There were a few simple wooden houses in the open space in front, guarded by people from five or six different villages.

Seeing them coming, those people hurried forward to greet Mochuan, obviously knowing him.

Mo Chuan was not interested in paying attention. He told them to entertain Lin Wu and the others, then turned back to look at Lin Wu and said, "Master needs to recover from his injuries. Don't come to see me unless you have something to do. I will come out to look for you after I finish my work in the evening, and then go to Zhangjia Village."

Lin Wu nodded.

Mo Chuan turned around, but seemed to have thought of something. He turned around again and strode to Lin Wu.

Facing Lin Wu's puzzled gaze, he hooked a strand of his long hair, which had a small and delicate bell on it, and cut it off with a slight stroke of his fingertips.

"Stretch out your hand." He said.

Lin Wu understood what he meant and shook his head, saying, "I won't go into the meteorite land again. There's no need."

Mochuan looked at her.

"..." Lin Wu finally reached out his hand.

Mo Chuan wrapped the hair around her wrist and tied a knot, then said with a hint of warning: "The previous hair bunch has been destroyed by the master. You are not allowed to give it to others this time."

"Since you won't follow me back to the Thirteen Ridges, let it stay with you. If you commit suicide again when I'm not around, it will tell me."

"But before I rush over, you'd better think clearly about how to explain it to me."

Lin Wu: “…”

Can this issue ever be resolved?

After saying this, Mo Chuan turned around, without looking at anyone else, and went into the wooden house on the far right and closed the door.

Several people from the Thirty-Six Villages looked at each other, and came forward respectfully, inviting Lin Wu and others to go to other houses to rest, while others went to prepare clean clothes and hot water and medicine for the wounds.

Lin Wu was about to leave when she suddenly noticed that Gu Siyin and others were looking at her subtly.

She was puzzled: "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Wuwu," Gu Siyin said carefully, "Sister now knows that he is your master, and he gave you that hair to protect you. But... why couldn't he replace it with something else, but gave you his hair, and asked you to wear it and not take it off?"

"? Apart from the many bells in his hair, does he have any other magical weapons on his body?" Lin Wu asked.

Even if I want to give her something else, I can't find it.

"...That's right." Gu Siyin seemed to want to say something, but she held it back and just said, "Sister, you must be overthinking it."

Lin Wu was even more confused and didn't want to say much. He urged them to follow the people from the Thirty-Six Villages to treat their wounds carefully.

Guan Chen and Bai Ning helped Zheng Mingxian to one room. Zheng Yuan looked at Lin Wu and after she nodded, he went to help. Lin Wu, Gu Siyin, Bai Jing and Ren Ke went to another room.

But when he was about to enter the door, Ren Ke suddenly called Lin Wu: "Come with me, I have something to tell you."

Lin Wu stopped.

Bai Jing seemed to realize something and grabbed Lin Wu without thinking.

Lin Wu patted her hands to indicate that everything was fine, and went next door with Ren Ke.

Gu Siyin couldn't help but say: "That's great, Wuwu has so many friends, it seems that she had a good life before." Then she was relieved! Bai Jing looked at her: "Ren Ke can't be considered her friend, the two of them can barely be considered rivals."

"What about you?"

Gu Siyin asked politely.

Bai Jing raised his chin slightly, "Of course I am her friend, unlike Ren Ke."

…

The other side.

After entering, Ren Ke turned around and looked directly at Lin Wu.

"Now, your work should be finished, right?"

Lin Wu nodded.

Ren Ke pursed her lips, "Then do you know what to do next? This is what you promised me before."

"Remember."

Lin Wu rummaged in his pocket and took out a pendant, which was the one Ren Ke had taken from him.

"???" Ren Ke slammed the table, "Is this what I'm talking about?!"

Lin Wu: "? Otherwise, what else did I promise you?"

Ren Ke's eyes widened: "Are you going to go back on your word? You clearly promised me before that you would go back with me after you finished your work! No, I have been through life and death with you for so long, and I almost died in the land of meteorites. You want to go back on your word?"

Lin Wu said "oh", sat down at the table and poured himself a glass of water.

"You said that, of course I have no regrets, I will go with you after I finish my work. But my work is not done yet."

"? What else? You've already come out, and the Huo family has thirty-six villages to help you deal with them!"

"Not them."

Lin Wu put down the cup.

She wanted to go back to Beijing to find Chi Yangzhi and find out her background and the circumstances of her birth.

If all else fails, find a second shoemaker.

In short, she wanted to figure out the exact relationship between Chi Yangzhi, the underground city, and Lu Guichi.

This takes about...

"Including the journey from Lingnan, it should take about three days."

Ren Ke had a blank expression on his face. "You know, it's impossible. The people who are still in the guesthouse can't have failed to notice the commotion in the Thirty-Six Villages. They will soon come looking for us. I've been out of touch with them for so long, they probably have already reported it. So soon, someone you don't want to see will come."

She sat down opposite Lin Wu.

"If you don't want to see something happen, leave with me honestly and go back to where you belong tomorrow morning at the latest."

Lin Wu raised his eyes slightly and looked at her.

Ren Ke pulled the corner of his mouth, "You should not have forgotten that you and I are mortal enemies. I will really fight you. I don't mind if it means I kill you. The scene will not be so pretty then, why bother? Not to mention, in order to complete the task, we will do whatever it takes, but this is our consistent principle. There are so many people around you, you probably don't want to see any of them get into trouble, right?"

Lin Wu's eyes were slightly cold.

"Okay, considering that we have been through life and death together, I'll stop here. As for the rest, you should think about it carefully. I'll wait for your reply before tonight." After she finished speaking, she got up and left.

Lin Wu was still sitting there, not moving.

Soon, the sound of the door being pushed open was heard.

Zheng Yuan came in with medicine, hot water, and clean clothes. He put everything away and called her, "Master."

Lin Wu came back to his senses, reached out and touched under the table, quickly touched something, pulled it off and took it out.

It is a miniature eavesdropping device.

She glanced at it, picked up a pair of tweezers from the tray, broke a button on the back of the bug, and put it back.

"Is everything done?" she asked.

Zheng Yuan nodded. "The news will soon be passed back to the homestay in Zhangjia Village. Those people will follow them and will probably ambush us all around. The Huo family must be worried because they suffered such a big loss this time. They may come here together."

"What about the people from the Thirty-Six Villages?"

"They will know that the Thirty-Six Villages treat you with respect and are considered your people. They will then hold the Thirty-Six Villages back somewhere else and will not let them come. Calculating, we will only see two groups of people from tonight to tomorrow morning. So, there is only one last step left."

Zheng Yuan's throat rolled when he said this, "But, Master, do you really want to go back with them?"

The last step was to leave safely with Ren Ke and others in front of the Huo family, confirming in their eyes that Lin Wu and Ren Ke and others were in the same group.

As long as the Huo family investigates further, with their connections and abilities, they will find out where Ren Ke and others came from, which will be the biggest hidden danger.

The Huo family takes the plan of going to the underground city very seriously and will never allow any mistakes to occur and will definitely take action against it.

Then the opportunity that Lin Wu had been waiting for finally came.

But when it really came to this, Zheng Yuan felt that—

"Master, perhaps... there is another way. You don't have to go back and take the risk yourself."

Lin Wu rubbed the rim of the cup with his fingertips and spoke slowly: "Before you came in, I had an idea. I wanted to go back to Beijing first to find out the exact relationship between Teacher Chi, Lu Guichi, and the underground city."