Yan Liqiang and Mo Ziye returned along the same route they came from.
Along the way, one could occasionally see some Black Wind Bandits killed by Mo Ziye. Apart from these, most of the other Black Wind Bandits had already retreated from this wilderness.
Yan Liqiang first returned to the small ravine where he had thrown away the horn python bow and retrieved it. Then he and Mo Ziye returned to the cave where he had hidden them.
Along the way, Mo Ziye didn't say much and was very silent. Yan Liqiang also walked silently. At this time, although he survived, Mo Ziye had lost a senior brother. Yan Liqiang didn't know what the relationship between Mo Ziye and her senior brother was, whether they were lovers, or very good senior brothers and sisters. But no matter what kind of relationship it was, he knew that Mo Ziye must be feeling bad at the moment, so he also understood Mo Ziye's mood and didn't deliberately look for any topics.
By the time the two returned to the cave where Yan Liqiang had hidden Mo Ziye and her senior brother, it was already bright.
As soon as Mo Ziye's strength recovered, she came to save herself, so her senior brother's body was still in the cave. Without waiting for Mo Ziye to speak, Yan Liqiang took the initiative to help Mo Ziye move her senior brother's body out of the cave.
In just one short night, the body of the previously young and promising disciple of Mingwang Sect had turned completely black, and his skin was as white as charcoal, which showed how poisonous the centipede was. Looking at the body, Yan Liqiang felt a little complicated, and Mo Ziye's eyes were wet with tears again, and he cried silently.
"Sister Mo... You may not be able to bring your senior brother's body to the Mingwang Sect by yourself. Does it need to be cremated?" Yan Liqiang asked tentatively.
Mo Ziye wiped the tears from his face and shook his head, "No need, our disciples of Mingwang Sect are all practicing and training in battle, and we will be buried where we die!"
After saying this, Mo Ziye started digging a hole with the sword in his hand in a sunny open space near the cave.
Yan Liqiang put the yellow hair and horn python bow hanging on his body on the ground, and went over to help. He used the black scales to help dig a hole in the ground. The sharpness of the black scales was fully demonstrated at this time. Yan Liqiang inserted a sword into the soil and scratched it with the sword. A large piece of soil was cut like a cake, and then he could grab a handful of soil with his hands.
It took the two of them more than an hour to dig a large pit more than one meter deep. Then Yan Liqiang moved the body of the male disciple of Ming Wangzong into the pit and filled it with soil. When everything was done, a new grave without a tombstone appeared on the ground in the forest.
After finishing all this, Yan Liqiang saw Mo Ziye standing blankly in front of the new grave, and finally remembered something. He took out the thing that he had found from the old man Shatu, which was shining with bronze all over and looked like a bronze mirror, and handed it to Mo Ziye.
"This... is what I found from that old Shatu man. I'll give it to you..."
Mo Ziye's gaze finally shifted from the grave to Yan Liqiang's face again. He seemed a little surprised. His sad eyes moved and he looked at Yan Liqiang with a strange expression, "Do you know what this thing is?"
"I don't know!" Yan Liqiang shook his head. "I just came from a small place and have never left Pingxi County before. I have never seen this thing before!"
"This is a spiritual energy array talisman. The crystal on it is a nuclear crystal of an alien beast. This spiritual energy array talisman cannot be used now, but as long as you replace it with a nuclear crystal of a fire-type alien beast, it can continue to be used. If you take this thing out to sell now, you can easily sell it for tens of thousands of taels of gold. Knowing this, do you still want to give it to me?"
Yan Liqiang's expression remained unchanged, he just smiled faintly, "It's just a dead object. To me, it may not be as precious as the dog I raised. Your senior brother sacrificed himself to kill that old man Shatu. This thing, whether it is left as a souvenir or a trophy, at least your senior brother did not die in vain!"
Mo Ziye stared at Yan Liqiang for a few seconds, and after making sure that Yan Liqiang was not lying, he finally reached out and took the spiritual energy array talisman from Yan Liqiang's hand, and then said to Yan Liqiang again, "Thank you!"
"What is this spiritual energy array talisman? Why haven't I seen it before?" Yan Liqiang also asked a question.
"This is a very precious item. All spiritual energy array talismans are made by array talisman masters. It is rare for ordinary people to see them. And among all the array talisman masters in the world, whether Chinese or foreign, there are no more than six with names and surnames!"
Yan Liqiang took a deep breath and asked, "Who on earth is that old man Shatu? Why does he have something like this on him?"
"You killed that man, don't you know his identity yet?"
"You may not believe me, but I really didn't know the identity of that old man, nor did I know there was such a person behind those Black Wind Bandits!" Yan Liqiang smiled bitterly, "It can be said that the reason I met him was purely luck and accidental!"
"That person is a priest of the Flame God Cult, and his identity is extraordinary. The Flame God Cult is a foreign sect that has only appeared in the Shatu Alliance in recent decades. In just a few decades, the Flame God Cult has become the state religion of the Shatu Alliance and has grown rapidly. The nobles of various tribes in the Shatu Alliance have all become believers of the Flame God Cult..."
"Why would such a person appear in Lanzhou, the territory of the Han Empire?"
"That's because someone doesn't want Ye Tiancheng to return to the Imperial Capital alive. As Sun Bingchen's attendant guard, don't you know that?" Mo Ziye's tone became deep. "Let the Black Wind Bandits intercept you. With the Black Wind Bandits' ability, whether they can stop you is still unknown. However, the priests of the Flame God Cult have extraordinary abilities to control living beings and animals. Let this person act together with the Black Wind Bandits. Your every move will not be able to escape the Black Wind Bandits' attention. In this way, it will be easy for the Black Wind Bandits to intercept and kill you!"
"Then you and your brother..."
"This person wants to kill you, and our disciples from the Ming Wang Sect who came to assist Sun Bingchen this time have been ordered to search for and kill this person and confirm some information..."
"So... So Lord Sun already knew about this?" Yan Liqiang asked in disbelief.
This question made Mo Ziye silent for a long time, and finally, he nodded slowly.
Yan Liqiang's heart was suddenly filled with bitterness...
(End of this chapter)