Chapter 252

“Huff… huff… huff…”

Zhen Yue lay in a ditch, his chest heaving violently.

The Zhen family are skilled in array techniques, but essentially they are still array masters, and their physical quality is inevitably relatively weak.

That fat man’s skin was all gone, yet he could still run so far in one breath. Zhen Yue had run to his limit here.

Fortunately, that terrifying Taoist did not chase after him.

After panting for a while, Zhen Yue swallowed with difficulty, crawled up, and knelt down in the direction he had escaped from.

He held incense together with both hands, bowed three times, and finally, with his forehead against the ground, inserted the incense into a crevice beside him.

“Thank you, elders, for saving me!”

Yes, in Zhen Yue’s view, the one who had saved him earlier was an elder from his own family, otherwise he couldn’t explain why the other side would use the giant eye spirit binding array.

“I am not your elder.”

Zhen Yue lifted his head, searching for the voice that had suddenly appeared. Then he saw the youth standing on the ditch.

The first glance was a little blurry, but with the help of the starlight, he saw a familiar feeling.

His brain quickly sifted through his memories, and he finally remembered who the youth was.

Initially in Lijiang, a crowd had gathered to besiege that guesthouse. He, Zhen Lang, and Zhen Xin had also participated. At that time, they had praised the guesthouse’s defense array endlessly.

“Is it… you?”

“Mm, it’s me.”

“You, why did you want to save me?”

Suddenly, Zhen Yue’s expression froze, because he realized one thing clearly. Since the other side was also someone who lit lamps and walked the jianghu, and now also appeared here, didn’t that mean there was something fishy about his and the fat man’s two teams tonight?

No matter what, neither team should have just stepped into this wave and encountered such a terrifying existence, almost to the point of annihilation.

Seeming to guess Zhen Yue’s thoughts, Li Zhuiyuan said honestly:

“Mm, I arranged it.”

“You…”

Zhen Yue straightened his neck, wanting to get angry, but found that there was no anger in his heart at all.

In this matter, he couldn’t criticize the other side’s behavior. If conditions allowed, he would also do the same thing.

Most importantly, he had done it before. Initially, the three of them had just participated in breaking the array targeting the Lijiang guesthouse. If it weren’t for the time and the fact that the array was indeed solid and hard to break, the crowd would have rushed in, drowning the youth’s team and seizing the broken jade in his hand.

Whether it was the rules and traditions of lighting lamps and walking the jianghu, or the fact that he had done it first, Zhen Yue had no reason to be angry at the youth’s actions tonight. What’s more, the youth had just saved him, which was considered repaying grievances with virtue.

Zhen Yue: “Thank you…”

Li Zhuiyuan: “No problem.”

Zhen Yue: “I’ll go back and admit defeat with the second lamp. From now on, I won’t meddle in worldly affairs, and I’ll peacefully research arrays at home and teach the next generation.”

Li Zhuiyuan took out paper and a pen from his bag. The small pocket zipper wasn’t pulled properly, so he conveniently pulled it back.

This small pocket contained various seasonings. Earlier, when Zhao Yi separated from him, he had specially taken a pack of salt from here.

Li Zhuiyuan sat down, placed the notebook on his knee, held the pen, and wrote quickly, asking as he wrote:

“The seven changes of array operation, do you understand?”

Zhen Yue was stunned for a moment. The Zhen family’s seven changes of array operation are the seven basic principles of the Zhen family’s array techniques, and they are a secret that is not passed down. Was the other side trying to get his Zhen family’s ultimate learning?

Was it extortion? Or was it a threat, or a threat disguised as kindness?

Li Zhuiyuan: “Do you understand or not?”

“I understand.” Zhen Yue cleared his throat and continued to explain, “The seven changes of operation are divided into heaven change, earth change, technique change…”

Li Zhuiyuan’s pen paused slightly, then continued to write.

He was not extorting the Zhen family’s ultimate learning, but simply asking if Zhen Yue understood this aspect. If he understood, he could skip this part and continue writing the rest, thus saving time.

After all, after Zhen Shaon’s carved boards were organized, they were still somewhat miscellaneous. Writing them all down would require at least one whole notebook, and his hand would be sore.

“The twelve strategies for harmony between array nodes, do you understand?”

“The twelve strategies for harmony between array nodes, namely investigating the array and…”

Li Zhuiyuan constantly asked questions, and Zhen Yue constantly answered, then Li Zhuiyuan constantly skipped.

Zhen Yue did not know what Li Zhuiyuan was doing. He still thought the youth was recording his answers.

Actually, if he had deliberately played dumb and resisted, then Li Zhuiyuan might have just stopped writing.

The youth did not owe him, and naturally would not indulge him. Opportunity is something that emphasizes fate.

Gradually, as it went further, Zhen Yue became powerless to answer the youth’s questions.

He sincerely kept explaining:

“This I don’t know.”

“The family classics also have no record.”

“These two can still be related?”

“Unexpectedly it can still be like this?”

Zhen Shaon had been a teacher under Jade Dragon Snow Mountain for so long that the things he had researched and pondered had already exceeded the Zhen family’s own family tradition.

Moreover, here one must also consider a fact, that is, family sects do not universally develop and grow continuously with time. The absolute majority reach a certain peak and then begin to decline.

Zhen Yue’s lips mumbled a few times, and he finally mustered the courage to ask: “What exactly are you doing?”

He couldn’t answer, yet the other side was still writing.

Finished writing, Li Zhuiyuan threw the notebook down, put the pen cap back on, and rubbed his wrist.

Zhen Yue caught the notebook and opened it. There were patterns and words on it. The words, although scribbled, were very good-looking, and the patterns had a clear rhythm, containing artistic conception within themselves.

No, including the text, actually, overall it was part of the patterns, and the artistic conception expressing the profoundness of the array was also hidden within it. This was truly ‘subtle words with great meaning’.

Zhen Yue’s eyes grew wider and wider. If he hadn’t seen it personally, he would have found it hard to imagine that this kind of handed-down work was unexpectedly written by this youth sitting on a ditch in one go.

Many precious volumes and secret books would use this method, making simple copying meaningless. Li Zhuiyuan had seen a lot, and naturally learned it. Of course, this also put forward higher requirements for the viewer.

Zhen Yue closed the notebook. Initially, he didn’t see everything, but as he saw more, he finally realized that this was unexpectedly the follow-up route of the Zhen family. He dared not believe it and asked: “Why do you want to do this?”

“Your ancestor had one named Zhen Shaon, who died trapped in a certain place for the development of the family. I got his things, and now I will transfer them to you, a Zhen family person, to end this karma with him.”

“You and that ancestor of my family have a connection?”

“Have enmity.”

Zhen Yue’s mouth twitched.

“Okay, tell me which Taoist temple you were originally supposed to go to.”

“I… I will handle it myself, don’t worry.”

“I’m not worried, because I suspect your current ability.”

Zhen Yue stated the location of the Taoist temple, and at the same time reminded: “That Taoist temple has just changed its array recently, you must pay attention… forget it, I’m talking too much, for you, it’s definitely not difficult.”

Li Zhuiyuan stood up and patted the dust off his pants: “Okay, I’m going, you should also go.”

Zhen Yue: “May I ask your name and surname?”

Fearing that Li Zhuiyuan would misunderstand, Zhen Yue quickly added: “Jianghu competition, the capable rise and the mediocre fall. I absolutely have no intention of coming ashore for revenge. You passed this book to me, continuing the future of my Zhen family. My Zhen family will build a temple of life for you and worship you as a benefactor.”

“No need.”

“Please don’t refuse, this is a token of my Zhen family’s intention.”

“I look down on this point of intention.”

“Oh, that… that…”

Li Zhuiyuan waved his hand and walked away.

Zhen Yue put the notebook into his embrace, bowed seriously in the direction the youth had left, then raised his head again to look at the night sky, silently sighing.

He was very clear that even having obtained that ancestor’s legacy, to be able to cultivate it and integrate it thoroughly in a short time was truly a terrifying thing.

Competing in the jianghu with such a person, heh, what was there to compete for?

He turned around and walked in the direction of home. Under the starlight, there was a scattered shadow.

When he lit the lamp and left home, three people went, full of infinite yearning. Now, only he was walking the path home alone.

This was not an isolated case, but the fate of the vast majority of people who lit lamps in every generation.

Li Zhuiyuan did not walk far before he saw Zhao Yi standing there waiting for him. He was panting and sweating on his forehead, not faking, but genuinely having run here quickly with all his might.

Zhao Yi said dissatisfiedly: “I said, wait for me to handle that fat guy first and then come with you to find him. That fat guy can run, he can’t run away.”

Li Zhuiyuan: “It doesn’t matter, save some time.”

Zhao Yi: “What if he suddenly erupts and wants to fight you to the death, how? You may not practice martial arts.”

Li Zhuiyuan: “Array master to array master, what accident could I have?”

Zhao Yi: “Don’t let me hear the news of you dying in this kind of accident one day, I will happily jump up from bed.”

Li Zhuiyuan: “Then you’d better not believe those rumors. Go explore the secrets under the surface of the accidents. Maybe there’s a big opportunity.”

Zhao Yi: “You’ve all gone to a place of death, I may not go.”

Li Zhuiyuan: “You didn’t kill that fat guy.”

Zhao Yi: “Didn’t kill him, that fat guy is a bit interesting. This Zhen family wants to admit defeat with the second lamp, right?”

Li Zhuiyuan: “Mm.”

Zhao Yi: “But I feel that fat guy will roll his skin and come again.”

Li Zhuiyuan: “Indeed.”

Zhao Yi: “In the jianghu, with fewer of these people, there will be less lively and interesting things. Even if there are some risks, letting them live can instead bring more expectations. This is the reason I didn’t kill him.”

Li Zhuiyuan: “You talk a lot of nonsense.”

Zhao Yi: “You have to respect the changes in my psychological activity.”

Li Zhuiyuan: “I knew you wouldn’t kill him long ago, especially in front of me. You killing that fat guy is equivalent to reminding me that I should kill you.”

Zhao Yi: “Surname Li!”

Li Zhuiyuan: “Okay, before the sky is bright, let’s first flatten those two Taoist temples. While we’re at it, let me see the strength of your team now.”

Zhao Yi: “The strength of the Liang family sisters will not disappoint you. After all, I have invested everything in them.”

Li Zhuiyuan: “This is not the first time you’ve been a widower.”

Zhao Yi bent down, signaling the youth to get on his back.

Li Zhuiyuan climbed onto Zhao Yi’s back and slightly frowned.

“How?”

“You smell of sweat.”

“You don’t dislike Runsheng but you dislike me instead.”

“Runsheng bro’s body smell, I’m used to it.”

“I use perfume powder.”

“So after sweating, it smells even more unpleasant.”

Zhao Yi opened his stride, displayed his movement technique, and traveled quickly.

“I have already let Sun Yan notify them to first attack one Taoist temple, but without the two of us, they may not be able to break the array.”

When they truly arrived, Zhao Yi’s own words slapped him in the face.

Because the array of that Taoist temple was already broken, and sounds of killing were being transmitted from inside.

Half of the Taoist temple door had collapsed, and several places had deep concave marks. Looking carefully, one could discover the outline of shovel marks.

Zhao Yi: “What do you feed your Runsheng at home?”

It was very obvious that this array was smashed broken by Runsheng with the Yellow River shovel.

Last time in Lijiang, Runsheng only temporarily had this kind of strength after his qi gate was fully open. Zhao Yi certainly didn’t believe that Runsheng would open his qi gate fully at this time and then go back to lie down.

Li Zhuiyuan: “He has indeed been eating a bit well recently.”

Mainly because that person under Peach Forest was in a good mood recently, and let Runsheng soak his body with his evil qi.

Zhao Yi: “Shouldn’t be ah, I’ve already walked three waves, you’ve only walked once, why is your one time equal to my three times?”

Li Zhuiyuan: “The difficulty is not the same, the question types are also not the same.”

His last time, he even contacted Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. Zhao Yi still didn’t know which mountain corner he was circling in.

Even this wave, which was a rest period with reduced difficulty given to him by the heavenly way, he still met Zhao Yi within this wave.

Zhao Yi: “Heavenly way will also show favoritism?”

Li Zhuiyuan: “This kind of favor, I can give you.”

Zhao Yi raised his hand and waved towards the sky: “I was joking, you absolutely must not take it seriously.”

Li Zhuiyuan stepped into the Taoist temple, Zhao Yi followed closely behind.

There were corpses everywhere on the ground, but almost none were complete. This was very consistent with Runsheng’s style of painting, and the Liang family sisters should have also been deliberately angry about this, and started off with particularly heavy hands.

Actually, these Taoist temples on the surface would still claim to be righteous people. Like the one at Stone Table Zhao, they used fostering orphans and widows as a name to transfer evil power. It wasn’t something rare, but it was common.

It’s just that this kind of thing cannot see the light, and even less can it be on a large scale. Once it scales up, then you being exterminated is your own fault.

Receiving karma at the level of the Emperor of Fengdu is big karma. This kind of Taoist temple is small karma. People in the jianghu lead the waves of the jianghu. If you can bear it, then you can naturally continue to exist and wait for the next calamity. If you can’t bear it, then it’s ‘doing too much unrighteousness will lead to one’s own demise’.

This Taoist temple, very obviously, couldn’t bear it.

The killing was already coming to an end. The first person they saw was Sun Yan. She stood there, and a crowd of snakes, insects, rats, and ants listened to her command, finding the people who wanted to hide one by one.

Besides, she didn’t need to do anything else, because the evil people here were not enough for the three in front to kill.

Runsheng, the Liang family sisters were all covered in blood, like they had taken a blood bath.

At this moment, the three of them had already killed to the last building. Some people were making a final desperate resistance, some were crying and shouting for mercy, and some were still righteously pointing out that ‘heavenly way can see’ and so on.

Runsheng was too lazy to listen to their nonsense, and just kept smashing the Taoists in front one by one with his shovel.

The Liang family sisters, one holding a soft sword and the other holding a dagger, covered each other alternately, their killing efficiency not at all lower than Runsheng’s.

Li Zhuiyuan also recognized what Zhao Yi said, that strength was the weakest point of these two sisters, because there was an array rule in the cooperation of the two sisters. They were not only cooperating in martial arts, but could also instantly form an array and form techniques.

This kind of opponent, if you didn’t beat them to death at the beginning, or suppress them strongly throughout, once it became a deadlock, they could nibble at you with infinite means.

Li Zhuiyuan: “You, this extra son-in-law, are not being wronged.”

Zhao Yi lit a cigarette, took a deep puff and exhaled a smoke ring, saying: “Surname Li, your face is getting thicker and thicker.”

Li Zhuiyuan touched his face and replied: “Thank you.”

Zhao Yi: “That old lady at your home, is she probably already picking out a basket of names for your future children?”

Li Zhuiyuan: “Do you have any suggestions? I can help you convey them.”

Zhao Yi: “…”

Zhao Yi originally wanted to tease him with a sentence, saying that if he gave birth to fewer children in the future, he feared there wouldn’t be enough to inherit all those surnames.

He thought about it and decided against it. That old lady was truly somewhat too terrifying. If she knew that he was hinting about this matter, she might actually get angry and find a reason to personally come to Jiujiang.

“Bang.”

The last white-haired old man, who looked like a child, should be the temple master. He died the most heroically.

Runsheng’s shovel hit his head, and the Liang family sisters stabbed him in the chest. Everyone competed for the head of this last person, directly causing the temple master to explode.

The strength level of the team, at this moment, just showed a clear gap.

The three Zhen family members and the fat man’s group wanted to avoid the hard bones. Here with Li Zhuiyuan and Zhao Yi, they were fundamentally not enough to gnaw on.

Moreover, the people from both sides were actually not using their full strength. The personnel were not all here at the same time, and the bosses of both sides had not entered the field.

Runsheng shook his head, shaking off the fresh blood, and revealed his face.

He smiled very happily, because he had killed satisfyingly.

After dying and having the evil qi thoroughly stimulated, Runsheng controlled it, yet it was a kind of like controlling. It wasn’t usually shown, but when it was time to fight, it would be completely exposed.

He did not resist this change. After all, when facing life and death killing, this momentum was exactly what was needed.

Liang Yan was tidying her hair, and Liang Li was tidying her clothes.

Zhao Yi threw down the cigarette butt and ran up to help, helping this sister a bit, and helping that sister a bit, mainly distributing attention evenly.

Li Zhuiyuan arranged a simple array, ignited a group of fireballs wandering everywhere, and when he left, he conveniently added an isolation array at the door.

Not long after, this Taoist temple would be burned clean and turned into fertilizer in the mountain.

The next Taoist temple was not big, and there were also few people inside. Generally, this also meant that the per capita dao cultivation would be higher.

Li Zhuiyuan looked at Zhao Yi: “You’re up.”

Zhao Yi: “I also need to be assessed?”

Li Zhuiyuan: “Mm.”

Zhao Yi whispered: “Give me face, I can definitely break this array. Then you come and break one.”

“Good.”

Li Zhuiyuan walked forward, blood mist appeared in his right palm, and an array flag appeared. The youth held the array flag and gently waved it. A small Taoist temple gate manifested from amidst the green trees covering it.

Zhao Yi loosened his bones to warm up, then kicked the door open and rushed in.

His speed was very fast, seemingly deliberate. By the time Li Zhuiyuan went in, he only saw the corpses of two young Taoists, already lying on the stairs.

The last Taoist’s face was like dry tree bark, obviously very old, and his state was very abnormal. One look showed that he had used some inhumane secret method to prolong his life.

Zhao Yi fought him hand-to-hand, and the two fought hard to separate.

Li Zhuiyuan knew that this was deliberate on Zhao Yi’s part.

The two small roles just now were not worth mentioning and were quickly dealt with. This old guy had some strength, so he might as well fight for a while longer, so that he could see more.

The cooperation of the two sides’ teams, no matter how strong the Liang family sisters were, was only secondary. What Li Zhuiyuan valued was Zhao Yi’s ability.

Lin Shuyou was the same. Even though he hated Zhao Yi to the core, when he met them, his first reaction was also to pave the way for future cooperation.

After successfully transferring himself through the seam of the door of life and death by relying on the merit of walking the jianghu, Zhao Yi’s strength could be said to have increased greatly.

The difference between a genius and an ordinary person lies in the fact that an ordinary person’s energy is limited, and they can only research one thing in their life. A genius can walk several things together.

Zhao Yi did not use a weapon, and fought the old Taoist holding a long sword purely with his bare hands. Both his palms were covered with a layer of water, and every time he came into contact with the opponent’s weapon, he could unload, transfer, and grasp the force.

As they fought, the old Taoist gradually began to falter, and dense age spots appeared on his body. After the age spots gathered to a certain extent, they began to change into corpse spots.

One by one, infant virtual shadows constantly manifested from the old Taoist’s body. These were the supplements he had not yet completely digested.

The old Taoist knew that it was not good to continue fighting like this. This body of his could not withstand prolonged torment, but whether he used steps, talismans, or techniques, they could all be easily resolved by the young person in front, forcing him to engage in this most primitive entanglement.

Zhao Yi was destined to win, and win easily.

Runsheng looked somewhat emotional. The young master Zhao, who was initially like a weak willow swaying in the wind, could now also fight fiercely like a tiger.

This made him involuntarily think about how strong his little Yuan adult would be after growing up and practicing martial arts. He feared that at that time, he would no longer need to protect him in front.

Liang Yan actively approached Li Zhuiyuan and asked: “You still don’t practice martial arts?”

Li Zhuiyuan: “Mm.”

Liang Li followed and asked: “You’re already walking the jianghu, why don’t you practice martial arts?”

Li Zhuiyuan: “It will deplete the body.”

Liang Yan: “Since that’s the case, then why are you so eager to light lamps and walk the jianghu?”

Li Zhuiyuan: “Heaven knows.”

Liang Li: “You’re not in a hurry? You still care about advancing in martial arts will lead to limited future development. If I were you, I would not hesitate anything, only to strive for the Dragon King position.”

Li Zhuiyuan: “Because in my view, the Dragon King is just a starting point for the next stage, not the future.”

The two sisters were silent.

Different people saying the same words have different effects on the listener. From Zhao Yi’s attitude towards the youth, they were very clear about the youth’s extraordinary nature, but they didn’t expect that he unexpectedly had such ambition.

Liang Yan covered her mouth and laughed: “I heard, you already have a marriage contract?”

Li Zhuiyuan did not answer this question. He did not have a marriage contract, but he did not want to answer no.

Liang Li: “Have you considered taking a concubine?”

In the distance, Zhao Yi, who was fighting, couldn’t help but open his mouth and scold:

“You two really don’t know how to write the character ‘death’!”

The old Taoist fighting with him heard the words, and his face immediately turned stiff and ashen. This young person, who was already putting great pressure on him, unexpectedly could still be distracted and chat at this time!

Liang Yan: “You’re not willing to enter by marriage, so one of us sisters must leave, it’s better for that one to go and be a concubine for someone else then.”

Zhao Yi: “Hahaha, I fear your family elders wouldn’t dare agree!”

Liang Li: “My family elders are very open-minded, our matter with you, didn’t they also not stop it?”

Zhao Yi: “You misunderstood, I said ‘not dare’ means truly not dare.”

Liang Yan: “You focus on your fighting, it’s taking so long to finish.”

Liang Li: “Still weak.”

Zhao Yi laughed to the extreme in anger, and turned to Li Zhuiyuan and shouted: “Give me a handsome move, lend me a copper coin sword!”

Li Zhuiyuan spread open his right hand, copper coins slid into his palm, and his left index finger pointed at the copper coins and flicked forward.

One by one, the copper coins flew out rapidly, splicing together in the air to form a thick sword of copper rust.

Zhao Yi flipped and caught the sword.

In an instant, the sound of the sword rang out.

Initially, Zhao Yi had also borrowed this sword from Li Zhuiyuan to play with, but he didn’t have this kind of movement, because at that time Zhao Yi was truly weak.

Now, he could martial arts normally. As a Zhao family bloodline, he naturally resonated with this sword worn by Zhao Wuzang.

The copper coin sword swept horizontally, and only a crisp sound was heard. The old Taoist’s long sword broke.

Zhao Yi again lifted it with the momentum, and the old Taoist’s dao robe and long beard were all torn off, revealing a body full of pits and corruption.

Finally, Zhao Yi leaped up and stabbed down.

The old Taoist desperately resisted, but when he stepped onto the wrong path, his whole body was filled with evil aura, and the copper coin sword was its nemesis.

In the lightning-quick moment, everything he blocked was broken, and the copper coin sword pierced the old Taoist’s brow.

Zhao Yi followed the momentum and patted it. The copper coins vibrated, the old Taoist’s whole body trembled, and his soul and the undigested resentment within his body together collapsed and scattered cleanly.

Having done this, Zhao Yi took out the copper coin sword, wiped off the fresh blood on it, and said regretfully:

“This sword, it only matches the Zhao family people.”

Saying this, Zhao Yi still deliberately stole a glance at the youth with his eyes, hoping that the youth could understand that a gentleman helps others succeed.

Li Zhuiyuan: “Since you seized my sword, then I can only go to your Jiujiang Zhao family treasure house…”

“Buzz!”

Zhao Yi patted his palm, and the copper coin sword divided into copper coins, falling back into Li Zhuiyuan’s hand.

He knew that this youth’s array attainment was unimaginably high, and the array of his own family’s treasure house probably really couldn’t stop this guy.

Li Zhuiyuan collected the copper coins and said to Zhao Yi: “You still have secrets.”

Zhao Yi: “No, it’s just that this old thing can’t withstand a beating.”

Li Zhuiyuan began to arrange the array to eliminate the traces here.

When the crowd finished all their itinerary tonight, the sky was already dimly lit.

Sun Yan continued to stay in the mountain to monitor Shen Huaiyang.

Zhao Yi followed Li Zhuiyuan back to the guesthouse. Li Zhuiyuan agreed.

On the guesthouse bed, Lin Shuyou woke up and immediately took a bath.

The aftereffects of inserting needles that night had almost recovered, and in another day, he could adjust his body back to its peak state.

While wiping his body, Lin Shuyou talked to himself: “Child, you are all inside my body, why do you still need to insert needles?”

Child: “The evil-breaking talisman has a natural stimulating effect on divine power. The person who designed this talisman is very unusual.”

Lin Shuyou: “Oh?”

Child: “The first time the needles were inserted, I felt it. This talisman’s target is not evil spirits, or rather, evil spirits are just an incidental effect. I even suspect that the true purpose of this talisman is to admonish and drive gods.”

Lin Shuyou: “Oh.”

Child: “Even the Dragon King’s family would not actively oppose beings like us. There should not be this kind of talisman paper inheritance left behind. Where exactly did that talisman paper come from?”

Lin Shuyou: “It’s useless to tell you, you definitely haven’t heard of him.”

“Knock knock knock!”

The sound of knocking on the door came.

Lin Shuyou put on his underwear and walked to open the door.

The moment his hand touched the doorknob, his eyes widened.

There was someone outside the door, but the child could not perceive that person’s breath.

Lin Shuyou did not open the door.

But the doorknob turned from the outside. He was a big man sleeping in a guesthouse and was too lazy to lock the door.

Zhao Yi pushed the door open and entered, carrying fried dough sticks and buns in his left hand, and pickled vegetables and soy milk in his right hand.

“It’s you!”

“That’s right, it’s me, did you miss me?”

He threw the breakfast onto the tea table and directly pounced on Lin Shuyou, and the two of them fell onto the bed.

Lin Shuyou resisted, but now Zhao Yi was no longer that weak person from before. Unless A You received an oracle and became a true king, otherwise in terms of physical strength, he really couldn’t handle the current Zhao Yi.

A You’s eyes gradually began to condense into vertical pupils.

“Come on, receive your oracle, just let me tell everyone, you initially liked…”

The oracle failed.

A You was very unwillingly pressed onto the bed by Zhao Yi.

“You can do it, did you feel good beating me?”

“Good!”

“Dare you do it next time?”

“Next time I’ll beat you to death!”

Seeing the situation, Zhao Yi got off Lin Shuyou, sat on the edge of the bed, and let out a sigh:

“Look, Binbin’s physical condition is really bad, he should not live long.”

Lin Shuyou: “…”

Zhao Yi: “No wonder you can become so hard, alas.”

Lin Shuyou: “Three-eyed boy, you are really a beast!”

Zhao Yi: “You say, how good is your Bin bro to you? If it weren’t for his mediation and recommendation in the middle, could you be where you are today? But you yet…”

“Ah, perish together!”

Lin Shuyou roared, rushed up, pinched Zhao Yi’s neck, and pounced him from the bed to the floor. The two wrestled again.

Outside the door, Liang Yan and Liang Li listened to the movement inside and exchanged glances.

Liang Yan: “You marry.”

Liang Li: “You are the older sister, the opportunity is given to you.”

Li Zhuiyuan let Runsheng make a hard trip back to the hospital to sync last night’s matter with Tan Wenbin.

After he himself returned to the room, he first took a bath, changed into clean clothes, and then lay on the bed, preparing to rest.

He wasn’t tired last night, he could even say it was very easy, but he still had to replenish his energy, after all, there was a tough fight ahead.

The doorknob was turned, the door was locked.

After a while, Li Zhuiyuan, who was lying on the bed, turned his head to look at the window.

A human shadow appeared outside the window. The window was also locked, but he unloaded the window.

Sometimes you have to admire Zhao Yi’s current energy. Perhaps it was because he was a ‘soft bone patient’ for a long time before. Now Zhao Yi is as lively as a monkey.

Zhao Yi: “You sleep and lock the door and lock the window, are you so insecure?”

Li Zhuiyuan: “You’re bullying A You again.”

Zhao Yi: “Not bullying him, he and I have a good relationship, just playing.”

Initially in Lijiang, basically all of Lin Shuyou was responsible for taking care of Zhao Yi. In Zhao Yi’s view, among the youth’s whole team, only A You was an honest person.

Following A You, he was stable. At least when he encountered danger, A You would instinctively pull him and run together.

“That, did you give the things to that Zhen family person?”

“Mm.”

“You said you threw them in the basement.”

“Indeed didn’t bring them, will write them now.”

Zhao Yi took out an exquisite fountain pen from his pocket: “Then you’ll labor again?”

“Tired, sleeping.”

“Tired of what? I felt it when you set the array and broke the array last night. Your spirit power is terrifyingly dense now. I even suspect you’ve secretly eaten immortal pills and Buddha marrow!”

“After the matter is finished, distribute according to work.”

“Okay.” Zhao Yi went to take a bath.

Li Zhuiyuan: “You want to sleep here?”

Zhao Yi: “That’s right, save opening a room, it’s a waste.”

“Binbin bro’s room is empty inside.”

“I’ll go over, there’s a human body in cold storage in his room. I quickly closed the door, fearing that the cold air flowing out would make the meat inside rot!”

…

Tan Wenbin has been having a very easy time these days.

Every day in the hospital, the main thing he does is chat with this child, Chen Jing.

The utilitarian things were finished chatting on the first night. After that, it was truly purely a place for friends.

This child has a special temperament that makes people feel very comfortable, and it can heal people, just like little Yuan bro when he used to habit perform.

Chen Jing also likes Tan Wenbin very much, and is willing to bother him besides taking care of his grandpa and grandma, although, he himself has been frozen and caught a cold.

Grandpa’s condition suddenly worsened today.

Tan Wenbin could confirm that it wasn’t Shen Huaiyang doing it. Shen Huaiyang had always been under Sun Yan’s monitoring. He was injured and hadn’t left the Taoist temple door these two days.

One can only say that the old people’s condition is just like this, hanging on for a long time, then, inadvertently, suddenly accelerating.

The doctor had already shaken his head. At this point, the hospital also had no way.

Chen Jing accepted the reality, sat on his grandpa’s bed, and waited for his grandpa to close his eyes for the last time.

Grandma did not cry or make noise, leaning on the side, accompanying her old partner on his last journey.

Tan Wenbin added several seal ban talismans to his wheelchair, sealing his body’s cold qi, and then, pushed by Yin Meng, came to the ward door to quietly accompany them.

Although the days of getting along were very short, he could feel that this old and young family were all very good people.

Yesterday, when grandpa could still speak, he specially saw this new friend of his grandson, encouraging Tan Wenbin to be brave against the disease demon. After all, he was still young and had a very long life to walk.

Grandma’s pickled vegetables were also very delicious, and she sent Tan Wenbin a lot. Yesterday, she even specially borrowed a family member’s courtyard stove to cook loaches, and instructed Chen Jing to send Tan Wenbin a basin, saying that Tan Wenbin needed to supplement.

According to experience, Tan Wenbin was already an old jianghu, yet he was still moved by the simplicity and purity of the two old people.

Actually, looking from the side, Chen Jing, who had half-demon bloodline, should originally have a violent temperament. He should not have this quiet and peaceful character now.

So, it was because he had lived with the two old people from a young age that his heart was warmed.

Tan Wenbin suspected that this should also be a reason why Shen Huaiyang would want to find an excuse later to take Chen Jing away from the two old people and bring him into the temple.

In his eyes, Chen Jing was about to be raised into a waste by the two old people.

But Shen Huaiyang also pinned his hopes on deeply cultivating the father-son, master-disciple bond in Chen Jing’s heart, so he could not use force against the two old people, at least not in front of the child.

Grandpa had already passed through the phase of reflecting light. The death qi on his body was just getting thicker and thicker. His face was kind, and he looked at his grandson for a while, and at his old partner for a while, waiting for his last close of eyes.

Although his life was not considered perfect, and he had many regrets, he was content. When he left, his heart was also sweet.

But at this moment, as he was about to die, some special pictures began to appear in his brain.

These pictures made him feel strange and odd, yet gave him a firm feeling that they had indeed truly happened.

He saw himself lying on the bed, no matter how he struggled he could not wake up. His eyes could not open, and next to him was his daughter’s screaming and scolding from the bed in the next room, as if suffering humiliation.

He saw his daughter’s belly growing big, and questioned his daughter who it was. His daughter yet completely did not know. He was angry and wanted to report to the police. As a result, as soon as he pushed the door open, he saw a Taoist standing at the door.

He saw that during his daughter’s delivery, he and his old partner were tied up beside them, watching that Taoist change blood for his daughter during delivery. His daughter completed the delivery in despair, and then died.

But the problem was, in his original memory, things were not like this.

His own daughter and that Taoist were in love with each other. They initially disagreed, but couldn’t bear their daughter’s persuasion. Added to that, the Taoist practiced medicine and saved people in the village, and his reputation was very good. They thought that although life would not be easy after marrying a Taoist, at least he was a good man, so they both nodded.

When his daughter’s belly was bulging, the Taoist often sent money and food, and promised them that after his immortal master left, he would bring his daughter and the child in her belly to live in the Taoist temple, living a quiet and secluded beautiful life.

That night when his daughter died during delivery, the Taoist cried bitterly, extremely sad. It was they two old people who persuaded the Taoist, saying that this was fate, this was fate, the dead cannot be revived, they can only take good care of the child.

Such a person, he and his old partner unexpectedly always treated him so well, treating him as a true son. He always came at night when the child was asleep. He and his old partner still always waited for him, fearing he was hungry and cooking for him!

Even, when he proposed to take the child back to the temple, the old couple still felt very gratified. The child had always missed his father, and now he could finally be with his father.

This beast, this beast, this beast!

On the sickbed, grandpa’s body began to twitch, struggling frantically.

His condition had already made him unable to speak, but his eyes were full of anger!

“Old man, what’s wrong, old man?”

“Grandpa, what’s wrong, grandpa…” Chen Jing turned his head and looked at Tan Wenbin, “Binbin bro, do you know what’s wrong with my grandpa?”

Tan Wenbin was silent. He knew, but he felt that telling the truth to this child was a bit too cruel.

“Do you want to know?”

Li Zhuiyuan walked into the ward.

These days, Li Zhuiyuan had not entered here to make contact with Chen Jing, because he really didn’t like this youth, especially when he showed a smile.

Li Zhuiyuan looked at Tan Wenbin: “You don’t need to struggle, you can give the choice to him.”

Tan Wenbin nodded: “Mm.”

Everyone has the right to choose to see their own truth. Of course, doing so also has one benefit, which is not to bear the so-called moral burden.

Li Zhuiyuan walked to grandma’s front, took out a clear heart talisman, and stuck it on her forehead. The old lady immediately closed her eyes and fell asleep.

Immediately, Li Zhuiyuan walked to Chen Jing’s front, pressed his right index finger on Chen Jing’s brow, and covered grandpa’s forehead with his other hand:

“Now close your eyes, I will let you see what your grandpa is seeing now.”

Chen Jing closed his eyes.

After a long time, Chen Jing’s eyes opened, and two rows of tears flowed out.

Li Zhuiyuan’s finger joints continuously knocked on the old man’s forehead, letting his mind ease and quiet down. The old man’s lifespan had already reached its end, and medicine was useless.

Finally, the old man no longer struggled and looked at Chen Jing, who was crying beside him.

Many of the memories in his brain were fake, but only the time spent with this grandson was real. No matter what, he was his grandson. When he was little, he was naughty and had a violent temper, but after growing up, he became more and more sensible and caring.

The old man closed his eyes, leaving not peacefully, but at least ending this dying struggle and torment.

Li Zhuiyuan: “Your grandpa is gone.”

Chen Jing took a deep breath, staggered forward, pulled up the white sheet, and covered his grandpa’s face.

The youth used all his strength, fiercely wiped away his tears, and said word by word:

“I want… to kill him!”

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