"Let's go back to Lingyu City immediately and find out the situation first. You should not relax and be ready to leave at any time." Once he relaxed, Ou Dechuan quickly made a plan.
"What should we do with the formation of Tianyang Temple?" Ou Mingzhi reminded.
"If it's really as you said, send someone to give them some silver. Even if we have to ask the masters of the Temple of Life to take action, we must appease them first. If things are not good, then you should leave quickly, and we don't have to worry about the affairs of Tianyang City." Ou Dechuan said simply.
If Mu Hanyan hadn't died, and Ou Pingxuan's identity was exposed, giving the other party a handle, the Ou family would surely face the disaster of genocide. At that time, they wouldn't care about the Tianyang Temple or Long Aoli.
Then, Ou Dechuan and Ou Mingzhi quietly slipped out of the courtyard and returned to Lingyu City without stopping. As for Duan Chengan and the other priests, they were too lazy to notify them.
Although Long Aoli did not hold on to Ou Dechuan's promise, he was still uneasy and ready to face Mu Hanyan's possible revenge and the punishment of the Temple of Life at any time. They did not dare to cause trouble. If they accidentally aroused Long Aoli's vigilance and were dragged into Tianyang City, it would be bad.
As for Duan Cheng'an and the other priests who stayed behind, what would happen if the matter was exposed was certainly not something they considered.
They were lucky. Although Mu Hanyan did not die with Ou Pingxuan as Ou Mingzhi had hoped, she did not have any real evidence. It was impossible for her to punish the Ou family openly through the Temple of Life.
Moreover, after using up the Hun Tian Stone, the strength that Mu Hanyan could exert was limited, and not as terrifying as they imagined. Even if they were stabbed in the back, none of them could be her match. But if they really rushed into Lingyu City recklessly, once they were surrounded, they might not be able to do anything to them.
Moreover, Mu Hanyan was now preoccupied with Ye Yian's safety, so how could she have the time to seek trouble with them? With her cultivation progress, improving her strength wouldn't be difficult. If she had the time, she could always seek revenge. It would be as simple as stepping on two ants. Why would she delay her work because of two ants?
In her mind, family and friends are far more important than the life and death of Ou Tokugawa and his son.
They rushed all the way, traveling day and night, and it only took seven or eight days for everyone to arrive at the last teleportation array.
An eagle cry was heard in the sky, and a cloud eagle swooped down.
Mu Hanyan raised her head and frowned. This was the cloud eagle she used to communicate with the Huayu Temple. These past few days, she relied on this cloud eagle to keep abreast of Ye Yian's condition. She knew that although his body was getting weaker and weaker, he was not yet dead, so she was reluctantly relieved. Therefore, she was very familiar with this cloud eagle.
Compared with the previous times, this time, the cry of the cloud eagle was obviously not as high-pitched and powerful, but rather had a sad taste.
Mu Hanyan stretched out her arm, and the Cloud Eagle circled down and landed on her arm.
"What's wrong with it?" Shen Yuhe was familiar with the cloud eagle. She took a piece of dried meat and went forward to tease it for a few times, but suddenly she exclaimed.
Only then did everyone see that there was a bloody gash under Cloud Eagle's abdomen. No wonder it cried so miserably before, it turned out to be injured.
"It looks like it was scratched by an arrow." Mu Tu took a look at the wound and said uncertainly.
Mu Hanyan's heart skipped a beat and she opened the bamboo tube under Yunying's feet, but there was nothing inside.
"Oh no, something happened in Huayu City!" Mu Hanyan's face changed and said.
The hearts of the others also sank. While the Cloud Eagle wasn't a particularly powerful beast, it was chosen by the major temples for its mission to deliver messages, partly because of its exceptional intelligence and partly because its flight altitude and speed far surpassed those of ordinary birds, even rivaling those of griffins and dragonhawks. It was simply not something an ordinary person could harm. Unless it tired and landed to rest mid-flight, it would be vulnerable to a surprise attack.
However, this place is only a few thousand miles away from Huayu City. With Yunying's endurance, he doesn't need to rest at all. So this injury should have been sustained in Huayu City. But in Huayu City, who would dare to injure the temple's tamed sacrificial pet?
This left only one possibility: something happened in Huayu City, and the Cloud Eagle was probably shot before it could even land, so it hurriedly flew back to seek help from Mu Hanyan. After all, it was an exotic beast, so it still had some wisdom.
Although no one knew what had happened, since even this cloud eagle was forced to be unable to land in Huayu City, it could be imagined that the situation was not good. Without delay, Mu Hanyan and others set up a teleportation array and rushed to Huayu City as quickly as possible.
In the afterglow of the setting sun, the clouds in the sky appeared a bright red like fire, and Huayu City was also shrouded in flames.
At this time, Huayu City no longer had the peace and tranquility of the past. Although the city tower was not too majestic, it was still very sturdy. It had already collapsed and was now a ruin.
Raging flames were burning everywhere in the city, and rows of houses collapsed in the flames from time to time.
Huayu City, which had just regained a bit of its prosperity, was now almost left with only a pile of broken bricks and tiles that were charred by the fire. Only the temple in the center of the city still stood proudly.
A vast shield of light enveloped Huayu City, rippling like ripples on water, preventing the spread of the fire. It was thanks to this shield of light that the Huayu Temple was spared from the blaze. A three-meter-high earthen wall rose around the edge of the shield, guarded by priests, guards, and able-bodied civilians.
The cries of killing were deafening all around, as thousands of bandits, riding on their red charcoal smoke beasts, charged frantically towards the earthen wall. After all, it was a makeshift earthen wall, not as vertical and steep as a real city wall. There were slopes on both sides, just enough for the red charcoal smoke beasts to charge and fight.
Compared with the bandits seen before, the bandits who invaded Huayu City this time were more powerful, better trained, and more fearless!
Although the light shield could prevent the spread of the fire, it could not completely stop the attacks of these powerful bandits. From time to time, a bandit would take advantage of the impact of the Red Charcoal Cloud Beast to tear a crack in the light shield and rush in, but immediately, several priests, guards and civilians would meet them head-on with an attack.
Every bandit who rushed into the light barrier was quickly slain by the chaotic swords, but even the people of Huayu City often heard a few shrill cries of pain. These bandits were too powerful, many of them comparable to the combat power of sixth and seventh rank divine priests, and some were even stronger. Even though Huayu City still had the advantage in numbers, there were not many who could compete with them.
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