Chapter 232: The Reappearance of the Corpse Demon (3)
Tao Zi opened the meat bun and said with a smile, "It is indeed a meat bun."
Li Xiu looked at her in confusion and asked, "What are you looking at?"
She half-jokingly asked, "Guess again: is this meat pork or human flesh?"
He was silent for a moment, his eyes became extremely bright, he took out an empty can from the storage container, and put the meat bun in Tao Zi's hand into it.
Next, Yue Qingya and the others followed him, watching him carefully visit all the stalls and take something from each stall.
When they walked to the last stall, Li Xiu picked up a small pastry. Just as she was about to speak, Yue Qingya suddenly raised her hand.
He closed his mouth, and Tao Zi also became alert.
Yue Qingya moved his ears and pointed in a direction.
Tao Zi looked around and pointed at the roof, and the other two nodded.
The three of them jumped onto the roof and lay down to guard it.
Soon after, a fire lit up on the street, and two people came over with lanterns, walking quite stiffly.
Behind them were the people they had seen during the day.
These people lined up in two neat rows, carrying baskets on their arms, and followed the two men slowly.
When the people with lanterns came under them, the two leaders said in unison: "Throw flowers and send the guests away!"
The two lines of people spread out to the sides and scattered the white flowers in the baskets.
The sound of wheels rolling was heard, mixed with faint crying.
Prison vans appeared in front of them, each holding at least two people and at most five or six.
Tao Zi raised her eyebrows. There was actually a cultivator she had known before - Fellow Daoist Yuan, the cultivator who was on good terms with Yan Wenxuan.
Yue Qingya also had an impression of it and transmitted a message: "There is a cultivator inside. I seem to have seen him in the Xuyan Ruins."
Tao Zi gave him an affirmative look, and he thoughtfully measured the man's strength.
Fellow Daoist Yuan looked extremely angry, but he was powerless to do anything. He could only whisper to comfort a crying girl beside him.
Countless white flowers fell on them, as if seeing them off.
A voice came from the other end of the street.
They looked in the direction of the voice and saw the innkeeper and the waiter leading the group.
The waiter's behavior at this time was no different from that of everyone else, stiff and slow.
The boss, on the other hand, moved slowly and smiled, just like he did during the day.
Li Xiu narrowed his eyes and watched. The actions of other people at night were different from those during the day, except for the boss. It seemed that the boss's identity was not simple.
The people following behind them moved more freely, and some were even chatting and laughing.
The boss shouted: "Welcome!"
Someone came forward to take the prisoner vans, and the people in them cried even harder.
"Retreat!" The man holding the lantern turned and retreated.
The boss and his men took the prison van and headed in another direction, with Tao Zi and the other two following far behind.
Not long after, they arrived at a temple. The temple was extremely large. From a distance, it looked as big as three inns. The temple was brightly lit and people were singing and dancing.
The moment the boss entered, the temple became quiet, and the next second, cheers resounded through the sky.
Prison vans were pushed in one after another.
Tao Zi used the invisibility technique, Li Xiu held the little fox and looked at them with a frown, hesitating whether to follow them.
If I follow them, I will undoubtedly implicate them, but if I don't follow them, my own safety will not be guaranteed.
At this time, a clone that looked exactly like Yue Qingya suddenly appeared beside him.
The clone smiled and said, "I will guard Fellow Daoist Li and the little fox."
Li Xiu immediately felt relieved, she almost forgot that Yue Qingya was a Nascent Soul.
Tao Zi asked in a low voice, "You've just entered the Nascent Soul stage. Will it be a problem to use your clone?"
Yue Qingya said in a relaxed tone: "It's okay, this clone has half my strength and can keep them safe."
Tao Zi nodded, and the two of them approached the strange temple quietly.
Li Xiu watched from afar, his alertness reaching the highest level.
The two of them acted like gentlemen on the temple's beams, looking down at the grand spectacle below.
The people in the prison van were placed on the dining table, and a dozen people surrounded them, laughing and joking.
In the temple, where the statue should have been placed, there was a gold-inlaid stone pedestal, but it was empty.
The boss and the waiter stood on both sides of the chair, as if waiting for someone to arrive.
Fellow Daoist Yuan was not as friendly as before, and his voice was extremely fierce: "How dare you do such a thing on the territory of Tiandao Sect? You are really not afraid of death!"
The boss looked at him with a smile and said, "I'm afraid the Tiandao Sect you mentioned hasn't noticed anything yet. Don't try to bully others."
He stared at his boss with hatred in his eyes. Obviously, he must have seen something.
The boss continued, "If you hadn't sensed something was wrong, you and your companions could have become demons and enjoyed an endless life. Why suffer like this?"
Tao Zi's expression changed. Could her companion be Yan Wenxuan?
On second thought, he felt that it was impossible. Yan Wenxuan seemed to be a noisy person, but he was smarter than anyone else and it was unlikely that he would be deceived in such a situation.
Fellow Daoist Yuan gritted his teeth and said, "I will make you pay for my fellow apprentice's life."
The boss left the chair, walked up to him, and said with a smile, "That's not right. I wanted to give your junior brother infinite life, but he disobeyed me and chose to self-destruct, which is why he lost his life. What does it have to do with me?"
The woman next to Fellow Daoist Yuan stopped crying, glared at him fiercely, and cursed, "Just wait, the Tiandao Sect will definitely not let you go!"
"Wait here."
As soon as the boss said this, his expression suddenly became serious and he quickly returned to his seat. The people who were originally laughing and making noises also quieted down and stepped aside.
The walls of a part of the temple were moved to the sides, revealing the passage inside.
A man in a cloak came out.
The boss and others all bowed respectfully and said, "Greetings, sir."
The master chuckled softly twice, sat down on the stone chair, and asked, "What do you want to see me about today?"
"Sir, there were disciples of the Tiandao Sect among the passersby and they noticed something was wrong. We have already apprehended them."
The master said disapprovingly, "So what about the Tiandao Sect? Why don't you just assimilate them quickly? Why bother asking me to come here?"
The boss bent his waist even deeper: "Master, these people came here following the news of the alien race. I am worried..."
The master read on and became interested: "Alien? Could someone have betrayed us?"
The boss immediately knelt on the ground and said respectfully, "Our lives are in the hands of the master. We would never dare to betray the master."
The group of people below knelt down and repeated the sentence in unison.
The master waved his hand and said, "I'm not talking about you. Get up."
Fellow Daoist Yuan stared at the old man intently, wishing he could lift his cloak to see his true face.
The master noticed this glance and said with a smile, "Never mind all that, the important thing is to assimilate them first."
The boss said respectfully, "Sir, there is a person here with extraordinary talent. If you can assimilate him, the effect will surely be excellent."
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