Chapter 100
This unexpected scene not only frightened the person involved, Chen Xin, but also shocked Chi Bai and his group.
Chi Bai looked at Chen Xin's wrist which was bleeding madly, then looked at Si Liu's calm and composed face, even with a look of disdain, and the corner of his mouth twitched fiercely.
Damn.
At times like this, it is indeed necessary for the ruthless seniors to come.
Otherwise, if it were him, he would have been fooled by Chen Xin.
Chen Xin's face turned pale from excessive blood loss, his eyes filled with disbelief at Si Liu's behavior. He wanted to curse, but the pain in his wrist was enough to make him faint. Chen Xin never dreamed that he would one day fall to this point.
His left hand dropped to his side and he pinched himself hard.
The slight pain barely managed to pull his chaotic thoughts back a little. He peered through the cold sweat dripping from his forehead and quickly spotted a pen beside him. Without hesitation, he blocked out all the pain in his body and rushed over as fast as he could to grab the pen.
However, the next second, the dagger that was already in Si Liu's hand flew out like a streak of light and hit Chen Xin's back.
His hand had already been severed, and now he was stabbed again. Cold sweat streamed down Chen Xin's forehead, and all his strength vanished in an instant. The pen fell from his hand, clattering to the ground, and then his heavy body fell to the ground with a clang.
Chi Bai: “…”
Cen Tong: “…”
Rong Jing: “…”
Facing the silence of the three, Si Liu remained quite calm: "Don't worry, judging from the location, the puncture didn't hit the heart. He can still survive with some help."
Cen Tong stepped forward and turned Chen Xin, who had completely fainted, over. He placed his finger under his nose and found that although his breathing was weak, it was at least there. This proved that he was not dead and could be saved if he was saved.
So, he looked at Si Liu with eyes full of admiration.
When he was in the special department, he had heard that Rong Jing had a powerful senior by his side, but usually it was Aqiu who followed Chi Bai to handle things. Cen Tong had no chance to meet this senior, but he didn't expect to meet him today and witness the senior's abilities with his own eyes.
Don’t be too aggressive!
…
Chen Xin was sent to the hospital, along with Chi Bai, Si Liu and A Qiu.
Si Liu went there just in case, just in case Chen Xin had some other tricks up his sleeve, Si Liu would be there to cover him. As for A Qiu, he had to take advantage of Chen Xin's coma and quickly cast a spell on him, digging out all the secrets he knew that would be beneficial to the special department.
Rong Jing returned to Yunjiang Bay.
He looked at the black-gold banner in his hand, thinking that the next time he saw Uncle Fengsi or Grandpa Taixu, he would remember to ask them if they had any way to restore a ghost that had turned into an evil ghost to its original form.
At least they had to leave cleanly.
Time flew by, and it was already evening. Rong Jing lay on the bed, took out her phone, and asked Xie Changshi when he would be home. Xie Changshi, who received the message, glanced at Lu Yunji, who was sitting across from him and talking, and replied with his head down: "I'm listening to the barking of single dogs."
Lu Yunji didn't miss Xie Changshi's conspicuous look. His words suddenly stopped. He narrowed his eyes, staring at him with a serious expression, and asked, "Are you saying bad things about me to Xiaoweiba?"
Having worked with Xie Changshi for so long, Lu Yunji knew very well that at this time, there was no one other than Rong Jing who could send a message to Xie Changshi and get a reply from him.
And that look just now was obviously malicious.
As Lu Yunji was thinking this, he stood up and looked out unexpectedly, and then saw the six words "Single Dog Barking".
Lu Yunji: "You are really amazing now that you have a partner."
Wasn’t you just a barking single dog before?
I finally got out of being single, and I don’t know what I’m so proud of!
Xie Changshi, who saw Lu Yunji's inner thoughts, curled his lips and said, "It's really remarkable."
Lu Yunji: "..."
He bent down and put away all the documents on the table, rolling his eyes at Xie Changshi: "Come on, Your Majesty, go and have fun first. I will be your slave for a while."
His Majesty was quite rude when he heard this. He picked up his suit jacket hanging on the chair and turned to leave. Before leaving, he kindly said, "Even cattle and horses need to remember to rest," and then stepped into the elevator.
Song Qing walked out of the secretary's office and happened to see his vice president looking at his boss with eyes full of jealousy. He moved behind Lu Yunji with the documents in his arms, like a ghost, and whispered, "Vice President Lu, you know, I have always stood firmly behind President Xie."
Lu Yunji: "...Thank you for thinking so highly of me, but I really didn't intend to get rid of Xie Changshi and take over."
Song Qing: "What are you doing?"
Lu Yunji: "It's just the resentment from a single cow or horse."
Song Qing: “…”
He raised his glasses and asked Lu Yunji: "Niuma, are you going to drink tonight? I heard there's a new bar opened in Lejin."
…
After Xie Changshi returned to Yunjiang Bay, he took Rong Jing to a nearby large supermarket to buy ingredients. Rong Jing said he wanted to eat hot pot tonight. According to Xie Changshi's plan, he planned to buy the ingredients and go home directly, but a little zombie insisted on going shopping with him.
Walking among the snack aisles in the supermarket, Xie Changshi, holding up his hoodie, asked uncertainly, "Buying ingredients?"
Rong Jing raised his hand and swept all three flavors of potato chips into the cart. He blinked innocently at Xie Changshi and said, "Aren't these ingredients? I can eat them when I'm hungry."
But Rong Jing also knew what it meant to quit while he was ahead. After clearing out another column of snacks, he took the initiative to pull Xie Changshi to the vegetable area.
Neither he nor Xie Changshi had anything to hide, their equally striking faces drawing extra attention in this environment. Eyes from all directions lingered on the two of them, some even pulling out their phones to secretly snap photos.
Rong Jing touched his face and quickened his pace, pulling Xie Changshi along. However, when passing a shelf, Xie Changshi suddenly stopped. Unaware, Rong Jing was pulled into his arms by the reaction force. He raised his confused face and asked, "What's wrong? Do you want to buy anything else?"
Xie Changshi glanced at the shelves and nodded.
Seeing this, Rong Jing stood up straight and walked towards the shelf where Xie Changshi's eyes were fixed, and asked, "What do you want to buy——"
Before he could finish his words, his gaze and body froze at the same time.
Xie Changshi's eyes swept across the boy's stiff expression, then he lowered his gaze and chuckled softly. He then pulled the boy into his arms, his slender white index finger tracing the packaging above him. He leaned over and asked in Rong Jing's ear, "Baby, is there a flavor you like?"
Rong Jing's face began to smoke.
Xie Changshi seemed completely oblivious. With a flick of his long finger, a box of peach-flavored lubricant fell into the cart. He looked at the peach stuck in a small corner and asked, "What else do you want?"
Rong Jing: “…”
The young man gritted his teeth, took a step back and stepped on the man's instep: "I don't want anything!"
There were already many people who recognized them in the supermarket, and now there were countless pairs of eyes staring at them. Xie Changshi actually ran over to pick this thing. Was he afraid that others would not know about their sex life?
Looking at Rong Jing's blushing face, Xie Changshi felt a bit regretful: "It doesn't matter if you really don't want to. The worst that can happen is that you waste some time doing it before..."
When the last word came out of Xie Changshi's mouth, Rong Jing's hand slapped on his mouth.
Rong Jing raised a well-behaved face, but his eyes were almost like those of a devil who wanted to eat people. He took a deep breath, smiled and said, "Peaches are good."
"Then take two boxes of peaches."
But having said that, when it came time to check out, there were far more than two boxes of peaches in the cart.
Seeing the worldly-wise cashier scanning the code calmly, Rong Jing was stunned.
He thought that he would never go to the supermarket with Xie Changshi again.
When Xie Changshi returned to the car with two bags of food, snacks and lubricants, Rong Jing was still a little bit teased, but this temper disappeared instantly after Xie Changshi got off the car halfway and bought him some sugar-roasted chestnuts.
It's worth mentioning that when Mr. Xie was queuing up to buy sugar-roasted chestnuts, he was recognized by the girls who were also queuing next to him. However, the two girls didn't dare to say hello, but only quietly and deliberately talked about Rong Jing. Xie Changshi listened to them talking about Rong Jing without fading his smile.
He lowered his eyes and sent a message to Rong Jing: Master Rong is like a big star. Even when buying sugar-roasted chestnuts, you can meet your little fan girl.
The Maybach was parked in the parking space in front. Upon hearing this, Rong Jing subconsciously lowered the window and stuck his head out. He saw Xie Changshi looking at him, and then looked at the two girls next to him who seemed not to recognize Xie Changshi, but actually their eyes were on Xie Changshi, and replied: Mr. Xie, would you like to treat my little fan girl to some sugar-roasted chestnuts?
Xie Changshi smiled and said: I will listen to Master Rong.
So, when the two girls were about to pay, the boss told them: "The handsome guy just paid for you."
Two little girls: "?!"
Oh my god!
They both turned their heads to look at Xie Changshi's back, but they only saw the man bending down to get into the car, and through the gap in the lowered window of the passenger seat, a young man with a beautiful and delicate profile was talking to him.
Rong Jing teased Xie Changshi: "Now they must be Mr. Xie's little fans too."
Xie Changshi pinched his cheek and laughed, "Thanks to Master Rong."
After returning to Yunjiang Bay, Xie Changshi took the ingredients to the kitchen. Rong Jing had nothing to do, so he offered to help. Xie Changshi handed him the vegetables and told him how to prepare them, while asking, "How's the situation at the Tianshi Alliance?"
Rong Jing helped him wash the vegetables while answering, "We found the spy, but Senior Si Liu had his hands chopped off and then stabbed him. He's in the hospital now, and we don't know when he'll wake up. There are many secrets we can only get out of him by prying them out of him."
As soon as Rong Jing finished speaking, the phone placed beside him rang.
He stuck his head out and took a look: "Speaking of Chi Bai, Chi Bai is here."
Seeing that both of his hands were wet, Xie Changshi took the initiative to step forward and connected the phone for him. Chi Bai's voice also came out from the middle: "Chen Xin has woken up. A Qiu asked all the questions that should and shouldn't be asked."
Rong Jing's focus shifted for a second: "What shouldn't I ask?"
Chi Bai's answer also skewed: "Did Chen Xin go to the men's hospital for impotence treatment a while ago?"
Rong Jing: “…”
A few dark lines fell on the boy's face, and the corners of his mouth twitched: "I really shouldn't ask."
He shouldn't have asked.
Subconsciously touching her nose, a cool drop of water dripped onto the tip of her nose. Rong Jing turned her head and buried her face in Xie Changshi's arms, wiping the water stain on the tip of her nose with his shirt. Then, satisfied, she took two steps back and said to Chi Bai, "Tell me what you should ask."
Xie Changshi, who did not miss Rong Jing's little action, felt amused and pinched his nose.
On the other end, Chi Bai also spoke: "This time Meng Ming came to Yancheng to meet Chen Xin in order to give Chen Xin a 'statue'."
Statue of a deity?
When Rong Jing suddenly heard these two words, the ugly and disgusting image of the Dharma instantly popped up in his mind.
He frowned. “Does this statue have any significance?”
"Of course." Chi Bai's voice became much deeper. He looked at the information he had just recorded, and even his eyebrows drooped. "I heard from Chen Xin that there are many such statues inside Taozi Temple. They are watered with the blood of living people every day, praying for the gods to descend."
"ha?"
"Don't be surprised. This statement was made by Taozi Temple to deceive its outer disciples. Perhaps you still remember the rumors about Taozi Temple. Their founder is now over two hundred years old. The so-called descending gods refer to their ancestors."
Rong Jing blinked, paused for a few seconds, and analyzed, "From what you mean, the gods' arrival is just to cast spells through the statues?"
"Yes." Chi Bai responded, "But the appearance of this statue is based on their ancestor."
Rong Jing: "...their ancestors were so ugly?!"
Chi Bai thought Rong Jing's reaction was indeed a face control, and then explained: "He has lived for more than two hundred years and is still alive. It is inevitable that he has to use some weird and disgusting methods. It's good enough that he can maintain his human form."
Rong Jing thought that their grandfather Taixu lived longer than the old ancestor.
But to be honest, their grandfather Taixu was favored by the ancestors, and he was indeed not comparable to the ancestors of Tao Ziguan.
"According to Chen Xin, they placed the statues in various corners beneath the dragon vein, polluting and damaging it." Chi Bai touched his chin and continued, "Chen Xin doesn't know the exact number, but judging by the speed at which the Taoists at Xuantian Temple are repairing the dragon vein, there must be at least a thousand of them."
Rong Jing: “…”
The restoration of the dragon vein took several years, not only because of the speed of pollution and destruction, but also because of the difficulty of restoration.
Chi Bai seemed to think that his statement was a bit exaggerated, and quickly added: "If there are not thousands, there must be hundreds."
Rong Jing lowered his eyes and said nothing, but deep down he basically agreed with Chi Bai's statement. During the silence, Chi Bai told him another piece of news: "We learned the whereabouts of Taoist Ling Xiao from Meng Ming. Duan Yunshuang has already led people there. If nothing unexpected happens, they will be able to capture Taoist Ling Xiao as well."
Of the five masters of Taozi Temple, Ben Qi and Meng Ming are now dead, and Taoist Ling Xiao is being hunted down, so there are two left.
"Did you ask the identities of the remaining two principals?"
"You've hit the nail on the head." Chi Bai grinned, revealing a few big white teeth. "Chen Xin's answer is that these two people in charge are often away from home and haven't returned to Taoziguan for many years. And..."
Chi Baishen's voice was drawn out mysteriously. Rong Jing snapped a piece of celery, extremely curious: "Can you speak without panting? And what?"
"I just said that the statues based on the Taoziguan ancestors must be watered with blood every day, and that the ancestors are neither human nor ghost. Chen Xin said that he privately suspected that the two people in charge were dead, and that their deaths were caused by the ancestors."
The general meaning is that they think their ancestors used them as sacrifices to improve their own abilities.
So cruel?
But thinking of the disgusting appearance of the Taoziguan ancestor, Rong Jing felt that this was not impossible.
"Shouldn't Chen Xin's guess be fabricated out of thin air? Are there any signs to prove this?" Rong Jing was so captivated by the secrets of Taozi Temple that he even subconsciously ignored the movements of his hands. "If there is, if Chen Xin can guess it, then why can't Ling Xiao, Meng Ming, and the others guess it?"
And it seems that Meng Ming and Chen Xin have a good relationship.
"Your brain is really quick," Chi Bai sighed. "Those two leaders vanished without a trace after meeting the ancestor. We've never been able to contact them since. Meng Ming, Ben Qi, and Ling Xiao must have known this, but they were facing their own ancestors. Did they have any means of resistance? Obviously not."
But even if they don't have it, they are not fools who will sit and wait for death.
Over the years, they have almost never stayed overnight in Taoziguan, and they even seldom go back to Taoziguan, for fear that once they go back, they will never be able to leave.
"But it doesn't matter. If we don't go back to Taoziguan, two people have already died, and the third one will be here soon."
Hearing this, Rong Jing couldn't help laughing and teasingly said, "So confident?"
"Of course! After all, the one who went with Duan Yunshuang to find Taoist Lingxiao this time was Elder Heyu from Qingyun Sect." Although Elder Heyu was better at observing the night sky, these seniors all had their own abilities, and they would probably not be any worse than Taoist Lingxiao if they went up against him.
For the next twenty minutes, Chi Bai relayed everything he'd learned from Chen Xin to Rong Jing. After the call ended, Xie Changshi had already prepared the hot pot, sautéing the base. He brought the ingredients to the dining room and said to Rong Jing, "Wash your hands! It's time to focus on your meal."
Rong Jing responded obediently.
When he arrived at the restaurant and smelled the aroma of hot pot, Rong Jing took a deep breath.
He picked up the beef and ate it while praising Xie Changshi's cooking skills. The beef was marinated and coated with the spicy hot pot broth, which was so delicious that it could make Rong Jing's tongue fall off. He looked at Xie Changshi with bright eyes and encouraged him: "After everything is settled, let's invite Uncle Feng Si to come to our house for hot pot, how about it?"
"sure."
Xie Changshi would not miss any opportunity to please the little zombie's family.
He asked considerately, "Can Master Fengsi handle spicy food?"
Rong Jing thought for a moment and said, "Just make him a clear soup pot. In the past, other uncles who came down the mountain would always tell me how delicious hot pot was, and they would make me and Uncle Fengsi or Grandpa Taixu cry and shout that we wanted to eat hot pot."
Although they were all his elders, they obviously did not act like elders. They all had bad intentions and were just waiting for him to ask for the opportunity to eat hot pot and go down the mountain with him.
Unfortunately, when Feng Si glanced at them, the other uncles were like dogs with their tails between their legs, not daring to say a word.
One by one, they changed their words and said to him, "Little Mirror, I was just joking with you. Hot pot is actually the worst!"
"That's right, your uncle Feng Si was poisoned and passed out before!"
"...poisoned and fainted?" Xie Changshi couldn't help but feel curious when he heard this.
Rong Jing uttered an "oh" and told the truth: "I fainted from the spiciness."
Xie Changshi: “…”
He asked politely, "Are your uncles still alive?"
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