Chapter 64: Rescue
In the thatched hut, Jian An Ning grabbed one of Lu Fei's arms and fell into deep thought as she watched the blood flowing from her wound.
So is there any way to save this person now?
Countless thoughts surged in her mind, and finally she grasped a possibility that she could still save him in this situation.
Jian An Ning leaned over and looked down at Lu Fei condescendingly.
Lu Fei now has his eyes closed, his brows furrowed into a frown, and his body is still shaking unconsciously.
She lowered her head slightly, used her lips and tongue to pry open Lu Fei's teeth, and breathed a sigh of relief to Lu Fei.
The restless golden bug in Lu Fei's body suddenly quieted down, and its frown relaxed, looking like it fell asleep.
Jian An Ning finished her task, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and turned to leave.
But who would have thought that Lu Fei, who was probably asleep, actually reached out and grabbed her wrist.
Jian An Ning was stunned and tried to pry his hand away, but Lu Fei held her wrist tightly. When she struggled to break free, her originally calm face showed a hint of pain again.
Okay, let’s save him to the end.
So she sat cross-legged next to Lu Fei.
The next morning, the morning light was just beginning to rise.
Lu Fei felt as if he had had a very long dream. Many terrible things happened in the dream, but there was always someone by his side.
Who is that?
Lu Fei was just thinking about it when he saw Jian An Ning sleeping while sitting. He looked again and was surprised. Why did his room become like this?
He got up quickly, but perhaps because he was so close to Jane An Ning, Jane An Ning was woken up as well.
Jian Anning's voice was still a little sleepy as she said, "A Fei, you have to go to the temple."
She rubbed her sleepy eyes. Although her mind was not fully awake, she still remembered the most important thing.
Jian Anning's words instantly reminded Lu Fei of the painful experience that felt like a thousand ants gnawing at his heart. He also had some guesses in his mind that it might be related to the punishment that others had mentioned.
But hadn't he already been to the temple? And how did he get better?
Lu Fei was full of doubts, so she asked Jian An Ning, "Do you know how I got better?"
Jian An Ning, who saved the man, looked at him expressionlessly, without wanting to say anything.
Her soul was trapped in a human body, and perhaps even her sister would find it difficult to find her in the vast crowd, and her enemies were still unknown. She was a little worried that telling the truth would bring misfortune to Lu Fei.
The doubt in Lu Fei's eyes became even stronger.
However, he made up a suitable reason in his mind, probably because Jian An Ning had some unique secrets that could save people and was unwilling to reveal them to others.
Although this speculation is somewhat wrong, it somehow coincides with the truth.
Lu Fei quickly convinced herself and said, "I'm going to the temple now. Do you want to go?"
Jian Anning thought about it and nodded.
They walked towards the temple in the center of Luming City. The pomegranate tree in front of the temple seemed to be blessed by some kind of protection. When the flowers of other pomegranates withered, it was still blooming like a blazing fire.
Lu Fei pushed the door open and walked in.
Wu Xi was holding his whisk and squinting his eyes as if he was dozing off. The noise of Lu Fei and Jian An Ning's arrival frightened him.
He waved his whisk irritably and said angrily, "This is a temple, not your backyard. Do you understand that you should respect the gods?"
Lu Fei was actually a little irritated, but she still respectfully apologized to Wu Xi and told him what happened last night. She asked, "Is this your 'punishment'?"
Wu Xi looked Lu Fei up and down carefully, and thought to himself, since he could describe the "punishment", he must have really been "punished".
But the problem is, any monk who has reached that level will never have the chance to come to the temple again. Basically, he can only wait for death in pain. How come this person seems to be fine now?
Wu Xi looked at Lu Fei's face, his heart full of suspicion.
However, he did not stop Lu Fei's actions. He watched Lu Fei offer a wreath to the statue, then bent down to touch the statue's toes and then touched his own forehead.
After a while, a golden ball of light slowly emerged on the altar.
Then the golden light dissipated, revealing a piece of paper with some very strange words written on it.
"At midnight, a hundred miles east of Luming City, cut off the underground magma."
Lu Fei was very surprised.
First of all, why is it limited to midnight? Secondly, can something like magma be cut off?
Full of doubts, he showed the note to the priest Wuxi, hoping to get his explanation, just like the priest in the temple in the storybook.
Wu Xi didn't even glance at it, and simply said, "If the oracle is difficult to complete, it only means that the gods were very dissatisfied with your last sacrifice."
Lu Fei was stunned and remembered the ten chicken hearts he bought last time.
He thought to himself: How could this god be so stingy?
But without the blood of God, he would definitely experience the pain again. Lu Fei was still frightened, so he didn't continue to pester Wu Xi and pulled Jian An Ning away.
Jian An Ning didn't move at first, but just looked at the statue and Wu Xi with extremely confused eyes.
"What are you looking at?"
Wu Xi was frightened by her stare and asked fiercely.
But Jian An Ning said nothing, but followed Lu Fei's force and left with him.
The pomegranate flowers at the entrance of the temple were blown by the breeze like flames swaying in the wind, and Lu Fei heard Wu Xi's last fierce question, but did not notice that Wu Xi was talking to Jian An Ning.
Dissatisfaction and resentment surged in his heart, and he stood at the temple gate, beneath the pomegranate blossoms, and said, "What's wrong with this priest?"
The next moment, the door of the temple behind him suddenly opened with a deafening sound.
Lu Fei turned around suddenly and saw Wu Xi standing at the door. He said, "Aren't you going to find a solution?"
Wu Xi's expression began to reveal malice as he spoke. He added, "I don't care how you managed to evade the punishment of the Blood of God, but if you fail to complete the mission, you are doomed to die in agony and despair."
Then there was a "bang" and the temple door closed again.
Jian An Ning didn't even look back at Wu Xi, but just by hearing his words, she felt a strange emotion surge in her heart, making her feel as if there was a fire burning in her heart.
She couldn't help but think: Who said Lu Fei had to die in despair? With her around, Lu Fei would definitely live a peaceful life.
"A Ning?"
Lu Fei called out softly. He had just noticed that Jian An Ning was standing there, her body trembling slightly, as if she was very angry about something.
But what happened just now? Wasn't it just a conversation between him and Wu Xi?
Is Aning feeling sorry for him?
Thinking of this, Lu Fei felt as if someone had fed honey into his heart, making him feel the sweetness.
However, he still remembered taking Jane An Ning away from the temple. While walking on the long street, he thought about the contents of the oracle and gradually became sad.
Occasionally, acquaintances would see him and chat with him, but Lu Fei was really absent-minded.
So he did not return to the courtyard at the end of the long street, but turned around and left Luming City and walked west.
There is a river on the outskirts of Luming City, winding around the city from west to east.
To the west was the upper reaches of the river. Lu Fei didn't walk far before he saw the dam blocking the river.
He thought that the river water flowed slowly like magma, but the river water could be blocked by dams, but was there anything that would not be burned by magma?
Lu Fei was thinking, and his thoughts were spoken out along with his mumbling, and were heard by Jian An Ning.
Jian An Ning thought that there were many things that would not be burned by ordinary magma, but the magma written on the note that Lu Fei took from the temple was probably not ordinary magma.
She thought for a moment and said, "I've heard of a treasure called the Nine Heavens Xirang, which might be able to stop the magma."
"Nine Heavens Xirang? What is that?" Lu Fei had never heard of the name of this treasure before.
But Jian Anning didn't want to explain, and continued, "I heard that it should be in Zhongzhou, guarded by the Jiang family."
"Where is Zhongzhou?" Lu Fei, who had never been too far away from Luming City in his life, was confused.
Jane Anning: ...
Is there any other way to pretend to be reasonable and take out the Jiutian Xirang?
Jane Anning fell into deep thought.
But she soon thought of a reasonable excuse.
"My sister and I once had dealings with the Jiang family. As a token of their gratitude, they gifted me and my sister some Nine Heavens Xirang."
As she spoke, she took out a handful of yellowish-brown soil from her sleeve.
Lu Fei scratched his head and said, "Can such a small amount of soil stop the hot magma?"
Jian Anning nodded affirmatively and said, "It requires spiritual power to activate it."
Lu Fei took the handful of soil from Jian An Ning's hand, and didn't even dare to breathe too loudly for fear of blowing the little bit of soil away.
Then he tried to follow Jian An Ning's words and use his spiritual power to activate the Nine Heavens Xirang.
In an instant, Lu Fei could no longer hold the handful of soil and could only throw it on the ground. Soon the soil became a small hill more than one person high.
Lu Fei looked at the scene in front of him in shock and said, "There's definitely no problem now, but how do we get this soil back?"
"Just get the spiritual power back." Jian An Ning said softly.
Lu Fei did as he was told, and the small mound soon turned back into a small pile of soil. Lu Fei carefully packed it up and said with a sigh, "It turns out that there are such rare treasures outside Dongchang. I really want to know what the world over there is like."
Jane Anning: ...
Actually, it’s not much different from here.
But Jane Anning didn't say it in the end.
According to the oracle, the biggest difficulty was solved because of the Nine Heavens Xirang, but a hundred miles east of Luming City, there should still be mountains upon mountains. Not to mention the disturbance caused by monsters, it is also necessary to go deep underground and even reach the magma. That is indeed something that requires careful planning.
Lu Fei thought about it and decided to go back and look up the classics first.
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