale.
Just then, it seemed as if the sun had swept across the sky, illuminating the dark city as if it were daytime.
Countless people who were engaged in filthy activities in the darkness were so frightened that they scrambled back home.
Immediately afterwards, the black-robed temple guards set out under cover of night, causing a great disturbance throughout the city.
Since the black card could not be identified, they simply resorted to the oldest and most complicated methods.
The investigation was conducted one person at a time.
Judging from this situation, it will take at least ten days to half a month of investigation before Black Mountain Prefecture can resume operations.
By then, even if Ning Kui manages to escape safely, Yugu County will have already changed drastically.
"I knew I shouldn't have come to this wretched city! To shake off Song Ehu, I turned around and walked into a dragon's lair!"
Ning Kui kept searching in his mind for a route out of the city.
The more I think about it, the more uncertain I feel.
He's unfamiliar with the area; what if he wanders around aimlessly and gets cornered by the black-robed temple guards?
He absolutely couldn't defeat that blazing sun that swept across the city.
"Young hero, have you encountered any difficulties?"
The old woman sat at the table, her hands, as dry and cracked as an old tree, stroking Lian'er's head.
After Ning Kui rescued Lian'er, the old woman even changed how she addressed her.
Her seemingly cloudy gaze easily saw through Ning Kui's unease.
"But are you worried about the Black Mountain Temple Guards?"
Upon hearing this, Ning Kui's heart skipped a beat.
His gaze immediately fixed on the old woman, and a murderous aura emanated from her.
Lian'er fearfully shrank her head into her grandmother's arms. The old woman grinned and said, "If young hero could take me and Lian'er away from here, we could find another place to live in peace."
Perhaps my decades of experience living in Black Mountain City can be of some use to you, young hero.
"You're doing well in Black Mountain Prefecture, you have businesses and connections, why do you want to find another way out?"
"Hehe." The old woman grinned, revealing her few remaining teeth, and laughed, "Young hero, you are so brave! You killed that beast that was worse than a pig or a dog and rescued Lian'er."
But that beast is incredibly powerful and has secretly colluded with countless forces.
If he dies, won't those jackals come after me?
With Lian'er now back, there's no way I can clear my name of this injustice.
Hearing this, Ning Kui's face twitched: "Fine, so I shouldn't have saved your granddaughter?"
Upon hearing this, the old woman stepped back from Lian'er, stood up solemnly, and bowed deeply to Ning Kui.
"You're wrong. I not only want to thank you for saving my life, young hero, but I also ask you to save my grandmother and me completely from this misery."
I would like to offer you the entire Yongshun Rice Shop.
"This old woman is also willing to show the young hero a clear path to escape Black Mountain City!"
Looking at the old woman who was bowing deeply, her back almost breaking, Ning Kui remained silent for a long time.
This is troublesome. We're already on the run, and now we have to take an old woman and a child with us?
But he had no choice.
"Deal! Pack your things and leave before dawn!"
While the old woman was frantically packing up her valuables, Ning Kui went to the rice warehouse and packed up all the few thousand catties of rice.
"Tch, all that talk and no action, and all you get is this little bit of rice?"
The old woman was very experienced in fleeing, and she quickly packed a bundle.
There weren't many things inside, but it was enough for her to make a living outside.
"Come, I have a road at the north gate; it's a place we've known for life!"
That doesn't sound very plausible.
However, Ning Kui had always thought of the old woman as shrewd and calculating.
This concerns the lives of both she and her grandson; they wouldn't be joking, would they...?
"Young hero, let's take the tunnel. This way we can bypass the most densely populated area of the Black Mountain Temple Guards in the inner city."
Watching the old woman struggle to move a rice jar, revealing a narrow tunnel.
A sense of reliability has returned.
The lineup, with the old woman leading the charge, Lian'er in the middle, and Ning Kui bringing up the rear, was thus formed.
In the dark and enclosed tunnel, Ning Kui really wanted to complain.
Old man, do you really like candles that emit green light?
The three arrived safely at the end of the tunnel without incident. Pushing aside the weeds covering the tunnel, they were met with a desolate scene.
As the Jade Rabbit gradually sank in the west, a faint glimmer of dawn appeared in the east.
The three arrived at the city gate, where the old woman, leaning on her cane, went to find her trusted confidant, the spy.
Ning Kui pulled Lian'er along, hiding in the shadows, not daring to breathe.
The soldiers patrolling back and forth were on high alert, and there was absolutely no chance of anyone sneaking out.
If it weren't for Lian'er being held hostage, he would have suspected the old woman was trying to sell him.
Before long, a tall, armored young man from the city guards brought the old woman out.
She called her "Grandma" so affectionately.
It looked as if his grandmother had come to visit him because of some family matter, and he had finally managed to coax his senile and elderly grandmother away.
Good acting!
Ning Kui let out a soft breath.
A moment later, the trembling old woman returned to the shadows and immediately began to run towards them in small, quick steps.
"Let's go. The city gate's magic array will close for ten breaths in a quarter of an hour. This is our only chance."
"Where are all these people going?"
The old woman took Lian'er's hand and said without turning her head, "Next tunnel!"
Do you really think I'll just sit in the rice shop and wait to die these past few years?
Good, good, good, you're awesome!
Ning Kui silently followed the old woman into the next tunnel, until they stopped in front of a huge wall.
A hole, just big enough for one person to pass through, was dug out at the base of the wall, and a magic array that emitted a faint golden light blocked the hole.
"Once the golden light dissipates, let's pass through immediately!"
Time passed second by second, and the agreed time had long since passed, but the magic circle continued to operate.
Perhaps due to the thin air, all three of them felt unbearably hot.
"Grandma, is your mole reliable? We're not going to get trapped here, are we?"
The old woman was silent for a moment, then, as if she had thought of something, she said decisively, "He's absolutely reliable!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the golden light in the tunnel flickered intermittently as if there was a malfunction.
What's going on? Is it turned off or not?
However, even a fool could guess that the tall young man above was under immense pressure.
Can't wait any longer!
Ning Kui steeled his resolve and, the instant the golden light faded again, unleashed his full power, pushing his speed to an alarming extreme.
In the instant of the high-speed travel, the golden light reappeared with a "whoosh".
Given this situation, it's impossible for the old woman and Lian'er to have traveled through time!
Lian'er leaned against the old woman's chest, looked at Ning Kui on the other side of the magic circle, and spoke to him for the first time.
"Brother, don't leave Grandma behind..."