"If nothing unexpected happens, we will be discovered."

Night was about to fall again. Xia Xiao and Azhu had just finished the last section of their journey. They were out of breath because they had been running fast. But after hearing what Xia Xiao said, Azhu quickly pulled him aside, secretly glanced at the six people from the Adventurer's Guild, and asked:

"Were they discovered?"

"No, by the Qingtian Sect and the Academy."

Because the Adventurer's Guild has set rules in this wasteland, the team will never travel at night, and has begun to look for a suitable place to rest nearby, but Xia Xiao's words are very untimely, which makes Ah Zhu a little worried. We have been traveling together for a week, how could such a thing suddenly come up? Xia Xiao put his arm around Ah Zhu's neck and joked in a joking tone:

"Don't worry, it's only a matter of time."

"Should we follow them then?"

"If you don't follow them, you will be discovered sooner. I'm just reminding you. Don't think that everything will be fine if you follow them. You must be prepared to escape."

Ah Zhu's face instantly turned bitter. Even with the veil covering her face, her frown made Xia Xiao feel funny. When she heard Xia Xiao comforting her, she became irritable instead and started beating him with her fists.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier? Why are you telling me now?"

"I'd have worried earlier if I'd told you earlier, but there's no need to rush. It's good to know."

“I’m so pissed off!”

Ah Zhu thought they could reach the south of the South China Sea safely. As for Tanghua Temple, they could just sneak past it. But he didn't expect that they might be discovered. He was really angry. Why did those guys keep haunting him? As he covered his face and sighed, a young adventurer ran over.

This guy's name is Lin Xiu. In Xia Xiao's words, he is a fool. He doesn't let Ah Zhu talk to him any more, for fear that he will become as stupid as him. Knowing that Li Ming doesn't like him and Ah Zhu, he still approaches them blindly. Isn't that stupid? He will eventually go with Li Ming, not himself.

"We've found a suitable place to rest, let's go!"

Xia Xiao nodded slightly, while Lin Xiu continued to complain about Li Ming as usual.

"That's incredible! The captain leads the way and runs too fast. He always gets exhausted, but he never considers a useless person like me. Yuanbei, are you tired?"

Ah Zhu shook her head and hid half of her body behind Xia Xiao. She also thought that this guy was stupid, extremely stupid. How could he be so ungrateful?

After listening to his complaints for a long time, Xia Xiao replied:

"You were able to keep up and not fall behind because he took you into consideration. As for why he was running so fast, it was because he wanted to reach Tanghua Temple as soon as possible. You don't want to stay in this wasteland for too long, right?"

In fact, there is another reason, that is, Li Ming has some concerns about Fang Huan, so he rushed to Tanghua Temple. Xia Xiao naturally understood, but seeing Li Ming staring at Lin Xiu, he couldn't help but want to laugh. Such an ignorant kid is really worrying and annoying. But Li Ming is used to it. Guys without emotional intelligence can never be taught no matter how hard you try.

After boiling soup in the pot brought by Xia Xiao and A Zhu, the eight people began to rest as they did in the previous nights. During these days, the injuries of Li Ming and the other six had healed, but they were still far from Tanghua Temple. But the only thing that made Li Ming feel fortunate was that this so-called Fang Huan was really like the monk of Tanghua Temple, able to keep the unknown creatures in the wasteland away.

The claws never stretched out in the darkness again, and they never got hurt again. The memory of that night was like a nightmare, but the scar on Li Ming's face often made him face everything with a cold face, thinking about the same question. But with Xia Xiao, the team's nights were much better, no longer so frightened, just waiting, Li Ming waiting to go to Tanghua Temple to verify Fang Huan's true identity, Xia Xiao waiting for the people from Qingtian Sect to appear.

Xia Xiao's trip was somewhat dangerous. If the people of the Qingtian Sect gathered and laid a net, he probably wouldn't be able to escape. But before confirming his identity, they would definitely not gather in large numbers. All the rumors in the past became Xia Xiao's shield to protect himself, preventing him from facing the worst situation. After all, no one would listen to the story of the boy who cried wolf three times, let alone the 300th time.

Maybe the Qingtian Sect would not have thought that he would come here, at least Xia Xiao could not think of it, but although the wasteland is vast, there are too few creatures on it. Whenever he sees someone, he will go down to confirm their identity, not to mention that his and Ah Zhu's auras are still hidden. But no matter what kind of iron wall he has, Xia Xiao will definitely break it and make his own way!

Rest at sunset, travel at sunrise. Under the strange light of the dark brown sky, there is always a line of people writing a vertical "one" on a large yellow paper. They run very fast, constantly flattening the tall weeds, but when they look back, the weeds in the distance stand upright again.

The strange things at first became commonplace, and as time went by, Xia Xiao finally revealed some clues in Li Ming's eyes.

At first, Fang Huan and Yuan Bei were always very quiet, eating or meditating, and sometimes they would sit cross-legged at night to absorb the very meager vitality between heaven and earth. But these days, they always observe their surroundings or look up at the sky, as if something is coming. On this day, the five of them were preparing to cook, and Xia Xiao and Azhu turned their backs to each other, looking around for a long time.

Li Ming secretly observed and felt more and more strange. What were they looking at? He also raised his head and looked in the direction of the two people's eyes, but there was nothing there except brown clouds. It was so strange that it was depressing and even suffocating. Li Ming took a long breath and exhaled, as if he felt that his reaction was all psychological. But he wanted to ask, anyway, there was no politeness between them.

It was still meat soup. Xia Xiao and Azhu, as well as their team, had brought a lot of dried meat. With the presence of water practitioners, it was more comfortable to cook meat soup. However, drinking too much of this kind of thing would not taste good anymore, but after a day of traveling, a mouthful of hot soup was better than nothing.

As the captain, Li Ming considered more than his teammates and was more tired than them. Seeing Lin Xiu bring the first bowl of broth, he felt relieved. This brat finally knew how to do things. When Li Ming raised his hands and was about to take it, Lin Xiu smiled and walked past him, walked towards Ah Zhu, and said in a gentle tone:

"Yuanyuan, try the soup I made."

"I told you before, don't call me that!"

"It's okay, come on!"

Facing Lin Xiu's insistence on handing over the bowl, Ah Zhu didn't reach out for a long time, but just looked at Xia Xiao secretly. Seeing this scene, he should be jealous. Through the veil, Ah Zhu couldn't see Xia Xiao's expression, but the latter's frown made her secretly happy.

This guy had been wearing the veil for too long, and now he looked like a bandit wrapped in a mask. It didn't have the hazy beauty of the one worn by Ah Zhu, and it also squeezed his nose. Fortunately, he pulled it down, held it in his hand, and snatched the bowl of soup.

"Thank you very much."

Xia Xiao smiled and pulled Ah Zhu towards Li Ming. He had been looking at him for a long time, so he must have something to ask. But it was time, and it was meaningless to hide it any longer.

"That's for Yuanyuan..."

Lin Xiu sighed repeatedly, but he couldn't stop her. It was hard to deal with a brother. However, there were still a few days before they arrived at Tanghua Temple, and he also had a chance to persuade Yuanyuan not to go there. At such a young age, there were no good things to do, but she had to become a nun. This was a lifelong regret!

When thinking about this, Lin Xiu felt that Yuanyuan must look very beautiful when she took off her veil. Just the pair of clear and beautiful eyes made him fall in love with her. But what happened made his heart sink suddenly, and he even felt scared. When walking towards the captain, Lin Xiu always felt that he had seen Fang Huan somewhere before, and that face was familiar.

"What are you looking at?"

He asked before Li Ming could react, but when he saw Xia Xiao's face, he quickly drew his knife, shocking the team members around him.

"team leader?"

The captain was certainly worthy of respect, but he had a bad temper. He drew his sword against his benefactor, which made the team members a little overwhelmed, but they were all stopped. The reputation of the people in the Adventurer's Guild was already bad. Now they are still like this. Isn't it repaying kindness with enmity and becoming ungrateful? If it gets out, I'm afraid I'll be criticized. But Li Ming stared at Xia Xiao and said coldly:

"This guy is Xia Xiao!"

The five people's eyes instantly focused on Xia Xiao's face. Lin Xiu finally understood why this face looked familiar, because his portrait was everywhere in the notices. So the person next to him was not Yuan Bei at all, but the legendary Azhu who was kidnapped? But it didn't look like that.

When Lin Xiu was puzzled, Xia Xiao took off his hat and grinned.

"It's been tiring keeping it a secret from you guys. Now I can finally relax a little."

Ah Zhu also took off her veil and hat and shook her sweaty hair. Although she still had a stunning appearance in Lin Xiu's eyes, she was not as attractive as before.

Xia Xiao is the biggest demon in the world, and Ah Zhu beside him might not be a clean person either. Fortunately, Lin Xiu said this in his heart, otherwise he would have been severely punished by Xia Xiao.

"I knew there was something wrong with you!"

Without moving his knife, Li Ming gradually turned his steps and stood in front of the five people. They also drew their weapons, as if they were going to start a fierce contest, but with their strength, they could do nothing. Xia Xiao already knew about this, and smiled faintly, watching them compete like this, he couldn't help but feel that it was boring.

"Don't you have a clear understanding of yourselves? You can't beat me at all, so why are you acting like this? There's no one else here. If I wanted to take action, you would have turned into mummies long ago. There's no need to make your position clear."

"Aren't you a demon? Why are you still like this?"

"So what if you become a demon? Didn't I save your lives? If you hate me, you can just kill yourself. Your life no longer belongs to you anyway."

Xia Xiao's smile was full of rogue intentions. Li Ming knew that he could not win, but he did not put away his knife, nor did he have the slightest thought of committing suicide. In his eyes, most people who committed suicide were cowards. As for Xia Xiao's affairs, he knew something about them. Although he did not know much about them, who dared to say that they had not heard of him now?

It was with that understanding that Li Ming asked a series of questions, allowing Xia Xiaoru to face the dark side of himself. But he had not yet completely walked into the darkness, and some things would not be answered so easily. Even if there were answers, they would not be told to someone like Li Ming who had no ability to protect himself. Those who knew about the things in the darkness would either become demons or die.

"Why did you go to Tanghua Temple? Why did you save us? What do you want to do?"