"Bullshit!" Lu Xiaoying suddenly drew out his sword and was about to chop me with the sword.
I was so scared that I jumped out of the window: "Let's talk it over. This is not my fault..."
Ye Jin also advised: "Sister, this matter really has nothing to do with Wu Zhao. Besides, Wu Zhao is not a bad guy, otherwise... Don't do it, I was wrong!"
Not long after Ye Jin ran out of the gate, Shi Heshang jumped down from the second-floor window: "Lu Xiaoying is crazy! She said that if it weren't for me, she wouldn't have been hurt so badly. She wanted to chop me up..."
Before Monk Shi could finish his words, Lu Xiaoying jumped out of the house with a sword in his hand and rushed towards the three of us.
"Run in different directions!" I shouted and ran out!
Ye Jin grabbed Monk Shi and pushed him towards Lu Xiaoying: "You hold it!"
"What?" Before Shi Heshang could finish his words, Lu Xiaoying hit him on the head with a sword, knocking him to the ground. Still not satisfied, Lu Xiaoying simply pinned Shi Heshang to the ground and kicked him hard, then chased us with his sword.
I simply took out the money for fortune-telling, planned my way out of Miaojiang, and ran all the way to Phoenix City, where I found a hotel and stayed for three days.
Lu Xiaoying, who failed to catch up with me, came to me three days later with Ye Jin and Shi Heshang. Shi Heshang started complaining as soon as he saw me: "Do you still have a conscience? You tripped yourself, and Lu Xiaoying almost beat me to death!"
"Why didn't I beat you to death?" I gritted my teeth and said, "If it weren't for you, would we have been able to... make such a big mistake?"
Ye Jin shook his head and said, "Don't say anything! Dongtian agreed to prepare the medicine, so let's wait! Wu Zhao, this is the medicine Dongtian gave you. She said that you and Lu Xiaoying had better not be separated for too long, otherwise, who knows what will happen. If it doesn't work, you will have to do that..."
I looked at Ye Jin, who looked like he deserved a beating, and squeezed out a few words from between my teeth: "Why haven't you been chopped to death yet?"
Ye Jin turned around again and saw Lu Xiaoying with a frosty face, and quickly shut his mouth.
Lu Xiaoying hadn't spoken to me since she met me. I definitely couldn't live with her like Dong Tian said, so I stayed with Ye Jin and the others at night. Ye Jin took advantage of Lu Xiaoying's absence and became cheerful again: "Zhaozi, Lu Xiaoying is actually pretty good. We were joking around all the way to bring you together, weren't we?"
"You definitely don't need to think about the Guan family. Even if I kill you, you won't go back, right? Don't you want to think about your future? You'll be alone all your life, and when you're old, you'll just lie down in a nursing home and wait for death with your eyes open?"
"I'm telling you the truth. It's not that Lu Xiaoying can't find you. It's that she didn't look for you. I think Lu Xiaoying at least doesn't hate you. You should chase her when you have time!"
Monk Shi also chimed in, "Don't you and Lu Xiaoying have some kind of pact? Why don't you two just get together and marry her in the future? Then you'll have everything, and you can save each other three or five times. What can't you two do together?"
"Can you two stop being so annoying?" I just said one sentence, and his eyes suddenly turned cold, "Which friend is outside? How about meeting him?"
When Ye Jin and Monk Shi looked towards the window at the same time, a figure appeared outside the window: "I'm quite capable. I'm the Hell Gate Guide, follow me!"
Ye Jin said coldly: "How do you prove that you are the guide?"
The other party snorted coldly and said, "I don't want to prove anything. You can come or not. I'll wait for you at the station. When you get there, take a bus directly to Xing'anling. There is a Qifeng Village nearby. I'll look for you when we get to the village."
The man disappeared after he finished speaking. Ye Jin called out several times from behind but got no response. He couldn't help but curse, "What the hell is this? Are you calling a dog? I'm not going!"
I was also furious. The so-called guide didn't take us seriously from the beginning to the end. He was like "come and eat!": "We didn't ask them for anything, why should we be annoyed by them?"
As soon as I finished speaking, a light cough came from outside the door. When Ye Jin opened the door, he saw Dou Po and Lu Xiaoying walking in.
I asked in surprise, "Po Dou, why are you here?"
Dou Po said, "I was still worried about you guys, so I followed you. I have been in Phoenix City the whole time. This is not the core area of Miaojiang as referred to by Shudao, and I have not breached the contract."
Dou Po's face suddenly darkened: "Besides, if I hadn't come, you three idiots might not have been able to do anything. You can't stand it when someone provokes you? Who do you think you are?"
Before we could speak, Dou Po spoke rapidly, "The Xuan Jing Division has already targeted Wu Zhao. For the sake of the Xuan Ming inheritance, they will do anything, including kidnapping Ye Jin and Shi Heshang to force Wu Zhao to hand over the inheritance."
"Even if Wu Zhao has surpassed the Xiantian realm, what good can it do? This level of cultivation can only be regarded as the bottom of the Demon Slayer Hall, the highest hall of the Xuanjing Division. However, the Demon Slayer Hall has 108 Demon Slayer Guards. Even if you can escape from the pursuit of the Xuanjing Division, how many times can you escape?"
"Among the four sects and one saint in the art of magic, the only one that can possibly accept you is the Hell Gate. If you don't go to the Hell Gate, you will die."
"I know you have your own pride. But a real man must also be able to bend and stretch. I know you are not afraid of death, but you must also think about your friends around you."
Dou Po obviously learned everything about our deep journey into Miao Territory from Lu Xiaoying. She was right. We didn't have the strength to compete with Xuan Jing Si. If we didn't enter the Hell Gate, we would be hunted down.
Dou Po said, "The man just now was a little devil from the gate of hell. Logically, he shouldn't have such an attitude. I guess someone instructed him to do this in order to force you away."
"Someone must be happy after you left. If it were me, even if I wanted to disgust him to death, I would have to go to hell first."
I was silent for a moment before I said, "You're right! Let's go to the train station at dawn."
I followed the instructions of the guide and headed for Qixia Village. On the way, I found an opportunity to tell Dou Po exactly what happened with Gu Piaoran. After listening to me, she said nothing and there was no emotion on her face.
I looked at her cautiously for a long time before Grandma Dou said, "That old liar will definitely come looking for you again. I'd better follow you as planned!"
When Dou Po said this, we all breathed a sigh of relief. None of us wanted her to leave, even if she was returning to her sect. It would be best if Dou Po didn't want to leave.
But Dou Po never mentioned Gu Piaoran again. When we arrived at Qixia Village, the guide appeared again. This time I finally saw his true face. He was just a man in his thirties, and there was nothing special about him. When he saw me, he sneered, "You came so quickly! Are you so afraid of death?"
Before the other party finished speaking, I suddenly pulled out my knife and stabbed it straight at his throat. I stopped abruptly when the tip of the knife was pressed against his neck. Although the other party did not fall to the ground because of my fright, he was also sweating profusely. I said in a deep voice: "Aren't you afraid of death? If you are not afraid of death, why are you sweating? I am wondering, as a guide, why are you talking so much nonsense!"
The man glared at me fiercely, then turned and walked up the mountain. He took us through the mountains for a whole day before leading us to a cave: "This is the gate to hell. Go in, there are people waiting for you inside."
I walked about a hundred meters into the cave before I saw an iron door. The craftsmanship of the iron door was definitely not ancient, and at first glance it looked a bit like the underground fortifications commonly seen in movies.
I was just about to take a closer look at what was different about this gate when Bai Wuchang came out and said, "Don't look any more. This is an underground fortification left behind by the Japanese devils. We've turned those beasts into real ghosts, and this fortification is ours."
I couldn't help but frown.
The Japanese built a lot of fortifications in Northeast China, some of which were large enough to accommodate thousands of people. In order to keep it secret, the Japanese also committed countless heinous crimes. It is not surprising that Hell Gate seized one of the secret fortifications as its headquarters.
However, what is strange is that as a well-known sect, shouldn't Hell Gate have a certain foundation? Generally speaking, those sects that have been passed down for thousands of years will have their own territories, so why would they want to seize a fortification to use as the headquarters
Dou Po whispered, "You don't have to be surprised. It's no secret that the Hell Gate headquarters fell and the sect moved elsewhere. The only secret is why the Hell Gate headquarters fell."
Bai Wuchang didn't even turn his head and said, "Old Huangdou is really knowledgeable. I admire you!"
Dou Po snorted lightly and did not respond to Bai Wuchang's words. The other party did not care and led us all the way to the depths of the fortifications. Bai Wuchang said as he walked: "Old Huangdou, the emperor has been fond of you for a long time. Is he coming here this time..."
"Stop!" Before Bai Wuchang finished speaking, a figure flashed in front of us and blocked our way. The other person was also wearing the clothes of a judge, but it was obviously not the judge we met in Shenzhai.
Bai Wuchang's face darkened and he said, "Dongpan, what do you mean?"
"Bai Wuchang, you have nothing to do here. I want to find them!" Dongpan said with a gloomy face, "Listen to me, you guys. Be smart. When you meet the emperor later, take the initiative to say that you don't want to join the Hell Gate. Otherwise, you guys will be in trouble!"
Bai Wuchang said angrily: "Dongpan, is this what you mean?"
Dong Pan said in a deep voice: "This is what many people want. If they voluntarily withdraw, it will benefit everyone. Otherwise..."
"What else?" Bai Wuchang said angrily, "It's not your turn to make the decision about the Hell Gate."
Dongpan said coldly: "Since you are stubborn, let's just wait and see!" (To be continued)