After dinner, Huo Yinghuai took Wen Li home.
It was already past midnight when they finished eating, and the night market became much quieter after they left.
The Wen family villa was quite far from the city center. Huo Yinghuai's car was driving on the ring expressway. The huge electric lights illuminated the road, and there was a calm lake next to it, with brightly lit high-rise buildings on both banks.
Gradually, the road became quieter and quieter, and it was often several minutes before you could see a car.
Wen Li sat in the passenger seat, her head resting on the seatbelt, half asleep.
Suddenly, Wen Li narrowed her eyes.
She saw in her rearview mirror that dozens of cars were following behind their vehicle.
"Huo Yinghuai..."
"I've found it."
Huo Yinghuai's tone was calm and his voice was low and husky: "Don't be afraid."
Wen Li didn't speak, but stared intently at the rearview mirror. She could vaguely see a man in a Taoist robe driving in the driver's seat of the car behind her.
"It seems like they're after me." Wen Li immediately thought of Master Fang, the man in purple robes, from a while ago.
After Master Fang fled, he disappeared without a trace. His base of operations is well-known abroad and has many followers, making it virtually impossible for China to eradicate him.
Having dealt him a heavy blow last time, Master Fang probably won't let him off so easily.
Wen Li tilted her head: "You're asking for it!"
The vehicles following behind seemed to realize that the two had spotted them, so they quickly stepped on the gas and surrounded the two vehicles from the front and back, with more than a dozen cars moving forward at the same speed.
Huo Yinghuai's movements were methodical. He had initially swerved several cars towards them, but there were too many cars, and they were getting closer and closer to them. In order to ensure Wen Li's safety, he could only gradually slow down.
Wen Li had already sent a message to the police. Time was of the essence, and she didn't have time to send a message to Wen Tingsong to explain. She just sent her location and the message that she was being followed.
At that moment, Huo Yinghuai slammed on the brakes.
Soon, two dark gun barrels appeared next to Wen Li and Huo Yinghuai.
Wen Li and Huo Yinghuai exchanged a glance and slowly opened the car door.
As soon as the car door opened, two Taoist priests holding guns pressed the muzzles against Wen Li and Huo Yinghuai's temples, and said fiercely, "Behave yourselves!"
Wen Li blinked and said, "What your Venerable Ones want is my life."
"You're smart enough to know your place, but you've guessed wrong about one thing." The Taoist priest's face turned fierce, and his voice was full of mockery: "But we're not here for you this time. Our Venerable One said that if you dare to block his path, he can't kill you now, but he can easily kill your family and friends. Even if you have extraordinary abilities, you can't protect everyone!"
Wen Li's face immediately turned ugly. She turned her head away, her dark eyes glaring fiercely at the Taoist priest who had spoken, like a leopard.
After a long pause, he finally gritted his teeth and spat out a few words: "Despicable!"
Unexpectedly, the dozen or so Taoist priests who got out of the car burst into laughter: "It seems that what the Venerable said was right. To strike a snake, you must strike its vital spot. Now she is indeed panicking."
As they were speaking, Huo Yinghuai and Wen Li were suddenly kicked to the ground by two people. The leading Taoist priest's tone suddenly changed: "You killed so many of our fellow disciples and seriously injured the Venerable One. You deserve to die!"
"It's a pity that our Venerable One's strength hasn't recovered yet, otherwise we would have made you regret it!"
Huo Yinghuai was kicked to the ground, and the sharp pain in his leg made it impossible for him to stand up for a moment. However, he still raised his head and looked at Wen Li with difficulty, asking anxiously, "Are you alright?"
Before Wen Li could respond, Huo Yinghuai was kicked in the back again.
Bang--
Upon hearing Huo Yinghuai's muffled groan, Wen Li leaped forward and delivered a powerful kick, sending the arrogant Taoist who had been attacking Huo Yinghuai flying several meters away.
The Taoist priest lay on the ground groaning in pain. Someone approached to check on him and discovered that half of the man's chest had caved in.
Wen Li actually broke several of the person's ribs with a single kick!
Everyone present was stunned.
Wen Li sneered at the crowd: "You think you can control me with a gun? If you dare to hurt him again, I will make you pay the price. Even after you die, you will all be annihilated."
Wen Li's gaze was icy, her lips slightly parted: "I, Wen Li, mean what I say!"
For a moment, everyone was stunned.
Everyone was startled by Wen Li's kick just now.
"Senior Brother Fei, what do we do now?"
One of the Taoist priests, dressed in a gray-blue robe, couldn't help but ask the man in the lead a question.
Fei Yunjing was a slightly overweight man who looked to be around thirty years old. His round belly made his Taoist robe bulge out, but his face was extremely fierce.
However, a hint of fear now appeared on Fei Yunjing's face.
He looked at Wen Li as if she were a monster.
Who would believe that such a thin girl could break the ribs of a strong adult man weighing over 100 pounds?
But the facts are right in front of everyone.
"She's truly ruthless. I imagine she was just as vicious when she killed us fellow disciples!" Fei Yunjing was furious. Thinking of how none of the fellow disciples who went out with the Venerable had returned, he hated Wen Li to the core.
Because his younger brother was also killed by Wen Li!
His only relative, his only younger brother!
“Wen Li, there are indeed many of us who are no match for you, but this man is just an ordinary person. We can’t deal with you, but we can deal with him. At worst, we’ll kill him, and you can kill us. But… do you think it’s worth it?”
Wen Li kept her brows furrowed.
She was thinking about something else.
These people repeatedly claimed that she killed their fellow disciples, but the problem is that she didn't even have time to act when they were in the ancient tomb; those disciples were killed by Master Fang, whom they respected.
Now they're saying she killed these people?
Wen Li could easily imagine that this was a frame-up by Master Fang.
Wen Li glanced at Fei Yun Jing and said seriously, "I don't care whether you believe it or not, I didn't kill your fellow disciples."
"If it wasn't you, then who was it!" Fei Yunjing exclaimed excitedly, "You killed my brother!"
"It wasn't me." Wen Li's tone also became heavier: "The one who killed your brother and your fellow disciples was the Venerable One you keep calling 'Venerable'!"
All the Taoist priests present were stunned.
But soon, Fei Yunjing laughed: "It's spreading rumors and misleading the public. The Venerable One would never do such a thing! Otherwise, he wouldn't have taken us in from a young age, let us earn money, and become the respected Celestial Masters."
As she spoke, Fei Yunjing's eyes turned cold: "You'd better behave yourself on this journey!"
It's true that they can't kill Wen Li, but the man next to her is Wen Li's weakness!
"Take them all away!"
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