Chapter 60: Second Act: Frequent Crisis

Ruan Chao snatched it over with a look of disgust.

He originally wanted to kill the person to silence him, but after the monk fell into a coma, his spiritual power would automatically protect his body, and he didn't have a sharp weapon on him. The only nail he had couldn't even break the skin...

Nguyen Chao tried hard for a while but failed to cause any obvious injuries on them.

The longer they stayed here, the more dangerous it would become, so Nguyen Chao finally gave up and ran along the path into the mountains.

He plans to leave Lingyuan City.

Then he tried to contact Chu Xinglan and seek his protection.

There is no way. His status as a big shot necessitates that he needs a strong backer to protect him. Otherwise, wherever he goes, he will cause bloodshed.

The Nguyen Dynasty had no way to protect itself relying on its own strength, and could only use all means to cling to the upper hands.

And Chu Xinglan is the most qualified thigh.

Ruan Chao stretched out his palm and touched his face.

Very smooth and tender.

Like a shelled egg.

Chu Xinglan must like him...at least he must be fond of his face, otherwise he wouldn't have collected all kinds of treasures to give to him.

I still write to him every month.

The powerful handwriting filled several sheets of letter paper, and the ink almost seeped through the thin backing of the paper.

He would tell Nguyen Chao in detail about his experiences and the interesting things he encountered in the past month, express his longing for him in elegant language, and finally ask him for a reply reluctantly... Unfortunately, all the letters were burned in the fire.

Calculating the time, Chu Xinglan's letter should be delivered to Lingyuan City in ten days, and then they will find out about the sudden change that happened to the Ruan family.

By then, Chu Xinglan should send someone to look for him.

Therefore, he just needs to hold on for another ten days and wait for the Chu family to arrive.

But I just can’t stay in Lingyuan City any longer.

There is a high probability that the two monks will reveal the news of his survival.

A cauldron with top qualifications that has lost the protection of its family... is a rare treasure for many forces.

It's like a piece of delicious meat that everyone wants to take a bite of.

It was not until the evening that Nguyen Chao sneaked into the town along the forest path.

He bought some steamed buns and meat cakes.

I heard the idle chatter of people around me.

All they talked about was gossip about the Ruan family.

"I heard that all the members of the Ruan family died in the fire. I could smell the burning smell of human flesh from a long distance away. The scene was... horrible."

There was no smell of burnt human flesh at all. The fire burned for three days and three nights before it stopped. It was already very good to have a few bones left.

"Who did the Ruan family offend? The entire family was wiped out overnight, even the babies were not spared."

No.

Ruan Chao took a bite of the delicious meat bun and felt his stomach, which had been numbing from hunger, finally feel better.

Most of the Ruan family members were transported to the mortal world through the teleportation array.

The youngest girl is already four and a half years old. She walks very smoothly and can even chase the bird at home for two miles. She doesn't look like a baby at all.

"Of course it's his own fault. He deserves to die!" The one who shouted was a casual cultivator in green. He slammed the wine jar on the table, splashing the wine everywhere. "Everyone knows about the dirty things done by the Ruan family. The small secret realm that appeared in the world last month was occupied by the Ruan family. No one except their family members is allowed to enter."

"The ownerless secret realm has always been open to all cultivators. How can it be monopolized by one company? Their greedy and domineering behavior will naturally arouse hatred, and it is only a matter of time before they are punished!"

…

Nguyen Chao ate four meat buns in one breath, and his weak body finally regained some strength.

He very much agreed with what the green-clothed cultivator said.

The elders of the Ruan family are indeed not good people. Or, it can be said that apart from the ignorant children, there are few normal people in the entire Ruan family in the general sense.

Perhaps it's because they have been flattered for so long that arrogance and pride are almost ingrained in their bones.

They looked down on the monks whose cultivation was lower than theirs, and looked down on ordinary people who were unable to cultivate into immortals. Of course, they also looked down on him, a man who "used his beauty to please men" and "had beauty for nothing".

Because of Chu Xinglan's existence, those young masters and young ladies were cautious. Even though they were full of contempt and disdain for him, they only dared to say a few sarcastic words to his face, roll their eyes at him, secretly withhold his food, and did not dare to do anything more excessive.

However, the Nguyen Dynasty still didn't understand.

I think they are out of their minds.

If he and Chu Xinglan had not made an engagement and formed a marriage, how could the Ruan family, a third-rate immortal cultivation family that was not even well-known in Lingyuan City, have become a first-rate family in just a few years and become an existence that everyone looked up to.

Without Chu Xinglan's help, they are nothing.

I don't know where they got the confidence to go against him.

He even dared to secretly take away the magic weapon and elixir that Chu Xinglan gave him, and brought the magic weapon to show off.

Ruan Chao was not someone who could be easily bullied, so naturally she had to complain to her fiancé and narrate her grievances pitifully.

Within a few days, those arrogant young masters and young ladies came to apologize with gifts and magic weapons they had secretly taken away. Even if they were reluctant, they had to carefully obtain his forgiveness.

The tactic of borrowing the power of another to bully others is so useful that it is predictably effective no matter how many times it is used. Otherwise, the Nguyen Dynasty would not have been able to accumulate a whole box of rare treasures under the covetousness of the Nguyen family.

Thinking about where that box of magic weapons went...

Nguyen Chao's heart inevitably began to ache again.

He put away the remaining food, stood up and walked towards the city gate.

He had no pass and no identification, so he had no way of leaving the city during the day. He could only sneak out at night when the guards were lax.

Nguyen Chao was at the end of the line and looked around carefully.

The guarding of the city gate was not as lax as he thought, but much stricter.

They held a portrait in their hands and carefully compared each person leaving the city.

Especially those girls who wore veils to cover their bodies were checked more strictly and carefully.

There was another person holding a special mirror. The mirror had an ancient shape, and a strange formation was painted on the back with bright red cinnabar.

It's a delicate mirror.

It is said that it can see through all disguises and all disguises.

Nguyen Chao's heart was inevitably filled with tension.

He quietly withdrew from the end of the team.

While no one was paying attention, I blended into the night.

The two monks moved much faster than he expected.

Or perhaps other families, after investigating the traces left at the Ruan family's scene, concluded that he was still alive.

No matter which possibility it is, it is an extremely tricky matter for the current Nguyen Dynasty.

He followed the forest path and hid in the mountains again.

For two consecutive days, the Nguyen Dynasty did not dare to show up.

The buns and meat cakes were all eaten up quickly.

The Nguyen Dynasty could not get over the psychological barrier of having to eat the raw meat of the prey they had finally hunted, as they did not dare to build a fire to cook it.

Finally, he could only rely on eating wild fruits to fill his stomach.

The fruit grows on tall trees.

If you want to eat sweet ones, you can only climb to the top and pick the fruits on the tree tops. The fruits there are exposed to the sunlight and are not sour and astringent like those below.

Ruan Chao stared closely at the red and round fruit.

Swallowed quietly.

He can't climb trees.

Fortunately, the monks' bodies are light, and they can jump very high with a little help.

The Nguyen Dynasty successfully reaped the rewards.

His eyes lit up slightly, but before he could be happy for long, the branch he was stepping on snapped and broke in half.

Fortunately, he grabbed a nearby tree trunk in time and did not fall.

When he came down from the tree, Ruan Chao's hands and feet were shaking, and his delicate palms were covered with scratches and bruises, which caused a burning pain.

He took a bite of the fruit.

The abundant juice instantly filled the entire mouth.

Very sweet.

But for some reason, Ruan Chao's eyes suddenly turned red.

He now looked extremely ferocious.

The goose-yellow skirt was covered with dirty stains, her fair face was streaked with gray and white, and there was a dry leaf on her hair.

He mobilized some spiritual energy and performed a cleansing spell.

She tore a piece of clean cloth from her dress and wrapped it around her injured palm.

“It doesn’t hurt, it doesn’t hurt, it doesn’t hurt at all…” He tried to hypnotize himself, but his trembling eyelashes and the cold sweat on his forehead showed how much pain he was enduring.

The Nguyen Dynasty has not been so miserable for a long, long time.

He ate the whole fruit with great care.

Then they buried the core in the ground, hoping that it would grow into a sweet fruit tree one day.

It’s better to be shorter so that it won’t be so strenuous to climb up and you won’t get hurt if you fall down.

Suddenly, a flock of birds started flying in the distant jungle.

Ruan Chao felt nervous.

He crouched down and hid in the dense bushes.

Not long after, three monks passed by.

"With such a vast forest, where can we find a living person?"

"Stop complaining. After we finish searching this area, we have to rush to search another one."

"She's just a little girl. Is it necessary to mobilize so many troops? I'm afraid all the monks in Lingyuan City have been mobilized."

"Didn't the young master of the Chen family say that she stole the family treasure, and she must be brought back to be punished no matter what."

"You really believe this. Before we set out, the young master of the Chen family had a gloomy face and emphasized several times that we must capture people alive and not hurt anyone. Have you seen the portrait? She is a rare and beautiful woman..."

"Perhaps the young master of the Chen family was unable to get love, so the little girl had to flee to the mountains. The young master really couldn't let her go, so he could only make up such a poor excuse, hoping to use the power of everyone to capture her and force her to have love."

The monk who spoke was quick-witted and in no time he had fabricated a bloody love-hate story.

Ruan Chao, who listened to the conversation between the three of them, said: "…"

Feel like vomiting.

The bushes are not a good hiding place.

After the three of them left, the Nguyen Dynasty carefully moved its territory.

In the past few years, he would come to the mountain to collect herbs every few days, so he was very familiar with the mountain roads, knew where there were fruit trees that could quench thirst, and also knew where people could hide.

He pushed aside the weeds and vines near the creek.

Inside was a cave of medium size.

He ducked down and crawled in, piling the weeds and vines back to their original positions. As long as they were not cleared away manually, even if someone passed by, they would not be able to detect the existence of this cave.

Ruan Chao counted the time on his fingers.

Seven days left.

He lowered his eyelashes and stared at the palm of his hand in a daze.

The blood from the abrasions had soaked through the thin cloth, revealing a luscious dark red color. Even the slightest movement of the fingers would cause excruciating pain.

He couldn't help but wonder if he could hold on for another seven days.

…

Nguyen Chao curled up on the cold ground and fell asleep without knowing when until he was awakened by a shrill dog barking.

He suddenly came to his senses.

Look around cautiously.

Then I heard loud dog barking, coming from far away and getting closer.

The people who were chasing him not only hired monks, but also rented spirit dogs from the Beast Sect.

Even at a long distance, he can be tracked down.

Ruan Chao suddenly felt powerless.

But he did not stay there and wait for death. Instead, he gritted his teeth and ran out of the cave.

The bleak moonlight shone on the grass-covered mountain road.

Ruan Chao ran forward with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

Even if you fall accidentally, you will get up immediately.

There is a warm touch sliding down between the calves.

Nguyen Chao was well aware that he had bled.

But now I can’t care about the pain…

A spirit dog that was taller than him suddenly swooped over from his side, and one could even smell a fishy stench from its open bloody mouth.

The dog's biting action came to an abrupt halt.

It was the jade pendant on Nguyen Chao's chest that saved him again.