It was already dusk when everyone came out of the demon world, and a breeze brought a touch of coolness among the crowd.
After fighting for half a day, the group was very tired and settled in a small town.
The street vendors were shouting their wares, but what they were selling were nothing more than jewelry hairpins, healing pills, or weapons like daggers and short blades.
There were many people coming and going on the street, and Jiang Niannian and his group were divided into two groups amid the crowd.
Wen Shili and others walked in front at a faster pace.
Jiang Niannian was walking behind with Yin Buqi on her back, and she was also carrying coal balls, so she walked slower.
Yin Buqi's black hair was scattered behind him. He was wearing a red robe and a hat on his head that covered his face.
With the previous experience in Qinghe Town, Jiang Niannian felt that this person would have to cover his face when traveling in the future, as he would attract too much attention wherever he went.
The temperature of the person on his back was getting higher and higher. Jiang Niannian felt something was wrong and turned his head to look at him.
Yin Buqi lowered his eyelids, his long black eyelashes trembled, he didn't say a word, but just rubbed her affectionately, his face was extremely pale, and his lips were completely bloodless.
Jiang Niannian was a little anxious: "Not feeling well?"
Yin Buqi said nothing.
Jiang Niannian was sure that he was seriously injured this time. If it were in the past, he would definitely smile and tease her.
Yin Ci had been keeping an eye on the two of them. Seeing them stop, he couldn't help but walk over and asked, "What's wrong?"
Jiang Niannian said, "We are still some distance away from the sect. If we hurry, we will definitely arrive at midnight. But he is too seriously injured. How about you go first? I will take him to a nearby inn to rest for one night before going back."
"Then...then I'll tell my master and I'll go with you." Yin Ci said, and then he moved through the crowd to catch up with Shi Li.
Jiang Niannian looked in this corner for a while and saw an inn not far from them.
He carried Yin Buqi on his back and followed the crowd towards there.
After paying the money, he carried him to the bed upstairs and sent a message to Yin Ci.
The sound of Yin Buqi coughing was heard.
Jiang Niannian looked at his frail appearance, reached out and grabbed his wrist.
Yin Buqi noticed Jiang Niannian's hand approaching him, raised his head, and looked into her eyes with his red eyes.
He raised his hand, then hugged Jiang Niannian's slender waist and rested his head on her legs.
"Nian Nian... cough cough, it hurts..."
Jiang Niannian stroked his face worriedly: "You are feeling uncomfortable, aren't you? You have a high fever. I'll get a basin of water to cool you down."
Yin Buqi held her waist tightly and refused to let go: "Nian Nian, don't leave... Can you, stay with me?"
"I'm not leaving. I'll just go get a basin of water and be back soon." Jiang Niannian felt helpless and amused. She stood up and kissed him on the lips.
Yin Buqi nodded, agreed reluctantly, and lay on the bed with his eyes closed.
Jiang Niannian said to Meiqiu, "Please take good care of him." Then she went out.
Downstairs in the guest inn, Yin Ci, Tang Murou and Tang Xuanye were talking about something. Yin Ci was very excited and his face flushed.
Jiang Niannian's face darkened, and she walked downstairs and asked Yin Ci, "Why is she here?"
Yin Ci's eyes widened with anger, and he angrily said, "She said she was tired and wanted to rest for a night before leaving, but she insisted on following me and I couldn't get her to leave!"
Tang Xuanye said expressionlessly: "Everyone says that Young Master Rimu Riyin is polite and outstanding, but now it seems that he is no more than that."
Yin Ci was furious when he heard this: "Do you know how many people your sister has killed? In Qinghe Town, several monks died at the hands of evil spirits trying to save her. If she hadn't been sick and let the Demon Lord go, would we have been captured and taken to the Demon Realm?!"
"Brother..." Tang Murou hid behind Tang Xuanye and looked at Yin Ci timidly, with tears welling up in her big eyes, as if she was the victim.
"Don't act pitiful! I get annoyed just looking at you. If you want to live, go somewhere else."
"How ridiculous! You didn't open this inn, so why don't you allow people to stay here? Besides, the culprit who killed the monks wasn't the one who stole the magic circle? Even if they didn't save Rourou, they might have died at the hands of the ghosts because of negligence."
Tang Xuanye held Tang Murou's hand, as if to comfort her, and looked at Yin Ci, still with a mild tone, but every word he said was heartbreaking: "I don't know if Master Yin knows, no, he is no longer Master Yin now, Yin Ruoxu's crimes have been announced to the world, and it was your good master Wen Shili who executed him. As the saying goes, like father, like son, Yin Ci, you have achieved this level of accomplishment at such a young age, could it be that you also used that bastard's skin?"
Jiang Niannian thought to herself, “Oh no!”
As expected.
When Yin Ci heard this, he rushed forward and grabbed Tang Xuanye's collar, staring at him with a ferocious face, almost gritting his teeth.
Tang Xuanye asked: "Why, are you angry because of shame?"
“Ahhhhhhhhhhhh you’re looking for death!”
Yin Ci shouted loudly, gathered spiritual power in his palm, and attacked Tang Xuanye.
Tang Xuanye was no pushover either, he was the Wolf King of the North after all, the two of them started fighting in the small inn. Yin Ci attacked with his spiritual power, Tang Xuanye dodged it by leaning to the side, and the bench was instantly shattered. Tang Xuanye kicked over, Yin Ci was hit in the abdomen and fell onto the table, breaking the table in half.
Onlookers: "Huh? Why did they start fighting?"
The inn waiter said: "Please stop fighting, two immortals. I can't stand your torture here!"
"Look at that man, does he look like Master Yin from Sunset?"
"Don't tell me, it's true!"
"Didn't you hear that his father massacred the entire Lu tribe to become the leader? In my opinion, killing his father alone is not enough to vent his anger. Why didn't he go with his father?"
"He wasn't even born when his father massacred the tribe, so it's not his fault."
"That's wrong. The premise of not letting children suffer from misfortune is that they should not benefit from it. Young Master Yin has also enjoyed a lot of blessings brought by his father."
More and more people gathered around, and the gossip increased. Everyone spitted at Yin Ci as if to drown him.
Yin Ci's face turned paler and paler, and he didn't even have the strength to fight back. He was hit by Tang Xuanye's palm and vomited blood.
"Shut up!" Jiang Niannian responded to Yin Ci and stretched out her hand to block Tang Xuanye's attack.
"Don't say anymore...Don't say anymore..." Yin Ci curled up on the ground, covering his face with his hands.
Tang Murou looked at Yin Ci lying on the ground, and said with a look of pity: "Brother, are we going too far..."
Tang Xuanye said nothing.
Suddenly, a sharp sword energy came from behind him. He dodged to the side, but the sword still pierced his collarbone.
"elder brother!"
Everyone looked up and saw a man in red clothes on the upper floor. He had loose black hair and a handsome face. Even though he looked frail and weak, he gave people the impression that he had the demeanor of an evil immortal.
He touched his upper and lower lips together and uttered a word softly: "Get lost."
He stood barefoot on the stairs, with a ferocious little beast at his feet.
It was a very light sentence, but it was full of pressure, making people inexplicably want to surrender.
Tang Murou looked at the blood on Tang Xuanye's shoulder and cried bitterly: "Brother... let's live somewhere else. You are injured, I feel so bad..."
Tang Xuanye looked at him for a while, then took Tang Murou's hand and said in a low voice, "Rou Rou, let's go."
Jiang Niannian asked, "Buqi, why did you come out?"
Yin Buqi lowered his eyes and said weakly: "Niannian is not here, I came out to look for her, ahem..."
He actually coughed up blood.