Chapter 397: Remains of the Zhou General (9)
As night fell, the noise outside the inn became clearer and clearer. Tao Zi opened her eyes and sat up.
Cheng Wuchou stood by the window, staring at it, but the window was not open.
She said calmly, "It's getting louder. What does this mean?"
"The inn is no longer able to protect us. Ah Zi, do you want to go out for a walk?"
Tao Zi laughed and said, "Is there any difference between going out and not going out?"
My brother shrugged and laughed too.
The door was suddenly pushed open, and the two looked over warily, but it was Li Xiu.
He stood by the door and said helplessly, "You two, don't you remember that there's a frail medical practitioner next door?"
Tao Zi smiled and said, "I almost forgot."
He was speechless.
At this time, Cheng Wuchou suddenly looked up and looked outside.
Li Xiu shuddered and took a few more steps toward the door.
Three people appeared at the door: Yue Qingya, Wang Xu and Hua Seng.
Yue Qingya greeted with a smile: "A Zi, I knew you could make it."
Tao Zi nodded in agreement and asked, "Are you three a group?"
He nodded and said, "Yes, that seems quite coincidental. They are basically a group of people who know each other."
Before Tao Zi could respond, the flower monk said, "In one hour, this inn will be useless. Let's talk about what we have seen and heard here during this period."
Her focus shifted elsewhere: "What have you seen? How long have you been here?"
The Flower Monk said, "Twenty-five days and nights."
Tao Zi and the other two: ...
Yue Qingya added: "After we left the illusion, we wandered around in the wilderness for more than ten days and nights before arriving here."
Li Xiu said expressionlessly, "I don't know why, but I always feel that it's a little outrageous."
Tao Zi understood what he meant and asked with a smile, "Brother Qing, I have a question for you."
Yue Qingya smiled and said, "Just say it."
"In the illusion realm, what are your identities?"
Wang Xu's expression suddenly became strange, and Yue Qingya answered frankly: "Sect Master Wang Shao and I are the mother and son, and Junior Brother Hua is General Zhou."
Li Xiu immediately looked at Wangxu again and felt comforted. Judging from Wangxu's expression, he must have become a son.
"Then how many times did you repeat it?"
Yue Qingya thought for a moment and said, "We repeated that level four times."
Tao Zi was silent for a moment, Li Xiu:...Why did he feel comforted just now?
Li Xiu said with mixed feelings: "Uh, what about the scene outside the city gate?"
Yue Qingya looked at him doubtfully and said, "Isn't it just a show outside the city gate to understand the situation? How many more times will it take?"
Tao Zi: "...I understand. You two can pass it this time."
For some reason, she was not surprised at all. After all, he was the son of destiny, so it was understandable.
The Flower Monk scratched his head and explained the situation: "Hey, I cleared the decision-making stage in one try, and the uncontrolled stage in four tries."
Everyone suddenly fell silent. Could it be that General Zhou was destined to be their partner in that level?
Tao Zi turned expressionlessly to look at her brother. Due to Wang Xu's presence, she only said, "Master Cheng, may I ask how many times did you repeat the second level?"
He looked at his sister and said slowly, "I've lost count. I was always in the study. One time, there was a fire in the General's Mansion. And I made the decision myself, and I passed it in one go."
Okay, that's right. Brother should have met them at the beginning and rescued her and Li Xiu, but they dragged him back many times.
Tao Zi rubbed her forehead.
Wait! That's not right. Staying in the study all the time?
She suddenly looked at her brother and asked again, "Didn't the True Lord come out to see when the fire started?"
"No."
Tao Zi frowned. Was the General Zhou she saw at that time his ghost?!
"Azi, what's wrong?"
She shook her head and said, "It's okay."
Wang Xu interrupted their conversation and said directly, "Time is running out. Let's talk about Xucheng first. In Xucheng, when night falls, the ghosts will reveal their true forms and hurt people at will, but there is a ghost army that will stop them."
Li Xiu immediately looked over: "Ghost Army?"
"Yes, they were probably an army when they were alive. They were nowhere to be seen during the day, but came out at night to maintain order." Wangxu paused and continued, "According to my and Brother Yue's guess, during the day, rules were set to restrict ghosts, while at night, this ghost army dealt with the murderous ghosts. But even with the existence of this army, Xucheng at night was still several times more dangerous than during the day. The three of us almost lost our lives several times."
Two Yuanying and one Lingji period are still struggling so much. The danger to Xu Cheng cannot be underestimated.
Yue Qingya added: "One more thing, don't go to the General's Mansion at night. This is a warning given to us by the army."
Tao Zi suddenly wanted to commit suicide and go to the general's mansion to take a look, but reason suppressed the impulse.
Wangxu mentioned many other things that needed attention, and they wrote them down one by one.
As they were leaving the inn, Li Xiu couldn't help but ask, "Master Yue, how did you get through the mother-son barrier so quickly?"
Yue Qingya replied, "Listen carefully to the conversations of passersby, and you will find out where the injured soldier is and where the dog that brought the food is imprisoned."
He turned his head and asked Tao Zi: "Did you listen?"
She nodded seriously: "I listened."
"Did you hear any of this?"
Tao Zi continued seriously, "Really, not really. I only heard about a young wife arguing with her mother-in-law, a father and son fighting, or a family running out of rice."
Li Xiu nodded in agreement and said, "What a coincidence, me too."
Wang Xu looked at the gradually opening door of the inn and whispered, "Actually, I feel the same way."
Yue Qingya: "...My luck has always been good."
No one was too lazy to respond to this sentence.
The moment the door of the inn was fully opened, countless ghost eyes swept over, and Li Xiu immediately broke out in a cold sweat.
A ghost laughed and said, "A living person, a great tonic."
The flower monk immediately chanted Buddhist scriptures, and Cheng Wuchou, Yue Qingya and Wang Xu no longer concealed the pressure of their Nascent Souls, and intimidated and drove away these ghosts.
The ghosts changed their expressions and reluctantly made way for them, but the greed in their eyes could not be concealed.
After many twists and turns, they came to a place that seemed relatively peaceful.
The Flower Monk looked at the moon in the fake sky, sighed, and said, "What a hassle! I have to run for my life again at midnight."
Li Xiu took a step closer to Tao Zi and asked, "Is Zi Shi really as scary as you say?"
Thinking about his experiences the previous nights, the Flower Monk sighed again and said, "Zi Shi (midnight) is when they are at their strongest and craziest. At that time, the ghosts of the entire city are chasing after us living people. Don't you think it's terrifying?"
Yue Qingya soothed him, "By that time, the army should have shown up. As long as we can hold on until the army shows up, we'll be much more relaxed. If all else fails, we can use the teleportation talisman to escape and avoid losing our lives."
Everyone cheered up and waited for the arrival of midnight.
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